(Previous Incident Code: R2776)

An alleged Russian airstrike, described as a “massacre”, hit a five-story building in Idlib, killing up to 12 civilians, including children and women, most from the same family and wounded as many as 25, local media reported.

Euphrates Post described how “raids by Russian warplanes targeted the city by several air strikes, which led to the collapse of a five-story building and four families were left under the rubble.” Several sources mentioned that four entire families were buried under the rubble.

The exact name of the area was, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR), the Wadi al Nasim area.

The initial death toll was, according to Step News Agency, at four. However, SN4HR and Al Latamna youth group later reported that a total of 12 civilians were killed, including five to six children and four to five women.

The number of wounded spanned from 21 to 25, including four children and four women as reported by Al Latamna youth group.

All known sources identified Russia as the culprit. Even though Step News Agency, initially described how both “Syrian and Russian warplanes” were striking in Idlib on Sunday the 4th of February,  the media later specified that it was Russian warplanes struck the residential complex.