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A Russian combat aircraft at Khmeimim airbase in Syria being prepared for action. (Russian Ministry of Defence)

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Incident Code

RS1355

Incident date

September 26, 2016

Location

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.19569, 37.14229 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between three and 13 civilians were reported killed alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the Bustan Al Qasr neighbourhood in Aleppo.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least three civilians including a child died due to alleged Russian warplanes missiles firing on Bustan Al Qasr neighborhood in Aleppo city”

AleppoAMC posted a picture of a five-year-old child, whose dead body was recovered from the rubble.

But Halab News reported that the strike was conducted by helicopters, meaning that regime involvement can’t be ruled out – while Shahed-alep said that the civilian harm was caused by artillery shelling.

Smart News put the death toll at 13 with six more injured, noting the use of cluster bombs in the attack.

However, most sources put the death toll at five.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Bakri Sinda
5 years old killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 13
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Footage shows many wounded civilians on the back of a vehicle in Bustan al Qasr, September 26th. The human cost of alleged Russian warplane shelling. (Tweet via @mabw7773)
  • A photograph of Bakri Sinda who died in suspected Russian shelling on Bustan al Qasr, September 26th. The child was pulled from the rubble by the Civil Defense team. (via @AleppoAMC)

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 – 13
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3786

Incident date

June 10, 2019

Location

جبالا, Jbala, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

Thirteen civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on Jbala, Idlib, June 10th.

While multiple sources cited thirteen as the number of civilians killed, one source, Step News Agency reported four deaths initially. As understanding of the events unfolded, this same source later stated that death toll had risen to 12.

While @abuhuzaifa_  alleged said that 13 civilians died, including children. Multiple other sources put the number of children killed at five, while Syrian Observatory for Human Rights initially stated that one child was slain in the attack.

Syria.liveuamap, claiming five child fatalities, reported that two women were killed in the bombardment, while Syria Civil Defense documented the death of three women in the “airstrike loaded with three high-explosive rockets.”

Numerous sources noted that “many were wounded” in the attack, with @so_ria98 citing “dozens wounded”, and Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reporting “civilians trapped under the rubble.”

Four sources attributed the attack to the Syrian regime, two sources named Russia as the belligerent responsible for the incident, while three named both of these in the reporting of the airstrike. Meanwhile, six sources did not positively attribute blame.

According to Smart News, “warplanes bombed the village of Jabala with rockets, killing 13 civilians, including children and women and wounding others. The search continues for others” in the rubble.

The incident occured in the evening.

The victims were named as:

Family members (5)

Marwan Al-Ayoub مروان الأيوب
Age unknown male killed
Fares Al-Ayoub فارس الأيوب
Age unknown male killed
Wife of Osama Al-Ayoub زوجة أسامة الأيوب
Age unknown female killed
Son of Osama al-Ayyub ابن أسامة الأيوب
Age unknown male killed
Son of Faris al-Ayyub ابن فارس الايوب
Age unknown male killed

Family members (5)

Ahmad Ahmad Al-Khaled احمد احمد الخالد
Age unknown male killed
Muhammad Haitham Al-Khaled محمد هيثم الخالد
Age unknown male killed
Anwar Jamil Al-Khaled انور جميل الخالد
killed
Aya Yasser Al-Khaled اية ياسر الخالد
Age unknown female killed
Randa Haitham Al-Khaled رندة هيثم الخالد
Age unknown female killed

The victims were named as:

Son of Ahmad Al-Ghatwan ابن احمد الغتوان
Age unknown male IDP from Tarmala killed
Jum’a Musa Al-Rahmoun جمعة موسى الرحمون
Age unknown male killed
Muhammad Al-Hamoud محمد الحمود
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    13
  • (1–5 children2–3 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–12
  • 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 (31) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (15) [ collapse]

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    Video caption translation: "Rise of the toll of the martyrs of the village of # Jbala to 13 children, after the bombing of Russian occupation aircraft to the village in the southern countryside of Idlib." (via @abuhuzaifa_)
  • Image caption: At least ten civilians, including five children and a woman, were killed as Syrian regime fixed- wing warplanes fired missiles on the residential neighborhoods in middle of Jabala village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on June 10." (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)
  • Civilians carrying the body of a victim of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (Copyright SMART, published in the public interest).
  • SCD volunteers at the site of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (Copyright SMART, published in the public interest).
  • Destruction in civilians homes after alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (Copyright SMART, published in the public interest).
  • Destruction in civilians homes after alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (Copyright SMART, published in the public interest).
  • Fares Al-Ayoub was killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • Osama Al-Ayoub got injured, while his wife and son got killed, as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • This civilian, believed to be Marwan Al-Ayoub, was reported killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • One of the civilians reported killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • This child was reported killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).
  • This child was reported killed as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jbala on June 10th, 2019. (via Fares Al Ayyoub).

