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Incident Code

RS3965

Incident date

July 27, 2019

Location

كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Three medics were killed when alleged Russian airstrikes hit their ambulance on the road between Kafar Zeita and Al Latamina town in Hama governorate on July 27th, 2019, according to local sources. The paramedics were reportedly on their way to help civilians who were wounded in previous air and artillery strikes.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that Abdul Baset Mubrak (1985), ambulance driver, and the paramedics Suleiman Al Yaqoub (1987) and Mustafa Al Hassan (1978) from Kafar Zeita were heading to aid the wounded of a previous bombing by the Syrian-Russian alliance when fixed-wing warplanes believed to be Russian fired missiles near the ambulance they were driving on the road between Kafar Zeita and al Latamina and killed all three of them.

@HalabTodayTV tweeted: “Russian aviation targets a civil defence vehicle on the outskirts of the city of Kafar Zeita in the northern Hama countryside, killing three volunteers.”

HalabTodayTV reported that “a Russian airstrike targeted an ambulance in the Kafar Zeita area on the road between Kafar Zeita and the Zakat village in the northern Hama countryside, on Saturday evening”, adding that the paramedics were on their way to rescue wounded civilians in the village of Zakat.

All sources blamed Russia for the strikes.

The incident occured in the evening.

The victims were named as:

Abdul Baset Mubrak عبدالباسط مبارك
Adult male born in 1985 killed
Suleiman al Yaqoub سليمان المحمد
Adult male born in 1987 killed
Mustafa al Hasan مصطفى الحسن
Adult male born in 1978 killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • 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 attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (20) [ collapse]

Media
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  • The three medics who were killed by an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafar Zeita on July 27th (via Step News).
  • Abdul Baset Mubrak, ambulance driver, and the paramedics Suleiman al Yaqoub and Mustafa al Hasan were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafar Zeita on July 27th (via Syrian Netork for Human Rights).
  • Suleiman Al Yaqoub was reported killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafar Zeita on July 27th, 2019 (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Mustafa Al Hassan was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafar Zeita on July 27th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Abdul Baset Mubrak was killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafar Zeita on July 27th, 2019 (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Translation: “The ambulance system in the city of Kafar Zeita in the northern Hama countryside, three of its volunteers performed their humanitarian duty to treat the wounded as a result of a raid by criminal warplanes. Driver Abdul Basit Mubarak, paramedic Mustafa Al Hassan, paramedic Sulaiman Al Muhammad” (via @abo_aljod84).
  • Ambulance driver Abdul Basit Mubarak and paramedics Mustafa Al Hassan and Sulaiman Al Muhammad were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafar Zeita on July 17th, 2019 (via @abo_aljod84).
  • Translation: “Three paramedics were killed in Kafar Zeita in the northern Hama countryside, as a result of Russian air strikes that targeted them when they evacuated the wounded inside the city” (via @AramMedia_N).
  • Ambulance driver Abdul Basit Mubarak and paramedics Mustafa Al Hassan and Sulaiman Al Muhammad were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafar Zeita on July 17th, 2019 (via @abo_aljod84).

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
    3
  • 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 attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (20) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3967

Incident date

July 27, 2019

Location

تلة الخضر, Telt Al Khouder, Latakia, Syria

Airwars assessment

A single source reported that two civilians were killed and that two others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Telt Al Khouder, Latakia governorate, on July 27th, 2019.

Smart News Agency documented “two killed and two wounded by the shelling of Russian warplanes on Tel Al Khouder north of Latakia.”

Currently, further information is unavailable to Airwars.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3964

Incident date

July 27, 2019

Location

الحلوبة, Al Halouba, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A child was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Al Halouba, Idlib governorate, on July 27th, 2019, according to local sources.

Edlib Media Center reported “the death of a child and the injury of a child as a result of an airstrike by the military regime on the town of Al Haloubi south of Idlib.”

According to HalabTodayTV’s correspondent, “a child was killed and others were injured as a result of  warplanes targeting the Al Halouba farm on the outskirts of Kafr Awaid in the southern countryside of Idlib.” The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Syrian regime for the strikes.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights identified the victim as the 7-year-old boy Othman Ahmad Al Ohmad, who was “killed as fixed-wing Syrian regime warplanes fired several missiles on Mazra’et al Halouba area near Kafr Aweed village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on July 27.”

