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Five to six civilians including two children were killed and several others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Abtaa, according to the Violations Documentation Center and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – though reports are unclear whether the deaths were the result of raids by Russian warplanes or shelling by regime forces.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said warplanes “believed to be Russian” carried out six raids on Abtaa, but that this was accompanied by “intense shelling by the regime forces”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
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Fawaz Soud al-Nsairat, killed by alleged Russian and Syrian Regime raids. (via, VDC) -
Ziyad Abdul Kader al-Jahed, killed by alleged Russian and Syrian Regime raids. (via, VDC)
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Abdul Jaleel al-Nsairat, killed on 5th January 2016. (via, VDC) -
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Mahmoud Fadel al-Jahed, killed in raids on 5th January 2016. (via, VDC) -
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Mahmoud Fadel al-Jahed, killed in raids on 5th January 2016. (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 Dara’a 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.“