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Incident Code

R4407

Incident date

October 23, 2021

Location

دارة عزة, Daret Izza, Syria

Geolocation

36.28247, 36.85216 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Up to four civilians, including a woman and two of her children were injured, as a result of Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling on residential neighbourhoods in the city of Darat Izza, west of Aleppo, Syria, on October 23rd 2021.

 

 

 

The incident was first reported on October 23, 2021 at 12:37 pm by Horrya.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Name unknown
female
Name unknown
Child
Name unknown
Child

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–4
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (29) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Two injured children, allegedy in a Russian or Syrian regime forces attack on 23rd October 2021 (Image via @abu_almuthanna_ / Twitter)
  • Shelling on Darat Izza, west of Aleppo, by Russian or Syrian regime forces on October 23rd 2021 (Image via @syr_television / Twitter)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Darat Izza (دارة عزة), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.28247, 36.85216. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–4
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (29) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4408

Incident date

October 23, 2021

Location

دير سنبل, Deir Sunbol, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.698585, 36.602775 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Several injuries were reported after Russian or Syrian regime forces’ targeted a olive harvest with “heavy” artillery and missiles in the outskirts of the village of Deir Sunbal, south of Idlib, Syria.

Syria Civil Defense said that “artillery of the regime and Russia targeted workers while harvesting the olive crop on the outskits of Dersanbel”

Whilst Syria Civil Defense said that “our teams inspected the targeted places and confirmed that there were no casualties”, other local sources such as Syria HR and Fresh News said that the attack resulted “in the injury of 5 civilians” who were olive picking workers.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    0–5
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Deir Sunbol (دير سنبل), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.698585, 36.602775. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    0–5
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS477 CS1967

Incident date

October 25, 2021

Location

العدوانية, Al Adwania, Hassakah, Syria

Geolocation

36.711861, 39.624167 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (other) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Up to four men were killed in Coalition airstrikes or shootings with the alleged assistance of Turkish forces in the village of Al Adwania on October 25, 2021. One of the men, Abu Hamza Al-Shuhail, was identified as an arms dealer while sources were conflicted as to whether the other men were civilians or militants.

The Euphrates Post reported that Turkish forces entered the village of Al Adwania and shot the young man Abdul Rahman Salem Al-Hammad, who died instantly from his gunshot wound. They also pointed out that Abdul had been armed and was killed instantly. Private sources contested that the forces that entered the area were Turkish, reporting that they “spoke English and not Turkish”, making it likely that the forces belonged to the Coalition.

According to Euphrates Post, this incident occurred shortly after an alleged Coalition drone killed Sabahi Al-Musleh “Abu Hamza Al-Shuhail”, identified as being a former arms dealer close to ISIS. A tweet from @DeirEzzorNow disputed this, stating that “Sabahi is not closely associated with the terrorist organization ISIS but the man was an old arms dealer… he joined the 20th Division – and sometimes he works as a smuggler towards Turkey.”

The Syrians for Truth and Justice released a report where they identified Abu Hamza as being a “a famous arms dealer in the region” who “supplied and sold massive quantities of various types of firearms to several parties in the Syrian conflict, chiefly IS”. Al-Shuhail worked with the factions of the former Free Syrian Army (FSA), Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Nusra Front)/Qaeda, and later with both IS and the SDF. He rented the farmhouse in al-Adwaniya—which is under the military control of SNA-affiliated 20th Division—and made it a headquarters for administrating his business, which included people smuggling “in coordination with SNA commanders”.

Additionally, two other people were killed by “unknown fire” when they rode a motorcycle to inspect the location of the drone strike, identified as being Sami Khalil Al-Khuzam, an electrician who worked in an agricultural vehicle repair shop from the village of Al-Marayeh in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside, and Nawaf Khalaf Al-Hawas, a shepherd from the village of Al-Tabiya. Orient News attributed the death of Sami and Nawaf to the Turkish forces that entered the area following the airstrikes.

Eye of Euphrates referred to “at least three” people killed in addition to Abu Hamza Al-Shuhail as being his “companions” but did not specifically identify if they were militants or civilians and their reporting also seems to indicate that the drone strike killed all four victims. However, a tweet from @DeirEzzorNow specifically identifies Abu Hamza Al-Shuhail, Abdul, and Nawaf as all being from Deir Ezzor and as all being members of the 20th National Army Division (they did not mention Sami Khalil).