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
    13
  • (1–5 children2–3 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–12
  • 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 (31) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS2565

Incident date

September 29, 2017

Location

حارم, Harem, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

36.212564, 36.519736 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A multitude of civilians were killed in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the village of Harem, close to the Turkish border in Idlib Province, according to local sources.

The number of deaths reported varied between sources, ranging from three to 11. All sources reported the killing of a woman and her five children.

The White Helmets reported “six violent air raids targeting residential areas in the city of Harem, rural Idlib, resulting in the deaths of three people – two women and a child – and the injury of five others”.

Nedaa Syria published a video in which a White Helmets reporter says: “Today after Friday prayers, Russian and Syrian warplanes targeted Harem with six raids. The worst raids totally destroyed three floors of a building, leaving dozens of people are under the rubble. We pulled out seven killed people and worked for 48 hours to remove all others”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Ola Gadab
Adult female killed
Hasan Rifaat Gadab
Child male killed

Family members (5)

Adnan Qahfazan
Adult male killed
Mohammad Qahfazan
Adult male killed
From Qahfazan family 1
Child male killed
From Qahfazan family 2
Child male killed
From Qahfazan family 3
Adult female killed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 13
  • (1–5 children1–2 women)
  • 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 (25) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • A picture of four of the five children allegedly killed in a Russian airstrike on Harem on September 29th (via Twitter: @7UFCmSxd0lUBffH)
  • Civil defense teams working to save trapped civilians from under the rubble left behind by the alleged Russian airstrike on Harem on September 29th (via Smart News Agency)

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    Translation: "Martyrs and wounded from one family in the city of Harem countryside # Idlib as a result of the targeting of Russian warplane to residential neighborhoods in seven successive raids."

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    Translation: "Russian terrorism in Harem in Idlib a little while ago"
  • Translation: "Russian criminal bombardment is now on Harem"
  • The White Helmets attend the scene of a strike on Harem, Sept 29th 2017.
  • The aftermath of the strikes.

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    A child is pulled from the rubble.
  • More footage of the aftermath of the strikes.

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 type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 13
  • (1–5 children1–2 women)
  • 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 (25) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS224

Incident date

December 4, 2015

Location

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria

Geolocation

34.840505, 36.72922 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Thirteen civilians including three women and four children were reported killed at Talbiseh  – and at least 10 children injured. Multiple sources were divided in blaming Russia or the Assad regime.

According to The Syrian Revolution News for Talbissa more than 10 children were injured in the attack. It posted multiple videos – along with Shaam News Network – depicting the wounded. Additionally, the group published a video showing the body of an adult male.

13 victims were later named by the Violations Documentation Centre.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (6)

Ali Mohammad al-Ali
Adult male Possibly another name given to said victim - A’leem al A’li. killed
Leena Jasem al-Ali
Child female killed
Iman al-Ali
Child female killed
Iman al-Ali
Child female killed
Iman al-Ali
Adult female killed
Inaam al-Ali
Adult female killed

The victims were named as:

Husam Mohammad Darweesh
Child male killed
Walaa Mahmuod Yehya
Adult male killed
Nawal Abdul Rahman al-Merie
Adult female killed
Fadel Shahoud
Adult male killed
Mhanna Jarwan Zzz Eddin Deir Ba’alba
Adult male killed
Abdulrahman al-Boustah
Adult male killed
Mohammad Khalif Bakour
Adult male Passed away the following day from his injuries. killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    13
  • (4 children3 women6 men)
  • 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
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (29) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (15) [ collapse]

  • A visual image of the raids targeting Talbisah. (via, Eye on Homeland).

