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A Russian combat aircraft at Khmeimim airbase in Syria being prepared for action. (Russian Ministry of Defence)

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Incident Code

R3326

Incident date

September 4, 2018

Location

كفردين, Kafridin, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were reported killed and three others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafridin in Idlib, Syria on September 4th, 2018.

Fresh-syria news reported that “a number of civilians were martyred and others were injured today, Tuesday, as a result of the Russian aggression targeting with airstrikes the village of Kafridin, west of the city of Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib countryside, according to our correspondent.”

Also Edlib Media Center said “The Russian occupation warplane carried out a horrific massacre after shelling several neighborhoods of the city of Jisr al-Shughour in the western countryside of Idlib by several air strikes on Tuesday. []The reporter added that two people were killed and others wounded by similar shelling on the town of Kfardin west of Jisr al-Shughour.”

@hozaifadahmaan tweeted Martyrs, wounded and trapped under the rubble as a result of Russian warplanes targeting the village of Kafridin with an air strike in western Idlib.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Media
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  • The moment an airstrike hit Kafdin, 4th Sept 2018. (via Sputnik)
  • SCD responding to airstrikes on Kafridin in Idlib, Syria on Sep 4th, 2018 (via SCD Lattakia).
  • SCD volunteers rescuing civilians after airstrikes on Kafridin in Idlib on Sep 4th, 2018 (via Bassam Fizo)
  • SCD responding to airstrikes on Kafridin in Idlib, Syria on Sep 4th, 2018 (via SCD Lattakia).
  • Destruction caused by airstrikes on Kafridin in Idlib, Syria on Sep 4th, 2018 (via SCD Lattakia).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3534

Incident date

September 4, 2018

Location

جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to 11 civilians including a woman, and five children from the same family were reported killed and many others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on neighborhoods in Jisr Al Shigour in Idlib on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. The local sources identified names of ten of the victims and the five children but one victim’s identity remains unknown.

@RaedAlSaleh3 tweeted that “more than 13 airstrikes targeted civilian homes in  Jisr Al-Shughour and its countryside and White Helmets volunteers responded.”

Anadolu Agency quoted the director of the Civil Defense in Idlib, Mustafa Hajj Yusef as saying “the airstrikes carried out by the Russian warplanes in Idlib had resulted in the death of nine civilians, including five children, in Jisr Al-Shughour.”

Orient News reported that “five children were killed on Tuesday, and a number of other civilians were wounded due to the renewed air strikes by the Russian occupation planes on the southern outskirts of Jisr Al-Shughour city in Idlib countryside.”

Edlib Media Center said that “the Russian occupation aircraft targeted Al-Basateen neighborhood in the city of Jisr Al-Shughour with rockets, killing 11 civilians, including children of one family, in addition to several wounded and large destruction.”

Horrya news: Russian aggression planes launched dozens of air strikes with high explosive missiles on the city of Jisr Al-Shughour and the villages around western Idlib, in addition to other raids on the villages of Sahl Al-Ghab in the western Hama countryside.

SN4HR: At least 5 children, from the same family, killed as suspected Russian warplanes fired missiles on al Basatin neighborhood in south of Jisr al Shughour city in Idlib governorate western suburbs, for the second time today, September 4, 2018.

Both Russia and the Syrian regime were blamed for this incident. Sputnik posted a video of strikes on Idlib – on Sep the 4th, captioned “On Tuesday night, Russia’s Hmeymim Airbase in Syria destroyed two terrorist drones with surface-to-air missiles, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (10)

Mohamed Ahmed Hihano محمد أحمد حيحانو
Child male killed
Taha Ezz El-Din Hihano طه عز الدين حيحانو
Child male killed
Jalal/Talal Ahmad Hihano جلال / طلال احمد حيحانو
Child male killed
Amar Sakhr Hihano قمر صخر حيحانو
Child killed
Mohamed Sakhr Hihano محمد صخر حيحانو
Child male killed
Mahrous Hihano محروس حيحانو
male injured
Mohamed Hihano محمد حيحانو
male injured
Mohamed Ezzedine Hihano محمد عزالدين حيحانو
male injured
Ezzeldin Hihano عز الدين حيحانو
male injured
Ilaf Hihano ايلاف حيحانو
injured

