Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3468

Incident date

June 27, 2018

Location

داعل, Da'el, Daraa, Syria

Geolocation

32.756529, 36.138453 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Five civilians, including a woman and three children, were killed and more than 13 others in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Da’el, Dara’a governorate, on June 27th 2018, according to local sources.

@SyriaCivilDefe tweeted that “civilians, including a woman and three children, were martyred and more than 13 others were injured in the city of #Da’el in the western Dara’a countryside, after targeting with missiles from Russian warplanes.”

Sanabka Ahrar identified the victims, four presumably from the same family, as Rima Nasser Al Hariri (1), Mohammed Abdullan Al Hariri (four months old), Raghad Muhammad Al Hariri (2), Fayez Saleh Al Hariri (37) and Alaa Qassem Abu Zaid (26).

The Syrian.Network wrote on Facebook that there were “dozens of wounded.”

Shaam News Network reported that “five civilians, including three children and a woman, were killed in Da’el town in western rural Dara’a by a Russian airstrike targeting residential areas in the centre of the town.”

Nearly all sources blamed Russian forces for the airstrikes, but the Syrian Network for Human Rights and the Syrian Human Rights Committee blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (4)

The victims were named as:

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Da’el (داعل), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.756529, 36.138453. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5
  • (3 children1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    13–24
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (29) [ collapse]

Media
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  • Image of an infant wounded by alleged Syrian regime or Russian airstrikes against Da'el town of June 27, 2018 (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • Injured child receiving medical help after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the town of Da'el on June 27th 2018 (via Sanabka Ahrar on Facebook).
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    Injured child receiving medical help in the hospital after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the town of Da'el on June 27th 2018 (via Sanabka Ahrar on Facebook).
  • Child in the hospital after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the town of Da'el on June 27th 2018 (via Sanabka Ahrar on Facebook).
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    Killed chris in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the town of Da'el on June 27th 2018 (via Sanabka Ahrar on Facebook).
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    Injured child receiving medical help in the hospital after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the town of Da'el on June 27th 2018 (via Myasar Kotiesh Abu Yaman on Facebook).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the town of Da'el on June 27th 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5
  • (3 children1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    13–24
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (29) [ collapse]