Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3924

Incident date

July 20, 2019

Location

خان شيخون, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian at least was reported injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes or artillery shelling on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, Syria on July 20th, 2019 according to local sources.

Palmyra Post reported that young man Mahmoud Khaled Al Hamroush was injured as a result of airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun.

However, @MasarPressNet said that more than one casualty took place as a result to airstrikes in both Khan Sheikhoun and Jabal Al Arabeen in Idlib without specifying the number in each.

Bawaba Hama said that the Syrian regime targeted the city with heavy guns, however, @OtmanAlkneter tweeted that Russian forces were to blame for the incident. Some sources didn’t attribute blame to any belligerent.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    No
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (9) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Caption translation: "The sky is raining missiles and barrel bombs on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib's countryside. Assad is a criminal killer."
  • Caption translation: "The brutal bombardment of Khan Sheikhoun continues until the moment by the Russian occupation forces."

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    No
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (9) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3921

Incident date

July 20, 2019

Location

بليون, Balyoun, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to eight civilians were reported injured in airstrikes on Balyoun, Idlib, on July 20th.

@muhammad_salhab said “Six injuries and major damage to the properties of the people as a result of the airstrike that targeted the town of Billion in the morning.”

@SY_plus tweeted reported “six injuries, including four men, a child and a woman, in an airstrike this morning [July 20th, 2019] that targeted civilian homes near a school in the town of Balyun in Jabal Al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib.

Syria Civil Defense stated that “eight civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured by the targeting of the towns of Kansafra, Balyoun and Jabal al-Arba’een in the countryside of Idlib, with air raids from dawn until today.”

Meanwhile, Step News reported the incident, among others, but did not cite civilian harm. According to this source, “Syrian and Russian warplanes targeted [a range of locations] in Idlib with high-impact rockets.”

No other information is known at this time.

The incident occured in the morning.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    6–8
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Caption translation: six injuries, including four men, a child and a woman, in an air strike this morning, that targeted civilian homes near a school in the town of Balyun in Jabal Al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib.
  • Caption translation: Warplanes of criminal Assad launch airstrikes with vacuum missiles on Balyoun town in Idlib's southern countryside.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    6–8
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3926

Incident date

July 21, 2019

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Anas Diab, a volunteer journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 20th, 2019.

According to the Syrian Civil Defense, who blamed Russian forces, Anas was documenting the aftermath of previous airstrikes on his town, Khan Sheikhoun, when he was struck with “three consecutive Russian airstrikes”.

Local sources said that Anas Diab, aged 22 and originally from khan Sheikhoun where he got killed, started documenting the Syrian regime’s violations in 2013 and was working as a freelance journalist with Anadolu Agency. Syrian Civil Defence recovered his body out of the rubble.

Anadolu Agency reported from sources that on that day, Russian warplanes flew from Hmeimim base in Lattakia and performed raids on Khan Sheikhoun.

Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the “Russian fired missiles” struck the al Gharbi neighborhood. Local Coordination Committee of Syria reported the attack was carried out with “vacuum space rockets”.

While most sources blamed Russian forces for the attack, Smart News attributed blame to the Syrian regime.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Anas Abdel Majid Al Diab أنس عبد المجيد الدياب
22 years old male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man1 journalist)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (24) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (22) [ collapse]

  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via @Step_Agency).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Local Coordination Committee Syria).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Anas Diab, journalist with the Syrian Civil Defense forces, was killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 21st (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Anas Diab is a volunteer with the civil defense in the city of Khan Sheikhoun, with a good heart. I do not know laziness and we do not stop work, neither night nor day! Permanent positive energy from place to place and from massacre to massacre, he stayed in Khan Sheikhoun City for the last minute despite all the bombing and the hell that had happened in it Anas was martyred today.
  • The martyrdom of my nephew, civil defense journalist, Anas al-Diab @Anasaldyab
  • Khan Sheikhoun bids farewell to the volunteer journalist in the civil defense "Anas Diab"
  • Funeral of the Syrian Civil Defence volunteer journalist Anas Diyab who got killed as a result of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun on July 20th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria).
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    Funeral of the Syrian Civil Defence volunteer journalist Anas Diyab who got killed as a result of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun on July 20th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria).
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    Funeral of the Syrian Civil Defence volunteer journalist Anas Diyab who got killed as a result of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun on July 20th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria).
  • A man crying at the funeral of the Syrian Civil Defence volunteer journalist Anas Diyab who got killed as a result of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun on July 20th, 2019. (via @Sy24ria).
  • Translation: God bless you my heart Anas Diab, a volunteer journalist with the Civil Defense, martyred as a result of the Russian bombing of his city, Khan Sheikhoun.
  • He left us behind. Anas al-Diab, a colleague and a friend, who fought with his pictures and documents to convey the suffering of civilians in Idlib. Anas Diab, the young man from the city of Khan Sheikhoun, who refused to stay in his city, which was completely destroyed.
  • The death of the media worker Anas Al-Diab, the volunteer with Syrian Civil Defence, as a result of Regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun.

