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Airwars assessment
One adult male, Bahaa Mohammad al-Sabouh (pictured) was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Khan Subul.
Step News said that “Russian planes launched several air raids on the town of Khan Subul and Mount Shahshabo from the southern countryside of Idlib, resulting in one civilian death in Khan Subul and several injuries among civilians.”
However the status of the victim is contested, with Sana and other pro-regime media outlets claiming that Bahaa al-Sabouh wasa leader with the militant Jabhat el Nusra group.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Khan Subul (خان السبل), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.754949, 36.756941. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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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.”