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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

TS395 RS4181

Incident date

November 18, 2019

Location

تيري, Tayri, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.841111, 38.469167 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least one young woman was reported injured in eastern Kobane, after allegedly being hit by a Turkish-Russian patrol vehicle during on-going protests by locals against the presence of foreign forces in the area.

ANF reported that “the people protested against the patrol by throwing stones. A young woman was hit by a vehicle of the military convoy and was badly injured on her foot. She was then taken to the hospital of Kobanê. The injured woman explained that the vehicle had deliberately hit her”.

NPA and VDC reported that two civilian vehicles had been struck during the protests, while ANF claimed that the Turkish-Russian troops were deliberately targeting protesting civilians. The injured woman was said to have been taken to hospital, where she was treated for significant injuries to her leg or foot. NPA was alone in referencing two civilians injured in the event.

The location of the event was reported by one local source as the village of Tayri.

Local news source Rojava Information Centre reported that ‘local anger continues to grow’ against the Turkish-Russian patrols in and around Kobane.

The incident occured during the day.

The victims were named as:

Name unknown
Adult female injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Ground operation
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Use of objects and other means
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Turkish Military, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (8) [ collapse]

  • A van damaged after allegedly being attacked as civilians protested against Turkish and Russian military patrols in the eastern countryside of Kobanî, Aleppo governorate, on November 18th, 2019 (via ANF).
  • A woman allegedly deliberately hit by a military vehicle, badly injured on her foot and taken to hospital of Kobane on November 18th, 2019 (via ANF).
  • A van damaged after allegedly being attacked as civilians protested against Turkish and Russian military patrols in the eastern countryside of Kobanî, Aleppo governorate, on November 18th, 2019 (via NPA).
  • Images of attacks on civilians who protested against Turkish and Russian military patrols in the eastern countryside of Kobanî, Aleppo governorate, on November 18th, 2019 (via NPA).
  • Civilians protested against Turkish and Russian military patrols in the eastern countryside of Kobanî, Aleppo governorate, on November 18th, 2019 (via NPA).
  • Image showing the Turkish Patrol convoy in the eastern countryside of Kobanî, Aleppo governorate, on November 18th, 2019 (via @VDCNS).
  • A car damaged after being attacked by a joint Turkish and Russian military convoy in the eastern countryside of Kobanî, Aleppo governorate, on November 18th, 2019 (via @VDCNS).
  • Image showing Turkish and Russian military patrols attacking protesters in the eastern countryside of Kobanî, Aleppo governorate, on November 18th, 2019 (via @NPA).

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Tayri (تيري), for which the coordinates are: 36.841111, 38.469167. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military 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
    Ground operation
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Use of objects and other means
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Turkish Military, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4214

Incident date

December 2, 2019

Location

الكنائس, Al Kana’es, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

According to local sources, Hussein Khreimi was reported killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces airstrike in Al-Kanayes village, on the outskirts of the villages of Tal Kresyan and Al-Bara in the eastern Idlib countryside, Syria on December 2nd 2019.

According to @sraqeb123, this raid happened at 9.56am.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Hussein Khreimi
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • 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 (14) [ 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
    1
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4247

Incident date

December 16, 2019

Location

بنش,, Binnish town, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

As many as three civilians, two children (siblings) and a woman, were killed and five family members, including a child and a woman, were injured in as many as six alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the outskirts of the town of Binnish, Idlib Governorate on December 16th 2019, according to local media reports.

Several sources named the dead children as Muhammad Ahmad Al-Qazq and Hajar Ahmed Al-Qazq. The source, Ahmad Abd, gave their ages as seven and nine respectively. One source, Al Bayan, said that a woman had been killed in the strike carried out by the Russian military.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: “The sibling children Hajar and Mohammad Ahmad al Qazaq, displaced from al Ghadafa village in the eastern suburbs of Idlib governorate, were killed as fixed-wing warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles near a tent where they stay with their family south of Binnesh city in the southern suburbs of Idlib governorate, on December 16, 2019”

@Zshikhani posted an image of a severely damaged house where, the source said, the children had lived.

@khaleedalkhteb said “the rest of the family were seriously injured”. @Emusa87 put the number of family members injured in the attack at five.

Idlib Plus reported: “Two children were killed and five other civilians were wounded, including a child and a woman, this morning, Monday [Dec 16th], as a result of Russian warplanes targeting a grain sieve and a camp for displaced people with six airstrikes”.

Several of the sources specified that six strikes had been carried out. The Step News Agency and Zamanalwsl both reported that vacuum missiles had been used.

An opposition air traffic tracking observatory said that Russian warplanes had carried out the strikes, according to Anadolu Agency.

@media_idlib reported that members of the Syrian White Helmets had retrieved the bodies of the deceased and transported the injured to hospitals for treatment.

Ahla Shabaab said that the planes that struck Binnish belonged to the Syrian regime, the vast majority of the sources, however, attributed the strikes to the Russian military.

