Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3786

Incident date

June 10, 2019

Location

جبالا, Jbala, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Thirteen civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on Jbala, Idlib, June 10th.

While multiple sources cited thirteen as the number of civilians killed, one source, Step News Agency reported four deaths initially. As understanding of the events unfolded, this same source later stated that death toll had risen to 12.

While @abuhuzaifa_  alleged said that 13 civilians died, including children. Multiple other sources put the number of children killed at five, while Syrian Observatory for Human Rights initially stated that one child was slain in the attack.

Syria.liveuamap, claiming five child fatalities, reported that two women were killed in the bombardment, while Syria Civil Defense documented the death of three women in the “airstrike loaded with three high-explosive rockets.”

Numerous sources noted that “many were wounded” in the attack, with @so_ria98 citing “dozens wounded”, and Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reporting “civilians trapped under the rubble.”

Four sources attributed the attack to the Syrian regime, two sources named Russia as the belligerent responsible for the incident, while three named both of these in the reporting of the airstrike. Meanwhile, six sources did not positively attribute blame.

According to Smart News, “warplanes bombed the village of Jabala with rockets, killing 13 civilians, including children and women and wounding others. The search continues for others” in the rubble.

The incident occured in the evening.

The victims were named as:

Family members (5)

Marwan Al-Ayoub مروان الأيوب
Age unknown male killed
Fares Al-Ayoub فارس الأيوب
Age unknown male killed
Wife of Osama Al-Ayoub زوجة أسامة الأيوب
Age unknown female killed
Son of Osama al-Ayyub ابن أسامة الأيوب
Age unknown male killed
Son of Faris al-Ayyub ابن فارس الايوب
Age unknown male killed

Family members (5)

Ahmad Ahmad Al-Khaled احمد احمد الخالد
Age unknown male killed
Muhammad Haitham Al-Khaled محمد هيثم الخالد
Age unknown male killed
Anwar Jamil Al-Khaled انور جميل الخالد
killed
Aya Yasser Al-Khaled اية ياسر الخالد
Age unknown female killed
Randa Haitham Al-Khaled رندة هيثم الخالد
Age unknown female killed

The victims were named as:

Son of Ahmad Al-Ghatwan ابن احمد الغتوان
Age unknown male IDP from Tarmala killed
Jum’a Musa Al-Rahmoun جمعة موسى الرحمون
Age unknown male killed
Muhammad Al-Hamoud محمد الحمود
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    13
  • (1–5 children2–3 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–12
  • 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 (31) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (15) [ collapse]

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    Video caption translation: "Rise of the toll of the martyrs of the village of # Jbala to 13 children, after the bombing of Russian occupation aircraft to the village in the southern countryside of Idlib." (via @abuhuzaifa_)
  • Image caption: At least ten civilians, including five children and a woman, were killed as Syrian regime fixed- wing warplanes fired missiles on the residential neighborhoods in middle of Jabala village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on June 10." (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)
  • Civilians carrying the body of a victim of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (Copyright SMART, published in the public interest).
  • SCD volunteers at the site of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (Copyright SMART, published in the public interest).
  • Destruction in civilians homes after alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (Copyright SMART, published in the public interest).
  • Destruction in civilians homes after alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (Copyright SMART, published in the public interest).
  • Fares Al-Ayoub was killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • Osama Al-Ayoub got injured, while his wife and son got killed, as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • This civilian, believed to be Marwan Al-Ayoub, was reported killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • One of the civilians reported killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • This child was reported killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • This child was reported killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).

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
    13
  • (1–5 children2–3 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–12
  • 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 (31) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3781

Incident date

June 9, 2019

Location

بزابور, Bazabour, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Six civilians, including four women and a child, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the village of Bazabour, Idlib governorate, on June 9th, 2019, according to local sources.

@ShahbaPress reported that “six civilians, including a girl and four women, were wounded as a result of the Assad forces’ bombing of cluster missiles on the village of Bazabour in the southern countryside of Idlib.”

The Syrian Civil Defence in Idlib also reported: “Six civilians, including a child and four women, were wounded in the village of Bazabur, as a result of the bombing of two rockets loaded with cluster bombs targeting the outskirts of the village.”

According to Haseeb Deeb on Facebook, the sounds of the explosions were heard throughout the city of Idlib.

Nearly all sources pointed to the Syrian regime as the responsible belligerent, but Shaam News Network blamed Russia, writing that “Russian aircraft launched airstrikes in the middle of artillery and missile attacks” on several towns, including Bazabour.

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
    6
  • 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 (6) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Translation: “The sounds of explosions, which were heard throughout the city of Idlib and its countryside a short while ago, resulting from the bombing of the village of Bzabour, in Jabal Al Arbaeen, 9/6/2019” (via Haseeb Deeb).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes of the village of Bzabour, in Jabal Al Arbaeen, 9/6/2019” (via Haseeb Deeb).

