Airwars assessment
Twelve civilians were killed and up to 30 injured at al Bab in what local sources claimed was a ‘Coalition’ strike, but which may have been a result of Turkish-ISIS fighting.
Al A’maq, ISIS’s media wing, reported “12 dead and 30 injured, most of them women and children, following violent Turkish shelling with more than 150 missiles and rockets that fell on al Bab since this morning.” A video (since blocked) also showed a number of children being treated for serious injuries.
Ara News said that “Turkish forces shelled the city of al Bab and Tadef northeast of Aleppo, northern Syria, on Monday, and the shelling targeted civilian neighbourhoods.” The Syrian Observatory also blamed Turkish and Euphrates Shield forces.
However both Halab News and VDC blamed the US-led Coalition – which they may still have viewed Turkey as being an active member of.
Al Bab al Hadath said both Turkish and Coalition planes attacked the city, killing 12 including two families and injuring 20 civilians. In total it named twelve victims:
In an emailed response to a report submitted by Airwars on this and other incidents in December 2016, Coalition officials requested additional information concerning the alleged event.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
- Mamdouh Noma Adult male was killed with two of his girls killed
- Daughter of Mamdouh Noma Age unknown female killed
- Second daughter of Mamdouh Noma Age unknown female killed
Family members (1)
- Al Boushi family Age unknown 5 members were killed killed
- Tarek Ahmad Zakkour al Alabi 15 years years old male killed
- Omar Mohammad al Eido 16 years years old male killed
- Mustapha Naqishbandi Age unknown male killed
- Alaa Hajjar Age unknown male killed
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Attached to this civilian harm incident is the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area of the reported civilian casualties.
Original strike reports
For December 11th-13th 2016 the Coalition publicly reported no strikes in the vicinity of al Bab.