Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Up to three civilians were killed in an airstrike on Mahimideh according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the US-led Coalition was responsible.
Euphrates post named two fatalities including an unidentified victim. It said that Russia was responsible.
However, Al Jazeera and Lebanon360 alleged this was a Coalition strike, killing one non-combatant and wounding several more.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Mahimideh (محيميدة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.44294, 40.08619. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (9) [ collapse]
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has published no known record of strikes in Syria from February 17th – February 29th.
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Original strike reports
No strikes were reported in the vicinity for February 26th-28th 2016.