(Previous Incident Codes: R2652RS2844)

In what has been described by local media as a “massacre”, 23 civilians were reported killed and as many as 80 more were wounded in airstrikes on the residential neighbourhood of Masraba. Local media was conflicted as to who was to blame. Most sources attributed the civilian harm to Russia, however a number of sources blamed the Syrian-Russian alliance or the Syrian regime.

Many sources said that Masraba was surrounded by Syrian regime elements at the time of the bombing.

Footage shows the extent of the destruction on civilian homes, with many civilians  buried or trapped under the rubble.

Syrian Press Centre reported that cluster bombs were used in the raid. Step News however, said that “rocket-propelled grenades” were used in the bombing.

Alraafed News put the death toll at 11, however most other sources reported highs of 23. The Violations Documentation Centre, amongst ,named 20 fatalties. They added that they were mostly women and children.

Alwatan voice reported that ” three children and 11 women” were included in the death toll.

A member of the Syrian Civil Defence was also killed in the raid. Footage shows his body being recovered from the rubble in the aftermath.

Alraafed News added that “dozens” were injured due to the two Russian warplanes which “targeted residential buildings”.

According to Alwatan voice, “medical staff tried within half an hour to revive a baby who had been pulled out of the rubble, but he died. A doctor in a nearby room was treating the wounds of a young girl who was seriously wounded in the face. A medical source at the hospital said that among the wounded were two women in their twenties. One of them lost both eyes while the other lost one eye. They were transferred to the operations department. He explained that medical personnel were called from their homes due to the large number of injuries.”