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(Previous Incident Codes: R258RS309)
Seven or more civilians including two children were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ihress.
Al Safira News reported “the death of two children and the injuring of more than 15 others, after more than 15 cars and trucks were bombed with cluster bombs which targeted a convoy of vehicles at a checkpoint between the rebel zones and other areas.”
While most reports only cited one child death, a video issued by Shaam News shows multiple strikes and a second unnamed child victim (pictured.) Halab News placed the death toll as high as 15, which it said included members of the al-Akhras family.
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Reports of the incident mention that airstrikes targeted several vehicles between Ahras and Harbul, Syria. After investigating visual material from sources, we narrowed this location down to a stretch of land near a checkpoint just north of Ahras, for which the generic coordinates are: 36.4077699, 37.1453087. The strikes targeted at least four locations within this strip of land.
The first strike targeted a vehicle located between the two berms or soil barriers (features A and B)
Imagery: Hussien Khatab
Note that feature E refers to a mosque south of the town of Harbul, while feature D refers to a dirt staging area for trucks preparing to enter a checkpoint, and feature C refers to the green field between the photographer and the trucks.
Imagery: Hussien Khatab
Satellite imagery showing the features in the witness media.
Imagery: Google Earth
Satellite imagery showing exact locations of vehicles targeted in airstrike.
Imagery: Google Earth