Russian Military in Syria

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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

RS1386

Incident date

October 2, 2016

Location

الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.2179122, 37.1892357 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

According to local media, alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes hit and destroyed a major hospital in al-Sakhour in Aleppo, killing up to four civilians and wounding 15 more.

Al Jazeera reported: “Russian and Syrian warplanes shelled  the biggest hospital still working in Eastern Aleppo, destroying it and forcing it out of service, as well as killing two people and wounding others”.

Sky News also referred to the hospital as “the biggest in Eastern Aleppo”, reporting that it was “bombarded for the fourth time on Saturday [Oct 2nd]. Four people were killed and 15 at least wounded”.

But Focus Aleppo reported that no civilians were killed, citing the director of hospital who said that “no staff were in the hospital at the time and that no casualties were reported.”

While most sources (Nader, @abd_horan, @Syriapost1, @abdulgrafordyab, al Araby TV, and Focus Aleppo) attributed the incident to Russia, Al-Jazeera pointed to both the Assad regime and Russia as the culprits.

However, according to SMO, explosive barrels holding chlorine were dropped on the building. They described how the chloride fell into a water tank which allegedly made it less effective.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 4
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–15
  • 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 (16) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Sakhour hospital is rendered out of use following an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on 2nd October 2016. (via Qatar Red Crescent)
  • Sakhour hospital is rendered out of use following an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on 2nd October 2016. (via Qatar Red Crescent)
  • Sakhour hospital is rendered out of use following an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on 2nd October 2016. (via Qatar Red Crescent)
  • Sakhour hospital is rendered out of use following an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on 2nd October 2016. (via Qatar Red Crescent)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

Russia has not reported any strikes between October 1st – 19th 2016.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 4
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–15
  • 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 (16) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS2138

Incident date

April 17, 2017

Location

اللطامنة , Lataminah, Hama, Syria

Geolocation

35.3219885, 36.6234398 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between one and four civilians died and four more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Lataminah, local media reported.

According to Syria Mirror, “The Russian warplanes carried out several air strikes with cluster bombs on residential buildings in the city of Latamna, killing four civilians and causing considerable damage.”

RFS said that a Russian phosphorous bomb attack resulted in a death.

Smart News Agency, also blaming Russia, made no mention of fatalities but said that four civilians had been wounded in a strike.

However, ECS published footage of a strike, stating “Assad renews his bombardment of the city of Latamna”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 4
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • "Assad renews his bombardment of the city of Latamna".
  • An airstrike hitting Lataminah, April 17th 2017.

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

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 4
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3644

Incident date

May 2, 2019

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

According to local sources, Russian “fixed-wing warplanes” struck what was described as a “bird shack” on the eastern outskirts of the town of Kansafra in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib, killing up to four members of the same family.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights described the location as a poultry farm that displaced persons were using as a shelter. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the incident took place after midnight, while the Local Coordination Committees of Syria and Halab Today TV placed the time of the incident at dawn.

ENN posted a video with an interview with a volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defense, who told the reported that the family was working at their chicken farm in Madjan where they were raising chickens, and that they were killed and the young girl injured when Russian shelling struck their place of work. According to the source, the shelling completely destroyed the house and killed all the young children.

According to Euphrates Post, a father, mother and their baby were killed in the attack while another child, their daughter, was wounded.

Step News reported that two children of the man and a woman were killed while a third daughter was wounded. The source claimed that the girl was wounded after four airstrikes with high-explosive missiles struck the shelter.

Syrian Civil Defense teams allegedly found the girl near the scene after “the explosion threw the girl for more than ten meters.”

Step News identified one of the victims as “Abdullah Abu Ali”, suspected to be the father. Additionally, the Syrian Network for Human Rights identified the two children who were killed.

A picture of the family that was posted by Euphrates Post showed three children, one of whom can be identified as the daughter who survived as she is the same girl from another picture that shows her after the attack, also posted by Euphrates Post. She was identified by the Syrian Civil Defense forces who rescued her.

