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Airwars assessment
In what was described as “endless” bombing of Douma, Damascus, up to 34 civilians, including children and women, were killed and dozens left wounded, as reported by local media, who blamed either the Assad regime or joint Assad/Russian forces.
As eastern Ghouta continued to be under heavy shelling, Smart News Agency reported how “the Syrian regime and Russia continue their intensive bombardment of various types of weapons on the eastern towns and villages of Al-Ghouta in the Syrian capital Damascus.”
The bombardement in Douma was described as particular heavy on this day. Smart News Agency said that the bombardment of residentital areas in Douma had been intense since the early morning hours. Also, several media, such as Enab Baladi reported how “more than 150 rockets” had been launched in the city.
The death toll spanned from eight, as reported by al-Jazeera, to as many as 34, as reported by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR).
Many sources reported that children and women were among the fatalities and in SN4HR’s final update, it reported that out of the 34 victims, seven were children and nine were women. SN4HR identified one of the female victims by name.
Also, several sources, such as Zaman al-Wasl and Hadi Abdullah, reported how “dozens” were left wounded, including children.
While no-one pointed exclusively to Russian culpability, several reports, such as Smart News Agency, Enab Baladi and SN4HR, blamed joint Russian/Assad forces.
Though, some, including Hadi Abdullah and LCCSY, only blamed Assad forces.
The incident occured in the morning.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Douma (دوما), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.5714804, 36.4033699. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Two child victims of the contested shelling in Douma, Damascus, February 22nd, 2018 (via LCCSY)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between February 1st - 28th 2018.