Family members (2)

Abdul Ghafour Haj Saleh عبدالغفور حاج صالح
injured
Ahmed Abdul Ghafour Haj Saleh احمد عبدالغفور حاج صالح
injured

Family members (2)

Zahriya Al-Abdo زهرية العبدو
female killed
Zahir Al-Abdo زاهر العبدو
male killed

The victims were named as:

Kholoud Hamidi خلود حميدي
Age unknown female injured
Shamsa Hammadi شمسة حمادي
Age unknown injured
Dalou’na al Hassan دلعونا الحسن
Age unknown injured
Shams al Omar شمس العمر
Age unknown injured
Mohammed al-Bash محمد الباش
Age unknown injured
Mahmoud Mohamed محمود محمد
Age unknown male killed
Amina Mahmoud أمينة محمود
Age unknown female killed
Abu Ibrahim al Halabi ابو ابراهيم الحلبي
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10 – 11
  • (5 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–20
  • 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 attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (33) [ collapse]

Media
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    A dead child in the aftermath of raids on Jisr al Shughour, 4th Sept 2018. (via SN4HR)
  • The aftermath of aftermath of raids on Jisr al Shughour, 4th Sept 2018. (via Ariha Today)

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    A man mourns over dead children in the aftermath of raids on Jisr al Shughour, 4th Sept 2018. (via Jisr al shoughour Media Centre)
  • The exact moement warplanes were fired onto Jisr al Shughour, 4th Sept 2018. (via Sputnik)

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  • Ambulance rushing to locations of airstrikes allegedly by Russian warplanes on the southern outskirts of Jisr Al-Shughour city in Idlib countryside on Sep 4th. 2018. (via Orient).
  • Raids targeting Jisr Al Shogour on Sep 4th, 2018. (Via @RaedAlSaleh3).

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    Civil Defense Volunteer carrying body of a child likely killed in airstrikes allegedly by Russian warplanes or Syrian regime attacks on the southern outskirts of Jisr Al-Shughour city in Idlib countryside on Sep 4th. 2018. (via SNHR)
  • A photo of Russian airstrikes on areas near Jisr alShoghour in Idlib on Sep 4th. 2018. (via @GemmaFox__)
  • A child injured in the alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jisr Al Shogour being treated in hospital. (via Enab baladi).
  • A photo of Russian airstrikes on areas near Jisr alShoghour in Idlib on Sep 4th. 2018. (via @GemmaFox__)
  • Airstrikes allegedly by Russian warplanes on the southern outskirts of Jisr Al-Shughour city in Idlib countryside on Sep 4th. 2018. (via Orient).
  • Airstrikes allegedly by Russian warplanes on the southern outskirts of Jisr Al-Shughour city in Idlib countryside on Sep 4th. 2018. (via Orient).
  • White Helmets volunteers responding to airstrikes allegedly by Russian warplanes on the southern outskirts of Jisr Al-Shughour city in Idlib countryside on Sep 4th. 2018. (via Orient).
  • Zaher Al Abdu killed in airstrikes allegedly by Russian warplanes or Syrian regime attacks on the southern outskirts of Jisr Al-Shughour city in Idlib countryside on Sep 4th. 2018. (via Abo Ali Al Abbas).

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    Zaher Al Abdu killed in airstrikes allegedly by Russian warplanes or Syrian regime attacks on the southern outskirts of Jisr Al-Shughour city in Idlib countryside on Sep 4th. 2018. (via Abo Ali Al Abbas).

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    Jisr al shoughour Media Centre captioned this 'The last farewell'.
  • These two children were reported killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Jisr Al Shoghour on Sep 4th, 2018. (via @AbdulrazakSY).

