Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3673

Incident date

May 7, 2019

Location

كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

A civilian and his pregnant wife were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafar Zeita, Hama governorate, on May 7th, 2019, according to local media.

Several sources reported the death of two civilians, named as Zaid Mahmoud Al Rajou and his wife Laila Al Rajou. According to the Syrian Press Centre, Laila was five months pregnant.

Syrian Press Centre provided more detail on the victims: “A young man and his pregnant wife died after their house was targeted in the town of Kafr Zeita in the northern suburb of Hama on Tuesday afternoon [May 7th].” Their home was reportedly hit with a Russin concussion missile.

Zaid Al Rajou was born in the city of Kafar Al Zeita in 1995 and had an agricultural baccalaureate. The Syrian Press Center added: “He ran a shop for ‘Zain Net’ and opened a net network in the city in 2014. He married about a year ago. He was waiting for his first child, and his wife was in the fifth month of her pregnancy when Russian occupation planes destroyed his dream and the dream of his wife.”

Syrian Press Centre added that Zaid had “studied at the nursing institute in Ma’arat Al Nu’man, receiving a nursing certificate to volunteer in Kafar Zeita hospital.” The couple was reportedly rushed to the hospital after the strike on their home but then died.

All sources pointed to Russia as the responsible belligerent. In the night of May 6th to May 7th, two women and two children were also killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the city of Kafar Zeita.

The incident occured in the afternoon.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Zaid Mahmoud al Rajou زيد محمود الرجو
Adult male killed
Laila Al Rajou ليلى الرجو
Adult female pregnant wife of Zaid Al Rajou killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (1 woman1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (30) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • Zaid Mahmoud al Rajo was killed along with his pregnant wife when an alleged Russian warplane fired a missile on their house in Kafar Zeita on May 7th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • Zaid Mahmoud al Rajou (via Syrian PC).
  • Translation: "Zaid Mahmoud Rajou and his wife and [their] two sons of the town of Taha in Idlib province, were killed by the Russian warplanes targeting the town of Kafrzita in Hama governorate on Tuesday 7/5/2019" (via SHRC).
  • Translation: "Zaid Mahmoud al-Raju, killed with his wife by the bombing of a fixed-wing air force, believed to be a Russian missile on their house in the town of Kafr Zeita in the northern governate of Hama on May 7" (via SNHR).
  • Translation: "Zaid Mahmud al-Rajou and his wife are martyred by the shelling of their home by the Russian Mafia" (via Kafar Zeita Al Hadath).
  • Zaid Mahmud Al Rajou was killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafar Zeita on May 7th (via Kafar Zeita Al Hadath).
  • Translation: "Martyr: Zaid Mahmoud Al Rajo, 7/5/2019, Kafr Zeita" (via Kafar Zeita Um Al Shohada).
  • Facebook post on the death of Zaid Mahmud Al Rajou (via Kafar Zeita Um Al Shohada).
  • Report of the airstrikes o Hama governorate on May 7th (via Orient News).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (1 woman1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (30) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3682

Incident date

May 7, 2019

Location

كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian died of his injuries four days after alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery strikes on Kafar Zeita, Hama governorate, on May 7th, 2019, according to local sources.

Smart News reported that Russian artillery fire on the town of Kafar Zeita, north of Hama, wounded a number of civilians. Step News Agency wrote: “A missile attack from the Russian camp south of Halfaya targeted the town of Kafr Zeita, causing injury to a number of civilians.” Sy-24 also blamed Russia for the artillery strikes.

Syrian Network for Human Rights in a later post reported that one of the wounded civilians died of his injuries on May 11th, but blamed the Syrian regime forces for the shelling on the town. The SNHR identified the victim as Abdul Ghani Badr Al Bakkour.

A report from JisrTV said that Russian forces targeted Kafar Zaita health centre, partially destroying it.

A number of other sources tweeted that the regime was targeting “terrorist organisations in the towns of Hbeit rural Idlib South and Kafar Zaita rural West Hama.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Abdul Ghani Badr al Bakkour
Adult male died on May 11th of his injuries killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (9) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Abdul Ghani Badr al Bakkour, allegedly died of injuries sustained when Syrian regime forces fired artillery shells on Kafar Zeita on May 8th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • The health centre in Kafar Zeita, reportedly hit by a Russian strike on May 7th (via Jisrtv)
  • Translation: "Artillery shelling of the city of Kfar Zeita in the countryside of Hama" (via Mahmood Al Hamwi).

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
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (9) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3672

Incident date

May 7, 2019

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One woman was killed and two others, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kansafra on May 7th, according to local media. Several schools were reportedly targeted

@HalabToday reported that “one woman was killed and others were injured, including children, when an explosive barrel was detonated on the town of Kansafra in the southern Idlib countryside.”

