Incident Code
RS1902
Incident Date
20 February 2017
Location
Palmyra, Homs, Syria
تدمر
Geolocation
34.569294,
38.291216
Accuracy: City
Geolocation
34.569294,
38.291216
Accuracy: City
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R1783 RS1913 )
A single source, the Smart News Agency, said: “Our reporter, quoting a local source, said that the warplanes likely belonging to Russia struck the western district of the eastern city of Palmyra with a rocket killing of a civilian and wounding two members of IS”.
No further details are currently available.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Palmyra (تدمر ), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.569294, 38.291216. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.