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(Previous Incident Codes: R628 RS715 )
Six civilians including two to three children and one woman died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Orm al Kubra according to multiple local sources.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported a “massacre due to suspected Russian forces shelling on regime forces shelling in Owrm Al Kubra town in Aleppo governorate in March 7“. It said at least six civilians including two children and a woman died.
According to Halab News – which also blamed Russia – a woman and three children were among six killed. Al Jazeera also reported that Russian planes were responsible, while AMC and Shahba Press said that Russia used a cluster bombs in the raids.
HNN did not name the culprit, but said warplanes targeted the town with rockets.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Urma al Kubra (أورم الكبرى), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.1475457, 36.9448239. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.