Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Between five and eight civilians including one to five women and four children were killed – and several other injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bdama, Jisr al Shughour, according to multiple sources.
Reports by the Shaam News Network said that Russian warplanes targeted the town with two vacuum missiles, leading to the death of one woman, her three children and her fourth unborn child.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that five women were killed in the attack, three from the same family
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Jisr al Shughour (جسر الشغور), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.81425, 36.319812. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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Fires blaze as White Helmets rescue a man from site of alleged Russian strike on Bdama, Dec 22nd (via White Helmets)
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A baby killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on December 22nd 2015. (via, SNN) -
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Another girl killed by alleged Russian airstrikes on 22nd December 2015. (via, SNN) -
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White Helmets carry the bodies of deceased children from the scene. (via, SNN) -
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An injured man carried from the scene by the White Helmets in Jisr al Shughour. (via, SNN) -
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A girl's body being carried from the scene. (via, SNN)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
For December 18th-23rd, Russia reported that “In the course of five days, on December 18-23, aircraft of the Aerospace Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 302 combat sorties engaging 1093 objects in the Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Homs and Deir ez-Zor provinces.”