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Airwars assessment
Two civilians – both children – were reported killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Takharim, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and others. Salqeen’s co-ordinating committee alleged that Russia used cluster munitions in the attack.
A field investigation by Al Jazeera English interviewed a child eyewitness badly injured in the event: “I was eating on the roof of the house. My little brother was up there too. He started running because of the plane.” His father said his other son was in Turkey receiving treatment: “I don’t know if he’s alive or dead.”
The VDC has listed two children killed in the incident.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Kafr Takharim (كفر تخاريم), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.1168, 36.51522. 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 father of a family caught in an alleged Russian airstrike at Kafr Takharim talks to Al Jazeera. (via Al Jazeera)
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Images show the damage after the alleged Russian airstrike and the searching that civil defence workers coordinated in the aftermath of the incident. (Via Civil defence Idlib facebook post)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
For November 26th-December 4th 2015, Russia reported carrying out 431 combat sorties, including strikes in Idlib.