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A Russian combat aircraft at Khmeimim airbase in Syria being prepared for action. (Russian Ministry of Defence)

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Incident Code

RS4349

Incident date

January 22, 2020

Location

تلمنس, Telmens, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian died in an alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strike on Telmens, according to local media on January 22nd 2020.

Edlib Media Centre reported: “The body of a young man who was martyred in a previous regime artillery shelling in Talmans town, south of Idlib, was found.”

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “Muhammad Khaled al Na’san was killed on January 22, when he went to his house to take some of his family belongings to their place of displacement as Syrian regime forces’ artillery fired shells on Talmennes town in the eastern suburbs of Idlib governorate.”

Local Coordination Committees of Syria also named the victim, adding that he was 37-years-old, and that he died in regime artillery shelling. The source added that the strike occurred at 09:35 local time.

The Shaam News Network noted that both Russian and regime warplanes “launched dozens of airstrikes” across cities and towns in Idlib, killing one civilian in Telmens.

The incident occured at 09:35:00 local time.

The victims were named as:

Muhammad Khaled al Na’san
37 years old male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • 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

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • One person was allegedly killed on January 22nd 2020 in Talmans, in the Idlib countryside when an alleged Russian airstrike hit the village (Image via @anewsarabic / Twitter)

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 man)
  • 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

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4352

Incident date

January 23, 2020

Location

اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Eight people, including six children, were injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime double raid on the city of Ariha, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020, according to local sources. In addition, a Syrian Civil Defence ambulance was burned.

Step News reported five wounded.

@Ahmad_1alshble tweeted that the injured were identified as: Falak Talal Magago, aged 8, Masa Talal Magago, aged three, Salsabil Muhammad Magago, aged six months, Lana Abdel Rahman Magago, aged 35,  Fahima Mahmoud Zaqzak, aged 60, Sondos Mohamed Magago, aged 15, Bisan Talal Mahago, aged 13, Zina Mohamed Magago, aged 10. According to Al Jazeera, at least five were from the same family.

The Syrian Civil Defence told Shaam News Network that “Russian warplanes carried out double raids that targeted Civil Defence teams during their work in giving first aid in the city of Ariha to those who were injured as a result of the first air raid, pointing out that the double raids resulted in the burning of the civil defense ambulance and injured several civilians”.

All sources reported Russia as the belligerent for this specific incident, but it should be noted that the Syrian regime was also conducting air raids in the area, as reported by Shaam News Network.

A local source, @EyadHoms20, reported that the Russian forces used vacuum missiles.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (7)

Falak Talal Magago
8 years old male injured
Masa Talal Magago
3 years old injured
Salsabil Muhammad Magago
six months years old female
Lana Abdel Rahman Magago
35 years old female
Sondos Mohamed Magago
15 years old
Bisan Talal Majago
13 years old male
Zina Mohamed Magago
10 years old male

The victims were named as:

Fahima Mahmoud Zaqzak
60 years old female injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–8
  • 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

Sources (27) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (10) [ collapse]

  • Syrian Civil Defence ambulance burning after a double air raid by alleged Russian forces on the city of Ariha, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020 (via syrialiveua).
  • Syrian Civil Defence ambulance on fire after a double air raid by alleged Russian forces on the city of Ariha, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020 (via Shaam News Network).
  • Footage of the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the city of Ariha, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020 (via @IdlibPlus).
  • According to local sources, up to eight civilians were injured in a Russian or Syrian regime double airstrike on January 23rd 2020 in Ariha (Image via Bashar Al-Sheikh on Twitter / @Sy24ria)
  • According to local sources, up to eight civilians were injured in a Russian or Syrian regime double airstrike on January 23rd 2020 in Ariha (Image via Bashar Al-Sheikh on Twitter / @Sy24ria)
  • According to local sources, up to eight civilians were injured in a Russian or Syrian regime double airstrike on January 23rd 2020 in Ariha (Image via Bashar Al-Sheikh on Twitter / @Sy24ria)
  • According to local sources, up to eight civilians were injured in a Russian or Syrian regime double airstrike on January 23rd 2020 in Ariha (Image via Bashar Al-Sheikh on Twitter / @Sy24ria)
  • Civilian casualties and fires caused by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the outskirts of the village of Ariha on January 23rd 2020 (Image via @abo_aljod84 / Twitter)
  • An alleged double Russian or Syrian regime airstrike hit the outskirts of Ariha, Idlib on January 23rd 2020 injuring up to eight people (Image via @EyadHoms20 / Twitter)
  • Up to eight were wounded by an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on the outskirts of Ariha, Idlib on January 23rd 2020 (Image via @anasanas84 / Twitter)

