Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3657

Incident date

May 4, 2019

Location

كفرعويد, Kafar A’ouid, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Between four and six civilians including a child and up to three women wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Kafr Uwayd city in Idlib, local media said. There were also reports of artillery strikes.

According to 7alnet, “two men and three women were injured”.

However, Radio Fresh reported that “six civilians, including a woman, were wounded, and they were taken to a nearby medical point when Russian air force planes attacked and  the village of Kafraweid.”

Other sources blamed the regime, and there were numerous reports of barrel bombing from helicopters.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–6
  • 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

Sources (27) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (12) [ collapse]

  • Translation: "he moment of the fall of an explosive barrel on the town of Kafr Aouid mountain Zawia"
  • Translation: "The Russian occupation is bombarding the towns of Kafar A’ouid, Hambal and Qarsaya west Idlib"
  • Translation: "The moment the Civil Defense teams inspected sites bombed by explosive barrels in the town of Kafar A’ouid"
  • Translation: "Difficult moments after the bombing of the Syrian regime of the village of Kafruid"
  • An barrel bombs hits Kafar A’ouid, May 4th (via MCC)
  • An barrel bombs hits Kafar A’ouid, May 4th (via MCC)
  • Strikes hit Kafar A’ouid, May 4th.
  • Translation: "The Russian warplanes bombard the center of the town of Kafar Uwaid."
  • "A picture of our arrival on private mail shows the shelling of residential neighborhoods in the village of Kfruhid in the southern countryside of Idlib yesterday from the Russian warplanes" (VIA Syria.Liveuamap)
  • Alleged Russian raids on the center of the town of Kafar Uwaid on May 3rd, 2019. via @TOR_SYR
  • Alleged Russian raids on the center of the town of Kafar Uwaid on May 3rd, 2019. via @TOR_SYR
  • Image of raids on Kafr Uwaid on May 3rd, 2019 (via @IdlibPlus).

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 type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    4–6
  • 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

Sources (27) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3655

Incident date

May 4, 2019

Location

أرنبة, Arnaba, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A woman and two children of the same family were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Arnaba, Idlib governorate, on May 4th, 2019, according to local sources.

According to the White Helmets, “two children were killed and a child was seriously injured as a result of a military airstrike near a school and a mosque in the centre of the village of Arnaba in Jabal Al Zawiya. Immediately, the Civil Defense went to the site of the raids.”

The Syrian Network for Human Right wrote that “the child Majed Abdullah Al Ahmad and his sister An’am, aged respectively 10 and 20, were killed as fixed-wing warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on Arnaba village in Jabal Al Zawiya area in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on May 4.”

On May 5th, Hasan Al Ahmad wrote on Facebook that “the death of the child Ibrahim Ahmed Al Ahmad from the village of Aranba resulted into three martyrs [caused by] the Russian bombing that targeted the centre of the village yesterday.”

Local sources reported that the missiles, also described as rockets, caused damage to the Arnaba Primary School and the Omar Bin al Khattab Mosque when they struck near the buildings.

Whereas most sources blamed Russian airstrikes, TRT Arabic pointed to the regime while @HalabTodayTV blamed both Russia and the regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Ibrahim Ahmed Al Ahmad ابراهيم احمد الاحمد
Child male died on May 5th of his injuries killed
An’am Al Ahmad
20 years old female sister of Ibrahim Ahmed Al Ahmad
Majed Abdullah Al Ahmad
10 years old male brother of An’am Al Ahmad killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • 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 (24) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (13) [ collapse]

  • Omar Bin al Khattab Mosque in Arnaba village in Jabal al Zaweya area in Idlib governorate was partially destroyed by an alleged Russian bombardment on May 5th (via SN4HR).
  • Alleged Russian missiles struck near Arnaba Primary School in Arnaba village in Idlib governorate and partially destroyed the building on May 4th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • Destruction in the town of Arnaba south of Idlib, allegedly caused by a Russian airstrike on May 4th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Destruction in the town of Arnaba south of Idlib, allegedly caused by a Russian airstrike on May 4th (via Edlib Media Center).

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    Blood of one of the victims of an alleged Russian airstrike on the town of Arnaba south of Idlib on May 4th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Destruction in the town of Arnaba south of Idlib, allegedly caused by a Russian airstrike on May 4th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Blood of one of the victims of an alleged Russian airstrike on the town of town of Arnaba south of Idlib on May 4th (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Translation: "The arrival of the civil defense teams at the site of the air raid in the village of Arnaba, which left two martyrs" (via Syrian Civil Defence).
  • Translation: "The arrival of the civil defense teams at the site of the air raid in the village of Arnaba, which left two martyrs" (via Syrian Civil Defence).
  • Translation: "Documenting the destruction of the Mosque of Arenba in Jabal al-Zawiya after being targeted by the Russian occupation aircraft" (via Edlib Media Center).
  • Translation: "The martyrdom of a woman and a child and the injury of others as a result of the targeting of the Russian occupation aircraft town of Arnaba south of Idlib with rockets" (via Edli Media Center).

