Incident Code

RS3534

Location

جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: April 17, 2025

(Previous Incident Code: R3325)

Up to 11 civilians including a woman, and five children from the same family were reported killed and many others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on neighborhoods in Jisr Al Shigour in Idlib on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. The local sources identified names of ten of the victims and the five children but one victim’s identity remains unknown.

@RaedAlSaleh3 tweeted that “more than 13 airstrikes targeted civilian homes in  Jisr Al-Shughour and its countryside and White Helmets volunteers responded.”

Anadolu Agency quoted the director of the Civil Defense in Idlib, Mustafa Hajj Yusef as saying “the airstrikes carried out by the Russian warplanes in Idlib had resulted in the death of nine civilians, including five children, in Jisr Al-Shughour.”

Orient News reported that “five children were killed on Tuesday, and a number of other civilians were wounded due to the renewed air strikes by the Russian occupation planes on the southern outskirts of Jisr Al-Shughour city in Idlib countryside.”

Edlib Media Center said that “the Russian occupation aircraft targeted Al-Basateen neighborhood in the city of Jisr Al-Shughour with rockets, killing 11 civilians, including children of one family, in addition to several wounded and large destruction.”

Horrya news: Russian aggression planes launched dozens of air strikes with high explosive missiles on the city of Jisr Al-Shughour and the villages around western Idlib, in addition to other raids on the villages of Sahl Al-Ghab in the western Hama countryside.

SN4HR: At least 5 children, from the same family, killed as suspected Russian warplanes fired missiles on al Basatin neighborhood in south of Jisr al Shughour city in Idlib governorate western suburbs, for the second time today, September 4, 2018.

Both Russia and the Syrian regime were blamed for this incident. Sputnik posted a video of strikes on Idlib – on Sep the 4th, captioned “On Tuesday night, Russia’s Hmeymim Airbase in Syria destroyed two terrorist drones with surface-to-air missiles, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.”

Victims

Family members (2)

Abdul Ghafour Haj Saleh عبدالغفور حاج صالح
injured
Ahmed Abdul Ghafour Haj Saleh احمد عبدالغفور حاج صالح
injured

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike
Strike Status
Contested strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported killed
10–11
5 Children, 1 Woman
Civilians reported injured
12–20

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media From Sources (21)