Incident Code

RS4406

Location

قميناس, Qmenas, Idlib, Syria

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 18, 2025

(Previous Incident Code: R4161)

At least one civilian, a journalist, was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Qmenas on February 3, 2020.

A tweet from @LWMiMxsIhhMDCwA reported that “Syria TV correspondent Mustafa Al-Khalaf was injured, while covering the bombing of the regime’s militias on the village of Qmenas”. Syrian Network for Human Rights added that he was injured when regime forces dropped barrel bombs during his coverage of previous regime-Russian bombings.

Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible, with @HadiAlabdallah attributing strikes on Qmenas to Russian forces while the majority of other sources blamed the regime.

Victims

Invidivuals

Mustafa Al-Khalaf مصطفى الخلف
Age unknown male injured

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
1 Man

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 (6)