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(Previous Incident Codes: R3311RS3519)
Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on A’kraba, Dara’a governorate on July 16th, 2018, according to local sources. An unknown number of civilians was injured.
According to the Smart News Agency, “activists said three civilians were killed and others injured in an airstrike with rockets likely to be on the town of Aqraba, controlled by the Free Syrian Army north of Dara’a.” @RadioAlKul and @liveuamar blamed Russian forces for the airstrikes.
Dara’a Martyrs Documentation Office also put the death toll at three but did not identify the belligerent. A Now Damascus correspondent reported that terrorist sites in the village were targeted.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of A’kraba (عقربا ), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.440089, 36.375631. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.