Three civilians, including a child, were reported killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Heesh, Idlib, on August 19th 2019.

Smart News cited “two civilians killed by Russian warplanes in Heesh town, south of Idlib” and @jisrtv tweeted that two civilians had been killed in the strike.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented “the death of 3 citizens in the Russian airstrikes on Heesh.” Syrian Network for Human Rights stated that “at least three civilians, including a child, were killed as warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on Heesh village, on August 19th”. A tweet from @honestis1 named those killed as Muhammad Ahmad Al-Ali (Al-Arandas), Khaled Ahmad Al-Aloush, and Ahmed Subhi Al-Ali. 

Syria.liveuamap also reported “several wounded”.

According to @HalabTodayTV, more than a hundred rockets struck the town of Heesh and surrounding areas while @honestis1 reported that “3 air strikes by Russian warplanes on residential neighborhoods in the town of [Heesh] caused massive destruction.”

Sources predominately attributed the attack to Russian forces, yet two sources named both the Syrian regime and Russian forces in reports of this incident, among others and @jisrtv attributed the strikes to the regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Two to three civilians, including a child, were reported killed in airstrikes on Heesh, Idlib, on August 20th, 2019.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that “a man and a child” were killed “as a result of Russian raids on the village of Heesh”. The same source elsewhere reported the death of three in the attack.

Syria.liveuamap documented that “two men and a child were killed in Haysh and Madani village near Kafranbel due to Russian raids.” @MasarPressAgency and Syrianoor also reported that two men and a child were killed.

Almost all sources attributed the attack to Russian forces except @Step_Agency, which attributed the strikes to regime helicoptors bombing Heesh with “barrel bombs.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

At least two civilians were reported killed and between four and six civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Binin, Idlib, on August 20th.

@ShahbaPress tweeted that “two civilians [were] martyred and wounded due to an airstrike by Russian occupation aircraft on the village of Binin south of Idlib.”

Syria Civil Defense stated that “a child and a man were killed and four others were injured, including two women from the same family, as a result of a Russian airstrike on Tuesday, targeting the outskirts of the town of Binin”.

Similarly, @ShahbaPress reported that “a child and a young man were killed and two women and two men were injured in a new toll due to airstrikes on the town of Binin in the southern countryside of Idlib at dawn on Tuesday.”

Halab Today cited the death of two children and Anadolu Agency also reported two children were killed and six civilians were wounded.

Macro Media Center named the girl killed as Jana Abdul Latif Harami, and Justice Organisation named her brother, “a young man”, killed as Hussein Abdellatif Harami.

All other sources referred to “wounded civilians”, which, according to Edlib Media Center, included children. As understanding of events unfolded, cited figures for injury rose from one, to four to five from the same family.

A tweet from @la1mea referred to the area struck as “a farm containing displaced persons.” Anadolu Agency also pointed out that the strikes occurred in a residential neighborhood in the “de-escalation”zone.

An image posted by @zamanalwsl shows the damage to buildings from the airstrikes and a wounded man being carried by rescuers. A tweet from @jisrtv reported that “civilians were wounded and trapped under the rubble as a result of air strikes” and a tweet from @NEDAAPOST specified that two people were trapped under the rubble. A video posted by @NEDAAPOST shows White Helmets rescuing a teenage boy from the rubble.

According to a tweet from @abd9722, Russia used “high-explosive concussion missiles that have an earthquake impact on farms in Benin Forest.”

Almost all of the sources attributed the attack to Russian forces. However, @syr_television and @ZaitunAgency referred to “Assad’s airstrikes,” indicating that the regime was responsible, and Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the Syrian regime for the airstrike.

The incident occured around dawn.