Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS1568

Location

محيط جسر الشغور, Vicinity of Jisr al-Shogour, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.814269, 36.319940
Accuracy: City

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: August 26, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R1429R1564)

One woman was killed and two others were injured by an alleged bombardment by either an unidentified warplane or an unmanned drone, in a targeted attack on a camp for displaced peoples in the countryside of Jisr al-Shogour in Idlib.

Sources have not identified the warplane as Russian, however, due to alleged Russian activity in the vicinity at this time, Airwars has assessed this a contested event.

Step News specified that two missiles targeted the camp for displaced peoples, with another source claiming this was the second targeted attack on the vicinity in a week.

Assessment Updates

26 August 2025
Geolocation added. Incident had not been geolocated when originally published.

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
1
1 Woman
Civilians reported injured
2

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the countryside of the city of Jisr al-Shogour (محيط جسر الشغور). The generic coordinates for the city are: 35.814269, 36.319940. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Russian Military Strike Report
Russia has not reported any specific strikes between November 1st – 30th 2016. On 6 January 2017, Russia, however, reported: “Since November 8, 2016, the aircraft carrier group of the Northern Fleet consisting of the heavy aircraft carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, the large ASW ship Severomorsk, as well as auxiliary vessels of the Black Sea Fleet, has been fulfilling counterterrorist missions on the territory of Syria”, adding that ”in the course of two months of their participation in the combat actions, naval aviation pilots have carried out 420 combat sorties, 117 of them were night ones”.