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(Previous Incident Codes: R3261RS3462)
One civilian was reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Adwan in Daraa on June 26th, 2018 according to local sources.
@Horan_now1 tweeted “One man was killed and several wounded, by a Russian air strike, on the residential neighbourhoods of Adwan, west of Daraa.”
Adwan village posted on Facebook reporting “A raid by Russian warplanes on the village [Adwan] and the martyrdom of the young man Ahmed Hakim al-Qarfan. There are also a number of injuries.”
Abo Maria Taseel posted on Facebook that “Russian warplanes launched a raid on the village of Adwan, which led to the killing of the young man Ahmed Abdel Hakim Al-Qarfan and the injury of both his father and mother, and the brothers of Khaled Al-Qarfan.”
Abo Maria Taseel, Adwan village, @Horan_now1, @Step_Agency and Shaam Network accused Russia of responsibility for this incident.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Adwan (عدوان), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.821667, 35.995000. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.