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(Previous Incident Codes: R810S207)
A family of seven civilians died in an airstrike on the village of Al ghouz, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Coalition.
Aleppo 24 reported that a suspected Russian cluster bomb raid was responsible.
Other sources, including Al Mukhtassar, @ALAMAWI and Nabd Syria all blamed Russia.
According to Nabd Syria, Russia warplanes killed ten 10 civilians – and wounded others – in “towns of Alguz and Al Samoukah and the Shahba dam area in the countryside north of Aleppo”.
However, LCCSY pointed towards the Coalition, reporting the death of seven people from one family in “airstrikes with cluster bombs, believed to be by International Coalition warplanes.”
Zmanalwasl also said that the bombing was likely carried out by the Coalition.
In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area at that time.
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Ghouz (الغوز), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.4652905, 37.2927583. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.