Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS4440

Location

Zardana, Idlib, Syria
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Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R4193 RS4433 )

On February 11, 2020 the city of Zardana was struck by an air raid from Russian or regime forces that killed two men.

Syrian Civil Defense as well as local witnesses reported that warplanes, using machine guns, struck a camp in Zardana with families and killing two men. Shaam News corroborated this story, but names were not released.

A tweet from @Talhamwi3 added that “the shells reached the vicinity of the Sanabel Al-Khair team’s endowment camp in the city of Zardana, and the families were evacuated, and we are now moving the camp to a safe area”.

Witnesses and news agencies credited the Assad regime for the air strikes while Shaam News mentioned both the regime and Russian aviation carrying out strikes across Idlib, including in Zardana.

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
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