(Previous Incident Codes: R686RS773)

Up to 20 civilians including four children died in airstrikes on Bustam al Qasr, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.

The White Helmets initially reported that “more than 20 martyrs and dozens wounded as well as an entire residential building destroyed when warplanes targeted homes in bustan al qasr with vacuum missiles“, though they did not say who was responsible.

However, a second report blamed the regime, and put the death toll at 12 with 30 wounded.

Reports by the Syrian Network for Human Rights also blamed the regime.

But in a later report, SN4HR changed its position and blamed Russia, saying that of the nine killed four were children.

In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th, LCCSY also said 12 had died.

Shaam News referred to both regime and Russian planes carrying out strikes in Aleppo in recent days, and did not specify which of these was responsible.

However, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights the regime was responsible for all incidents in Aleppo over the previous seven days. Al-qurum Media Institution also blamed the regime, and spoke of 12 killed and more than 30 injured.