(Previous Incident Codes: R1042RS1151)

Up to 20 civilians including three children died and as many as dozens more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on a convoy or vehicles or a bus carrying civilians on the al Ramousah road south of the city of Aleppo. It was unclear who was responsible for the event: many sources blamed Russia, though several others pointed to both Russia and the Syrian regime.

Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory, told AFF that it was unknown whether Russia or regime warplanes were responsible. Another source, @AKslasearNews, added that there had been “hundreds” of helicopter and warplane raids on both al Ramousah and Tareeq al-Bab within hours. The Shaam News Network attributed the event to both Russian and Assad forces, citing air and artillery strikes.

The lowest death count was given as 14 by the Syrian Network for Human Rights, who blamed Russia. Other sources put the number killed as high as 20, with Syria News Desk reporting that a “convoy” was struck.

According to Shahed-ayan, “activists reported the martyrdom of 17 people after warplanes targeted a bus carrying them on the road to al Ramousah, south of Aleppo, on Tuesday, August 16. This coincided with heavy artillery shelling by the regime.”

Halab News named 9 victims and also listed eight unknown civilians.