Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3013

Incident date

February 10, 2018

Location

الصرمان, al-Sarman, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.606005, 36.852539 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

In this single-source event, Sham News Network reported about wounded civilians following a joint Russian-Assad aerial shelling of al-Sarman, Idlib.

The source reported that incident was a part of a larger operation in multiple Idlib towns as “Russian and Asiad military aircraft launched dozens of air raids on the cities and towns of Jarjanaz, Rayyan, Ma’saran, Al-Sarman and Al Taman’a, resulting to  injury of civilians.”

Currently, no further details are available.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of al-Sarman (الصرمان), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.606005, 36.852539. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has not reported any strikes between February 1st - 28th 2018.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (1) [ collapse]