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Airwars assessment
Ten civilians including four children died in airstrikes on Deir ez-Zor, according to local sources. Most reports blame the Assad regime.
Shaam News said the strikes had been carried out by “Syrian and Russian planes”. It reported 20 injured non-combatants in addition to the ten killed.
However, both Step News Agency and Baladi said that the regime was responsible. Baladi reported media sources from the province as saying “that warplanes bombed Khasarat, the old airport and the area around the roundabout Ghassan Abboud in Deir ez-Zor city center.” It added that the injured included three children who had their legs amputated.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Deir ez-Zor (دير الزور), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.3353632, 40.1380348. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Ahmad Safwan Al-Hweij, victim of the air strikes targeting Deir Ez-Zor (via KhHweij twitter)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has published no known record of strikes in Syria for March 1st to March 30th.