Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS1769

Location

حَاسٌّ, Haas, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.616349, 36.593399
Accuracy: Town

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R1619RS1764)

Two civilians – a woman and a child – died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Haas, according to local media.

The Shaam News Network reported: “Today, [Dec 6th] violent Russian raids deliberately targeting civilians led to the fall of four martyrs and a number of wounded in the town of Kafr Sajna. And a woman and a child were killed in the town of Haas.”

But according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights and Syria News Desk the regime was responsible.

SN4HR reported:  “a girl and a woman died due to government warplanes missiles fired on Hass town in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, December 6, 2016.”

 

 

Victims

Family members (2)

Adult female killed
killed

Key Information

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

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Haas (حَاسٌّ), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.616349,36.593399. 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 December 1st – 31st 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

Media From Sources (2)