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(Previous Incident Codes: R3784RS4004)
One civilian was reported killed in airstrikes on Khan Sheikoun, Idlib, on August 11th.
Shaam News reported that “Russian and Regime warplanes and helicopters launched airstrikes on the first day of Eid al-Adha, leaving a martyr in Khan Sheikhoun.”
The Syrian Human Rights Committee also said that “three people, including a child, were killed as a result of the Russian and Syrian warplanes bombing the city of Khan Sheikhoun and the towns of Hazarin and Hass.”. It is unclear whether the victim in Khan Sheikhoun was a child or an adult.
No other information is known at this time.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Khan Sheikhoun (خان شيخون), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.440813, 36.649361. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.