Geolocation
Airwars assessment
On 4 July 2023, a family of four, including a mother and two girls, were killed and another civilian was injured by an artillery strike in the village of Tadil in the town of Urm al-Kubra, which is located in the countryside of Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights released a statement that said the family were killed as a result of artillery shelling by the Turkish-backed factions of the (Al-Fateh Al-Mubin) operations room.
According to state-run news agency, SANA, a mother, her two daughters, and their uncle were killed and the husband was wounded by the missiles. However, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a father, and mother, and two little girls were killed by the shelling of their home.
SANA added that the strike caused material damage to homes and property in the area which is controlled by government forces. The town of Uram al-Kubra witnessed artillery shelling between regime sources and factions of the Al-Fateh Al-Mubin Operations in the early hours of the morning. The area is a de-escalation zone subject to the ceasefire agreement of Turkey and Russia signed in March 2020.
All of the sources that reported on the incident attributed the artillery shelling to the factions of the Al-Fateh Al Mubin Operations room, with Roz Press specifying that this is a Turkish-backed faction. A Facebook post by Vito Press specified that rocket-propelled grenades were used in the attack.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Summary
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Damage caused by shelling of Tadil village on July 4, 2023. (Image posted by SANA)
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Damage caused by shelling of Tadil village on July 4, 2023. (Image posted by SANA)
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Damage caused by shelling of Tadil village on July 4, 2023. (Image posted by SANA)
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Damage caused by shelling of Tadil village on July 4, 2023. (Image posted by SANA)
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Damage caused by shelling of Tadil village on July 4, 2023. (Image posted by زين برس - Zein Press)
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Munition from shelling of Tadil village on July 4, 2023. (Image posted by زين برس - Zein Press)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Tadil (تديل), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.165062, 36.887472. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.