Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Seven non-combatants from the same family died in an airstrike on Banis, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible.
LCCSY said that a family of seven died in a strike by Russian warplanes using cluster bombs.
Iraq gate also put the death toll at seven and also blamed Russia.
According to Alitihad Press, “Russian warplanes targeted the homes of civilians in the with several cluster rockets, killing nine people, including seven members of one family, and injuring dozens more. There was also widespread damage to civilian buildings.”
However, SRG attributed the incident to “regime warplanes”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Binnish (بنش), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.958429, 36.711587. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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"7 dead from one family by the Russian aviation targeted the outskirts of # # Punch in the countryside of Idlib, northern cluster bombs"
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"7 martyrs from the same family in regime warplane shelling in Bennish"
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between June 1st – 31st 2016.