Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS4192

Location

مرعيان, Mareyan, Idlib, Syria

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R3950RS4188)

A child and his father were reported killed, while his mother injured in an alleged Russian forces airstrike on Mareyan in Eastern Idlib, Syria on November 22nd, 2019.

The Syrian Human Rights Committee identified the names the two victims as Basel Hazarini and Talha Basel Hazarini (his son). The wife of Basel and mother of Talha, Maryam Omar Al-Khatib, was also reported to have been injured. Two airstrikes were reported JesrPress, and confirmed by other sources. According to a Save.idleeb Facebook post, the first airstrike occurred at 11:28 local time, and the second airstrike occurred at 11:41 local time. The second airstrike was reported to have resulted in the two civilian deaths.

According to the Step News Agency, “A man and a child were killed and a woman was injured on Friday [Nov 22nd] after Russian warplanes targeted the town of Mareyan in the southern countryside of Idlib with vacuum missiles.”

The Shaam News Network reported: “Local sources said that the Russian occupation aircraft targeted several missiles in the village of Marian, hit an apartment house, killing a man and one of his sons, and lifted his wife from the rubble alive.”

Baladi News reported that “A warplane of the Russian Air Force targeted civilian homes with two successive raids in the town of Mareyan in the southern countryside of Idlib, which led to the death of a man and his daughter and the injury of his wife to varying degrees.”

Victims

Family members (3)

Maryam Omar Al-Khatib مريم عمر الخطيب
female

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike
Strike Status
Likely strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported killed
2
1 Child, 1 Man
Civilians reported injured
1–2
1 Woman

Military Statements

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

Media From Sources (8)