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    Multiple wounded children following a contested airstrike. (via, The Syrian Revolution News of Talbisah)
  • Images of the destruction to local buildings in the aftermath of the contested airstrikes on Talbisah. (via, SNN)

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    A female child injured as a result of targeted airstrikes to her hometown of Talbisah. (via, SNN and Talbisah Media)

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    Footage of an injured child. (via, SNN)

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    Graphic video of a young boy injured by the contested Russian and Syrian regime warplanes. (via, The Syrian Revolution News of Talbissa)
  • Moments after the airstrikes, in Talbisah. (via, The Syrian Revolution News of Talbisah)

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    Video evidence of one of the victims. (via, SNN)

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    Graphic images of a child victim from the Russian and Syrian Regime airstrikes in Talbisah. (via, SNN)
  • More footage of the exact moment the airstrikes took place on 4th December 2015. (via, An eye on the Homeland)
  • The moment Talbiash was targeted. (via, FSA)
  • Video showing the destruction to the infrastructure. (via, FSA)

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    Video showing an injured baby. (via, FSA)

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    Video showing injured children. (via FSA)

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    One of the child victims of the contested airstrikes. (via, Zamanal Wasl)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

For November 26th-December 4th 2015, Russia reported carrying out 431 combat sorties, including strikes in Homs.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    13
  • (4 children3 women6 men)
  • 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
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (29) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS2983

Incident date

February 6, 2018

Location

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.538143, 36.364331 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least three and as many as 13 civilians, including two women, were killed and “dozens” others wounded, local media reported after the city of Arbeen, Damascus, was subject to air and artillery strikes. Sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.

The incident, described as a “massacre” by several sources inflicted heavy damage and destruction to large parts of the city leaving many civilians trapped under the rubble.

While reports spanned from three fatalities to 13, as reported by the Syrian Civil Defence, most sources reported the death of seven civilians that also counted two women.

For example, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported “at least seven civilians, including two women, killed as Syrian regime warplanes fired missiles on Irbeen city in Eastern Ghouta east of Damascus suburbs, on February 6, 2018.”

The numbers of wounded spanned from two to “dozens” according to Abo Alhuda, who also mentioned that most of the wounded were children and women.

It should be noted that while all sources reported about airstrikes only, al-Arabiya mentioned both “artillery shelling and raids.”

Finally, it remains unclear who is to blame. Two sources, Abo Alhuda and SN4HR attributed blame to the Syrian regime while LCCSY pointed to Russian culpability.

The remaining sources did not apportion blame.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 13
  • (2 women)
  • 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 (13) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]

  • Footage from the scene during and after the contested strikes in Arbeen, Damascus on February 6th, 2018 (via Smart News Agency)
  • Footage from the scene during and after the contested strikes in Arbeen, Damascus on February 6th, 2018 (via Smart News Agency)
  • The Civil Defence trying to rescue civilians from under the rubble following the contested strikes in Arbeen, Damascus on February 6th, 2018 (via Step News Agency)

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    Some of the many victims of the contested strikes in Arbeen, Damascus on February 6th, 2018(via Abo Alhuda)
  • Many civilians were trapped under the rubble following the contested strikes in Arbeen, Damascus on February 6th, 2018 (via Syria Civil Defense)
  • Aftermath of the contested strikes in Arbeen, Damascus on February 6th, 2018 (via Alaa Alahmad)
  • The immediate aftermath of the contested strikes in Arbeen, Damascus on February 6th, 2018 (via Mohammed Abazeed)

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 February 1st - 28th 2018.


Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 13
  • (2 women)
  • 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 (13) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS096

Incident date

October 30, 2015

Location

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.371972, 37.51631 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least 10 and as many as 13 civilians were reported killed and 40 injured following alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Bab.

According to Shaam News, “More than 10 civilians were killed in the city of Al Bab controlled by IS in addition to many injured. The aircraft targeted Al Rihawi mosque, Martta Square, Beith Al Shami neighbouhood and Sheikh Faress Mosuqe in the city centre which caused widespread destruction in shops and property.

Daesh propaganda footage shows heavy damage to a retail district.

The Syrian Observatory reported that the Al Bab strike – along with attacks on nearby Al Kalassa and Al Ferdous – between them killed “64 civilians including 28 children and 6 women.”

