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(Previous Incident Codes: R3787 RS4007 )
A source reported that one child was injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Heesh, Idlib governorate, on August 11t, 2019.
Edlib Media Center stated that “a child was injured when Russian warplanes targeted Heesh town, south of Idlib, with rockets.”
@baladinetwork also reported Russian airstrikes but did not mention civilian casualties. Hence, while the strike status for this event is graded as “fair”, the civilian harm status remains “weak”.
Currently, further information is unavailable to Airwars.
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Heesh (حيش), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.547312, 36.643567. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.