Airwars assessment
Seven civilians, including three children and a journalist, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Kfarouma in Idlib governorate on November 10th, 2019. Between eight and 10 civilians, including children, were injured, as reported by local sources.
Step News Agency reported that Russian air raids targeted Kafrouma, “coinciding with artillery shelling from the regime forces stationed in Tel Aas”. Idlib Plus reported that the town was targeted with “three airstrikes and 17 artillery shells on civilian homes in the center of the town”.
Besides the death of three children, Shaam News Agency also reported the death of a woman. They furthermore identified Abdulhamid Al Yusuf, a media officer in the Kafrouma Media Office, as one of the victims. Al Yusuf was killed while reporting on the airstrikes.
Siblings Fatima Aqsa (14), Iman Aqsa (5) and Mohammed Aqsa (3) were killed in the airstrikes. Their sister Asma (10) was injured. Syrian Civil Defence wrote in a post on Facebook that Iman and Mohammed were playing outside when they heard the sound of missiles fired. “The siblings fled and tried to hide in the bosom of their older sister Fatima, 14, but it was not a safe place as they thought”.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that Amer Kamal Al Basal, a nurse for A Salam Dispensary in Kfarouma, was killed as well while doing his job. They wrote that “Syrian regime forces artillery fired shells on Al Gharbi neighborhood in Kfarouma village as he arrived there to aid the injured of previous bombing by fixed-wing warplanes we believe were Russian on the same neighborhood”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
- Abdul Hamid Al Yousef Adult male media officer Kfarouma Media Office killed
- Anas Ismail Al Yusuf killed
- Hassan Hameed Al Yusuf killed
Family members (4)
- Iman Hamza Aqda 5 years old female killed
- Fatima Hamza Aqda 14 years old female killed
- Mohamed Hamza Aqda 3 years old male killed
- Asma Aqda 10 years old female injured
- Amer Kamal Al Busal Adult male nurse Salam Dispensary killed
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