Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS2011

Incident date

March 22, 2017

Location

عين ترما, Ain Tarma, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.51602, 36.35078 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were reported killed and several others wounded in airstrikes on Ain Tarma, according to local media sources – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible for the attack.

Smart News Agency who reported that the attack was likely to be a Russian air raid, stated that the two civilians that died were children. However, NGOSyria who reported the names of those who died, did not mention whether the civilians were children.

In a separate video, Smart News also reported that civilians were wounded in Ain Tarma from raids by “regime aircraft”.

Most sources did not identify the “warplanes”, but @RevoZamalka added that there were “four air-to-surface missiles”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Age unknown male killed
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (0–2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–5
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Translation: The bombing of the residential areas in the town of Ein Tirma, 22-03-2017
  • Translation: A part of the ambulance operations carried out by the Civil Defense Teams after the aerial bombardment of Ein Tirma, 22-03-2017

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has not reported any strikes between March 1st – 31st 2017.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (0–2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–5
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (10) [ collapse]