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Incident Code

RS3728

Incident date

May 28, 2019

Location

:خان السبل, Khan Al Subul, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

At least four civilians, including two children, were killed and at least 12 others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Khan Al Sabin, Idlib governorate, on May 28th, 2019, according to local sources.

In what Shahba Press referred to as “heavy air raids”, Syria Civil Defense claimed that five civilians were killed, including three children and a woman, while the Syrian Network for Human Rights stated that at least ten civilians, including three children and two women, died in the airstrikes.

Idlib Plus initially reported the “martyrdom of a girl and the injury of two others”, yet later stated that four were killed in the attack, as the understanding of events unfolded.

Sa’oud Sabah posted a list of the victims of Facebook, including the names of four killed victims. The children Hamdo Jaber Al Bakour and Weam Ghayath Al Bakour were among the victims. In addition, the source reported that 13 others were injured, including an unnamed two-month-old child. According to the source, the town was targeted with four raids by eight helicopters.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights wrote that three of the four killed civilians were children. @ShahbaPress reported “dozens of injured”.

Local Coordination Committee for Syria claimed that “eight helicopters bombarded the town with explosive barrels”, while Idlib plus referred to “high-explosive missiles”.

Multiple sources, including Idlib Plus, documented the “targeting of the Al Siddiq mosque”, and Syrian Network for Human Rights stated that the strike “partially destroyed the mosque’s building, and severely damaged its furniture” leading to the mosque being out of service. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria wrote that the mosque had been targeted with rocket-propelled grenades.

While some sources, such as the Syrian Network for Human Rights, blamed the Syrian regime, others including @OrientNews, pointed to Russian forces or to both Russia and the Syrian regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Hamdo Jaber Al Bakour حمدو جابر البكور
Child male killed
Weam Ghayath Al Bakour وئام غياث البكور
Child female killed

Family members

The victims were named as:

Diaa Al Sabouh ضياء الصبوح
Adult male worked as a blacksmith, from Ma'arat Al Numan killed
Jamil Nader Bakir جميل نادر باكير
Age unknown male killed
Yassin Ahmed Shanani ياسين احمد شناني
Adult male injured
Jana Abdel Baset Sifr جنى عبد الباسط صفر
Adult female injured
Jamil Hammoud Al Assad جميل حمود المراد الاسعد
Adult male injured
Ahmed Hussein Al Hussein احمد حسين الحسين
Age unknown male injured
Hussein Jihad Shaaban حسين جهاد شعبان
Adult male injured
Abdullah Saeed Al Shaban عبد الله سعيد الشعبان
Adult male injured
Ahmed Mohamed Al Hamoud احمد محمد الحمود
Age unknown male injured
Qasim Ahmed Mahmoud قاسم احمد محمود
Adult male injured
Omar Baroud Abu Samer عمر بارود ابو سامر
Adult male injured
Abdullah Fouad Satouf عبد الله فؤاد صطوف
Adult male injured
Child from the Baroud family طفل من بيت بارود عشر سنوات
10 years old male injured
Ghiath Mahmoud Abbas Bakour غياث محمود عبس بكور
Adult male injured

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 5
  • (2–3 children1 woman1–2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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 attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (25) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (19) [ collapse]

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    Translation: "The martyrdom of a girl and the injury of two others as a result of the targeting of warplanes in the town of Khan Al Subul in the countryside of Idlib, with high-explosive missiles." (via Idlib Plus)
  • Caption translation: "The destruction caused by the targeting of the Al-Siddiq mosque in Khan Al Subul in rural Idlib." (via Idlib Plus)
  • Caption translation: "The destruction caused by the targeting of the Al-Siddiq mosque in Khan Al Subul in rural Idlib." (via Idlib Plus)
  • Caption translation: "The destruction caused by the targeting of the Al-Siddiq mosque in Khan Al Subul in rural Idlib." (via Idlib Plus)
  • Caption translation: "The destruction caused by the targeting of the Al-Siddiq mosque in Khan Al Subul in rural Idlib." (via Idlib Plus)

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    Caption translation: "Photos of wounded, injured by the military aircraft targeting the town of Khan Al Subul, including the mosque, with rockets." (via Edlib Media Center)

