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Two civilians including one unnamed woman and a member of the White Helmets were killed – and 10 others injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Maarat al Arteek, according to multiple sources.
The Shaam News Network reported that a woman died when Russian warplanes targeted the town in several spatial missile strikes. They said that 10 others were injured, and while the White Helmets were attempting to assist the wounded a plane raided again, killing a member of the White Helmets.
The White Helmets reported the death of one of their team, named as Hassan Al Haj Omar and posted a video showing his funeral.
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, he died following the raid by “suspected Russian warplanes” targeting Omar bin Al Khattah Mosque in the town. Their report said that 10 medical staff had been killed in January.
The member of the White Helmets was also named by the Violations Documentation Center as Hasan Abd Al Azeem Haj Omer.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Maarat al Arteek (معارة الارتيق), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.247681, 37.053483. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Hasan Abd al-Azeem Haj Omer, killed on 2nd of January by alleged Russian raids. (via, VDC)
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Hasan Abd al-Azeem Haj Omer, killed on 2nd of January by alleged Russian raids. (via, VDC)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
In its report for military actions on January 11 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of 10 days of the year 2016, the Russian aircraft have performed 311 combat sorties engaging 1097 objects in the Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Deir ez-Zor, Hasakah, Daraa, and Raqqah provinces.“