Orient News wrote that a civilian was killed and that a child had been wounded in airstrikes on the village. Smart News Agency wrote that, based on activists’ reports, there were “killed and wounded by aerial bombardment of aircraft of the war regime on the village of Al Halouba south of the city of Idlib.”

While nearly all sources blamed the Syrian regime for the airstrikes, Justice Organization blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Othman Ahmed al-Othman عثمان احمد العثمان
7 years old male 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 (13) [ collapse]

Media
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    The child Othman Ahmed al-Othman was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes on Al Halouba on July 27th (via Justice Organization).

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 (13) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3963

Incident date

July 27, 2019

Location

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to 13 civilians were reported killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib, on July 27th, 2019 according to local sources. The airstrikes targeted the western neighborhood and a popular market, and France 24 reported that the airstrikes targeted two residential buildings.

Members of two IDP families from Sinjar and Ma’aret Al-Nu’man were reported killed in the airstrikes. @abdalwhab761 said that the father of one of the families said that he lost 11 members from his family, when asked by a journalist. It is unclear whether they all belong to this incident.

One of the children, Adham badawi, died on July 28th of his injuries sustained as a result of this airstrike.

Zaman Al-Wasl said that the airstrike led to demolishing some houses on the heads of its residents. Syrian Civil Defence said their volunteers pulled bodies of civilians out of the rubble. Local sources expected the real number of victims to be higher as many residents were trapped under the rubble.

Although initial sources cited much lower figures (three), the numbers of those killed rose to nine then thirteen as understanding of the events unfolded – with nine fatalities named by Ariha Today. Of those killed, four to seven were children. A further 22 to 40 were injured in the incident, 22 of whom were named by Ariha Today.

Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “at least 11 civilians, including seven children and a woman, were killed as Syrian regime warplanes fired several missiles on al Gharbi neighborhood in Ariha city in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on July 27.”

Ariha Today documented “11 martyrs and more than 30 injuries, mostly children and women, as a result of the airstrike targeting the residential neighborhoods of the city, among the martyrs were displaced people from the area of Sinjar.”

SY-24 raised the death toll to 13, while NPA Syria said that more than 40 others were injured.

Sources accused the Russian forces and/or  the Syrian regime in reporting the incident.

Zaman Al-Wasl  quoted Walid Aslan, the commander of the civil defense sector in the city of Ariha as saying that ” a warplane belonging to the Assad forces carried out a surprise raid with high explosive missiles this afternoon in the center of Ariha in an area that is considered the most densely populated, which led to the destruction of many homes above the heads of its residents.”

@aboalhodaalhoms tweeted a video commenting “Horrific and cruel scenes from the Ariha massacre today in Idlib countryside, which was committed by the Russian warplanes as if it were a resurrection. New war crimes added to Russia’s criminal record.”

@SyrianCoalition wrote that “there is no justification for international non-action to stop this genocide except the moral fall of the international community.”

The time of the incident is unclear as some sources reported it in the morning, and others in the afternoon.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Family members (7)

Anas Mahmoud Al Hassan أنس محمود الحسن
17 years old male killed
Nusseibeh Al Hassan نسيبة الحسن
6 years old female killed
Ismail Al Hassan اسماعيل الحسن
8 years old male killed
Mahmoud Ahmed al Hassan محمود أحمد الحسن
45 years old male Lost his whole family and then died in a hospital in Turkey killed
Maha Al-Hassan مها الحسن
14 years old female Minor injuries injured
Mohammed Hassan محمد الحسن
13 years old male killed
Samar Al Sagheer سمر الصغير
50 years old female killed

Family members (4)

Anwar Badawi أنور بدوي
45 years old male killed
Muhammad Nour Anwar Badawi محمد نور أنور بدوي
2 years old female 2 or 4 years old killed
Daughter of Anwar Badawi ابنة أنور بدوي
1.5 years old female Her leg was amputated injured
Wife of Anwar Badawi زوجة أنور بدوي
Adult female Minor injuries injured

