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Airwars assessment
In this major event, described by many as “massacre”, alleged Russian airstrikes in Haas, Idlib, killed between five and 17 civilians, including children and women as well wounding up to dozens, local media reported.
Enab Baladi reported that the shelling in Haas was a part of a larger Russian offensive in the Idlib province, and its correspondent reported wide-spanning civilian harm as a consequence.
Local activists told the Syrian News Network that warplanes struck Hass with more than eight missiles in a row, hitting several neighbourhoods within the town.
In this widely-reported event, sources reported a death toll of at least five civilians, as reported by AJA_Breaking, and as many as 17, as reported by Smart News Agency. Most sources said that there had been between 12 and 15 fatalities, hereof including women and children.
Locals on the ground told Smart News Agency that the warplanes, that had launched high-explosive rockets in the residential neighbourhoods, killed 12 civilians, including two children and five women.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported 13 fatalities, hereof three children and seven women.
The number of wounded spanned from 15 to as many as “dozens” and 25 as reported by Hadi Abdullah and Syria Civil Defense.
All sources unanimously pointed to Russia as responsible.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between February 1st - 28th 2018.