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Airwars assessment
One woman and her unborn child were killed and up to 20 other civilians injured in airstrikes on Jisr al Shughour, according to local sources. Two alleged that Russia was responsible. However a third (the Syrian Network for Human Rights) blames the Assad regime.
Shaam News reported that Russian warplanes carried out air raids targeting the Christian quarter (near the church) of the town in what they said was a “clear break of the truce“. Activists told the Network that there were three strikes by missiles, causing a severe explosion which led to the death of Farah A’bbadi and the fetus she was carrying. It added that more than 20 other civilians were wounded.
Baladi reported: “Our correspondent reported that there was an air raid by Russian planes in the centre of the town of Jisr al Shoughour which is inhabited by thousands of IDP and minutes later they returned with cluster bombs which killed a woman and her baby and more than 12 civilians were injured most of them children some of them in a critical condition.”
However, according to a news brief by the Syrian Network for Human Rights the regime was responsible for the incident: “at least 2 victims (a woman and her baby) died in regime warplanes missiles fired on Jisr AL Shoughour city in Idlib governorate, February 28, 2016.”
In addition to the dead woman and her unborn child, Idlib Network News (who didn’t identify the warplanes responsible) named some injured civilians.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Jisr al Shughour (جسر الشغور), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.81425, 36.319812. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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The moment Russian warplanes allegedly struck the Christian area of Jisr al Shughour, February 28th 2016 (via SNN)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has published no known record of strikes in Syria from February 17th – February 29th.