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(Previous Incident Code: R3326)
Two civilians were reported killed and three others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafridin in Idlib, Syria on September 4th, 2018.
Fresh-syria news reported that “a number of civilians were martyred and others were injured today, Tuesday, as a result of the Russian aggression targeting with airstrikes the village of Kafridin, west of the city of Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib countryside, according to our correspondent.”
Also Edlib Media Center said “The Russian occupation warplane carried out a horrific massacre after shelling several neighborhoods of the city of Jisr al-Shughour in the western countryside of Idlib by several air strikes on Tuesday. The reporter added that two people were killed and others wounded by similar shelling on the town of Kfardin west of Jisr al-Shughour.”
A Twitter/X accuount, @hozaifadahmaan, posted “Martyrs, wounded and trapped under the rubble as a result of Russian warplanes targeting the village of Kafridin with an air strike in western Idlib”.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Kafridin (كفردين), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.777350, 36.256510. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.