Incident Code
RS4521
Incident Date
3 July 2020
Location
Al Qahera Village, Hama, Syria
قرية القاهرة
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R4267 RS4508 )
On July 3 2020, multiple sources report that a civilian named Fahd Suleiman Al-Basis was killed while picking fruit in the fields outside of Al Kahera by artillery shelling. While the vast majority of sources state that the shelling was carried out by the Assad regime, two state that the strikes were the result of “Russian militias.”
For this reason, the strike is categorised as “contested” despite the fact that there was a substantial consensus among sources that the shelling came from regime forces, with several pinpointing regime forces in the area of Jorin and Shatah as the source of the shelling.
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