(Previous Incident Code: R4338)

At least one civilian, a man, was killed and between one and three others, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the town of AL Bara on July 11, 2021.

According to Syrian Civil Defense, “a civilian was killed, and another was injured, by artillery shelling by the regime forces and Russia targeting the town of Al-Bara”.

Syrian Network for Human Rights documented the name of the civilian killed: “A man, named as Ali Muhammad Ghazal was killed while other civilians were injured in Syrian regime artillery forces’ shelling of the southern outskirts of al Bara village”.

Various other sources mentioned “several” civilians injured but did not specify how many. @EdlibNN gave the specific count that two civilians were injured in the strikes and Resala Post reported on three civilian being injured. Baladi News added about “the injury of a girl with varying degrees of injuries”.

Zaman Al Wasl reported on “3 residential neighborhoods in the center of the town of “Al-Bara” as being subject to artillery shelling.

The majority of sources attributed the strikes to the regime. However, @EdlibNN tweeted that the casualties were a result of “the bombing of the Russian occupation militias with heavy artillery shells” and @feryal222kakhi blamed Russian forces as well.