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Incident Code

RS3546

Incident date

September 8, 2018

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A woman was reported killed, and a Syrian Civil Defence photographer and a volunteer got injured when Russian forces or Syrian regime forces targeted a center for White Helmets in Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018, according to local sources.

Step News said that “The Russian warplanes launched several air raids on the outskirts of the town of Abdeen east of Khan Sheikhoun, also a helicopter attacked with several barrels of explosives the city of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside Idlib which led to the death of a woman and wounding two civilians.”

Euphrates post said “A video taken by the Civil Defense in Idlib documented the moment of targeting of its team by the warplanes in the vicinity of Khan Sheikhoun. The team photographer and a volunteer got injured. The team also worked to extinguish the fires that broke out as a result of the bombing by the Assad regime and Russia.”

Halab Today TV also accused Russian forces saying “Russian air force targets with missiles in the vicinity of Khan Shikhun south of Idlib and the town of Al-Latamna north of Hama.”

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that both Russian and the regime targeted a SCD center. “Suspected Russian warplanes fired missiles near Khan Sheikhoun emergency center in Khan Sheikhoun city in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, then Syrian regime helicopters dropped several barrel bombs on the vicinity of the same center, partially damaging the building of the center and an ambulance, on September 8th.”

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 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • The aftermath of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 8th Sept 2018. (via SN4HR)
  • Footage reporting on the airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 8th Sept 2018. (via Euphrates)
  • Syrian regime warplanes allegedly targeted the civil defense center in the city of Khan Sheikhoun, south of Idlib, with an explosive barrel, which resulted in the center leaving the service on Sep 8th, 2018 (via SCD)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3548

Incident date

September 8, 2018

Location

السرج, Al Sarj, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A pregnant woman was killed with her baby, and others including a woman injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrike or artillery attack with rockets on Al Sarj village in Idlib on September 8th, 2018, according to local sources. The victim was identified as Ola Riyad Al-Daher. 

Bawabat Hama posted “Mrs. Ola Riyad Al-Daher, an IDP from the northern village of Al-Fann in the eastern Hama countryside, was killed with her fetus as a result of the shelling that targeted the Sarj village in the Idlib countryside.”

Also SMART News said that “A pregnant woman was also killed and another wounded by shelling Al Saraj village east of Idlib from its positions in Um Rajim village, according to activists.”

Most sources blamed the Syrian regime for this incident, but Shaam Network said that “The Russian warplanes and the Syrian Air Force continued bombardments in a new campaign of escalation, recording dozens of air strikes accompanied by heavy artillery and rocket fire. The indiscriminate shelling led to a martyr in the village of Al-Halba and to killing a  woman and  her embryo in the village of Al-Sarj.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ola Riyad Al-Daher علا رياض الضاهر
Adult female pregnant The baby also died 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
  • 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 (21) [ 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 and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (21) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3549

Incident date

September 8, 2018

Location

كفرعين, Kfarein, idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One child, most local sources say a girl, was injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kfarein in Idlib on September 8th, 2018.

@maraya404 tweeted “A child girl was injured in a raid by the Assad regime, on Kfarein, south of Idlib.”

@IdlibPlus said that barrel bombs were used in the attack “A child was injured as a result of helicopters targeting the Kfarein village in the southern countryside of Idlib, with barrel bombs.”

@HadiAlabdallah and Shaam Network blamed Russia or Russia jointly with the Syrian regime 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
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R3349

Incident date

September 9, 2018

Location

عابدين, Abidin , Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to five civilians including a child were reported killed and five others injured in alleged Russian forces airstrikes or Syrian regime artillery shelling on Abdin in Idlib, Syria on September 9th, 2018 according to local sources.

Local Coordination Committees of Syria said that the Syrian regime conducted the attack with barrel bombs. “Artillery shelling of al-Assad forces targeting the towns of Al-Tamanah and Al-Khawain, and raids of Al-Assad helicopter with barrel bombs on the towns of Tal Aas and Abdin in the southern countryside of Idlib.”

@voiceofsunnis reported that “four civilians, including a child, were killed and five others were wounded after their house was targeted by two air strikes by the Russian occupation air forces in the vicinity of the town of Abdin.”

@Sy24ria said that some of the victims belong to one family. “Five civilians, most of them from one family, were killed by a horrific massacre committed by the regime in Abdin town, in the countryside.”

