Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3737

Incident date

May 29, 2019

Location

مصيبين, Masibin, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Masabin, Idlib governorate, on May 29th, 2019, according to local sources.

According to Shaam News, “the Russian Air Force and the Syrian Air Force carried out very heavy air raids and shelling” in a number of locations, leading to the deaths of two civilians in Masabin.

@SyriaCivilDefe and Anadolu Agency also reported two civilian fatalities. While the Syrian Civil Defence blamed the Syrian regime, Anadolu Agency pointed to the “Syrian regime and its allies”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (3) [ 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
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3734

Incident date

May 29, 2019

Location

سرجة, Sarja, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least seven civilians, including a child, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Sarja, Idlib governorate, on May 29th, 2019, according to local sources. At least 10 others were reported injured.

The Syrian Civil Defence (@SyriaCiviDefe) wrote on Twitter that “seven civilians, including five women and a child, were killed and 10 others were wounded, as a result of targeting the centre of Sarja village in Idlib countryside, with an airstrike loaded with high explosive missiles this morning.” Justice Organization reported the names of seven killed victims and seven injured victims.

@IdlibPlus wrote that “a warplane launched with four missiles, fired at once, on civilian homes in the village of Sarja, south of Ariha.” The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights initially claimed that three women were killed by shelling on the village of Syrian regime warplanes.

Fayyad Mohammed Al Mahamid reported “the martyrdom of our beloved brother and dear friend Khadir Ali Al Shaheen and his nephew Ali Haitham Al Habab, one-year-old, and his mother Maryam Muhammad Al Shaheen and the wife of Haitham because of the raid” in the morning of May 29th. @fattumabdulfat1 reported that six of those killed – four women, a child and a man – were displaced from the town of Thataya in southern Idlib.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “a child and five women, were killed as Syrian regime fixed-wing warplanes fired missiles on the residential neighbourhood in the middle of Sarja village”. Shaam News Network added that in addition to the child and five women, a man was killed as well.

Step News Agency was the only source that claimed eight civilians were killed in the attack and added that 10 civilians were wounded, while the Local Coordination Committee of Syria claimed that a total of 11 civilians were wounded. @alsoryaaaa reported “dozens of wounded”. Halab Today wrote that an unknown number of women and children were among the wounded.

@omaralabas1 tweeted that an entire building had collapsed over its residents.

While most sources blamed the Syrian regime for the airstrikes, some sources, such as Justice Organization and @Ahmadmuaffaq, pointed to Russian warplanes.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Age unknown male killed
Age unknown female killed

Family members (7)

Adult female mother of Ali Haitham al Shaheen killed
Adult male uncle of Ali Haitham al Shaheen killed
Adult male father of Ali Haitham al Shaheen injured
Age unknown male injured
Age unknown male injured

Family members (2)

Family members (2)

Age unknown female injured

The victims were named as:

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 8
  • (1 child3–5 women2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    10–24
  • 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 (25) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (24) [ collapse]

