Geolocation
Airwars assessment
One adult male civilian, Mudar Abdulhameed Ezz, was listed killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Taftanaz, according to the Violations Documentation Center. In fact Mr Ezz lived in Taftanez but died in a December 20th airstrike on Idlib, with his body recovered from the ruins of the courthouse two days later.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Taftanaz (تفتناز), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.99832, 36.78579. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Unknown 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.”