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Between six and ten civilians including four children and two women were killed – and up to 18 others injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sakhour according to local sources.
Shaam News Network said eight civilians were killed “as a result of Russian aggression targeting the mosque in the neighborhood after Alsakhur as worshipers were leaving Friday prayer.”
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, five non-combatants died including two children – and “many others” were injured – in a bombardment by Russian warplanes.
In an initial report, the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed regime warplanes, putting the death toll at six. However, in a later report it alleged that “Russian warplanes launched missiles next to Al Khayrat mosque in Al Sakhour neighborhood that is under the control of armed opposition“, putting the number killed at eight including two children and 18 others wounded.
Shaam News Network published a video showing the aftermath of what it said was a strike with a vacuum missile, though they did not say who was responsible. It put the death toll at 10 including four children and two women.
Other sources also said ten were killed and blamed Russia, while Halab Today said eight civilians were killed and injured while leaving a mosque, but did not name the culprit.
Five unidentified males (two of them children) were listed by the Violations Documentation Center:
Unidentified 1 – adult, male
Unidentified 2 – adult, male
Unidentified 3 – adult, male
Unidentified 4 – child, male
Unidentified 5 – child, male
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies named five victims as being killed by a Russian strike.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian strike on Sakhour, Feb 5th (via SO4HR)
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Image of Hassan Mahmoud Najjar (Twitter account deleted)
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Image of one of the supposed victims (via Damascus Center of Human Rights Studies)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
From February 4th – February 11th, Russia reported: “In the course of the last week, February 4-11, aircraft of the Russian aviation group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 510 combat sorties engaging 1,888 terrorists’ objects in the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Deir ez-Zor, Daraa, Homs, Hasakah and Raqqah.” It added: “Two powerful field commanders were liquidated in the Aleppo province.In the suburbs of Kalaz-Tahtani, a large illegal armed group with its commander, “Abu Maher” (“Farid Al-Misri”) was eliminated by an airstrike.The field commander “Abu Anas Al-Sham” from the Jaysh al-Sham terrorist group was liquidated in the territory of the same province.” It also said that “Russian aviation eliminated open ISIS oil storages in the Aleppo province.“