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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

RS2170

Incident date

April 26, 2019

Location

بسنقول, Bsanqoul, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.806667, 36.496667 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least nine civilians were killed in an airstrike in Bsanqoul, according to local media sources – though it was not clear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible.

Al Jazeera, who placed the death toll at nine, attributed responsibility to Russian forces. They reported that the strike killed “leader of the movement Ahrar Sham and his family in the bombing of the explosive barrel”. However, explosive barrels were known to be used by the Assad regime.

A medical facility was also reported to have been put out of service by the strikes, according to Orient News’ Anas Tracy. The civilian casualties, which Orient News placed at 10 dead and a number of others wounded, was reported to have been heavily made up of women and children.

Local activists who spoke to Smart News said that the dead were all from one family, including two women and four children.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented “the death of at least eight citizens of one family – they are a man and three of his children, his brother’s wife and three of her children. They were killed in the raids that were carried out by warplanes believed to be Russian after midnight of yesterday”.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Abd al-Hamid Mostafa al-Nemer
Adult male killed
Ekrima Abd al-Hamid al-Nemer
Child male killed
Mariam Abd al-Hamid al-Nemer
Child female killed
Shahed Abd al-Hamid al-Nemer
Adult female killed
Rihab al-Taha
Adult female killed
Gazal Ahmad al-Nemer
Child female killed
Mohammad Ahmad al-Nemer
Child male killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    9 – 10
  • (6 children2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    7–9
  • 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 (12) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Some of the civilian casualties from an airstrike in Bsanqoul on 26th April 2017. (Via: Orient News)
  • The aftermath of an airstrike in Bsanqoul on 26th April 2017. (Via: Orient News)
  • The aftermath of an airstrike in Bsanqoul on 26th April 2017. (Via: Orient News)

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    The aftermath of an airstrike in Bsanqoul on 26th April 2017. (Via: Orient News)

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 April 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
    9 – 10
  • (6 children2 women1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    7–9
  • 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 (12) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS424

Incident date

January 20, 2016

Location

شقرة, Shaqra, Deir ez-Zor, Syria

Geolocation

35.3917089, 40.1224566 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

An alleged Russian strike targeted a home where “condolences were being held“, according to SMO, killing eight civilians.

Al A’an TV said six died as a result of Russian strikes, while ANA Press also attributed the incident to Russia.

Four civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Shaqra, according to the Violations Documentation Centre.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (5)

Sons of al-Hayes family 1
Age unknown male named by Deir Ezzor 24 who said was killed by Russian warplanes killed
Sons of al-Hayes family 2
Age unknown male named by Deir Ezzor 24 who said was killed by Russian warplanes killed
Sons of al-Hayes family 3
Age unknown male named by Deir Ezzor 24 who said was killed by Russian warplanes killed
Sons of al-Hayes family 4
Age unknown male named by Deir Ezzor 24 who said was killed by Russian warplanes killed
Sons of al-Hayes family 5
Age unknown male named by Deir Ezzor 24 who said was killed by Russian warplanes killed

The victims were named as:

Fayez al-Shokan 
Adult male killed
Khaled al-Fadileh 
Adult killed
Firas Thabet al-Zare
Adult male killed
Mohammad al-Keoud
Adult male killed
Fayez Alshukan
Age unknown named by Deir Ezzor 24 who said was killed by Russian warplanes killed
Khaled Mahmud ElFadilah
Age unknown named by Deir Ezzor 24 who said was killed by Russian warplanes killed
Mohmad el Ga’oud
Age unknown named by Deir Ezzor 24 who said was killed by Russian warplanes killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5 – 10
  • (4 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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 (6) [ 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 report for military actions on January 20 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Deir ez-Zor governorate: “In the course of the last day, aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 16 combat sorties engaging 57 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5 – 10
  • (4 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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 (6) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS1158

Incident date

August 16, 2016

Location

العمال, Al Omal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Geolocation

35.3222686, 40.1443005 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Ten named civilians died and up to dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on the Nour bakery in the Al Omal neighbourhood, local media reported. The majority of sources blamed Russia – though several pointed to the Assad regime.

LCCSY, the Shaam News Network and Syrian Press Center were among local outlets attributing the event to Moscow.

According to Syria News Desk, “warplanes, thought to have been Russian, carried out more than four raids which hit the Nour bakery and residential buildings near the centre of the neighbourhood. The dead included three workers in the bakery. There were reports that people remained trapped under the rubble. The bombing resulted in the complete destruction of the bakery and the burning of three shops amid widespread material damage”.

Reporting by the Syrian Network for Human Rights was confused, with conflicting posts blaming the regime and then Russia. It said that one woman was among the dead with 15 more non-combatants wounded. Sm-sy put the number injured still higher, at “dozens”.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights joined several other sources in not apportioning blamed. It added that a child was among the ten who died.

