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(Previous Incident Codes: R3439RS3649)
A male civilian was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Habit, Idlib governorate, on May 3r, 2019, according to local sources. At least one other man was reportedly wounded.
HalabTodayTV reported that a civilian was killed in airstrikes by a warplane, without identifying the belligerent. Al Arabiya reported five regime airstrikes on the town, in conjunction with intensive rocket shelling.
Mohammed Al Dab’an, reportedly a nephew of the victim, wrote on Facebook: “My uncle Deban Al Dab’an in the custody of God as a result of the criminal shelling of the regime and Russia criminals and their helpers.” According to Hama Now, the victim was displaced from the town of Al Mughayir.
According to the Facebook page Al Habit Green, the young man Ahmed Sleiman Alawad had been injured in the strikes. Mahmed Balabass reported “a number of wounded”.
According to the pro-Iran website Al Alam, Al Nusra equipment and vehicles were targeted.
@alhurranews shared a photo of a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer rescuing a cat from underneath the rubble.
Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime was to blame, with reports stating that helicopters dropped explosive barrels on the town.