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Incident Code

RS3866

Incident date

July 4, 2019

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported that a child was killed and his father and others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kansafra, Idlib governorate, around noon on July 4th, 2019. The Syrian Civil Defense was at the scene and reported that the village was struck with an explosive missile.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “the child Yousef Samir Kfarjoumi, from Bsamis village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, age 9, was killed as fixed-wing warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on east of Kansafra village”.

@SyrianCoalition alleged “the martyrdom of a child and his father’s injury as a result of Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of the town of Kansafra in Idlib.”

@AlkhaleejOnline tweeted: “A child was killed and civilians were injured in Russian raids on the town of Kansafra in Idlib countryside.” Other sources also reported multiple wounded but did not specify the number. Ebaa News added that the strikes led to “significant damage” of civilian’s property.

While nearly all sources blamed Russia for the strikes, @ShahbaPress pointed to the Syrian regime. Justice Organisation blamed both Russian warplanes and Syrian regime helicopters for the strikes.

The incident occured around midday.

The victims were named as:

Yousef Samir Kfarjoumi يوسف سمير كفرجومي
9 years old male from Bsames killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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
    Unknown

Sources (20) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • A wounded father carrying his son, killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the outskirts of Kansafra in Idlib on July 4th (via @SyrianCoalition).
  • A father carrying his nine year old son, Yousef Samir Kfarjoumi, who was killed by alleged Russian fired missiles on east Kansafra village on July 4th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).

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    Syrian Civil Defense volunteer carries the body of the child Yousef Samir Kfarjoumi, who was killed by an airstrike on Kansafra on July 4th (via Syrian Civil Defense).

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    The child Yousef Samir Kfarjoumi was killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kansafra on July 4th, 2019 (via Justice Organisation).

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    The body of the child Yousef Samir Kfarjoumi, who was killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kansafra on July 4th, 2019 (via Abdul Rahman KafarJoumi).

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
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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
    Unknown

Sources (20) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3867

Incident date

July 4, 2019

Location

كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least two civilians were killed in an airstrike on Kafar Nabil as more than 10 aircrafts of the Syrian and Russian forces alternated bombing with explosive barrels and cluster missiles.

According to Edlib Media Center, the child was killed and others injured as cluster rockets struck a residential neighborhood.

Syrian Network for Human Rights alleged that “Ahmad Mohammad Radwan al Damour was killed Syrian regime forces helicopters dropped tens of barrel bombs on Kafranbel city in Idlib.” Kafranbel live and Ahmed Al Haniny said he was an adult and “the third martyr and the last youth from the family of Ahmad Muhammad al-Damour during the course of the Syrian revolution.”

Macro Media Center specified that four others in addition to the child were injured, including a volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defense.

MMC posted pictures tagged: “The first moments of the targeting of the cities of Kafr Nabl and Hass in the southern countryside of Idlib with barrel bombs dropped from helicopters of the regime forces, which led to the deaths of martyrs and wounded civilians.”

@modar28 tweeted: “10 aircraft (Russian and Assad) bomb the city of Kafr Nabl with more than 25 airstrikes, in conjunction with the flight of reconnaissance aircraft to ensure the destruction of all neighborhoods and neighboring villages, and dozens of martyrs and wounded, most of them children, women and elderly.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ahmad Mohammad Radwan al Damour
37 years old male son of Subhiyyah killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 12
  • (1 child1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–12
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (28) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (19) [ collapse]

  • Video covering the aftermath of an airstrike on Kafar Nabil on July 4th (via Hadi Alabdallah).
  • Smoke circling up from where an airstrike struck in Kafar Kabil on July 4th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Destruction caused by an airstrike that struck in Kafar Kabil on July 4th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Destruction caused by an airstrike that struck in Kafar Kabil on July 4th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Destroyed street after Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via @aboalhodaalhoms)
  • Destroyed building after Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via MMC)
  • Impact of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via MMC)
  • People alking through rubble after Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via MMC)
  • Man walking through street after Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via MMC)
  • Bomb falling during Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via @mousakhaled1976)
  • Impact of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via @mousakhaled1976)
  • Impact of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via @modar28)
  • Destruction after Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via @modar28)
  • Ahmad Mohammad Radwan al Damour, allegedly killed by Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil on July 4th, 2019 (via Ahmed Al Haniny)

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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 12
  • (1 child1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–12
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (28) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3869

Incident date

July 4, 2019

Location

البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A child was killed and others injured, when alleged Russian airstrikes struck the outskirts of Al-Bara.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “the Russian warplanes carried out raids on places on the outskirts of al-Bara and Kansafra in Jabal al-Zawiyah south of Idlib, which killed a child and injured others”. Local Coordination Committee of Syria added that among the wounded was a man.

