Geolocation
Airwars assessment
The Violations Documentation Center reported that 25 non-combatants, including 13 women and one child, were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Zubari. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently also posted a video showing the moment of the attack which it blamed on ‘Russian aviation.’ Also, Free Deir Ezzor Broadcast claimed the attack involved Russian ballistic missiles, which “left more than 40 people dead and injured, all of them civilians, and the destruction of approximately 20 per cent of the townhouses completely and almost completely.”
However, Smart News and the Syrian Network blamed Assad regime aircraft, while local media activist Ahmad al Horani insisted the attack be by French aircraft working with the Coalition.
The Violations Documentation Center has named the 25 fatalities.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (12)
- Ammash al-Dehesh Adult male named by VDC killed
- Mohammad Ammash al-Dehesh Adult male named by VDC killed
- Ahmad Ammash al-Dehesh Adult male named by VDC killed
- Saleh Ammash al-Dehesh Adult male named by VDC killed
- Ibraheem al-Dehesh Adult male named by VDC killed
- Iyman Ammash al-Dehesh Adult female named by VDC killed
- Fatemah Ammash al-Dehesh Adult female named by VDC killed
- Safeiah Ammash al-Dehesh Adult female named by VDC
- Muna Ammash al-Dehesh Adult female named by VDC killed
- Yusra Ammash al-Dehesh Adult female named by VDC killed
- Hanan Ammash al-Dehesh Adult female named by VDC killed
- Ayah Ammash al-Dehesh Adult female named by VDC killed
Family members (3)
- Hanan al-Merghel Adult female named by VDC killed
- Nadia al-Merghel Adult female named by VDC killed
- Shadiah al-Merghel Adult female named by VDC killed
Family members (5)
- Son of Hassan al-Mezel 1 Adult male named by VDC killed
- Son of Hassan al-Mezel 2 Adult male named by VDC killed
- Son of Abdullah al-Hlal 1 Adult male named by VDC killed
- Son of Abdullah al-Hlal 2 Adult male named by VDC killed
- Son of Abdullah al-Hlal 3 Adult male named by VDC killed
- Husaynah Adult female named by VDC killed
- Hassan al-Merghel Age unknown male named by VDC killed
- Dallah al-Hamad al-Hussain Adult female named by VDC killed
- Amshyeh al-Theiban Adult female named by VDC killed
- Majed Morei Hassan al-Abdulaziz Child male named by VDC killed
Summary
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia reported that “On November 20, the ships of the Caspian flotilla performed launches of 18 cruise missiles against 7 targets in the Raqqah, Idlib and Aleppo provinces. All the aims were hit.” It added that “29 aircraft of long-range and bomber aviation made strikes from the zone of the Caspian Sea,” though gave no details of the areas targeted.