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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Code: R054)
According to reports, Russian warplanes allegedly carried out four raids on the town of Missraya in eastern Ghouta. Two or more people died and ‘dozens’ were injured, including women and children. According to the White Helmets, one of those killed was a little girl. The VDC also named adult male civilian Mohammad Saeid Mohammad Ali Jearash as having been killed. Footage shot immediately after the strike shows a number of seriously hurt children among the victims. There were also reports of artillery strikes on the town by the Assad regime.
The Obeid mosque was reportedly badly damaged in the attacks.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Missraya (مسرابا), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.55027, 36.39659. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Media From Sources (8)
#الغوطة_الشرقية | سقوط العديد من الضحايا والجرحى في بلدة #مسرابا إثر أربع غارات جوية شنها الطيران الحربي على الأحياء السكنية قبل قليل.
— DMO (@Damascus_M_O) October 23, 2015
1⃣بعد يوم عصيب وكارثي عاشته بلدة #مسرابا في #الغوطة_الشرقية من القصف بالطيران الحربي وقذائف المدفعية وسقوط عدد من الضحايا المدنيين شهداء
— أبو جمال أجناد (@AjnadSh) October 23, 2015