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man1 journalist)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (24) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3923

Incident date

July 20, 2019

Location

بلدات متعددة في أدلب, several towns in Idlib, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Step News reported that “the Syrian and Russian warplanes targeted several air strikes in the area of Basleya, south of the city of Khan Sheikhun, Khan Sheikhun, Ksafra, Billion, Ma’arata, Jabal al-Arbaeen, Tari’i, Hibayt and Hayesh al-Rikaya in Idlib with high-impact rockets.”

No other information is known at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3919

Incident date

July 19, 2019

Location

حاس, Hass, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian was reported killed in airstrikes on an IDP camp in Hass, Idlib, on July 19th.

An additional one to two civilians were reported injured in the attack, along with substantial damage to residential structures.

Syrian Network for Human Rights named the victim of the airstrikes as “Abdul Rahim Ahmad al Saghir, a displaced person from Kafr Zita city in Hama governorate northern suburbs”, who was “killed as Syrian regime forces helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Rahma residential village for IDPs, located in east of Hass village.”

Smart News reported that “Syrian helicopter gunships bombarded residential buildings inhabited by displaced persons near the town of Hass, south of Idlib, north of Syria – killing an elderly man and injuring a civilian, as well as damaging residential buildings and property.”

According to this same source, “on Saturday, July 20, 2019, the head of Al Wafaa Charitable Society, Mohammad Ata, said that the helicopters of the regime bombed an explosive barrel containing about 11 residential buildings, inhabited by nearly 200 displaced families, killing one civilian and injuring another.”

Five sources attributed the attack to the Syrian regime, while one named both Russian forces and the Syrian regime in reporting the incident. A further source did not positively attribute blame.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Abdul Rahim Ahmad al Saghir عبد الرحيم الصغير
Adult male IDP killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Image Caption: "Syrian regime bombed a residential village for IDPs in Hass village in Idlib: SNHR: Syrian regime forces helicopters dropped barrel bombs on al Rahma residential village for IDPs located in east of Hass village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, resulted in casualties and partial damages to a number of residential buildings in the area, on July 19." (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)
  • Caption translation: A man stands on the ruins of a destroyed house in the town of Hass, south of Idlib province, north of the country on July 20, 2019, following an aerial bombardment of the regime's forces that took the homes and buildings of displaced people on the outskirts of the town yesterday. Copyright SMART, published in the public interest.

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TI025

Incident date

July 18, 2019

Location

سبيتدار, Spindar, Dohuk, Iraq

Geolocation

37.035278, 43.571111 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between three and five civilians were reported injured when Turkish airstrikes struck the village of Spindar in the evening of July 18th.

Bas News reported that Turkish warplanes shelled several positions in the village Spindar with rockets, while “chasing a car for the militants of the Kurdistan Workers, where the gunmen hid in the village”. The source added that the strikes injured a number of citizens and that the villagers detained the three PKK militants who were hiding in the village.

According to local source @VagerSaadulah however, the airstrike wounded the three PKK fighters who were in the car when it was struck and an additional three civilians on the side road. One civilian was a German citizen, according to the source.

Rudaw said five civilians were injured, five of them children.

The incident occured in the evening.

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–5
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military
  • Belligerents reported injured
    3

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Car allegedly hit by a Turkish airstrike on Spindar village in Dohuk on July 18th (via Roj News).
  • Car allegedly hit by a Turkish airstrike on Spindar village in Dohuk on July 18th (via Roj News).

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Spindar (سبيندار) for which the generic coordinates are: 37.035278, 43.571111. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–5
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military
  • Belligerents reported injured
    3

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3916

Incident date

July 17, 2019

Location

Several towns in Idlib, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Shaam News reported airstrikes and artillery shelling on a number of locations in Idlib on July 17th.

According to this source, “Russian military aircraft carried out heavy air raids on the cities and towns of Khan Sheikhun, Jisr al-Shughur, Habayt, Tirmala, Kafrain, Kefersgana, Rakaya, Wadi Arenabah, Baarba and Hazarin areas, causing a number of civilian casualties. The towns of Baddama and al-Najia in the western countryside were shelled by the Assad forces.”

Airwars has set a possible injury range of 2 to 12 for this event – and is conducting ongoing research.

No other information is known at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–12
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–12
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3917

Incident date

July 17–18, 2019

Location

جسر الشغور, Jsir Al Shoughour, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to three civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on Jisr Al Shoughour, Idlib, after midnight on July 18th. A further five to seven, including two children, were allegedly injured in the attack.