The strike reportedly took place in the morning.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Mohammad Ahmad al Qazaq محمد أحمد القزق
7 years old male Brother of Hajar al Qazaq. Displaced from al Ghadafa village in the eastern suburbs of Idlib governorate killed
Hajar al Qazaq هاجر احمد القزق
9 years old female Sister of Mohammad Ahmad al Qazaq. Displaced from al Ghadafa village in the eastern suburbs of Idlib governorate killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–5
  • 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 (52) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (24) [ collapse]

  • Siblings Mohammad Ahmad al Qazaq, 7, and Hajar al Qazaq, 9, who were killed in a series of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes that targeted their home on the outskirts of the town of Binnish, Idlib Governorate on December 16th, 2019. (Uploaded by @khaleedalkhteb)

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    An image of a wounded or deceased child, possibly that of Mohammad Ahmad al Qazaq, that was uploaded following a series of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Binnish, Idlib Governorate on December 16th, 2019. (Uploaded by @Emusa87)
  • The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on the outskirts of Binnish, Dec 16th 2019 (via White Helmets)
  • The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on the outskirts of Binnish, Dec 16th 2019 (via White Helmets)
  • The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on the outskirts of Binnish, Dec 16th 2019 (via White Helmets)
  • The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on the outskirts of Binnish, Dec 16th 2019 (via White Helmets)
  • More pictures from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish, Dec 16th 2019.
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • Scenes from the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Binnish town, Dec 16th 2019 (via SNN)
  • An image purporting to show the home of Mohammad Ahmad al Qazaq, 7, and Hajar al Qazaq, 9, who were killed in a series of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Binnish, Idlib Governorate on December 16th, 2019. (Uploaded by @Zshikhani)
  • An image that was uploaded alongside a tweet detailing alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Binnish, Idlib Governorate on December 16th, 2019. (Uploaded by @mohmad_rasheed)

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    An image that was uploaded alongside a tweet detailing alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Binnish, Idlib Governorate on December 16th, 2019. (Uploaded by @mna)
  • An image uploaded alongside a story about alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Binnish, Idlib Governorate on December 16th, 2019. The caption reads: "The effects of the shelling on Idlib countryside this morning" (Uploaded by Zamanalwsl)

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
    2 – 3
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–5
  • 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 (52) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4281

Incident date

December 22, 2019

Location

معرة النعمان , International road to Ma'arat Al Numan, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Between four and seven civilians were killed as the result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on a convoy with displaced people on the international road to Ma’arat Al Numan on December 22nd, 2019, according to local sources. On December 28th, a local source reported that one of the victims died of his injuries sustained in the attack.

Step News Agency put the preliminary death toll at three killed civilians and an unknown number of wounded. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that seven civilians were killed.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported the death of the brothers Muhammad and Ahmad Subhi Sharaf al Din, displaced from Taqana village, and their father. Ahmad Okab identified the name of their father: Sobhi Sharaf El-Din.

Eyewitnesses told Smart News Agency that “Russian warplanes targeted the cars of the displaced and an agricultural tractor carrying a displaced family and the furniture of its house in the city of Ma’arat Al Numan (32 km south of Idlib), killing two civilians and wounding another, as a result of which he was transferred to a nearby hospital.”

@abuhuzaifa_ posted a video on Twitter reportedly showing the remains of children burned in the incident.

The Step News Agency correspondent stated that “the Syrian and Russian aviation are trying to cut off the road for civilians trying to get out of the city of Ma’arat Al Numan, by targeting the cars of the displaced people on the international road at the northern entrance to the city”. Shaam News Network added that the bombing happened despite activists’ “escalating calls to stop the shelling and allow civilians to leave”.

On December 28th, 2019, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that Mustafa Absi al Khalaf died because of wounds he sustained as a result of this incident.

@john_marquee provided the geolocation for the incident.

While nearly all sources pointed to Russian forces, Step News Agency reported that the aircraft that carried out the strikes belonged to the Syrian regime. @HadiAlabdallah pointed out that vacuum missiles were used in the attack.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Muhammed Subhi Sharaf al Din حمد صبحي شرف الدين
Age unknown male brother of Ahmad Subhi Sharaf al Din, displaced from Taqana village killed
Ahmad Subhi Sharaf al Din أحمد صبحي شرف الدين
Age unknown male brother of Muhammed Subhi Sharaf al Din, displaced from Taqana village killed
Sobhi Sharaf El-Din
Adult male first name unknown killed

The victims were named as:

Mustafa Absi al Khalaf
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 8
  • (2 children4 men)
  • 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 (27) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • Destruction after alleged Russian or Syrian regime aircraft bombed a convoy with displaced people on the International Road to Ma'arat Al Numan on December 22nd, 2019 (via Euphrates Post).
  • Displaced woman sitting on the side of the road after alleged Russian or Syrian regime aircraft bombed a convoy with displaced people on the International Road to Ma'arat Al Numan on December 22nd, 2019 (via Shaam News Network).

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    Video posted on Twitter of reportedly the remains of children burned in an alleged Russian airstrike on a convoy of displaced people on the International Road to Ma'arat Al Numan on December 22nd, 2019 (via @abuhuzaifa_ ).
  • The body of a victim on the side of the road after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the international road to Ma'arat Al Numan on December 22nd, 2019 (via Smart News Agency).

