Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R4408

Incident date

October 23, 2021

Location

دير سنبل, Deir Sunbol, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.698585, 36.602775 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Several injuries were reported after Russian or Syrian regime forces’ targeted a olive harvest with “heavy” artillery and missiles in the outskirts of the village of Deir Sunbal, south of Idlib, Syria.

Syria Civil Defense said that “artillery of the regime and Russia targeted workers while harvesting the olive crop on the outskits of Dersanbel”

Whilst Syria Civil Defense said that “our teams inspected the targeted places and confirmed that there were no casualties”, other local sources such as Syria HR and Fresh News said that the attack resulted “in the injury of 5 civilians” who were olive picking workers.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Deir Sunbol (دير سنبل), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.698585, 36.602775. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    0–5
  • 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 belligerents
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    0–5
  • 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 belligerents
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (15) [ collapse]