Up to 20 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on the village of Al Tabani, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Coalition were to blame.
Rami asssaf, @Ahmad_Zahlan and @HAMZH7711 blamed the Coalition, with @Ahmad_Zahlan reporting that white phosphorus had been used.
However, the majority of sources attributed the event to Russian forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that it was unclear whether the planes belonged to Russia or the Coalition. According to Ahmad al Shibli, there were ten raids, while Al Hassaka Rasd put the death toll at 20 non-combatants.
Multiple sources reported that Abdul Razzaq al-Atrash and 11 members of his family died. Other victims were listed as three brothers, the sons of Hamoud Al Farhan al Darwish.
Euphrates Post reported that the following locations in the village were hit:
Al-Akeisat neighbourhood School
The Electricity Company
House of Ahmed Al Khalil
House of Ahmed Al Hassan
The house of Abdul Rahman al-A’ddad – adding: “it is worth mentioning that dozens of families spent the night in agricultural land for fear of air raids.”
Step News Agency reported that more than ten homes were raised to the ground.
The incident occured during the night.
The victims were named as:
Family members
(7)
Aisha Mohammed Ba’aj
Age unknown
female
named by Euphrates Post, who said Russia was likely to blame
killed
Sabria Mohammed Ba’aj
Age unknown
female
named by Euphrates Post, who said Russia was likely to blame
killed
Rana Abdul Razzaq Ba’aj
Age unknown
female
named by Euphrates Post, who said Russia was likely to blame
killed
Abdul Razzaq Ba’aj
Age unknown
male
named by Euphrates Post, who said Russia was likely to blame
killed
Tariq Abdul Razzaq Ba’aj
Age unknown
male
named by Euphrates Post, who said Russia was likely to blame
killed
Raed Abdel Razzaq Ba’aj
Age unknown
named by Euphrates Post, who said Russia was likely to blame
killed
Mohammed Abdul Rahman Ba’aj
Age unknown
male
named by Euphrates Post, who said Russia was likely to blame
killed
The victims were named as:
Abdul Razzaq al-Atrash
Age unknown
male
killed
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Tabani (قرية التبني), Western Deir Ezzor governorate. Sources mention airstrikes in the vicinity of two containers or two old structures at the Shihah junction (مفرق شيحا), or the entrance road to the village of Al Tabani, coming from al Buweitiyah (البويطية). Airwars was unable to locate Shihah junction, but the coordinates for the entrance road to Al Tabani are: 35.599386, 39.827688. Other landmarks that were mentioned, but that Airwars was unable to locate these due to limited satellite imagery, are the Al-Akeisat neighbourhood School (مدرسة حارة العكيصات) and The Electricity Company (مؤسسة الكهرباء)
