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Airwars assessment
Between two and four civilians were killed, and others were wounded, in airstrikes which hit a residential neighbourhood in Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. Sources all either lamed Russian warplanes for the strikes, or did not attribute blame.
Two raids which struck the vicinity, caused much material damage, reported local sources.
The Civil Defence tweeted that there were “three martyrs and several wounded after two raids by the warplanes bomb fragmentation targeted the residential neighbourhoods of the city of Khan Sheikhoun south of Idlib, the work of the civil defence teams after the rescue of the martyrs and the wounded and in addition to extinguishing the fires caused by the shelling.”
A child was included in the death toll.
The incident occured during the night.
The victims were named as:
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The body of a child in the aftermath of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via @SyriaCivilDefe) -
The aftermath of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
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The aftermath of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
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The aftermath of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
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A victim of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via VDC)
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A victim of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via Kafranbelnews)
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A victim of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via Kafranbelnews)
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A victim of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via Kafranbelnews)
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A victim of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via Hesham Al Najem)
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A victim of airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via Hesham Al Najem)
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Khalid Mohammed al-Awad, killed in airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, 21-22nd Jan 2018. (via Al Latamna youth group)