Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3637

Incident date

April 30, 2019

Location

اللطامنة, Al Latamina, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were reportedly injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on the town of Al Latamina on April 30th, 2019, according to local sources.

Kafar Zeita TV reported that two civilians were wounded by rocket fire from Russian helicopters on the outskirts of the town of Al Latamina in the northern countryside of Hama. The source added that “a number of sheep” were also killed.

The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported “heavy artillery shelling targeting most of the areas mentioned [in a list, which included Al Latamina], resulting in the deaths and injuries of a large number of civilians.”

According to Tell Me, “an intensive aerial bombardment targeted a hospital and an ambulance center in Al Latamina”.

@mhmdalywns56 tweeted that “Russian warplanes bombarded terrorist sites in the town of Latamina in the northern suburb of Hama”.

While most sources blamed Russia for the incident, others, such as SyriaTV, pointed to the Syrian regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • 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 (25) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (10) [ collapse]

  • Alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Latamina, April 30th (via Jobar News).
  • Alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Latamina, April 30th (via Step News Agency).
  • "A barrage of rockets" allegedly fired by Russian warplanes on Al Latamina, April 30th (via Mahmood Alhamwi).
  • Translation: "Mass destruction left by a Russian air raid on the city of Latamina in the countryside of Hama 30-04-2019" (via Mahmood Alhamwi).
  • "Intensive aerial bombardment targeting a hospital and an ambulance center in Al-Latamina" (via TellMe).
  • "Russian warplanes bombard the city of Latamina in Syria" (via
  • Footage of a strike by a helicopter on Al Latamina, April 30th.
  • Further footage of strikes on on Al Latamına, April 30th (via @Wesal_TV).
  • Footage of strikes on Al Latamina, April 30th (via @HadiAlabdallah).
  • Footage from inside the town showing the raids, April 30th. Voice over video says: "The town of al Latamna now..Russian vacuum missiles” (via @mhmdalywyns56).

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
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • 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 (25) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3636

Incident date

April 29–30, 2019

Location

كفرنبودة, Kafar Nbouda, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian died and up to 10 more were wounded in airstrikes on Kfar Nbouda, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime was to blame. Many reports said that regime helicopters dropped multiple barrel bombs on the town. There were reports of both artillery and airstrikes.

Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCCSY) reported a “martyr and more than 10 wounded as a result of the initial targeting of the town of Kfar Nbouda in the countryside of the northern Hama with dozens of rockets and artillery shells.”

@aalrashed tweeted: “The town of Kafar Nabouda (fifty kilometres from Hama) has been displaced all its people today [April 30th] and yesterday. Syrian planes dropped dozens of explosive barrels on them.”

The Syrian Network for Human Rights named Fawaz abd al Razzaq al Yousuf as one of the victims.

According to Alyaum TV, “the Syrian regime targeted the city of Kfarabouda in the countryside of Hama with more than 300 shells”.

Xeber24 made no mention of civilian harm but said that “a private source from Hama village told the correspondent (Xeber 24) on Tuesday (April 30th) that three gunmen were killed and others wounded in regime air and artillery fire targeting their headquarters in the town of Kfarabouda north of Hama.”

Qasioun News wrote that “more than 100 artillery shells and eight raids by warplanes targeted the town”, blaming the regime. In an earlier post, Qasioun News reported Russian airstrikes.

Whereas most sources blamed the Syrian regime, other sources, such as Aawsat News, reported Russian airstrikes.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Fawaz abd al Razzaq al Yousuf
Adult 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
    2–10
  • 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
    3
  • Belligerents reported injured
    2

Sources (35) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (8) [ collapse]

  • Alleged regime helicopters drop barrel bombs on Kafar Nbouda, April 30th.
  • Translation: "The town of Kafar nabouda (fifty kilometers from Hama) has been displaced all its people today and yesterday. Syrian planes dropped dozens of barrels of explosives on them."
  • Footage of barrel bombs being dropped on Kafar Nbouda, April 30th.
  • Footage of alleged Russian helicopters flying over Hama.
  • Translation: "The Syrian regime targets the city of Kfarabouda in the countryside of Hama with more than 300 shells"
  • Translation: "Shelling by helicopters belonging to the Assad forces in the town of Kafarbanouda, north of Hama"
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Kafar Nbouda on April 30th, 2019 (via @aalrashed).
  • Smoke rising up after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Kafar Nbouda on April 30th, 2019 (via @Wesal_TV).

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
    2–10
  • 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
    3
  • Belligerents reported injured
    2

Sources (35) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3635

Incident date

April 30, 2019

Location

أرينبة, Ariyanba, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported that a woman was killed by shelling in the village of Ariyanba in the southern countryside of Idlib. Two or three other people were reported wounded. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime was to blame.

HalabTodayTV added that dozens of families were displaced as a result of the attack.

The Facebook page ‘Khan Sheikhoun and its countryside lens’ said that there had been “heavy artillery shelling” and that areas in Khan Sheikhoun and its countryside had been bombed by Russian aircraft.

