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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Codes: R3849 RS4073 )
Local media reported one civilian killed and an unspecified number wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Al Halba on August 25, 2019.
Horrya News reported that one civilian was killed in “Russian-Assadi aggression.” Orient News also identified one man killed in Al Halba.
Syrian Network for Human Rights also named Jamal Abdul Majid al Fatrawi as being killed in the airstrikes.
Sources were conflicted about who was to blame for the strikes. Syrian Network for Human Rights and Syrian Observatory for Human Rights identified the regime as responsible while Shaam News named Russia as the culprit.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Halba (الهلبة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.567506, 36.782958. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.