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Three civilians of the same family were reported killed and three others injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces airstrike on Kafar Sijna, Idlib in Syria on November 12th, 2019.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), three brothers were killed and three others injured due to barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on a sports arena and swimming pool in Kafr Sajna. @mohanadalshikh reported that the brothers were the “the owners of Al-Othman Sports Stadium” and Bawaba idlib added that their father’s name is Yunus Al-Othman.
SMART Agency said that “one of the civilians died as a result of serious injuries after being taken to the nearest medical point.” @ufuk_sy also reported on the number of casualties, identifying “two martyrs and several wounded”.
@abuhuzaifa mentioned the victims names as: Basel Younis Al-Othman, Zakour Younis Al-Othman and Hammadi Younis Al-Othman. A post by KafarSejna Now published the name of one of the civilians injured: Muhammad Yunus Al-Othman.
A tweet from @alhariri58 identified the strikes as “helicopter strikes with barrel bombs on the town this evening”.
Sources were conflicted as to whether the regime or Russia was responsible.
The incident occured in the evening.
The victims were named as:
Family members (4)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Kafar Sijna (كفرسجنة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.526812, 36.589451. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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The three brothers killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces barrel bombs attack on Kafar Sijna in Idlib on November 12th, 2019 (via @abuhuzaifa)
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Caption translation:The death toll increased to three brothers from the town of Kafr Sijnah, south of Idlib Basil Younis Al-Othman Zakour Younis Al-Othman Hammadi Younis Al-Othman (Images posted by @Khaledhamoud904) -
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Caption translation:The death toll increased to three brothers from the town of Kafr Sijnah, south of Idlib Basil Younis Al-Othman Zakour Younis Al-Othman Hammadi Younis Al-Othman (Images posted by @Khaledhamoud904) -
Caption translation: 3 people from one family were killed by helicopters' bombing of barrel bombs on the town of Kafr Sijnah in the southern countryside of Idlib Basil Younis Al-Othman, Zakour Younis Al-Othman, Hammadi Younis Al-Othman (Image posted by @Mustafa_ElHidir )
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Caption translation: Three brothers were killed in helicopter strikes on the town of Kafr Sijnah, south of Idlib Basil Younis Al-Othman Zakour Younis Al-Othman Hammadi Younis Al-Othman (Images posted by Nedal Sbih via Facebook)