Illustrative image, US-led coalition F-15 over Euphrates Valley
A civilian was killed on July 31 in a mysterious airstrike that targeted the government-held town of al-Rashidiyah in the northern al-Hasakah countryside.
Sputnik’s reporter in al-Hasakah said that the victim, 43-year old Ragheb Musa al-Ali, was targeted right outside of his house in al-Rashidiyah. Local witnesses told the reporter that they heard a drone buzzing over the town minutes before the airstrike.
“The victim’s house sustained heavy material damage as a result of the airstrike that targeted it in the morning,” Sputnik’s reporter said.
Damascus has not released a statement on the incident, so far. However, a Syrian offical told RT that the airstrike was likely carried out by U.S. or Turkish warplanes.
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A second source told the Russian TV that US-led coalition warplanes were tracking a senior ISIS commander near al-Rashidiyah when the airstrike took place. This suggest that the airstrike may have been a mistake.
Al-Rashidiyah, located 20km south of the border city of al-Qamishli, is one of very few areas in northeastern Syria that are still under the control of government forces.