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
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–8
  • 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

Sources (27) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4353

Incident date

January 23, 2020

Location

بلدات متعددة, several towns, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

An unknown number of civilians were wounded in alleged Russian and Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on several cities and towns in Aleppo governorate on January 23rd, 2020, according to local sources.

Shaam News Network reported that the Kafar Hamra, Khan Al Asal, Khalsa, Khan Toman, Al Zorba, Zaitan, Al Hamira, Shwayneh, Lirmoun, Kafar Dael, and Al Qalagiya were targeted by Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes.

Step Agency reported that “the town of Kafarnaha, the town of Kafardael, and the Al Rashideen area were subjected to several airstrikes loaded with vacuum missiles by Russian warplanes, while the Syrian opposition forces targeted the positions of the Syrian regime forces in the neighbourhood of Zahraa with artillery shells in the western countryside of Aleppo and in the northern countryside, the Lirmoun region and the villages and towns of Shuwihaina. The Lirmoun and Kafr Hamra were bombed with barrel bombs and airstrikes from the Syrian regime’s helicopters and Russian warplanes”.

Step further wrote that Russian warplanes conducted airstrikes and shelling with explosive barrels in the towns of Khalsa, Khan Tuman, Hamira and Zaitan.

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
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (2) [ 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
    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
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (2) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4350

Incident date

January 23, 2020

Location

ارنبة, Arinba, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Three civilians, a mother and her two children were killed and another child was injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Arinba, Idlib governorate, in the night between January 22nd 2020 and January 23rd 2020, according to local sources.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it had “documented the death of three civilians of the same family (a boy, a girl and a woman) as a result of airstrikes carried out this morning by Russian jets” on the village, which is located in Jabal Al Zawiya. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the incident targeted Al Gharbi neighbourhood in the village. According to @osama_sy87 another girl was also injured.

According to the Syrian Civil Defence, the Russian strikes targeted a residential neighbourhood in the village around midnight. The BBC News reported that the Syrian Civil Defense told them that “a woman and her two children were killed in a village of Arnabeh after midnight.” Macro Media Center and Step News, however, reported that the incident occurred at dawn. Step News added that the family was sleeping when the incident occured.

Shaam News Network reported that the strikes hit the house of the family, killing the mother and two of her children, and injuring the rest of the family.

The incident occured between 12:00 am and 6:00 am local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • 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 attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (41) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (11) [ collapse]

  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers looking for victims and survivors underneath the rubble after alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Arinba on January 23rd, 2020 (via SCD).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers carrying a body after alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Arinba on January 23rd, 2020 (via SCD).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers looking for victims and survivors underneath the rubble after alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Arinba on January 23rd, 2020 (via @ShahbaPress).
  • Damaged house after alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Arinba, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020 (via EMC).
  • Destruction after alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Arinba, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020 (via EMC).
  • Civilians in the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Arinba, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020 (via EMC).
  • Damaged house after alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Arinba, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020 (via EMC).
  • Destruction after alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Arinba, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020 (via EMC).
  • "Now, with these moments, Russian warplanes target Tel al-Nabi Ayoub and the village of Arnaba in Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib The raids have so far resulted in the death of a girl and a woman, and several injuries in the village of Arnabeh"

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
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • 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 attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (41) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4354

Incident date

January 23, 2020

Location

دار عزة, Dar Ezza, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Six children and a man were reported injured as a result of the explosion of a cluster bomb remnant of an alleged previous Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Dar Ezza in Aleppo, Syria, on January 23rd 2020.

