(Previous Incident Codes: R1542RS1682)

According to local sources, warplanes struck a house in Marat, Deir Ezzor, killing up to five civilians from the same family, including children and women as well as wounding up to ‘dozens’.

Several sources reported that the strikes struck residential buildings, calling the incident a “massacre”. Reportedly, the strikes struck a home belonging to the Darwish family, leading to at least four deaths.

Euphrates reported “Deir Ezzor countryside – Mrat: Warplanes commit a massacre after targeting the home of Thabet al Darwish killing four people and leaving dozens wounded in an initial toll.”

Meanwhile, several sources reported the death toll reached five, all women and children. For example, @DeirEzzor24 reported: “five martyrs, all of them women and children and a number of wounded as a result of the bombing of warplanes to the town of #Mart in the countryside # Deir al-Azur East today noon.”

Deir Ezzor Radio identified four victims by name, listed below.

The number of injured varied among sources, spanning from seven to ‘dozens’.

Most sources did not identify a culprit and merely referred to “warplanes”.

Syrian News Desk reported that the victims were caused by “regular military air strikes”. 

Two sources, however, attributed the strikes to the Syrian regime. These were SPM News and al-Araby. SPM News also reported the use of cluster bombs. No sources pointed explicitly to Russia as the culprit.

There seemed to be some confusion as to whether the incident took place on the 23rd or 24th of November. However, most sources reported that the Darwish family was killed due to strikes on the 23rd, while another strike also took place on the following day, incident RS1683.