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    Likely a civilian injured in alleged Russian forces or regime airstrikes on Jisr Al Shogour on Sep 4th, 2018. (via@Abd_Aluakel).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10 – 11
  • (5 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–20
  • 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 attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (33) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3532

Incident date

August 10, 2018

Location

أورم الكبرى, Urma Al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.1475457, 36.9448239 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

In a major civilian casualty incident, up to 44 civilians, including five to 25 children, were reportedly killed in three consecutive airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Kubra. In total, sources recorded the names of 43 killed civilians.

Multiple sources reported many injured, with estimates ranging between dozens to 70, with one earlier report citing six injured.

The majority of sources attributed the strikes to Russia, yet the Assad regime was named by two sources, while five sources did not positively attribute responsibility.

Estimates of the death toll and numbers wounded rose as events unfolded, with earlier reports citing six injured, with the same source, Step New Agency, later reporting as many as 70 wounded and 40 killed.

Syrian Network for Human Rights estimated at least 10 killed, including five children, and named the Al Aboud family, and Ahmed Aziza, a media reporter, as killed in the airstrikes.

Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported 41 killed, while the majority of sources estimated the death toll at approximately 20, and cited ‘dozens’ as injured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported 41 victims, including 25 children and seven women.

According to SCD Aleppo, “A warplane believed to be Russian launched three consecutive raids on the town of Urma al-Kubra in the Greater Aleppo at exactly 6.30pm on Friday August 10th. The strikes targeted the homes of civilians in the town, leaving twenty martyrs including six children and two women and a whole family under the rubble. The number of wounded reached fifty, mostly children and women.”

SCD Aleppo went on to cite the head of the civil defence centre in the town, Hussein Badawi, who reported that there was destruction across  “nearly three neighbourhoods” in the three raids.

Shabab Orem Al Kubra posted the local council list with the names of 35 other civilians who died in the airstrikes. In addition, the source also listed an unnamed family of seven, possibly the Al Aboud family, and two children from Homs, bringing the total death toll up to 44 civilians. The girl Fatima Ibrahim Darwish was reported missing. The source reported that 70 civilians were injured.

Smart News states that “the local council issued a statement condemning the massacre, calling on the international community to stand by its responsibilities towards the Syrian people and their right to live in safety in their country.”

The head of the local council of the town, Mahmoud Al Ibrahim, told Radio Al Kul that the shelling resulted in the destruction of more than 60 houses, and triggered the displacement for more than a hundred families who feared renewed shelling.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (7)

Ahmed Mustafa Aboud Al Diab
Adult male er of five children killed killed
Enaam Hassan Al Aboud
Adult female Mother of five killed killed
Mustafa Ahmed Al Aboud
Child male killed
Mohammed Ahmed Al Aboud
Child male killed
Malak Ahmed Al Aboud
Child female killed
Hala Ahmed Al Aboud
Child female killed
Hala Ahmed Al Aboud
Child female killed

Family members (3)

Abdul Sattar al-Hussein عبد الستار الحسين
Adult male killed
Hiba al-Hussein هبة الحسين
Child female killed
A girl from the Hussain family
Child female killed

Family members (2)

The daughter of Mohammed Radwan Khalil
Age unknown female
The daughter of Mohammed Radwan Khalil
Age unknown female killed

Family members (3)

The wife of Ibrahim Al-Naif
Adult female killed
The daughter of Ibrahim Al-Naif
Age unknown
The daughter of Ibrahim Al-Naif
Age unknown

Family members (3)

Abdul Al Sattar Hamada حج عبدالقادر علي
Adult male killed
Bayan Ahmed Al Hamada بيان احمد حمادة
Child female killed
Khadija Ahmed Hamada خديجة احمد حمادة
Child female killed

Family members (6)

Ahmed Muhammad Ghazi Darwish أحمد محمد غازي درويش
Adult male killed
Nayef Ibrahim Darwish نايف ابراهيم درويش
Child male killed
Ghadeer Ibrahim Darwish غدير ابراهيم درويش
Child female killed
Khadija Ibrahim Darwish خديجة ابراهيم درويش
Child female killed
Ghada Ibrahim Darwish غادة ابراهيم درويش
Child female killed
wife of Sabri Darwish زوجة صبري درويش
Adult female killed