Smart News Agency reported that “a woman was killed and three civilians were wounded on Tuesday [April 30th, 2019] by an aerial bombardment of helicopter gunships on the village of Ariyanba near Idlib in northern Syria.”

The Syrian Network for Human Rights named the woman, reporting: “Syrian forces killed a woman in the village of Ariyanba in rural Idlib, on 30 April. Boushra Hamid Al Hamdou, a displaced woman from the town of Karnaz, in the western province of Hama, was killed by helicopter fire on the village of Ariyanba in the southern governorate of Idlib on April 30, 2019.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Boushra Hamid al-Hamdou بُشرى حميد الحمدو،
Adult female killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • 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 (23) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (10) [ collapse]

  • Video report of alleged shelling on the village of Ariyanba in the southern countryside of Idlib on April 30th (via Halab Today TV).
  • The strikes on Ariyanba, April 30th.
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariyanba, April 30th, 2019 (via Syrian Civil Defence Idlib).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteer searching rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariyanba, April 30th, 2019 (via Syrian Civil Defence Idlib).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba, April 30th, 2019 (via Anas Al Marawi on Facebook).
  • Smoke after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba, April 30th, 2019 (via Anas Al Marawi on Facebook).
  • Damaged civilian homes after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba on April 30th, 2019 (via Ariyanba Village Local Council on Facebook).
  • Rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba on April 30th, 2019 (via Ariyanba Village Local Council on Facebook).
  • Destruction after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba on April 30th, 2019 (via Ariyanba Village Local Council on Facebook).
  • Damaged civilian homes after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Ariyanba on April 30th, 2019 (via Ariyanba Village Local Council on Facebook).

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 woman)
  • 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 (23) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3634

Incident date

April 30, 2019

Location

عابدين, Abdin, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One or two civilians, including a woman, died and up to three others were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on Abdin, Idlib governorate, on April 30th, 2019, local media reported.

Local sources reported that a woman was killed and others were injured when Abdin, south of Idlib, was struck by rockets and artillery shells. Saray Arabic was among several sources putting the death toll at two civilians.

Al Souria reported two killed and three wounded in alleged regime airstrikes on Abdin and Arinbeh but did not specify how many civilian casualties fell in Abdin.

Mohamed Belass posted a video of an interview with Osama Al Shami, a resident of the village, who said: “The beginning was with rockets attack and suddenly the helicopters were present. It was a heavy blow and a bomb. There is a woman martyr and people fled from the shelling. It was painful and tragic.” The Syrian Network for Human Rights named Hala Fares Al Hazza as the killed woman.

Shaam News Network, who blamed both Russia and the regime, published two distressing videos of interviews with survivors. In the first video, a 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 hit by shrapnel. And they said she died.”

A man from the village says: “We were at home and we heard a helicopter. We ran away. The helicopter hit the house of Abdul Karim and my house and my son’s house.”

In the second Shaam video, 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.”

According to @Wesal_TV, several homes were destroyed in the shelling.

While some sources blamed Russia, others blamed the explosive barrels dropped from Syrian regime helicopters. Al Etihad Press reported that Abdin had also been targeted with sea-borne artillery.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Hala Fares al-Hazza هالة فارس الهزاع
Age unknown killed

Summary

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

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • Smoke circles up from the town of Abdin in Idlib after it was struck by alleged Russian airstrikes on April 30th, according to Syria.liveuamap.
  • Barrel bombs falls on Abdin, April 30th.
  • Translation: "Watch the Russian Asadi enemy demolish the houses of civilians over the heads of its inhabitants in the town of Abdin countryside # Idlib South"
  • The aftermath of strikes on Abdin, April 30th.
  • A resident of the village reported on the rocket attakc on Abdin village on April 30th (via Mohamed Belass).
  • Video showing a woman crying amidst the rubble caused by alleged Syrian or Russian airstrikes on Abdin on April 30th (via Shaam).
  • Video showing a woman running among the rubble of destroyed houses in Abdin after the town was struck by alleged Syrian or Russian airstrikes on April 30th (via Shaam).
  • Translation: "watch the shelling of the village of Abidin, south of Idlib, and the destruction it caused" (via Step News Agency).
  • Photo of alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Abdin on April 30th, 2019 (via Arabi21).

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 – 2
  • (1 woman)
  • 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 (30) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3633

Incident date

April 30, 2019

Location

الحويجة, Al Hawaija, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian died and another was injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on Al Hawaija, Hama governorate, on April 30th, 2019, according to local media. Most sources blamed regime artillery for the civilian harm but there were also allegations that Russia carried out airstrikes.

Local sources reported heavy artillery shelling in several villages in Hama and Idlib. “A large number of civilians” were reportedly killed and injured in these raids. HalabTodayTV claimed that one civilian was injured in the village of Al Hawaija.

The Syrian Civil Defence and several other sources said that a young man was wounded. @SyriaCivilDefe wrote that a man was injured in Syrian regime airstrikes on civilian houses, adding that the “Civil Defense team rushed to the scene and transferred the young man for treatment.”

Syrianoor blamed three regime helicopters for the strikes, whereas other sources, such as Sy-24, pointed to Russian warplanes.

