(Previous Incident Code: R4245)

On February 26th, up to four civilians were killed by Russian airstrikes in the village of Arinba in the western countryside outside of Idlib. The four victims were members of the same family and included a husband, wife, and two children.

Local witnesses and sources, including a tweet from @mohmad_rasheed noted that the family was killed by Russian aggression in the village of Arinba. A collection of news agencies reported the story as well, including Al Jazerra, the Zaiton Agency, Al Bawaba News, Jesr Press, and the Baladi network. @ibraheem890 tweeted that the family was targeted by Russian warplanes and the family was removing “their belongings from their home”. Al Hadath reported that in addition to the four deaths, others were wounded, but no names were released of the dead or injured. Shaam News reported that the family was in a car specifically hit by Russian warplanes.

The village of Arinba was among many towns and cities giving refuge to internally displaced persons (IDPs), and the family killed in this Russian airstrike were attempting to leave Arinba when the strike occurred.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights and all other sources that reported on the incident described the planes involved as Russian fixed-wing warplanes.