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A mother and a child were killed by alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on the town of Al-Naima on April 30, 2017, according to local media.
A number of raids were launched on the town over several days, local sources reported. A father, Rabi al-Aboud was left holding his dead child Mohamad Rabi (Rami) Issam al-Aboud, after artillery and military incursions hit the town. According to Daraa Martyrs, a woman named Sabah Qasim al-Aboud was also killed.
The airstrikes came from Russian warplanes according to the Independent journalists of Houran – though the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the “Syrian-Russian alliance”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Naima (النعيمة), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.6317313, 36.1592245. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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'Rami al Abod holding his child, Mohamad, who was killed in Syrian-Russian alliance warplanes missiles fired on al N’eima village in Daraa governorate eastern suburbs, April 30, 2017.' (via SN4HR)