Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Up to four civilians, three children and a woman, were allegedly injured by YPG or Syrian regime shelling on A’zaz in Aleppo, Syria on February 6th, 2020.
The correspondent of Halab Today TV said that ” a woman and three children were lightly injured and were taken by rescue teams to the A’zaz National Hospital for treatment.”
Shahba Press said: “Three children were injured and widespread destruction due to shelling of the PYD militia on the city of A’zaz in the northern countryside of Aleppo.”
Syria Civil Defense posted: “A woman and 3 children were injured as a result of an artillery attack in the midnight city of A’zaz.”
Bawaba Aleppo also said that children were injured and that A’zaz was targeted with rocket launchers.
Though most of sources blamed YPG for the attack, Our Syria page blamed the Syrian regime saying “Al-Assad militia targeted at night the city of A’zaz, north of Aleppo, with several rocket-propelled grenades and caused material damage. “
The incident occured around midnight.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
- Ali Maher Al-Raz 8 years old male From Saraqeb injured
- Ibrahim Maher Al-Raz 11 years old male From Saraqeb injured
- Bayan Barish 22 years old female From Saraqeb injured
- Sidra Ayman Haj Hamdan 7 years old female From A'zaz injured
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Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention strikes on the city of A’zaz (اعزاز), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.586111, 37.044722. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.