Around midnight on April 16-17th artillery fire wounded five civilians in Al-Abizmo, a town west of Aleppo. The victims consisted of a woman and her four children. Local news agencies were conflicted as to whether the strike confirmed the strike was conducted by the Syrian regime, Russian forces or Iranian militias.

A few of the local sources, including @akhbar, only mention one woman injured, while other sources reported that in addition to the woman, her four children were also injured, with a few sources only mentioning three children injured. Zaman Al Wasl mentioned that the woman and children were injured to varying degrees, and were taken to the hospital.

No deaths have been confirmed as a result of this bout of shelling. Shaam News alleged the shelling was conducted in retaliation for opposition activity: “Al-Assad’s forces responded, as usual, to their military losses by bombing civilian homes and residential neighborhoods, as they targeted the vicinity of the village of Al-Abzimo, west of Aleppo, with artillery shells”.

The majority of sources attributed the shelling to the Syrian regime. However, @Almohrar1 blamed Russian forces while @wa3ediq mentioned Iranian militias as being involved alongside the Syrian regime. The Syrian regime and its Russian partners have not yet made reference to the strikes.