(Previous Incident Codes: R1435aRS1571)

Between five and 12 civilians were killed, and up to 50 more were wounded in an airstrike which struck a food convoy in Afrin, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the raids. Some held Russia accountable, others reported the warplane was unidentifiable, and one source blamed Turkey.

Images showed that cars and lorries were burned in the raid, additionally some video evidence showed the wounded in a field hospital in the aftermath of the alleged airstrike.

One source reported that 10 rockets were launched on the vicinity, which is why the number of wounded was so high.

The Violations Documentation Center was among the majority of sources in attributing the event to Russia.

DW News reported that there were claims that Turkey was responsible. Citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, it said that “at least 12 people died and 50 were wounded in an explosion in the village of Ghazawiya, part of the Kurdish region of Afrin. The cause of the blast remains unclear. While pro-opposition websites have accused Russian planes of responsibility, Kurdish sources said the warplanes were Turkish. Neither of the allegations could be verified.”

Pukmedia noted that a military offier, Ahmed Tubal, was killed. The source said: “The martyr Ahmed Tubal, was born in Afrin, in the village of Ma’arska in 1961, and was demobilized in the Syrian army. He was then a rank of leader, on charges of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party, continued his political activity and joined the Kurdish front and then joined the Asayish forces, and received the humanitarian crossing of Gaza until his death.”