Geolocation
Airwars assessment
A child died from his wounds on May 21st from an air and artillery strike on Saqba, according to local sources. As many as four civilians were reportedly wounded in this raid. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributed blame to Russia, while others pointed to the Syrian regime.
An image of the injured child was published on the day of the strike by the Syrian Network for Human Rights, but it was later reported that he died from his wounds – which were extensive.
Similarly, sources reported that Civil Defence workers pulled injured civilians from the rubble and their wounds were severe therefore the death toll was likely to rise.
On the day of the strike itself there were no reported casualties.
Aksalsear reported that missiles were used in the raid, however, Aleitihadpress alleged that artillery and rocket fire were to blame.
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.
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A child injured due to an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Saqba, 6th May 2017. (via SN4HR)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any specific strikes between May 1st - 31st 2017.