Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

YS103

Incident date

March 30, 2021

Location

طريق اعزاز - عفرين, Azaz - Afrin road, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least one civilian, a child, was injured from a strike that was allegedly launched by the YPG on the Azaz – Afrin road, north of Aleppo on March 30, 2021.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a child was injured by a “rocket-propelled grenade” while a tweet from @k_alsameh identified a guided missile as injuring the child. According to this same source, the missile struck while the child was traveling in a car on the Azaz-Afrin road north of Aleppo and an image they posted shows the damage to the car.

Various other sources also included the same information that a child was injured in a guided missile attack and that the “SDF” was responsible.

No other information is available at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention a vehicle struck on the road between the cities of Azaz (أَعْزَاز) and Afrin (عفرين). The generic coordinates for this road are: 36.576181, 36.940523. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

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Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.

Sources (8) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.

Sources (8) [ collapse]