Russian Military in Syria

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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

RS1328

Incident date

September 23, 2016

Location

الرستن‬, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria

Geolocation

34.93, 36.74 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between four and 14 civilians including two or three children died and dozens more non-combatants were wounded in airstrikes on Al Rastan, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime.

According to LCCSY, “four civilians including two children were martyred after Russian planes raided residential homes in al Rastan with four vacuum missile raids”.

However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed “government warplanes”, putting the death toll at four including three children.

Al Jazeera also blamed the regime.

@ajamubasher tweeted a video (see below) showing “painful scenes summarising what happened today [September 23rd] in the Aleppo and Homs as a result of Russian and Syrian shelling”.

The highest death toll was give by @ZakariaNassani, who said that 14 civilians died following “10 raids on the homes of people” – though the source didn’t name the culprit.

@AraNewsArabic added that dozens were wounded.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 14
  • (2–3 children)
  • 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 (21) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • A little boy treated by medics in Al Rastan for injuries sustained in alleged warplane shelling, Sept 23rd (via @ajmubasher)
  • Smoke clouds rise above Al Rastan following suspected Russian or Regime raids, Sept 23rd (via @ZakariaNassani)

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
    4 – 14
  • (2–3 children)
  • 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 (21) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3138

Incident date

March 2, 2018

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

In this incident, as many as 14 civilians, including two women, were killed and up to dozens were wounded, as airstrikes allegedly carried out by Russia, the Syrian regime, or both, struck Douma in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, reported local media.

Step News Agency reported that “in the morning hours, the military and helicopter gunships launched a number of air strikes targeting the city of Douma”.

The airstrikes, that hit residential neighbourhoods, killed at least two but as many as 14 civilians, local reports said.

Violations Documentation Center, for example, reported 13 fatalities, ten identified by name and counted two women. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, who reported 14 fatalities, also mentioned the death of two women.

The number of wounded spanned from two to as many as “dozens” as reported by Douma revolution.  Al-Jazeera’s correspondent said that among the wounded was a number of civil defence members while other sources also mentioned that children were among the injured.

While most sources reported about aerial shelling, others mentioned artillery shelling as well. For example, Douma revolution reported that the assault had included  “17 air strikes, ten explosive barrels, three surface-to-surface missiles and a number of rocket-propelled grenades.”

Sources were, however, unclear in terms of culpability. While some, including @MasarPressNet and @alaraby_ar blamed the Syrian regime, others, such as Smart News Agency identified Russia as responsible.

Finally, a handful of reports, including Douma revolution and Syrian Network for Human Rights, blamed both belligerents.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Omer Mahmoud Ayoub
Adult male killed
Fahed Ayoub
Adult male killed
Abdo Ali Ayoub
Adult male killed

Family members (2)

Hosain Masarweh
Adult male killed
Yasin Masarweh
Adult male killed

The victims were named as:

Mahmoud Ataya Abd al-Wahab
Adult male killed
Sobhi Abdullah Snair
Adult male killed
Ahmad Ezo Halaweh
Adult male killed
Hiyam Salim Hamada
Adult female killed
Azizeh Mahmoud Hatem
Adult female killed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 14
  • (2 women8 men)
  • 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 (21) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • The Syrian Civil Defense team on the scene in the immediate aftermath of the contested airstrike in Douma, eastern Ghouta on March 2nd, 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Some of the victims of the contested strikes in Douma, Damascus, March 2nd, 2018 (via Douma Revolution)

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 March 1st - 31st 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
    2 – 14
  • (2 women8 men)
  • 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 (21) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS615

Incident date

February 15, 2016

Location

أعزاز‎, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.586273, 37.04739 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between nine and 14 civilians including two children and one women were killed and 30 others injured in airstrikes on a children’s and women’s hospital in Azaz, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.

Activists told Shaam News Network that “the Russian air force targeted the city of Izaz today with more than 13 air raids, which were followed by a direct targeting of field hospitals with ballistic missiles launched by Russian warships in the Mediterranean carrying cluster bombs“. They put the death toll at more than 10 non-combatants with 30 wounded, some in critical condition.

