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One person, a man, was killed and between one to five other civilians, were injured after mortar shelling attributed to both the Syrian regime and Russian forces hit the outskirts of the city of Atarib, in the western countryside of Aleppo on Saturday March 11th 2023.
It’s unclear as to whether the man reported killed, Mustafa Talib, was a civilian, with a divided number of local sources indicating that he was a civilian, whilst others, such as Afrin Post, reported that he was a member of the “terrorist organisation Hay’at Tahir al-Sham”. The number of civilians injured ranged in reports from one, a woman, reported to be injured by the Afrin Post. It also reported that four other militants were killed alongside Mustafa Talib. However, other reports indicated that all of the four or five injured were civilians, including a child and a woman.
The incident occured at approximately 12:00 pm local time.
Geolocation notes (2) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention the outskirts of the town of Al Atareb (الاتارب). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to the following exact coordinates: 36.133794, 36.841879.
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"A person was killed and 5 civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured in mortar shelling by the regime forces and Russia, targeting the outskirts of the city of Atarib in the western countryside of #Aleppo, today, Saturday, March 11." The White Helmets reported from the incident (Image via Twitter)
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"A person was killed and 5 civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured in mortar shelling by the regime forces and Russia, targeting the outskirts of the city of Atarib in the western countryside of #Aleppo, today, Saturday, March 11." The White Helmets reported from the incident (Image via Twitter)
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"A person was killed and 5 civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured in mortar shelling by the regime forces and Russia, targeting the outskirts of the city of Atarib in the western countryside of #Aleppo, today, Saturday, March 11." The White Helmets reported from the incident (Image via Twitter)
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"A person was killed and 5 civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured in mortar shelling by the regime forces and Russia, targeting the outskirts of the city of Atarib in the western countryside of #Aleppo, today, Saturday, March 11." The White Helmets reported from the incident (Image via Twitter)
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Mustafa Talib, reportedly killed as a resuly of a Russian or Syrian regime mortar shell. He is disputed between sources as a civilian or militant (Image via @Omar_Madaniah / Twitter)
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Orient News report on the death of Mustafa Talib, killed "during its bombing of Atarib" (Image via @OrientNews / Twitter)
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"The names of the casualties as a result of the artillery shelling that targeted the city of Atarib, west of Aleppo" (Image via @Almohrar1 / Twitter)
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"A young man was killed and 5 civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured in mortar shelling by the regime forces targeting the outskirts of the city of Atarib in the western countryside of Aleppo today, Saturday, March 11, at noon." (Image via @abdalazezketaz / Twitter)
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The Afrin Post reported that the man who was killed was a member of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (Image via Afrin post)