On 6 November 2022, six camps, in addition to two sites of alleged military headquarters, in the vicinity of the village of Kafr Jalis in western Idlib countryside, were hit by airstrikes and missiles.The attacks resulted in ten fatalities, including 4 children and a woman, and the injury of 70 others. Additionally, documentation shows 41 tents completely damaged and 100 tents partially damaged. Approximately 3,000 people were displaced as a result of the strikes. Six camps, namely Maram, Watan, Kafr Ruhein Water Station Camp, Wadi Khaled Camp, Baya’ba Camp, and Mourin Camp, also suffered damage as a result of the strikes. These details were reported by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WATANFoundation/posts/pfbid0ocHX6EvDn4XRB3noWitdBnycBYAmS7VAab4M7x19vcGggvgwTDKm6g2BEstDKc5Ll">Al-Watan Organization</a>, an organisation supporting the camps.&lt;MapWithUniqueName incidents={[{ latitude: 35.96802968436593, longitude: 36.59686396071651, title:"Maram and Watan Camps: A tent on the southern outskirts of the camp.", id: "2f7f2345fb946cf248f4942c022ea27bca855648936e30adce8a8e329ec7acca", image: "2f7f2345fb946cf248f4942c022ea27bca855648936e30adce8a8e329ec7acca/eea82b5b6781795c50020fe1ef437a73737581ac378f7d368ebfba43cdac8146.jpeg" }, { latitude: 35.98053516862928, longitude: 36.55808428082211, title:"Morin Camp: Three points inside and near Moreen Camp in western Idlib were subjected to an attack claimed to be by ground-to-ground missiles loaded with cluster bombs.", id: "29640e1c8d825053d4fb02c49f2e212735f51ae7d1c503fa6d031cb58a3c7bf5" }, { latitude: 35.94457596118939, longitude: 36.592816679216924, title:"Wadi Khaled Camp: Five points in Wadi Khaled Camp in western Idlib were reportedly targeted in an attack using ground-to-ground missiles loaded with cluster bombs.", id: "7240c33fc528a3952c0b14c20bf28b1841a73219b1a47ea1d8a58475c71d2048", image: "7240c33fc528a3952c0b14c20bf28b1841a73219b1a47ea1d8a58475c71d2048/0a1cb1f79eca14fc7eba6181823b15a22555d31ff1c55292f089cf7dd137a75c.jpg" }, { latitude: 35.97311503232155, longitude: 36.58105211881777, title:"Kafr Rouhin Camp: Five points inside the water station camp in the town of Kafr Rouhin in western Idlib were reportedly targeted in an attack with ground-to-ground missiles loaded with cluster bombs.", id: "53b7dee78f7b4a68f7f39478e3d1eec0dfd459047d4c0bbfe68652086196313b", image: "53b7dee78f7b4a68f7f39478e3d1eec0dfd459047d4c0bbfe68652086196313b/youtubedl/bfbb19e7a33395d939cc6de8d8f4e8c6db4bc6b296fa632254ce2da4f9237ca7.mosaic.jpg" }, { latitude: 35.95984271878494, longitude: 36.57490611829508, title:"5- A site claimed to be a command center and training ground for Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham", id: "f5e9fc3365ebaa6c9b00c93e32051a34714bfaee995e85f69008db03bf15525a", image: "f5e9fc3365ebaa6c9b00c93e32051a34714bfaee995e85f69008db03bf15525a/958ba1dbcedd8c3aa160f0e548f72018a60b5ce4dd5f42c3d388f364e4a9eb97.jpg" }, { latitude: 35.96821302814847, longitude: 36.59727584070051, title:"Maram and Watan Camps: A tent on the southern outskirts of Maram Camp.", id: "c762907117a0521bdff3ed714a0f05094ef7159a51d3ab7917ef83cbe0f85e6d", image: "c762907117a0521bdff3ed714a0f05094ef7159a51d3ab7917ef83cbe0f85e6d/45fc816f4a3521aa3dd14e6e71fc0a164d01fe450ab0ccee48704ca60ff7d49e.jpeg" }, { latitude: 35.97571490231848, longitude: 36.59133062058675, title:"Maram and Watan Camps: A cluster of four tents on the northern side of the camp.", id: "c762907117a0521bdff3ed714a0f05094ef7159a51d3ab7917ef83cbe0f85e6d", image: "74e9d440b166e51c6db99191e7f63ac2cdd2095c506e1352a38585cb0e307c6c/0b5014b108e05d8327d4049ac1ca5b12ce5171a921547dd78289308f02c69e2b.jpg" }, { latitude: 35.97533952965133, longitude: 36.58845463418389, title:"Baeibaa Camp: It is claimed that Baeibaa Camp