Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Up to five civilians died and as many as 20 were wounded in airstrike on Khan Al-Subbul in Idlib governorate, according to sources on the ground – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime.
In one report, LCCSY blamed the regime but then appeared to change its position and point towards Russia.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) initially attributed the event to “government warplanes and its allies missiles”, putting the death toll at five.
However, a subsequent SN4HR report pointed to Russia, reporting that “fixed-wing warplanes we believe are Russian fired missiles loaded with cluster bombs on a gathering of vehicles near the international highway in Khan Al Sobol. The town is jointly controlled by armed opposition factions and the Fateh Al Sham Front. Five civilians were killed and about 20 others were wounded when a number of vehicles were burnt.”
Syrian Press Centre said that phosphorous bombs had been dropped on the town, leading to injuries, though it didn’t apportion blame.
The lowest death count was given by Radio Al Kul and Halab Today, who said that just one civilian died. Both sources held Russia responsible for the incident.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Khan al Subbul (خان السبل), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.753927, 36.770468. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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'Image of remnants of flammable weapons dropped by government warplanes and its allies on Khan Al Subbul town in Idlib governorate, September 3, 2016.' (via SN4HR)
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‘no less than 49 massacres in September 2016 including 46 at the hands of the russian and Syrian regimes’ - SN4HR report details the alleged Russian attacks on Khan Al Subbul (PDF via SN4HR) [Arabic]
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‘no less than 49 massacres in September 2016 including 46 at the hands of the russian and Syrian regimes’ - SN4HR report details the alleged Russian attacks on Khan Al Subbul (PDF via SN4HR) [English]
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between September 1st – 30th 2016.