Family members (4)

Nour Hardan نور حردان
7 years old female Injury in the limbs injured
Reem Hardan ريم حردان
35 years old female Injury in the limbs injured
Ahmed Hardan أحمد حردان
8 years old male Injury in the limbs injured
Mohamed Hardan محمد حردان
50 years old male injured

Family members (3)

Rahaf Al-Hussein رهف الحسين
9 years old Injury in the limbs injured
Hanan Al Hussein حنان الحسين
10 years old Injury in the limbs injured
Uday Al Hussein عدي الحسين
7 years old Injury in the limbs injured

Family members (4)

Ahmed Haloum أحمد حلوم
35 years old male Head injury injured
Rand Ahmed Halom رند أحمد حلوم
3 years old female Multiple shrapnel injured
Adham Ahmed Halom أدهم احمد حلوم
5 years old male He died on July 28th of his injuries killed
Ahmed Ahmed Haloum أحمد أحمد حلوم
15 years old male injured

The victims were named as:

Fares Qaddah فارس قداح
40 years old male killed
Anas Al-Khalif أنس الخليف
24 years old male killed
Enas Al Khalaf ايناس الخلف
8 years old female Injury in the face injured
Hamida al-Hamd حميدة الحمد
10 years old female Injury in the limbs injured
Walaa Khalid Al Mahmoud ولاء خالد المحمو
6 years old female Injury in the limbs injured
Abdel Hamid Lababidi عبد الحميد لبابيدي
40 years old male Hand injury injured
Abdullah al-Shami عبد الله الشامي
35 years old male Limbs injury injured
Aya Al Hassan آية الحسن
13 years old female Hand injury injured
Mohammed Mohammed Al-Deeb محمد محمد الديب
15 years old male injured
Warda Haj Youssef وردة حاج يوسف
30 years old female injured
Fadi Shubat فادي شباط
20 years old male Limbs injuries injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    11 – 13
  • (5–7 children1 woman4 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    22–40
  • 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
    Unknown

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Media
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  • Image Caption Translation: "Two casualties and dozens of injuries in the initial toll of an air strike on Jericho in rural Idlib, and Civil Defense tries to rescue those trapped under the rubble." (via @SyrianCoalition)
  • Image Caption Translation: "Two casualties and dozens of injuries in the initial toll of an air strike on Jericho in rural Idlib, and Civil Defense tries to rescue those trapped under the rubble." (via @SyrianCoalition)
  • Image Caption Translation: "Two casualties and dozens of injuries in the initial toll of an air strike on Jericho in rural Idlib, and Civil Defense tries to rescue those trapped under the rubble." (via @SyrianCoalition)
  • Image Caption Translation: "international terrorism over our children # Jericho # Idleb led by # Russia and the # Assad terrorist regime. There is no justification for international non-action to stop this genocide except the moral fall of the international community." (via @SyianCoalition)

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    Image Caption Translation: "international terrorism over our children # Jericho # Idleb led by # Russia and the # Assad terrorist regime. There is no justification for international non-action to stop this genocide except the moral fall of the international community." (via @SyianCoalition)
  • Image Caption Translation: "international terrorism over our children # Jericho # Idleb led by # Russia and the # Assad terrorist regime. There is no justification for international non-action to stop this genocide except the moral fall of the international community." (via @SyianCoalition)

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    Image Caption Translation: "international terrorism over our children # Jericho # Idleb led by # Russia and the # Assad terrorist regime. There is no justification for international non-action to stop this genocide except the moral fall of the international community." (via @SyianCoalition)
  • Image Caption: "at least 11 civilians, including seven children and a woman, killed as fixed-wing Syrian regime warplanes fired several missiles on al Gharbi neighborhood in Ariha city in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on July 27." (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)

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    Image Caption: "A body of a victim of the massacre in Ariha city in Idlib caused by Syrian regime bombing: Image showing a civil defense member carrying a child who was killed in fixed-wing Syrian regime warplanes bombing on al Gharbi neighborhood in Ariha city in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, causing a massacre, on July 27." (via Syrian Network for Huamn Rights)