Qasioun reported that “on Tuesday morning, 30 April 2019, a civilian was killed and a number of wounded were wounded by a bombardment by the regime forces.” Smart News, however, reported that the incident occurred around noon.

The incident occured around midday.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • 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

Sources (22) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • A man is helped into an ambulance after being wounded in an alleged regime strike on Al Hawaija, April 30th.
  • The aftermath of a strike on Al Hawaija, April 30th.
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers helping an injured man after alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Al Hawaija, Hama governorate, on April 30th, 2019 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteer in the aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on Al Hawaija, Hama governorate, on April 30th, 2019 (via @AishaSapri).

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
  • 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

Sources (22) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3630

Incident date

April 29, 2019

Location

الحواش, Al Hawwash, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Civilians were wounded in alleged Russia or regime air or artillery strikes on Al Hawwash, local media reported.

Halab Today TV, reported that an unknown number of civilians were injured in a Russian airstrike on the village of Hawwash in the western suburb of Hama.

However, a number of other sources blamed barrel bombing by the Assad regime. According to Horrya, “Assad’s forces targeted the houses of civilians in the village of Hawash, west of Hama, injuring three civilians from one family”

@Wesal_TV tweeted a video showing “a young Syrian documenting horrific moments from inside his house with his family, during the bombing with explosive barrel on the village of Hawash.”

Smart added that the barrel bombing led to the “main road of the plain of Al-Ghab to be cut off. ”

Aletihadpress said that 10 explosive barrels were dropped by the regime.

 

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
    2–3
  • 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

Sources (13) [ 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
    2–3
  • 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

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3627

Incident date

April 27, 2019

Location

Al Latamnah, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Hamah Now reported that “a civilian was injured by Russian air strikes on the town of Al Latamina, north of Hama.”

Multiple other sources reported Russian strikes on the city.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it had “monitored more Russian air strikes in the town of Al Latamina in the northern suburbs of Hama, where Russian helicopters fired two missiles each on, after Russian warplanes had targeted the town with four air raids”

According to Step, there had been “a bombardment with rocket launchers from the Russian camp south of Halfaya city targets the town of Al Latamina”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery, Naval bombardment
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • Translation: 'A third Russian raid on the city of Al Latamina,'
  • Translation: 'Russian warplanes targeted the outskirts of the city of Al Latamina in the northern suburbs of Hama with air raids.'
  • Translation: 'Russian warplanes targeting the vicinity of the city of Al Latamina in the northern suburbs of Hama'
  • 'Russian warplanes bombard the city of Al Latamina in the countryside of Hama'
  • 'Air raid of Russian Aggression on the outskirts of the city of Al Latamina in the countryside of Hama'
  • 'The first moments of the air raids targeting residential neighborhoods in the city of Al-Latamina'
  • Russian raid on the city of Al Latamna on April 27th, 2019. (via @4Moq3mep7QbgEdT)
  • Russian raid on the city of Al Latamna on April 27th, 2019. (via @4Moq3mep7QbgEdT)
  • Russian warplanes targeted the outskirts of the city of Al Latamna in the northern suburbs of Hama, with air raids on April 27th, 2019 (via @IdlibPlus).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery, Naval bombardment
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3626

Incident date

April 27, 2019

Location

كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to three civilians, including a child, died in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling on Kafar Nabil on April 27th, 2019, local media said.

According to the White Helmets, “a cluster targeting the town of Kar Nabil killed a child martyr and caused injury to a woman.” The Step News Agency put the death toll at three – and blamed Russia.

However, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the child Hussein al Ghannoum was killed in “regime shelling”.

Edlib Media Center reported that a cluster bomb “attack on the perimeter of the town of Kafar Nabil” killed a child, but the source didn’t identify the culprit.

Fresh Syria, however, blamed the regime, reporting that “the forces of the Assad regime stationed in the village of Abu Dali carried out cluster bomb attacks on outskirts of the city of Kafar Nubul, resulting in the death of a child and the injury of a child and a woman, who were transferred to the city hospital for treatment.”

There were also reports blaming rockets fired by the regime for the child’s death.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ibrahim Hussein al Ghannoum
Child male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 3
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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
    Unknown

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]

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    A family bid farewell to a child killed in an artillery shelling on Kafar Nabil, April 27th 2019.
  • The reporter says that a child was killed and others wounded in Kafar Nabil in addition to the deaths of a number of cows.

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    Translation: 'The Syrian family is mourning its only child who died by targeting the Assad forces to the city of Kfar Nubl in the countryside of Idlib with surface-to-surface missiles today.'

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    The child killed in a reported strike on Kafar Nabil, April 27th 2019. The translation reads: 'How can you believe this angel isn’t sleeping #Kafr Nubul'

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    The child Ibrahim Hussein Al Ghannoum was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling on Kafar Nabil in Idlib governorate on April 27th (via SNHR).

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  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    Ibrahim Hussein Al Ghannoum was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling on Kafar Nabil in Idlib governorate on April 27th (via @jantykablo1).

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 – 3
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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
    Unknown

Sources (15) [ collapse]