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
    1
  • (1 child)
  • 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 (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 and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • 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 (4) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3868

Incident date

July 4, 2019

Location

حاس, Hass, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

One girl was reported killed in airstrikes on Hass, Idlib, July 4th.

Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the girl Hanaa Jamal al Sheikh Najib was killed as Syrian regime forces helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Hass village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on July 4th.”

Meanwhile other sources alleged “others injured”, with Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stating that “a female child was killed when barrel bombs were dropped by helicopters on Hass village – the death toll is expected to rise because there are people in a critical situation.”

Most sources attributed the attack to the Syrian regime using barrelbombs from helicopters. @SyrianCoalition named both Russian forces and the Syrian regime in reporting the incident.

Halab Today TV said one woman was killed and other wounded.

7al reported: “The reporter confirmed the fall of a child and wounding dozens of civilians as a result of those violent raids that also destroyed many properties.”

A Orient News team reported coming under fire from Assad forces in Hass on the same day.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Hanaa Jamal al Sheikh Najib
Child female killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–12
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Caption: "The girl Hanaa Jamal al Sheikh Najib was killed as Syrian regime forces helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Hass village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on July 4th" (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)
  • Video caption translation: "The first moments to target the cities of Kafar Nabil and Hass in the countryside # Idlib with explosive barrels of Assad helicopters 4-7-2019" Video Translation: "Reporter confirmed that civilians killed in each town" (via Hadi Al Abdullah)

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
    2
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–12
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3512

Incident date

July 5, 2019

Location

جسر الشغور , Jisir Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.814269, 36.31994 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were reportedly injured in alleged Russian airstrikes in the vicinity of the city of Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib governorate, on July 5th, 2018, according to Edlib Media Center.

EMC reported “two civilian casualties as a result of the targeting of the Russian occupation aircraft around the city of Jisr Al Shughour in the western countryside of Idlib with rockets.”

@rahhalahmad06 tweeted that three Russian airstrikes targeted the vicinity of Jisr Al Shughour, including a cork factory. The source did not mention civilian casualties. Hence, while the strike status is graded as likely by Airwars, the civilian harm status is weak.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (3) [ collapse]

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
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3872

Incident date

July 5, 2019

Location

محمبل, Mhambel, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

14 to 17 civilians were reported killed, and 20 to 24 injured, in airstrikes on Mhambel, Idlib, on July 5th.

Syrian Network for Human Rights alleged that “at least 16 civilians, including ten children and four women, were killed in an intensive aerial attack by Syrian regime forces using missiles and barrel bombs on several areas in Mhambel town in Idlib governorate western suburbs, on July 5th.”

Meanwhile, Step News Agency cited “more than seven civilians killed and a number wounded, including children and women.” A number of sources referred to “dozens wounded,” while @SyrianCoaliton documented 20 injured.

Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the children Arij, Saher and Samer Abdul Qader Abdul Aal were killed, along with their father and their mother Yasmin Taher Hafyan, as Syrian regime forces dropped barrel bombs on west of Mhambel town in Idlib governorate western suburbs, causing a massacre, on July 5th.”

According to this source, a doctor was also killed the airstrike, named ‘Mohammad Badr Abdul Baqi’, who succumbed to his wounds on July 8th.

@SyrianCoalition also reported that “the shelling caused fires and the destruction of homes and property, forcing large numbers of people to flee.”

Eleven sources attributed the attack to the Syrian regime, while seven others did not positively attribute blame. Two sources named both Russian forces and the Syrian regime in reporting the incident.