  • The child Ali Haitham al Shahin was alleged killed in a Syrian regime airstrike on the middle of Sarja village in Idlib on May 29th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
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    Translation: “This is how the Russian occupation air forces diverted the people’s Iftar #Sarja in the Idlib countryside... God bless you” (via @Ahmadmuaffaq).
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    Syrian Civil Defence volunteers recovering the body of a child killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja, May 29th (via @Ahmadmuaffaq).
  • Translation; “Seven civilians, including five women and a child, were killed and 10 others were wounded, as a result of targeting the center of Sarja village in Idlib countryside, with an air strike loaded with high explosive missiles this morning” (via @SyriaCiviDefe).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers recovering a victim from underneath the rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja on May 29th (via @SyriaCiviDefe).
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    Translation; “Seven martyrs, including five women and a child, and 10 injuries, as a result of the terrorism of the Assad regime and Russia, with air strikes shortly before, on civilian homes in Sarja town in Idlib countryside” (via @SyrianCoalition).
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    Syrian Civil Defence volunteers recovering a victim from underneath the rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja on May 29th (via @SyrianCoalition).
  • Injured man in the aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja on May 29th (via @SyrianCoalition).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers recovering a victim from underneath the rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja on May 29th (via @SyrianCoalition).
  • Translation: “The first moments of the regime forces' warplanes targeting the town of Sarjeh, south of Idlib, with vacuum missiles” (via @MMCSYR2).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers looking for victims in the aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja on May 29th (via @IdlibPlus).
  • Translation: “Seven martyrs, most of them women, and 11 wounded, as a result of targeting #My Town_Sarja with a raid since the early morning hours today. Including 6 martyrs displaced from the town of #Thataya in southern Idlib countryside (4 women, 1 man and 1 child)” (via @fattumabdulfat1).
  • The aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja on May 29th, 2019 (via @fattumabdulfat1).
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    Translation: “Civil Defense pulls a mother and her child from under the rubble in Sarja village, Idlib countryside” (via @aboalhodaalhoms).
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    Translation: “An airstrike from the warplane targeted the village of #Sarja town and the collapse of an entire building over its residents. The outcome of the raids of seven martyrs” (via @omaralabas1).
  • Translation: “A horrific massacre killed seven civilians, women and children, as a result of the warplane shelling on the town of Sarja. Dozens of civilians are still trapped under the rubble a while ago” (via @abdallateef2010).
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    Translation: “Seven martyrs, including five women and a child, and dozens of wounded, by the shelling of the warplanes of the terrorist Assad militia, on the town of Sarja, Jabal Al Zawiya” (via @alsoryaaaa).
  • Translation: “On the morning of Wednesday, Wednesday, May 29, day 24 of Ramadan, we were traumatised by the affliction of our family, relatives and children of our cousins, except for their great affliction, by the martyrdom of our beloved brother and dear friend Khadir Ali Al Shaheen and his nephew Ali Haitham Al Habab, one year old and his mother Maryam Muhammad Al Shaheen and the wife of Haitham because of the raid from brute warplanes in the village of Sarja” (via Fayyad Mohammed Al Mahamid).
  • Khadir Ali Al Shaheen was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja, May 29th, 2019 (via Fayyad Mohammed Al Mahamid).
  • Photo of Khadir Ali Al Shaheen, who was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja, May 29th, 2019 (via Fayyad Mohammed Al Mahamid).
  • Photo of Khadir Ali Al Shaheen with a friend. Al Shaheen was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja, May 29th, 2019 (via Fayyad Mohammed Al Mahamid).
  • Khadir Ali Al Shaheen (center) was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja, May 29th, 2019 (via Fayyad Mohammed Al Mahamid).
  • Khadir Ali Al Shaheen (left bottom) was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sarja, May 29th, 2019 (via Fayyad Mohammed Al Mahamid).

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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 8
  • (1 child3–5 women2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    10–24
  • 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 (25) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3733

Incident date

May 28, 2019

Location

حزارين, Hezarin, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported that Russian and Syrian warplanes launched raids striking several towns, including Hazarin where two children were allegedly killed.

No other details are known at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 children)
  • 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 (3) [ 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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 children)
  • 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 (3) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3726

Incident date

May 28, 2019

Location

احسم, Ihsem, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

At least three children of the same family were killed and several civilians were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ihsem on May 28th, 2019, according to local sources. The death toll was later updated to six civilians.

Many sources reported that three children were killed from the same family in the attack, named by Syrian Network for Human Rights as Mustafa, Ali and Ahmad Ayman Sarhan. Hossam Sarhan wrote on Facebook that the boys were the children of Ayman Sarhan. The discovery of their bodies was documented in a video by Step News Agency.

@MMCSYR2 posted a video of the incident, stating that in addition to those killed, there were “many wounded”. @ShahbaPress also reported an unknown number of injured. The Syrian Civil Defence volunteers searched for victims trapped underneath the rubble.

Ariha Today later stated that “the number of martyrs in the town rose to six after a girl was removed from the rubble, and a mother and daughter could not be found following the repeated bombardment of the town.”

While several sources, such as Ebaa News, blamed Russia for the airstrikes, others, including the Syrian Network for Human Rights, pointed to the Syrian regime. Some sources, such as @so_ria98, blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Child male son of Ayman Sarhan killed
Child male son of Ayman Sarhan killed
Child male son of Ayman Sarhan killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 6
  • (3–4 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–10
  • 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

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (15) [ collapse]

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    Translation: "Children killed by air bombardment of the Syrian regime and its allies on the town of South of Idlib" (via Step News)
  • Translation: "The Syrian Civil Defense teams are still searching for trapped under the rubble in the town Ehsem in Jabal al-Zawiya as a result of targeting the air force, which killed many martyrs and wounded." (via Idlib Plus)
  • Rescue efforts in the aftermath of the airstrike on Ehsem, Idlib, May 28th (via Idlib Plus)
  • Rescue efforts in the aftermath of the airstrike on Ehsem, Idlib, May 28th (via Idlib Plus)
  • Rescue efforts in the aftermath of the airstrike on Ehsem, Idlib, May 28th (via Idlib Plus)
  • Rescue efforts in the aftermath of the airstrike on Ehsem, Idlib, May 28th (via Idlib Plus)
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    Translation: “Town of Ihsem little while ago” (via @mosh3oz450).
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    Translation: “Russian terrorism in the town of Ihsem in Idlib countryside” (via @aboalhodaalhoms). 
  • Translation: “Martyrs, wounded and trapped under the rubble following a raid by Assad's regime, targeting the center of the town” (via @blaas083).
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    Photos of children injured and killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ihsem, May 28th, 2019 (via @sadroyal1).
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    The body of boy, who was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ihsem, May 28th, 2019 (via @sadroyal1).
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    Severly injured or killed child after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ihsem, May 28th, 2019 (via @sadroyal1).
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    The body of boy killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ihsem, May 28th, 2019 (via @sadroyal1).
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    Translation: “+18 video: A horrific massacre committed by Asaad regime warplanes in Ihsim town, rural Idlib, three children were killed and many civilians wounded” (via @MMCSYR2).
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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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 6
  • (3–4 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–10
  • 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

