Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS407

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

تادف, Tadif, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.34857, 37.531501 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Alaan TV reported that dozens of Russian airstrikes effected villages in Aleppo, including Tadeef.

Halab News said that two non-combatants were killed in Tadeef as part of a “heavy aerial bombardment by warplanes”, but did not identify the planes.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (2) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of the last four days, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 157 combat sorties engaging 579 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqah, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.“

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (2) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS404

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

عين ترما, A'ayn Turma, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.5148497, 36.3494682 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three to four civilians died in alleged Russian airstrikes and/or shelling by the Assad regime, according to local sources. However, reports need further verification as half of them speak of Russian followed by regime shelling while the other half only mention regime shelling.

Orient News published a video showing the aftermath of a alleged Russian strike on “a popular market in Ein Tarma Rural Damascus“.

In a video by Aljisr Satellite Channel the reporter states that the area was targeted by Russian warplanes and then later subjected to artillery shelling.

SMO reported: “four civilians were martyred and others were injured following the air strikes of the occupation warplanes Ein Tarma City“.

The Shaam News Network blamed shelling by the regime for killing three civilians.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Anwar al-Khdrawi.
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (1 man)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • A news bulletin reporting on the contested airstrike between Russia and the Syrian Regime which targeted a popular civilian market. (via, Al Jisir TV)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin makes no mention of carrying out strikes in Damascus governorate.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (1 man)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS405

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

ام شقيف, Um Shkeef, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.394676, 37.650672 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrikes on the the village of Um Shkeef, according to two local sources.

Alaan TV reported that dozens died and were wounded by alleged Russian strikes in east Aleppo, including three civilians in Um Shkeef, located on the road from Al Bab to Manbij.

Halab News also put the death toll at three following a “heavy aerial bombardment by warplanes“, though they did not say who the planes belonged to.

According to Step, two civilians died, though it was unclear from their report whether Russia or the regime were responsible.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of the last four days, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 157 combat sorties engaging 579 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqah, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.“

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS406

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

قصر البريج, Qasr al Burayj, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.31798, 37.70512 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Alaan TV reported Russian raids on Qasr el Bureji, but did not provide information on casualties.

According to Halab News, eight civilians died in a bombardment by warplanes, though they did not identify the planes.

Step also put the death toll at eight, though it was unclear from their report whether Russia or the regime were responsible.

According to Zaiton magazine, Russia carried out the raids.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of the last four days, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 157 combat sorties engaging 579 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqah, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.“

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS402

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

تمورة, Tamoura, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.26389, 36.88847 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tamoura, according to  the Shaam News Network.

SNN reported that 10 civilians were killed in airstrikes on the cities and towns of the northern countryside of Aleppo since Saturday morning: four in Ma’arsta al-Khan, two in Hayyan, two in Tel Rifa’at and two in Tamoura, in addition to dozens wounded.

Halab Today TV reported the death of “Abdul Razak Ibrahim Barakat and his brother” and the injury of others in alleged Russian strikes.

Syrian Journalism Centre also named Abdul Razak and his brother: “Russian warplanes targeted a town near Tamorah near Anadan with vacuum rockets, which led to widespread destruction in residential buildings, and the death of Abdul Razak Ibrahim Barakat and his brother and injuring others”.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Abd al Razzak Barakat
Adult male "a victim of warplane shelling"
brother of Abd al Razzak Barakat
Age unknown male

The victims were named as:

Name unknown
Age unknown

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (1–2 men)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of the last four days, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 157 combat sorties engaging 579 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqah, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.“

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (1–2 men)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS403

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.5714804, 36.4033699 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Seven civilians were killed and 25 others injured when cluster bombs were allegedly fired on Douma, according to the White Helmets and the Shaam News Network.

The White Helmets did not say who was responsible for the attack, but reported that “the number of martyrs today in Douma has risen to 4 following the bombing with cluster bombs and heavy artillery.”

