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Incident Code

R4538

Incident date

August 9, 2023

Location

تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

On August 9th 2023, a civilian was killed and at least one other civilian, a child, was slightly injured, as a result of artillery shelling by Syrian regime and/or Russia forces on the village of Tadel, west of Aleppo.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that an elderly civilian was killed and a child and a young man were injured, and the injured were taken to the hospital for treatment. Local sources including the Syrian Human Rights Committee and tweets from @spc_fr and @Najdat567 identified the person killed as civilian youth/young man Khaled Abdel Qadir. NPA also reported that Khaled Abdel Qadir had been killed, but stated that he was 54 years old. @SyriaCivilDefe and Orient news did not identify the civilian, but reported that an elderly civilian had been killed.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, multiple shells hit the village of Tadel, including one that landed in the middle of the village and caused the civilian casualties.

Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible, with the Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) blaming both the Syrian regime and Russia while NPA attributed the shelling to the Syrian regime only, specifically pointing to regime forces stationed in the 46th Regiment while Anadolu News assigned responsibility to regime forces stationed in the village of Kafr Halab.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Khaled Abdel Qadir خالد عبد القادر
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • 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 attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]

  • Civil Defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian and Syrian regime forces on Tadel on August 9, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil Defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian and Syrian regime forces on Tadel on August 9, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil Defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian and Syrian regime forces on Tadel on August 9, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian and Syrian regime forces on Tadel on August 9, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Remnants of a shell allegedly launched by Russian and/or Syrian regime forces on August 9, 2023. (Image posted by @Ahmad_1alshble)
  • Alleged Russian and Syrian regime forces on Tadel on August 9, 2023. (Image posted by @syrianewsag)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian and Syrian regime forces on Tadel on August 9, 2023. (Image posted by Adnan Al Imam via Facebook)

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • 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 attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4537

Incident date

August 5, 2023

Location

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shogour, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

On August 5th 2023, between three and four civilian children were injured during shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces on a residential neighborhood in the city of Jisr al-Shughur, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a few days later that one of the children had died from their wounds.

The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) reported that the four children from the same family had suffered “fractures and bruising” when a wall collapsed outside their home following shelling. Syria TV added that one of the injuries was “a case of suffocation due to inhalation of rubble and shelling dust.” The Syrian Civil Defence posted images on the X website, formerly Twitter, of their teams inspecting the aftermath of the shelling and providing medical treatment to a child named Haitham Sarhan Dandash, who is five years old.

@Omar_Madaniah provided the names of three of the children injured: Haitham Sarhan Dandash, five years old, injured, male; Salam Sarham Dandash, five years old, injured, male; Kawkab Sarhan Dandash, fourteen years old, injured female.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on August 10th, five days after the incident, that one of the children later died of her wounds.

Our-Syria news identified the location of the shelling as being close to Al-Turkman Mosque in Jisr al-Shughur.

Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the shelling, with the Syrian Civil Defense blaming both the Syrian regime and Russian forces while the majority of sources attributed the shelling to the Syrian regime. Syria TV specified that the shelling came from Syrian regime forces stationed in Jourin camp.

The incident occured in the evening.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Haitham Sarhan Dandash
5 years old male injured
Salam Sarham Dandash
5 years old male injured
Kawkab Sarhan Dandash
14 years old female injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–4
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (19) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • Civil Defense volunteers responded to alleged Syrian regime or Russian shelling on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil Defense volunteers responded to alleged Syrian regime or Russian shelling on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)

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    Civil Defense volunteers responded to alleged Syrian regime or Russian shelling on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)

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    Civil Defense volunteers responded to alleged Syrian regime or Russian shelling on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)

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    With love, the volunteer "Mustafa Khadura" talks to the child "Haitham" in the hope that he will forget the pain while providing him with treatment in the hospital after he and his three brothers suffered fractures and bruises after the collapse of the wall of their house in Jisr Al-Shughur, west of Idlib, as a result of artillery shelling by the regime forces and Russia this Saturday evening. Aug. 5.
  • The father of a child, injured during shelling in the Syrian city of Jisr al-Shughur, attending his child at a Syrian Civil Defence medical checkpoint (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe via Twitter, on August 5th, 2023)
  • Residential building in the city of Jisr al-Shughur which was shelled by alleged Syrian regime / Russian forces (Image posted by @Nedal_8_1984 via Twitter, on August 5th, 2023)
  • Damage caused by alleged Syrian regime or Russian shelling on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by Our-Syria News)
  • Damage caused by alleged Syrian regime or Russian shelling on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by Our-Syria News)

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime 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
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–4
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (19) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4536

Incident date

August 5, 2023

Location

الطريق الواصل بين عين شيب ومدينة إدلب, the linking road between Idlib and Ain Sheep, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

On August 5th, 2023, three civilians were killed and seven injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on residences along a road which links Idlib to the village of Ain Sheeb. The strikes occurred between 11:02 a.m. and 11:11 a.m. local time.

