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Incident Code

CS829

Incident date

May 16, 2017

Location

السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Ar Raqqah, Syria

Geolocation

35.9327067, 39.0910721 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One civilian woman was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Samra village, east of Raqqa city.

The woman was named as Siham al Abd al Zai’t by al Raqqa Truth. According to Thoar al Raqqa, the strikes took place at midnight.

Three sources alleged that the Coalition was responsible for the strikes, which reportedly occurred place near the Raqqa Bridge and the Al Za’eet petrol station.

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that the houses of Ali al Hattab, Hassan al Dhib and the Al Juweif family were destroyed in the strikes, but it was not immediately clear if there were any further casualties.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Siham al Abd al Zai’t
Adult female killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    US-led Coalition

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • The aftermath of an alleged Coalition raid on Samra village, May 16th (via Al Ragga Truth)
  • Images of the aftermath
  • More images of the aftermath
CJTF–OIR Declassified Assessment and Press Release

Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.

The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.

Declassified Assessment Press Release

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Non credible / Unsubstantiated
    Insufficient information to assess that, more likely than not, a Coalition strike resulted in civilian casualties.
  • Reason for non-credible assessment
    No Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area
  • Civilian deaths conceded
    None
  • Civilian injuries conceded
    None
  • Stated location
    near Samra, Syria
    Nearest population center
  • Location accuracy
    100 m
  • MGRS coordinate
    37SEV082764
    Military Grid Reference System

Civilian casualty statements

US-led Coalition
  • Jan 25, 2018

  • After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.

Original strike reports

US-led Coalition
Official source

For May 15th-16th the Coalition reported: “Near Raqqah, eight strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units; destroyed four vehicles, two fighting positions, two VBIEDs, a front-end loader and a supply cache; and damaged an ISIS supply route.” It was later also noted that “Additionally, one strike was conducted in Syria on May 15th that closed within the last 24 hours. Near Raqqah, one strike destroyed an ISIS headquarters.”

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    US-led Coalition

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS216

Incident date

February 20, 2018

Location

قرية سيويا, Siwiyah village, Mobata district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.562634, 36.74562 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Subdistrict level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One civilian, reportedly with special needs, was killed in an alleged Turkish shelling of Siwiyah village, local media reported.

According to Hawar news, a civilian with special needs from the village of Siwa, in the area of Mobata, was killed by the shelling of the village by the Turkish occupation army with artillery shells.

Thirty-three-year-old was transferred to Afrin Hospital in Afrin but died seriously after being shot at his house in the village of Siouya.

The victim was also named by all sources.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ashraf Haidar
33 years old male was mentally disabled killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (9) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

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    A picture of the victim (Ashraf Haidar) who killed following an alleged Turkish shelling on Siwiyah village, Mobata district, Afrin 20th February 2018. (Sources: Turkey Untold)

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    A video shows the victim who was killed following an alleged Turkish shelling. The footage also caputres an image of the alleged Turkish drone. 20th February 2018. (Source: Hewar news)

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    Another video shows the victim, killed following an alleged Turkish shelling on Siwiyah village, Mobata district, Afrin, 20th February 2018. (Source: Ahmad Hasan)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the subdistrict of Siwiyah village, Mobata district, Afrin (قرية سيويا), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.562634, 36.74562. 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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (9) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3613

Incident date

April 1, 2019

Location

كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

One adult male civilian died and up to four other civilians (including a father and his two children) were wounded in an alleged Assad regime or Russian artillery bombardment of Kafar Zeita on the afternoon of April 1st, local sources reported.

According to Smart News, Russian forces conducted heavy artillery shelling on the cities of Latamna and Kafar Zeita from their positions in Al Kabaryih and Hilfaya.

However, most other sources including Kafar Zeita TV and Orient News blamed the Syrian regime. Kafar Zeita TV reported that “the city was hit by artillery and rocket fire from the regime’s positions in the Sheikh Hadid and Deir Maharada camps with 15 shells.”

Several sources reported the use of rocket launchers, although Syrian Network for Human Rights referred to the use of missile launchers.

Jorf News gave some context: “For about two months, the regime has continued to bombard the demilitarized zone declared in the countryside of Idlib, Hama, Lattakia and Aleppo under the Sochi Agreement signed between Russia and Turkey, resulting in dozens of civilian casualties and the displacement of thousands.”

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

The victims were named as:

Family members (4)

Satouf Al Mustafa صطوف المصطفى
Adult male injured
Nora Al Mustafa نورا المصطفى
Child female injured
Sidra Al Mustafa سيدرا المصطفى
Child female injured
Abdul Hamid Shawi عبدالحميد الشاوي
male injured

The victims were named as:

Mohammad Abdul Rahman al Ra’ee محمد عبد الرحمن الراعي
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (26) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (14) [ collapse]

  • The girls Noura and Sidra Satouf al Mustafa were injured along with their father during shelling on Kafr Zita city on April 1st (via SN4HR).

