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(Previous Incident Codes: R815AS210RS911)
Between three and five civilians died and up to 17 others were wounded in an airstrike on Al Mansoura village, according to local media. Multiple reports said a strike hit a car travelling along the al Rasafa road and killed those inside. It was unclear who was responsible for the deaths, with allegations against Russia, the US-led Coalition and the Assad regime.
Smart reported “International coalition planes carry out a raid on the village of al Al Mansoura in Al Ar Raqqahh”, along with multiple other sources.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently attributed the event to Russia, reporting the death of “three martyrs following a Russian strike that targeted al Rasafa junction. One victims car was allegedly “totally burnt out.” Orient News also suspected Moscow.
Step News Agency and 7al did not identify the culprit, they put the death toll at five – 7al repoted 17 others wounded.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights was the only source to blame the regime, it said that warplanes killed three non-combatants.
Zamanalwasl added that a number of residential homes were also destroyed and published an image of the ruins.
In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area at that time.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Al Mansoura (المنصورة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.83869, 38.7462902. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.