According to Syria Civil Defence (SCD), the first strike struck a residential house, located on a farm along the road at 11:02 a.m. The attack killed Absi Muhammad Sami Balsha (54), his wife Ibtisam Suleiman (40), and their son Ahmed Balsha (17).

A second strike hit the same location at 11:04 a.m.

The third strike occurred at 11:11 a.m. and struck a nearby residence, while humanitarian and medical workers—including some affiliated with Syrian Civil Defense—were rescuing injured civilians, per SCD News. The Syrian Network for Human Rights independently reported that this final attack wounded one aid worker.

Seven people were injured in the strikes: Abd al-Rahman Jazairi; Yahya Kayali; Mohamed Sabreen; Muhammad Abbas Benshi; his wife, Raghad Noman; and Omar Jamali. This list of victims is corroborated by Violations Documentation Center, Hdhod News, SCD News, and multiple independent reporters, among other sources. According to the Violet Organisation, the leader of its Idlib ambulance team, Abdul Aziz Natour, also sustained a minor injury.

Al-Marsad 80 and the Syrian Opposition Air Traffic Tracking Observatory reported that Russian forces launched the attack; on August 5th, two Russian Su-34 fighter jets left Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia to conduct raids across Idlib governorate. The Violations Documentation Center was the only source that accused the Syrian regime of carrying out the airstrikes.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights also suggested that the farm housed the headquarters of a local faction of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

The incident occured between 11:02 am and 11:11 am local time.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Absi Muhammad Sami Balsha بسي بن محمد سامي بلشة
54 years old male killed
Ibtisam Suleiman ابتسام بنت احمد سليمان
40 years old female killed
Ahmed Balsha أحمد بن عبسي بلشة
17 years old male killed

Family members (2)

Muhammad Abbas Benshi محمد عباس بنشي
male injured
Raghad Noman رغد نعمان
female wife of Muhammad injured

The victims were named as:

Abd al-Rahman Jazairi عبد الرحمن جزائري
Age unknown injured
Yahya Kayali يحيى كيالي
Age unknown injured
Mohamed Sabreen محمد صابرين
Age unknown injured
Omar Jamali عمر جمالي
Age unknown injured
Abdul Aziz Natour
Age unknown male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    7
  • 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
    Al Qaeda/HTS

Sources (28) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (19) [ collapse]

  • Civil defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Aerial photography showing the moments when Russian warplanes carried out air strikes targeting farms, buildings, and civilian homes, on the road between Idlib and Ain Sheeb, today, Saturday, August 5, killing 3 civilians (a man, his wife, and their son) and wounding 6 people, including a woman.

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    The first moments of our teams' response to Russian air raids targeted farms, buildings, and civilian homes, on the road connecting the city of Idlib and Ain Sheeb, today, Saturday, August 5, killing 3 civilians (a man, his wife, and their son) and wounding 6 people, including a woman.
  • Civil defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @Shadi_Alhasan_)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @YeniSafakArabic)

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    Victims of alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @YeniSafakArabic)

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    Victims of alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @YeniSafakArabic)
  • Victims of alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @YeniSafakArabic)
  • Alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by @mohamed_owaid)
  • Alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by Yaya via Facebook)
  • Absi Muhammad Sami Balsha and his son Ahmed Balsha, killed by alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by Muhammad Absi Balsha, son of Absi, via Facebook)

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    Victim of alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by Mahio via Facebook)

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    Abdel Aziz, a paramedic injured by alleged Russian strikes near Idlib on August 5, 2023. (Image posted by Kutaibasayed, via 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 infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    7
  • 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
    Al Qaeda/HTS

Sources (28) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4535

Incident date

August 1, 2023

Location

معربليت, Ma’arbelet, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

On August 1st 2023, Syrian regime and/or Russian forces reportedly shelled the village of Ma’arbelet, south of Idlib, resulting in the injury of at least one civilian, a child. @SyriaCivilDefe stated that the child was in critical condition.

Local sources including @RadioAlKul reported that a number of civilians were wounded by artillery shelling, but did not give a specific number. Baladi News stated that “regime forces are intensifying their bombardment of the towns and villages of Jabal Al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib, and the town of Ma’arbelit, which has caused displacement as a result of the continuous shelling.”

