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(Previous Incident Code: S1758)
Local sources reported that one man was killed in an air or artillery strike in Al Soussa while he was leaving Friday prayers.
While only the Coalition was known to be conducting airstrikes on the town at this time, Deir Ezzor 24 instead blamed regime artillery strikes.
According to Hajin Magazine, “We have received the news of the martyrdom of Hajj Mohammed Saeed Almansour. He was martyred by an airstrike on Al Soussa while he was leaving Friday prayers.”
Deir Ezzor 24 instead reported the following: “The killing of Mohammed Saeed Mansour Al-Khatiri by the artillery shelling from Assad forces, which targeted the vicinity of # Al-Khalafaa mosque in the town of # Al-Shafa east of Deir Al-Zour.”
In its December 2020 monthly civilian casualty report, the Coalition assessed this event as ‘non credible’, claiming that it had conducted no strikes in the geographical area which corresponded with civilian harm claims.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Soussa: Al Khalafaa mosque area (السوسة), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.528889, 40.9675. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.