Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Four named civilians were reported killed in an airstrike at Manbij, although opinions were split as to whether the victims had been killed by the Assad regime or by the Coalition. As Ara News noted, “the identity of the planes remains unknown, because of the number of different actors that are bombing the Aleppo countryside including the Coalition, the regime and the Russians. And no side has claimed responsibility until now.”
Several sources named the dead, some named three and others named four civilian men.
The Syrian Network said that three civilians had died – but that they were killed after “regime warplanes fired missiles on Manbej city.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Manbij (منبج), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.5269242, 37.9559288. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (5) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Original strike reports
No reference was made to Manbij in Coalition daily reports for October 17th-18th 2015.