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3731

Incident date

May 28, 2019

Location

البوابية, Al Bawabia, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

A civilian was reported killed and eight others injured when an airstrike struck the village of Al Bawabia and a section of the Damascus-Aleppo international road in the morning of May 28th. The images shared by the Syrian Civil Defense shows that the victim is a man.

The airstrike destroyed a civilian property and burned large areas of agricultural crops.

The Syrian Civil Defense who were at the scene blamed the Syrian regime, while local monitor Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed Russia for the raid.

The incident occured in the morning.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (11) [ collapse]

  • A Syrian Civil Defense volunteer at the scene after an alleged airstrike struck the village of Al Bawabia and a section of the Damascus-Aleepo international road in the morning of May 28th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • An alleged airstrike struck the village of Al Bawabia and a section of the Damascus-Aleepo international road in the morning of May 28th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteers putting out a fair after an alleged airstrike struck the village of Al Bawabia and a section of the Damascus-Aleepo international road in the morning of May 28th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • One of the wounded victims of an airstrike on Al Bawabia south of Aleppo on May 28th (via Syrian Civil Defense Aleppo).
  • Building in Al Bawabia, allegedly struck by an airstrike on May 28th (via Syrian Civil Defense Aleppo).
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteer covering the body of one of the victims of an alleged airstrike on Al Bawabia on May 28th (via Syrian Civil Defense Aleppo).
  • SCD volunteers in the aftermath of an airstrike on Al Bawabia in Aleppo on May 28th, 2019. (via SCD)
  • Video of the fires caused by alleged airstrikes on Al Bawabia on May 28th (via Syrian Civil Defense Aleppo).
  • SCD volunteers in the aftermath of an airstrike on Al Bawabia in Aleppo on May 28th, 2019. (via SCD)
  • SCD volunteers in the aftermath of an airstrike on Al Bawabia in Aleppo on May 28th, 2019. (via SCD)
  • Aftermath of an airstrike on Al Bawabia in Aleppo on May 28th, 2019. (via SCD)

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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3730

Incident date

May 28, 2019

Location

خان العسل, Khan Al Assal, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were killed and others injured in a Russian airstrike on the town of Khan Al Assal countryside, West Aleppo on May 28th, 2019.

Some of the local sources said that airstrike targeted a mosque there. @NagiNajjar tweeted “two martyrs, after an airstrike that targeted a mosque in the town of Khan Al-Asal in the western countryside of Aleppo.”

Blame was attributed to both Russian forces and the Syrian regime.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • 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 (8) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • Images of areas in Khan Al-Assal targeted with alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on May 28th, 2019 (via @Tania_Tania_C).
  • Images of areas in Khan Al-Assal targeted with alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on May 28th, 2019 (via @Tania_Tania_C).
  • Images of areas in Khan Al-Assal targeted with alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on May 28th, 2019 (via @Tania_Tania_C).

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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • 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 (8) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3729

Incident date

May 28, 2019

Location

كفر حلب, Kafar Halab, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Up to 11 civilians, including three children and two women, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Kafar Halab on May 28th, 2019, according to sources on the ground. 17 others were reportedly injured.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Syrian regime fixed-wing warplanes fired missiles on the public road in the middle of Kafar Halab in Aleppo. The Syrian Civil Defense at the scene blamed Russia and described that the high-explosive missiles struck the market in the middle of the town.

Al Jazeera wrote that “in the town of Kafr Haleb, west of Aleppo Governorate, 11 civilians were killed in the bombing of a commercial street that was crowded with pedestrians shortly before iftar, according to an AFP correspondent at the scene.”

Other sources also reported that the incident took place around iftar when Muslims break their fast around sunset during the holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that the strikes took place two hours before iftar.

In a tweet, @so_ria98 reported that Russian warplane committed a “horrific massacre” of eight civilian fatalities and dozens wounded. In a later post, the source claimed the death toll had risen to ten civilians, most of whom were displaced. Several sources posted graphic videos of charred bodies at the site of the airstrike.

@ShahbaPress initially reported seven civilian deaths including three children, but in a later post, the source also reported that the death toll had risen to ten civilians, including three children and two women. The same source reported that seventeen civilians were wounded.

