Geolocation
Airwars assessment
One child died in an airstrike on Ihsem, Jabal Al-Zawia, local media reported. Two sources said that the regime carried out attacks on the town. While none of the reports blamed Russia, most of them referred to unidentified “warplanes”, meaning that Moscow’ involvement could not be ruled out.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the death of a child in “an aerial bombardment on Ihsem” – though it didn’t name the culprit.
The child’s death was also reported by Radio Alkul, who blamed the regime.
Other sources mentioned “martyrs” but didn’t specify the number of fatalities.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Ihsem, Jabal al Zawia (احسم), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.7205935, 36.555888. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between August 20th – 31st 2016.