Local resources identified 14 of the victims while there are four unidentified yet. Resala post said they are “Unidentified woman lives in the house of Mohammad Adel Al-Sa’eed and her two children, in addition to a child from Morek who lives in the house of Malek Rahhal.”

@so_ria98 said that two of the families killed are IDPs from Eastern Ghouta.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (6)

Samer Abdul Qader Abdul Aal سامر محمد عبد العال
Child male killed
Saher Abdul Qader Abdul Aal ساهر محمد عبد العال
Child male killed
Arij Abdul Qader Abdul Aal أريج محمد عبد العال
Child female killed
Yasmin Taher Hafyan ياسمين طاهر حفيان
Adult female Wife of Mohammad Abdel Aal and mother of the children killed
Abdel Qader Mahmoud Abd Al Al عبد القادر محمود عبد العال
male killed
Anwar Mustafa Abd Al Al أنور مصطفى عبد العال
male killed

Family members (4)

Mohammad Badr Abdul Baqi محمد بدر عبد الباقي
male Doctor killed
Nuzha Abdel-Baqi نزهة عبد الباقي
Abd Al-Hafiz Abd Al-Baqi عبد الحافظ عبد الباقي
Child male killed
Mustafa Abdel-Baqi مصطفى عبد الباقي
Child male killed

Family members (2)

Bashira Taher Hfyan بشيرة طاهرحفيان
Adult male Wife of Hazem Al-Khaled killed
Abd al-Rahman Hazim al-Khaled عبد الرحمن حازم الخالد
Child male killed

Family members (2)

Hamada Ragheed Al-Ibrahim حمادة رغيد الإبراهيم
Child male killed
Ahmad Ragheed Al-Ibrahim أحمد رغيد الإبراهيم
Child male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    16 – 17
  • (9–10 children4 women3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    20–24
  • 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 (46) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (30) [ collapse]

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    Image caption translation: "At least 10 martyrs, including 4 children and 3 women, were killed in the town of Mhambel, in addition to 20 injured persons, including 7 children and 8 women, and a large displacement of the town" after air raids by Russian forces and the Syrian regime (via @SyrianCoalition)
  • Image caption translation: "At least 10 martyrs, including 4 children and 3 women, were killed in the town of Mhambel, in addition to 20 injured persons, including 7 children and 8 women, and a large displacement of the town" after air raids by Russian forces and the Syrian regime (via @SyrianCoalition)

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    Image caption translation: "At least 10 martyrs, including 4 children and 3 women, were killed in the town of Mhambel, in addition to 20 injured persons, including 7 children and 8 women, and a large displacement of the town" after air raids by Russian forces and the Syrian regime (via @SyrianCoalition)
  • Image caption translation: "At least 10 martyrs, including 4 children and 3 women, were killed in the town of Mhambel, in addition to 20 injured persons, including 7 children and 8 women, and a large displacement of the town" after air raids by Russian forces and the Syrian regime (via @SyrianCoalition)
  • Image Caption translation: "A man presents his relatives, including his mother, with a last look after the planes of the Assad regime carried out a massacre that left 14 people dead in the town of Mhambel in the western suburb of Idlib last night." (via Step News)

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    Image caption translation: "A painful massacre: 12 martyrs so far, with the number increasing with a large number of wounded, after the bombing of the Assad forces to civilian homes in the town of Muhambal west of Jericho" (via @so_ria98)

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    Image caption translation: "A painful massacre: 12 martyrs so far, with the number increasing with a large number of wounded, after the bombing of the Assad forces to civilian homes in the town of Muhambal west of Jericho" (via @so_ria98)

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    Image caption translation: "A painful massacre: 12 martyrs so far, with the number increasing with a large number of wounded, after the bombing of the Assad forces to civilian homes in the town of Muhambal west of Jericho" (via @so_ria98)

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    Image caption translation: "A painful massacre: 12 martyrs so far, with the number increasing with a large number of wounded, after the bombing of the Assad forces to civilian homes in the town of Muhambal west of Jericho" (via @so_ria98)
  • Image Caption: "Massacre carried out by the military aircraft and helicopters in the town of Mhambal West Idlib, on Friday, where the number of martyrs rose to 13, including 9 children."
  • Image Caption: "Massacre carried out by the military aircraft and helicopters in the town of Mhambal West Idlib, on Friday, where the number of martyrs rose to 13, including 9 children."
  • Image Caption: "Massacre carried out by the military aircraft and helicopters in the town of Mhambal West Idlib, on Friday, where the number of martyrs rose to 13, including 9 children."
  • Image Caption: "Massacre carried out by the military aircraft and helicopters in the town of Mhambal West Idlib, on Friday, where the number of martyrs rose to 13, including 9 children."