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    Caption translation: "Photos of wounded, injured by the military aircraft targeting the town of Khan Al Subul, including the mosque, with rockets." (via Edlib Media Center)

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    Caption translation: "Photos of wounded, injured by the military aircraft targeting the town of Khan Al Subul, including the mosque, with rockets." (via Edlib Media Center)
  • The aftermath of the air strike on Khan Al Subul, Idlib, on May 28th, from inside the mosque (via Edlib Media Center)
  • Translation: “The destruction of the Khan Al Sabil town mosque in the Idlib countryside with a raid from warplanes a little while ago. May God bless you with Assad and Russia” (via @4b7861052c8f4d6).
  • Translation: “Destruction of the mosque of the town of Khan Al Sabl in the countryside #Idlib with a raid from warplanes a little while ago... Oh God, you have Assad and Russia, and everyone who supported them even if he spoke” (via @Omar_Madaniah).
  • Translation: “Dead and wounded in raids by the regime and Russia on the town of Khan Al SabIl in the Syrian Idlib Governorate” (via @AJArabic).
  • Translation: “A child was killed and two were wounded by regime forces shelling in Khan Al Sabil town, Idlib, Syria” (via OrientTV).

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    Translation: “Russian planes bomb Khan al Sabil Mosque” (via Hawar News).
  • Translation: “Watch the moment the town of Khan has been bombarded with explosive bombs. 5/28/2019” (via Syrian Civil Defence).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Al Sabil, May 28th, 2019 (via Ebaa News).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Al Sabil, May 28th, 2019 (via Ebaa News).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Al Sabil, May 28th, 2019 (via HalabTV).

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    Diaa Al Sabouh, a blacksmith, was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Al Sabil on May 28th, 2019 (via Al Ma’ara News).

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
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 5
  • (2–3 children1 woman1–2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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 attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (25) [ collapse]

Incident Code

CS1702 RS2813

Incident date

December 25, 2017

Location

غرانيج, Granij, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Geolocation

34.776667, 40.73 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Ten named civilians died and “a large number more” were injured in an alleged airstrike on Granij, according to local media. One sources blamed Russia, while the rest attributed blame to the US-led Coalition.

According to Deir Ezzor 24, six non-combatants died when the Coalition “attacked the house of Elias Khader Al-Abdullah in the Al-Samra neighbourhood of the town of Granij. The deaths occurred during a raid targeting a house which IS were in. It led to the martyrdom of Elias and the death of many members of the organisation [ISIS].”

The source said that the death count was likely to rise due to “a large number of wounded”, adding that “the bombing caused the complete destruction of many houses”.

Step News Agency, also blaming the Coalition, reported that “the residents of the neighbourhood came to the aid of women who were wounded in the raid. The plane then returned and targeted the ambulance, killing all of them and wounding two others. The search continues under the rubble of survivors.”

VDC-SY was the only source that blamed Russian troops.

The incident was first reported on December 25, 2017 at 3:00 am by .

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

The wife of Hussein Abdullah
Adult female killed
Daughter of Hussein Abdullah
female killed
Mariam Hussein al-Abdullah
Adult female killed

The victims were named as:

Elias Khader Al Abdullah
Age unknown killed
Aliwi al-Jassim al-Zulu
Age unknown killed
The wife of Khalif Al-Naji
Age unknown female killed
Madiha al-Abd Allah
Age unknown female killed
The son of Aliwi al-Jassim
Age unknown male killed
Ali Fareej
Age unknown male killed
Ibrahim Khalifa
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8 – 10
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    10
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Russian Military

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • The site of the alleged Coalition strike on Granij, Dec 25th (via Deirezzor24)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Al-Samra (السمرة) in the town of Granij (غرانيج). Due to limited information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the exact location of the neighbourhood but believe it is in the Wadi Al-Samra area, for which the coordinates are: 34.784201, 40.728679. The general location of Granij (غرانيج) is at the following coordinates: 34.776667, 40.73

US-led Coalition Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US-led Coalition
  • US-led Coalition position on incident
    Non credible / Unsubstantiated
    Insufficient information to assess that, more likely than not, a Coalition strike resulted in civilian casualties.
  • Reason for non-credible assessment
    No Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area
  • Civilian deaths conceded
    None
  • Civilian injuries conceded
    None

Civilian casualty statements

US-led Coalition
  • Oct 26, 2018

  • After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties

Original strike reports

US-led Coalition
Official source

For December 24th-25th, the Coalition reported: ” Near Abu Kamal, four strikes engaged four ISIS tactical units and destroyed a heavy machine gun and three ISIS vehicles.”

