Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS1583

Location

قرية مشمشان, Mishmshan village, Jisr al Shoughour countryside, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.859696, 36.367021
Accuracy: Village

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R1441RS1579)

An 80-year-old woman died and two or three other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Mishmshan village.

Halab Today TV reported: “A Russian raid using cluster bombs and rockets struck the village of Mishmishan in the countryside of Jisr al Shoughour which led to the death of a woman and wounding three civilians”.

However, Qasioun published a video showing “effects of the bombing by Syrian aircraft with surface rockets”.

@ٍSN4HR noted that the strike damaged Meshmashan mosque.

Most sources didn’t identify the culprit.

Victims

Individuals

90 years old Multiple bruises and broken left leg injured
28 years old female Head injury and multiple bruises injured
80 years old female killed

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
1
1 Woman
Civilians reported injured
2–3

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Mishmshan village, Jisr al Shoughour countryside (قرية مشمشان ), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.859696, 36.367021. 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”.
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

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