Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS3638

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: October 31, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R3434RS3644)

According to local sources, Russian “fixed-wing warplanes” struck what was described as a “bird shack” on the eastern outskirts of the town of Kansafra in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib, killing up to four members of the same family.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights described the location as a poultry farm that displaced persons were using as a shelter. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the incident took place after midnight, while the Local Coordination Committees of Syria and Halab Today TV placed the time of the incident at dawn.

ENN posted a video with an interview with a volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defense, who told the reporter that the family was working at their chicken farm in Madjan where they were raising chickens, and that they were killed and the young girl injured when Russian shelling struck their place of work. According to the source, the shelling completely destroyed the house and killed all the young children.

According to Euphrates Post, a father, mother and their baby were killed in the attack while another child, their daughter, was wounded.

Step News reported that two children of the man and a woman were killed while a third daughter was wounded. The source claimed that the girl was wounded after four airstrikes with high-explosive missiles struck the shelter.

Syrian Civil Defense teams allegedly found the girl near the scene after “the explosion threw the girl for more than ten meters.”

Step News identified one of the victims as “Abdullah Abu Ali”, suspected to be the father. Additionally, the Syrian Network for Human Rights identified the two children who were killed.

A picture of the family that was posted by Euphrates Post showed three children, one of whom can be identified as the daughter who survived, as she is the same girl from another picture that shows her after the attack, also posted by Euphrates Post. She was identified by the Syrian Civil Defense forces, who rescued her.

However, @ajmubasher tweeted that “explosive barrels returned to kill children. A baby moaning from pain as she pulled her out of the rubble”, meaning that the regime can’t be ruled out.

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike
Strike Status
Contested strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported killed
3–4
1–2 Children, 1 Woman, 1 Man
Civilians reported injured
1

Military Statements

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

Media from Sources (12)