(Previous Incident Codes: R2456RS2612)

Five civilians, including one child and one woman, were reportedly killed and several others wounded in alleged Russian strikes on city of Al-Qourya, Deir Ezzor, according to sources on the ground.

The strikes reportedly killed two adult brothers and another male family member, as well as a mother and her child, while the father was left seriously wounded, Syria2011 News reported.

Along with several other sources, Syria2011 News stressed that the strikes had inflicted great damage on civilian properties and houses. The source listed all the civilian houses that had been hit, which included: the house of Hassan Zakaria, the house of Abdel-Batim, Allawi’s successor, the house of Haj al-Ahmad, the house of Ali Al-Sayer, the house of Master Hawk, Nasser Al Hassan Stores, Ahmed Al-Oklah Al-Falah Stores, Ahmed Al-Aqla Al-Jajan Stores opposite the Mill (Al Tahouna) as well as Al-Fandi neighborhood, where more houses were damaged.

Among all the sources – who identified a culprit – all attributed blame to Russia. Meanwhile, several sources merely referred to “warplanes”.