But the Shaam News Network blamed Russia, saying that one person was killed and 25 other injured 25 injured in a missile attack with cluster bombs.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Abdul Aziz al Rayes
Adult male also known as Abo Hatem,  as a victim of “cluster missile shelling” in Douma. killed
Haj Yassin Darwish Almasha’ot (Abu Hassan)
Adult Syria 2011 listed the following victims killed by cluster bombs killed
Rashid Daoud
Adult male Syria 2011 listed the following victims killed by cluster bombs killed
Yousef Abdel Basset al-Younis
Adult male Syria 2011 listed the following victims killed by cluster bombs killed
Hanan Taleb
Age unknown female named by Syria 2011, killed when a surface to surface missile hit her home. killed
Yamen Hamza
Child Syria 2011 listed the following victims killed by cluster bombs killed
Ahmed Mohammed Henen
Adult male Syria 2011 listed the following victims killed by cluster bombs killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7
  • (1 child4 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    25
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (13) [ collapse]

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    Abdul Aziz al-Rayes, killed in Douma by alleged Russian raids. (via, VDC)

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    Haj Yassin Darwish Almasha’ot (Abu Hassan), killed in Douma by alleged Russian raids. (via, YASER ALDOUMANI2)

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    Rashid Daoud, killed in Douma by alleged Russian raids. (via, YASER ALDOUMANI2)

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    Yousef Abdel Basset al-Younis, killed in Douma by alleged Russian raids. (via, YASER ALDOUMANI2)

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    Ahmed Mohammed Henen, killed in Douma by alleged Russian raids. (via, YASER ALDOUMANI2)

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    The White Helmets loading injured civilians into the ambulance not long after the alleged raid hit. (via, The White Helmets)
  • Civilian attempts to put out a fire in a market following an alleged Russian raid. (via, SNN)
  • From cluster bombs which were allegedly used in Douma on 16th January 2016. (via, SNN)
  • The aftermath of the raid in Douma. (via, SNN)

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    Rashid Daoud, killed in Douma by alleged Russian raids. (via, YASER ALDOUMANI2)

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    Martyr Yasser Tabakh, a non civilian combatant. (via, YASER ALDOUMANI2)

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    Mohamed Maher Abu Arbash, killed in Douma by alleged Russian raids. (via, YASER ALDOUMANI2)
  • An image of a shell which was dropped on Douma on 16th January 2016. (via, Mahrous Mazen)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin makes no mention of carrying out strikes in Damascus governorate.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7
  • (1 child4 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    25
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS400

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

تل رفعت, Tall Rif`at, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.472576, 37.096272 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Two civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tel Rifa’at, according to the Shaam News Network.

SNN reported that 10 civilians were killed in airstrikes on the cities and towns of the northern countryside of Aleppo since Saturday morning: four in Ma’arsta al-Khan, two in Hayyan, two in Tel Rifa’at and two in Tamoura, in addition to dozens wounded.

According to a Tweet by @Reefhalab, Russia targeted Tel Rifa’at with three strikes with vacuum missiles on January 16th.

North Media Institute also reported three Russian strikes.

The Step Agency also reported that there had been Russian raids in Tel Rifa’at, leading to deaths and injuries, though they did not give numbers for Tel Rifa’at.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of the last four days, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 157 combat sorties engaging 579 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqah, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.” It adds: “In the suburbs of Tall Rifat (Aleppo province), a Su-25 attack aircraft eliminated a militants’ depot with ammunition and armaments. Objective monitoring registered detonation of explosives and total destruction of the building with all its contents.“

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS401

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.17594, 37.14111 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between four and 10 non-combatants including one woman and two to three children were killed, and more than 20 injured, in an airstrike on the Al Sukkari neighbourhood in Aleppo, according to local sources.

The White Helmets reported that seven civilians (including one woman and two children) died when the raid targeted a children’s clinic. They did not say who was responsible for the attack, but added that the White Helmets rescued more than 20 people from the rubble.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights also put the death toll at seven, including one woman and three children, saying that Russian warplanes shelled a residential building which was under the control of the armed opposition. They added that several other buildings and nearby shops were destroyed.

According to a report by the Shaam News Network, Russian raids killed seven civilians in Al Sukkari.

Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies reported that between four and 10 civilians – who had not been identified – “were killed by the indiscriminate shelling of the Russian airline“.

Two victims (killed by “warplane shelling“) – a mother and her child – were name by the VDC.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Hanadi Mohammad Majd Najjar
Adult female mother and son killed
Ghaith Hasan Shami
Child male mother and son killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 10
  • (2–3 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    20
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (8) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • The aftermath of the incident which killed a mother and her son in Sukkari. Footage shows destruction to homes and local market shops. (via, The White Helmets)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of the last four days, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 157 combat sorties engaging 579 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqah, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.“

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 10
  • (2–3 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    20
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (8) [ collapse]