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Airwars assessment
Two adult civilian men named as Abdullateef Abdul Ghani al-Omari (pictured) and Kamal Al Khaswan were reported killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sheikh Miskeen.
Smart News said the air raids were linked to a major ground offensive: “Russian occupation planes carried out dozens of air strikes on Tuesday morning at Sheikh Miskeen in the Dara’a countryside, in an attempt to provide air cover for the forces of al-Assad and his militias, which are trying to break into the city. Our reporter quotes the Syrian Commission for the Media as saying that Russian planes carried out 18 raids this morning targeting neighborhoods of the city, which led to massive destruction to homes and infrastructure, though there were no reports of injuries as yet.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Sheikh Miskeen (الشيخ مسكين), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.827948, 36.158664. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Abdullateef Abdul Ghani al-Omari, killed by an alleged Russian raid. (via, VDC)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
For December 28th-30th 2015, Russa has stated that “In the course of last two days, since December 28, aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 121 combat sorties engaging 424 terrorists’ objects in the Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Daraa, Raqqah and Deir ez-Zor provinces.”