Attack on School in Haas, Idlib

We have two pages on the same topic, see also here. Maloof interview (+MOD) provides a reasonable rebuke.

On Wednesday, 26 October, 2016, perhaps the deadliest-yet alleged attack on a school was reported in the rebel-held town of Haas (alt Hass, Has - Arabic حاس ) in Idlib province. The attack was said to kill over 30 civilians and no rebel fighters. The dead are said to include at least 22 children, several teachers, and some parents. Opposition activists and "rescuers with the White Helmets" blamed airstrikes, at least two of them, carried out by Syrian or perhaps Russian jets. Russia denies having jets in the area, as does the US-led coalition, who therefore blame Syria or Russia.

locations: Haas is located here on Wikimapia, between Maarat Numan and Kafranbel, well south of Idlib city.

Videos

 * Syria: Rescuers race to Idlib school complex hit by bomb strike
 * Middle East Eye compilation
 * R&U compilation

News

 * Arutz Sheva October 28
 * Air strikes that hit a school in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Wednesday killed 22 children and six teachers.


 * Local groups said the air strikes were carried out by warplanes that were either Russia or Syrian.


 * UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded an immediate probe into the attack which he said "may amount to a war crime".


 * Russia or Syria was behind deadly Idlib school attack, says US The Guardian, Kareem Shaheen in Beirut and agencies, Thursday 27 October 2016 14.46 EDT
 * “We don’t know yet that it was the Assad regime or the Russians that carried out the airstrike, but we know it was one of the two,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. “Even if it was the Assad regime that carried it out, the Assad regime is only in a position to carry out those kind of attacks because they are supported by the Russian government.” 

The Russians took drone footage after thenews broke, and decided it shows some damage, as site photos do, but the images and/or video might be misleadingly edited, and the damage seen is too small and not enough to the roofs to have been an airstrike.
 * School in Syria’s Idlib province not hit by airstrike, drone photos show – Russian MoD RT, Published time: 27 Oct, 2016 17:04
 * Later the same day, Anthony Lake, executive director of UNICEF, called the incident a “tragedy” and an “outrage,” and said that “if deliberate” it amounted to a “war crime.”


 * “Our evidence points to UNICEF falling victim to another scam from the White Helmet fraudsters. Before making resonant statements, UNICEF should check its sources more carefully, to protect the reputation of the respected organization,” continued Konashenkov.

VDC Records
The opposition VDC records 38 Idlib civilians killed Oct. 26 by airstrikes, all from or killed in Has, with bombing blamed on "Syrian government and affiliated militias." Notes: "Due to the regime air forces' "sukhoi" shelling with missiles loaded with a parachute." breakdown: 10 girls, 6 women, 5 boys, 6 unidentified (perhaps fragments, gender unclear/unknown, listed as men, meaning blank), 11 identified men. Some parents and children, apparent siblings, male and female teacher with the same family name, etc.

Analysis
Video and victim faking alleged, by Military Advisor ‏@miladvisor on Twitter
 * https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/791770974639255552
 * https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/791770974639255552
 * https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/791727539882430464