(Previous Incident Codes: R3514RS3727)

A mother and child were reported killed in alleged Russian or Syrian Regime airstrikes on Ma’ar Tamater, Idlib, on May 28th, 2019, according to local sources. An unknown number of others was injured.

A number of sources stated that two civilians had been killed in the strike, whereas Step News Agency reported only one fatality. A mother and her child were claimed to be the victims of the attack, with the Syrian Network for Human Rights naming them as Khaled Ahmad Al Qaddour, and his mother, Aisha al Hmoud.

The Syrian Civil Defense stated that “a woman and a child from the town of Ma’ar Tamater were killed by a military airstrike targeting civilian houses this morning,” and documented the removal of their bodies “from the rubble of their houses”.

Several sources reported that an unknown number of other civilians had been injured in the strikes. According to the SCD, the village was targeted in the morning.

Several sources attributed the strike to the Syrian regime, while others, such as Step News Agency, named Russia as the active belligerent.