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
    6
  • 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 (6) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3783

Incident date

June 9, 2019

Location

عدة بلدات في ريف إدلب, Several towns in Idlib countryside, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Shaam News reported a number of attacks by Russian forces on several towns and villages in Idlib on June 9th.

According to this source, “Russian aircraft launched airstrikes amidst artillery and missile attacks on the towns and villages of Khan Sheikhoun, Tal Ass, Al Mastouma, Arenaba, Al Qasabiyah, Bazabur, Kferlata, Kafar Lata, Jabal Al-Arbaeen, Ahsem, Tarmala, Al Habeet, Rakaya, Abdeen, Kefar Sijna and Heesh, resulting in civilian casualties.”

No further information is available.

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 attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

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 attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3779

Incident date

June 9, 2019

Location

كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were reportedly killed and four others were injured in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on the city of Kafar Zeita on June 9th, 2019, according to local sources.

Based on local activists, Smart News Agency reported that “two people were killed and four others were injured, as the warplanes of the regime and Russia raided residential neighbourhoods in the city of Kafar Zeita.”

@almo3tasem91 and @syrian191124 also reported two killed civilians and four wounded, also blaming both Russia and the Syrian regime.

@MahmodHamway wrote that “the Russian battalion in the town of Ma’ardis bombed the city of Kafar Zita and “Tal Fas” in the northern Hama countryside with missiles.” @MasarPressNet, however, stated that helicopters targeted the city with barrel bombs. Mahmoud Al Hamwi posted a video on Youtube of the aftermath of the strikes, blaming the Syrian regime.

Shaam News Network wrote that “Russian warplanes and Assad’s helicopters launched dozens of air-raids, with rockets and explosive barrels” on a number of cities, towns and villages on June 9th.

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
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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 (10) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Translation: “Air strikes launched by the regime's warplanes on the city of Kafr Zaita in Hama countryside 9/6/2019” (via Mahmoud Al Hamwi).
  • Translation: “Two martyrs and four wounded, as a result of the regime and Russian air strikes on the city of Kafar Zeita in the northern Hama countryside” (via @almo3tasem91).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers at the target site in Kafar Zeita after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on June 9th, 2019 (via @almo3tasem91).

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
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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 (10) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3775

Incident date

June 8, 2019

Location

معرة النعمان, Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

A child was killed and up to three women were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on civilian homes in the outskirts of Ma’arat Al Nu’man, Idlib governorate, on June 8th, 2019, according to local sources.

@SyriaCivilDefe reported “the death of a child and the wounding of three women as a result of four airstrikes by warplanes targeting civilian homes on the outskirts of the city of Ma’arat Al Nu’man in Idlib countryside this morning.”

Attributing the attack to the Syrian regime, the Syrian Network for Human Rights identified the girl killed as Fadwa Jum’a Al Bassas.

@azaldenalkasem1 reported that two civilians were additionally wounded and civilian homes and property were destroyed.

@abdalazezketa reported the use of vacuum missiles. @NagiNajjar, however, stated that artillery strikes coming from a Russian camp south of the city of Halfaya targeted the city with cluster missiles.

While some sources pointed to the Syrian regime, others did not positively attribute blame to an active belligerent. Shaam News Network blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Fadwa Jum’a al Bassas فدوى البصاص
Child female killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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 (10) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (10) [ collapse]

  • Translation: “The rise of a child and the wounding of three women as a result of four airstrikes by the warplanes, targeting civilian homes on the outskirts of the city of Ma'arat Al Numan in Idlib countryside this morning” (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • A man covered in dust standing next to a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Ma'arat Al Numan on June 8th, 2019 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers searching the rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Ma'arat Al Numan on June 8th, 2019 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers in the aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Ma'arat Al Numan on June 8th, 2019 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Translation: “The death of a child and wounded civilians as a result of the warplanes targeting with vacuum missiles the southern neighborhood of the city of Ma'arat Al Numan” (via @abdalazezketaz).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Ma'arat Al Numan on June 8th, 2019 (via @abdalazezketaz).
  • Translation: “Syria, Ma'arat Al Numan: A dusty man leans on a civil defense member Saturday June 8, 2019, after an air strike by the Syrian regime forces targeted a residential neighborhood in the city of Ma'arat Al Numan, south of Idlib Governorate, in the north of the country, causing the death of the child Fadwa Al Bassas, wounding two civilians, in addition to destruction in homes and properties” (via @azaldenalkasem1).
  • A man covered in dust standing next to a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Ma'arat Al Numan on June 8th, 2019 (via @azaldenalkasem1).
  • Translation: “The death of the child Fadwa Al Bassas as a result of the airstrike that targeted the outskirts of the city shortly before” (via Ma’arat Al Nu’man Lovers).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Ma'arat Al Numan on June 8th, 2019 (via Ma’arat Al Nu’man Lovers).

