Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R4343

Incident date

July 15, 2021

Location

تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.167733, 36.886381 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least one civilian was killed in alleged Russian or regime shelling of the village of Tadel in the western countryside of Aleppo on July 15, 2021.

@HalabTodayTV reported that according to the Syrian Civil Defense, “a civilian was killed by artillery shelling by the regime forces and Russia targeting the village of Tadel in the western countryside of #Aleppo”.

A tweet from @Almohrar1 named the civilian killed as Firas Ibrahim Othman Abu Namar.

Al Hadath Syria reported that the shelling also caused damage to civilian property.

Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the shelling, with @IdlibPlus attributing the incident to the regime while @Syrian_Youth1 blamed Russia. Syrian Network for Human Rights specifically identified “the regime forces stationed in the 46th Regiment” as carrying out the “mortar shelling” on Tadel.

The incident occured at 12:00:00 local time.

The victims were named as:

Adult male killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Tadel (تديل), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.167733, 36.886381. 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
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • 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

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (6) [ collapse]

  • Damage caused by the alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Tadel on July 15, 2021. (Images posted by @HalabTodayTV)
  • Damage caused by the alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Tadel on July 15, 2021. (Images posted by @HalabTodayTV)
  • Damage caused by the alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Tadel on July 15, 2021. (Images posted by @HalabTodayTV)
  • Damage caused by the alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Tadel on July 15, 2021. (Images posted by @HalabTodayTV)
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    Firas Ibrahim Othman Abu Namar, a civilian killed in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Tadel on July 15, 2021. (Images posted by @Almohrar1)
  • Image of Feras al Othman, who was killed in strikes on Tadel on July 16, 2021. (Image posted by Syrian Network for Human Rights)

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
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • 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

Sources (18) [ collapse]