Geolocation
Airwars assessment
At least four civilians, including two children and one woman, were killed in airstrikes on the village al-Mashreb, reported local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible for the deaths.
Most sources, including Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently, al-AMAWI, Baladi News and the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that the incident led to the deaths of four named civilians, hereof two children and one woman – allegedly from the same family.
Syria Human Rights News reported “Warplanes bombed areas in the town of rural Al Masreb west of Deir ez-Zor, which resulted in the death of a man, his wife and daughter as well as other citizens”.
According to Al-Hal, “the warplanes several evening raids on civilian houses in the village, killing a man and his wife and child and another child, and wounding more.”
ShahbaPress and @khaled_qhtan attributed the strikes to Russia while SN4HR, al-AMAWI and Baladi News pointed to the Assad regime as culprit.
Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently, Paldf News and the Syria Free Army, named four victims.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (4)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Masreb (المسرب), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.5207354, 39.887538. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (13) [ collapse]
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between June 1st – 31st 2016.