Incident Code
RS1576
Incident Date
13 November 2016
Location
Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria
دوما
Geolocation
33.5714804,
36.4033699
Accuracy: City
Geolocation
33.5714804,
36.4033699
Accuracy: City
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R1437 RS1575 )
One named civilian died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Douma, according to sources on the ground.
@mahe35 and LCCSY reported that one civilian was killed in a Russian strike.
One victim was named by @yasserdouma.
It should be noted that while two sources attributed the civilian harm to Russia, the remainder didn’t identify the culprit.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Douma, Eastern Ghouta (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.
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”.