On April 30, 2017, the city of Lataminah in the north of Hama province was intensively bombed by the coalition forces of the Assad regime and Russia. In the video, a Su-25 aircraft of the Russian Air Force is bombing a residential area of Lataminah. According to the Syrian conflict online map, this residential area is controlled by the Free Syrian Army, a moderate opposition to the Assad regime.
N. #Hama: #Lataminah area still intensively bombed, incl. by #RuAF Su-25. https://t.co/oeiH0SKhkF pic.twitter.com/36GomVkn1L
— Qalaat Al Mudiq (@QalaatAlMudiq) April 30, 2017
The exact location in the video was not specified, however, it was possible to identify several objects in the photo: the water tower and the minaret of one of Lataminah’s mosques ([1], [2]). Click the picture to enlarge.
Three days prior, a Russian Su-25 was filmed during an airstrike and the following shelling of Lataminah by a multiple launch rocket system.
N. #Hama: #Lataminah intensively bombed by #RuAF (Su-25 visible) and MRLS. https://t.co/aWlDKpch9p pic.twitter.com/a5LH9dUpGQ
— Qalaat Al Mudiq (@QalaatAlMudiq) April 27, 2017
By Mikhail Kuznetsov , translated by Translated by Evgeniy Kalashnik, edited by Svitlana Kemblowski
