Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

TS649

Incident date

October 17, 2023

Location

قرية كالوته, Kalotah village, Shirawa district, Afrin countryside, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

During the night of Monday, October 16, 2023, a child, Muhammad Qushu Ali, was injured by alleged Turkish and Sham Legion military artillery shells in the village of Kalotah, in the Afrin countryside of northern Syria.

Muhammad Qushu Ali’s age remains unclear: according to the Afrin post, the child was 3 years old. However, Efrin news reported that Muhammad was 6 years old, and posted a picture of a boy showing a covered wound on his left arm.

According to the Afrin post, Muhammad Qushu Ali is a Kurdish child from Burj al-Qas, and has been living in the village of Kalotah since March 2018, when Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood military occupied his original village.

Photos posted by several sources on Twitter/X and Facebook show damaged civilian homes in the vicinity of the incident.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the responsibility for the strike to the Turkish military.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Muhammad Qushu Ali, محمد قوشو علي
6 years old male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Media
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  • Source: Afrin Human Rights facebook
  • Source: Afrin Human Rights facebook
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    Source: Efrin news facebook
  • Source: Efrin News facebook
  • Source: Efrin News facebook
  • Source: Efrin News facebook
  • Source: Efrin News facebook
  • Source: Efrin News facebook
  • Source: Efrin News facebook
  • Source: Efrin News facebook

Turkish Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military
  • Turkish Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Residential building
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Turkish Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]