in western Idlib was targeted in an airstrike. The incident has not been verified due to a lack of content.", id: "54a48cfe20f679b078754a586a9a52d66fa6817daddd1d5beea68daed0305688", image: "54a48cfe20f679b078754a586a9a52d66fa6817daddd1d5beea68daed0305688/image/378351ce3f60533f86e1f6468822eec416b387db593d6e4ba9891bd21f889625.screenshot.jpg" }, { latitude: 35.973319402708675, longitude: 36.59562586458603, title:"Two camps, Maram and Watan: Two tents in the center of the camp.", id: "64be7566cfe84cd1d40d3f7bc1749ccf35c0c792637bcaba80d65346328c18c8", image: "64be7566cfe84cd1d40d3f7bc1749ccf35c0c792637bcaba80d65346328c18c8/image/c54fb2154799ea985468ec44a7388ae0d8731d6e7cb424a96eef3769f6c31a43.jpg" }, ]} viewport={{ lat: 35.96, lng: 36.58, zoom: 13 }} /&gt;<h1>M﻿ethodology</h1>Syrian Archive conducted an investigation into the attacks, based on:<ul><li>Preservation, analysis, and verification of 240 videos, images, and reports uploaded on social media showing the location of the impact, the initial moments of targeting, the alleged weapons used, the location of projectiles fall, the extent of the damage, and the alleged casualties.</li><li>Verifying the location of the impact by matching prominent landmarks visible in the visual content with satellite imagery and initial reports of the incident.</li><li>Analyzing&nbsp; satellite imagery showing the impact sites.</li><li>Analyzing videos showing the moment of the attack and the surrounding areas, as well as the alleged remnants of the munitions used.</li></ul>These investigations were the result of multiple stages of open-source analysis, which provided information regarding the date, time, and location of the incident, as well as the casualties, alleged ammunition used, and the party claimed to be responsible for the strikes and resulting damage. By examining all available information about the strikes, these investigations provide an understanding of the incidents and potential perpetrators. The full research methodology of Syrian Archive is available on our <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/about/methods-tools/">website</a>.<h1>A﻿bout the findings</h1>The investigations findings suggest Syrian government forces and the Russian Air Force&nbsp;are likely responsible for at least one of the six incidents. The investigation finds the use of aircraft likely of Su-24m type and rocket launchers that may have been sourced from Syrian government forces stationed in Saraqib and Khan al-Sabil.<h2>A﻿viation data</h2>Open source information and flight monitoring data from a monitoring organization show several Russian fixed-wing aircraft taking off from the Hmeimim Air Base (about 88 km southwest of Kafr Jalis) around the time of the attacks, between 06:10 and 06:40. Several Russian-operated aircraft, operated by Russian soldiers or Syrians, were also observed flying over the city of Idlib (about 5 kilometers southeast of Kafr Jalis) between 06:39 and 07:13. &nbsp;The common practice of military aircraft circling in war zones generally indicates an attempt to acquire the target and/or prepare for an imminent strike. &nbsp;Additionally, drones were observed flying westward over the city of Idlib between 06:03 and 08:11.Russian aircraft were also observed flying over the villages surrounding the impact site. Russian aircraft were seen flying southeast over Al Fu’ah at 06:41 (about 8 km east of Kafr Jalis). Russian aircraft were observed flying east and southwest over Maarrat Misrin (about 6 kilometers east of Kafr Jalis) between 06:40 and 07:14. Similarly, Russian aircraft were observed flying southwest and northeast over Hafsarjah (about 9 kilometers west of Kafr Jalis) between 06:53 and 07:13, and flying south over Binnish (about 9 kilometers east of Kafr Jalis) at 07:15.There is no open source information that definitively confirms the direct involvement of one or more of the observed aircraft in the detailed strikes under investigation. However, reports of Russian aircraft presence over the towns and surrounding areas increase the likelihood of airstrikes in the region during the estimated time period.