Up to five civilians, most of them from the same family, were reported killed and several others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes or artillery shelling  on Morek in Idlib, Syria during the night of August 5/6th, 2019.

Syrian Network for Human Rights also reported “at least 4 civilians, most of them from the same family, killed as Syrian regime helicopters dropped several barrel bombs on several residential areas in Morek town in the northern suburbs of Hama governorate, on August 5th, 2019.”

@FSLA2011 tweeted that “Ahmed Abu Al-Qaq, Khalid Abu Al-Qaq and Ibrahim Abu Al-Qaq from the city of Morek in the northern Hama countryside were killed as a result of the aerial bombardment by Russian warplanes that hit the city.” Abdul Karim Noor al-Dali was also named as one of the victims.

However, @NeSyria, @ZaitunAgency  and other sources said that four civilians were killed. The highest death toll was reported by Awsat News which reported the death of five civilians and the injury of 30 others as a result of “Syrian regime warplanes dropping of 11 barrel bombs and three naval mines on Morek.”

Smart News also stated that “the regime’s helicopters dropped 11 barrels bombs and three naval mines on Morek. As a result, four civilians were killed and a fifth was injured.

In addition to that, local sources reported that warplanes with machine guns targeted the civil defence teams during the evacuation of civilians from the targeted houses. The Syrian Civil Defense and Civil Defence Hama stated that “warplanes also targeted a civil defence team in a double raid, which led to the burning of the rescue vehicle and equipment”, yet did not “cause casualties among the volunteers.” This targeting led to hindering the efforts to rescue the injured civilians.

According to news, these were “the first civilian deaths since the collapse of the ceasefire agreement.” According to this source, those killed in the attack had “returned to their town after they were displaced when the truce was announced by the Russian regime on August 2nd, 2019.”

Sources predominantly attributed the responsibility of the attack to the Syrian regime, yet one source also named Russian forces in reporting the incident, and few others blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for it.

The incident occured during the night.

Up to eight civilians most if them from the same family were reported killed and further three to four others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes or artillery shelling on their farm in Khan Sheikoun, Idlib, in the afternoon of August 6th 2019. The victims were pistachio workers as local sources said.

The Syrian Civil Defense said on that day that “the city Khan Sheikhon received the largest share of attacks [Russia and regime], and was exposed to 44 air strikes, in addition to 12 barrels of explosives and 33 artillery shells.” SMART News agency said that vacuum missiles were used in the attack.

Shaam News stated that “Russian warplanes targeted Kafar tab farm in Khan Sheikhoun in several raids which hit the house of a family of eight people. […] Activists reported four martyred civilians, with missing family members still being searched for amongst the rubble.” The house was destructed on its residents.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the death of “four citizens, and the injury of three, in a bombing by Russian warplanes on Khan Sheikhoun city in the southern side of Idlib countryside.” According to this source, “the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in a critical situation.”

Baladi News alleged that “three civilians from one family were killed, while four others were injured, as a result of airstrikes by Russian warplanes targeting their house on the western farms of the city of Khan Sheikhoun.”

@aboalhodaalhoms tweeted: “The death toll of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib increased to 8 martyrs, and many were wounded in a Russian terrorist airstrike”. However,

Sources predominantly attributed the attack to Russia, but the Syrian regime was also named by a number of sources in reports of the incident.

The local time of the incident is unknown.