Incident Code

RS3820

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: R3606)

Up to three civilians were killed when Syrian and Russian airstrikes allegedly struck the village of Kansafra on June 19th. Syrian Civil Defense forces who were present at the scene reported that missiles struck the village in the evening, killing thee civilians including a pregnant woman and wounding 14 others of whom five were women and the other five children.

Step News claimed two women and a child were killed. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the child was an unborn baby. Smart News did not count the unborn baby among the victims and reported that two civilians were killed, including a woman and a girl. However, one of the sources named one of the victims as a man.

Smart News initially claimed two children were wounded in the attack but in a later post said a total of eight others were wounded, including a woman and three children. The sources added a series of photographs that can be viewed on their website but are not available for distribution.

A few days after the incident, Syrian Network for Human Rights added that one of those wounded was Mershed Haj Ibrahim, a media activist from Kansafara village, who was injured as  in his chest and feet as “Syrian regime fixed- wing warplanes fired missiles on his house.”

Victims

Invidivuals

Age unknown female pregnant Her unborn child was also killed killed
Age unknown male Some sources named the victim as Hamida which makes it a female. killed
5 years old male injured
20 years old female injured
32 years old female injured
Age unknown female injured

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
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.
Civilians reported killed
2–3
1 Child, 1–2 Women
Civilians reported injured
2–14

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 (20)

Sources (36)