Incident Code
RS4521
Incident Date
3 July 2020
Location
قرية القاهرة, Al Qahera Village, Hama, Syria
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R4267RS4508)
On July 3 2020, multiple sources report that a civilian named Fahd Suleiman Al-Basis was killed while picking fruit in the fields outside of Al Kahera by artillery shelling. While the vast majority of sources state that the shelling was carried out by the Assad regime, two state that the strikes were the result of “Russian militias.”
For this reason, the strike is categorised as “contested” despite the fact that there was a substantial consensus among sources that the shelling came from regime forces, with several pinpointing regime forces in the area of Jorin and Shatah as the source of the shelling.
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Artillery
Strike Status
Contested strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported killed
1
1 Man
Military Statements
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