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Airwars assessment
A bakery was hit with alleged Russian warplanes, causing the death of one civilian and the injury of another in Saraqeb. Most sources reported that Russian warplanes were to blame for the raids. DCHRS however reported that a civilian was “was shot by unknown source”.
The bakery was reportedly rendered out of use, and there were huge fires. Alquds News suggested the use of burning napalm by Russian warplanes. They were the only source to report this.
The “intensive raids” also struck “Ma’arat al-Nu’man and its environs, the towns of Taha, the outskirts of Khan Yunis, and the outskirts of Khan Shaykhoun, and Talmans, the vicinity of the town of Saraqeb and the vicinity of Ma’asran.”
There are no other details at this time.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
In an article published on January 30th 2018 Russia reported: ”crews of the Aerospace Forces of Russia had successfully performed 34,561 sorties. The Minister of Defence pointed out that the Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, as well as the Su-24M, Su-34 and Su-35S short-range aircraft had proved to be efficient. The Tu-160 and Tu-95MS strategic bombers delivered 66 strikes by cruise missiles, and each eliminated the assigned target. The Minister of Defence also stated that Russian UAVs provided complete control over the whole Syrian territory. The head of the military department paid attention to the significant contribution to the achievement of the operation made by the Navy. The naval surface forces carried out 171 combat missions. The ships and submarines carried out 100 high-precision attacks with the Kalibr cruise missiles. For the first time, the aircraft carrier "Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Kuznetsov" participated in combat operations. Due to high professional skills of deck aircraft, 1,252 terrorist objects were eliminated.”