Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Civilians were possibly injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Harsh Al Habit, Idlib governorate, on March 26th, 2018, according to Shaam News Network.
@IdlibPlus tweeted that “Russian warplanes targeted several raids on the outskirts of the town of Harsh Habit in the southern countryside of Idlib.” @HalabTodayTV’s correspondent also reported Russian airstrikes on the town.
@mohanadalshekh reported “four airstrikes by Russian warplanes with cluster bombs and vacuum missiles on the towns of Al Habit and Tmanah in the southern countryside of Idlib.”
Shaam News Network reported the following: “Russian aircraft launched fierce air raids on the cities and towns of Ariha, Al Taman’a, Harsh Abidin, Al Naqir, Harsh Al Habit in the southern countryside, and Jisir Al Shugur, Al Safyat and Zarzour in the western countryside, which led to the fall of a number of wounded civilians.”
As it is unclear in which specific incidents civilians were harmed according to the Shaam report, and other sources do not mention civilian casualties for this incident, Airwars has graded the civilian harm status as “weak”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Harsh Al Habit (حرش الهبيط), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.4379459, 36.5379524. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.