Incident Code
RS0407
Incident Date
16 January 2016
Location
تل مكسور, Tall Maksour, Aleppo, Syria
Geolocation
36.23928,
37.45711
Accuracy: Village
Geolocation
36.23928,
37.45711
Accuracy: Village
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R347eRS408)
Alaan TV said that five civilians died and seven others were injured – some critically – in an alleged Russian strike.
Halab TV put the death toll higher – at 15 – but did not say whose warplanes were responsible for the incident.
According to LCCSY, 15 civilians died in strikes on Tal Maksour and Berlheen, but they did not say who was to blame.
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Weak
Civilians reported killed
5–15
Civilians reported injured
7
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Tall Maksour (تل مكسور), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.23928, 37.45711. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Military Statements
Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Russian Military Strike Report
In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of the last four days, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 157 combat sorties engaging 579 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqah, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.“