<h2>M﻿unitions used</h2>Remnants of missiles and unexploded fragments indicate the types of munitions used in the attacks, including:300mm 9M55k missilesGround-to-ground missiles of the 220mm 9M27-K variantCluster bombs of the 9N 235 variant<img src="/uploads/image1_de34a22e07.jpg" alt="">The image in the top right is from a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRuh_5auQjw&amp;t=66s">video</a> by Radio Alkul, the top left image is from a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DeMBbw2mIs">video</a> by Baladi Network published on 6 November 2022, and the bottom image is from ARES website, all showing remnants of a 220mm 9M27-K missile. For full details, please refer to the Syrian Archive <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/investigations/cluster-missile-attacks-in-the-kafr-jallis-camps-in-the-western-countryside-of-idlib#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B0">investigation</a> on Kafr Jalis.<img src="/uploads/kj_image3_81a9f1e43f.jpg" alt="">At the top, an <a href="https://armamentresearch.com/9m55k-cargo-rockets-and-9n235-submunitions-in-ukraine/">image</a> from ARES website, remnants of a 300mm 9M55k missile are shown. In the bottom, an <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=660506698818936&amp;set=pcb.660506718818934">image</a>, remnants of a missile that fell in one of the targeted locations are shown from the "Lest We Forget" Facebook page. For full details, please refer to the Syrian Archive <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/investigations/cluster-missile-attacks-in-the-kafr-jallis-camps-in-the-western-countryside-of-idlib#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B0">investigation</a> on Kafr Jalis.<img src="/uploads/kj_image2_b3c867777b.jpg" alt="">The top-right <a href="https://armamentresearch.com/9m55k-cargo-rockets-and-9n235-submunitions-in-syria/">image</a> from ARES website shows remnants of a cluster bomb. The top-left image is from Azer News. The bottom <a href="https://t.me/SyriaDefence/11666">image</a> is from the Syrian Civil Defense channel on Telegram, published on 7 November 2022. For full details, please refer to the Syrian Archive <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/investigations/cluster-missile-attacks-in-the-kafr-jallis-camps-in-the-western-countryside-of-idlib#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B0">investigation</a> on Kafr Jalis.Based on the images, videos, and comparison with prominent landmarks, Syrian Archive has identified the impact of strikes in 17 locations (4 in Maram Camp, 5 in Wadi Khaled Camp, 5 in Kafr Ruhein Water Station Camp, and 3 in Mourin Camp). Syrian Archive was unable to determine the location of projectile impacts in Baya’ba Camp. Additionally, there were 21 impact points in the two locations claimed by the Syrian Ministry of Defense to be military bases.Syrian Archive has published an <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/investigations/cluster-missile-attacks-in-the-kafr-jallis-camps-in-the-western-countryside-of-idlib#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B0">investigation</a> into the incident at Maram Camp - Watan and conducted three additional investigations into the attacks on the other camps that were targeted on the same day.

Six camps in the vicinity of the village of Kafr Jalis in western Idlib countryside were hit by airstrikes and missiles.

