Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS4053

Incident date

August 19, 2019

Location

كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One to two civilians were reported killed and others wounded in airstrikes on Kafar Nabil, Idlib, on August 19th, 2019.

Local Coordination Committee for Syria documented “a martyr and a number of wounded [..] due to the shelling of Russian warplanes on the city of Kafar Nabil in the southern countryside of Idlib.”

Macro Media Center also reported, “a martyr and a number of wounded as a result of the bombing of Russian warplanes with vacuum missiles.”

Meanwhile, Step News cited the “death of two in Kafar Nabil.”

A Facebook post by Kafranbil Live named Ismail Marawan Al-Dhakro as being killed and was identified as from Ma`rat al-Nu`man.

According to @MasarPressNet, city center of Kafr Nabl was struck in the airstrikes and @AM_AHMAD90 reported that the residential areas of the city were struck.

Sources predominantly attributed the attack to Russian forces, however, two sources named both Russian forces and the Syrian regime in reports of the incident.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (17) [ collapse]