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(Previous Incident Codes: R2547RS2708)
Twelve members of the militant group “Hayat Tahrir Al Sham” – also known as al-Qaeda – were reportedly killed in airstrikes on Al-Rahjan. A woman was also reportedly killed.
Smart News Agency said that “warplanes are likely to be Russian bombed a vehicle belonging to the organisation during the transfer of members to change shifts guard”. Abu Abbas Klali, Hamza al-Iraqi and Abu Aisha Mohammedbal were all leaders of the group who were killed in there raid.
Syrian Observatory reported there were wounded, however it is unclear whether they were civilians or other members of al-Qaeda.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Al-Rahjan (الرهجان), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.40476, 37.42951. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.