The report by the Syrians for Truth and Justice identified the location as being a newly constructed farm adjacent to the Syria-Turkey border in al-Adwaniya village. Following the drone strike that killed Abu Hamza, Turkish ground troops came from Turkey and encircled the area, exchanging fire and killing a gunman in the farmhouse named Abdulrahman Salem al-Hammad, who “used to work with al-Shuhail and visited the farmhouse frequently”. In addition, two other civilians “arrived in the target area about an hour and a half after the assassination operation started” and were killed. Sami al-Khuzami died when he was shot in the chest, and Nawaf al-Khalaf died when he was shot in the head, possibly by sniper fire due to the location. Both were “killed on the main street leading to the farm, about 150 meters away from the farmhouse”. Overall, the incident resulted in the death of three civilians “who maintained no relations with the arms dealer”.

On November 27th 2021, the UK government announced that they had conducted strikes in this location without giving details about who was killed: “The crew of a remotely piloted Reaper, armed with Hellfire missiles, tracked a known terrorist in northern Syria, near the city of Ras al Ayn, and at a safe moment, when the individual was alone in a field, carried out a successful attack.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Abdul Rahman Salem Al-Hammad
Adult male killed
Sami Khalil Al-Khuzam
Adult male killed
Nawaf Khalaf Al-Hawas
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Declared strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Drone Strike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 3
  • (1–3 men)
  • Causes of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Turkish Military, US-led Coalition
  • Known targets
    Assad regime, ISIS
  • Belligerents reported killed
    1–3

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (15) [ collapse]

  • Sabahi Al-Musleh "Abu Hamza Al-Shuhail", an alleged arms dealer killed in strikes on October 25, 2021. (Image posted by @DeirEzzorNow)
  • Sami al-Khuzami , killed in Al Adwania on October 25, 2021. (Image posted by Euphrates Post)
  • Nawaf al-Khalaf, killed in Al Adwania on October 25, 2021. (Image posted by Euphrates Post)
  • One of the men killed in strikes or a shooting in Al Adwania on October 25, 2021. (Image posted by Euphrates Post)
  • Two photos taken at different intervals of the farmhouse built sometime in 2021, and where al-Shuhail was killed. The farmhouse is adjacent to Syria-Turkey borders and is farmed in red. Credits: Planet Labs Inc.
  • Satellite image taken by Planet Labs Inc. 7 November 2021. The photo locates the farmhouse—the black square—where al-Shuhail was killed, compared to the location of the Turkish base—the red square—from where the ground forces raided the farmhouse. Additionally, the photo shows the border wall between Syria and Turkey. Credit: Planet Labs Inc.
  • Footage from the video, showing the farmhouse, in the black square. Credit: STJ.
  • Satellite image linked with the live footage from the video. Credit: Planet Labs Inc.
  • Satellite image linked with the live footage from the video. Credit: Planet Labs Inc.
  • Footage from the video. Credit: STJ.
  • Footage circulated on social media of what is believed al-Shuhail’s body parts and the location where the drone hit.
  • The footage from social media linked with satellite images. Credit: Planet Labs Inc.
  • Footage circulated on social media of what is believed to be al-Shuhail’s body parts and the location where the drone hit.

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    Graphic image of victim Nawaf al-Khalaf, shot in the forehead by alleged Turkish forces on October 25, 2021. (Image posted by Syrians for Truth and Justice)

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    Graphic image of victim Sami al-Khuzami, who was targeted just in the heart by alleged Turkish forces on October 25, 2021. (Image posted by Syrians for Truth and Justice)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the strike mention the village of Al Adwania (العدوانية). According to research conducted by Syrians for Truth and Justice, the exact coordinates for this strike are: 36.711861, 39.624167. Cross referencing source material, we can confirm the accuracy of this location.  

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

US-led Coalition
Official source

The crew of a remotely piloted Reaper, armed with Hellfire missiles, tracked a known terrorist in northern Syria, near the city of Ras al Ayn, and at a safe moment, when the individual was alone in a field, carried out a successful attack.

