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(Previous Incident Codes: R1364RS1497)
Two civilians – a father and his son or daughter – died and an unspecified number more were wounded in an airstrike on Maarat al Numan – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “two victims (a child and his father) died when suspected Russian warplanes missiles fired on Ma’aret Al Numan city in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, October 23, 2016.”
However, other sources blamed Russia. @ALAMAWI and @HalabTodayTV also put the death toll at two, including a girl.
But according to @RFS_medioffice, a father and his son died – though this source, as with a number of others, didn’t identify the culprit.
Muslm added that “a civilian died of his wounds following a previous bombing of the city of Maarat al-Nu’man”.
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Maarat al Numan (مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.647038, 36.679174. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.