Geolocation
Airwars assessment
On April 2, 2017, six civilians were killed, including four children and two women, and as many as eight others were wounded following an alleged Russian raid on various villages in the Western part of Aleppo’s countryside, local media reported. All sources either attributed blame to Russia, or “unknown warplanes”.
According to sources Kafrnah, Khan al-Asal, Babsaka, Sarmada, the town of Dara ‘Azza and Urum al-Kubra were all struck in the raid. Al Jazeera added that the towns were overcrowded with displaced peoples.
Baladi News said that there was significant damage to property in the vicinity.
A local source, Motaz Khatab, tweeted that rocket-propelled grenade launchers struck the countryside.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the province/governorate of Various location in western Aleppo countryside (ريف حلب الغربي), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.200000, 37.600000. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any specific strikes between April 1st - 31st 2017.