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    Image Caption: "The ascension of 13 martyrs in the massacre of Mhambal yesterday, mostly children" (via @abuhuzaifa_)

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    Image Caption Translation: "13 martyrs, including seven children and three women and wounding 20 others, after warplanes and helicopters bombard the neighborhoods of Mhambel in the village of Idlib yesterday evening. The victims are displaced from the countryside of Hama and forcibly displaced from Damascus, in addition to the people of the town." (via Syria Civil Defense) ,

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    Image Caption: "at least 16 civilians, including ten children and four women, were killed in an intensive aerial attack by Syrian regime forces using missiles and barrel bombs on several areas in Mhambel town in Idlib governorate western suburbs, on July 5th" (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)
  • The children Arij, Saher and Samer Abdul Qader Abdul Aal were killed along with their father and their mother Yasmin Taher Hafyan(via Syrian Network for Human Rights)

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  • A man visiting his house after the regime's warplanes bombed the town of Muhambel, west of Idlib - July 6, 2019 (Via Enab Baladi)
  • Destruction in Muhambel after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on July 5th, 2019. (via SHRC)
  • Destruction in Muhambel after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on July 5th, 2019. (via SHRC)
  • A man from Muhambel looking at the bodies of his family members killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on July 5th, 2019. (via SCD).

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    Bodies of civilians inside a field hospital with ice blocks on Saturday, July 6, 2019, where 15 civilians were killed, including children and women, and 20 others were injured by the bombing of warplanes and helicopters of the Syrian regime on the town of Mhambel near the city of Idlib in the north of the country. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest.)
  • A family stands in front of the destruction of civilian homes as a result of the bombing where 15 civilians, including children and women, were killed and 20 others were injured by the bombing of warplanes and helicopters belonging to the Syrian regime on the town of Mhambel near the city of Idlib in the north of the country on July 5th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest).
  • A woman stands in front of a destroyed house as a result of shelling by warplanes and helicopters of the Syrian regime on the town of Mhambel near the city of Idlib in the north of the country. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest.)

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    A man with special needs is standing in a field hospital front of the corpses of civilians killed as a result of Syrian regime warplanes and helicopters on the town of Mhambel near the city of Idlib in the north of the country on July 5th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest.)

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
    16 – 17
  • (9–10 children4 women3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    20–24
  • 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 (46) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3873

Incident date

July 6, 2019

Location

مورك, Mourek, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Three civilians from one family, including an infant, were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Mourak, Hama governorate, on July 6th, 2019, according to local sources.

According to Syrian Network for Human Rights, “three civilians (a girl and her parents), were killed while grazing sheep as warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on the vicinity of Morek town in Hama governorate northern suburbs, on July 6th.”

Syria Civil Defense alleged that a “father, wife and son” were killed in the attack, while @so_ria98 names “Kanhar Mohamed El Wardi, his wife and his two months old daughter” as slain in the incident. The Syrian Human Rights Committee also reported that the child was a girl. According to @so_ria98, the family was displaced from the village of Krah. According to @HalabTodayTV, “others from the same family were injured.”

The Syrian Civil Defence in Hama reported: “Three civilians from one family were killed and a fourth injured as a result of a fire in his car after it was targeted by four airstrikes. Civil defence teams rushed to the place and worked to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs and deliver them to their families.” In addition, firefighting teams were aiming to distinguish the fire in the burning car.

Similarly, Step News stated that “Russian and Syrian warplanes launched several airstrikes on Saturday, on the towns of Mourak, Altamneh and Kafarzita in the northern Hama countryside, causing the deaths of three people and a number of wounded from the same family.”

