Airwars assessment
At least 20 and as many as 40 civilians, including women and children, were killed and “dozens” were left wounded following alleged Russian or Assad-waged airstrikes on the border crossing between the towns of al-Qouriya and al-Tayana, multiple local media reported.
Referred to as a “massacre”, several sources reported a death toll between 30 and 40 along with the dozens of wounded, who also counted women and children.
The lowest number of victims was reported by @AJA_Syria and Step News Agency who reported about at least 20 fatalities. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) initially reported 16 fatalities, but later added that at least 21 had been killed.
Other sources, such as Al Qouriya United Media Centre, said that the strikes had killed more than 40 civilians.
Baladi News cited a journalist from Deir al-Zour 24 who reported that “the number of martyrs of the massacre of the Qouriya crossing yesterday (October 11th, 2017) increased to about 40 civilian martyrs and dozens of others were injured,”.
A total of 19 victims were identified by name by several sources, hereof at least one child, two women and five confirmed adult men.
All sources who identified a culprit pointed to Russia, though there was some confused reporting from the Syrian Network for Human Rights. In its initial report, the Network blamed “Syrian-Russian warplanes”, but in a subsequent report appeared to change its position, pointing solely to Russia.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
- Saifi al Khaled Age unknown male killed
- Nephew of Saifi al Khaled Age unknown male killed
- Nephew of Saifi al Khaled Age unknown male killed
Family members (3)
- Son of Ibrahim al-Hamadi Age unknown male killed
- Son of Ibrahim al-Hamadi Age unknown male killed
- Son of Ibrahim al-Hamadi Age unknown male killed
- Jassem al Jiwar Age unknown male also known as Abu Ahmad killed
- Yasin Al-Abd Al-Rahman Age unknown male killed
- Amsha al-Attiyah al-Ja'ed Age unknown female killed
- Mahmud Child male killed
- Rashid Al Mansour Age unknown male killed
- Abdul-Ali al Azzab Age unknown male killed
- The daughter of Attiya al Hamad al Ja’ed Age unknown female killed
- Ali al Muhiya Al-Hantawi Age unknown male killed
- Son of Mohammad al Awda Age unknown male killed
- Khalil al-Ali al-Sayer Adult male killed
- Younis Al-Abd al-Rahman Al Housh Adult male killed
- Saifi al-Khalid Shuwaikh Abu Majid Adult male killed
- Abdel Aziz Hamoud al-Kalib Adult male Died on November 2nd due to wounds he sustained in this incident killed
Summary
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Media
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Russian Armed Forces Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between October 1st - 31st 2017.