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Airwars assessment
Between one and five civilians were killed, and seven others were injured, in airstrikes on Lowef, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some attributing blame to Russia, while others blamed the Syrian regime.
Sources described the strikes as “intensive shelling” by both “Russian and Syrian planes” – according to Zamanalwasl.
All sources reported that only one civilian was killed in the strikes except JisirTV which reported there were five deaths.
One adult male was named.
There are no other details at this time.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Lowef (لوف), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.76549, 36.827333. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Mahmoud Shaikh Ali, killed in airstrikes on Lowef, 20th Jan 2018. (via VDC)