Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS4226

Location

البرسة, Al-Barsa, Idlib, Syria

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R3978ERS4223)

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Al-Barsa on December 3, 2019.

The correspondent for @HalabTodayT reported that a civilian was injured in the village of Al-Barsa in southeastern Idlib.

A tweet from @MasarPressNet identified “injuries” as resulting from strikes but did not specify how many.

@Ahmad_1alshble put the number of air raids at two and a Facebook post by Wasim Alkhalaf reported that a strike on Al-Barsa occurred at 9:19am and a second one occurred at 9:25am and the second one resulted in the injury of Abdul Basit Ahmed Al-Faris from Samaka village and resulted in damage to the mosque of faith in the village.

Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime were responsible, with @la1mea attributing the strikes to the regime and identifying missiles and barrel bombs as being used while a tweet from @altikriti1960 blamed Russian forces.

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike
Strike Status
Contested strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported injured
1–2

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 (2)