Family members (2)

Mays Muhammad Radwan ميس محمد رضوان
Child female killed
Fatima Muhammad Radwan فاطمة محمد رضوان
Child female killed

Family members (2)

Omar Al Sheikh عمر الشيخ
Child male killed
Ayah Muhammad Al Sheikh محمد الشيخ
Child male killed

Family members (2)

Amina Anoun أمينة عنون اخت ابو رياض
Adult female sister of Abu Riyadh killed
Hussein Ibn Amina Anoun حسين ابن أمينة عنون
Age unknown male killed

Family members (2)

Jum'a Muhammad Mustafa جمعة محمد مصطف
Child male from Al Qarasi killed
Abdul Karim Muhammad Mustafa عبدالكريم محمد مصطفى
Child male from Al Qarasi killed

The victims were named as:

Ahmed Aziza
19 years old male media Reporter killed
Abdo Mustafa Al Ali عبدو مصطفى العلي
Age unknown male killed
The daughter of Ibrahim Haj Mustafa
Age unknown female killed
Mohammed Omar Al-Hussein محمد عمر الحسين
Child male killed
Ali Omar Hussein علي عمر الحسين
Age unknown male killed
Hajj Abdul Qadir Ali حج عبدالقادر علي
Adult male killed
Asma Agha - أسماء آغا زوجة ابراهيم نايف
Age unknown female wife of Ibrahim Nayef killed
Ali Abdel Wahab (Ibn Abu Deeb) علي عبدالوهاب ابن ابو ديب
Adult male killed
Hussein Abed حسين عاب
Adult male killed
Batoul Salama بتول سلامة
Adult female from Al Qarasi killed
Maryam Haj Abdul Karim مريم حج عبدالكريم
Adult female from Al Qarasi killed
Sakina Al Masry سكينة المصري من كفركرمين
Adult female Kafr Karmeen killed
Nader Al Halabi - نادر الحلبي
Adult male from Aleppo killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    43 – 44
  • (5–25 children1–7 women2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6–70
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (53) [ collapse]

Media
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    Bodies are retrieved from the rubble following August 10th airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra (via SN4HR)

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    Four children killed in the August 10th airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra (via Hamza.alshaheed)
  • August 10th air strikes on the town of Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)

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    A child from the Aboud family, all of whom were killed in the August 10th airstrikes on Urma Al-Kubra (via Kafar Zita)

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    A child from the Aboud family, all of whom were killed in the August 10th airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra (via Kafar Zita).
  • The aftermath of the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via SCDaleppo)
  • A child is pulled from the rubble following the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via SCDaleppo)
  • A child pulled from the rubble following the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via SCDaleppo)
  • The rescue mission following the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via SCDaleppo)

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    A child is pulled from the rubble following the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via SCDaleppo)
  • Children killed in the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Latamina.alhadth)
  • Ahmed Aziza, a media worker killed in the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via SN4HR)
  • A UNICEF backpack in the rubble following the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • An elderly man walks through the rubble following the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • A man retrieves blankets from the rubble following the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • The aftermath of the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • A man participates in clean up efforts following the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • The aftermath of the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • The aftermath of the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • The aftermath of the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • The aftermath of the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • A woman sits in the rubble following the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • The aftermath of the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • The aftermath of the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • Locals respond to the fatal consequences of the August 10th airstrikes on Urma al-Kubra (via Step News)
  • Translation: "Urma Al Kubra, in the western countryside of Aleppo, after being targeted by Russian aircraft !!! Terror without borders" (via @aboalhodaalhoms).

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    A child killed in the August 10th airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra (@Omar_Madaniah).
  • Translation: "A video of the moment when a surviving child was brought out in the town of Urma Al Kubra in the western countryside of Aleppo today after being bombed by Assad's planes" (via @Omar_Madaniah).

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    Translation: "The great Orom terrorists who were targeted today by vicious Russian criminal aviation ... You will not see or hear them in the malicious global media channels" (via @RevolutionSyria).