The Local Coordination Committees of Syria tweeted: “Wounded civilians [after the] targeting by Russian occupation aviation town #Kansafra in Jabal Al Zawiya south of Idlib.”

Local activists told Smart News Agency that a man and woman had been injured in Russian airstrikes on the town.

The Syrian Human Rights Network reported that three schools were bombed in Russian airstrikes: the “rural school”, the “junior high school” and the “agricultural secondary school”. According to MENA Monitor, one of the raids targeted a medical institute and high school for girls in the town, leading both facilities to be out of service. @SyriaCivilDefe wrote that a new school had been destroyed.

@alaaaldin455cdf tweeted that “the local council in the village of Kansafra declares that the village is damaged after more than 48 airstrikes.”

While most sources blamed Russia for the airstrikes, a few sources, such as Orient News, blamed the Syrian regime.

The incident occured in the morning.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • 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 (31) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Strikes hit Kansafra, May 7th 2019 (via Here Netherlands).
  • Translation: "A new school was destroyed in the village of Kansafra in rural Idlib, by the regime forces..." (via @SyriaCivilDefe).

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 infrastructure
    School
  • 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 (31) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3665A

Incident date

May 6, 2019

Location

مشفى نبض الحياة - حاس, Nabd Al Hayat hospital - Hass, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian was reported killed and another injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Nabd Al-Hayat hospital in Hass, on May 6th, 2019.

Jamal Al Farhat named Abdullah Khaled Al-Farhat as the victim.

Airwars Syria Researcher spoke to a witness to this incident, Abu Abdallah who preferred to use a pseudonym and who was a staff at the hospital at the time when the airstrike happened. He said that the hospital was targeted on many different occasions:

1- May 5th at 10.30 pm the vicinity of the hospital was targeted by the regime using SU 22-and SU 24 warplanes  (No CIVCAS)2- May 5th at 3.30 pm directly targeted by Russia (No CIVCAS)
3- May 5th at with 3-4 barrels  (No CIVCAS)
4- May 6th at 1.05 am with Russia warplanes (CIVCAS reported) they weren’t able to reach the injured before 6 am. The injured where on the way to or from their poultry farm when the airstrike hit the hospital.

Human Rights Watch also reported that a civilian was killed and another injured by the airstrike on the hospital. They had been walking by when the attack took place. ” Messages from flight spotters known as “Sentry Syria,” reviewed by Human Rights Watch, indicated that Russian aircraft were in the area at the time of the attack.”

The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported the name of Abdullah Khaled Al-Farhat as a victim of an airstrike on May 9th.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Abdullah Khaled al Farhat عبد الله خالد الفرحات
Adult male killed
Jamal Khaled Al Farhat جمال خالد الفرحات
male Witness source injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • May 15, 2019: Before and after satellite imagery shows the damage caused by the May 5, 2019 attack on Nabd al-Hayat Hospital. Before: November 17, 2018. After: May 15, 2019. Satellite imagery © 2020 Maxar Technologies Source: Google Earth. (HRW)
  • May 15, 2019: Before and after satellite imagery shows the damage caused by the May 5, 2019 attack on Nabd al-Hayat Hospital. Before: November 17, 2018. After: May 15, 2019. Satellite imagery © 2020 Maxar Technologies Source: Google Earth. (HRW)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3671

Incident date

May 6, 2019

Location

كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported that alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes struck northern Kafar Zeita in the night of May 6th to May 7th, 2019. Four civilians were reported killed, including two women and two children of the same family. A man and three children were reported wounded.

SyriaTV wrote that “the city of Kafar Zeita was hit at night with heavy machine-gun raids carried out by Russia, killing four civilians (two women and two children) and wounding a man and three children from one family.” Horrya News, however, reported that the Syrian regime had been responsible for firing rocket-propelled grenades on civilian homes.

The Violations Documentation Center of Syria reported the names of two women, a boy and a girl killed in the strikes. Baladi News reported that the family was internally displaced.

On May 6th, a hospital in Kafar Zeita was also targeted, leading to the facility being out of service, but there were no reports of civilian casualties. In the afternoon of May 7th, a  man and his pregnant wife were also killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the city.

The incident occured during the night.

The victims were named as:

Family members (4)

Yousra Al Araour يسرى العرعور
Adult female wife of Hamid Al Qasabi killed
Afra Darwish عفراء الدرويش
Adult female wife of Hamid Al Qasabi killed
Razan Hamid Al Qasabi رزان حميد القصابي
Child female killed
Jawad Hameed Al Qasabi جواد حميد القصابي
Child male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • (2 children2 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (24) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • Syrian Civil Defense forces rescuing a wounded man and two children after an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafar Zeita on May 6th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Video of the Syrian Civil Defense forceces rescuing the wounded and carrying the dead afteran alleged Ryssianaistrike sruck Kafar Zeita on May 6th (via Syrian Civil Defense).

