Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS1617

Location

المواصلات, Al Mowasalat, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.2188989, 37.2510338
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R1476RS1613)

Two civilians were killed in air or possibly artillery strikes on Al Mowasalat, Aleppo, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible.

Shahba Press reported that two people died and there was “injury of other civilians following Russian raids on the besieged Aleppo.” This death toll was corroborated amongst all other known sources.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Al Mowasalat was one of the neighbourhoods that was struck with “shelling by the regime forces with artillery shells and rockets”.

However, the sources Syria News Desk and Shahba Press attributed responsibility to Russian warplanes.

The source @rola1katib stated that “a number of air strikes were launched by cluster bombs targeting the city’s Al Mowasalat district”. 

It was unknown how many were injured in the incident.

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
2

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Russian Military Strike Report
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”. Additionally, Russia reported that its air forces have carried out strikes in Aleppo during November and December 2016.
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media From Sources (2)