Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Up to five civilians including one child and two women were killed and many were left wounded as Russian or Assad warplanes struck al-Jarthi, Deir Ezzor, possibly supplemented by artillery shelling, local media reported.
Reports spanned from three to five civilian fatalities.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that one girl and two women from the same family were killed, blaming Syrian regime artillery” for their deaths.
The remaining sources reported five civilian fatalities, though all mentioned that two women – the wives of a Eid al-Fahmi – and his child were killed.
Moreover, one female IDP from the village of Abu Hardub and a man identified as “the son of Mohammed Al Dahsh” were among the fatalities, as reported by for example DeirEzzor24.
DeirEzzor24 also reported that many civilians were left wounded.
Both SN4HR and DeirEzzor24 blamed the Syrian regime, though SN4HR blamed Assad artillery and not airstrikes like DeirEzzor24. Meanwhile Euphrates Post and al-Raya identified Russia as responsible.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of al-Jarthi (الجرذي), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.886667, 40.606111. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (4) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]
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Image published in association with reports about shelling on November 23rd, 2017 in Deir Ezzor, including al-Jarthi, though the exact location of this image is not clear (via DeirEzzor24)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between November 4th - 20th 2017.