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    Image caption translation: "URGENT: Rise of the martyrs to 11 martyrs in the city of Jericho # in the countryside of Idlib." (via @abuhuzaifa_)
  • Image Caption Translation: "Displaced from the town of Sinjar to Ariha # Today he lost five members of his family ... his wife and four children as a result of air raids on his house in the city of Jericho # Prev # Idlib" (via @abuhuzaifa_)
  • Image Caption: " More than 25 injured as a result of the air strike that targeted the city of Ariha" (via Ariha Today)

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    Image Caption translation: "Three civilians were killed and 20 others were injured as a result of an air strike on civilian houses in the city of Jericho in the village of Idlib this morning." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption translation: "Three civilians were killed and 20 others were injured as a result of an air strike on civilian houses in the city of Jericho in the village of Idlib this morning." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption translation: "Three civilians were killed and 20 others were injured as a result of an air strike on civilian houses in the city of Jericho in the village of Idlib this morning." (via Syria Civil Defense)

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    Image Caption translation: "Three civilians were killed and 20 others were injured as a result of an air strike on civilian houses in the city of Jericho in the village of Idlib this morning." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption Translation: "11 civilians, including five children, were killed and 22 others were injured in a horrific massacre carried out by the regime's aircraft against the residents of Jericho City in Idlib countryside this morning." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption Translation: "11 civilians, including five children, were killed and 22 others were injured in a horrific massacre carried out by the regime's aircraft against the residents of Jericho City in Idlib countryside this morning." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption Translation: "11 civilians, including five children, were killed and 22 others were injured in a horrific massacre carried out by the regime's aircraft against the residents of Jericho City in Idlib countryside this morning." (via Syria Civil Defense)

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    Caption translation: Ariha Today

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    Caption translation: Horrific and cruel scenes from the Ariha massacre today in Idlib countryside, which was committed by the Russian warplanes as if it were a resurrection! New war crimes added to Russia's criminal record.
  • Caption translation: "You are all partners in killing our children." A message from a civilian after the Russian warplanes bombed Ariha this morning. # Idlib

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    Caption translation: He fled with his family from Ma`rat al-Nu`man to the city of Ariha to escape the bombing, so the Russian air force came to kill his five sons with their mother.

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    This man and his family fled Ma'aret Al-Nu'man (or Sinjar as other sources said), only to lose his family including his wife and five children in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via @abdalwhab761).
  • Caption translation: The first moments of the warplanes targeting a popular market in the city of Ariha, south of Idlib, with an air strike.
  • Caption translation: Eleven martyrs in Ariha today. Renewed massacre led by Russia on the bodies of people and their homes in revenge for its military defeat in Idlib and Hama This man in the picture lost all of his family today Peace be upon you, O great Syria .. Wounded Syria.
  • Caption translation: Aerial photos of the aerial bombardment on the city of Ariha in the Idlib countryside, and these raids killed nine civilians and a number of wounded.
  • Caption translation: This man is from Maarat al-Nu`man. He fled to Ariha to save his family from the bombing in his city. Russia and Assad planes killed his family: his wife and 5 children, in Ariha 7/27-2019.
  • Caption translation: The journalist asked him: Why are you crying, do you have someone under the rubble !? He said: My whole family, 11 members. The interview is over. Idlib - Ariha 07-27-2019
  • SCD volunteers on the ground after alleged Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019 that led to deaths and injuries among civilians. (via @abazeid89).
  • SCD volunteers on the ground after alleged Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019 that led to deaths and injuries among civilians. (via @abazeid89).
  • A father who lost his whole family in airstrikes on Ariha is crying his loss. (via @abazeid89).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019 that led to deaths and injuries among civilians. (via @abazeid89).
  • Scenes of destruction caused by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib on July 27th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria).
  • Scenes of destruction caused by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib on July 27th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria).
  • Scenes of destruction caused by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib on July 27th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria).
  • Scenes of destruction caused by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib on July 27th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria).
  • Aerial photos of the aerial bombardment on the city of Ariha in Idlib countryside, which led to killing and injuring a number of civilians on July 27th, 2019. (via @khalidaboalmjed).
  • Caption translation: Three martyrs and 20 wounded in a preliminary result, as a result of an airstrike by warplanes on civilian homes in the city of Ariha. Civil defense teams worked to aid the injured and recover the martyrs, and the search is still ongoing for survivors under the rubble.
  • Rubble removal after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Shaam).
  • Destruction caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Shaam).
  • Civilians on the rubble caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Shaam).

