Geolocation
Airwars assessment
At least one civilian was killed and three to five were wounded, including women and children, from vacuum missile, cluster bomb or artillery strikes on a Palestinian refugee camp in Khan al Sheikh, according to local media.
Five or more raids were carried out by warplanes, with most sources attributing the attacks to Russia. However, Chadafm and LCCSY blamed the regime.
According to LCCSY, regime artillery was active in the area; while Syria-news reported that regime helicopters “threw more than 40 barrel bomb on civilians”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Khan al Sheikh (خان الشيح), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.373059, 36.112682. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Mahmoud Mehsen Fallah al-Khaldi, killed in an alleged Russian and Syrian or Regime raid on on a Palestinian refugee camp in Khan al Sheikh, Aug 8th (via, VDC)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between August 1st – 10th 2016.