Geolocation
Airwars assessment
A 15-year old boy named as Mohammad Haj Ahmad was reported by VDC as having been killed by the Coalition.
The boy came from Al-Ghadefeh – though it is unclear whether this is where he died. No additional details are presently known.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Ghadafeh (الغدفة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.6742, 36.79058. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (1) [ collapse]
Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.
The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Original strike reports
For February 8th-10th the Coalition did not report any strikes in the vicinity of Idlib. However it no longer reports unilateral US strikes in the area.