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(Previous Incident Codes: R2588RS2761)
In what has been described as a massacre, between seven and 34 civilians were killed and as many as 80 were wounded in airstrikes on Masraba, according to local media. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime.
One source reported that as many as 15 children were killed. Another put the death toll for children as low as three.
Two of the dead were brothers, according to The Observatory.
The Observatory documented the killing of “21 civilians in the air strikes of the regime forces on the towns of Mesraba”.
Not only was a popular market on the main road struck, but civilian housing was seriously damaged in the raid.
Sources reported that five civilians faced amputations and the scene in the aftermath was descried as “horrific” and gruesome.
Images show members of the Syrian Civil Defence taking injured victims to a nearby medical facility in the aftermath.
One non-civilian adult male was listed by VDC, named Akram al-Hanafi.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Masraba (مسرابا), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.55027, 36.39659. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.