Airwars assessment
Up to 12 civilians including four children and four women died and as many as dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Batbo town. The majority of sources attributed the event to Russia; however, several blamed the Syrian regime while some others didn’t distinguish between Russian or regime jets.
According to the Shaam News Network, “Russian warplanes targeted the town of Batbo at noon today [Sept 10th]. This resulted in deaths and injuries and destruction of residential structures.
Activists said warplanes struck civilian houses with several missiles resulting in dramatic damage to seven homes, and claiming the lives of more than nine martyrs with many wounded. The civil defense teams worked to dig out those trapped under the rubble and transport the injured to hospitals and medical facilities”.
The Network added that the Grand Mosque in the town came “under direct bombardment”, partially destroying its walls and completely putting it out of service.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights, who initially blamed the regime but then appeared to change its position and point to Russia, said that the strikes ” targeted the vicinity of Mousa ben Nousair mosque in Batbo town”. It put the death toll at 12 including four children and four women.
Other sources that blamed Russia included LCCSY, Qasioun, the Step News Agency, Jisrtv, Alamawi and Baladi – who added that “dozens” of people were wounded. Qasioun, who put the death toll at nine, reported that 30 more people sustained injuries.
However, SMO and Syriansnews attributed the event to the Assad regime.
Al Jazeera and Abohamzaljaber blamed both “Russian and Syrian warplanes”.
Halab News – who blamed Russia – named civilian fatalities.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
- Omar Hussein Kawas Age unknown killed
- Fatima Omar Kawas Child killed
Family members (5)
- Najla Shaker Amin Adult killed
- Nada Ahmad abd al Razzaq Amin Adult female killed
- A child of Nada Ahmad abd al Razzaq Amin Child killed
- A second child of Nada Ahmad abd al Razzaq Amin Child killed
- A third child of Nada Ahmad abd al Razzaq Amin Child killed
- Salah Abu Farouq Age unknown killed
- The wife of Hussein Amin Adult female killed
- The daughter of Abd al Rahim Abd al Raouf Child female killed
- One unidentfied civilian Age unknown male displaced from Tal Malah killed
Summary
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SN4HR report entitled: ‘no less than 49 massacres in September 2016 including 46 at the hands of the russian and Syrian regimes’ - the report details events in Batbo on September 10th 2016 (PDF via SN4HR) [Arabic]
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SN4HR report entitled: ‘no less than 49 massacres in September 2016 including 46 at the hands of the russian and Syrian regimes’ - the report details events in Batbo on September 10th (PDF via SN4HR) [English]
Russian Armed Forces Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between September 1st – 30th 2016.