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(Previous Incident Codes: R2589RS2764)
Between 15 and 65 civilians were killed, in what has been described by local media as a massacre on the residential neighbourhood in Al-Sha’fa. Sources attributed blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime.
Sources were conflicted as to how many casualties there were. The highest toll being 65, however many sources also reported 15 – 18, 37 and 51, as some examples.Ten people from one family were included in the death toll, as well as 21 children and nine women.
Dozens of civilians were reportedly wounded, according to local media.
The extensive destruction of civilian homes and shops were reported, including the house of Antar Alsamal, the house of Zubair and the Al-Fandi Commercial Complex.
Thirteen refugees from the family of Aldbs and Bnt Khadir Al’antar were amongst those killed.
BBC News published a report saying that Russia denied the raids.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of Al-Sha’fa (الشعغة), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.57888, 40.93441. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.