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(Previous Incident Codes: R173RS200)
Up to five civilians, including one to two children, were reported killed and six injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Azaz, according to multiple sources.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that three non-combatants, including one child, died when Russian warplanes launched several rockets targeting the road leading to the border crossing point with Turkey. A pro-regime tweet instead claimed that “Russian warplanes raids target a convoy coming from Turkey to support the terrorists of al Nusra Front via Izaz in the northern Aleppo countryside.”
The White Helmets put the death toll at five and said the victims were from the same family and included two children. However, in their Facebook post, they stated that the area was attacked by “warplanes“, not specifying any nationality.
The VDC named the two victims and another man as an unidentified.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights listed one additional victim by name.
Halab News named Mohammad Hussein Barhawi, who it said was an FSA fighter.
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Reports of the incident mention an airstrike targeting several vehicles in western A’zaz (أعزاز). After investigating audio-visual material from sources, we narrowed this location to a highway west of the city, for which the exact coordinates are: 36.586002, 37.034333.
The vehicles were struck next to the electricity pylon seen here.
Imagery: Aleppo White Helmets
A victim is removed from the scene of the airstrike, also showing a dirt road and two buildings.
Imagery: North Press
Witness video shows the road on which the vehicles were targeted. Note that feature D refers to the small road that turns onto the main highway.
Imagery: North Press
Overhead imagery shows the features marked in the media from witnesses.
Imagery: Google Earth
Satellite imagery showing the exact location of the airstrike.
Imagery: Google Earth