Incident Code

RS4172

Location

الضهر, Marj al-Dahr, Idlib, Syria

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: R3937 )

On November 15th 2019, at least one person was killed and two civilians were injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike in the village of Marj al-Dahr, near the city of Jisr al-Shughur in the Western countryside of Idlib, local media such as Media Idlib reported.

Various local sources named the woman killed in the strike as Waad Sharif. The same sources reported that the civilians injured were a male and a female called Muhammad Sharif and Shahnaz Sharif. While other news sources cited that the injured were a man and a woman, Orient News mentions that they were two children from the same family.

Although there was almost complete consensus around the death of Waad Sharif, Zaman Al Wasi News instead reported that ‘a child was killed and two people, one of them a woman, were injured’.

The casualties were as a result of “artillery shelling by the Russian militias”, according to various news sources, for example Nedaa Syria, but others, such as Shahba Press attribute them to “Assad forces’ shelling with rocket launchers”.

Victims

Family members (3)

Waad Sharif
Age unknown female killed
Muhammad Sharif
Age unknown male while some sources noted the injured were children from the same family, others were less clear about this status, only describing the injured as a 'man and a woman' injured
Shahnaz Sharif
Age unknown female injured

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Strike Status
Contested strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported killed
1–2
0–1 Children, 1 Woman
Civilians reported injured
2
0–2 Children

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media From Sources (4)