UK Military
  • English
    /
    Original
Official source

Monday 25 October – An RAF Reaper killed a Daesh terrorist in northern Syria. Royal Air Force aircraft have continued to fly missions over Iraq and Syria in support of the global coalition against the Daesh terrorist movement. On Monday 25 October, the crew of a remotely piloted Reaper, armed with Hellfire missiles, tracked a known terrorist in northern Syria, near the city of Ras al Ayn, and at a safe moment, when the individual was alone in a field, carried out a successful strike.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Declared strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Drone Strike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 3
  • (1–3 men)
  • Causes of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Turkish Military, US-led Coalition
  • Known targets
    Assad regime, ISIS
  • Belligerents reported killed
    1–3

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4409

Incident date

October 27, 2021

Location

جمعية شام الخير, Sham Al Khair Assocation, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

36.221981, 36.804222 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One civilian, a child, and up to ten other civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike, during a raid on October 27th 2021, which targeted the Sham Al-Khair village or Domani camp, Termanin, in the northern countryside of Idlib.

Whilst Al Souria Network’s correspondent reported that in a “preliminary outcome” ten people had been wounded, in the same article, the Syrian Civil Defense team was reported to have said that four other children and a woman were wounded. Other sources, such as @mhmdfaisel tweeted that the number was seven.

According to multiple sources, the camp houses women who were widowed.  One local source, @RamiMu7ammad posted a video to Twitter with the caption, “this mother lost her husband and home, had to flee and live in an IDP [Internally Displaced Persons] camp for widows and orphans and now she lost her child.”  Her child has been identified as Bassam Hallaq, seven years old.  Her other children, Bassam’s sister, Batoul Hallaq, 13 years old, was also wounded in the attack and a source, Syriansae, posted on Faceook that she had to have her leg amputated. Fatima Hallaq, their other sibling, was also pictured at hospital after being injured in the attack.

The_whitehelmets posted a photo of her  on Instagram, in her hospital bed which said, “Fatima will wake up soon to find that those moments were her last with her brother Bassam.”

The three others who were reported to have been wounded are two children, Maryam Sheikh, 13 years old, Salama Muhaimid, eleven years old, and Fadela Dawoud, a woman, who was 52 years old.

Some sources added that the shelling was laser-guided Krasnopol shells, although other local sources, such as @freeehsem tweeted that the attack was as a “result of rocket-propelled grenades launched by Bashar al-Assad’s gang.”

It has been reported that the responsibility lied with with either the Syrian regime or the Russian forces. For example, Al Souria Network reported that “activists circulated pictures and video clips that they said were of Russian planes.” Al Muharrah Network differed with their picture, instead stating that their correspondent “in Idlib said that Assad’s forces, staioned in the 46th Regiment, west of Aleppo, targeted a camp for widows.”

This attack comes after, as Xber 24 reported, “the Idlib governate and the countryside of Aleppo and Hama have witnessed a major military escalation by Russia and the Syrian regime, during the past few days.”

The incident was first reported on October 27, 2021 at 1:37 pm by @BelalBayoush90.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Bassam Hallaq
7 years old male killed
Batoul Hallaq
13 years old female sister of Bassam injured
Fatima Hallaq
Child female sister of Bassam

The victims were named as:

Maryam Sheikh
13 years old female injured
Salama Muhaimid
11 years old female injured
Fadela Dawoud
52 years old female injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–10
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (60) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (38) [ collapse]

  • "Uncle, uncle, my brother died! God's sake From targeting Sham Al-Khair camp near the town of #Termanin"

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    Bassam Hallaq, allegedly killed by Russain or Syrian regime forces on October 27th 2021. (Image via @Ibrahim02622591 / Twitter)
  • Damage caused by a Russian or Syrian regime attack on the Sham El Khair camp for Internally Displaced Persons in the village of Termanin, October 27th 2021. (Image via @sunMuslim / Twitter).
  • Injured sister of Bassam Hallaq, who was killed by an alleged Russain or Syrian regime forces attack on the village of Termanin on October 27th 2021. (Image via @sunMuslim / Twitter)
  • Blood left in the Hallaq family home after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack which killed Bassam Hallaq, aged seven, on October 27th 2021. (Image via @sunMuslim / Twitter)

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    Bassam Hallaq, aged 7, killed by an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on the village of Termanin on October 27th 2021 (Image via @sunMuslim / Twitter).