However, @ajmubasher tweeted that “explosive barrels returned to kill children. A baby moaning from pain as she pulled her out of the rubble”, meaning that the regime can’t be ruled out.

The incident occured between 12:00 am and 6:00 am local time.

The victims were named as:

Family members (5)

Ali Hamdan علي حمدان
Age unknown male killed
Mohammad Ali Hamdan محمد علي حمدان
Child male killed
Ghazali Ali Hamdan غزالي علي حمدان
Child female killed
Khadija Ali Hamdan خديجة علي حمدان
2 years old female injured
Wife of Ali Hamdan زوجة علي حمدان
Adult female

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (1–2 children1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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 (35) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (12) [ collapse]

  • The family that was killed in an alleged Russian strike on the outskirts of Kansafra on May 1st (via Euphrates post).

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    Girl wounded by an alleged Russian airstrike on Kansafra on May 1st (via Euphrates Pots).

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  • Syrian Civil Defense forces at the scene after an alleged Russian airstrike struck an IDP shelter in the outskirts of Kansafra town in the night between May 1st and 2nd (via Syrian Observatory for Human Rights).
  • Syrian Civil Defense forces at the scene after an alleged Russian airstrike struck an IDP shelter in the outskirts of Kansafra town in the night between May 1st and 2nd (via Syrian Observatory for Human Rights).

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    Children killed in strikes on Kansafra, May 2nd.
  • Video capturing the rescue of a baby who was wounded by an alleged Syrian or Russian strike struck Kansafra between May 2nd (via @ajmubashier). Translation: "Explosive barrels return to kill children. A baby moaning from pain as she pulled her out of the rubble."
  • Child killed by alleged Syrian regime or Russian strikes on Kansafra on May 2nd (via @Ahmadmuaffq).
  • Body of one of the victims of alleged Russian or Syrian strikes on Kansafra on May 2nd (via @Ahmadmuaffq).
  • Video showing an interview with a volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defense who tells the reporter that a family of four was killed and a young girl was injured when alleged Russian airstrikes struck their place of work in Madjana where they were raising chickens. The volunteer says the shelling completely destroyed the house and killed all the young children (via ENN).
  • Video showing the aftermath of alleged Russian shelling on a chicken farm in Kansafra on May 2nd (via ENN).

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    Two children killed in Russian or Syrian regime attacks on Knsafra in Idlib on May 2nd, 2019. (via @mahmoodtalha22)

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
    3 – 4
  • (1–2 children1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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 (35) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R3472

Incident date

May 8, 2019

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to four civilians, including a child, were killed and at least 11 civilians were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on Khan Sheikhoun, Hama governorate, on May 8th, 2019, according to local sources.

Several sources reported that a total of three civilians were killed, including the Syrian Network for Human Rights. The local monitor added that “Syrian regime fixed-wing warplanes fired missiles in parallel with shelling by their missile launcher on Khan Sheikhoun city”.

Smart News Agency initially reported that one man was killed and ten wounded in Khan Sheikhoun, but in a later post claimed that four civilians including a child were killed and 17 others wounded, including women and children. According to the source, 15 airstrikes were conducted in addition to four barrels of explosives dumped on the city by helicopters amid shelling with more than 100 rockets and 35 artillery shells.

The Syrian Civil Defense Forces that were present at the scene reported that a total of 11 people were killed and 11 others injured by “four airstrikes with 60 rocket-propelled grenades and 20 artillery shells struck residential neighbourhoods of the town of Khan Sheikoun in Idlib”.

Al Souria reported that 26 civilians had been injured. According to @DirarKhattab, the attacks occured during iftar, when Muslims break their fast around dusk during the holy month of Ramadan.

Radio Alkul reported that “39 schools have been bombed by the regime and Russia in the past two months, resulting in the departure of 17 schools from the service completely, and the destruction of some others in whole or in part, Mohammed al-Hussein, assistant director of education in Idlib, told Radio All.” Some 23 of these schools were reportedly in Khan Sheikhoun.

Al Nahar, a pro-regime paper, reported strikes against the al-Nusra front in Khan Sheikhoun.