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    Body underneath the rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Zeita on May 6th (via Macro Media Center).
  • Translation: "The correspondent of Orient News said that 15 civilians were killed today and others were wounded by the air and missile attacks on the cities and towns of Kafar Zeita and Zakat north of Hama, Ras Al Ain, Deir Snbel, Marj Al Zuhour, Barah, Matarat and Abidin Idlib" (via OrientTV).
  • Translation: “The scene after two raids targeting civilian homes in the city of #Kafar Zeita late last night, led to the death of four martyrs, children and women, in addition to the injury of a man and three other children” (via @SyriaCivilDefe).

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 infrastructure
    Healthcare facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • (2 children2 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (24) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3670

Incident date

May 6, 2019

Location

أم نير,, Um Neir, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Um Neir, Idlib governorate, on May 6th, according to local media.

Hmaid al Mohammad was killed as fixed-wing warplanes believed to be Russian fired a missile on Um Neir village in Idlib, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. An unknown number of civilians were also wounded.

Anadolu Agency wrote that, according to the Observatory of the Air Traffic Department of the opposition, “Russian planes took off from the Humimim airbase in rural Lattakia (west) and bombed the three towns of Um Neir in the southern countryside of Idlib, and the towns of Kafrna and Zahra al-Madain in the western countryside of Aleppo.”

All sources blamed Russia for the airstrikes.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Hmaid Al Mohammad
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (8) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (8) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3668

Incident date

May 6, 2019

Location

الزربة, Al Zirba, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Between two and four civilians were killed and up to five, including a child, were wounded when alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes struck civilian homes and a health centre in the town of Al Zirba, south of Aleppo on May 6th, 2019.

Smart News Agency reported that an unspecified number of civilians was killed and wounded in Russian strikes on the town. However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) blamed the regime, reporting: “Two civilians were killed as Syrian regime fixed-wing warplanes fired two missiles on al Zerba town in Aleppo governorate on May 6.”

According to Masrawy, “Russian warplanes launched at dawn raids today [May 6th] on the town of Al Zirbain in the southern countryside of Aleppo. The first raid targeted the health centre, and the second targeted the homes of civilians who were killed – including two children. Five others were wounded.”

According to a correspondent for SyriaTV, the strikes “killed two civilians and wounded three others, including a child, who were taken to nearby medical points.” AlyaumTv put the death toll at four.

Rok-Online wrote that, according to militants, two militia members were killed. All other sources reported that the fatalities were civilians.

According to several sources, the incident occured around dawn. The health centre was reportedly out of service after the bombing, wrote SyriaNoor.

The incident occured around dawn.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 4
  • (2 children)
  • 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
  • Belligerents reported killed
    2

Sources (36) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (17) [ collapse]

  • Syrian Civil Defense forces at the scene after an alleged Russian airstrike struck Al Zirba south of Aleppo on May 6th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • An alleged Russian airstrike struck Al Zirba south of Aleppo on May 6th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • An alleged Russian airstrike struck Al Zirba south of Aleppo on May 6th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Syrian Civil Defense team at the scene after two missiles struck Al Zirba town on May 6th, killing two civilians (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • The White Helmets arrive in Al Zirba following strikes on May 6th.
  • The reporter says: "In the southern countryside of Aleppo, two people were killed and two people were wounded by Russian fighter jets bombing the village of Al Zirba And our correspondent reported that the shelling targeted houses of civilians in the village and also caused other injuries”.
  • "Photos of the bombing of the health center in the town of Al Zirba south of Aleppo" (via @Step_Agency).
  • The aftermath of a strike on Al Zirba, May 6th (via @SyriaCivlDefe).
  • Translation: "The first moments of aerial bombardment on the town of Al Zirba in the southern suburb of Aleppo, which killed two civilians and wounded three others" (via @HalabTodayTV).
  • The aftermath of a strike on Al Zirba, May 6th (via @IdlibPlus).
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer carrying an injured child after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Zirba, May 6th, 2019 (via @IdlibPlus).
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer carrying an injured child into an ambulance after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Zirba, May 6th, 2019 (via @IdlibPlus).

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    A victim after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Zirba, May 6th, 2019 (via @IdlibPlus).
  • The Al Zirba health centre was reportedly targeted in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on May 6th (via SNHR).
  • The Al Zirba health centre was destroyed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on May 6th (via Shaam News Network).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Zirba, May 6th, 2019 (via Jorfnews).
  • The Al Zirba health centre was destroyed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on May 6th (via @StepAgency).

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
    2 – 4
  • (2 children)
  • 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
  • Belligerents reported killed
    2

Sources (36) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3667

Incident date

May 6, 2019

Location

كفرسجنة, Kafar Sijna, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A single source claimed that civilians, including children, were wounded when an alleged Russian airstrike struck the town of Kafr Sijana in southern Idlib on May 6th, 2019.

No other details are known at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

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

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

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

Sources (1) [ collapse]