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 infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • 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 (24) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3654

Incident date

May 4, 2019

Location

الهبيط, Al Habit, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on the town of Al Habit, Idlib governorate, killed up to four civilians on May 4th, 2019, local media reported.

Multiple sources reported the shelling of civilian infrastructure. According to @AishaSapri, the health centre was struck, while the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported damage to three schools in the town: Khalid Al Mousa Secondary School, Khawla Primary School, and Al Qadisiya School. Additionally, several farms in the town were struck by what was described as “rocket attacks”.

Khan Sheikhoun reported on Facebook that Sobhia Mohammed Bashir Aburas and Abdel Qadir Fadl Aburas were killed in Syrian regime rocket attacks on farms in the area, in addition to a third unidentified man. The Syrian Network for Human Rights wrote that a woman and a child were killed.

Edlib Media Center reported that two people were killed and several were wounded, pointing to Russia as the belligerent. However, Khan Sheikhoun, along with many other sources, stated that the regime was responsible.

Baladi News wrote that “a man and his wife were killed and their three children were hit by a missile bombardment by the regime forces, who targeted the farms of the town of Habit, south of Idlib, at dawn today.”

@SyrianHNC reported that three people from a displaced family from Srihin, Hama, died. According to the White Helmets, “two women and four children from a single family were rescued from the rubble of their demolished house as a result of the targeting of civilian houses in the town of Habit in rural Idlib, with six explosive drums and two warplanes.”

According to Syrian Mosaic, two women and four children from the same family were injured.

Syrian Mosaic said that the town had been bombarded “with 19 explosive barrels, 27 airstrikes, 160 rockets, and 30 artillery shells.”

@NagiNajjar reported that rockets were fired from a Russian military camp in Bridij.

The incident occured around dawn.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Sobhia Mohammed Bashir Aburas صبحية محمد بشيرابوراس
Age unknown female killed
Abdel Qadir Fadl Aburas عبد القادر فضل ابوراس
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 4
  • (1 child1–2 women2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–6
  • 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 (47) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (16) [ collapse]

  • Translation: "The picture is of smoke rising from the town of Habit in the countryside #Idlib South following air raids" (via @AbazidMohamad).
  • Translation: "Two women and four children from a single family were rescued from the rubble of their demolished house as a result of the targeting of civilian houses in the town of Habit in rural Idlib, with six explosive drums and two warplanes” (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • An airstrike hits Al Habit, May 4th (via NPA).
  • "The bombing of a fixed wing aircraft belonging to the Syrian regime forces several missiles near the Martyr Khaled al-Bakr School for Basic Education in the village of Habit in the southern governorate of Idlib, resulting in partial damage to the entrance and the wall, and the damage to its construction and furniture with moderate material damage, on 4 May 2019" (via SN4HR).
  • "The bombing of a fixed-wing aircraft belonging to the Syrian regime with rockets, a gathering of 3 schools, "Khalid Al-Mousa Secondary School, Khawla Primary School, Al-Qadisiya School" in the village of Habit in the southern governorate of Idlib. In partial damage to school buildings and damage to furniture, on May 3, 2019." (via SN4HR).

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    A severely injured man laying underneath the rubble, after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on Al Habit, May 4th, 2019 (via @Alma8900).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers evacuating a wounded man after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Al Habit, May 4th, 2019 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers in front of an ambulance after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Al Habit, May 4th, 2019 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Al Habit, May 4th, 2019 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers evacuating a wounded man after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Al Habit, May 4th, 2019 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Translation: "With high-explosive missiles, a military aircraft unloaded its cargo on the town of Al Habit south Idlib" (via Step News Agency).
  • Translation: "The town of Habit in the village of Idlib at the mercy of bombing and explosive barrels" (via Shaam News Network).
  • Translation: "The moment when the helicopter bombed the explosive barrel on the town of Habit in rural Idlib" (via Baladi News).
  • Translation: "The effects of the destruction of the Habit in the countryside of Idlib as a result of the bombing of the regime and the Russian occupation" (via Aljesr Tv).
  • Translation: " A violent line of rocket launchers targets the town of Habit, north of Hama" (via Qasioun News).
  • Translation: A woman was rescued from the rubble in the town of Habit and the rest of her family - white helmets" (via Syrian Civil Defence).

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 infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 4
  • (1 child1–2 women2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–6
  • 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 (47) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3653

Incident date

May 3, 2019

Location

معرة حرمة, Ma’aret Harma, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Three children and two women were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the village of Ma’aret Harma on May 3rd, 2019, according to local sources.

