(Previous Incident Codes: R1360RS1493)

Two civilians died in a strike on farmland near Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, according to sources on the ground – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame.

Step News Agency, LCCSY, @Sy_Reporter and Shahba Press all blamed Russia – and put the number of civilians killed at two. However, many other sources reported that the regime had carried out strikes on the area.

According to Rozanafm, “Syrian warplanes launched successive air raids on the town of Ma’ar Shmareen east of the city of Maarat al-Nu’man after midnight, which also led to the deaths of seven people from one family and the destruction of a number of civilian houses. The air force also launched several air raids on the villages of Sheikh Mustafa, Nukir, Wahish, Hamediyah, Sarmin and Sarakin towns and the outskirts of Khan Sheikhoun, resulting in the death of a child in the village of Naquir and minor injuries in other areas.”

Al Jazeera also pointed to Assad, reporting that “rescue teams recovered the victims and wounded from the rubble and transported them to the field hospitals, while the regime raided the cities of Khan Sheikhoun and Srin and the villages of Sida and Hamidiyah and Sheikh Mustafa south of Idlib”.

@FREE_TV_SYRIA added that “Assad sub-machine guns launch heavy machine-gun raids on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib”.