Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Two men were killed and “dozens” more civilians were killed in an airstrike on Al-Ghabra, according to local media. Sources mostly blamed Russia, however a few blamed “warplanes” – not identifying a culprit.
Al Araby reported that ” al-Ghubra [is] in the vicinity of the city of Albuqmal at the Syrian-Iraqi border in the far east of Deir al-Zour”.
Images were published of the victims.
There are no more details at this time.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Adult
male
killed
Adult
male
killed
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al-Ghabra (الغبرة), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.537778, 40.9125. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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Mohamed Taher Aldibs, killed in an airstrike on Al-Ghabra, 1st November 2017. (via Lawhat boukamalna)
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Ahmed Naoum Al Nakheel, killed in an airstrike on Al-Ghabra, 1st November 2017. (via Lawhat boukamalna)
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Mohammed Taher Aldibs, killed in airstrikes on Al-Ghabra, 1st November 2017. (via Zafer Abo Hassan )
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Mohammed Taher Aldibs, killed in airstrikes on Al-Ghabra, 1st November 2017. (via Zafer Abo Hassan )