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(Previous Incident Codes: R3263aRS3465)
One civilian was reported killed in Daraa al-Balad, Daraa, Syria as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on June 26th, 2018.
Shaam Network said that “Russian aircraft and regime helicopters carried out dozens of raids on the neighborhoods of Daraa al-Balad. One martyr fell in each of Daraa al-Balad, the towns of Msaifra, al Ghariya al Sharqiya, al Soura, al Adwan and Ibta’a.”
@SyriaCivilDefe reported “Russian military aviation renews its bombing with several air strikes on residential neighborhoods in each of Daraa al-Balad and the town of Al-Soura in the eastern Daraa countryside. Civil Defense teams are working to respond quickly in the locations of the raids.”
Both Russian forces and the Syrian regime were blamed for this incident.
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Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Daraa al-Balad (درعا البلد) to the south of Daraa (دَرْعَا), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.610100, 36.098869. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.