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Airwars assessment
A young man was killed in airstrikes on Latmeen, according to social media. Sources all attributed the blame to Russian warplanes.
Sources were conflicted as to whether the young man was a civilian or a non-civilian. VDC reported that he was a non-civilian, however all other sources reported he was a civilian.
According to local media, explosive barrels were fired onto the vicinity.
VDC also reported that he was killed in a “bombardment by the Russian aggression on the agricultural land of the city where he was riding his motorcycle on the road of Al Lattamna- Latmeen”.
An unspecified number of civilians were also injured in the raids.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Latmeen (لطمين), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.3586059, 36.6483307. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Muhammad Khaled Salem al-Zidan, killed in airstrikes on Latmeen, 2nd march 2018. (via VDC)