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 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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 (10) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3774

Incident date

June 8, 2019

Location

كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on Kafar Nabil, Idlib, June 8th.

Syrian Network for Human Rights reported one civilian killed in the attack, and named him as Khaled Ahmad al Hmaido. Later it was reported that a woman named Khaldiya Al-Battal died of her wounds as results of the same airstrike.

Listing a number of causalities and locations, and alleging the death of two civilians in Kafar Nabil, Shaam News stated that “Russian and Syrian regime military aircraft conducted dozens of air raids, accompanied by heavy artillery shelling, on cities and towns” on June 8th.

Syrian Network for Human Rights attributed the airstrike to the Syrian Regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Khaled Ahmad al Hmaido خالد احمد الحميدو
Adult male killed
Khaldiya Al-Battal خالدية البطال
Age unknown female Widow of Khaled Fajr Al-Sweid killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (1 woman1 man)
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

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    Khaled Ahmed Al-Hamidou was killed as a result of airstrikes on Kafr Nubul on June 8th, 2019. (via @alyasmeenwn).
  • Aftermath of airstrikes on Kafr Nubul on June 8th, 2019. (via @alyasmeenwn).
  • Aftermath of airstrikes on Kafr Nubul on June 8th, 2019. (via @alyasmeenwn).
  • Destruction caused by alleged Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafr Nubul on June 8th, 2019. (Via @HalabTodayTV)
  • Destruction caused by alleged Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafr Nubul on June 8th, 2019. (Via @HalabTodayTV)
  • Aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian forces airstrikes on Kafr Nubul on June 8th. 2019. (via Abu ibrahim Na`na`).
  • Aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian forces airstrikes on Kafr Nubul on June 8th. 2019. (via Abu ibrahim Na`na`).
  • Aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian forces airstrikes on Kafr Nubul on June 8th. 2019. (via Abu ibrahim Na`na`).

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
    2
  • (1 woman1 man)
  • 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 (14) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3776

Incident date

June 8, 2019

Location

Several towns in Idlib countryside, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Shaam News reported a number of alleged Russian and Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on several towns and villages in Idlib governorate on June 8th, 2019. Possibly, civilians were injured.

According to Shaam News Network, “Syrian regime and Russian military aircraft and helicopter gunships conducted dozens of air raids, accompanied with heavy artillery shelling, on the cities and towns of Ma’arat Al Nu’man, Sarqib, Khan Sheikhoun, Al Hamediyah, Hass, Kafar Awid, Karsa’a, Ma’arat Tahream, Al Habit, Tarmala, Kafar Nabil, Hazarin, Bdama, Safwhen, Khan Al Subul, Al Kana’es, Farwan.”

The source added that there were “two martyrs in Kafar Nabil and girl killed in Ma’arat Al Nu’man and a number of wounded in other areas.” Airwars has assessed the incidents in Kafar Nabil (RS3774) and Ma’arat Al Numan (RS3775) separately. It remains unclear in which specific cities and towns listed by Shaam News Network civilians were injured.

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
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

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
    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
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3770

Incident date

June 6, 2019

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

One to five civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, on June 6th.

While Shaam News reported that one child had been killed in airstrikes, Syria Civil Defense stated that “five civilians were killed and others were injured as a result of the intensive shelling of the residential neighborhoods of Khan Sheikhoun by regime forces on the third day of Eid al-Fitr.”

Syrian Network for Human Rights named the child killed in the attack as Abdul Hamid al Jawhar. @abdalazezketaz  said that his parents were injured.

While four other sources also reported the airstrikes, with the Local Coordination Committee for Syria stating that “civilians were wounded by shelling in Khan Sheikhoun”, these sources did not claim any deaths in the incident.

Four sources attributed the attack to Russia, while Syria Civil Defense and the Syrian Network for Human Rights named the Syrian regime as the active belligerent. Meanwhile the Local Coordination Committee for Syria did not positively attribute blame.

Syrian Observatory for Human rights stated that the attack, which according to this source was carried out by “Russian warplanes”, amounted to “four airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun city”.

The incident occured in the evening.

The victims were named as:

Abdul Hamid al Jawhar عبدالحميد الجوهر
Child male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 5
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (21) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (10) [ collapse]

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    An infant killed in the attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, June 6th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)

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  • Alleged Russian raids with vacuum rockets on Khan Sheikhoun on June 6th, 2019. (via @NagiNajjar ).
  • Alleged Syrian regime raids with rockets on Khan Sheikhoun. (via @TNNArabic)
  • Alleged Syrian regime raids with rockets on Khan Sheikhoun. (via @TNNArabic)
  • Alleged Syrian regime raids with rockets on Khan Sheikhoun. (via @TNNArabic)
  • Alleged Syrian regime raids with rockets on Khan Sheikhoun. (via @TNNArabic)

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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 – 5
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (21) [ collapse]