Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

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

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.'

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    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]

Incident Code

RS3625

Incident date

April 26–27, 2019

Location

العنكاوي, Al’inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

According to Step News Agency, “two people were killed and a number were wounded in several Russian air raids on the village of Al Amqeya and an air raid on the village of Al’inakawi in Sahal Al Ghab in the western countryside of Hama.”

On April 27th, the White Helmets reported: “The death of martyrs and the occurrence of several casualties, with people missing under the rubble, after night air raids by Russian warplanes on civilian houses in #Al Amqeya and Al’inakawi in the countryside of Hama.” Qasioun News explicitly stated there had been no reports of civilian casualties in Al’inakawi.

However, Orient News pointed to both the regime and Russia, reporting that “the planes of Russia allied to the sectarian militia Assad launched raids on Friday [Arpil 16th] on the village of Al’inakawi in Sahl Al Ghab, and the village of Tal Hawash in the northern Hama, killing seven civilians.”

Horrya pointed to the regime, reporting that “Al-Assad forces shelled Al’inakawi village in Sahl Al Ghab, around the village of Al Karakat in Jabal Shashbo, and in the villages of Haskariya and Al Samah, north of Hama.”

The incident occured around midnight.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 7
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (8) [ collapse]

  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on al Amqeya or Al'inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab, April 27th. (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on al Amqeya or Al'inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab, April 27th. (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on al Amqeya or Al'inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab, April 27th. (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on al Amqeya or Al'inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab, April 27th. (via White Helmets)
  • Translation: 'Russian warplanes targeting the village of Al Enkawi in the West Hama'
  • The aftermath of an alleged Russian strike on Al’inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab.
  • More images of aftermath of an alleged Russian strike on Al’inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab.
  • Translation: "The death of martyrs and the occurrence of several casualties and missing under the rubble of night air raids by Russian warplanes on civilian houses in # Al-Amqyya and Al’inakwi in the countryside of Hama, mid-night, the civil defense teams worked to evacuate the martyrs and transport the injured and secure the target sites and extinguish a fire in one of the houses As a result of raids" (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
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 7
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3624

Incident date

April 26, 2019

Location

العمقية, al Amqeya in Sahl Al Ghab, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least five civilians were killed and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Amqeya in Sahl Al Ghab in Hama on the night of April 26th, local media reported.

The lowest death count was given by Step New Agency at two civilians – though two sources named five fatalities. According to @yamama_sh22, “an entire family were under the rubble”, while @ibraheem890 reported “the martyrdom of an entire family”. Several sources reported the names of five fatalities. 17-year-old Taher Al Soua’an was among the victims.

The White Helmets reported that it had worked until dawn to retrieve victims. The highest death count was put at six by @alaraby_ar.

The Smart News Agency published an image of a house “destroyed on Saturday 27th April 2019, as a result of an aerial bombardment by Russia targeting the village”. Smart added that “Russian warplanes launched raids on residential areas in the village, killing five civilians and injuring two men and one woman, who were taken to a nearby hospital in the area.”

According to Syrian Mosaic’s correspondent in Hama, “Russian warplanes launched two double-rocket attacks on the houses of civilians in the village of Al Amqaya in Sahel of Al Ghab.”

All sources pointed to Russia as the responsible belligerent.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ahmed Khaled Al Taher أحمد خالد الطاهر
40 years old male killed
Yazan Akkawi يزن عكاوي
27 years old male killed
Fayeq Al Sheikh فايق الشيخ
40 years old killed
Diaa’ Ismail ضياء اسماعيل
19 years old killed
Taher Al Soua’an خالد طاهر السوعان
17 years old killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5 – 6
  • (1 child4 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–24
  • 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 (21) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (13) [ collapse]

