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(Previous Incident Codes: R2388RS2538)
Between two and five civilians, among them two children, were killed and up to seven others wounded in an airstrike on Qainoun village, according to local sources.
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least 2 children were killed when suspected Russian warplanes fired missiles on Qayqoun (al Qaderiya) village in Idlib governorate western suburbs on September 26, 2017.”
The Smart News Agency, citing the civil defence, reported the “killing of five civilians and injury of six others in other raids on the town of Qadriya”. The source didn’t identify the culprit.
Multiple sources published a very graphic image of one of the child victims, Mostafa Rashed.
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Qaiqoun village [al Qaderiya], for which the generic coordinates are: 35.898908, 36.309807. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.