Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Between two and three civilians including one female child died in an alleged Russia airstrike on Arbeen, according to local sources.
Arabstoday, Baladi, DCHRS and Smart reported Russian raids on Arbeen. Baladi said that one female child was killed. Other sources didn’t identify the warplanes responsible, while Freeqabon reported “artillery shelling”.
Erbinrevo named Ismaeil Haj Youssef as a victim, “due to Mig warplanes shelling in Arbeen”. He was also named in in a contested strike in Douma on the same day. Two victims – killed “due to air forces shelling” were listed by the VDC including one Unidentified – adult, male.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Arbeen (عربين), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.538143, 36.364331. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Ismael Haj Yousef, killed in an alleged Russian raid. (via, VDC)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has published no known record of strikes in Syria from February 17th – February 29th.