Airwars assessment
Around dawn, a “rocket-propelled grenade attack” struck a cave on a farm near the town of Khan Sheikhoun, killing up to ten displaced civilians from Al Latamina whilst they were asleep.
@SyrianCoalition blamed the Syrian regime for what it described as a massacre and claimed that two families were murdered, including two men, two women and four children.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the victims were from two separate families; a man, his wife and two children were killed in addition to another man, his wife and his two children. The families left Al Latamina town after it was struck by earlier airstrike and were seeking shelter in the cave.
The Syrian Civil Defense forces, who were at the scene, reported that a total of ten people were killed, including six children.
Local sources identified the victims, but was a bit unclear which children belong to which families.
The incident occured around dawn.
The victims were named as:
Family members (5)
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A farm near the city of Khan Sheikhoun was struck by an airstrike at dawn on July 13th (via @SyrianCoalition).
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Bodies of children killed in an airstrike on a farm near the city of Khan Sheikhoun was struck by an airstrike at dawn on July 13th (via @SyrianCoalition). -
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Bodies of children killed in an airstrike on a farm near the city of Khan Sheikhoun was struck by an airstrike at dawn on July 13th (via @SyrianCoalition). -
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Syrian Civil Defense volunteers carrying bodies to the cemetery after an airstrike struck Khan Sheikhoun, killing two families of up to nine civilians on July 13th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights). -
Father and his children Amir and Tasnim were killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib on July 13th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
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Syrian Civil Defense forces searching for bodies through the rubble after an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike struck near Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
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Syrian Civil Defense forces searching for bodies through the rubble after an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike struck near Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via Syrian Civil Defense). -
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A child killed by an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via Syrian Civil Defense Forces). -
A father and child, killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via @so_ria98).
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A father and his two children, killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via @so_ria98).
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Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th, 2019 (via @mugtama).