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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

RS3354

Incident date

March 31, 2018

Location

بسنقول, Bsanqoul, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.806667, 36.496667 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Up to eight civilians including five children and three women were reported killed and several others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Bsanqoul village in Idlib, Syria on March 31st, 2018 according to local sources.

Shaam Network said that Russian warplanes targeted the town of Bsanqoul with several missiles that hit the homes of civilians leading to a massacre of a family of five, three children and two women,in addition to a number wounded.

Initially, the Syrian Civil Defense said that “the girl Hala Mohammad Baidaq was killed, along with her sister Jana and her mother, Nour Rashed Baidaq, by a missile from a warplane believed to be Russian in the east of Bsanqoul village in Idlib governorate western suburbs, causing a massacre, on March 31st.”

Later, the Syrian Civil Defense said its teams worked to retrieve three women and five martyr children and to rescue others injured after “brutal raids on civilian homes in the town of Bsanqoul”. Shaam Network said that five of the victims (three children and two women) belong to the same family.

Abo Ibrahim Ta’ta’ mentioned five of the victims on his FB page. They are: Zina Musa Sajnawi, Jana Muhammad Baydak (child), Hala Muhammad Baydak (child), Noor Rashid Baydak and Muhammad Hamid Abdul Razzaq (infant). It’s worth to mention that the same source mentioned Nour Rashid Baydak and Hala Rashid Baydak as  victims in another airstrike (see incident R3151).

@HalabTodayTV put the death toll at eight and reported that “The death toll from the Russian airstrike on the village of Basnakul in the southern Idlib countryside has risen to eight martyrs, five children and three women.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Jana Muhammad Baydak جنى محمد بيدق
2.5 years old female killed
Hala Muhammad Baydak حلا محمد بيدق
1.5 years old female Similar name in incident R3151 killed
Noor Rashid Baydak نور راشد بيدق
23 years old female Similar name in incident R3151 killed

The victims were named as:

Zina Musa Sajnawi زينة موسى سجناوي
Adult female killed
Muhammad Hamid Abdul Razzaq محمد حميد عبد الرزاق
Child male Infant killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 8
  • (2–5 children1–3 women)
  • 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

Sources (20) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • Hala Mohammad Baidaq, killed in airstrikes, 31st March 2018. (via SN4HR)
  • Civil Defense volunteers rescuing civilians after an airstrike on Bsanqoul in Idlib on March 31st, 2018 (via SCD)
  • A toy stained with blood after an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Bsanqoul in Idlib on March 31st, 2018 which led to deaths among children. (via SCD)
  • Civil Defense volunteers rescuing civilians after an airstrike on Bsanqoul in Idlib on March 31st, 2018 (via SCD)
  • A man showing images of two of the children killed in the airstrike on Bsanqoul. The youngest is Hala and the oldest is Jana. (via Orient TV).

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 – 8
  • (2–5 children1–3 women)
  • 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

Sources (20) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3544

Incident date

September 8, 2018

Location

عابدين, Abdin, idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Six civilians including a girl and a woman were killed and five others including three children and a woman injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin town in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018. Time of the incident remains unclear as some sources said it happened in the morning, while others mentioned the afternoon.

@SyriaCivilDefe said that volunteers pulled a woman alive out of the rubble, in addition to bodies of four civilians killed in Russian airstrikes on Abdin.

@Wesal_TV tweeted “Four civilians, including a child, were killed and five others were wounded after their house was targeted by two air strikes by the Russian occupation air forces in the vicinity of the town of Abdin, south of Idlib.”

@alhsn034 said that five of the victims belong to the same family, and that the family originally displaced from Karnaz town to Abdin before they get killed with Russian airstrikes. However, @yasinaboraed said that the six people died as a funeral tent in Abdin was targeted.

Local sources identified two of the victims: Mona Swaidan, child, female, and Muhammad al-Muhammad, adult male.

Mahmood aburass posted “Today, the village of Abdin in the southern countryside of Idlib was a target of a Russian airstrike with concussion missiles, that hit a house of a displaced family north of the village, resulting in the death of five civilians (two children and three young men) and wounding four others. Of the martyrs we know the child Mona Swaidan who is an IDP from the town of Kernaz, north of Hama, and the young man, Muhammad Al-Muhammad, an IDP from the town of Khattab, north of Hama.”

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said “At least four civilians, including a girl and a woman were killed as suspected Russian warplanes fired missiles on Abdin village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on September 8th.”