Attacks on six internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the Idlib countryside

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Water Station Camp in Kafr Ruhein

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<h2>I﻿nitial summary</h2>
<ul>
<li>Place of incident according to reports: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B058'55.6%22N+36%C2%B033'35.9%22E/@35.9821421,36.560601,497m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d35.9821111!4d36.5599722?entry=ttu">Mourin and Baya&#39;ba</a> villages in Idlib countryside.</li>
<li>Impact site: A residential camp for internally displaced people.</li>
<li>Date: Sunday, 6 November 2022.</li>
<li>Timing: Likely between 06:50 and 07:15 Damascus time.</li>
<li>Victims: None reported.</li>
<li>Munitions likely used: Reports indicated the use of ground-to-ground missiles carrying cluster bombs in the attack, possibly a 300mm 9M55k variant.</li>
<li>Potentially  responsible: Syrian government forces and Russian air forces may be responsible for the incident.</li>
</ul>
<h1>I﻿ntroduction</h1>
Reports were published about the attack on <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B058'55.6%22N+36%C2%B033'35.9%22E/@35.9821421,36.560601,497m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d35.9821111!4d36.5599722?entry=ttu">Mourin and Baya&#39;ba</a> camps in Idlib countryside, allegedly using ground-to-ground <a href="https://twitter.com/IdlibPlus/status/1589159047370272768">missiles</a> loaded with cluster bombs on the morning of Sunday, 6 November 2022, between 06:50 and 07:15 Damascus time. The incident resulted in damages to a school fence and tents in the area.
<h1>M﻿ourin camp</h1>
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A screenshot from Google Earth of Mourin Camp (35.982166883888056, 36.559964844258516), with red markers placed by Syrian Archive on the image captured on 1 October 2023.
Mourin Camp is located within a cluster of camps in the village west of Idlib, which was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=405489131392034">inhabited</a> by around 400 internally displaced families and 236 residents in 2022. Satellite imagery shows the establishment of the camp at the beginning of 2020, an increase in the number of tents in the camp  before the incident in October 2020, and a decrease in the number of tents before the incident in July 2022, with <a href="https://snhr.org/arabic/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/R221207A.pdf">around</a> 80 families residing in the area.
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Screenshots from Google Earth illustrate the distribution of families in Mourin Camp (35.982166883888056, 36.559964844258516) between the years 2019-2022, with yellow annotations placed by Syrian Archives on the images captured on 2 October 2023.
Mourin Camp is one of six camps hit in <a href="https://twitter.com/abomaherdomair/status/1589182165014970369">simultaneous</a> strikes on the morning of 6 November 2023. The Most severe attack occurred at the <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/investigations/cluster-missile-attacks-in-the-kafr-jallis-camps-in-the-western-countryside-of-idlib#%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9">Maram and Watan</a> camps in Kafr Jalis, which are located about 3 kilometers away from the Wadi Khaled Camp.
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A screenshot shows the distance between Mourin Camp (35.982166883888056, 36.559964844258516) and Maram Camp (35.9700443480342, 36.594655572826554), which was hit by a strike on the same day on 6 October . The screenshot was captured by Syrian Archive on 3 October 2023.
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At the top right, a screenshot from Al Jazeera Live channel&#39;s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=405489131392034">video</a> in March 2022. At the top left, a screenshot from Al Jazeera Live channel&#39;s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ajmubasher/videos/3099735883586114">video</a> in August 2020. At the bottom, a satellite image (35.982166883888056, 36.559964844258516) with annotations added by Syrian Archives to indicate the camp&#39;s location on the images captured on 1 November 2023.
