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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

RS4348

Incident date

January 22, 2020

Location

معردبسة, Ma’ardibsa, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian reportedly died and two more – a woman and a child – were wounded in an alleged regime or Russian air or artillery strikes on Ma’ardibsa on January 22nd 2020. @yahya_kadaa reported however, that the death toll was nine.

Local Coordination Committees if Syria reported: “At 15:46 a regime’s MiG-23 warplane raid targeted the village of Ma`rdbasa. This resulted in the death of Satouf ali al-Hashoum and the injury of a woman and a child.

The Shaam News Network noted that both Russian and regime warplanes “launched dozens of airstrikes” across cities and towns in Idlib, including Ma’ardibsa.

The incident occured at 15:56:00 local time.

The victims were named as:

Satouf ali al-Hashoum
Age unknown killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Causes of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, 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]

  • A photo of Satouf Ibn Ali al-Hashum, allegedly killed by Russian or Syrian regime forces on January 22nd 2020 (Maârdebsa Town / Facebook)
  • A photo of Satouf Ibn Ali al-Hashum, allegedly killed by Russian or Syrian regime forces on January 22nd 2020 (Sn4hr / Facebook)
  • A photo of Satouf Ibn Ali al-Hashum, allegedly killed by Russian or Syrian regime forces on January 22nd 2020 (Ma'aebsa Baladi / Facebook)

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
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Causes of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, 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

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

RS4344

Incident date

January 22, 2020

Location

القلعجية, Al Qal’ajiya, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Local media reported the death of one child and the injury of his brother in an alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Qal’ajiya.

According to Shahba Press, “A civilian youth was martyred and his brother was injured as a result of air strikes on the village of Al Qal’ajiya in the southern countryside of Aleppo, Thursday morning.”

Justice Organisation and other local sources named the victims as Muhammad Eid Nour, aged 14, who was killed, and his brother, Abd al-Hakim, who was wounded.

Aramme News reported that “it is worth noting that the Russian warplanes launched intensive raids on the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib on Tuesday, ignoring the recently announced ceasefire; as a result, dozens of civilians were killed and wounded, including an entire family.”

@abuhuzaifa published distressing footage showing the children’s mother “collecting the parts of her child that were scattered and holding each piece in her hand.”

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Muhammad Nour
14 years old male killed
Abd al-Hakim
Age unknown male brother of Muhammad Nour injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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
    Unknown

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (16) [ collapse]

  • Translation: "Civil Defense: A civilian youth was martyred and his brother was injured as a result of air strikes on the village of Al Qal’ajiya in the southern countryside of Aleppo #, Thursday morning."

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    The body of a civilian following an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Qal'ajiya, Jan 22nd (via Justice Organisation)

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    The body of a civilian following an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Qal'ajiya, Jan 22nd (via Justice Organisation)
  • The aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Qal'ajiya, Jan 22nd (via Justice Organisation)

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    Distressing: a mother collects body parts from her child, following his death in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Qal’ajiya, Jann 22nd.
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Qal'ajiya, Jan 22nd (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Qal'ajiya, Jan 22nd (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Qal'ajiya, Jan 22nd (via White Helmets)
  • Horrya documented the alleged death and destruction as a result of reported Russian actions in Syria during January 2020 (Image via Horrya News)

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    14 year old Muhammad Nour was killed by an alleged Russian forces airstrike on January 22nd 2020 (Image via @Abdhasa41673390 / Twitter)

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    14 year old Muhammad Nour was killed by an alleged Russian forces airstrike on January 22nd 2020 (Image via @Abdhasa41673390 / Twitter)

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    14 year old Muhammad Nour was killed by an alleged Russian forces (Image via JesrPress)
  • 14 year old Muhammad Nour was killed by an alleged Russian forces (Image via Talhadaya Alhadath / Facebook)
  • Destruction after an alleged Russian forces airstrike on January 22nd 2020 in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Syria (Image via Fawaz.jwaid91 / Facebook)
  • Destruction after an alleged Russian forces airstrike on January 22nd 2020 in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Syria (Image via Fawaz.jwaid91 / Facebook)
  • The mother of Muhammad Nour, aged 14, who was killed allegedly by a Russian airstrike, looks for the remains of her son (Image via Aramme)

Unknown Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Unknown
  • Unknown position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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
    Unknown

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4330

Incident date

January 21, 2020

Location

جدرايا, Jidraya, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Breaking a ceasefire, alleged Russian warplanes heavily bombed the village of Jdaria at 13:22 on January 21, 2020, killing at least two girls and injuring two other civilians.