The Health Directorate in Idlib province issued a statement regarding the Russian raids that targeted field hospitals on February 15th in rural Idlib and Aleppo, which was published by SNN. This said that a “ballistic missile was launched from the Russian warships in the Mediterranean, hit  the city of Izaz in the countryside of Aleppo, at precisely a quarter past eight targeting the Obstetrics and Women’s Hospital and leaving a large and injuries among the civilian and devastation led to the destruction of the hospital completely and leaving it out of service. Ten people were killed including three children and a pregnant woman and more than thirty others were injured.“

A video posted by SNN, entitled “The day of the destruction of hospitals: 5 main medical centres are out of service as a result of the planes and missiles of the Russian enemy“, showed the moments bombs were dropped before cutting to footage of destruction of buildings. The video is not specific only to this incident.

Reuters reported that “Fourteen people were killed in the town of Azaz near the Turkish border when missiles slammed into a school sheltering families fleeing the offensive and a children’s hospital, two residents and a medic said.” However it did not say who was responsible for the incident.

Images showing “destruction caused by the missile and air strikes on places in the vicinity of a hospital in Azaz city north of Aleppo province” were published by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which also did not say who carried out the attacks.

But according to an initial report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the regime fired surface to surface missiles on the gynecological and children’s hospital, damaging two ambulances. A second SN4HR report, which again blamed “regime shelling“, said that at least five died including two children and a woman.

However, in a third report, SN4HR appeared to change their position and attribute the incident to Russia: “On 15 Feb 2016 alleged Russian warplanes launched a long range missile on a .trucks gathering in Azzaz city in northern Aleppo suburbs which killed 6 individuals including a child and a woman“.

According to the Violations Documentation Center, 8 civilians were killed in regime shelling.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Hatem Hamdan
Adult male Listed by VDC killed
Mohammad Mosa
Child male Listed by VDC killed
Watfeh Hamdan
Adult male Listed by VDC killed
Safia al-Ahdab
Adult female Listed by VDC killed
Abdullah al-Shaikhar
Adult male Listed by VDC killed
Mostafa Ali al-Shawwakh
Adult male Listed by VDC killed
Ahmad Khalouf al-Shams
Adult male Listed by VDC killed
Abdullah Saeid al-Jomea
Adult male Listed by VDC killed
Hussain Ibraheem Al Yaseen
18 years old male Listed by VDC, from Raqqa, unclear where in Aleppo he was killed killed

Summary

  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility, School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    9 – 14
  • (2 children1 woman7 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (12) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Images of the alleged Russian and Syrian Regime airstrike. (via, SOHR)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

From February 10th – February 16th, Russia reported: “On February 10-16, aircraft of the Russian aviation group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 444 combat sorties engaging 1593 terrorists’ objects in the provinces of Deir ez-Zor, Daraa, Homs, Hama, Latakia and Aleppo.” They published the following is response to civilian casualty allegations in Azaz:

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian infrastructure
    Healthcare facility, School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    9 – 14
  • (2 children1 woman7 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (12) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS2941

Incident date

January 29, 2018

Location

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.859101, 36.797731 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

In the first out of a series of three intensive raids in Idlib on the 29th, as many as 14 civilians were killed, and up to 25 were injured, in an attack on a potato market, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for these strikes.

Euphrates Post reported that five of the victims were from one family.

Footage shows the chaos in the aftermath of the raid, with bodies scattered about the street, alongside rubble and fire.

As many as 25 civilians were wounded, with many taken to medical facilities by the Syrian Civil Defence, who reportedly spent hours digging victims from the rubble.

Zamanaswl reported that “there are critical cases among the injured, which is likely to increase the number of victims.”

Coast Event reported that “The first raids were carried out by the Russian warplanes Su-25 of the type of machine gun. The potato market was targeted by several rockets, killing 12 [civilians] and injuring three.”

There was, according to media, also distinctive destruction to residential homes in the vicinity.