The Syrian Human Rights Committee documented the deaths of Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Al Sadiq, his wife Hanan Omar Abdeen Obaid and their son Muhammad Ibrahim Al Sadiq.

While some sources, such as Al Jazeera, blamed the Syrian regime for the airstrikes, others, such as OrientTV and Qasioun News, blamed Russia.

The Syrian Civil Defense claimed that in total 20 civilians were wounded in Aleppo that day, but did not specify the number of wounded civilians in Kafar Halab.

The incident occured around dusk.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Adult female wife of Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Al Sadiq killed
Child male son of Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Al Sadiq killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 11
  • (1–3 children1–2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    17
  • 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 injured
    17–20

Sources (24) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (17) [ collapse]

  • The popular market in the town of Kafar Halab in the countryside of Western Aleppo after it was struck by an airstrike on May 28th (via @ShahbaPress).
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteer putting out a fire caused by an airstrike on Kafar Halab on May 28th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Civil Defense Volunteers at the scene in Kafar Halab where an airstrike allegedly killed a number of civilians on May 28th (via @IdlibPlus).
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    Video at the scene of the main market in the town of Kafar Halab after it was struck by an airstrike on May 28th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Body bags containing the victims of an alleged airstrike on Kafar Halab on May 28th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • Translation: “The massacre of the popular market in the town of Kfarhleb, in which 10 martyrs were killed, in a preliminary outcome as a result of an air strike by the Assad regime's planes today” (via @raheqeljanna153).
  • Syrian Civil Defence volunteers in the aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Halab on May 28th (via @raheqeljanna153).
  • Woman in the aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Halab on May 28th (via @raheqeljanna153).
  • Men evacuating a child from underneath the rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Halab on May 28th (via @raheqeljanna153).
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    Translation: “A second video of the Kafr Halab massacre 5/28/2019, shortly before breakfast time * 10 martyrs so far, including three children, two women, wounded and injured due to the targeting of regime's planes with high-explosive missiles to the popular market in the town of Kafr Haleb in the western countryside of Aleppo” (via @Mnar18049738).
  • Translation: “An airstrike on the town of Kafr Al Haleb” (via @Anas_Alhaje).
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    Translation: “Kafar Haleb before sundown today. Russian and Assad crime” (via @hasanalhamada).
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    Translation: “Watch: Charred corpses as a result of warplane shelling in Kafr Halab, and the number of martyrs increased to seven” (via @aboalhodaalhoms).
  • Translation: "A little while ago Russian occupation air strikes on the town of Kafr Haleb" (via OrientTV).
  • Translation: "Ten killed by the bombing of the Russian occupation air forces on the market of the town of Kafr Aleppo - Syria" (via OrientTV).
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    Charred bodies after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Haleb on May 28th (via Qasioun News).
  • Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Al Sadiq (right) was killed alongside his son Muhammad Ibrahim Al Sadiq (left) and wife Hanan Omar Abdeen Obaid in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on May 28th (via Mustafa Mohammed Nabil).

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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 11
  • (1–3 children1–2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    17
  • 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 injured
    17–20

Sources (24) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3725

Incident date

May 28, 2019

Location

سفوهن, Sufwhan, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

A man and two women were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sufwhen, Idlib governorate, on May 28th, 2019, according to local sources. Up to five civilians, including a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer, were reportedly injured.

Shahba Press claimed that one woman had been killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the strike, while Edlib Media Center and Syrian Network for Human Rights reported the death of two women and one man.

The Facebook page of Sufwhen Town Media Center identified the victims as Qasim Muhammad Al Jisri and presumably his daughter Asia Qasim Al Jisri, and a woman named Radia Hassan Al Awad.

Horrya News wrote that in addition to three deaths, five civilians, including a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer, had been injured. @mo3atasem91 tweeted that a child and a woman had been injured.

Several sources reported helicopter strikes with barrel bombs.

Both @so_ria98 and Smart News agency attributed the strike to Russia, while others named the Syrian regime as the responsible belligerent.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Age unknown female daughter of Qasim Al Jisri killed

The victims were named as:

Age unknown female killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–5
  • 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 (18) [ collapse]

Media
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    Caption from Syrian Network for Human Rights: "At least three civilians, including two women, were killed as Syrian regime forces helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Sfuhun village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on May 28th". (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)
  • Translation: “Targeting the town of Sufwhan in the southern countryside of Idlib” (via @islamarmys).
  • Translation: “Watch the moment when the Assad gangs bombed the town of Sufwhan in the countryside of Idlib with barrel bombs” (via @alshamiobada).
  • Translation: “The first moments of the bombing of Sufwhen town in Idlib countryside” (via Enab Baladi).
  • Men carrying the body of one of the victims after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on May 28th (via Enab Baladi).
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    Qasim Al Jasri was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Safwhen on May 28th, 2019 (via Safwhen Town 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
    3
  • (2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–5
  • 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 (18) [ collapse]