Geolocation
Airwars assessment
21 civilians were killed including two women and four children and 11 wounded in airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods in the centre and north and south of the city of Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime or Russian warplanes or shelling by the Assad regime were responsible for the casualties.
According to the IS news agency Al A’maq, Russian raids targeted a residential neighbourhood in the north of the city and also targeted the abandoned former Islamic Court building near the old bridge south of the city and the firefighting and rescue building.
The Shaam News Network also quoted the Al A’maq coverage.
Al Raqqa is Being Slaughtered silently also reported on the incident, listing the dead and adding that Russian raids after midnight targeted the finance building (leading to its total destruction), the train station (also completely destroying it) and burning out three fire fighting cars. They stated that six members of the fire fighting team were amongst those killed, while an entire family also died when their house was struck.
But the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the Assad regime for the shelling, which they said killed 12 civilians including two women and four children.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (6)
Family members (4)
The victims were named as:
Summary
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Media
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The martyred family of Mohammad Abdallah Al Ali, killed in alleged Russian raid on their house in Raqqa, December 17th. (via, Al Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently)
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A graphic image of a deceased male. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently) -
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A graphic image of a deceased male who appears to be burnt. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently) -
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A graphic image of a decapitated deceased male. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently) -
A hole in the ground formed by an airstrike. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently)
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The underside of a hole. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently)
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Some damaged infrastructure. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently)
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A child's bike buried under the rubble. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently)
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Some more damaged infrastructure in Raqqa. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently)
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Civilians amongst the rubble in the aftermath of an alleged contested airstrike. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently)
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Damaged vehicles in the aftermath of an airstrike in Raqqa. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently)
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Entire roads have been uprooted by airstrikes in the neighbourhood. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently)
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Maher al Abid Al Hajji, a fireman killed by alleged Russian and Syrian Regime airstrikes. (via, Al Raqqa is being slaughtered silently)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
No Russian reports were published for December 16th-18th 2016.