  • Footage of the alleged Russian strike on al Amqeya in Sahl Al Ghab, April 26/27th.
  • Translation: 'Russian warplanes target the outskirts of the village of Al-Amqeya'
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on al Amqeya or Al'inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab, April 27th. (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on al Amqeya or Al'inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab, April 27th. (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on al Amqeya or Al'inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab, April 27th. (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an alleged Russian airstrike on al Amqeya or Al'inakwi in Sahl Al Ghab, April 27th. (via White Helmets)
  • Rescue attempts following the alleged Russian strikes on al Amqeya in Sahl Al Ghab.
  • Destroyed civilian homes in al Amqeya in Sahl Al Ghab, following an alleged Russian airstrike, April 26th (via Syria Mosaic)
  • Destroyed civilian homes in al Amqeya in Sahl Al Ghab, following an alleged Russian airstrike, April 26th (via Syria Mosaic)
  • Destroyed civilian homes in al Amqeya in Sahl Al Ghab, following an alleged Russian airstrike, April 26th (via Syria Mosaic)
  • Wounded civilian in the hospital after alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Amqeya on April 26th, 2019 (via @OKKO5Lc4iNiZH6S).
  • Translation: "The death of martyrs and the occurrence of several casualties and missing under the rubble of night air raids by Russian warplanes on civilian houses in # Al-Amqyya and Ankawi in the countryside of Hama, midnight, the civil defense teams worked to evacuate the martyrs and transport the injured and secure the target sites and extinguish a fire in one of the houses as a result of raids" (Syrian Civil Defence).
  • Translation: "The victims of a new massacre in the village of # Al-Amqiya killed five martyrs and three wounded after the raids of Russian warplanes, midnight, the civil defense teams began the search and evacuation, which lasted until the early hours of dawn to finally be able to retrieve the body of another martyr at five in the morning because of the massive destruction of the place" (via Syrian Civil Defence).

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
    5 – 6
  • (1 child4 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–24
  • 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 (21) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3623

Incident date

April 26, 2019

Location

كفرنبل , Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Three civilians, reportedly two men and a baby girl, died and another five non-combatants were wounded in an airstrike on agricultural land between the town of Kafar Nabil and the village of Jbala in the southern suburb of Idlib, local media reported. Most sources blamed Russia, though there was also an allegation that the Assad regime had used barrels bombs on the location.

According to Halab Today TV, “three people were killed, including a girl, and five others were injured by Russian airstrikes targeting a house south of Kafar Nabil in rural Idlib. The correspondent said that the Russian aircraft launched a series of air raids on the outskirts of the village”.

Syrian Mosaic said that “according to private sources, the raid targeted the headquarters of one of the factions [the party was not named], which led to the death of two elements of the faction and the death of a girl, who was accompanied by her father to the place.”

However, @yyasaryyavuz tweeted an image of a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer holding the body of a baby and attributed her death to barrel bombs dropped by the regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (1 child2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (16) [ collapse]

Media
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  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an airstrike on Kafar Nabil, April 26th (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an airstrike on Kafar Nabil, April 26th (via White Helmets)
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of an airstrike on Kafar Nabil, April 26th (via White Helmets)

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    A baby girl is pulled from the ruins of buildings destroyed in an airstrike on Kafar Nabil, April 26th.

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    Translation: 'Murderer Assad and Iranian # Idlib continues to slaughter babies with barrel bombs. Maybe they're ashamed to look at this frame! Kafar Nabil'
  • Images showing the aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafar Nabil, April 26th (via @TRTArabi).
  • Translation: "Three martyrs, 'two men and a baby girl', and 5 civilian casualties, as a result of warplanes targeting civilian homes on the outskirts of the city of Kafr Nabl from the southern side this evening, the civil defense team worked to retrieve the martyrs and assist the wounded to nearby medical points" (via Syrian Civil Defence).

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    Syrian Civil Defence recovering the body of a baby girl after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil, April 26th, 2019 (via @yyasaryyavuz).
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer searching the rubble after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Nabil, April 26th, 2019 (via @TRTArabi).

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
  • (1 child2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (16) [ collapse]