Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Referring to this incident as a “massacre”, multiple sources reported that Russian or Assad-waged warplanes struck the city of Kafr Nabil, Idlib, killing up to seven civilians largely from one family – wounding “dozens” more.
According to Orient News’s sources on the ground, “the Russian air force targeted the city of Kafr Nabil west of Maarat al-Nu’man with eight air raids, the heaviest of which were two in the middle of the night. These raids demolished civilian houses in the center of the town and killed seven martyrs and a wounded a number of other people”.
Multiple sources added that the warplanes had dropped the internationally-banned cluster bombs.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, five of the victims came from the same family, including one of the child and a woman. In total, eight victims were identified by name, seven of them were from the al-Bayoush family.
While almost all sources attributed blame to Russia, RFS Media Office, identified the Syrian regime as the culprit. In a chilling quote, the source said: “One of the pilots of the Assad regime vowed to burn the city of Kafarnubul, according to a clip broadcast on social networking sites”.
The incident occured around dawn.
The victims were named as:
Family members (15)
- Marwan Yahya al-Bayoush Age unknown male killed
- Yamamah Anas al-Bayoush Child male killed
- Amin Mustafa al-Bayoush Age unknown male killed
- Amer al-Bayoush Age unknown male killed
- Adnan Nidal al-Bayoush Child male killed
- Yahya al-Bayoush Age unknown male killed
- Amira Ali Adnan Al - Bayoush Child female killed
- Ahmed Nazih al-Bayoush Age unknown male editor of news in Radio Fresh injured
- Wife of Ali Adnan al-Bayoush Age unknown female injured
- Mohammed al-Bayoush Age unknown male injured
- Nidal al-Bayoush Age unknown male injured
- Hala l-Bayoush Child female injured
- Nidal Adnan Al-Bayoush Age unknown male injured
- Mohammed Adnan Al-Bayoush Age unknown male injured
- Ali Adnan Al-Bayoush Age unknown male injured
Family members (2)
- Alaa Suad Age unknown male injured
- Subaah Suad Age unknown female injured
Family members (2)
- Ahmed Mansour Mansour Age unknown male injured
- Moataz Nasr Al-Mansour Age unknown male injured
- Ahmed al-Yusuf Age unknown male from Hyish killed
- Jameel Al-Hassan Age unknown male correspondent of Radio Farsh injured
- Ahmed Salloum Al-Zator Age unknown male injured
- Nasser Bashar Al-Na'asan Age unknown male injured
- Nadim Mohammed Salloum Age unknown male injured
- Hamadou Mohammed Al-Khatib Age unknown male injured
- Amin Mustafa Al-Qanbar. Age unknown male injured
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between March 1st - 31st 2017.