Three anonymous civilians were also listed by Saraqib Media Centre.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Mohammad Ali al-Mohammad
Adult male from Mardikh killed
Imad Haj Ahmad
Adult male from Sheikh Ahmed killed
Mosa Ismaeil al-Ahmad
Adult male from Sarakb killed
Najdat al-Hamad
Adult male from Sheikh Ahmed killed
Mahmoud Zakzak
Adult male from Ariha killed
Ahmad al-Jaileh
Adult male from Karatin killed
Jomea Bashan
Adult male from Sheikh Ahmed killed
Ibraheem Jomea al-Hamad
Adult male from Sheikh Ahmed killed
Fajer al-Ahmad
Adult male killed
Zaher Zakzak
Adult male killed
Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Razzaq al-Aboud
Adult male killed
Khadouj
Adult female killed
Ibraheem Abo Khaled
Adult male killed
Emad Hajj Ahmad
Age unknown injured
Zahir Zakzak
Age unknown injured

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 14
  • (1 woman2–13 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    10–25
  • 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 (24) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (29) [ collapse]

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    The aftermath of a raid on a potato market in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)

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    The aftermath of a raid on a potato market in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Hadi Al Abdullah)

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    The aftermath of a raid on a potato market in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Smart News Agency)

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    The aftermath of a raid on a potato market in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via AJArabic)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via AJArabic)
  • Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via AJArabic)
  • Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via AJArabic)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
  • Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Saraqib Media Center)

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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Saraqib Media Center)

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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Saraqib Media Center)

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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Saraqib Media Center)

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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Saraqib Media Center)
  • Mahmoud Zakzak and Zaher Zakzak, brothers killed in airstrikes on Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Ariha Today)
  • Mahmoud Zakzak and Zaher Zakzak, brothers killed in airstrikes on Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Ariha Today)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via SN4HR)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of airstrikes in Saraqeb, 29th Jan 2018. (via Edlib Media Centre)

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
    7 – 14
  • (1 woman2–13 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    10–25
  • 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 (24) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS754

Incident date

April 14, 2016

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Syria

Geolocation

35.9505639, 39.0094148 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Fourteen civilians including three children died and at least 24 people were injured in airstrikes on Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible.

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently posted images showing destruction of the city following airstrikes. It did not initially say who was responsible. They also published images of some of the dead. However, RBSS later reported that these were Russian raids and that seven people died: “Russian warplanes launched…five raids on the city of Raqqa, which resulted in the death of seven civilians. Those who were identified are Farouk Mansour and his daughter and Khaled al-Issa, as well as injuring more than two dozen others injured, some of them in serious condition. The air strikes focused on different parts, including the eastern gate of Al Rasheed park, the eastern part of the government complex and the car square in front of it, the shops on Al Qitar street opposite the water company, the Palace of Justice and Al Rasheed secondary school junction. Daesh straight away put up barriers inside the town and its entry points.”

Al A’maq accused Russia of conducting 10 raids. In a very brief post, LCSSY initially blamed the Coalition, though then changed position and said Russia was responsible and posted images of the aftermath.

Shaam News Network also attributed the incident to Russia, reporting that “Russian warplanes launched air strikes on several areas in the city of Raqqa, a (near the water company, the Palace of Justice, the junction at al Rasheed secondary school, Al Majma’ Square, and Bab Al-Rasheed Park) which led to the fall of a number of martyrs and wounded among civilians, including children.”

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, this was the work of the regime. It put the death toll at five including a girl and a woman. A second SN4HR report added: “regime warplanes fired missiles on Al Rashid School in Adnan Al Malkli Street in Raqqa city, partially damaging its building and fence“.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four non-combatants died, but did not identify the planes responsible.

