(Previous Incident Code: R4521)

On Saturday June 24th 2023, an alleged airstrike by Russian armed forces hit a farm in the village of Basbat, in the countryside of Jisr al-Shughour, west of Idlib, northwest Syria, killing two civilians and injuring others.

Sources including @SyriaCivilDefe, @DeirEzzore twitter accounts, and Syria TV reported two civilians being killed by the airstrike on a farm, Abdo Mustafa Sino and his brother Osama Mustafa Sino. Syria TV and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights are the only two sources reporting an unspecified number of injured.

Enab Baladi News and @SyriaCivilDefe twitter account also reported that the attack took place on the farm where the two young brothers were located, in the village of Basbat in the countryside of Jisr al-Shughur, west of Idlib. Shaam News added that the strikes were against workers harvesting the wheat crop.

In addition, the attack caused damage and panic in a densely populated neighborhood because of the effects of the recent devastating earthquake. Moreover, according to Shaam, the attacks from regime and Russian warplanes in the region escalated concurrently with the start of the last round of meetings in Astana. Additionally, Al Jazeera Mubasher and North Press Agency reported a statement by the Syrian opposition air traffic tracking observatory, which declared that the alleged Russian warplanes that attacked the village departed from the Hmeimim base in Lattakia at around 3pm.

The suspected attacker is alleged to be Russia, as reported by most of the sources including @SyriaCivilDefe twitter account, Al Jazeera Mubasher, and Al Araby, although responsibility has not been accepted explicitly.