Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Two children died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maskanah, according to local sources.
The Violations Documentation Center listed two unidentified male children as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maskanah. Syria News Desk reported that “two children from the same family died and four wounded in a Russian airstrikes which also caused the destruction of two houses.” Chamtimes also blamed Russia, reporting the death of two children and “many” wounded.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Maskanah (مسكنة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.964534, 38.036764. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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The aftermath of an alleged Russian raid on Maskanah, Feb 19th, which sources reported killed two children (via Syria News Desk)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has published no known record of strikes in Syria from February 17th – February 29th.