Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS4413

Location

Qmenas, Idlib, Syria
قميناس

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R4161 RS4406 )

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

Individuals

Mustafa Al-Khalaf مصطفى الخلف
male injured

Key Information

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)