Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Up to 18 civilians were killed, and between 12 and 50 were wounded, following an airstrike on Saqba. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to Russia, while others blamed the Syrian regime – though the majority of sources pointed to Russia.
Four rockets were allegedly fired at one residential building, according to Aladehye.
There was disparity as to how many women and children casualties there were in the raid. Smart news reported that two children and four women were killed. Rfsmediaoffice put the number of children killed as high as 13 – they also blamed Syrian regime for the raids.
Smart News later reported that the number of casualties had risen to 17, “mostly from the family, “Khamis”, including seven women, one pregnant, and three children. One of them is a baby.”
Syriahr was the last to report, and suggested 18 had been killed in the raid so far.
According to Raialyoum News 165 people were injured in the past two days in Eastern Ghouta alone, dozens of them being from Saqba.
Similarly Egy news reported this was the second day in a row the vicinity was struck by warplanes. @RevolutionSyria also reported “more than 200 air raids in two days [on Saqba], leaving dozens of martyrs and wounded”.
More than one source suggested that the death toll would likely rise due to the severity of many of those wounded.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Saqba (سقبا), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.519286, 36.382427. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Saqba, 4th April 2017. (via Shrc)
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Saqba, 4th April 2017. (via Eldorar)
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Saqba, 4th April 2017. (via Eldorar)
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Saqba, 4th April 2017. (via Rfsmediaoffice)
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A child receives medical care in the aftermath of an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Saqba, 4th April 2017. (via Rfsmediaoffice) -
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A child receives medical care in the aftermath of an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Saqba, 4th April 2017. (via Rfsmediaoffice) -
The aftermath of an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Saqba, 4th April 2017. (via Rfsmediaoffice)
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Saqba, 4th April 2017. (via Rfsmediaoffice)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any specific strikes between April 1st - 31st 2017.