Airwars assessment
On April 9th, 2023, in the town off Sarmin, east of Idlib, multiple sources allege artillery fire from Syrian and/or Russian forces killed 15 year old boy Ibrahim Musab Al Haj Musa and injured between three to four others, including a six year old child named Malak Khalaf, a three year old named Abdul Salam Al Mustafa, and one and a half year old baby named Muhammad Al Mousa, the names being from the Syrian Civil Defense and Baladi News reports.
Ibrahim Musab Al Haj Musa dreamed of becoming a doctor or an engineer; multiple sources note that he had been born in Saraqib, and had been displaced by the war to live in Sarmin.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Syrian Human Rights Committee, and the Syrian Civil Defense, and other sources note that the artillery strikes affected residential areas and markets in Sarmin, and Twitter user @mzmgr941 stated the strikes were “targeting civilians exclusively”.
Syria Files alleged the artillery strikes came from Syrian regime forces based in Saraqib, the hometown of Ibrahim Musab Al Haj Musa. Twitter user @mzmgr941 reported the bombing of the city had escalated, and a number of reconnaissance planes hovered over the city, and blamed Syrian regime forces along with the Russian and Iranian occupation.
Multiple sources blame Syrian president Bashar Al Assad personally for the attack, claiming it was in reaction to an earlier strike from Israel, including @Omar_Madaniah and @k7ybnd99, a reporter for Television Syria. As the Syrian Civil Defense reports, this alleged strike occurred in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake in Syria, which has further devastated the lives of Syrians, and during the holy month of Ramadan, “[depriving] families of the joy of being reunited at the Iftar tables.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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One of the victims of the alleged Russian/Syrian regime bombing of Sarmin on April 9, 2023. (Image posted by @MMCSYR) -
Damage caused by alleged Russian/Syrian regime bombing of Sarmin on April 9, 2023. (Image posted by @MMCSYR)
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People mourning the victims of the alleged Russian/Syrian regime bombing of Sarmin on April 9, 2023. (Image posted by @MMCSYR)
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People mourning the victims of the alleged Russian/Syrian regime bombing of Sarmin on April 9, 2023. (Image posted by @MMCSYR)
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One of the victims of the alleged Russian/Syrian regime bombing of Sarmin on April 9, 2023. (Image posted by @SyriaCivilDefe)
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