Airwars assessment
Twenty six named civilians including a child and eight women died and up to 70 more were wounded in an airstrike on a residential neighbourhood and popular market in Darkoush, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The strike reportedly took place at midday on July 8th.
Sources disputed claims over the aircraft used in this attack. Alan TV and Syrian PC reported that Russian warships and missiles were used. Ara News claims that missiles were fired from warships and warplanes followed with shelling. Both DW News and BBC Arabic reported shelling by warplanes.
Syrian Network for Human rights claimed that both Russian and Assad regime warplanes were responsible for the damage, whereas Syrian Newsdesk blamed only Russia.
Halab Today reported sighting the use of “long ranging missiles”.
Numerous sources reported the names of the dead which included a list compiled by Darkoush Hospital where the majority of the casualties and wounded civilians went.
A further 35-70 people were wounded in the airstrike. Syrian Newsdesk reported that the numbers of wounded were so high that “medical points in neighbouring areas asked people to donate blood”.
According to Shaam News Network, Assad regime warplanes did not only target Darkoush, but on the same day “targeted Kfrcharim city in the north-west of Idlib, which resulted in the fall of martyrs and wounded a number of civilians.”
Sambo1982ksa put the death toll as high as 30, and also blamed Russia.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
- Hasna’a Shikh Mohammed Age unknown female from Armanaz killed
- Mahmood Khudro Mohammed Age unknown male from Armanaz killed
Family members (2)
- Asama’a Zanbakli Age unknown female from Maarat Al-Nu'man killed
- Afra’a Zanbakli Age unknown female from Maarat Al-Nu'man killed
Family members (3)
- Ahmad ABdullah Sha’rawi Age unknown male from Maarat Al-Nu'man killed
- Mohammed Sha’rawi Age unknown male from Maarat Al-Nu'man killed
- Ibrahim Sha’rawi Age unknown male from Maarat Al-Nu'man killed
- Ameen Umran Age unknown male from Darkoush killed
- Abdullah Hashmo Age unknown male from Ariha killed
- Youssef Jamal Al-Deen Age unknown male from Darkoush killed
- Salwa Al-Sharawi Age unknown female from Maarat Al-Nu'man killed
- Maram Milshoo Age unknown female from Maarat Al-Nu'man killed
- Adeela Ma’tooq Age unknown female from Ariha killed
- Manal Sha’ar Age unknown female from Idlib killed
- Ali Al-Ali Al-Mutalak Age unknown male from Aleppo, Al-Ees killed
- Ahmad Al-shkih Taha Age unknown male from Idlib killed
- Khaled Basha Age unknown male from Idlib killed
- Mohammed Hassan Age unknown male from Kafr Nabilm killed
- Abdullah Ibrahim Fayez Safureya Age unknown male from Darkoush killed
- Qamar Al-Basha Age unknown female from Idlib killed
- Abdul-Aziz Bushnaq Age unknown male from Hraytan killed
- Abdullah Fayez Mohammed Age unknown male killed
- Fawzy Haitham Al-Kurdi Age unknown male from Maarat Al Nu'man killed
- Abdul-Salam Dawood Age unknown male killed
- Fatima Abdallah Sha’arawi Age unknown female killed
- Lina Milsho 3 months years old female killed
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Russian Armed Forces Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between July 1st – 14th 2016.