Airwars assessment
Shelling on residential neighbourhoods in Khan Sheikhoun killed nine named civilians and wounded as many as dozens more on April 23rd, 2019, local media reported. Up to 64 rocket and artillery shells were used in the raid, according to the Syrian Civil Defense.
While @abuhuzaifa_ reported an initial toll of five civilian fatalities but in a later post reported that the number had gone up to seven fatalities – and 12 wounded.
@ShahbaPress claimed that among the victims were at least three children and two women. Eldorar put the number of children killed as high as five.
According to Baladi, “the forces of the regime and the militias supporting it stationed in the Russian camp in the village of Kabariya in the countryside of Hama, targeted the city of Khan Sheikun, south of Idlib, with intense rocket and artillery shells. The preliminary death toll from the shelling that targeted residential areas inside the city amounted to six civilians, including three children and two women, and dozens more were wounded.”
The Syrian Civil Defense teams that inspected the target site and assisted the victims reported seven fatalities, including a total of four children and two women. The source added that 12 others were indeed wounded.
The Syrian Civil Defense teams and the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed Syrian regime force, while @abuhuzaifa_ blamed “Iranian guard militias and gangs of Assad with Russian support”.
@Abuhuzaifa_ added that “The Al Issawi Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in the city, was destroyed by the Assad gangs and Iranian criminal militias.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
- Ghazi Nahem 7 years old male killed
- Yunus Ddo 8 years old male killed
- Unknown child 9 years old female killed
- Sana’ Al Samir Age unknown female injured
- Aysha Makhzoum Child female killed
- Amina Qainey Age unknown killed
- Ahmed Mohamed Nasr Sarmani Age unknown male Described as a "young man" killed
- Asm'a Saloum Al Abed Child female Described as "young girl" killed
- Ali Fayyas Age unknown injured
- Safia Al Abd Age unknown injured
- Salah Mathbouh Age unknown injured
- Adeeb Najm Age unknown injured
- Mohamed Tayfour Age unknown male injured
- Fatima Salloum Al Abed 70 years old female injured
- Khaled Kayal 30 years old injured
- Mustafa Sayadi 50 years old male injured
- Mohammed Najjar 30 years old male injured
- Mohammed Nasr Sarmani Adult male killed
- Raghed Al - Reem Daughter of Walid Al Reem Child killed
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