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Airwars assessment
In a major casualty incident, up to 80 civilians including 29 children and 21 women died and up to 100 more were wounded in airstrikes on al Qouria town, according to local media. Reports said that entire families were wiped out, and Airwars has listed the names of 74 victims. It is currently unclear who was responsible for the event, which sources blaming both Russia and the Assad regime.
The highest death toll was given by Al Araby, who put the number killed at “more than 80 people”. The Shaam News Network also said the number killed had risen to 80 (including 25 children), reporting “mass burials that break the heart.”
The Syrian News Network quoted UNICEF and said “that there were reports of the deaths of 25 children in crowded areas in the town of Al-Quriyah in Deir ez-Zor air strikes”.
According to The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) there were “several raids with cluster bombs, killing 72 people, including 25 children, and injuring dozens of others”.
Similarly, a tweet from @salqin reported “more than 70 victims, mostly women and children”.
Sources said that the airstrikes targeted civilian residential areas and reportedly one mosque.
A correspondent for the Deir ez-Zor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “entire families were decimated by the air raids that targeted Al Iman Mosque and the surrounding area in the city center”. Deirezzor24 News also said that the raids were “targeting civilian and densely populated areas”
Syria4all also mentioned the bombing of the mosque, quoting media activist Amer Huwaydi, who Syria4all that “Russian aircraft launched several air raids on the city targeting the al-Iman mosque in the town which was under control of Daesh.”
It is contested who was responsible for the airstrikes, with sources pointing to both Russia and the Assad regime.
However, the majority of the sources – such as Syrian News Network, Syrian Network for Human Rights, Syrian Press Center, Jsirtv News and al-Arabiya – attributed the strikes to Russia, while only a few sources including Baladi News and Syrian Network for Human Rights, pointed to the Assad regime.
A number of sources referenced the unlawful use of cluster munitions and phosphorous bombs.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Al Qouria (القورية), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.96, 40.55. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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The moment warplanes carried out a strike on al Qouria town, June 25th (via SO4HR)
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Sultan Hamid Obeid, reportedly one of up to 29 children killed in alleged Russian airstrike on Al Quoira, June 25th (via LCCSY)
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Nawal Muhammad Abdulkarim, killed in an alleged Russia strike on Al Quoria, June 25th (via LCCSY)