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Airwars assessment
Several civilians were wounded and civilian property was significantly damaged in an alleged Russian airstrike on the town of Maarzita, Idlib governorate, on October 19th, 2019, as reported by several local sources.
Shaam Network reported that “activists said that Russian warplanes bombed the town of Ma`ar zieta this morning with several raids, recording several wounded and significant destruction in civilian homes, coinciding with the continued artillery and rocket shelling by the regime in the region”.
@omargen919 tweeted that “Russian warplanes bombed the town of Maarzita this morning, and there are wounded.” None of the sources specifically identified how many civilians were injured.
A tweet by @la1mea also identified that “warplanes target with missiles the residential neighborhoods of the town of Maarzita.”
Four strikes were reportedly carried out on Ma`ar zieta, according to @brocarpress.
All of the sources that reported on the incident attributed the strikes to Russia.
The incident occured in the morning.