Airwars assessment
Five or six civilians including two children were reportedly wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Ahsem. Sources said that both a secondary school and a mosque were struck.
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “Fixed- wing warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on Ihsem Secondary School in Ihsem town in the southern suburbs of Idlib governorate, partially destroying its building and severely damaging its furniture, on August 26. We note that the school was attacked by Syrian regime fixed- wing warplanes, on June 14.”
In a separate post, SN4HR added: “Fixed- wing warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on al Qadim Mosque, known as al Arab’in Mosque, in Ihsem town in the southern suburbs of Idlib governorate, severely damaging its building, on August 26. We note that the mosque was attacked by Syrian regime fixed- wing warplanes, on June 14.”
The White Helmets reported: “Five civilians, including three children and a woman, were injured due to warplanes shelling civilian houses in the center of Ihsam town in Edlib countryside. Our teams were there with civilians.”
Many sources blamed Russia, and others blamed the Syrian regime. @NagiNajjar tweeted “Helicopters target with barrel bombs the town of Ahsam in the southern countryside of Idlib.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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The ruins of Al Qadim Mosque (via SN4HR)
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Ihsem secondary school (via SN4HR)
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The White Helmets attend the scene of a strike on Ahsem, Aug 26th (via White Helmets)
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A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer walking an injured man as a result of alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ihsem in Idlib on Aug 26th, 2019. (via @IdlibPlus)