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  • Mustafa Absi al Khalaf, killed in strikes on Maarat al-Numanon December 22, 2019. (Image posted by Syria Today Network)
  • Mustafa Absi al Khalaf, killed in strikes on Maarat al-Numanon December 22, 2019. (Image posted by Mustafa Abu Abdo)
  • Mustafa Absi al Khalaf, killed in strikes on Maarat al-Numanon December 22, 2019. (Image posted by Mustafa Abu Abdo)
  • Mustafa Absi al Khalaf, killed in strikes on Maarat al-Numanon December 22, 2019. (Image posted by Mustafa Abu Abdo)

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
    4 – 8
  • (2 children4 men)
  • 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 (27) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4312

Incident date

January 17, 2020

Location

القاسمية, Al Qasimiya, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

One female child was reported injured when airstrikes with vacuum missiles targeted a residential area in Al Qasimiya village in Aleppo’s western countryside, on January 17th, 2020, according to local sources.

The Syrian Civil Defence reported on the incident stating: “A residential gathering in the village of Al-Qasimia, west of Aleppo, was targeted this evening, Friday, by air strikes from warplanes, which led to the outbreak of fires in civilian homes.” and mentioned that the fire was extinguished by the Civil defence teams.

MMC and local sources alleged that a child was injured due to the alleged airstrike.

Sources published conflicting statements concerning the attacker, as STEP suspected the Syrian armed forces to be the attacker, Aleppo0 stated that the Russian armed forces and Syrian armed forces carried out the attack. Furthermore, other sources e.g. Halabtoday did not mention the suspected attacker when reporting on the incident.

The incident occured in the evening.

Summary

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

  • Aftermath of airstrikes that taregeted Al Qasimiya in Aleppo countryside on January 17th, 2020 (via MMC).
  • SCD volunteers responding to results of an airstrike on Al Qasimiya in Aleppo countryside, on January 17th, 2020 (via SCD)
  • Airstrikes on Al Qasimiya in Aleppo countryside on January 17th 2020 caused the outbreak of fire in civilians' houses (via SCD)
  • Airstrikes on Al Qasimiya in Aleppo countryside on January 17th 2020 caused the outbreak of fire in civilians' houses (via SCD)

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
  • 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

RS4335

Incident date

January 21, 2020

Location

السعدية, Al Sa'adiya, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Six civilians were reportedly wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Sa’adiya, Aleppo governorate, on January 21st, 2020, according to SMART News Agency.

Currently, further information is unavailable to Airwars.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    6
  • 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

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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    6
  • 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

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4389

Incident date

February 1, 2020

Location

النباريز, , Al Nabariz, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian was reportedly killed and up to 17 injured in a suspected Russian air or artillery strike on the village of Al Nabariz in southern Aleppo on February 1st, 2020.

Mohammed Hassan Al-Jassem, aged 22 was identified as the deceased by several local sources and Madin Al-Hussein, aged 33, was reportedly injured. Some sources, such as the Syrian Civil Defense, claimed that there had been 17 injured in Al Nabariz and the outskirts of Al-Bab city, without specifying how many had been injured exactly in each incident. Photographs and videos show the White Helmets rescue operation.

Several sources blamed Russian forces for the attack.

The victims were named as:

Mohammed Hassan Al-Jassem
22 years old killed
Madin Al-Hussein
33 years old male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–17
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

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    A rescue team carry the body of 22 year old, Mohammed Hassan Al-Jassem who was killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Nabariz village on February 1st (via SCD Aleppo)
  • A photograph of the destruction at Al Nabariz following alleged Russian strikes on February 1st (via SCD Aleppo)

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    A graphic photograph of Mohammed Hassan Al-Jassem who was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Nabariz village on February 1st (via SCD Aleppo)

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    The White Helmets at the scene in Al Nabariz following alleged Russian strikes on February 1st (via SCD Aleppo)
  • The interior of a building destroyed in a suspected Russian air or artillery strike on the village of Al Nabariz in southern Aleppo on February 1st, 2020 (via Syrian Civil Defense).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–17
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4410

Incident date

February 4, 2020

Location

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A young man was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Sarmin, Idlib governorate, on February 4th, 2020, according to SMART News Agency.

SMART reported that “local sources and military observatories said that a civilian was killed and others were wounded as a result of missile strikes by Russian warplanes on the town of Sarmin, east of Idlib.” None of the other sources that reported on strikes on Sarmin mentioned civilian casualties.

A image posted by @ala_hacioglu shows a clinic in the town of Sarmin that was destroyed by Russian strikes.

All of the sources that reported on strikes on Sarmin attributed them to Russia.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Accidents related to conflict
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Before and after images of a clinic in Sarmin destroyed by alleged Russian strikes on February 4, 2020. (Image posted by @ala_hacioglu)
  • Before and after images of a clinic in Sarmin destroyed by alleged Russian strikes on February 4, 2020. (Image posted by @ala_hacioglu)

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
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Accidents related to conflict
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]