Banin has been heavily affected during the
Syrian civil war, including by both repeated
Syrian/
Russian airstrikes and clashes between moderate rebel factions and
jihadist extremists.
By late 2012, the Banin had been captured by
Syrian rebel forces. On 12 December 2012, the
Syrian Air Force bombed the village.[2] On 27 December 2014, Syrian Air Force jet
fighters conducted airstrikes over the village.[3] On 12 November 2015, six weeks after the
Russian air campaign in Syria began,
Russian Air ForceMi-24 helicopters dropped
white phosphorus munitions on the village during the night,[4][5][6] a violation of the
Protocol on Incendiary Weapons prohibiting the use of the incendiary weapons against civilian areas. At least one man was killed in the strike. On 16 November, a Russian airstrike destroyed a bakery in the village.[7]
On 26 April 2019, an
OTR-Tochkatactical ballistic missile carrying
cluster munitions struck near a
refugee camp near Banin, injuring several people.
White Helmets inspected the remains of the missile.[12] On 30 May, a government airstrike on the village killed one civilian and wounded another.[13][14] On 1 June, a
Su-24 bomber launched
high-explosive missiles at the outskirts of the village in the midst of
ongoing clashes 30 km away.[15] On 19 June, government airstrikes destroyed a building in the village, killing eleven civilians and wounding six others.[16][17] White Helmets workers searched the rubble for bodies and survivors.[18]