SMART said: “Six children and a young man were injured Thursday, as a result of the explosion of the remnants of a cluster bomb from the remnants of a previous bombing by the Syrian regime forces on the city of Dar Ezza (25 km west of Aleppo) in northern Syria.”  The Syrian Civil Defense said that two of the children are in a serious condition.

According to the Syrian Civil Defense, the injured civilians and their ages are: Mustafa Ahmed Aeg, aged 5, Ali Ahmed Ahmed Aeg, aged 10, Bashir Mustafa Aeg,  aged 18, Hassan Moustafa Aeg, aged 9, Abdullah Alaa Saleh, aged 7, Nasrallah Bashir Homs, aged 12 years and Walid Khaled Shahama, aged 13. @HalabTodayTV added that two of those injured were in critical condition.

SMART also quoted Syrian Civil Defense Post to note that the 18-year-old man and three of the children have the same family name, but their relationship is not known yet.

The village of Dar Ezza is a densely populated civilian area that had endured numerous bombings. The bomb that wounded seven civilians was an unexploded cluster bomb from an earlier raid.

Halab Today TV and Civil Defense identified the raids as carried out by Russian warplanes. It is unknown when the bomb was originally dropped.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (4)

Mustafa Ahmed Aeg مصطفى أحمد أيج
5 years old male injured
Bashir Mustafa Aeg بشير مصطفى أيج
18 years old male injured
Hassan Moustafa Aeg حسن مصطفى أيج
9 years old injured
Ali Ahmed Ahmed Aeg علي أحمد أحمد أيج
10 years old male injured

Family members (3)

Abdullah Alaa Saleh عبد الله علاء صالح
7 years old male injured
Nasrallah Bashir Homs نصر الله بشير
12 years old male injured
Walid Khaled Shahama وليد خالد شهامة
13 years old male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    7
  • Cause of injury / death
    Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • White Helmets treat one of the children injured in alleged Russian strikes on Dar Ezza on January 23, 2020. (Image posted by @Tania_Tania_C)
  • White Helmets treat one of the children injured in alleged Russian strikes on Dar Ezza on January 23, 2020. (Image posted by @Tania_Tania_C)
  • White Helmets treat one of the children injured in alleged Russian strikes on Dar Ezza on January 23, 2020. (Image posted by @Tania_Tania_C)

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
    7
  • Cause of injury / death
    Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4351

Incident date

January 23, 2020

Location

قرب سراقب, near Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Three children were killed alongside two adults in alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020, according to local sources. Up to fifteen people, including children and women, were injured.

According to Step News Agency correspondent Hassan Al Muhammed, “the Russian aviation inflicted a massacre on the displaced people on a farm they were taking refuge in, near the city of Saraqib, east of Idlib. This resulted in the death of 5 people and the injury of 10 others from the same family, including children and women.”

Local sources tweeted that the following civilians were killed: Fatima Izz Al Din (50), Musab Khatoun (26), Murhaf Musab Khatoun (1), Basil Khatoun (1), Radwan Khatoun, (11).

Muhammed Al Ali, an activist, told Jeron that the Russian aircraft conducted several airstrikes, killing five civilians and wounded another five, including two children. He noted that the family fled their village of Al Hamra in the eastern countryside of Hama two years earlier after the regime took control over the village.

SMART reported that there were three children and one woman among the wounded. A correspondent for Baladi News reported that “Russian warplanes targeted a farm located about five km away from the city of Saraqib, sheltering IDPs from the countryside of Idlib, with rockets, killing five of them and wounding 15 others with varying injuries.”

