Airwars assessment
Reported artillery shelling on the city of Azaz, in the countryside of Aleppo, Syria, on November 22nd 2022 resulted in between three and five civilians killed, according to @DeirEzzore. The attack hit the market. Five to eight civilians were reported wounded. Whilst most sources reported that this was an SDF strike, some sources mentioned that the shelling also came from areas controlled by the Syrian regime.
The dead were identified as from the city of Saraqib. According to @DeirEzzore they were: Ali Al Qabo, aged 17, Omar Musa al-Najjar, aged 21, Ragheb Al-Khaled, and Shaaban Hilal or Shaaban bin Muhammad, aged 66. The Syrian Civil Defense also reported that a young child was killed. @Omar_Madaniah tweetd that the child was Saad al-Din Taftanazi. He was also an internally displaced person from the city of Aleppo, who lived with his mother and brothers. A local source reported that “most of the time he slept in his workplace, looking for a livelihood for his family.”
Sources reported that Omar Musa Al-Najjar was an internally displaced person from Kafrouma, and his wedding was five or ten days previously.
@Qasemqt tweeted that “at the end of this street, there was a cafe showing the World Cup matches in the city of Azaz, many were watching, and many people were happening about what happened for a day and a moment. Every day turned into a bloody day for the entire city.”
Enab Baladi news correspondent in Azaz reported that the bombing hit a butchers shop in the marketplace. The news site also reported that a resident of the area, Nour Junaid, said that “the neighbourhood is a residential community that includes shops, and that there is no headquarters or military point in it.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
- Ali Al Qabo 17 years old male killed
- Omar Musa al-Najjar 21 years old male killed
- Ragheb Al-Khaled Age unknown male
- and Shaaban Hilal or Shaaban bin Muhammad 66 years old male killed
- Saad al-Din Taftanazi Child male killed
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"civilians, including a child, were killed, and 5 others were wounded, as a preliminary result of a massacre, as a result of missile strikes coming from areas controlled by the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces, targeting a popular market and residential neighborhoods in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, on Tuesday evening, November 22." (Image via @SyriaCivilDefe / Twitter)
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"civilians, including a child, were killed, and 5 others were wounded, as a preliminary result of a massacre, as a result of missile strikes coming from areas controlled by the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces, targeting a popular market and residential neighborhoods in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, on Tuesday evening, November 22." (Image via @SyriaCivilDefe / Twitter)
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"civilians, including a child, were killed, and 5 others were wounded, as a preliminary result of a massacre, as a result of missile strikes coming from areas controlled by the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces, targeting a popular market and residential neighborhoods in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, on Tuesday evening, November 22." (Image via @SyriaCivilDefe / Twitter)
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"civilians, including a child, were killed, and 5 others were wounded, as a preliminary result of a massacre, as a result of missile strikes coming from areas controlled by the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces, targeting a popular market and residential neighborhoods in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, on Tuesday evening, November 22." (Image via @SyriaCivilDefe / Twitter)
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""Omair al-Najjar" was very happy when he invited his friends to share the joy of his wedding, that was 10 days ago, today they meet again to bid him farewell after his soul was kidnapped by terrorist missile attacks originating in areas controlled by the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces, targeting the city of Azaz, north of #Aleppo." (Image via Syrian Civil Defense / Twitter)
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"A long night shrouded in sadness mixed with deadly silence. Weeping hearts lament their children, and others grapple with pain with their injured in hospitals after the massacre in the city of Azaz, north of #Aleppo, this evening, Tuesday, November 22, as a result of terrorist missile attacks emanating from areas controlled by the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces." (Image via Syrian Civil Defense / Twitter)
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"Blood-laden messages... With the start of the 19th Astana meeting on Syria, civilians were killed and injured in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo The city of Azaz in the northern countryside of Aleppo witnessed an escalation of terrorist attacks on the evening of Tuesday, November 22, originating in areas controlled by the regime forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces. What is practiced by the Assad regime, Russia and the militias loyal to them against the Syrians, in the absence of a firm international position on stopping it." (Image via Syrian Civil Defense / Twitter)
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"Mourners bury victims of bombing of the city of Azaz in the Syrian Aleppo governorate, in the towns of Binnish and Afis in the Idlib governorate, on November 23, 2022. The Britain-based Observatory said that the missiles were launched from the Aleppo governorate, which is under the control of the Syrian regime and Kurdish forces." (Image via @omar_hajkadour /Twitter)
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"Mourners bury victims of bombing of the city of Azaz in the Syrian Aleppo governorate, in the towns of Binnish and Afis in the Idlib governorate, on November 23, 2022. The Britain-based Observatory said that the missiles were launched from the Aleppo governorate, which is under the control of the Syrian regime and Kurdish forces." (Image via @omar_hajkadour /Twitter)
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"Mourners bury victims of bombing of the city of Azaz in the Syrian Aleppo governorate, in the towns of Binnish and Afis in the Idlib governorate, on November 23, 2022. The Britain-based Observatory said that the missiles were launched from the Aleppo governorate, which is under the control of the Syrian regime and Kurdish forces." (Image via @omar_hajkadour /Twitter)
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"Mourners bury victims of bombing of the city of Azaz in the Syrian Aleppo governorate, in the towns of Binnish and Afis in the Idlib governorate, on November 23, 2022. The Britain-based Observatory said that the missiles were launched from the Aleppo governorate, which is under the control of the Syrian regime and Kurdish forces." (Image via @omar_hajkadour /Twitter)
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"Painful are the scenes in the city of Azaz today, and a night shrouded in sadness and the crying of the mothers of the victims, and the pain of the families of the injured. The terrorist attacks of the regime and its allies killed 5 civilians and wounded 5 others in a new massacre against innocent civilians. Condolences to the families of the victims and a speedy recovery for the injured" (Image via @NadaAlRashed6 / Twitter)
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"Painful are the scenes in the city of Azaz today, and a night shrouded in sadness and the crying of the mothers of the victims, and the pain of the families of the injured. The terrorist attacks of the regime and its allies killed 5 civilians and wounded 5 others in a new massacre against innocent civilians. Condolences to the families of the victims and a speedy recovery for the injured" (Image via @NadaAlRashed6 / Twitter)
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"SDF missiles killed the boy Saad al-Din Taftanazi, the displaced from the city of #Aleppo, who devoted his life to support his family, so he slept inside his workplace most of the days, until his life ended in a bombing that targeted the market of the city of #Azaz in the countryside of Aleppo, accompanied by 4 civilian victims with him." (Image via @OrientNews / Twitter)
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"The systematic terrorist attacks on the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, and the intentional targeting of civilians, indicates the criminal approach of these alliances based on killing and taking lives without any regard for the sanctity of human lives. Terrorism." (Image via @RaedAlSaleh3 / Twitter)