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    Bassam Hallaq, killed allegedly by a Russian or Syrian regime attack on Termanin, October 27th 2021. (Image via @freeehsem / Twitter)
  • An attack allegedly by the Russain forces or Syrian regime hit the town of Termanin on October 27th 2021 (Image via @freeehsem / Twitter)

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    Bassam Hallaq, killed allegedly by a Russian or Syrian regime attack on Termanin, October 27th 2021. (Image via @freeehsem / Twitter)

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    Images of Bassam Hallaq, who was allegedly killed by a Russain or Syrian regime attack on the village of Termanin on October 27th 2021 (Image via @h001t / Twitter)

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    @Marea_Elshame reported on the children injured in the alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on Termanin on October 27th 2021 (Image via Twitter).
  • "The orphan child Bassam Hallaq, was killed by Bashar al-Assad’s forces on the evening of October 27, 2021 by artillery shelling targeting his family’s tent in a camp for orphans and their mothers near the town of Termanin in Idlib countryside, northwest Syria." (Image via @khaleedalkhteb / Twitter)
  • 1 of 2: Image created of the deceased child, Bassam Hallaq, who was killed in a Russian or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021 (Image via @ibrahim78197182 / Twitter)
  • 2 of 2: Image created of the deceased child, Bassam Hallaq, who was killed in a Russian or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021 (Image via @ibrahim78197182 / Twitter)
  • @a2hmmadd77 reported the attack in the Domani camp on October 27th 2021 (Image via Twitter)
  • Injured sister of Bassam Hallaq, who was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on Termanin on October 27th 2021 (Image via @ibrahim78197182 / Twitter)
  • Baladi News reported the attack allegedly by the Russian or Syrian regime forces on October 27th 2021 which killed one child and injured several others.
  • Al Tareek news showed a Syrian Civil Defense volunteer rescuing a injured child in Termanin on October 27th 2021.
  • Halap Today reported of the attack on Termanin allegedy by Russian or Syrian regime forces on October 27th 2021.
  • 1 of 2: Syrian Civil Defense volunteers reported from the scene as they rescue those injured in the alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021 (Image via Facebook).
  • 2 of 2: Syrian Civil Defense volunteers reported from the scene as they rescue those injured in the alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021 (Image via Facebook).
  • Batoul Hallaq, injured in an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime attack on Termanin on October 27th 2021. Reports allege that her leg was amputated as a result. (Image via Sham.hayir / Facebook).
  • 1 of 2: Sham.hayir posted a photo on Facebook of the moment the alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack hit the village of Termanin on October 27th 2021.
  • 2 of 2: Sham.hayir posted a photo on Facebook of the moment the alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack hit the village of Termanin on October 27th 2021.
  • "A man gives his last farewell look to a child who was killed by artillery shelling by the regime forces on a camp near the town of Termanin in the northern countryside of Idlib" (Image via MMC)
  • 1 of 9: MMC reported the destruction from the Domani camp near Termanin after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021.
  • 3 of 9: MMC reported the destruction from the Domani camp near Termanin after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021.
  • 4 of 9: MMC reported the destruction from the Domani camp near Termanin after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021.
  • 5 of 9: MMC reported the destruction from the Domani camp near Termanin after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021.
  • 6 of 9: MMC reported the destruction from the Domani camp near Termanin after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021.
  • 7 of 9: MMC reported the destruction from the Domani camp near Termanin after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021.
  • 8 of 9: MMC reported the destruction from the Domani camp near Termanin after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime attack on October 27th 2021.
  • SNHR reported from the destruction on October 27th 2021 after an alleged Russain or Syrian regime airstrike.
  • Fatima Hallaq, injured after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Termanin on October 27th 2021 (Image via SCD / Facebook)

Geolocation notes (3) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention the Sham Al Khair Assocation (جمعية شام الخير), in the vicinity of Termanin (ترمانين‎). Analyzing audio-visual material from sources we have narrowed down the location to these exact coordinates: 36.221981, 36.804222.

  • Reports of the incident mention the Sham Al Khair Assocation (جمعية شام الخير), in the vicinity of Termanin (ترمانين‎). Analyzing audio-visual material from sources we have narrowed down the location to exact coordinates.