Ayman Qaddour (or Ameen Qaddour) and child Abdul-Jawad Ramo were killed in the attack. Abdul-Jawad died days later of his wounds. Few sources said that Ayman’s daughter was killed alongside him, while others said she was injured.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the airstrikes “killed one person and injured at least seven others, including children.”

IdlibPlus tweeted that “five civilians were injured, including two children, in Jisr al-Shoughour, as a result of eight Russian airstrikes on the city after midnight”.

Syria Civil Defense reported that “a civilian was killed and five others were injured by airstrikes on the town of Jisr al-Shoughour, targeting residential neighborhoods and a women’s center for civil defense […] damaging some of the equipment and medical supplies inside the center.”

Jisr Media Center named Ayman Qadour as a fatality after he succumbed from his wounds.

According to Etilaf News, “three warplanes belonging to the Assad regime and Russia targeted the city with eight air raids, with one hitting the women’s point of civil defense in the city. The Civil Defense […] helped the wounded and extinguished the fires. In addition, they helped evacuate the civilians from the bombardments until dawn. The body of a martyr and a number of wounded were recovered.”

Fifteen sources attributed the attack to Russian Forces, two sources named both Russian forces and the Syrian regime in reporting the incident, and one source did not positively attribute blame. A further source attributed the attack to the Syrian regime.

The incident occured after midnight.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Adult male Ameen as other sources named him. killed
Age unknown female Other sources say she was killed. injured

The victims were named as:

Age unknown male injured
Age unknown male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • (1–2 children1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–7
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Unknown, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (38) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (20) [ collapse]

  • Video Caption Translation: "The Russian occupation planes are aggressively targeting the city at this late hour of the night." (via @abuhuzaifa_)
  • Image Caption Translation: "A civilian was killed and five others were injured by air strikes on the town of Jisr al-Shoughour, in the village of Idlib early today, targeting residential neighborhoods and a women's center for civil defense." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption Translation: "A civilian was killed and five others were injured by air strikes on the town of Jisr al-Shoughour, in the village of Idlib early today, targeting residential neighborhoods and a women's center for civil defense." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption Translation: "A civilian was killed and five others were injured by air strikes on the town of Jisr al-Shoughour, in the village of Idlib early today, targeting residential neighborhoods and a women's center for civil defense." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption Translation: "An air raid of the Syrian military aircraft, targeted at dawn today, the civil defense center for women located in a residential neighborhood in the city of Jisr al-Shoughour, to damage some of the equipment and medical supplies inside the center." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption Translation: "An air raid of the Syrian military aircraft, targeted at dawn today, the civil defense center for women located in a residential neighborhood in the city of Jisr al-Shoughour, to damage some of the equipment and medical supplies inside the center." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption Translation: "An air raid of the Syrian military aircraft, targeted at dawn today, the civil defense center for women located in a residential neighborhood in the city of Jisr al-Shoughour, to damage some of the equipment and medical supplies inside the center." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Image Caption Translation: "An air raid of the Syrian military aircraft, targeted at dawn today, the civil defense center for women located in a residential neighborhood in the city of Jisr al-Shoughour, to damage some of the equipment and medical supplies inside the center." (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Translation: Images showing the amount of destruction after Russian warplanes struck Jisr Al Shughour last night.
  • An Image showing the amount of destruction after Russian warplanes struck Jisr Al Shughour last night. (@IdlibPlus).
  • An Image showing the amount of destruction after Russian warplanes struck Jisr Al Shughour last night. (@IdlibPlus).
  • An Image showing the amount of destruction after Russian warplanes struck Jisr Al Shughour last night. (@IdlibPlus).
  • An Image showing the amount of destruction after Russian warplanes struck Jisr Al Shughour last night. (@IdlibPlus).
  • Translation: A martyr and five injured civilians including two children as a result of eight airstrikes by Russian warplanes yesterday night on residential areas in Jisr Al-Shughour west of Idlib.
  • Translation: Civil Defence: A civilian was killed and others injured as a result of Russian airstrikes on Jisr Al-Shughour.
  • Translation: Last night, Assad and allies warplanes launched airstrikes on residential areas in Jisr Al-Shughour and a medical point for the Civil Defence.
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    Abdel-Gawad Marawan Ramo died of injuries from Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jisr Al-Shughour on July 17th/18th, 2019. (via Sham Masri FB Page).
  • Ayman Qaddour, who used to play within Al Jisr football club died as result of airstrikes on Jisr Al-Shoghour on July 17th/18th, 2019. (via Jisr Al Shughour sport club in Adana)
  • Image from Jisr Al Shughour in the aftermath of mid night airstrikes. (via Enad Baladi)
  • SCD responded in the aftermath of Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jisr Al-Shughour on July 17th/18th, 2019. (via @RaedAlSaleh3).

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Unknown Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Unknown
  • Unknown position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • (1–2 children1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–7
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Unknown, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (38) [ collapse]