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    A Syrian Civil Defence holds the body of a child that was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Shaam).
  • Destruction caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Shaam).
  • Destruction caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Shaam).

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    SCD volunteers pulling a civilian out of the rubble caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Shaam).

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    SCD volunteers and civilians carrying the body of a civilian in the aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Shaam).
  • Aftermath of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Eldorar).

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    A body of what looks like a child pulled out of the rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Eldorar).

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    A body of what looks like a child pulled out of the rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Eldorar).
  • Aftermath of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Eldorar).

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    The body of Fares Qaddah who was killed by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Abo Anis Al Homsi).

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    The body of Fares Qaddah who was killed by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via Abo Anis Al Homsi).
  • Airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via @SyrianCoalition)
  • Airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via @SyrianCoalition)
  • Airstrikes on Ariha on July 27th, 2019. (via @SyrianCoalition)

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    The body of a young man under the rubble of a destroyed house in the city of Ariha, near Idlib, in the north of the country, where nine civilians were killed and more than 28 were wounded, Saturday, July 27, 2019, with raids by Syrian regime warplanes on residential neighborhoods in the city. (Caption and image copyright SMART, published in the public interest).

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    A man stands near the body of a young man among the rubble of a destroyed building in the city of Jericho, near Idlib, in the north of the country, where nine civilians were killed and more than 28 others were wounded, Saturday, July 27, 2019, as a result of raids by Syrian regime warplanes on residential neighborhoods in the city, coinciding with the flight of 12 warplanes Affiliated to Russia and the regime over Idlib Governorate. (Caption and image copyright SMART, published in the public interest).
  • A man carries the body of a civilian among the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in the city of Ariha, near Idlib as a result of Syrian regime or Russian airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest).
  • A man carries the body of a civilian among the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in the city of Ariha, near Idlib as a result of Syrian regime or Russian airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest).
  • Men and members of the Syrian Civil Defense carry the body of a man on a stretcher in the city of Ariha near Idlib after alleged Syrian regime or Russian forces airstrikes on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest).
  • Members of the Syrian Civil Defense near the body of a civilianو searching for victims among the rubble of a demolished apartment building in the city of Ariha in the aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian forces airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest).
  • Civilians and members of the Syrian Civil Defense wrapped the corpse of a civilian in a cloth cover amid the rubble of a demolished apartment building in the city of Ariha, near Idlib ,as a result of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest.)
  • Civilians and members of the Syrian Civil Defense wrapped the corpse of a civilian in a cloth cover amid the rubble of a demolished apartment building in the city of Ariha, near Idlib ,as a result of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest.)
  • Members of the Syrian Civil Defense on top of the rubble of a residential building in the middle of a destroyed neighborhood in the city of Ariha, after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest.)
  • Members of the Syrian Civil Defense on top of the rubble of a residential building in the middle of a destroyed neighborhood in the city of Ariha, after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest.)
  • Members of the Syrian Civil Defense on top of the rubble of a residential building in the middle of a destroyed neighborhood in the city of Ariha, after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest.)
  • A member of the Syrian Civil Defense on top of the rubble of a destroyed residential building near a number of officers and an ambulance in the city of Ariha, after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest).
  • Members of the Syrian Civil Defense try to climb over the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in the city of Ariha near Idlib, after Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest).
  • A group of people stand on the balcony of a demolished apartment building near a man standing on the rubble of a destroyed building in the city of Ariha near Idlib on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest).
  • A number of residents and civil defense personnel gathered with an ambulance in a destroyed residential neighborhood in the city of Ariha, near Idlib on July 27th, 2019. (Copyright SMART. Published in the public interest).

