Incident Code
RS3408
Incident Date
29 April 2018
Location
Al Kashma village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
قرية الكشمة
Geolocation
34.811111,
40.600833
Accuracy: Village
Geolocation
34.811111,
40.600833
Accuracy: Village
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R3218 RS3420 )
Four women were killed and others injured as Russian forces struck the headquarters of the Islamic State in Al Kashma village, according to local sources.
Smart News said a French citizen named Maria was among the dead, the wife of one of ISIS Moroccan legal experts currently detained by IS after he split away.
The building reportedly housed women widowed or divorced from members of ISIS east of the city of Kair al-Zour eastern Syria.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Kashma village (قرية الكشمة), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.811111, 40.600833. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.