<h2>W﻿hat happened (and when)?</h2>
At 07:32 on 6 November 2023, the account Abu Ali on Twitter posted a <a href="https://twitter.com/Son0fAleppo/status/1589113817908158464">picture</a> with a caption mentioning the fall of missiles in several camps, including Mourin Camp. Approximately two hours later, accounts such as <a href="https://twitter.com/HalabTodayTV/status/1589148284089679873">Aleppo Today</a> and Jaber Owayed reported news of an attack that targeted six camps in western Idlib, including Mourin Camp.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights, in a <a href="https://snhr.org/arabic/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/R221207A.pdf">report</a>, quoted the director of Mourin Camp stating that missiles fell inside and around the camp in a scattered manner. According to the report, One of the projectiles hit a school wall near the camp, with no casualties reported as &quot;the children had not yet arrived for their classes.&quot;
<h2>I﻿mpact sites</h2>
<a href="https://snhr.org/arabic/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/R221207A.pdf">Photos</a> published by the Syrian Network for Human Rights show three locations where projectiles fell in Mourin Camp. Syrian Archive was  able to confirm one of the locations, while the other two locations could not be verified due to the limited online content available about the incident.
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The  two <a href="https://snhr.org/arabic/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/R221207A.pdf">images</a> above are from a report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights, showing the first impact site. Below is an image from Google Earth (35.98563614083586, 36.558751270758854). Annotations were added by Syrian Archive to pinpoint the impact location, photos captured on 1 October 2023.
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A screenshot from Google Earth shows the distance between Mourin Camp (35.982166883888056, 36.559964844258516) and the first impact site at the school (35.98563614083586, 36.558751270758854) captured by Syrian Archive on 3 October 2023.
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An <a href="https://snhr.org/arabic/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/R221207A.pdf">image</a> from the report of the Syrian Network for Human Rights, sourced from the Facebook page of &quot;Hafsarja Alaz,&quot; was taken on 6 November 2022 at 08:45 according to the timestamp shown in the image and claims to be of the second impact site near Mourin Camp. Syrian Archive was unable to confirm its location. Although, the coordinates used in the image’s title as labeled by the Syrian Network for Human Rights are 35.98822990611629, 36.55169645966959). Captured by Syrian Archive on 1 October 2023.
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An <a href="https://snhr.org/arabic/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/R221207A.pdf">image</a> from the report of the Syrian Network for Human Rights, sourced from the Facebook page of &quot;Hafsarja Alaz,&quot; was taken on 6 November 2022, at 13:58 and claims to be of the third impact site near Mourin Camp. Syrian Archive was unable to confirm its location,  Although, the coordinates used in the image’s title as labeled by the Syrian Network for Human Rights are 35.98611011225219, 36.556532870593244). Captured by Syrian Archive on 1 October 2023.
<h2>T﻿iming</h2>
There are no images or videos of the initial moments of the attack on Mourin Camp. However, the name of the camp was mentioned in <a href="https://twitter.com/Son0fAleppo/status/1589113817908158464">reports</a> on attacks on six camps, all within a radius of 2.73 kilometers. This suggests that the attack on Mourin Camp occurred when other camps were hit, between 06:50 and 07:15 in the morning. This aligns with the camp director’s testimony, collected by the <a href="https://snhr.org/arabic/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/R221207A.pdf">Syrian Network</a> for Human Rights, stating that the incident occurred before the <a href="https://www.syria.tv/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3">start</a> of the school day, which begins at 08:00.
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Screenshot from Google Earth illustrates the distance between the six camps that were attacked on 6 November, captured by Syrian Archive on 3 November 3, 2023.
<h2>P﻿otential munitions used</h2>
The <a href="https://snhr.org/arabic/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/R221207A.pdf">picture</a> from the Syrian Network for Human Rights report, which Syrian Archive was unable to verify, shows a man standing next to remnants of a munition allegedly found in the vicinity of the Mourin Camp.
The remnants appear to resemble ground-to-ground missiles of the 300mm 9M55k variant, which were reported to have been used in the attacks on the <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/investigations/cluster-missile-attacks-in-the-kafr-jallis-camps-in-the-western-countryside-of-idlib#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B0">Kafr Jalis</a> and Wadi Khalid camps at the same time and day.
