(Previous Incident Codes: R4079RS4331)

A child was killed and others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Irhab, Aleppo governorate, on January 21st, 2020, according to local sources.

Activists told SMART News Agency that a child was killed by bombing by Russian warplanes that targeted the village. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria identified the victim of the air raid, which reportedly occurred at 11:27 AM, as Mariam Abdel Qader Abu Ras, displaced from the village of Al Habit in Idlib governorate. SNHR reported the child was 5 years old. The majority of other sources, including Al Jazeera, also reported that a young girl was killed.

A Facebook post from Loreta Saqipi pointed out that the death of the young girl Maryam was the result of airstrikes against the homes of IDPs in the countryside of Aleppo and FSLA.Ovecs identified Maryam as being from the town of Al Habit in Idlib. Syrian Human Rights Committee added that “others” were injured in the airstrikes but did not specify how many.

Where sources identified a belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes. to the Russian military.