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

The Russian Ministry of Defence announced being active in unspecified parts of Syria until December 11th, 2017.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8 – 10
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    10
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    US-led Coalition, Russian Military

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS1508

Incident date

October 27, 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

Eight named civilians died and up to 30 more were injured in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to sources on the ground. Reports blamed both Russian airstrikes and artillery/ mortar shelling by Syrian regime forces. Some reports also pointed to regime warplanes. Among targets hit was a primary school, prompting the Directorate of Education in the city of Douma to suspend schools for at least three days.

According to LCCSY, “10 civilians were martyred and dozens injured due to Russian airstrikes that coincided with Assad’s forces shelling with surface-to-surface missiles, artillery and mortar shells on the neighborhoods in Douma city. Vital facilities such as schools and mosques were targeted”.

Al Jazeera also pointed to both Russia and the regime, reporting that “nine people, including children, were killed and scores more were injured in Russian raids and artillery shelling of the perimeter of a primary school. The school was hit as students left it – and this came just hours after a similar shelling of a school in Idlib, which killed 35 people [incident RS1506]”.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed “government missile launchers and artillery” for the death of at least eight civilians, while the Shaam News Network reported that “six farmers were killed in Douma when their car was targeted with a missile by Assad’s forces”.

According to the Step News Agency, “regime aircraft targeted a primary school in Douma in the afternoon [of Oct 27th], killing two people, one of whom was a cleaner and the other a child who happened to be on the nearby road at the time. But there were no victims in the school because students had left before the bombing.”

The White Helmets put the death toll at eight, of which seven were men and one was a child.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Khalil Sheikh al Najjar
Age unknown killed
Akram Sa’ab
Age unknown killed
Tarek Zare’
Age unknown killed
Adnan al Hamouri
Age unknown killed
Abd al Nasser Al Kteifani
Age unknown killed
Mohammad al Masri
Age unknown killed
Mohammad Oyoun
Age unknown killed
Ibrahim al Nabulsi
Age unknown killed

Summary

  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8 – 10
  • (1 child7 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–30
  • 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 (29) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (8) [ collapse]

  • Moments after the attack on a school in Douma, Oct 27th (via DorarTV)

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    Victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a school killing 8-10 people. (via Damascus white helmets)
  • Damage caused in the aftermath of the alleged raid. (via Halab Today TV)
  • Footage showing damage to a school which was hit in the aftermath of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on DOuma, Oct 27th (via Yasser Aldoumani)

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    Victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a school killing 8-10 people. (via RevolutionSyria)
  • "Today there have been reports of bombing of schools in Damascus and West of Aleppo, which should deepen the disgust and anger." (via UNICEFinArabic)
  • A missile in found in Douma in the aftermath of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raids. (via Syria_Pluse)
  • Vehicles destroyed in the raids. (via Syria_Pluse)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

On 20th October 2016, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation reported on the decisions made aimed towards stabilising the situation in Aleppo.

""Today, strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian Air Force are finished at 10:00 (MSK) in the area of Aleppo. Early termination of the airstrikes is essential for holding a “humanitarian pause” on October 20, 2016”, said General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. According to him, it will allow to guarantee security of civilians leaving the city through 6 humanitarian corridors and to prepare casualty and medical evacuation from the eastern part of Aleppo.
“We apply to the leadership of countries influencing on armed formations active in the eastern part of Aleppo with a proposal to convince their leaders to stop warfare and leave the city,” stated the Minister of Defence.
According to General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, by the start of the “humanitarian pause” the Syrian troops will have been withdrawn to the distance safe for insurgents to leave the city with weapons through two special corridors: one – along the Kastello road, second – in the area of Suk al-Hai market."