 

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (4)

Farouk Mansour
Adult male killed
Child of Farouk Mansour
Age unknown killed
Child of Farouk Mansour
Age unknown killed
Child of Farouk Mansour
Age unknown killed

The victims were named as:

Mahmoud Moussa al Turki
38 years old male killed
Khaled al-Issa
Age unknown male killed
Abd al Salam Al Khalaf
Adult male killed
Ibrahim Hilal al Moussa
Adult male killed
Maher Hussein al A’ani
Adult male Civil engineer killed
Issa al Ali al Habib
Adult male killed
Mohammad Hassan al Hassan
Adult male killed
Al Haj Ismaeil Mansour
Adult male killed
Haj Abd al Hakeem Ramadan al Shaker
Adult male killed
Al Haj Kamel Sultan
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    14
  • (3 children1 woman11 men)
  • 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 (26) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (24) [ collapse]

  • Destruction of a street in Raqqa following a raid on April 14trh (via RBSS)

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    A child receives medical treatment after a strike on Raqqa, April 14th (via RBSS)
  • Image showing the airstrikes targeting Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Image showing the airstrikes targeting Raqqa (via RBSS)

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    Farouk Mansour, one of the victims of the raids targeting Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)

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    Child victim of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)

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    Victim of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)

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    Victim of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Aftermath of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Abd al Salam Al Khalaff, victim of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Ibrahim Hilal al Moussa, victim of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Issa al Ali al Habib, victim of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Mohammad Hassan al Hassan, victim of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)
  • Hajj Kamel Sultan, victim of the airstrikes in Raqqa (via RBSS)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

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
    14
  • (3 children1 woman11 men)
  • 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 (26) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS1693

Incident date

November 26, 2016

Location

منطقة الكسارة , Al Kassara area in the Sakhour neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

35.566356, 39.917257 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between three and 14 civilians were killed and dozens of others were wounded in alleged Russia or Assad regime airstrikes against the Al Kassara area in the Sakhour neighborhood of Aleppo, according to sources on the ground.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported the low estimate of three deaths while Halab News listed that 14 civilians were killed but their identities were not known. The conflicting reports may have been due to the time of reporting as many sources said that civilians remained trapped under the rubble at the time of the reporting.

The majority of local sources, including @ShahbaPress, attributed the airstrikes to Russian airplanes.

However, Ara News reported that the regime forces were responsible for the casualties after dropping explosive barrels on the town of Al Kassara. In addition, Smart News stated that both Russian and regime forces were responsible for airstrikes in the area without specifying which carried out the airstrikes on Al Kassara.

A graphic video posted by @Joudyalhalaby included the bodies of at least three of the victims of the airstrikes, which had suffered violent injuries.

The incident occured at approximately 12:00 pm local time.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 14
  • Civilians reported injured
    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

Sources (14) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

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    'Al-Sakhour neighborhood in Aleppo After heavy shelling +18'

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
    3 – 14
  • Civilians reported injured
    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

Sources (14) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R3300

Incident date

July 1, 2018

Location

معرّبة , Ma’arba, Daraa , Syria

Airwars assessment

A single source reported 14 killed, including two women, in alleged Russian and Syrian airstrikes on the town of Maraba, east of Daraa. Step News Agency also reported the wounding of “others” in the strikes.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    14
  • (2 women)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (1) [ collapse]

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
    14
  • (2 women)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS488

Incident date

January 28, 2016

Location

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.371972, 37.51631

Airwars assessment

Several civilians were killed as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Bab and the surrounding area. The Syrian Network put the death toll at six – five children and a woman. Zaiton reported a much higher figure: “Local sources confirmed that 14 martyrs fell during the Russian raids with the wounding of at least 19 others. The raids focused in the streets of Zamzam and the Corniche within the city.”

The Network said that “In the eastern countryside Russian aircraft launched raids on neighborhoods of al Bab city which led to the fall of 15 dead and dozens wounded,” adding that warplanes directly targeted civilians.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    6 – 14
  • (5 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    19–50
  • 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 (10) [ 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 military report published on 1st February 2016, the Kremlin said: “In the course of the last week, the Russian aircraft in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 468 combat sorties engaging 1354 terrorists’ infrastructural facilities in the Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Raqqah, Daraa and Deir ez-Zor provinces. Among them – 24 ones were carried out by Tu-22M3 long-range bombers from the Russian territory…Near Jeb Ghabishah (Aleppo province), a Su-24M bomber destroyed ammunition and POL storages of the ISIS terrorists.“

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    6 – 14
  • (5 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    19–50
  • 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 (10) [ collapse]