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(Previous Incident Codes: R3066RS3274)
Three civilians died in an alleged regime or Russian shelling of Arbeen, according to sources on the ground.
The Smart News Agency reported: “Destruction in the city of Arbeen (9 km east of the secret capital Damascus), Thursday, March 15, 2018, as a result of aerial and artillery shelling by Syrian regime forces and Russia, targeting residential neighborhoods, killing three civilians and wounding others. Residential buildings and infrastructure were also destroyed”.
Orient News reported: “The regime targeted the city of Arbeen with white phosphorus”.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Arbeen (عربين), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.538143, 36.364331. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.