All sources reported that Russia had been responsible for the strikes. Only Step News Agency mentioned the Syrian regime in a summary of events on July 6th, including airstrikes on Al Tamneh and Kafarzeita. Hence, the civilian harm status for this incident is graded as fair.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Kanhar Mohamed Al Wardi
Adult male killed
Wife of Kanhar Mohamed Al Wardi
Adult female killed
Daughter of Kanhar Mohamed Al Wardi
2 months years old female killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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 attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Media
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  • Image Caption: "Russian forces killed civilians from the same family in Morek town in Hama: three civilians (a girl and her parents), were killed while grazing sheep as fixed- wing warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on the vicinity of Mourak town in Hama governorate northern suburbs, on July 6th" (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • Translation: “Three civilians from one family were killed and a fourth injured as a result of a fire in his car, after it was targeted by four air strikes. Civil defence teams rushed to the place and worked to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs and deliver them to their families, as well as the firefighting team. To extinguish the burning car and control the fire to prevent it from spreading to trees. #Mourek” (via @civil_hama).
  • Firefighters trying to extinguish a car on fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on Mourak, July 6th, 2019 (via @civil_hama).
  • A vehicle on fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on Mourak, July 6th, 2019 (via @civil_hama).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers recovering the body of a victim after alleged Russian airstrikes on Mourak, July 6th, 2019 (via @civil_hama).
  • Kanhar Mohamed Al Wardi was killed alongside his wife and their baby daughter in alleged Russian airstrikes on Mourak on July 6th, 2019 (via Thamer Al Ali).

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
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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 attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3874

Incident date

July 7, 2019

Location

قسطون, Qastoun, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to twelve civilians including at least six from the same family were reported killed in artillery shelling on Qastoun, Hama, on July 7th.

The family members killed were originally from Al-Badriya village, and were killed while working in the agricultural lands between Qastoun and Badriya.

According to Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least six civilians from the same family, including two girls and two women, were killed as Syrian regime forces fired artillery shells while they were working on agricultural land between Qastoun village and al Sahen village in Idlib governorate western suburbs, on July 7th.”

ResalaPost and Zamanalwsl  mentioned Russian participation in the attacks on Idlib and Hama on that day. Three sources attributed the attack to the Syrian regime, while one source did not positively attribute blame.

No other information is known at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (7)

Manhal Juma Al Mar'i منهل جمعة المرعي
27 years old male killed
Daughter of Jumah Al-Mar'i ابنة جمعة المرعي
female killed
Daughter of Jumah Al-Mar'i ابنة جمعة المرعي
female killed
Sister of Jumah Al-Mar'i شقيقة جمعة المرعي
40 years old female killed
Sister of Jumah Al-Mar'i شقيقة جمعة المرعي
43 years old female killed
Khaled Subhi Al-Mar'i خالد صبحي المرعي
22 years old male killed
Daughter of Abdul Salam Al-Ezzo بنت عبدالسلام العزو
Age unknown female From Al-Sahen village killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 12
  • (2 children3–4 women2 men)
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected targets
    Other, Unknown

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Media
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  • Translation: “The moment the civil defence arrived to recover the victims of the warplane massacre in Qastoun in the Al Ghab Plain, west of Hama” (via @Damaskiagency).
  • Translation: “Six civilians of one family were killed and others were injured as a result of the Assad forces' shelling with rocket launchers on the town of Qastoun in the western Hama countryside. #Syria” (via @ibraheem890).
  • The image of this child was posted accompanied by the news of the killing of at least six civilians from one family in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling in Qastoun in Hama on July 7th, 2019. (via @ibraheem890)

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    Translation: “A horrific massacre in which seven civilians were killed from one family from the village of Al-Badriya in the Idlib countryside, including two women, as a result of missile strikes by gangs of Al-Asadi criminals on the agricultural lands of the town of Qastoun in the Al-Ghab Plain in the western countryside of Hama ... and the number may increase due to the presence of some wounded in a critical condition” (via Abu Ibrahim Ta'ata').

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
    7 – 12
  • (2 children3–4 women2 men)
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected targets
    Other, Unknown

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