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(Previous Incident Codes: R1575RS1717)
Between four and 11 civilians died in shelling on Al Hola in Homs, according to sources on the ground. The majority of sources blamed artillery and mortar shelling by the regime, however, one report attributed the civilian harm to Russian airstrikes. Multiple reports said that an agricultural tractor carrying displaced people was struck in the attack.
Most sources put the death toll at six, though @homs_wpa said as many as 11 died.
According to LCCSY “12 [died] from #Homs, most of them in Russian airstrikes on #Holeh and #Ghantou.”
Syrian Press Center reported that “five fighters of Ahrar Sham,” died “after the fall of a shell on one of the movement’s headquarters”.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Al Hola (الحولة), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.961784, 36.559632. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.