Airwars assessment
Two to three civilians, one of which was a child, were killed and five or six other civilians, including two women and a child, were injured in airstrikes on the city of Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib on September 13, 2019.
A tweet by @anasanas84 named the child killed as Islam Muhammad Al-Sader.
Justice organization named Mohammed Jalal bin Yasser Amhan (male) as being killed as well. They also named the child Nasser Sadir, Yahya Turkmani, Alaa Al Kamel, Aisha Sadir (woman), and Dima Al Sadir (woman) as being injured.
Syrian Human Rights Committee also added Abdul Rahman Al-Qanas (male) to the list of those killed.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights “documented the martyrdom of a child and the injury of 6 others as a result of rocket shelling carried out by regime forces stationed in Khan Sheikhoun targeting Maaret al-Nu’man city in the southern countryside of Idlib.”
A tweet from reported “A child was killed and 6 people were wounded, including two women and a child, as a result of artillery and missile strikes targeting the neighborhoods of Maarat al-Numan by Assad’s forces stationed in the southern countryside of Idlib.” In a video posted along with the tweet, an injured man is shown crawling into an ambulance.
A video posted by @IdlibPlus shows White Helmets carrying the body of an adult to an ambulance. Graphic images posted by @abds02747 show two men that were violently killed in Maaret al-Nu’man.
Artillery bombardment was identified by multiple sources as being used on Maaret al-Nu’man while a tweet from @EyadHoms20 and others reported on missile strikes and high explosive missiles. In a video posted by @anasanas84 you can hear the explosion of the strikes.
Sources were conflicted as to whether the regime or Russia were responsible for the airstrikes and artillery. The Justice Organization and @SyrianCoalition blamed both the Syrian regime and Russian forces.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
- Mohammed Jalal bin Yasser Amhan Adult male killed
- Islam Sadir Child female killed
- Nasser Sadir Child male injured
- Yahya Turkmani Age unknown male injured
- Alaa Al Kamel Age unknown injured
- Aisha Sadir Age unknown female injured
- Dima Al Sadir Age unknown female injured
- Abdul Rahman Al-Qanas Age unknown male killed
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Caption translation: Syrian regime killed two civilians in a shelling on Ma’aret al Numan city in Idlib, for the second time in the same day, on Sep 13 Abdul Rahman al Qannas and Mohammad Jalal Yaser Amhan were killed as Syrian regime forces artillery fired shells on Ma’aret al Numan city in the southern suburbs of Idlib governorate, for the second time in the same day, on September 13, (Image posted by the Syrian Network for Human Rights)