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One civilian male died and up to dozens more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Howeqa.
The Smart News Network reported that “One civilian was killed and others were injured” in a Russian strike.
According to @SYRIAEVENT1 “dozens” were wounded in addition to one death.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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Mumtaz Mhaidi al-Badran, killed in an alleged Russian strike on Howeqa, Aug 19th (via VDC)
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Mumtaz Mhaidi al-Badran, killed in an alleged Russian strike on Howeqa, August 19th (via Abedullah Darwesh)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
On August 19th 2016, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation reported that, "at 10:55 in the morning, the Zeliony Dol and Serpukhov small-sized missile ships of the Black Sea Fleet during the combat maneuvering performed 3 launches of cruise missiles Kalibr from fire positions in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea against facilities of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist grouping in Syria.
As a result, a command centre and a terrorist base near the Dar-Taaza inhabited area as well as a plant manufacturing mortar munitions and a large depot with armament were destroyed in the Aleppo province. The objective monitoring data confirmed the elimination of the planned targets." They added that allegedly "for the security of civilians, the flight path of the cruise missiles was planned over uninhabited territories".