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Airwars assessment
Local sources reported that up to seven civilians, including up to two children, were killed and several were injured by alleged Russian airstrikes targeting a battery factory in Idlib.
Several sources reported how warplanes struck a battery factory in Idlib, causing its complete destruction. Between one and seven civilians were reportedly killed, two of them identified by name. Reportedly, one or two children were also among the victims.
Between two and four civilians were wounded by the strikes.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Idlib (ادلب), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.9266201, 36.6180588. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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One of the named victims of the alleged Russian airstrikes targeting a battery factory in Idlib on November 20, 2016 (via Idlib City Post) -
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One of the named victims of the alleged Russian airstrikes targeting a battery factory in Idlib on November 20, 2016 (via Idlib City Post)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
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.