Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS4209

Incident date

December 1, 2019

Location

قرية حاس, Has, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Between five and ten civilians, including two children and two women, were reported injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Has in Idlib, Syria, on December 1st 2019 according to local sources.  A local source, Wasim Alkhalf, reported that this incident happened at 3.15pm.

The source also identified four of those injured as: “Abdullah Ibrahim Sheikh Najib and his wife” and “Ibrahim Sheikh Najeeb’s wife and child, Mustafa Ibrahim Ahim Sheikh Najib“. Another individual was also identified as “Abdul Halim Abdul-Gawad Al-Farhat.”

AA News reported that “the [Syrian] regime fighters raided” Has, but multiple other local sources including Step Agency attributed the incident to “Russian raids.

It was reported in multiple sources that the attack was targeted with vacuum missiles.

The incident occured at 15:15:00 local time.

The victims were named as:

Family members (4)

Abdullah Ibrahium Sheikh Najib
male injured
Abdullah Ibrahim Sheikh Najib's wife
female
Ibrahim Sheikh Najeeb's wife
injured
Mustafa Ibrahim Ahim Sheikh Najib
son of Ibrahim Sheikh Najib's wife injured

The victims were named as:

Abdul Halim Abdul-Gawad Al-Frhat
Age unknown injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–10
  • 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]

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
    5–10
  • 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]