Geolocation
Airwars assessment
An adult male civilian named as Ammar Al Ali was reported killed in an alleged new Russian airstrike on Teir Ma’ala.
Al Arabiya reported that “The northern countryside of Homs saw a fierce attack [on October 18th] with an attempt to break into the area by regime forces under air cover provided by Russian aircraft. The attack came from several directions.”
However, AP reported that Assad regime helicopters also carried out barrel bomb attacks on the town.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Teir Ma’ala (تيرمعلة), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.802364, 36.709287. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
The Russians made no public reference to any airstrikes in Homs governorate for October 18th-19th 2015.