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The upper <a href="https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1311829037015355392">image</a>, shows missiles of the 300mm 9M55K variant that fell in Azerbaijan. The lower <a href="https://snhr.org/arabic/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/R221207A.pdf">image</a> is from the Syrian Network for Human Rights report. The annotations were added by Syrian Archive for comparison with the images captured on 3 October 2023.
<h2>Potentially responsible</h2>
The Syrian Ministry of Defense, in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=651443603280241">video</a> posted on its Facebook page, discussed an attack carried out in collaboration with the Russian Air Force using aircraft and missile launchers on areas west of Idlib, which Syrian Archive identified as being close to the <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/investigations/cluster-missile-attacks-in-the-kafr-jallis-camps-in-the-western-countryside-of-idlib#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B0">Kafr Jalis</a> camps.
Accounts of <a href="https://twitter.com/najlaasaadee/status/1589181731680448512">activists</a> and pro-government <a href="https://twitter.com/AlMayadeenLive/status/1589133446051414017">news sites</a> reported incidents of attacks by Syrian government and Russian forces in western Idlib without specifying exact locations.
Simultaneously, accounts of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0QYTxegAwokV5ENKLCuZQQ2uS1dquUVps2chWC9VhGbCtZc74L7ARcuqxPomhwtc7l&id=100045136332679">activists</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/khabr.naw/posts/pfbid02rr2B1koecKqjv3SdxHQUK72yFh1xotfamdmuH1DwMH8hyKMDNGb8ho6LjTtuVHM3l?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXWxUo5S9yQttXV7HoE8zvTyqlXFyevpGCNeaxckWMBNQ_Msm0UJClHecGamuBi4uQCvY9Zis2N9xK9_s3JG1DCu4zS8T1h0TGFlzs09BJkjOr4kwFwwVDKXFUT5YmiDymBUgzv01AFr5P8Vmr-nfHx8X6TiSS31hRnwi-3CtgBk7UhF1S6TxGSGM367WoArGk&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R">journalists</a>, and news <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXiVzTl9lY">websites</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/spaceofpeace.org/posts/pfbid02ZpKmVbLpbRjrLuqax4zCRtkBrF3nYk6wtHfdxSY6RsivrsLSYb89uCVBfGYDpgc3l">pages</a> in Idlib reported <a href="https://www.sy-24.com/97574/">news</a> of an <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0pw4izJXtf1vvyuBhxTnPJ5MeS3Tz2jEConwv5bunEZ7F2J8Z9RDSNS5rZgneohDUl&id=100085691419081&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWbygnGQyyqnaOlZi4MtVqweftaC7eUWbFJMuiYn84ZyoQU3wwNBYn6ri8qQkm3BA95HeUGME0iyJYLnxhei99ys-065GQvdDLUxGTGJdLlcmKw8V8ym_xWH0cY52NxRjR6RDt5LgQgEfK4eWJVk7hotUfJFd43SDkC9B2S22JY0HS2Yrw11be0zQNb6wzscZ0&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R">attack</a>, claiming that they <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0DCoYGgSLquvCox3wBLjh9GLSZ8Qy5nCRPd8BVV2Yq4FXYV3sFf2VwGEhneTGGAySl&id=100064758604257&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZVfLMr9-x0MI7GKf7n1s07AezQH5tXoCN-wGh7rGx3q0hZdMGjA2RualcxXYm06qq6NEUgY_pp5GYIcqMwdA-cN4n4KqLZYKwbi6MnPHJW-x-8ZzZm71rFchCmI0bn4PoX6D6i4VHkvAKWDYYGL1Uzj-DVm7nHz_AOtSFXR5PpGmYxAoWV-0O930rDvljdkZJE&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R">originated</a> from the Syrian government forces and the Russian Air Force, targeting <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WATANFoundation/posts/pfbid02auZHaAyRxovhSJHJfPNCq5VtzNj3Lu74f4spbWTigXPo569LnersUHm2KNpnj5uJl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWaua69lBApCctwMn6WFfHZ_BEp7FvE2vauQcsb271EoLjKo2jBAjZh3qbVd991IROezOexa3ntB-t_bejt9Uw97S_WLGEkrPRHylk6LicYf7f9I9qmL3YBJiPEwY4MTfVm4ymPzQJmuLJnbR7PB-ZLC2c8U5mjYjdYpDW5hvnt65GbnID6H21Rqde6XNEjYEE&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R">camps</a> in western Idlib, including the Mourin and Baya’ba.