Although most sources reported that the airstrike targeted a farm or a “house on farmland”, Edlib Media Center gave conflicting reports. EMC first stated the attack hit a petrol station in which the displaced family had sought refuge, but wrote in a later report that the family had been residing in tents.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (5)

Fatima Izz Al-Din فاطمة عز الدين
50 years old female displaced from Al Hamra killed
Musab Khatoon مصعب خاتون
26 years old male displaced from Al Hamra killed
Murhaf Musab Khatoon مرهف مصعب خاتون
1 years old male displaced from Al Hamra killed
Basil Musab Khatoon
1 years old male displaced from Al Hamra killed
Radwan Khatouun
11 years old male

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5
  • (3 children1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–15
  • 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

Sources (49) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (22) [ collapse]

  • Damage after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Shaam News Network).
  • Damage after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Shaam News Network).
  • Man standing at the site after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Shaam News Network).
  • Damaged house after alleged Russian airstrikes near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Shaam News Network).
  • Damaged building after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people on January 23rd, 2020 (via Shaam News Network).
  • Damaged building after alleged Russian airstrikes near Saraqib January 23rd, 2020 (via Shaam News Network).
  • Damaged building after alleged Russian airstrikes near Saraqib January 23rd, 2020 (via Shaam News Network).
  • Footage of the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via @abuhuzaifa_).
  • The site after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Inside a damaged building after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Damage after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Damaged building after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Edlib Media Center).
  • The site after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Edlib Media Center).
  • The site after alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via Edlib Media Center).

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    The children Basil and Murhaf Musab Khatoon were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib on January 23rd, 2020 (via @SyrianCoalition).

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    Three civilians, including two young children, Murhaf Musab Khatun and Basil Samer Khatoun, both aged one, were killed allegedly by a Russian airstrike in Saraqib on January 23rd 2020 (Image via @allaith12345 / Twitter)
  • Basil Samer Khatoun and Murhaf Musab Khatun, both aged one, were among five allegedly killed by a Russian airstrike in Saraqib on January 23rd 2020 (Image via Abo Wardan / Facebook)
  • Basil Samer Khatoun and Murhaf Musab Khatun, both aged one, were among five allegedly killed by a Russian airstrike in Saraqib on January 23rd 2020 (Image via Abo Wardan / Facebook)
  • Basil Samer Khatoun and Murhaf Musab Khatun, both aged one, were among five allegedly killed by a Russian airstrike in Saraqib on January 23rd 2020 (Image via Abo Wardan / Facebook)
  • Basil Samer Khatoun and Murhaf Musab Khatun, both aged one, were among five allegedly killed by a Russian airstrike in Saraqib on January 23rd 2020 (Image via Abo Wardan / Facebook)

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
    5
  • (3 children1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–15
  • 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

Sources (49) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4358

Incident date

January 25, 2020

Location

كفر البطيخ , Kafar Albatiekh, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian was killed and others were wounded on January 25th 2020 due to an air raid by Assad regime or Russian warplanes against the village of Kafar Albatiekh.

Media Idlib reported that one man was killed and homes were destroyed in Kafar Albatiekh. Civil Defense confirmed the death and the recovery of the body, but no name was released. Local reports also noted a number of civilians were wounded, but no names or numbers were released.

The village of Kafar Albatiekh is a civilian area and numerous homes were destroyed by a combination of machine gun fire and barrel bombs.

Halab Today along with local sources reported the use of MiG-21 warplanes that belong to the Assad regime. Shaam News attributed the strikes to both Russian and regime strikes while @so_ria98 blamed Russian forces.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • White Helmets respond to airstrikes on Kafar Albatiekh on January 25, 2020. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • White Helmets respond to airstrikes on Kafar Albatiekh on January 25, 2020. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)

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 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4359

Incident date

January 25, 2020

Location

بنين,, Benin, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

One man was wounded by an alleged Russian or regime airstrike against the village of Benin on January 25th 2020.

Local residents reported that two air raids struck Benin. Baladi News reported that Benin was one village that was a target of over 200 airstrikes carried out by the Assad regime. Ariha Today noted one injury, and the man was identified as Yakeen Yaser Bido.

Both residents of Benin along with news agencies reported that the airstrikes were carried out by warplanes belonging to the Assad regime. However, a Facebook post by Yakeen Yaser Bido attributed the airstrikes to Russian forces. @MasarPressNet identified vacuum missiles as being used in the attack.

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
    1
  • 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 (15) [ 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
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]