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  • Tagged audio-visual material from sources.

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Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–10
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (60) [ collapse]

Incident Code

CS1968

Incident date

October 27, 2021

Location

الصبحة, Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Geolocation

35.896421, 39.904919 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A male civilian, co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, was shot and killed by alleged Coalition forces and/or Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in on October 27, 2021.

According to a tweet from @Sada_AlSharqieh, a media organization covering Eastern Syria, Samer Al-Abdullah, the co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, in charge of running the affairs of the Health Committee in the Council, was killed in an airdrop operation carried out by the Coalition forces and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

@DeirEzzor24 reported that Samer Al-Abdullah was killed by mistake when SDF forces were searching for a wanted person, adding that Samer was a member of the Future Syria Party affiliated with the administration.

The correspondent of the “Ein al-Furat” network said that the SDF Asayish carried out a landing operation to arrest a person named Shayesh al-Hassan. “When al-Hassan fled, the deputy co-presidency of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, in charge of the affairs of the Health Committee, left his house, thinking that the shooting was on his house and that he should flee from it, which prompted the Asayish forces to shoot him, killing him instantly.” @baznewz named the target of the operation to be the sons of “Salem al-Baghdeh,” Abu Younis, a leader in the Islamic State.

However, @humam_isa reported that the shooting came after misleading information reached the Coalition forces. @Sada_AlSharqieh tweeted that Samer Al-Abdullah had been threatened by several parties who wanted him to leave work in the Civil Council and Nedaa Post stated that the SDF had arrested other members of the council. Ida2at even added that there were accusations that the SDF intended to kill Samer and it was part of an “assassination operation”. The “Al-Shaitat official” page quoted a source as saying that “Al-Abdullah is an educated person who knows that anyone who goes out during a raid or landing operation is targeted, and therefore he will not put himself at risk to look at the raid, which makes it likely that the cadres will arrange the operation to get rid of him.”

Sources were conflicted as to what time the event occurred, with @EuphratesPost pinpointing the raid to dawn while Jisr TV reported that the shooting occurred in the evening.

In a civilian casualty assessment released November 3, 2023, the Coalition classed this event as ‘non credible’, claiming that “After a thorough review of all CJTF-OIR strike and operation history, no strike or operation was identified +/-24 hours, in the vicinity of the allegation.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Samer Al-Abdullah سامر العبد الله
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Small arms and light weapons
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces
  • Suspected target
    ISIS

Sources (29) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Samer Al-Abdullah, the co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, killed in an alleged Coalition airdrop operation on October 27, 2021. (Image posted by @Sada_AlSharqieh)
  • Samer Al-Abdullah, the co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, killed in an alleged Coalition airdrop operation on October 27, 2021. (Image posted by @DeirEzzorNow)
  • The official in the Civil Council of the "Self-Administration", Samer Al-Abdullah, was killed "by mistake", during a raid carried out by the international coalition forces and "SDF" near his house in a town in Deir ez-Zor governorate, targeting ISIS cells. (Image posted by @AsharqNewsSYR)

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    Graphic image of Samer Al-Abdullah, the co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, killed in an alleged Coalition airdrop operation on October 27, 2021. (Image posted by @baznewz)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Sabha (الصبحة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.896421, 39.904919. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Civilian casualty statements

US-led Coalition
  • Nov 3, 2023

  • October 27, 2021, near Al Sabha, Syria, via Airwars report. After a thorough review of all CJTF-OIR strike and operation history, no strike or operation was identified +/-24 hours, in the vicinity of the allegation. 3313/CS1968 37SEV8166572838

Syrian Democratic Forces Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Democratic Forces
  • Syrian Democratic Forces position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Small arms and light weapons
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces
  • Suspected target
    ISIS

Sources (29) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4410

Incident date

November 1, 2021

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.658546, 36.484314 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between one and three civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling outside of Kansafra on November 1, 2021.

According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a young man was seriously injured in artillery shelling that targeted workers while they were harvesting the olive crop outside of Kansafra. The injured man was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Multiple local sources, including @MasarPressNet, reported that “civilians” were wounded and @jisrtv referred to “several civilians” but did not specify how many civilians were involved.

