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(Previous Incident Codes: R3715RS3932)
Four civilians were killed and at least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the city of Morek, Hama governorate, on July 21st, 2019, according to local sources.
@Step_Agency reported that “four civilians were killed and another injured when the city of Morek in the northern countryside of Hama was targeted by air raids from the Russian airlines”.
@syr_television tweeted that “four displaced civilians were killed in an airstrike on Morek in Hama countryside.” @HalabTodayTV also reported that four civilians were killed and added that an unknown number of others were wounded.
According to @OrientNews, five Russian and Syrian regime planes bombed Morek and Kafar Zeita. @suriye_u_a_dr, among other sources, solely blamed Russia for the strikes.
@shabablatamni was the only source reporting artillery strikes, mentioning “artillery shelling of the Russian camp in the village of Kabaria on the city of Morek in the northern Hama countryside.”
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Morek (مورك), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.3729476, 36.6820998. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.