Sources were conflicted as to whether the Syrian regime or Russian forces were responsible for the shelling.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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 (10) [ collapse]

  • Civil Defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Ma’arbelet on August 1, 2023. (Image posted @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil Defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Ma’arbelet on August 1, 2023. (Image posted @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil Defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Ma’arbelet on August 1, 2023. (Image posted @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil Defense volunteers respond to alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Ma’arbelet on August 1, 2023. (Image posted @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • "Civilian casualties as a result of artillery shelling targeting the town of Ma'arbelet, south of Idlib." (Image posted by AI Arabiya Press Agency via Facebook)
  • Alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Ma’arbelet on August 1, 2023. (Image posted by Al Hadath Syria via Facebook)
  • The moment of the bombing of the village of Ma'arbilit 1 August 2023
  • Alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Ma’arbelet on August 1, 2023. (Image posted by Radio Free Syria via Facebook)
  • Alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Ma’arbelet on August 1, 2023. (Image posted by @mzmgr941)
  • Alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Ma’arbelet on August 1, 2023. (Image posted by @HalabTodayTV)

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
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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

R4534

Incident date

July 26, 2023

Location

الأتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

On July 26, 2023, two civilians were reportedly killed in al-Atareb, Aleppo, in an artillery strike allegedly launched by Syrian regime and/or Russian forces. Aid workers indicated that two additional people were injured in the attack.

Syria Civil Defence shared that a young man and his uncle—identified as Mahmoud Ahmad Rustam and Abd al-Razzaq Abdo Rustam by independent journalist Ahmad al-Shably—were killed on the outskirts of al-Atareb while they were grazing sheep, with other sources mentioning that the civilians were in a car at the time of the attack. Sources corroborate that the two men were shepherds, who lived in the nearby village of Anjara.

When asked by Syria TV News, Civil Defence personnel stated that two other individuals were wounded, one of whom was Mahmoud Ahmad Rustam’s father. The spokesman also stated that the artillery strike and concurrent guided missile attack were launched by the Syrian regime and Russian military forces. Multiple sources refer to the munition used in the attack as an anti-tank guided missile, or ATGM.

A tweet from @mzmgr941 pointed out that at the time, seven Russian/Iranian reconnaissance planes and three Coalition reconnaissance planes were monitoring the area.

Following the attack, victims were evacuated and treated by aid workers affiliated with Syria Civil Defence. The Syrian Civil Defense also reported that around midnight the same evening, a car for the families of the victims of the initial strike were attacked by guided missiles launched by the Syrian regime forces, which resulted in a fire but no injuries. However, the Syrian regime continued to monitor the location, making it difficult for Civil Defense volunteers to reach the site of the strikes.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

bd al-Razzaq Abdo Rustam عبد الرزاق عبدو رستم
male killed
Mahmoud Ahmad Rustam محمود أحمد رستم
male Nephew of Abd killed
Mahmoud Ahmad Rustam’s father
male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 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 (17) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]

  • Civil defense volunteers with victims of alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling on July 26, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil defense volunteers with victims of alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling on July 26, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil defense volunteers with victims of alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling on July 26, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil defense volunteers with victims of alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling on July 26, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • One of the victims of alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling on July 26, 2023. (Image posted by @Ahmad_1alshble)
  • One of the victims of alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling on July 26, 2023. (Image posted by @Ahmad_1alshble)

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    The death of two civilians from the town of "Anjara" as a result of targeting their car with a missile directed by the regime's militia, in the vicinity of the town of Kafr Nuran, west of Aleppo. 📸 The video is circulating from sources from Aleppo

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 infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 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 (17) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4533

Incident date

July 23, 2023

Location

كفرعمة, Kafar Ammah, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least one civilian, a child, was injured as a result of the artillery shelling of the residential villages of Kafar Ammah and Al-Qasr, west of Aleppo, allegedly by Russian and/or Syrian Regime forces on Sunday July 23rd 2023.

Local sources @SyriaCivilDefe and @spc_fr only mentioned that a child was injured, with @SyriaCivilDefe reporting that the child was seriously injured. Other sources including @Almohrar1 mentioned that a child and a man were injured, and @Almohrar1 specified that the man injured is the father of the child injured. @mzmgr941 reported that both victims were taken to the hospital.

Most sources reported that the attack was carried out by Syrian regime forces but a few claimed it was Russian forces.