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
    11 – 13
  • (5–7 children1 woman4 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    22–40
  • 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
    Unknown

Sources (45) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3966

Incident date

July 27, 2019

Location

كفرعويد, Kafar Aouid, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least two girls were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Kafar Aouid, Idlib countryside, on July 27th, 2019, according to local sources.

@baladinetwork tweeted: “The regime’s warplanes bomb the village of Kafar Aouid in the southern countryside of Idlib.” According to @IdlibPlus, civilian homes were targeted.

According to @nehad8_88, “two girls were wounded as a first toll and massive property damage as a result of the targeting of the town by Sukhoi 22 warplanes a short while ago.”

@Step_Agency wrote that “warplanes targeted the town of Kafr Aouid in the southern countryside of Idlib, coinciding with missile strikes from the Gorin camp targeting the town of Sufuhn in the western countryside of Idlib.”

Sources pointed to both Russia and the Syrian regime as the responsible belligerent for the strikes.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Video capturing the first moments after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike hit the village of Kafr Aouid in Idlib on July 27th (via Kafar Aouid).
  • Translation: “Warplanes carried out an air strike on the town of Kafr Aouid a short while ago” (via @binnish_revolu).
  • Photo of alleged Russian or Syiran regime airstrikes on the town of Kafr Aouid in Idlib governorate on July 27th, 2019 (via @binnish_revolu).

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
    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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3968

Incident date

July 27, 2019

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A man was killed in the explosion of unexploded ordnance from a previous alleged Russian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib governorate, on July 27th, 2019. It is unclear when the airstrike took place.

Smart News Agency claimed that an unknown number of people was killed in a cluster bomb explosion which was allegedly left from a Russian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib. The source did not report a date for the incident but published the information on July 27th.

@mohamadsalomala reported “the martyrdom of the young man (Muhammad Najeeb Al Sarmani) after he was hit by a cluster bomb from the remnants of the bombing in the area of #Bosalia, south of the city of Khan Sheikhoun.”

The Local Council of Khan Sheikhoun City was the only source reporting that the man was “hit by the bombing of the warplanes with cluster missiles”, implicating that the man directly died as the result of an airstrike.

Smart News Agency pointed to Russia as the responsible belligerent. The other three sources did not identify which belligerent had released the unexploded ordnance.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Muhammad Najeeb Al Sarmani محمد نجيب السرماني
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • (1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Muhammad Najeeb Al Sarmani was killed in the explosion of cluster bomb remnants in Khan Sheikhoun on July 27th, 2019 (via Local Council of Khan Sheikhoun City).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • (1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R3753

Incident date

July 28, 2019

Location

اللطامنة, Al Latamina, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to three civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al Latamina, Hama governorate, on July 28th, 2019, according to local sources.

Smart News Agency reported “three wounded in bombing of Russian warplanes on the vicinity of the city of Al Latamina north of Hama”.

Manahi Al Ahmed wrote on Facebook: “On Sunday morning, a civilian was lightly injured as the regime’s warplanes targeted the city of Al Latamina with several airstrikes.”

@ShahbaPress tweeted that “a child was injured and the palm of his hand was amputated as a result of the Russian warplanes raids on the city of Al-Latamina in the northern Hama countryside.”

@HalabTodayTV blamed the Syrian regime: “Three civilians were wounded by the bombing of the regime’s air force on the city of Al Latamina, north of Hama.”

Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the strikes.

The incident occured in the morning.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–3
  • 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 (9) [ 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
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–3
  • 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 (9) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3972

Incident date

July 28, 2019

Location

تحتايا, Tahtaya, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Two men were reportedly injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Tahtaya, Idlib governorate, on July 28th, 2019, according to local sources.

Idlib Plus reported that “two men were wounded because of the targeting of the town of Tahtaya by a Russian airstrike.”

@alahmed_nasser tweeted: “The War Air Force launches raids on the sites of terrorist groups in Al Latamina, Kafr Zita, Morek, and Zakat, north of Hama, Khan Sheikhoun, Tahtaya, and Taramala, south of Idlib”, but did not report on the belligerent or civilian casualties.

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
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (2) [ collapse]

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
    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 (2) [ collapse]