Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Between seven and eight civilians including three children were killed in what were reported by most as four Russian airstrikes on the town of Maarat al Numan. However a local activist group and the Homs Meda Network attributed the attack to the Assad regime.
The dead were later named by Violations Documentation Center.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Maarat al Numan (مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.647038, 36.679174. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (8) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]
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Abdulwahab Yousef Al-Bar (via VDC)
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Riad Mohammed Bakeer (via VDC)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
The Russian MoD issued no report for the period October 28th-30th 2015. A monthly summary was issued on the evening of October 30th.