On May 3rd, the White Helmets tweeted: “Three children and two women were injured a short while ago following shelling by rockets carrying cluster bombs targeting the town of Ma’aret Harma in the southern countryside of Idlib, by the forces of the regime stationed in the countryside of Hama.”

Idlib Media Center also reported injured civilians as the result of an explosive barrel bomb but shared a video of a helicopter dropping munition on the village.

Step News Agency reported that the village was targeted with four ground-to-ground-missiles carrying cluster bombs, which allegedly came from a Russian military camp in Bribidiaj. HalabTodayTV also reported the use of cluster bombs but did not identify the culprit.

The pro-regime Twitter account @HoseinMortada wrote that “terrorist groups and their headquarters” were targeted in the area.

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
    5
  • 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

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Translation: "Three children and two women were injured a short while ago following shelling by rockets carrying cluster bombs targeting the town of Ma'ra Herma in the southern countryside of Idlib, by the forces of the regime stationed in the countryside of Hama."
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer holding an injured child after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on Ma’aret Harma, May 3rd, 2019 (via Syrian Civil Defence).
  • Translation: "The moment of the fall of an explosive barrel on the town of Ma’aret Harma south of Idlib and caused the injury of civilians" (via Idlib Media Center).

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
    5
  • 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

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3652

Incident date

May 3, 2019

Location

بيدر شمسو, Baydar Shamsou, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

A young girl, named as Bisan Hasan al Atrash, died and five or six other civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Baydar Shamsou, local media reported.

In a video posted by Baladi News, a member of the White Helmets says that “warplanes raided the village of Baydar Shamsou, leading to the death of a girl and wounding two men and two women and a child. There was also a great deal of destruction to houses.” Baladi pointed to regime warplanes. Al Ghadal Soury reported that two children had been injured.

According to an Orient TV video post, “a child was killed and more than six civilians were injured as Russian air force planes targeted the village of Baydar Shamsou. A resident of the village said ‘’all the village’s residents are farmers. There is no base, or headquarters of anything here… Just farmers.’’’

Several sources, among which the Syrian Network for Human Rights and OrientTV, blamed Russian warplanes for the shelling, whereas others, such as Shaam News Network, blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime.

Whereas nearly all sources reported airstrikes, Shaam News Network also reported artillery strikes on the village. Ebaa News wrote that the village was targeted during the night, but both Anadolu Agency and SyrianNoor reported that the incident occured in the morning.

Al Ghadal Soury gave some context, reporting on May 4th: “For the fifth day in a row, the regime and its allies have been targeting the towns and villages of Idlib and its surrounding areas under the control of the opposition factions. Russian warplanes are carrying out dozens of raids, while the regime’s helicopters have been dropping dozens of explosive barrels in different areas of the region, killing and wounding dozens of civilians in the past few days.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Bisan Hasan al Atrash
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
    6
  • 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 (27) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

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    The girl Bisan Hasan al Atrash was killed when an alleged Russian missiles struck the west of Baydar Shamsou village in Jabal al Zaweya area in Idlib governorate's southern suburbs, on May 3 (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).

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
    6
  • 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 (27) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3651

Incident date

May 3, 2019

Location

باب الطاقة, Bab Al Taqa, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least one civilian was wounded when alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes hit the village of Bab Al Taqa, west of Hama, on May 3rd, 2019, local media reported.

Smart News Agency wrote that, according to activists, “a civilian was wounded by Russian airstrikes on the village of Bab Al Taqa, west of Hama.”

@addouniatv noted that  “units of the army destroyed the mechanisms and gatherings of terrorist groups in the Bab al Taka and Alsermaina rural West Hama”.

Al Hayat also reported that dens of terrorist groups were targeted in the morning, resulting in the “elimination of a number of terrorists, and the destruction of mechanisms and platforms for firing missiles.”

Al Jazeera shared a video of a man finding the body of his friend “Walid”. It is unclear if the victim is a civilian.

Other sources reported barrel bombing from helicopters as well as artillery shelling. Baladi News blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the shelling.

The incident occured in the morning.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 1
  • (0–1 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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
  • Belligerents reported killed
    2

Sources (26) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Translation: "Walid. He found a martyr in the bombing of Russian-Assad terrorism on the village of Bab Al- Taqa in Hama countryside" (via Shaam News Network).
  • Translation: "Targeting the village of Bab Al Taqa in the northern suburb of Hama, with an explosive barrel thrown by helicopters belonging to the regime forces, causing heavy damage and destruction to civilian houses" (via Syrian Civil Defence).

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
    0 – 1
  • (0–1 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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
  • Belligerents reported killed
    2

Sources (26) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3649

Incident date

May 3, 2019

Location

الهبيط, Al Habit, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A male civilian was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Habit, Idlib governorate, on May 3r, 2019, according to local sources. At least one other man was reportedly wounded.