A prior <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/investigations/cluster-missile-attacks-in-the-kafr-jallis-camps-in-the-western-countryside-of-idlib#%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84">investigation</a> by Syrian Archive on a related incident relied on the effective range of the munition potentially used in the incident, a study of the areas controlled within this effective range, and a <a href="https://jusoor.co/details/%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B0%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%20%D9%81%D9%8A%20%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9%2003-03-2020/585/ar">map</a> of military deployment in the region to identify a perpetrator. It concluded that the Syrian government forces and the Russian forces were likely responsible for the attack from the southeast, which could be between the areas of Saraqib and Khan al-Sabil located northeast and southeast of the camp.
The timing and date of the incident in the six camps, including the Mourin Camp, suggest the same parties to the conflict are responsible for the incidents.
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Military Distribution <a href="https://jusoor.co/details/%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B0%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%20%D9%81%D9%8A%20%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9%2003-03-2020/585/ar">Map</a> in Northern Syria Source: Jusoor Center – 2020. This map includes all parties in the Syrian conflict, both government and non-government actors, and depicts relatively stable military control areas.
<h1>A﻿dditional location: Baya&#39;ba Camp</h1>
The Baya’ba Camp is an informal camp located west of Idlib, approximately 260 meters away from the Watan Camp.
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A satellite imagery from Google Earth of Baya’ba Camp in November 2021 (35.975337309565894, 36.588147734638284) captured by Syrian Archive on 3 October 2023.
Satellite images show the establishment of the camp at the beginning of 2020 and an increase in its population by October 2021.
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A screenshot from Google Earth illustrates the distribution of families in the Baya’ba Camp between 2019 and 2022. The yellow annotations were added by Syrian Archive to images captured on 2 October 2023.
Reports alleged that the Baya’ba Camp was one of the six camps that were simultaneously  <a href="https://twitter.com/abomaherdomair/status/1589182165014970369">hit</a> on the morning of 6 November 2023.
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A satellite imagery from Google Earth shows the distance between the Baya’ba Camp (35.975337309565894, 36.588147734638284) and the Watan Camp (35.977351869610914, 36.59025610507109) captured by Syrian Archive on 3 October 2023.
Due to the absence of open-source content regarding the incident in Baya’ba Syrian Archive was unable to verify the impact of the incident or determine the munition used and its effects on the alleged location. Syrian Archive was unable to confirm the details of the incident.
<h2>C﻿onclusion</h2>
On 6 November 2023, potentially between 06:50 and 07:15 local time, the Mourin Camp was subjected to a missile attack, possibly including a 300mm 9M55k variant. This attack resulted in minor material damage to the school building and nearby tents. Reports also alleged that the nearby Baya’ba Camp was attacked on the same day and at the same time.
A previous <a href="https://syrianarchive.org/ar/investigations/cluster-missile-attacks-in-the-kafr-jallis-camps-in-the-western-countryside-of-idlib/#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%BA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85">investigation</a> by Syrian Archive into the same attack that targeted six camps suggests the possible responsibility of the Syrian government forces and the Russian Air Force for the incident.

Mourin Camp and Baya’ba Camp

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Wadi Khaled Camp

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