According to Al Jazeera News, quoting the Syrian Civil Defense, two girls were killed in Russian airstrikes on the village of Jdaria.The two girls, Aida al-Khalid and her sister, Ritaj al-Khalid, only four and five years old were among the victims of the countryside bombing raids according to reports from activists on the ground who reported what they saw to Hama Gate. Both girls were from a family of IDPs from the Hama countryside.

Step Agency reported that “the Russian warplanes targeted the village of Jadraya, near the town of Ma’arat al-Na`san in the western countryside of Aleppo, with a missile strike that killed two children and wounded two others”.

Jesr Press added that in addition to the two girls that were killed, two civilians were also injured in the raids. A tweet from @feraskaram01provided a death toll of three people killed.

A tweet from @jistrv showed bombed out houses within civilian areas in the western countryside of Aleppo. In one image, a smoldering motorcycle rests against a scarred telephone pole. There are no apparent military targets in any of the images provided. The Syrian Network for Human Rights also reported that missiles struck a water tank, partially damaging the tank, in Jdaria.

The Russian bombing raids are opening supported by the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. The extent of the damage, according to the Step news agency, was the result of Russian strikes upon the Aleppo countryside, which the majority of other sources also reported. A tweet from @FdzPWRe6ruAGFPd pointed out that explosive missiles were used in the attack.

The incident occured at approximately 1:22 pm local time.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Ain Al-Khaled
4 years old male killed
Retaj Al-Khaled
6 years old female killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (23) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Civil Defense volunteers search through the rubble from alleged Russian strikes on Jdaria on January 21, 2020. (Image posted by Jesr Press)
  • One of the girls killed in alleged Russian strikes on Jdaria on January 21, 2020. (Image posted by Syrian Human Rights Committee)

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
    2
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (23) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4342

Incident date

January 21, 2020

Location

بلدات متعددة, several towns in Idlib, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

The Shaam News Network reported “Russian and Assad warships and helicopters launched violent air strikes targeting the cities, towns, and villages of Ma`rat al-Nu`man, Ma`sarān, Deir Sunbul, Marshmarin, Talmans, al-Barah, Babila, Khan al-Sabil”. It added that there were “many wounded”.No further details are currently available.

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
    2–5
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Unknown Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Unknown
  • Unknown 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
    2–5
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4336

Incident date

January 21, 2020

Location

ريف المهندسين الأول, Al Muhandiseen first countryside, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

A man was killed and civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Muhandiseen first countryside on January 21, 2020.

A tweet from @almohrarmedia2 reported that civilians were wounded in Russian airstrikes on Al Muhandiseen first countryside without specifying how many were injured. However, @fawaz_jwaid tweeted that there was material damage but “no injuries”.

@baladinetwork also reported that civilians were wounded and later added that “a civilian succumbed to his wounds”.

The source @almohrarmedia2 also posted images that showed the destruction to a building that resulted from the strikes.

All of the sources that reported on this incident attributed the airstrikes 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
    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 (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • Destruction to a building caused by alleged Russian strikes on Al Muhandiseen first countryside on January 21, 2020. (Image posted by @almohrarmedia2)
  • Rubble and destruction caused by alleged Russian strikes on Al Muhandiseen first countryside on January 21, 2020. (Image posted by @almohrarmedia2)
  • Alleged Russian strikes on Al Muhandiseen first countryside on January 21, 2020. (Image posted by @almohrarmedia2)
  • Rubble and destruction caused by alleged Russian strikes on Al Muhandiseen first countryside on January 21, 2020. (Image posted by @almohrarmedia2)
  • Destruction caused by alleged Russian strikes on Al Muhandiseen first countryside on January 21, 2020. (Image posted by @almohrarmedia2)
  • Destruction caused by alleged Russian strikes on Al Muhandiseen first countryside on January 21, 2020. (Image posted by @almohrarmedia2)
  • Destruction caused by alleged Russian strikes on Al Muhandiseen first countryside on January 21, 2020. (Image posted by @almohrarmedia2)

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
    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 (11) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4334

Incident date

January 21, 2020

Location

محيط الفوج 46, vicinity of Al fouj 46, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian, a child, was reported killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the vicinity of the 46th Regiment in Aleppo, Syria on January 21st, 2020.

Zaiton Mag and @thawrat111 reported that one civilian was killed in the vicinity of the 46th regiment, with @baladinetwork identifying this one civilian as being a child and added that “others” were wounded.

Nors For Studies said that the death of civilians was an outcome of Russian and Syrian regime bombing of west Aleppo on that day, but SMART, Step Agency and the majority of other sources blamed Russia for the incident.

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 child)
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ 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
  • (1 child)
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS4328

Incident date

January 21, 2020

Location

كفرنوران, Kafar Nuran, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least nine civilians, among which between three and six children, were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21st, 2020, according to local sources. Between 14 and 42 civilians, including women and children, were reported wounded.

