Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Three civilians died in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on the villages of Hatla and al Salhiya in Deir Ezzor, according to sources on the ground.
Euphrates Post reported three were killed and five wounded – they blamed Russia, as did the Smart News Agency.
Ara News, however, said that the regime carried out shelling in Hatla, “resulting in a number of casualties” and destroying residential buildings.
Several other sources didn’t identify the warplanes responsible for the attack.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (1)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Hatla (حطلة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.34169, 40.19897. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (8) [ collapse]
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between July 16th – 27th 2016.