Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Eight civilians including three children died and up to 20 others were wounded in shelling of Maer Debsie. Most sources attributed the event to the Syrian regime, though one blamed Russia.
According to Zaman Alwasl, six died when the regime shelled “civilians’ residential houses from the side of motorway”.
Enab Baladi, also blaming the regime, put the death toll at eight with 22 more wounded – most of them reportedly in a critical condition.
However, one source, LCCSY, alleged Russia was responsible. It put the death toll at six with 10 wounded.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
Family members (3)
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Meir Debsie (معردبسي), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.779211, 36.770897. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (15) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]
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A civilian is rescued following a strike on Maer Debseh, Sept 6th (via Jisrtv)
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The White Helmets search for civilians in Maer Debseh, following suspected Regime or Russian attacks (via Enab Baladi)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between September 1st – 30th 2016.