(Previous Incident Codes: R1375RS1508)

Eight named civilians died and up to 30 more were injured in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to sources on the ground. Reports blamed both Russian airstrikes and artillery/ mortar shelling by Syrian regime forces. Some reports also pointed to regime warplanes. Among targets hit was a primary school, prompting the Directorate of Education in the city of Douma to suspend schools for at least three days.

According to LCCSY, “10 civilians were martyred and dozens injured due to Russian airstrikes that coincided with Assad’s forces shelling with surface-to-surface missiles, artillery and mortar shells on the neighborhoods in Douma city. Vital facilities such as schools and mosques were targeted”.

Al Jazeera also pointed to both Russia and the regime, reporting that “nine people, including children, were killed and scores more were injured in Russian raids and artillery shelling of the perimeter of a primary school. The school was hit as students left it – and this came just hours after a similar shelling of a school in Idlib, which killed 35 people [incident RS1506]”.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed “government missile launchers and artillery” for the death of at least eight civilians, while the Shaam News Network reported that “six farmers were killed in Douma when their car was targeted with a missile by Assad’s forces”.

According to the Step News Agency, “regime aircraft targeted a primary school in Douma in the afternoon [of Oct 27th], killing two people, one of whom was a cleaner and the other a child who happened to be on the nearby road at the time. But there were no victims in the school because students had left before the bombing.”

The White Helmets put the death toll at eight, of which seven were men and one was a child.