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(Previous Incident Codes: R4230 RS4468 )
On February 20th, the village of Maaret al-Nassan was struck by alleged Russian or regime warplanes, resulting in the death of one civilian, a media activist.
A tweet from Ahmed Dekhan announced the killing of media activist and photographer Abdul Nasser Haj Hamdan. @MousaAlamar and Edlib News tweeted similar information as well. Alaraby News said that the photographer was working in the city media office, just north of Idlib and went to cover the assault when he was killed. This information was corroborated by IMC News, Zaitun Agency, and the Justice Organization. Shaam News later reported that the activist was originally from Bunche.
Smart News reported that Russian warplanes specifically hit the buildings within Maaret al-Nassan.
The majority of sources attributed the strikes to Russian forces. However, Euphrates Post attributed the death of the civilian to artillery shelling by the regime.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Maaret al-Nassan (معرة النعسان), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.035461, 36.836843. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.