Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Multiple sources reported that up to three airstrikes struck the city of Douma in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, killing one woman and injuring up to another nine civilians. The female victim was identified by many sources. It was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible.
Several sources said that the strikes hit residential areas, including a mosque, according to @alitaha1973.
LCCSY reported that “Russian warplanes launched two airstrikes with thermobaric missiles on neighborhoods in #Douma city in the Eastern Ghouta, which killed a civilian, injured others and set houses on fire.”
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “three airstrikes targeted Duma, leading to the death of one civilian and wounding of nine others”.
Most sources did not identify the culprit and referred to “warplanes”.
But two sources, @alitaha1973 and @SyriaPressorg1, attributed the strikes to the Syrian regime, while only one, LCCSY, blamed Russia.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Douma (دوما), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.5714804, 36.4033699. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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This is reportedly the body of victim Samer Zerara who was killed by the airstrikes targeting Douma, Damascus (via Ndouma986 tweet)
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This is reportedly the body of victim Samer Zerara who was killed by the airstrikes targeting Douma, Damascus (via Douma.Revolution facebook)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any specific strikes between November 1st – 30th 2016.
On 6 January 2017, Russia, however, reported: “Since November 8, 2016, the aircraft carrier group of the Northern Fleet consisting of the heavy aircraft carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, the large ASW ship Severomorsk, as well as auxiliary vessels of the Black Sea Fleet, has been fulfilling counterterrorist missions on the territory of Syria”, adding that ”in the course of two months of their participation in the combat actions, naval aviation pilots have carried out 420 combat sorties, 117 of them were night ones.”