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:
Family members (3)
- Ayman Taher Al-Qasim male Or Ayman Taher Al Sheikh injured
- Wife of Taher Al-Sheikh female injured
- Maram Al-Qassem Child female injured
Family members (3)
- Mohammed Osama Fadl male injured
- Muhammad Samer Fadl Child male injured
- Muhammad Khaled Fadl male injured