(Previous Incident Code: R4014)

A young man was reportedly killed and another man injured in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Deir Sharqi in the eastern suburbs of Idlib governorate on December 17, 2019.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) identified the deceased victim as Abdul Rahman Khalil Al Jark (18).

@MasarPressNet reported that regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the village. SNHR claimed instead Russian fixed-wing warplanes fired missiles. According to Al Bayan, a total of 18 barrel bombs had been dropped in Deir Sharqi and other villages in the neighborhood.

Relatives, among them Ahmad Al Jark and Abdul Rahman’s cousin Mohammad Al Jark mourned the victim’s death on Facebook.