@aboalhodaalhoms tweeted “Dozens of explosive barrels were dropped from the Russian Assad helicopters to Latamna and Kafr Zita in Hama, al-Habit and Hasheen Abdin villages in Idlib countryside, which resulted in the death of a child and the injury of others.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 5
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5
  • 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 (9) [ collapse]

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  • Aftermath of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime bombing on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 (via SY 24)
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime bombing on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 (via SY 24)
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime bombing on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 (via SY 24)
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime bombing on Abdin in Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 (via SY 24)

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    SCD volunteers moving bodes of civilians killed in Abdin, Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 (via voiceofsunnis)

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    A SCD volunteer moving body of a civilian killed in Abdin, Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 (via voiceofsunnis)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 5
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5
  • 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]

Incident Code

RS3559

Incident date

September 9, 2018

Location

بلدات متعددة في حماة, Several towns in Hama, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported that a number of civilians were killed and injured in a group of towns in Hama on September 9th, 2018 as a result of Russian forces and Syrian regime operations there.

Shaam Network reported “The Russian planes, the warlords and the helicopter continued to launch heavy air raids on the cities and towns of the province amid artillery and missile attacks. [] While the cities of Qal’t Al Madiq,Al Arba’in, Al Sakher, Al Jisat,M’arbaka, Myadan Ghazal, Al Huwayz, Al Twina, Bab Al Taqqa, Al Hamra, Al Karkat and Al Shari’a in northern and western countryside were targets of artillery and missile bombing.”

Rozana said “Civilians were killed and injured as a result of the resumption of the Syrian regime and Russia’s bombing attacks on the towns of rural Idlib and Hama, after the failure of the tripartite summit (Russia, Iran and Turkey) around Idlib.” A source from Syrian Civil Defence told Rozana that “”the aerial bombardment resulted in the death of a number of civilians, including children, and the wounding of others in towns including Habit, Khan Sheikhoun and Abdin in the southern Idlib countryside, Kafr Zita, Qalaat al-Madiq and other villages in Hama countryside.”

Local sources said that also a militant who belongs to the National Liberation Front was killed in these attacks.

@ahmad589199 tweeted images of a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer carrying a wounded child.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown
  • Belligerents reported killed
    1

Sources (16) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

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    Leader of the National Liberation Front, Khaled al-Hassan Abu al-Walid Karnaz was killed due to the artillery shelling of the regime on the road linking the Qalat al-Mudhiq and Jabal Shahshabo. (via @omar_alhalaby).
  • The military leader of the Ahrar al-Sham movement, Abu al-Walid Kurnaz, was killed after a shell landed near his car on the Karakat junction. (via @fadihussein8).

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    Leader of the National Liberation Front, Khaled al-Hassan Abu al-Walid Karnaz was killed due to the artillery shelling of the regime on the road linking the Qalat al-Mudhiq and Jabal Shahshabo. (via @omar_alhalaby).
  • Leader of the National Liberation Front, Khaled al-Hassan Abu al-Walid Karnaz was killed due to the artillery shelling of the regime on the road linking the Qalat al-Mudhiq and Jabal Shahshabo. (via @omar_alhalaby).

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
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown
  • Belligerents reported killed
    1

Sources (16) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3552

Incident date

September 9, 2018

Location

اللطامنة, Al Lataminah, Hama, Syria

Geolocation

35.3219885, 36.6234398 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

An unknown number of civilians was wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on a hospital in the city of Al Lataminah on September 9th, 2018, according to local sources.

Step News reported that “in addition to a number of Russian raids targeting Al Lataminah, resulting in civilian casualties, the Al Lataminah Hospital was out of service, which stopped the access of medical services to civilians. The hospital is one of the most important hospitals providing services to the residents in the region.”

Shaam News Agency reported “a number of wounded”, but did not specify how many civilians were injured.

During the shelling, the Syrian Civil Defence in Hama (@civil_hama) tweeted that “more than ten raids with warplanes and five explosive barrels of helicopters and missile launchers have been targeting the city of Latamna for about an hour, and the shelling is still going on.”

While several sources blamed Syrian regime helicopters for the airstrike, Step Agency and Smart News Agency blamed Russia for the bombings.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • Translation:"More than ten raids with warplanes and five explosive barrels of helicopters and missile launchers have been targeting the city of Latamna for about an hour, and the shelling is still going on" (via @civil_hama).
  • Allegedly, Russian or Syrian regime aircraft bombed the city of Al Lataminah on September 9th, 2018 (via @civil_hama).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al Lataminah on September 9th, 2018 (via @civil_hama).
  • Al Lataminah hospital was targeted on September 9th, 2018, by alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes (via @SyrianCoalition).
  • Footage of alleged Russian o Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al Lataminah on September 9th, 2018 (via Step Agency).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3553

Incident date

September 9, 2018

Location

كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian was reported killed and others including his brother injured in Kafar Zeita in Hama on September 9th, 2018 after Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes targeted the town with several barrel bombs, according to local sources.

@SyriaCivilDefe identified the victim as Aref al-Hamada and tweeted “The body of the young man Aref al-Hamada was recovered, and his injured brother was rescued as a result of intense shelling by Russian aviation and helicopter flights, as well as artillery and missile shelling of the town of Kafar Zeita, from morning until now.”

