Geolocation
Airwars assessment
A male child, named as nine month old Ahmad Hamze Layla, was killed in an airstrike on Anadan, according to both the Violations Documentation Centre and the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
It is unclear whether regime or Russian forces were responsible for the alleged raid. The VDC said the victim was killed by Russian shelling with vacuum missiles, while the Syrian Network blamed regime forces.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Summary
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Media
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The baby Ahmad Hamza Layla is removed from rubble in Anadan after an alleged raid by regime forces, according to SN4HR (via SN4HR) -
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Another photograph of Ahmad Hamze Layla, a nine month old baby, killed on 9th December 2015. (via, VDC)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Anadan (عندان), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.29353, 37.04466. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has published no known record of its strikes in Syria between December 4th-8th.