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Between 52 and 96 civilians including three women and one child were killed and more than 200 injured in Russian airstrikes on Maarat al Numan, according to multiple sources.
The Shaam News Network initially reported that more than 20 civilians were killed and dozens wounded (mostly women and children) when Russian warplanes struck different districts of the city with “highly explosive missiles“, targeting civilian homes, a popular market place and the Justice Palace. The death toll climbed in subsequent reports, finally reaching over 90 with more than 200 wounded “thronging field hospitals in the region“. They stated that body parts were scattered all over the area.
Activists told SNN that Russian aircraft also targeted a courthouse and prison belonging to the Al-Nusra Front, resulting in massive destruction and the deaths of all who were at the site or around it.
They said that the majority of those killed were prisoners who were being held on multiple charges including belonging to the FSA. A medical source added that masked members of the Al-Nusra Front raided a field hospital in the region to arrest some of the injured.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also blamed a Russian bombardment. An initial report put the death toll at 39 people “including rebels, prisoners and civilians, while dozens of others were wounded and seriously wounded.”
But two other reports said more people had died, with the figure finally rising to 81, including 52 civilian citizens and prisoners (including three women and a child), 23 fighters from Jabhat Al-Nusra (al-Qaeda in the Levant) and six fighters from other rebel and Islamic factions.
According to the Syrian Observatory, Russia used four missiles on the Administrative Court of Jabhat Al-Nusra which included a prison, in addition to targeting areas in the vicinity of Maarat al Numan. As a consequence it said the death toll was even higher, but that this could not be documented because “of extreme secrecy by concerned parties in the area“.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights published four early reports which blamed the Assad regime. But a detailed fifth report eventually said Russian warplanes were responsible, and that 67 people had died, including three women.
The White Helmets – which needed two days to clear the site – said the final death toll was 96.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
- Omer Khaled al-Saraqbi 37 years old male killed
- Mustafa Mohammad Fares Adult male killed
- Abdulkareem Mohammad Hassan Adult male killed
- Hamzah Mustafa Qattash Adult male killed
- Mahmoud Hassan al-Yaseen Adult male killed
- Tamer Yousef al-Masri Adult male killed
- Abo Ahmad al-Ansari Adult male killed
- Abo al-Barae al-Hamwi Adult male killed
- Hosain al-Naseef Adult male killed
- Mohair Azoun Adult male killed
- Rabea Qaramo Adult female killed
- Khalaad Salem al-Awad Adult male killed
- Mohammad Fateh al-Najjar Adult male killed
- Riad Jihad al-Saloum Adult male killed
- Ahmad Mohammad al-Hamoud al-Saloum Adult male killed
- Adeeb Abo Hosain Adult male killed
- Khlaif al-Jadoe Adult male killed
- Ali Mohammad al-Ismaeil Adult male killed
- Maher al-Shehneh Adult male
- Ahmad Ali al-Kashto Adult male killed
- Nader al-Shehneh Adult male killed
- Hasan Dody “Inak” Adult male killed
- Ahmad Fares al-Dyab Adult male killed
- Samawel Mohammad al-Mahmoud Adult male killed
- Mohammad Foad al-Qadour Adult male killed
- Mohammad Khair al-Fajer al-Hamadi Adult male killed
- Abd al-Lateef al-Yehya Adult male killed
- Razouq al-Hasan Adult male killed
- Abd al-Hadi Mostafa Jolak Adult male killed
- Ahed Ali Turky al-Shaikh Adult male killed
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
In its report for military actions on January 11 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Idlib 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.“