The Syrian Civil Defence initially put the death toll at two killed civilians, but later updated that to eight, including women and children. The SCD Aleppo reported that they were working on removing bodies and injured from underneath the rubble and extinguishing fires.

Macro Media Center stated that there were “nine martyrs, including six children, as a result of Russian warplanes targeting the town of Kafar Nuran in the western countryside of Aleppo”.

The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported that the bombing occured around 4:35 PM local time. They published the names of nine killed civilians, among which were the names of at least two children. A third child was not identified. They reported 14 injured civilians, of which they published the names of ten, among which at least seven children. Shabha Press reported ‘dozens of injured’.

Step News reported that there were “three airstrikes that resulted in the death of eight people, including women and children, while the toll is likely to rise after the completion of the lifting of rubble, carried out by Civil Defence teams”.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights wrote that “residential buildings and gatherings of displaced people” were deliberately bombed. They reported seven civilian casualties, including three children, all members of displaced families from Idlib countryside. They also reported 42 injured civilians and that some of them were in critical condition. They further wrote that “the raids also caused extensive destruction and fires in fuel-selling centers”.

A day after the incident, Edlib Media Center reported that the death toll had increased to ten civilians.

The incident occured at 04:35:00 local time.

The victims were named as:

Family members (8)

Nasr al-Hassan
45 years old male killed
Sidra Bilal Al-Hassan
6 years old male killed
Ahmed Bilal Al-Hassan
9 years old male killed
Fatima Al-Hassan
8 years old female injured
Bilal Al-Hassan
Age unknown male injured
Mohamed Al-Hassan
4 years old male injured
Hamada Al-Hassan
Age unknown male injured
Sham Al-Hassan
9 years old male injured

Family members (3)

Hassan Al-Qusair
Age unknown male killed
Alia Al-Quseir
40 years old female killed
Ahlam Hassan Al-Qusair
20 years old female

Family members (8)

Dureid Haj Ibrahim
4 years old male injured
Safaa Haj Ibrahim
10 years old female injured
Hassan Waheed
55 years old male killed
Muhammad Al-Abdo
25 years old male killed
Mohammad Omar Bakour Yahya
25 years old male killed
Walid Yahya Bakkour
Age unknown male injured
Abdel-Razzaq Barakat
60 years old male injured
Abdul Ghani Karra Muhammad
7 years old male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    9 – 11
  • (3–6 children2 women5 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    14–42
  • 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 (38) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (33) [ collapse]

  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers looking for victims underneath the rubble after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via MMC)
  • Man crying on the site after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via MMC)
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers looking for victims underneath the rubble after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via MMC)

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    Injured or killed woman being carried into an ambulance by Syrian Civil Defence volunteers after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via MMC)
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via MMC)
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers trying to extinguish fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via @ShabhaPress)
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers and civilians one the site after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via @ShabhaPress)
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers trying to extinguish fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via @ShabhaPress)
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers searching for victims underneath the rubble after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via SCD Aleppo)
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers trying to extinguish fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via SCD Aleppo)
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers trying to extinguish fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via SCD Aleppo).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers trying to extinguish fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via SCD Aleppo)
  • The aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via EMC)
  • A young man watches the civil defense teams as they pull his family out from under the rubble in Aleppo Photography: Ramy El Sayed, @Sy24ria

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  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers trying to extinguish fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via @hadikhraat)
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers trying to help those injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via @RamahKasem)
  • One of the victims of alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via @RamahKasem)
  • Fire caused by alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via @RamahKasem)
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers trying to extinguish fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafar Nuran, Aleppo governorate, on January 21, 2020 (via @RamahKasem)
  • The Civil Defense helps to retrieve the victims in the town of Kafr Noran in the western countryside of Aleppo. (Image posted by @yusefgharibi)
  • The Civil Defense helps to retrieve the victims in the town of Kafr Noran in the western countryside of Aleppo. (Image posted by @yusefgharibi)
  • The Civil Defense helps to retrieve the victims in the town of Kafr Noran in the western countryside of Aleppo. (Image posted by @yusefgharibi)
  • The Civil Defense helps to retrieve the victims in the town of Kafr Noran in the western countryside of Aleppo. (Image posted by @yusefgharibi)

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    Children injured in alleged Russian strikes on the town of Kafr Noran in the western countryside of Aleppo. (Image posted by Mohammed Al Doghaim via Facebook)

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    Children injured in alleged Russian strikes on the town of Kafr Noran in the western countryside of Aleppo. (Image posted by Mohammed Al Doghaim via 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
    9 – 11
  • (3–6 children2 women5 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    14–42
  • 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 (38) [ collapse]