(Previous Incident Code: R4772)

On Friday, 6 December 2024, an alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian airstrike hit the town of Shezar, in the Hama Governorate of Syria, reportedly killing three civilian women, identified as Nadra al-Sayadi, Hajar al-Alloush, and Samira Mahmoud Jawhar.

Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) published a post on X/Twitter reporting the attack; however, it only mentioned Hajar al-Alloush as the victim. Other posts on Facebook, this time by her nieces, Omer al Jaoal and Hetham al Sayade, mentioned the death of Nadra Al-Sayadi, while a post by user Markaz Halfaya reports a further victim, identified as “Hajja” (honorific for elder woman) Samira Mahmoud Jawhar.

No further information is available on the details of the attack and the victims.

Sources attributed the responsibility for the strike either to the Syrian regime and/or Russian military forces. Syrian Network for Human Rights stated that the attack was carried out by “Syrian-Russian alliance warplanes,” while Markaz Halfaya mentioned it as a the “regime’s bombing.” Thefefore, Airwars has graded both strike status and civilian harm status of the incident as “contested.”