Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS4216

Incident date

December 2, 2019

Location

الغدفة, Al Ghadfa, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A woman and a man were reported injured in an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrike in Al Gadfa in the countryside of Maarat al-Numan Idlib, Syria on December 2nd, 2019, according to local sources, apparently targeting a civilian home. The “young” man was identified as Hudhayfa Al-Hamoud by local sources.

According to Tmedia_idlib on Twitter, “the civil defense elements inspected the targeted sites and secured them and made sure that there were no other injuries.”

Ammar.kat reported on Facebook that there were two strikes on the same location – one at 10.19 and the second at 10.22. The second strike resulted in the injuries.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Hudhayfa Al-Hamoud
Adult male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • 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 (13) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (8) [ collapse]

  • Destruction caused by an airstrike that targeted Al Gadfa in Idlib, December 2nd. A man and a women were reported injured. (via SCD).
  • @anasanas84 posted a photo on Twitter of the alleged targeting of the village of Al-Ghadfa in Idlib on December 2nd 2019.
  • The destruction after an alleged Russian or Syrian warplane targeted Al-Ghadfa in Idlib on December 2nd 2019 (Image via @SyrianCoalition / Twitter)
  • @Tmedia_idlib tweeted a photo of the destruction after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike hit Al-Ghadfa in Idlib on December 2nd 2019.
  • @Tmedia_idlib tweeted a photo of the destruction after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike hit Al-Ghadfa in Idlib on December 2nd 2019.
  • @Tmedia_idlib tweeted a photo of the destruction after an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike hit Al-Ghadfa in Idlib on December 2nd 2019.
  • A man was allegedly killed in a Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on December 2nd 2019 in Al-Ghadfa (Image 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
    Unknown
  • 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 (13) [ collapse]