From their side, the Syrian Human Rights Committee said that a pregnant woman was among those killed in airstrikes on Idlib on that day, but it is not clear whether this belongs to Abdin incident. “In Idlib governorate, six people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in the shelling of the villages of Abdin, Al-Halba and Al-Sarg.”

Both Russian forces and the Syrian regime were mentioned as responsible for this incident and some sources said the airstrikes were conducted jointly by both belligerents.

 

The incident occured in the afternoon.

The victims were named as:

Mona Samer Swaidan محمد المحمد
Child female killed
Muhammad Al-Muhammad منى سويدان
Age unknown male killed
Samer Swaidan سامر سويدان
Age unknown male injured
Ma'an Abu Qatada معن أبو قتادة
Age unknown

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 6
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–6
  • 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 (33) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (16) [ collapse]

  • Injured civilians in the aftermath of airstrikes on Abdin, 8th September 2018. (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)
  • Injured civilians in the aftermath of airstrikes on Abdin, 8th September 2018. (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)
  • Syrian Defence Volunteers rescuing civilians trapped under rubble after airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018. (via @Wesal_TV).
  • Syrian Defence Volunteers rescuing civilians trapped under rubble after airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018. (via @Wesal_TV).
  • Destruction in houses caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018 (via @alhsn034)
  • Destruction in houses caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018 (via @alhsn034)
  • Destruction in houses caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018 (via @alhsn034)
  • Destruction in houses caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018 (via @alhsn034)
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer moving a body of a civilian victim of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin, Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe)

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    Mona Sweidan was killed as a result of airstrikes on Abdin on Sep 8th, 2018 (Coordinating qmhana And alzoa).

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    Mona Sweidan was killed as a result of airstrikes on Abdin on Sep 8th, 2018 (Coordinating qmhana And alzoa).
  • One of the civilians killed or injured in airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018. (via Coordinating qmhana And alzoa).
  • One of the civilians killed or injured in airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018. (via Coordinating qmhana And alzoa).
  • Destruction caused by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on September 8th, 2018 (Mahmood aburass).
  • Destruction caused by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on September 8th, 2018 (Mahmood aburass).
  • Destruction caused by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin in Idlib on September 8th, 2018 (Mahmood aburass).

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 – 6
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–6
  • 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 (33) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3169

Incident date

March 4, 2018

Location

قسطون, Kastoun , Hama, Syria

Geolocation

35.6856742, 36.3785648 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

An unspecified number of civilians were reported to be wounded following air and artillery strikes on Kastoun.

According to SNN, “Russian warplanes launched air strikes accompanied by heavy shelling and artillery shelling targeting the towns of Al Latamna, Kafarzita,Al  Zakat, Zalaqiyat, Hasraya,Al Arbaeen and the villages of kastoun in the western countryside”.

@HamahNow reported “air strikes targeting the town of Kastoun west of Hama”, but didn’t say who was responsible.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • 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 attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (2) [ 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 and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • 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 attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (2) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3325

Incident date

March 22, 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

Two male civilians, including a journalist, were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes or Syrian regime artillery strikes on a market in Douma, Damascus governorate, on March 22nd, 2019, according to local sources.

Douma Revolution posted on Facebook that Fozdika shells were launched upon a popular market in Douma, leading to the death of Suhayeb A’yyoun “Abu Al Bara”, a journalist for Sham Emergency System.

Douma Revolution did not mention a possible belligerent, but according to Zamanalwasl news and Euphrates Post, the Syrian regime was responsible. Other sources, such as @remas2300 and @hamadaalhr blamed Russian airstrikes.

According to the Violations Documentation Center in Syria, a male civilian named Majed Kanoun was also killed in the artillery strikes. The Violations Documentation Centre blamed the Syrian regime for the attack.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Suhayeb A’yyoun "Abu Al Bara" صهيب عيون " أبو البراء
Adult male journalist of Sham Emergency System killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men1 journalist)
  • 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 (10) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Suhayeb A’yyoun "Abu Al Bara", journalist for Sham Emergency System was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling in Douma on March 22nd, 2018 (via @HassounMazen).

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    Suhayeb A’yyoun "Abu Al Bara", journalist for Sham Emergency System was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling in Douma on March 22nd, 2018 (via @HassounMazen).

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    Suhayeb A’yyoun "Abu Al Bara", journalist for Sham Emergency System was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling in Douma on March 22nd, 2018 (via @HassounMazen).

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 harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men1 journalist)
  • 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 (10) [ collapse]