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8 – 10
  • (1 child7 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–30
  • 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 (29) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS1620

Incident date

November 18, 2016

Location

بلدة حريتان, Hraytan town, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.287032, 37.08332 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Up to 10 civilians were killed and “dozens” injured in an airstrike on Hraytan, Aleppo, according to a report by the Step News Agency.

Step said: “More than ten killed and dozens injured – most of them women and children – and survivors were pulled out from under the rubble following Russian raids on the town of Hraytan.”

All other sources also attributed responsibility for the event to Russian warplanes, besides Emaratalyoum News, who reported that Assad’s regime were active in Hraytan: 

“Dozens of civilians were killed and dozens of civilians were injured by the Syrian regime’s helicopters throwing dozens of explosive barrels at the besieged neighbourhoods of Aleppo…The fighters also used cluster bombs in other neighbourhoods in the northern suburbs of the city, targeting the cities of Hreitan, Oujan and Hayyan town with rockets.”

The source, @Anas_Alhage, reported that the Russian air force carried out five strikes “with surface rockets” on Hraytan on November 18th. 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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]

  • The moment of extraction of two children from the rubble in the city of Hreitan.

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

Russia has not reported any specific strikes between November 1st – 30th 2016.

On 6 January 2017, Russia, however, reported: “Since November 8, 2016, the aircraft carrier group of the Northern Fleet consisting of the heavy aircraft carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, the large ASW ship Severomorsk, as well as auxiliary vessels of the Black Sea Fleet, has been fulfilling counterterrorist missions on the territory of Syria”, adding that ”in the course of two months of their participation in the combat actions, naval aviation pilots have carried out 420 combat sorties, 117 of them were night ones”.

Additionally, Russia reported that its air forces have carried out strikes in Aleppo during November and December 2016.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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

RS1249

Incident date

September 10, 2016

Location

صلاح الدين, Salahuddin, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.1874206, 37.1204853 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Up to 10 civilians including three named children from the same family died and as many as dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on Aleppo’s Salahudeen neighbourhood, according to local media. The majority of sources blamed Russia, though a report by Buraq media which cited the use of “explosive barrels” in the attack means that the Syrian regime can’t be ruled out.

Egynews reported that “according to the Syrian Observatory, 10 civilians were killed in shelling in regime controlled areas in Salahudeen – and the number is likely to rise due to the severity of injuries”.

Multiple sources reported the death of a female child. Some didn’t identify the warplanes responsible, though Halabtoday, Alamawi and HNN pointed to Russia.

Syriafree339 tweeted a very graphic image showing a dead girl, who had lost a limb, commenting “this isn’t a doll; it is a little girl who was killed in Salahudeen due to Russian warplanes shelling.”

The pro-Assad source SyriaWatanNews tweeted the names of three victims (all children from the same family) but didn’t apportion blame.

24Aleppo put the death toll at seven, but didn’t named the culprit.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Yehya Jaber
12 years old killed
Umar Jaber
5 years old
Abdur-Rahman Jaber
12 years old killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 10
  • (3 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–24
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Yehya Jaber, Umar Jaber, Abdur-Rahman Jaber - a family of civilians allegedly killed in Russian warplane shelling on Salah Aldeen (Tweet via @SyriaWatanNews)

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    A very graphic photograph of a young girl, dismembered and killed in suspected Russian warplane shelling on Salahudin (Tweet via @Syriafree339) [Page no longer available - accessed via Airwars archive]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

Russia has not reported any strikes between September 1st – 30th 2016.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 10
  • (3 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–24
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS376

Incident date

January 12, 2016

Location

طلف, Talaf, Hama, Syria

Geolocation

34.9116252, 36.5593243 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Up to ten non-combatants were reported killed and a number wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Talaf in the Hama countryside, according to local sources.

Fatality claims ranged widely, from one to ten civilians killed. The local Hama Media Centre later issued a video report in which it interviewed local activist Abu Rayan:

“Rayan: The Russian bear targeted us we were sitting peacefully and a rocket landed, there is no FSA here only civilians, look around you.

Q: Who was injured?

Rayan: Children

Q:are the children from Daesh?

Rayan: Yes the children aged four and five years old we moved from here are from Daesh (sarcasm).”

