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(Previous Incident Codes: R2538 RS2698 )
One elderly man from Ebayyan village was reportedly killed in an airstrike on Obiyan. Sources reported that Russian warplanes were to blame for the man’s death.
Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “Mohammad al Ali, age 50, from Ebayyan village affiliated to al Saboura county in Hama governorate eastern suburbs, killed as suspected Russian warplanes fired missiles on Ebayyan village, on November 7, 2017.”
An unspecified number of civilians were also wounded in the bombardement.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Obiyan (عبيان), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.28038, 37.231808. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.