North Press Agency put the injury toll from the shelling at three people, including one who was in critical condition, and identified the location as being a workshop working with olive picking. They added that the shelling resulting in partially damaging the homes of residents in the area.

A tweet from @Click_Syria reported that at the time, the Syrian Army was bombing fortifications of “Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham” near Kansafra.

The majority of sources attributed the artillery shelling to the regime forces. However, @Almohrar1 identified Russia as being responsible.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (21) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Civil Defense volunteers treat a young man injured in strikes on Kansafra on November 1, 2021. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Kansafra (كنصفرة), for which the generic coordinates are:35.658546, 36.484314. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (21) [ collapse]

Incident Code

YS119

Incident date

November 2, 2021

Location

قرف مغار, Qerf Maghar, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.682222, 38.0525 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least two girls were killed and three to four children were injured in alleged SDF shelling or unknown unexploded ordinances in the village of Qerf Maghar on November 2, 2021.

Zaman Al Wasl reported that two girls were killed and four other children were seriously injured in an unknown explosion in the village of “Qerf Maghar”. Their correspondent added that most of the children affected were from the same family and that the explosion could be the result of unexploded remnants, while other sources identified all of the children as being from the same family.

@Step_Agency tweeted that in addition to the two girls killed, three civilians were wounded and that the explosion was caused by a mortar shell launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces. However, @feryal222kakhi reported that the girls were killed by a hand grenade that they were playing with.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights identified the location of the explosion as near the house of the village’s mayor.

Sources were conflicted as to whether the explosion was caused by shelling from SDF forces or an unexploded ordinance/landmine.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • Causes of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Syrian Democratic Forces

Sources (19) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • A White Helmet volunteer finds a shoe at the site of an explosion that killed two children and injured four others in the countryside of Jarabulus on November 2, 2021. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Qarf Maghar (قرف مغار), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.682222, 38.0525. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Syrian Democratic Forces Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Democratic Forces
  • Syrian Democratic Forces position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • Causes of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Syrian Democratic Forces

Sources (19) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4411

Incident date

November 6, 2021

Location

شادرني, Shaderni, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.89108, 36.3388 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian strikes on the Shaderni area on November 6, 2021.

According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a civilian was seriously injured and a number of cows were killed when Russian planes bombed a farm in the Shaderni area. The White Helmets rescued the injured and made sure there were no other injuries.

The Syrian Civil Defense also identified the civilian injured: Khaled Al-Ashqar, 45 years old, sustained a serious injury to his foot while working on one of the farms that were affected by the bombing of the Russian warplanes.

Syrian Network for Human Rights referred to a “poultry barn that was being used for sheltering livestock” as being damaged in the strikes and added that they confirmed that “the poultry barn is located within a residential area free of any military presence and equipment”. @syr_television identified two farms as being affected by the bombing.

Jisr TV reported that Sputnik News Agency claimed that Russian warplanes targeted and destroyed a training camp for militants in the countryside of Jisr al-Shughur city, which resulted in the destruction of vehicles and equipment belonging to the Turkistan Islamic Party and that the eight air strikes launched at the site killed and wounded more than 35 militants, including leaders.

All of the local sources that reported on the incident attributed the civilian injury to Russian forces.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Khaled Al-Ashqar خالد الأشقر
45 years old male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (16) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]

  • White Helmets inspect a damaged building and a cow that was killed in alleged Russian strikes on Shaderni on November 6, 2021. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • A White Helmet volunteer looking at the explosion caused by alleged Russian strikes on Shaderni on November 6, 2021. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • White Helmets inspect a damaged building and a cow that was killed in alleged Russian strikes on Shaderni on November 6, 2021. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • White Helmets inspect a building damaged from alleged Russian strikes on Shaderni on November 6, 2021. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • White Helmets inspect a building damaged from alleged Russian strikes on Shaderni on November 6, 2021. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Khaled Al-Ashqar, 45 years old, sustained a serious injury to his foot while working on one of the farms that were affected by the bombing of the Russian warplanes in the Shaderni area. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the Shaderni (شديرني) area in the vicinity of Jisr Al Shughur (جِسْرُ ٱلشُّغُورِ). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for the Zahr Shaderni (زهر شديرني) hill are: 35.89108, 36.3388.

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (16) [ collapse]