Geolocation
Airwars assessment
As many as 15 civilians were killed and others were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime helicopters and Russian warplanes for the strikes.
As well as the seven named victims below, the Violations Documentation Centre listed four unidentified adult males.
It must however be noted that one of the victims named was listed as a non-civilian. VDC are however the only source to make this claim.
Four of the victims were members of the Syrian Civil Defence.
The area targeted was mostly residential.
A source reported that “more than 40 air raids and intensive artillery shelling, the rescue teams worked on the urgent response to recover the martyrs and evacuate the injured to medical centres.”
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.
Summary
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Media
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A member of the Civil Defence is wounded in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 3rd March 2018. (via NGO Syria)
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A member of the Civil Defence is wounded in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 3rd March 2018. (via NGO Syria)
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