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    Children killed in the August 10th, 2018, airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra (via @RevolutionSyria).
  • Translation: "Do not be afraid, baby, do not cry do not panic, there is still hope in this life, saving a child from the rubble of his destroyed home in the large town of Urma after being targeted by three Russian air strikes" (via @SyriaCivilDefe).

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    Translation: "Four children at once, Assad killed them today in the countryside of Aleppo in the great town of Urma ... Oh God, you have Assad and his aides and everyone who supported him even with one word" (via @Omar_Madaniah).

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    Children killed in the August 10th, 2018, airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra (via @Omar_Madaniah).
  • Translation: "Media activist Ahmed Aziza was killed due to the targeting of Russian warplanes in the town of Urma Al Kubra in the western countryside of Aleppo" (via @Anas_Alhaje).

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    Translation: "20 martyrs, a preliminary outcome of the victims of the Great Urma massacre, just before the shelling of the town's warplanes …" (via @Mohmaud_Anaus).

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    Cut off hand of a victim after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2018 (via @Mohmaud_Anaus).
  • Ahmed Aziza was killed in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2020 (via VDC).
  • Rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2018 (via Mohammad Fasih Jamily on Facebook).
  • Men recovering the body of a victim after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2018 (via Mohammad Fasih Jamily on Facebook).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2018 (via Mohammad Fasih Jamily on Facebook).
  • Civilians in the aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2018 (via Mohammad Fasih Jamily on Facebook).
  • The body of a victim after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2018 (via Mohammad Fasih Jamily on Facebook).

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    Men recovering the body of a victim after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2018 (via Mohammad Fasih Jamily on Facebook).

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    The bodies of victims, including children, after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2018 (via Ibraheim.alhmad on Facebook).

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    The bodies of victims, including children, after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Kubra on August 10th, 2018 (via Ibraheim.alhmad on Facebook).

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    Man in the hospital crying over the body of woman after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Curb on August 10th, 2018 (via Yaseen.blkhi on Facebook).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has not reported any strikes in August 2018.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    43 – 44
  • (5–25 children1–7 women2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6–70
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (53) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3529

Incident date

July 30, 2018

Location

كويا, Kuya, Dara'a, Syria

Geolocation

32.748265, 35.819035 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between six and nine civilians, including women and children, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) in the town of Kuya, Dara’a governorate, on July 30th, 2018, according to local sources. Dozens were wounded.

Smart News Agency reported that, according to activists, six civilians were killed in likely Russian airstrikes on a camp for IDP in Kuya town. @OrientNews tweeted: “Nine civilians killed, including children and women from one family, by the bombing of Assad militia on the town of Kuya in the Yarmouk Basin.” The Dara’a Martyrs Documentation office reported “dozens of martyrs and wounded.”

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deaths of eight civilians, mostly women. @alhafiz1allah reported the names of six civilians. Their ages are unknown.

Mohammad Al Sahri’a with the Dara’a martyrs Documentation office told Smart News Agency that “a man, a woman and two children were killed on Sunday by an artillery bombardment of a camp for displaced people in the town of Koya, under the control of the Khalid bin al-Walid Army, accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State Organisation in Yarmouk Basin, Dara’a.”

Smart News concluded that based on information provided by activists, Russia had likely been responsible for the bombing. Other sources blamed the Syrian regime, or both Russia and the Syrian regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (4)

Ahmed Al Ibrahim أحمد الابراهيم
Age unknown male killed
Ghada Al Ibrahim غاده الابراهيم
Age unknown female killed
Mona Al Ibrahim منى الابراهيم
Age unknown female killed
Raghad Al Ibrahim رغد الابراهيم
Age unknown female killed

Family members (2)

Rana Al Safadi رنا الصفدي
Age unknown female killed
Ghazal Al Safadi غزل الصفدي
Age unknown female killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    6 – 9
  • (2 children2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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 attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    ISIS

Sources (14) [ collapse]

Media
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    The body of a woman who was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on a IDP camp in the down ot Kuya on July 30th, 2018 (via We are all the martyr Hamza Ali al Khateeb).