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    Mohammad Abdul Rahman al Ra’ee was killed during shelling on Kafr Zita city on April 1st (via SN4HR).

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    The girls Noura and Sidra Satouf al Mustafa were injured along with their father during shelling on Kafr Zita city on April 1st. A man named Mohammad Abdul Rahman al Ra’ee was killed (via @abuhuzaifa_).
  • Video showing the arrival of the Syria Civil Defense teams to evacuate the body of the victim following shelling on Kafar Zeita on April 1st 2019 (via the Syrian Civil Defense team).
  • Syria Civil Defense team evacuating victims of shelling on Kafr Zeita on April 1st (via Syria Civil Defense).
  • Smoke circling up after shelling struck Kafr Zeita on April 1st (via Syrian Civil Defense).

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    Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al - Raai killed during shelling on Kafar Zeita on April 1st 20-19 (via Kafar Zeita TV).
  • Shelling on Kafar Zeita on April 1 2019 (via Mahmoud Al Hamwi).

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    One man was killed and a father and his two . daughters injured during shelling on Kafar Zeita on April 1st 2019 (via @in_sham_hashm_).

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    Syrian Civil Defense pulling a body from under the rubble after shelling struck Kafar Zeita on April 1st 2019 (via Orient News).

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    A body under the rubble in KafarZeita on April 1st 2019. (via @in_sham_hashm_)
  • Civilians including children injured after attacks on KafarZeita on April 1st 2019 (via @in_sham_hashm_)

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
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (26) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS280

Incident date

March 17, 2018

Location

باسوطة, Basouta road, south of Afrin city, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.479597, 36.872937 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Subdistrict level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

According to a single source, one male has been killed followed Turkish shelling of Basouta road, Afrin.

The source identified the victim name as Azad. The tweet embedded two images of the father standing over his dead son’s body following an alleged Turkish shelling of Basouta road.

However, it is unclear when the victim died – and he could have been one of the victims killed on March 16th.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Azad
Child killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

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    A picture of a man standing near his son (Azad) who allegedly killed followed Turkish shelling on Basouta road (Source: @mutludc‏)

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    A picture of Azad, who allegedly killed followed Turkish shelling on Basouta road (source: @mutludc‏)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the subdistrict of Basouta road, south of Afrin city (باسوطة), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.479597, 36.872937. 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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

CI780

Incident date

June 22, 2017

Location

الساعة, Mosul, Al Saaha, Nineveh, Iraq

Geolocation

36.34075, 43.126911 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A local Facebook page reported that Professor Ghanem Ismail Ahmed (Abu Nashwan) was killed by unspecified bombing in a house in which he had taken refuge, in Saaha neighbourhood in Old Mosul. He was a former head of the al-Thawra school, and of the Imam al-Satt Nafisa Mosque.

In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed the event as non credible due to a lack of available evidence of civilian harm: “June 22, 2017 near Al Saa’a neighborhood, Mosul, Iraq via Airwars report. After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find civilians were harmed in this strike.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Professor Ghanem Ismail Ahmed
Adult male Also know as Abu Nashwan, former head of the al-Thawra school and of the Imam al-Satt Nafisa Mosque killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Pictures of Professor Ghanem Ismail Ahmed
CJTF–OIR Declassified Assessment and Press Release

Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.

The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.

Declassified Assessment Press Release

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Non credible / Unsubstantiated
    Insufficient information to assess that, more likely than not, a Coalition strike resulted in civilian casualties.
  • Reason for non-credible assessment
    Insufficient evidence of civilian harm
  • Civilian deaths conceded
    None
  • Civilian injuries conceded
    None
  • Stated location
    near Al Saa’a neighborhood, Mosul, Iraq
    Nearest population center

Civilian casualty statements

US-led Coalition
  • Dec 30, 2018

  • June 22, 2017 near Al Saa’a neighborhood, Mosul, Iraq via Airwars report. After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find civilians were harmed in this strike.

Original strike reports

US-led Coalition
Official source

For June 21st-22nd, the Coalition reported: “Near Mosul, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and a sniper; destroyed 35 fighting positions, 10 medium machine guns, seven rocket-propelled grenade systems, six heavy machine guns, five vehicles, three VBIEDs, two command and control nodes, a mortar team, and a UAS launch site; damaged two ISIS supply routes; and suppressed a mortar team.“

Unknown Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

CS1112 RS2308

Incident date

June 28, 2017

Location

Al Lattoum village, Homs, Syria

Geolocation

34.730327, 36.719055 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Province/governorate level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One child died and several members of his family were injured in an airstrike on Al Lattoum village, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the US-led Coalition (against which there was just one allegation), Russia or the Syrian regime.

