Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Six civilians including women and children died in an alleged Russia airstrike on a refugee camp in the al Sakhuna area, south of Palymyra, local media reported.
According to the Step News Agency, “Russia’s military aircraft committed a new massacre against people in a camp for the displaced from the towns of Palmyra and al Sukhna in the area near the Valley of al A’leek south of Palmyra in eastern Homs on Tuesday [Sept 13th]…The initial death toll is six civilians, including two children and two women. A number of wounded were taken to a field hospital.” The source said that seven tents were bombed.
SRG and Kheroalhome also blamed Russia for the attack.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Al Sakhina, for which the generic coordinates are: 34.8848748, 38.8711739. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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A camp for displaced people in Syria near the Valley of al A’leek, suspected attacked by Russian warplanes, Sept 13th (via Step)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between September 1st – 30th 2016.