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Airwars assessment
At least seven civilians, including a child and two women, were killed in air and/or artillery strikes on the city of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, March 19th 2018, as reported by local sources. Reports blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the incident.
The Violations Documentation Center (VDC) of Syria documented the names of seven victims. Step News Agency stated that Russian warplanes launched more than forty airstrikes in the morning and that the death toll had risen to nine civilians.
The Syrian Civil Defence spoke of more than 50 airstrikes, in addition to artillery and missile shelling. The number of injured is unclear. Several sources reported the use of white phosphorus. @Omar_Madaniah, for example, published footage of alleged white phosphorus use after the strike. @MediaCenterfr mentioned the use of explosive barrels from helicopters.
@SyriaCiviDefe tweeted that “civil defence teams were able to recover a woman alive from the rubble of her destroyed house by airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods in Douma, Eastern Ghouta.” The SCD also reported that their teams were directly targeted by artillery shells when trying to evacuate a number of wounded due to earlier air and artillery strikes.
Two White Helmets volunteers were reportedly injured when the roof of a house collapsed on them when they were searching for survivors.
The incident occured in the morning.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
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.
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The aftermath of airstrikes, 19th March 2018. (via Douma Revolution)
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The aftermath of airstrikes, 19th March 2018. (via Douma Revolution)
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The aftermath of airstrikes, 19th March 2018. (via Douma Revolution)
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The aftermath of airstrikes, 19th March 2018. (via Douma Revolution)
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Footage of the alleged white phosphorus attack on Douma, March 19th 2018 (via @HalabTodayTV).
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Footage of the alleged white phosphorus attack on Douma, March 19th 2018 (via @HalabTodayTV).
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Footage of the alleged white phosphorus attack on Douma, March 19th 2018 (via @HalabTodayTV).
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An UN convoy with humanitarian aid for Douma's civilians was bombed on March 19th 2018 (via @omranTaffour).
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An UN convoy with humanitarian aid for Douma's civilians was bombed on March 19th 2018 (via @omranTaffour).
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An UN convoy with humanitarian aid for Douma's civilians was bombed on March 19th 2018 (via @omranTaffour).
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A child killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the city of Douma, March 19th 2018 (via @Omar_Madaniah). -
The aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, March 19th 2018 (via @AJArabic).
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The aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, March 19th 2018 (via @AJArabic).
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The aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, March 19th 2018 (via @AJArabic).
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The aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, March 19th 2018 (via @AJArabic).
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Injured member of the Syrian Civil Defence after the airstrikes on Douma, March 19th 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).