The incident occured around dusk.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 4
  • (1 child1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    11–26
  • 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 (28) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (8) [ collapse]

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    An unidentified victim of an alleged airstrike on in the morning in Khan Shikhoun on May 8th (via Abuhuzaifa_ ).
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteer aiding a man who was wounded by an alleged airstrike on the town of Khan Sheikoun on May 8th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • The White Helmets work to extinguish fires in Khan Sheikhoun, May 8th.
  • The White Helmets work to extinguish fires in Khan Sheikhoun, May 8th.
  • The White Helmets work to extinguish fires in Khan Sheikhoun, May 8th.
  • Video showing the moment of the strike on Khan Sheikhoun, May 8th.
  • Food covered with dust, prepared by a Syrian family, following a strike on Khan Sheikhoun, May 8th (via Alaraby)

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    The body of a victim of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, May 8th, 2019 (via @Abuhuzaifa_).

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 and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 4
  • (1 child1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    11–26
  • 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 (28) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3398

Incident date

April 8, 2018

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.5714804, 36.4033699 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least four civilians, including a woman and child, died during “intensive shelling” of the city of Douma, allegedly carried out by Syrian and Russian forces, local sources reported.

More than 30 air strikes fell throughout the morning, according to the Euphrates Post, leaving dozens more injured.

Gheith Bashar al Kelles, aged 13, was among those killed.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Gheith Bashar al Kelles
13 years old male killed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 4
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • 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 attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

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 type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 4
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • 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 attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS404

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

عين ترما, A'ayn Turma, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.5148497, 36.3494682 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three to four civilians died in alleged Russian airstrikes and/or shelling by the Assad regime, according to local sources. However, reports need further verification as half of them speak of Russian followed by regime shelling while the other half only mention regime shelling.

Orient News published a video showing the aftermath of a alleged Russian strike on “a popular market in Ein Tarma Rural Damascus“.

In a video by Aljisr Satellite Channel the reporter states that the area was targeted by Russian warplanes and then later subjected to artillery shelling.

SMO reported: “four civilians were martyred and others were injured following the air strikes of the occupation warplanes Ein Tarma City“.

The Shaam News Network blamed shelling by the regime for killing three civilians.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Anwar al-Khdrawi.
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (1 man)
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • A news bulletin reporting on the contested airstrike between Russia and the Syrian Regime which targeted a popular civilian market. (via, Al Jisir TV)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin makes no mention of carrying out strikes in Damascus governorate.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (1 man)
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS864

Incident date

June 6, 2016

Location

حي ‏المرجة‬, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.1855676, 37.1802235 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between two and four civilians died in an airstrike on the Marja neighborhood of Aleppo, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “suspected Russian warplanes” killed four civilians when they fired missiles on the neighborhood.

The Shaam News Network, reported that 21 civilians died in Aleppo “in the first day of Ramadan in regime and Russian bombing“. It put the death toll in Marja at four civilians – though they did not say whether the regime or Russia were responsible.

The White Helmets published footage showing the aftermath of several raids on Aleppo – “the last of them in the al Marja neighboorhood” – which it said killed four civilians and injured many more, including women and children. It added that their team had managed to pull two bodies form the rubble, but did not say who carried out the attack.

However, Eldorar, Klmty and Tweets Palestine blamed the regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 4
  • Civilians reported injured
    10
  • 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 (17) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • "several raids target the city of Aleppo the last of them in al Marja neighbourhood where 4 people were killed and many injured including women and children. The civil defence team has managed to pull out two bodies from under the rubble" (Youtube by The White Helmets)
  • Search for people under the rubble at Marja, Aleppo (Tweet by @shbabRevolution)
  • "4 civilians died in aerial shelling from regime warplanes on Al-Marjeh today" (Tweet by @TweetsPalestine)
  • A reporter speaks about the presence of helicopters and warplanes - he also mentions barrel bombs. (Video via SNN Facebook)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

Russia has not reported any strikes between June 1st – 31st 2016.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 4
  • Civilians reported injured
    10
  • 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 (17) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3899

Incident date

July 13, 2019

Location

كفريا, Kafriya, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

An alleged Syrian or Russian airstrike struck the village of Kafriya in the morning of July 13th, according to local sources.