Kafar Zita TV said that Aref’s brother, Uday al-Hamada was injured as a result of the raid and that his leg had to be amputated.

Step Agency reported “One person was killed as a result of wounds he sustained after a helicopter bombarded with explosive barrels the town of Kafar Zaita in the northern countryside of Hama.”

The Syrian Network for Human Rights also said “Aref Mohammad al Hamada was killed as Syrian regime helicopters dropped a barrel bomb on a main street in Kafr Zita city in Hama governorate northern suburbs, on September 9th, 2018.”

@SyriaCivilDefe said that Russia and the Syrian regime are both responsible for this incident.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Aref al-Hamada عارف الحمادة
Adult male killed
Uday Hamada عدي حمادة
Adult male Leg amputation injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (14) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (12) [ collapse]

  • Arif Mohammed Hamada, killed in airstrikes on Kafar Zeita, 9th Set 2018. (via Kafar Zita TV)
  • Uday Hamada, injured in airstrikes on Kafar Zeita, 9th Set 2018. (via Kafar Zita TV)
  • Arif Mohammed Hamada, killed in airstrikes on Kafar Zeita, 9th Set 2018. (via SN4HR)
  • SCD volunteer pulling out body of Aref Hamada who was killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Zaita on Sep 9th, 2018 (via Civil Defence)
  • SCD volunteer pulling out body of Aref Hamada who was killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Zaita on Sep 9th, 2018 (via Civil Defence)
  • SCD volunteer pulling out body of Aref Hamada who was killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Zaita on Sep 9th, 2018 (via Civil Defence)
  • Image of the targeting of the city of Kafar Zaita and its surroundings by helicopters with several explosive barrels. (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Aref Mohammad al Hamada killed as Syrian regime helicopters dropped a barrel bomb on a main street in Kafr Zita city in Hama governorate northern suburbs, on September 9th, 2018. (via SNHR)
  • Aref Al-Hamada was killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Zaita on September 9th,, 2018. (via Firas Al Bakkour).

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    Aref Al Hamada killed as a result of airstrikes on Kafar Zaita on Sep 9th, 2018 (via Abo Al Hareth).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3554

Incident date

September 9, 2018

Location

الهبيط, Al Habit, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Two children were reported killed and up to six other civilians were injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Habit in Idlib on September 9th, 2018, according to local sources.

@HadiAlabdallah tweeted “Umayya Ayman Al-Ruz, a displaced girl from the town of Khattab in the Hama countryside. This beautiful baby girl was killed by Russian aircraft today in the town of Al-Habit in Idlib countryside.”

In another variation of the victim’s name. the Syrian Network for Human Rights said “The infant Amina Ayman al Rez was killed as Syrian regime helicopters dropped gas cylinders on al Habit village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on September 9th.”

Hamah Now identified the second child killed as Yousef Al Ibrahim. “The martyrdom of the child Yousef Ibrahim from the displaced people of the village of Serhein in the southern suburbs of Hama, as a result of Russian air strikes on the town of Habit south of Idlib.”

From their side, @SyriaCivilDefe raised the death and casualties toll and tweeted “The death toll of martyrs in the town of Al-Habit has increased to two child martyrs and six wounded, after a brutal bombing campaign with more than twenty explosive mines by helicopters, which the town was subjected to this afternoon.”

Violations Documentation Center identified the two child victims as Yousef al-Ibraheme  and Umayya Ayman Al-Ruz.

FreedeirEzzorRadio said that around 40 raids targeted areas in Idlib and Hama on that day. Step Agency posted images showing the huge amount of destruction to civilian houses as a result of the attack.

The incident occured in the afternoon.

The victims were named as:

Umayya Ayman Al-Ruz أمية أيمن الرز
Child female Amina Al Ruzz - Another variation of the name - أمينة الرز killed
Yousef al-Ibraheme يوسف الإبراهيم
Child male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–6
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (12) [ collapse]

  • The aftermath of airstrikes on Al Habit, 9th Sept 2018. (via Step News Agency)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes on Al Habit, 9th Sept 2018. (via Step News Agency)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes on Al Habit, 9th Sept 2018. (via Step News Agency)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes on Al Habit, 9th Sept 2018. (via Step News Agency)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes on Al Habit, 9th Sept 2018. (via Step News Agency)
  • Amina Ayman al Rez, killed in airstrikes on Al Habit, 9th Sept 2018. (via SN4HR)

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    The infant Umayya Al Ruzz was killed in Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Habit in Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 (via Hadi AlAbdalla)

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    Child Yousef Al Ibrahim was killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Habit in Idlib on September 9th, 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Airstrikes on Al Habit in Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 and SCD volunteers seen in the location. (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Airstrikes on Al Habit in Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).

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    A Syrian Civil Defense volunteer seen carrying the body of the infant Umayya Al Ruz after she was killed by Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Habit in Idlib on Sep 9th, 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–6
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]