Airwars assessment
Three children were killed alongside their parents in alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Saraqib, Idlib governorate, on January 23rd, 2020, according to local sources. Up to fifteen people, including children and women, were injured.
According to Step News Agency correspondent Hassan Al Muhammed, “the Russian aviation inflicted a massacre on the displaced people on a farm they were taking refuge in, near the city of Saraqib, east of Idlib. This resulted in the death of 5 people and the injury of 10 others from the same family, including children and women.”
@so_ria98 tweeted that the following civilians were killed: Fatima Izz Al Din (50), Musab Khatoon (26) and Murhaf Musab Khatoon (1). @SyrianCoalition added that Murhaf’s brother Basil was also killed in the airstrikes.
Muhammed Al Ali, an activist, told Jeron that the Russian aircraft conducted several airstrikes, killing five civilians and wounded another five, including two children. He noted that the family fled their village of Al Hamra in the eastern countryside of Hama two years earlier after the regime took control over the village.
SMART reported that there were three children and one woman among the wounded. A correspondent for Baladi News reported that “Russian warplanes targeted a farm located about five km away from the city of Saraqib, sheltering IDPs from the countryside of Idlib, with rockets, killing five of them and wounding 15 others with varying injuries.”
Although most sources reported that the airstrike targeted a farm or a “house on farmland”, Edlib Media Center gave conflicting reports. EMC first stated the attack hit a petrol station in which the displaced family had sought refuge, but wrote in a later report that the family had been residing in tents.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (4)
- Fatima Izz Al-Din 50 years old female displaced from Al Hamra killed
- Musab Khatoon 26 years old male displaced from Al Hamra killed
- Murhaf Musab Khatoon 1 years old male displaced from Al Hamra killed
- Basil Musab Khatoon Child male displaced from Al Hamra killed
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