Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3858

Incident date

June 29, 2019

Location

مشون, Mashoun, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One woman reportedly died as a result of a heart attack following an airstrike on her home in Mashoun, Idlib, on June 29th.

Shaam News reported that “Russian and Assad planes launched heavy and violent air raids on [a number of] cities and towns” on June 29th, leading to the injury of civilians in Mashoun.

Xeber24 said: “In addition, five aircraft targeted, with several air strikes, the headquarters of extremists in the town of Kafr Shalaya and the outskirts of the town of Mashoun in Jabal al-Zawiya and the town of al-Habit in the southern countryside of Idlib.”

Meanwhile, Edlib Media Center alleged that “a woman died of a heart attack as a result of the exposure of her home to an airstrike by military aircraft in the town of Mashoun.”

Smart News wrote: “In the context, a woman died as a result of a heart attack after the regime’s warplanes bombed the neighborhood next to her neighborhood in the village of Balshoun in the southern countryside of Idlib.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Mashoun on June 29th, 2019 (via Idlib Plus)

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (11) [ collapse]