Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS3636

Location

عابدين, Abidin, Idlib, Syria

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R3430aRS3640)

Up to four civilians died including women and children in alleged Russia and/or regime airstrikes on a car fleeing Abdin, local media reported.

Sources reported that an initial strike destroyed homes and that residents attempting to flee in a car were then hit.

According to Smart News, a total of six civilians including two women were killed as a result of explosive barrels dropped from regime helicopters on the town.

The lowest death count was given by Alaraby at one woman, with a second woman wounded.

According to the Syrian Civil Defense, “after the destruction of their towns and homes, Syrian regime planes pursued and killed civilians fleeing from death. The death of a woman and her two children, the wounding of another woman and the death of a baby, occurred when the regime targeted a car in Abdin”.

According to Rok Online, “Activists said three people, including a woman, were killed as a result of Russian aircraft targeting some families who were trying to flee the aerial bombardment of the village of Abdin, north of Idlib.”

According to Macro Media Center “Two men and a woman from the town of Muraddatin were injured by a warplane targeting a car carrying a number of displaced persons at the junction of the town of Abdin and the southern suburb of Idlib”.

@HalabTodayTV added that the car was struck on on the road Habit – Abdin.

@syrialive54  laid the blame for this with regime helicopters.

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Strike Status
Contested strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
1–4
1–3 Children, 1–2 Women
Civilians reported injured
3
1 Woman

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media from Sources (6)