Among those reported injured was Hussein Badawi, head of the local civil defence. Baladi News was alone in attributing the attack to Assad regime forces.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10 – 13
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    40
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

  • Smoke rises above Al Bab Oct 30th following one of many reported Russian airstrikes (via White Helmets)
  • Breaking News for Al Bab facebook page showing the aftermath of the strike (via breaking Bab)
  • Aftermath of the strike (via White Helmets)
  • Translation: The death of 3 martyrs including a woman and her child by Russian planes on the town of Al bab in the eastern countryside. (via moaazalabaas)
  • translation: The martyrdom of 3 people including a woman and her child in an air raid on the city of al bab in eastern Aleppo countryside. (via hammoudday)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

The Russian MoD issued no report for the period October 28th-30th 2015. A monthly summary was issued on the evening of October 30th.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10 – 13
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    40
  • 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]

Incident Code

RS910

Incident date

June 17, 2016

Location

الثورة‎, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Ar Raqqah, Syria

Geolocation

35.8295049, 38.5360909 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Multiple sources reported Russian warplanes carried out strikes in the region of Ar Raqqah and Al Tabaqa, reportedly killing 13 or more people and injuring up to 20. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently identifed eight locations:

Near the al Hamza mosque

Near the al Rahma mosque

The first neighbourhood at the entrance of al Bahira Garden

Al Manghiya street

Al Zweikat neighbourhood

Near al Nour mosque

The old gas station, al Gaz Hill

Al Kasara neighbourhood

Activists cited in a report by SNN said that three people had been targeted and killed whilst in a vehicle on a street near Al Mansoura town. The streets of Al Wasat and Al Maghniya also came under ‘heavy bombardment’, according to the report and strikes in these locations resulted in the deaths of six civilians, including women and children and ‘dozens wounded’.

The SNN report outlines how the conflict was unfolding in Tabaqa, an IS controlled area. According to the report, the regime was trying hard to get to Tabaqa through Ithriya road, where significant battles were taking place. The report alleged that Russian warplanes were responsible for airstrikes whilst the regime was trying to advance on the ground.

All4syria News reported that ‘two men a woman and three girls were killed after warplanes bombed their car near the village of Harbh southwest al-Tabaqa city, and three people, one of them displaced from the city of Talbisah, and called Abu Hamza, was killed by a Russian raid yesterday morning at Rusafa road in the town of Mansoura.”

In an article by Zamanalwasl news, the activist Mohamed Osman said that five civilians were killed and seventeen wounded in in raid on the city of al-Tabaqa on the Euphrates River. He made specific mention of the death of a family who owned the Hamadi shop.

The Syrian observatory for Human Rights  reported that ‘at least thirteen were killed’. The report said that warplanes (allegedly Russian) bombed al-Tabaqa, killing a woman, a young man, and injuring other citizens. The report mentioned the death four members of the so-called “Islamic State” organisation.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

the wife of Hamadi al Dakan
Age unknown female killed
child of Hamadi Al Dakan
Child killed
child of Hamadi Al Dakan
Child killed

The victims were named as:

Abu Hamza
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5 – 13
  • (3 children4 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    17–20
  • 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 (31) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Smoke rising from Al Tabaqa following an airstrike on June 17th (via RBSS)
  • Smoke rises following alleged raids on Al Tabaqa (via RBSS)
  • "smoke rising following the burning of an oil transport vehicle targeted by Russian raids in al Sweikat neighbourhood, al tabaqa" (via RBSS)
  • Destruction after alleged Russian raids on Al Tabaqa (via RBSS)

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 June 1st – 31st 2016.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5 – 13
  • (3 children4 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    17–20
  • 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 (31) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS1948

Incident date

March 7, 2017

Location

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

35.963172, 38.035655 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between 10 and 13 civilians, including children, were killed and up to another nine were wounded as airstrikes on Maskanah, Aleppo, local sources reported – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.

Sources reported between 10 and 13 civilian casualties, however, most said there had been 10 fatalities. @alrefaira added that children were among the victims. 

@ameer_alabad blamed “Russian and Syrian raids”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10 – 13
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–9
  • 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 (7) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has not reported any strikes between March 1st - 31st 2017.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10 – 13
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–9
  • 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

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