Incident Code
RS2273
Incident Date
8 June 2017
Location
Harisha, Hama, Syria
حريشة
Geolocation
35.005113,
37.491875
Accuracy: Village
Geolocation
35.005113,
37.491875
Accuracy: Village
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R2137 RS2277 )
A single source reported that “warplanes – likely to be Russian – launched a phosphorous bomb attack on the village of Al-Huraisha, near Aqirbat (about 67 km east of Hama), killing three civilians from one family, including a child.”
There were no reports of wounded and no other details at this time.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Harisha (حريشة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.005113, 37.491875. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.