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Four civilians, including a child, were reportedly injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the village of Burj Haidar, Afrin governorate, on February 11th, 2020, according to SMART News.
SMART reported that, according to the Syrian Civil Defence, “a child and three civilians were wounded in the village of Burj Haidar, located in the Afrin region, north of Aleppo, as a result of being targeted with mortars from the areas of control of the nearby Kurdish People’s Protection Units.”
According to Al Araby, the Syrian regime was responsible for the artillery shelling on the village.
Al Moharar Media also reported that “a child and three people were wounded by artillery shelling in the village of Burj Haidar in Afrin countryside”, but did not specify a belligerent.
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Reports of the incident mention strikes on the village of Burj Haidar (برج حيدر), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.342757, 36.903098. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.