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Between 34 and 43 civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on a popular market area in the city of Harem, Idlib, on Thursday afternoon. The estimated number of injured civilians goes from “dozens” to 70 people.
Initial reports estimated the death toll at around 20 civilians, but the Syrian Civil Defence stated that they were still pulling bodies from underneath the rubble. The final count of the Syrian Civil Defence put the death toll at 43. The Violations Documentation in Syria (VDC) has listed 34 victims, of which 30 were identified. According to Baladi News, several charred bodies were found in the centre of the targeted market.
Reporter Zaman Al Wasl reported that Russian aircraft carried out several raids with highly explosive materials. Other sources stated the market was raided twice.
Zaman Al Wasl wrote that a four-storey apartment building near the market was destroyed. Several other sources reported that a school was also hit in the strike, resulting in the death of many children.
An eyewitness told Enab Baladi that the shelling came without hearing any sound of aircraft in the air. He explained that the raids coincided with the busiest time of the day at the market, and that many residential buildings and shops were destroyed.
@OrientNews reported that a mosque was also targeted by raids, and reported the use of high explosive rockets. Arabi21 reported that “Russian aircraft launched from the airport Hmeimim in Latakia and carried out an attack on the city of Harem.”
Several sources, such as Qasioun, reported that the incident occured in the evening, while Halab Today TV reported the incident occured in the afternoon.
A source in the Syrian Civil Defence told New Arab that “the extent of the destruction caused by the bombing is very large, which prevented the arrival of ambulances to the targeted place”. According to Baladi News, the “Syrian Civil Defence teams brought in teams from other areas because the city teams were unable to recover the victims and the injured due to the high number of casualties, while hospitals and medical centres were full of wounded and injured. Many of them were taken to Bab Al-Hawa Hospital and another section was admitted to Turkey.”
The incident occured in the afternoon.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
- Muhammad Muhtadi 45 years old male killed
- Abdul Qader Muhtadi 6 years old male killed
- Ali Muhtadi 20 years old male killed
Family members (3)
- Said Ahed Khiyara Child male killed
- Mohammed Khiyara 3 years old male killed
- Sarah Khiyara 5 years old female killed
Family members (2)
- Jana Jublaq 4 years old female killed
- Sondos Jublaq 3 years old female killed
Family members (4)
- Mohammad Husrum Adult male killed
- Son of Mohammad Husrum 1 Adult male killed
- Son of Mohammad Husrum 2 Adult male killed
- Son of Mohammad Husrum 3 Adult male killed
Family members (3)
- Yousef Jomaa Fadhel Adult male killed
- Jomaa Yousef Fadhel Adult male killed
- Jomaa Zakariya Fadhel Adult male killed
- Huda Armanazi 55 years old female killed
- Sharif Haider 45 years old male killed
- Sajida Sobhi 14 years old female killed
- Mustafa Mourad Adult male killed
- Kinan Ghazal 45 years old male killed
- Abdul Latif Al Aswad Adult male killed
- Kenan Khuzami Adult male killed
- Hasan Ali Saloum 35 years old male killed
- Rawaa Ghadhab 3 years old female killed
- Najmeh al-Mashi 35 years old female killed
- Aya Mared 17 years old female killed
- Nada Aliko 0 years old female killed
- Mustafa Lathqani 22 years old male killed
- Mahmoud Sheikh Hamed 18 years old male killed
- Bakour Bakr 20 years old male killed
- Ahmad al-Shaaban Adult male killed
- Usama Burhan Adult male killed
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