Alsoukhnaalhadath reported the death of a male child, as a result of the “targeting of the house of his sister in Lattoum by the international criminal coalition. His sister was moderately injured in the leg and was taken to the hospital.”

However, other sources blamed Russia. According to Palmyra Media Centre, “several members” of the child’s family were also wounded in the alleged Russian strike.
Insaan Rights Watch blamed the regime, while the Syrian Network for Human Rights pointed to “Syrian-Russian Alliance forces”.

In their June 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area at that time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Muhammad Hassan al-Salloum
6 years old male killed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Muhammad Hassan al-Salloum, 6 years old, killed in an alleged Russian, Syrian regime and Coalition airstrike on Al Lattoum, 28th June 2017. (via Alsoukhnaalhadath)
CJTF–OIR Declassified Assessment and Press Release

Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.

The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.

Declassified Assessment Press Release

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Non credible / Unsubstantiated
    Insufficient information to assess that, more likely than not, a Coalition strike resulted in civilian casualties.
  • Reason for non-credible assessment
    No Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area
  • Civilian deaths conceded
    None
  • Civilian injuries conceded
    None
  • MGRS coordinate
    37SDU930786
    Military Grid Reference System

Civilian casualty statements

US-led Coalition
  • Jun 24, 2020

  • June 28, 2017, in Al Latum, Syria, via Airwars report. After a review of all available records it was assessed that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area that corresponds to the report of civilian casualties. 3116/CS1112 37SDU930786

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

Russia has not reported any strikes between June 1st – 31st 2017.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3635

Incident date

April 30, 2019

Location

أرينبة, Ariyanba, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported that a woman was killed by shelling in the village of Ariyanba in the southern countryside of Idlib. Two or three other people were reported wounded. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime was to blame.

HalabTodayTV added that dozens of families were displaced as a result of the attack.

The Facebook page ‘Khan Sheikhoun and its countryside lens’ said that there had been “heavy artillery shelling” and that areas in Khan Sheikhoun and its countryside had been bombed by Russian aircraft.

Smart News Agency reported that “a woman was killed and three civilians were wounded on Tuesday [April 30th, 2019] by an aerial bombardment of helicopter gunships on the village of Ariyanba near Idlib in northern Syria.”

The Syrian Network for Human Rights named the woman, reporting: “Syrian forces killed a woman in the village of Ariyanba in rural Idlib, on 30 April. Boushra Hamid Al Hamdou, a displaced woman from the town of Karnaz, in the western province of Hama, was killed by helicopter fire on the village of Ariyanba in the southern governorate of Idlib on April 30, 2019.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Boushra Hamid al-Hamdou بُشرى حميد الحمدو،
Adult female killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (23) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (10) [ collapse]

  • Video report of alleged shelling on the village of Ariyanba in the southern countryside of Idlib on April 30th (via Halab Today TV).
  • The strikes on Ariyanba, April 30th.
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariyanba, April 30th, 2019 (via Syrian Civil Defence Idlib).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteer searching rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariyanba, April 30th, 2019 (via Syrian Civil Defence Idlib).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba, April 30th, 2019 (via Anas Al Marawi on Facebook).
  • Smoke after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba, April 30th, 2019 (via Anas Al Marawi on Facebook).
  • Damaged civilian homes after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba on April 30th, 2019 (via Ariyanba Village Local Council on Facebook).
  • Rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba on April 30th, 2019 (via Ariyanba Village Local Council on Facebook).
  • Destruction after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba on April 30th, 2019 (via Ariyanba Village Local Council on Facebook).
  • Damaged civilian homes after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba on April 30th, 2019 (via Ariyanba Village Local Council on 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
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (23) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3678

Incident date

May 7, 2019

Location

كفرموس, Kafar Mous, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported that a helicopter bombed the village of Kfar Mous in Jabal Shahshabo with an “explosive barrel” in the evening. The Syrian Civil Defense forces reported that a man was killed and another man, two women and two children were wounded.

The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported “the martyrdom of a man and the injury of a man, two women and two children in the bombing [with] explosive barrels [coming from] a helicopter flying over the village of #Kafar Mous in Jabal Shashbou, Southern countryside Idlib.”

Smart News blamed Russia, whereas the Syrian Network for Human Rights attributed the event to the regime, reporting: “Mohammad Abdul Karim Al Yousef was killed as Syrian regime forces helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Kafar Mous village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on May 7.”

The incident occured in the evening.

The victims were named as:

Mohammad Abdul Karim al Yousef
Adult male killed

Summary

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

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteer carrying a wounded child on May 7th (via Syrian Civil Defense).

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    Translation: "The village of Kfarmous is bombed in Jabal Shahshabo with barrel bombs" (via Syrian Civil Defence).

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    Mohamed Abdel Karim Al Youssef was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Mous, May 7th, 2019 (via Mahmoud Al Yusef on 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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (11) [ collapse]