@mzmgr941 claimed the shelling was carried out by Russian and Iranian forces and that 6 Russian and Iranian reconnaissance planes could be seen in the sky when the attack took place.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime 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
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4532

Incident date

July 14, 2023

Location

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

On the morning of Friday, July 14th 2023, at least one civilian, a woman, was injured and a fire broke out in a disused poultry farm when Russian and/or Syrian regime forces allegedly shelled the residential neighborhoods and outskirts of the town of Sarmin, south-east of Idlib, with heavy artillery fire. The injured woman was treated and taken to hospital by the Syrian Civil Defence, the fires were put out and the area secured.

@Najdat567 claimed that the shelling led to several injuries and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a man and a woman were injured and taken to hospital as a result of the shelling. The Syrian Civil Defence, amongst other sources, claimed that just one woman was injured and that the SCD “made sure that there were no other civilian casualties.”

Baladi News reported that the fire took place in a residential house in Sarmin while the Syrian Civil Defence posted pictures of the fire in the disused poultry farm.

Baladi News also reported that the shelling coincided with the flight of a number of Russian reconnaissance planes, Syrian regime and Iranian forces over the bombed areas.

Idleb Online claimed that the shelling was against militants’ locations and movements along the road between the towns of Sarmin and Nayrab as well as the village of Afes, east of Idlib.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]

  • Civil Defense volunteers responded to alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Sarmin on July 14, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil Defense volunteers responded to alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Sarmin on July 14, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil Defense volunteers responded to alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Sarmin on July 14, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Civil Defense volunteers responded to alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Sarmin on July 14, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Sarmin on July 14, 2023. (Image posted by @idleb_online)
  • Al-Assad gangs stationed at the surrounding checkpoints shelled with heavy artillery and launchers the vicinity of the town of Sarmin, east of Idlib, which led to several injuries
  • Alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of Sarmin on July 14, 2023. (Image posted by @hadikhraat)

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 infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4531

Incident date

July 11, 2023

Location

الأتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

On July 11th 2023, Syrian Civil Defense volunteer Abdul Basset Ahmed Abdel-Khalek was killed when Syrian regime and/or Russian forces reportedly struck a rescue vehicle in the vicinity of the city of Atareb, west of Aleppo.

Local sources including @SyriaCivilDefe and Rasd Syria News stated that Abdul was killed in a double tap attack by regime forces with a guided missile, while the team was inspecting places that were hit by artillery shelling.

The Syria Monitoring Network of Human Rights reported that the “Syrian regime forces are still continuing their violations against civilians in their areas of control, violating international laws and non-compliance with them, and violating the ceasefire agreement, and recently increased shelling by the Syrian regime forces on civilian-populated cities.”

A tweet from @jabalybaraa includes a video of the Civil Defense vehicle up in flames, which was attributed to a guided missile, which resulted in the death of the volunteer.

The majority of the sources attributed the missile attack to the Syrian regime, while @tAAprK80Nn3GKmd identified Russian forces as responsible.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Abdul Basset Ahmed Abdel-Khalek
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man1 healthcare_personnel)
  • 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 (23) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (6) [ collapse]

  • With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn the death of our volunteer, “Abdul Basit Ahmed Abdul Khaleq,” a martyr in a double attack by the regime forces with a guided heat missile that targeted the rescue vehicle while the team was working to inspect places that were hit by artillery shelling of the regime forces, on the outskirts of the city of Atarib, west of #Aleppo, today, Tuesday, July 11. (Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Yesterday he was donating his blood to save a human life, and today he donated his soul and the most precious thing he owns. The volunteer martyr: Abdulbaset Abdulkhaleq during his participation about a month ago in the International Day of Blood Donors. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)

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    Moments full of sadness and oppression during the recovery of the body of the volunteer "Abdul Basset Ahmed Abdul Khaleq" who was martyred in a double attack by the regime forces by targeting a rescue team's car in the Syrian Civil Defense with a guided missile while the team was inspecting places that were subjected to artillery shelling by the regime forces southeast of the city of Atareb, west of Aleppo, today, Tuesday 11 July.
  • Abdul Basset Ahmed Abdel-Khalek, a civil defense volunteer, was killed by alleged Syrian regime or Russian strikes in Atareb on July 11, 2023. (Image posted by @anasanas84)

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    Moments documenting the targeting by the regime forces of the car of the rescue team of the Syrian Civil Defense in the city of Atarib, and the martyrdom of the volunteer Abdulbaset Abdulkhaleq during the team's response to inspect the places of artillery shelling with a mortar shell from the regime forces on the outskirts of the city of Atarib yesterday, Tuesday, July 11.

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 man1 healthcare_personnel)
  • 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 (23) [ collapse]