Airwars assessment
In what has been described by local media as a “massacre”, 50 – 70 civilians were killed, following airstrikes which reportedly struck an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Ruweida, Akeirabat in Hama. Sources were conflicted as to whom was to blame. Some sourced blamed the Syrian regime for the raids, while most blamed Russian warplanes.
The number of wounded was not specified, but was reportedly “dozens”. Women and children were included in both the dead and the wounded tolls.
Cluster bombs were reportedly used in the raid.
Additionally, according to Shaam News Network, while civilians were burying their dead, another airstrike hit the vicinity, causing more deaths.
According to the Step News Agency, victims were “buried in a mass grave in the village of Abu Kahf in the Akirbat district in the eastern Hama countryside.”
There are no more specific details at this time.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Summary
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any specific strikes between July 1st - 31st 2017.