Incident Code

RS3259

Location

بنش, Bnesh, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.958429, 36.711587
Accuracy: Town

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 18, 2025

(Previous Incident Code: R3050)

Three or four civilians were injured including women and children, in airstrikes which included as many as four vacuum missiles on Bnesh, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russian and Syrian regime planes.

Among the injured were women and children who were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The director of the civil defence centre in the city, Abu Ahmed Nasser, reported that “the warplanes, likely belonging to the regime, targeted the city with four rockets at once, which led to the injury of three civilians, a child and two women, and a fire that the civil defence teams put out.”

The Smart News Agency reported that four civilians were wounded.

According to @IdlibPlus, the regime fired four missiles on Bnesh during the night.

However, @alaryan112  said Russia deployed “several high explosive rockets”.

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Strike Status
Contested strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported injured
3–4
1 Child, 2 Women

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Bnesh (بنش), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.958429, 36.711587. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media From Sources (8)