Investigations
Airstrike killed IDPs fleeing Maaret Al Numan
November 6, 2020Investigation reveals an airstrike hit a car and tractor heading north out of Maaret Al Numan in late 2019
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- Initial Summary
- Introduction
- This section briefly discusses the focus of the report as well as the Syrian Archive’s methodology.
- Methodology
- Background
- This section details Maaret Al Numan’s location and recent history of airstrikes.
- What Happened (and When)?
- This section examines the airstrike on civilians leaving Maaret Al Numan as well as Syrian Archive’s verification process for videos and images found online allegedly showing the aftermath of the strike.
- Geolocation
- Chronolocation
- Deaths from the Strike
- This section examines the number of civilians killed and injured in the strike. Syrian Archive concluded these figures through mutual corroborations amongst social media posts.
- Flight Data Analysis
- This section closely reviews flight observation data showing the planes flying above and around Maaret Al Numan before, during, and after the time of the incident.
- Government Light Ground Attack Warplane (Either a Yak 130 or L-39 belonging to the Syrian government)
- Su-22
- Mi-8
- Russian Warplane
- Conclusion