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    The bodies of a woman and children who were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on a IDP camp in the town ot Kuya on July 30th, 2018 (via Mohammad Amin on Facebook).

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
    6 – 9
  • (2 children2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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 attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    ISIS

Sources (14) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3528

Incident date

July 23, 2018

Location

الطريق بين عين ذكر و خنيزيرية في حوض اليرموك, the road between Ain Zakr and Ain Khanizyara in Al Yarmouk Basin, Dara'a, Syria

Geolocation

32.858333, 35.906389 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

An unknown number of civilians was killed and injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the road between Ain Zakr and Ain Khenizra, west of Dara’a, on July 23rd, 2018, according to local sources.

Step News Agency reported “civilians killed and injured as a result of the Russian raids targeting the road between Ain Zakr and Ain Khanizyara in Yarmouk Basin in western Dara’a.” @soolangel886 tweeted that “Russian occupation aviation committed a massacre against civilians, as a result of being targeted by several airstrikes on the road between Ain Zekr – Khenizira, west of Dara’a.”

Step News later reported that eight civilians were killed in air raids on the Yarmouk Basin, but did not specify whether these airstrikes targeted the road between Ain Zakr and Ain Khenizra. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported four civilian deaths in the area of the Yarmouk Basin, including the death of a woman.

@now_damascus reported that Syrian warfighters targeted ISIS in the Ain Zekr and Nafaa area with a number of airstrikes.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 8
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    ISIS

Sources (5) [ collapse]

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
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 8
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    ISIS

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3527

Incident date

July 21, 2018

Location

الشجرة, Al Shajara, Dara'a, Syria

Geolocation

32.774176, 35.88212 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One civilian was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Al Shajara, Dara’a governorate, on July 21st, 2018, according to local sources.

An officer with the Dara’a Martyrs Documentation Office told Smart News that “one civilian was killed in Al Shajara village, which is controlled by the Islamic State.” The officer blamed both Russian and Syrian regime warplanes for the airstrikes but added that military observatories reported that most airstrikes on the area had been Russian.

@okpazobany reported that Russian warplanes targeted the village with concussion and vacuum missiles. According to @samersamer694, a barrel bomb fell on the village but did not explode.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (4) [ collapse]

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
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3526

Incident date

July 21, 2018

Location

تسيل, Tasil, Dara'a, Syria

Airwars assessment

Four civilians including a child and a woman were reported killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Tasil in Dara’a on July 21st, 2018, according to local sources.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said ” At least four civilians, including a girl, were killed as Syrian/Russian regime warplanes fired missiles on Tasil village in Dara’a governorate, northwestern suburbs, on July 21st, 2018.

@SYR_REV_NEWS tweeted “Four civilian martyrs, including a woman, as a result of warplane raids on the town of Tasil, west of Dara’a.”

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that 20 people including six members of the regime forces, and six civilians were killed in attacks in Dara’a countryside on July 21st, 2018.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (5) [ collapse]

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
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3525

Incident date

July 20, 2018

Location

تسيل, Tasil, Dara'a, Syria

Airwars assessment

Five civilians from the same family were reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces’ airstrikes on Tasil in Dara’a on July 20th, 2018.

@yaser_23001 tweeted “Five civilians from one family were killed due to an air strike on the town of Tasil in the western Dara’a countryside.”

Hamza.alshaheed page posted “An entire family was buried under rubble in the town of Tasil in the western village of Dara’a as a result of Russian bombing of the town yesterday, which continues today.”

Hamza.alshaheed posted “An entire family was buried under the rubble of their house in the town of Tasil in the western village of Dara’a, as a result of Russian bombing of the town yesterday, which continues today.” The same source also said that the town was under attack from Russian forces and that Daesh prevented civilians from fleeing. However, Orient News said through locals that the Russians and the regime forces attacked the town and that the regime didn’t allow civilians to flee.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (9) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

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    Bodies trapped under the rubble in the aftermath of airstrikes, 20th July 2018. (via Hamza.alshaheed)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (9) [ collapse]