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Airwars assessment
One person died and several were left wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad-waged airstrike that struck Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, local sources reported.
All known sources reported one civilian casualty, most likely a woman. AMC Aleppo’s reporting hinted that it was a male victim while @alikrarrkar and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights believed it was woman.
Several sources, such as @alrefaira reported that “two people were killed, including a woman in a bombing targeted the cities of Khan Sheikhun and Maara al-Nu’man in rural Idlib”, suggesting that both a man and a woman were killed in two different cities.
While most sources pointed to Russia as the culprit, Baladi News attributed blame to the Syrian regime.
The incident occured around midday.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Khan Sheikhoun (خان شيخون), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.440813, 36.6493607. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between March 1st - 31st 2017.