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Airwars assessment
One civilian male died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the grand mosque in Anadan, according to local media.
On Sept 12th, HNN reported his death was “due to wounds sustained following Russian enemy raid on the Great Mosque in Anadan a week ago, he is from the town, and a civilian.”
Other sources reported that Russian had destroyed the mosque and published images showing the ruins – though none of these reports mentioned civilian casualties.
Qasioun, blaming “warplanes”, said that the building was “the oldest mosque in Anadan”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Anadan (عندان), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.29353, 37.04466. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between September 1st – 30th 2016.