Incident Code
RS3874Previous code
R3661Incident date
July 7, 2019Location
قسطون, Qastoun, Hama, SyriaAirwars assessment
Up to twelve civilians including at least six from the same family were reported killed in artillery shelling on Qastoun, Hama, on July 7th.
The family members killed were originally from Al-Badriya village, and were killed while working in the agricultural lands between Qastoun and Badriya.
According to Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least six civilians from the same family, including two girls and two women, were killed as Syrian regime forces fired artillery shells while they were working on agricultural land between Qastoun village and al Sahen village in Idlib governorate western suburbs, on July 7th.”
ResalaPost and Zamanalwsl mentioned Russian participation in the attacks on Idlib and Hama on that day. Three sources attributed the attack to the Syrian regime, while one source did not positively attribute blame.
No other information is known at this time.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (7)
- Manhal Juma Al Mar'i 27 years old male killed
- Daughter of Jumah Al-Mar'i female killed
- Daughter of Jumah Al-Mar'i female killed
- Sister of Jumah Al-Mar'i 40 years old female killed
- Sister of Jumah Al-Mar'i 43 years old female killed
- Khaled Subhi Al-Mar'i 22 years old male killed
- Daughter of Abdul Salam Al-Ezzo Age unknown female From Al-Sahen village killed
Summary
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Strike statusContested strike
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Strike typeAirstrike and/or Artillery
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Civilian harm reportedYes
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Civilians reported killed7 – 12
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Civilians reported injured2
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Airwars civilian harm gradingContestedCompeting claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
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Suspected attackersSyrian Regime, Russian Military
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Suspected targetsOther, Unknown
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Translation: “The moment the civil defence arrived to recover the victims of the warplane massacre in Qastoun in the Al Ghab Plain, west of Hama” (via @Damaskiagency).
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Translation: “Six civilians of one family were killed and others were injured as a result of the Assad forces' shelling with rocket launchers on the town of Qastoun in the western Hama countryside. #Syria” (via @ibraheem890).
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Translation: “A horrific massacre in which seven civilians were killed from one family from the village of Al-Badriya in the Idlib countryside, including two women, as a result of missile strikes by gangs of Al-Asadi criminals on the agricultural lands of the town of Qastoun in the Al-Ghab Plain in the western countryside of Hama ... and the number may increase due to the presence of some wounded in a critical condition” (via Abu Ibrahim Ta'ata').
Syrian Regime Assessment:
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Suspected belligerentSyrian Regime
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Syrian Regime position on incidentNot yet assessed
Russian Military Assessment:
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Suspected belligerentRussian Military
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Russian Military position on incidentNot yet assessed
Summary
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Strike statusContested strike
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Strike typeAirstrike and/or Artillery
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Civilian harm reportedYes
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Civilians reported killed7 – 12
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Civilians reported injured2
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Airwars civilian harm gradingContestedCompeting claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
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Suspected attackersSyrian Regime, Russian Military
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Suspected targetsOther, Unknown
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