Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS4427

Location

Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
تفتناز

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R4175 RS4419 )

One child was killed and four to five other civilians, including up to four children and a woman, were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the town of Taftanaz on the night of February 6th, 2020.

A tweet from @HalabTodayTV reported that a child was killed and his family was injured in airstrikes on the city of Taftanaz. @WM_FREESYR specified that the child that was killed was displaced and that his mother and brothers were injured when their home was struck.

A post from Kafarnabil on Facebook provided the name of the child killed: Hamza Ali Al-Khatib. Samoo.ghazal posted on Facebook the names of those injured: Mother Khitam Muhammad Al-Khatib (Al-Dadoush); and her children Abdul Wahab Ali Al-KhatibMuhammad Ali Al-KhatibAhmed Ali Al-KhatibRasha Ali Khatib.

@Step_Agency put the number of people injured at four, also identifying them as being from one family while @baladinetwork reported that five people were injured. A Facebook post by Wasim Alkhalf reported that the family was displaced from the city of Kafranbel.

The majority of sources attributed the strikes to regime planes. However, SMART News and @ShahbaPress blamed Russia while @abmualsu identified Russia and the regime as responsible.

Victims

Family members (6)

Khitam Muhammad Al-Khatib (Al-Dadoush) ختام محمد الخطيب(الدعدوش
Adult female injured
Abdul Wahab Ali Al-Khatib عبد الوهاب علي الخطيب
injured
Muhammad Ali Al-Khatib محمد علي الخطيب
injured
Ahmed Ali Al-Khatib أحمد علي الخطيب
injured
Rasha Ali Khatib رشا علي الخطيب
injured

Key Information

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media from Sources (1)