In a major civilian casualty event, 20 named civilians – mostly women and children – died and up to 30 more were wounded in airstrikes on Abeen village, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime carried out the attacks.

Syrian Press Centre, Al Jazeera, Smart News, other local news sources and residents of the town, reported sighting Russian warplanes.

But Ara News blamed the Syrian regime, claiming that it “targeted and shelled” civilians housing. Baladi News also pointed to Assad warplanes.

There was some conflicted reporting from Shaam News Network. The source initially attributed the incident to the regime, but in a subsequent report claimed the “Russian Airline carried out four successive raids, with rocket stereochemistry on the small village [Abeen Smam’an], targeting residential houses and causing a large massacre of its inhabitants.”

The majority of those killed were children. There is considerable photographic evidence of this claim. Furthermore, these numbers do not include the four civilians that Shaam Network reported were still missing on the 11th of July.

Ara News placed the number of wounded at 20, however it also reported this was the initial toll. A local news source, Madar Daily, put the number of injured much higher at 30. It added that  “it is worth mentioning that this village doesn’t have any armed opposition as it’s far from the front line and most people are displaced from Aleppo and its countryside.”

On the 11th of July, the day after the attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that many people were still trapped under the rubble and the Civil Defence were working to rescue them.

According to the Shaam News Network, Abeen Smam’an was not the only neighbourhood to be struck. It claimed that cluster bombs struck camps for displaced people in Brive Kfrckrman in Western Aleppo.

Halab News Network reported that the overall death toll in Aleppo on the 10th of July was 75. LCCSY placed this much higher at 104 in Aleppo, 142 overall in Syria.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Nine named civilians including six children died and up to 11 more were injured in an airstrike on Burj Qai, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. 

The Syrian Human Rights Committee, Homs Media Centre, LCCSY and other local news centres in Homs accused Russia of the shelling.

Despite this, Halab Today, Shahba Press and several other local news sources pointed to the regime.

According to Halab Today, “regime warplane shelling in Burj Qai’ killed eight civilians and wounded 10. Most of them are in a critical condition.” Cluster bombs reportedly accompanied the airstrike which struck the Civil Defence and wounded three first aiders.

Ara News reported that the eight killed were from the same family. Furthermore, a local resident said that the family were displaced from Sneysel village.

Photographic and video evidence from the airstrike indicates that many victims were indeed children.

Local Homs Media Centre reported that seven civilians were wounded, however, the Syrian Human Rights Committee placed the numbers slightly higher at 11.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Twenty six named civilians including a child and eight women died and up to 70 more were wounded in an airstrike on a residential neighbourhood and popular market in Darkoush, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The strike reportedly took place at midday on July 8th.

Sources disputed claims over the aircraft used in this attack. Alan TV and Syrian PC reported that Russian warships and missiles were used. Ara News claims that missiles were fired from warships and warplanes followed with shelling. Both DW News and BBC Arabic reported shelling by warplanes.

Syrian Network for Human rights claimed that both Russian and Assad regime warplanes were responsible for the damage, whereas Syrian Newsdesk blamed only Russia.

Halab Today reported sighting the use of “long ranging missiles”.

Numerous sources reported the names of the dead which included a list compiled by Darkoush Hospital where the majority of the casualties and wounded civilians went.

A further 35-70 people were wounded in the airstrike. Syrian Newsdesk reported that the numbers of wounded were so high that “medical points in neighbouring areas asked people to donate blood”.

According to Shaam News Network, Assad regime warplanes did not only target Darkoush, but on the same day “targeted Kfrcharim city in the north-west of Idlib, which resulted in the fall of martyrs and wounded a number of civilians.”

Sambo1982ksa put the death toll as high as 30, and also blamed Russia.

The local time of the incident is unknown.