Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R4614

Incident date

October 24, 2023

Location

محطة مياه عين شيب, Ain Shayb water station, west of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Shortly before 11:47 AM on October 24, 2023, a number of civilians, including a female child, were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on the Ain Shayb water station in the Arri area, west of Idlib, Syria. Though no longer operational, the water station served as a refuge for displaced families – predominantly livestock farmers.

Shehab Agency and HalabTodayTV reported that a child was injured and bruised. The Syrian Network for Human Rights wrote that this was a female child. Haqq News Agency reported that a number of injuries resulted from the attack.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Russian fixed-wing aircraft “bombarded several missiles” at the water station. Civil defense teams were called in to extinguish a fire that broke out in bags of hay which caught alight as a result of the bombing. Syrian Civil Defense shared the images of its staff members extinguishing the fire as well as the images showing the destroyed station. Significant damage to the station building was also reported by the Al Furat news agency.

According to local sources, this was the second bombing of the station, with a previous strike being noted on August 22, 2023.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Russian military.

The incident occured at approximately 11:47 am local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Agriculture, IDP or refugee camp, Water station
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

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Media
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  • Source: Al Hadath Syria posT
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  • Source: Syrian Network for Human Rights

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Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Agriculture, IDP or refugee camp, Water station
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (27) [ collapse]