That said, small arms fire can be heard from the town at the time of the airstrike.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 10
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–5
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]

  • An interview with a local civilian by the Hama Media Centre regarding the alleged Russian raids. (via, Hama Media Centre)
  • Footage showing the destruction to civilian homes in Talaf. (via, Hama Media Centre)
  • A video of the raid in the exact moment that the airstrike fell. (via, Abu Obeida Khuzaymah)
  • Footage showing the internal destruction to residential homes. (via, Hama Media Centre)

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    A deceased baby which was discovered in the rubble in the aftermath of the raid which struck Talaf. (via, Hama Media Centre)

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    Seriously graphic footage of the leg of an injured man. (via, Abdalbarey Mstfa)
  • A news bulletin reporting on the alleged Russian raids which killed civilians in Talaf. (via, Al Jisir)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has not publicly reported any strikes between 11-15 January.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 10
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–5
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS825

Incident date

May 31, 2016

Location

كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.255362, 37.087714 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

It was reported that up to ten civilians died in air raids on Kafr Hamra. The majority of sources linked the event to both Russian warplanes and regime helicopters.

LCCSY reported that one civilian died and others were injured following alleged Russian raids on the town.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that ‘warplanes’ carried out strikes on areas in the town, killing and injuring several civilians, though didn’t identify the aircraft. Further reports from Qasioun and a number of local tweets stated that Russian warplanes were involved.

Multiple other sources did not identify the planes, while others specifically cited ‘regime helicopters’ as the main actors in this event. In the SOHR report it states that there were 120 strikes in the Aleppo Province on this day from a combination of helicopter and warplanes.

In a tweet by ARNN, the identity of one of the dead – caused by ‘barbaric Russian warplanes shelling’ – was reported as Suleiman Ahmad Akhras.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Suleiman Ahmad Akhras
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5 – 10
  • Civilians reported injured
    15–17
  • 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 (18) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (6) [ collapse]

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    The shelling which destroyed Kafr Hamra. (via Thiqa)
  • The shelling which destroyed Kafr Hamra. (via Thiqa)
  • The shelling which destroyed Kafr Hamra. (via Thiqa)
  • The shelling which destroyed Kafr Hamra. (via Thiqa)
  • The shelling which destroyed Kafr Hamra. (via Thiqa)
  • The shelling which destroyed Kafr Hamra. (via Thiqa)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

Russia has not reported any strikes between May 1st – 31st,

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5 – 10
  • Civilians reported injured
    15–17
  • 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 (18) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS2662

Incident date

October 29, 2017

Location

الحميدية, Hamidiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Geolocation

35.3301466, 40.1456308 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between seven and ten civilians were killed – including two children, a woman and two men, and “dozens” more were injured, following airstrikes on Hamidiya. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Most blamed Russian warplanes, however one blamed the Syrian regime, and another reported that Russian and “other planes” bombed the vicinity.

The bombing was described by local media as resulting in a “massacre”, which allegedly occurred after midnight on the early hours of the 30th, however Airwars cannot be sure on the precise date of the strike.

DeirEzzor24 reported that “Russia and other planes committed a horrific massacre on Sunday in the city of Deir Ezzor, in which seven martyrs were killed and dozens were wounded.” Additionally, it reported that “the warplane launched two missile attacks on the neighbourhood” and that “the number of martyrs is expected to increase, because of the presence of civilians under the rubble, after the collapse of a building in the neighbourhood”.

According to sources, there was a severe shortage in medical supplies in the vicinity.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Hussein Khalid Al-Dahim
Adult male Nicknamed (Saddam Al Dahim) killed
Yousef Al-Hadid
Age unknown male (Abu Mamdouh) killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 10
  • (2 children1 woman1–2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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, Unknown

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Saddam Khalid al-Dahim, killed in an airstrike on Hamidiya, 29th October 2017. (via @EuphratesPost)
  • The aftermath of an airstrike on Hamidiya, 29th October 2017. (via DeirEzzor24)
  • Hussein Khaled al Daheim, killed in an airstrike on Hamidiya, 29th October 2017. (via SN4HR)

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

Unknown Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Unknown
  • Unknown position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 10
  • (2 children1 woman1–2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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, Unknown

Sources (12) [ collapse]