The strike led to the death of three civilians (and a fetus) who seem to be from the same family. A man, his child and a pregnant woman who were displaced were reported killed in the strike. According to Shaam, a total of four civilians were killed including two women and “a fetus”. Several others, including women and children, were reported wounded.

The Syrian Civil Defense, after four hours of work in search of survivors, pulled a woman from the rubble of her house, alive.

One of the volunteers of the Syrian Civil Defense was injured while searching for missing persons when he fell on the back of the roof of one of the destroyed houses.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Mahmoud Munir Ramadan محمود منير رمضان
Age unknown male killed
Rama Mahmoud Ramadan راما محمود رمضان
Child female killed
Iman Omar Sarhan إيمان عمر سرحان
female Her embryo was killed too. killed

The victims were named as:

Kasser Mustafa al-Boushi كاسر مصطفى البوشي
Adult male Syrian Civil Defense volunteer injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–11
  • 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 (23) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (23) [ collapse]

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    Syrian Civil Defense volunteers carrying the body of one of the victims of an alleged Syrian or Russian airstrike on Kafriya on July 13th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • Kasser Mustafa al-Boushi who volunteers for the Ma'ra Misrin Center of the Syrian Civil Defense was injured while searching for missing persons after an alleged Syrian regime or Russian airstrike struck Kfriya on July 13th (via Syrian Civil Defense).

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    Video showing the Syrian Civil Defense searching for survivors after an airstrike struck Kfriya on July 13th (via Syrian Civil Defense).

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    Syrian Civil Defense volunteer carrying a body from the rubble after an airstrike struck Kafriya on July 13th (via @IdlubPlus).

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    A member of the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) carries the body of an infant following a reported regime airstrike on the village of Kafriya, in Syria's Idlib province, on July 13 (via @IdlibPlus).
  • Syrian Civil Defense teams searching for survivors through the rubble after an airstrike struck Kafriya on July 13th (via @IdlibPlus).
  • Syrian Civil Defense teams searching for survivors through the rubble after an airstrike struck Kafriya on July 13th (via @IdlibPlus).
  • Syrian Civil Defense teams searching for survivors through the rubble after an airstrike struck Kafriya on July 13th (via @IdlibPlus).
  • Local residents at the scene after an airstrike struck Kafriya on July 13th (via @IdlibPlus).
  • Syrian Civil Defense teams searching for survivors through the rubble after an airstrike struck Kafriya on July 13th (via @IdlibPlus).
  • Aftermath of an airstrike on the town of Kafriya on July 13th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Aftermath of an airstrike on the town of Kafriya on July 13th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteer at the scene after an airstrike struck Kafriya on July 14th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • The Syrian Civil Defense manage to pull a girl from the rubble of her house alive after it was destroyed by an airstrike on Kafriya on July 13th (via Edlib Media Center).

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    Video of Syrian Civil Defense teams searching for survivors through the rubble after an alleged Syrian or Russian airstrike struck Kafriya on July 13th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Three civilians were killed and 11 wounded in air strikes by the Syrian regime on the town of Kafraya in the northern countryside of Idlib
  • Three civilians were killed and 11 wounded in air strikes by the Syrian regime on the town of Kafraya in the northern countryside of Idlib.

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    Three civilians, including a woman and her fetus, were killed, and nine others, most of them children and women, were injured, all of them displaced, as regime warplanes bombed the village of Kafraya, north of Idlib.

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    A pregnant woman, and her fetus, were killed as a result of airstrikes on kafraya on July 13th, 2019. (via @NagiNajjar)
  • SCD volunteers in the location of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafraya in Idlib on July 13th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria)
  • SCD volunteers in the location of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafraya in Idlib on July 13th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria)
  • SCD volunteers in the location of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafraya in Idlib on July 13th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria)
  • SCD volunteers in the location of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafraya in Idlib on July 13th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria)

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
    3
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–11
  • 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 (23) [ collapse]