HalabTodayTV reported that a civilian was killed in airstrikes by a warplane, without identifying the belligerent. Al Arabiya reported five regime airstrikes on the town, in conjunction with intensive rocket shelling.

Mohammed Al Dab’an, reportedly a nephew of the victim, wrote on Facebook: “My uncle Deban Al Dab’an in the custody of God as a result of the criminal shelling of the regime and Russia criminals and their helpers.” According to Hama Now, the victim was displaced from the town of Al Mughayir.

According to the Facebook page Al Habit Green, the young man Ahmed Sleiman Alawad had been injured in the strikes. Mahmed Balabass reported “a number of wounded”.

According to the pro-Iran website Al Alam, Al Nusra equipment and vehicles were targeted.

@alhurranews shared a photo of a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer rescuing a cat from underneath the rubble.

Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime was to blame, with reports stating that helicopters dropped explosive barrels on the town.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ahmed Sleiman Alawad
Adult male injured
Dibban al-Dabaan
Age unknown male 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
  • 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
    Other

Sources (45) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • Translation: "Moment of shelling by helicopter with explosive barrels on Al Habit town of Idlib countryside" (via Baladi News).
  • Translation: "Al Habit town of Idlib countryside is under the mercy of shelling and explosive barrels" (via Shaam News Network).
  • Translation: "With high-explosive missiles, a warplane unloads its cargo on the town of Al Habit, south of Idlib" (via Step News Agency).
  • Translation: "A man gets killed due to the regime's continuous shelling in Al Habit town of Idlib countryside" (via JisrTV).
  • Translation: "A civilian is killed and others injured in helicopter shelling in Al Habit town south of Idlib - Syria" (via Orient News).

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    Deban Al Dab’an was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Habit, Idlib governorate, on May 3rd, 2019 (via Mohammed Al Dab’an).
  • Translation: "A member of the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) carrying a cat rescued from a building destroyed by shells of the Syrian regime and its allies, in the town of Habit in the countryside of Idlib (Omar Qaddour / AFP)” (via @alhurranews).
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer rescued a cat from a building that was targeted in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Habit, May 3rd (via @alhurranews).
  • Translation: "A martyr and a number of wounded in Al Habit as a result of targeting the explosive barrel of the helicopters of the regime" (via Mahmed Balabass).

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
  • 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
    Other

Sources (45) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3640

Incident date

May 1, 2019

Location

عابدين, Abidin, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to four civilians died including women and children in alleged Russia and/or regime airstrikes on a car fleeing Abdin, local media reported.

Sources reported that an initial strike destroyed homes and that residents attempting to flee in a car were then hit.

According to Smart News, a total of six civilians including two women were killed as a result of explosive barrels dropped from regime helicopters on the town.

The lowest death count was given by Alaraby at one woman, with a second woman wounded.

According to the Syrian Civil Defense, “after the destruction of their towns and homes, Syrian regime planes pursued and killed civilians fleeing from death. The death of a woman and her two children, the wounding of another woman and the death of a baby, occurred when the regime targeted a car in Abdin”.

According to Rok Online, “Activists said three people, including a woman, were killed as a result of Russian aircraft targeting some families who were trying to flee the aerial bombardment of the village of Abdin, north of Idlib.”

According to Macro Media Center “Two men and a woman from the town of Muraddatin were injured by a warplane targeting a car carrying a number of displaced persons at the junction of the town of Abdin and the southern suburb of Idlib”.

@HalabTodayTV added that the car was struck on on the road Habit – Abdin.

@syrialive54  laid the blame for this with regime helicopters.

The incident occured in the afternoon.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 4
  • (1–3 children1–2 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • 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
  • Belligerents reported injured
    2

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Media
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    The weeping woman says: "When the strike came, we were in the cave. All the members of the Rashidi family were in the cave, except my sister.The plane bombed us. My uncle says that my sister was infected with shrapnel .And  they said she died."

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    A woman is running among the rubble of destroyed homes, crying "where are they?"An older woman is then interviewed; she says: "I am an old woman who can not move, so I could not escape when the shelling came. There were two or three strikes around me ... and part of the house fell down, but my father in law came and drove me out of the rubble after the shelling ended."

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    Translate: "Watch as the Russian- Assad enemy demolishes the houses of civilians over the heads of its inhabitants in the town of Abdin countryside # Idlib South"
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of a a strike in Abdin, May 1st.
  • Video showing the destruction caused by an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on Abdin in Idlib on May 1st (via Smart News).
  • Two men and a woman from the town of Muraddatin were injured by a warplane targeting a car carrying a number of displaced persons at the junction of the town of 'Abdin and the southern suburb of Idlib on May 1st (via Macro Media Center).

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 – 4
  • (1–3 children1–2 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • 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
  • Belligerents reported injured
    2

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