Alaraby was the only other source that said this was the work of the regime.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Firas Nafe’ al Akla
Adult male killed
Soumia Naji Aldham
Age unknown killed
Qaddafi Al Aoufi
Age unknown killed
Muhammad al Niza’
Age unknown killed
Ahmed Al Siyad
Age unknown killed
Rifaat al-Saeed
Age unknown killed
Jamal Almagdou’
Age unknown killed
Samer Turki al Saeedan
Age unknown killed
Akba al Ameen
Age unknown killed
Firas Al-Mahmood
Age unknown killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • 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 (2) [ collapse]

  • Firas Nafe'a Al Aelkah, killed in an alleged Russian and Syrian Regime raid. (via, SN4HR)
  • The immediate aftermath of the alleged raid. (via, Syrian PC)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

On August 16th 2016, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation reported that,"Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and Su-34 tactical bombers took off from the “Hamedan” airbase (the Islamic Republic of Iran) and carried out a concentrated airstrike on objects of the ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist groupings in the provinces of Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor and Idlib. As a result, the strikes have eliminated 5 large ammunition depots with armament, munitions and fuel, training camps of militants near Serakab, Al-Ghab, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor cities, 3 control centres of militants near the cities Jafra and Deir ez-Zor as well as a significant number of militants. Ammunition depots, training camps and control centres destroyed by the bombing had been used for support of militant groupings near Aleppo."

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • 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

RS1562

Incident date

November 10, 2016

Location

نصيب, Nasib, Dara'a, Syria

Geolocation

32.550502, 36.187213 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

An entire displaced family of 10 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded when three airstrikes struck temporary homes on the Nasib boarder crossing in the village of Darcaa, sources on the ground reported. Reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.

According to sources, including one which named the casualties, one man, three women and six children were killed. However, another source reported that it was in fact one man, six women and three children.

Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the airstrikes, with some reporting that the Syrian regime were to blame while others blamed Russian warplanes.

Disturbing footage showed the immediate aftermath of the airstrike with the bodies of victims still scattered about the ground.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (10)

Imad Mohammed Taqtaq
Adult male leader of the "Free Army" killed
Wife of Imad Mohammed Taqtaq
Adult female killed
Wife of Fuad Mohammed Taqtaq
Adult female killed
Wife of Ahmed reformer
Adult female killed
Mohammed Emad Mohammed Taqtaq
5 years old male killed
Tasnim Imad Mohammed Taqtaq
10 years old killed
Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Musleh
3 years old male killed
Sidra Ahmed Al-Muslah
2 years old killed
Child
Child A child martyr whose name did not reach the Imad Muhammad Taqtaq family killed
Child
Child A child martyr whose name did not reach the family of Emad Mohammed Taqtaq killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10
  • (3–6 children3–6 women1 man)
  • 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 (8) [ collapse]

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    Footage showing the immediate aftermath of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraa Martyrs Documentation Office)
  • The exact moments alleged Russian and Syrian regime raids struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Smo syria)

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    Child victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Baladi)

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    Child victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs)
  • Victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs)

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    Victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs)
  • Victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs)

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    Child victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs)

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”.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    10
  • (3–6 children3–6 women1 man)
  • 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

RS3898

Incident date

July 13, 2019

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Around dawn, a “rocket-propelled grenade attack” struck a cave on a farm near the town of Khan Sheikhoun, killing up to ten displaced civilians from Al Latamina whilst they were asleep.

@SyrianCoalition blamed the Syrian regime for what it described as a massacre and claimed that two families were murdered, including two men, two women and four children.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the victims were from two separate families; a man, his wife and two children were killed in addition to another man, his wife and his two children. The families left Al Latamina town after it was struck by earlier airstrike and were seeking shelter in the cave.

The Syrian Civil Defense forces, who were at the scene, reported that a total of ten people were killed, including six children.

Local sources identified the victims, but was a bit unclear which children belong to which families.

The incident occured around dawn.

The victims were named as:

Family members (5)

Zakaria Hussein Al Sayed زكريا حسين السيد
Adult male killed
Nadwa Barakat Al Sayed زوجته ندوى
Adult female killed
Taqi Al Sayed تقي السيد
Child male killed
Farouk Al Sayed فاروق السيد
Child male killed
Tasnim Al Sayed تسنيم السيد
Child female killed

Family members (5)

Ahmed Hussein Al Sayed أحمد حسين السيد
Adult male killed
Taqia Addarwich تقية الدرويش
Adult female Wife of Ahmed Hussein Al Sayed killed
Zakaria Al Sayed زكريا السيد
Child male killed
Nagham Al Sayed نغم السيد
Child female killed
Amir Al Sayed امير السيد
Child male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8 – 10
  • (4–6 children2 women2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (41) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (13) [ collapse]

  • A farm near the city of Khan Sheikhoun was struck by an airstrike at dawn on July 13th (via @SyrianCoalition).

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    Bodies of children killed in an airstrike on a farm near the city of Khan Sheikhoun was struck by an airstrike at dawn on July 13th (via @SyrianCoalition).

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    Bodies of children killed in an airstrike on a farm near the city of Khan Sheikhoun was struck by an airstrike at dawn on July 13th (via @SyrianCoalition).

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    Syrian Civil Defense volunteers carrying bodies to the cemetery after an airstrike struck Khan Sheikhoun, killing two families of up to nine civilians on July 13th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • Father and his children Amir and Tasnim were killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib on July 13th (via Syrian Network for Human Rights).
  • Syrian Civil Defense forces searching for bodies through the rubble after an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike struck near Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via Syrian Civil Defense).

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    Syrian Civil Defense forces searching for bodies through the rubble after an alleged Russian or Syrian airstrike struck near Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via Syrian Civil Defense).

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    A child killed by an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via Syrian Civil Defense Forces).
  • A father and child, killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via @so_ria98).
  • A father and his two children, killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th (via @so_ria98).
  • Translation: “The killing of eight Syrian civilians from one family as a result of a Russian air strike on the cities of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib countryside” (via @AlarabyTV).
  • Translation: “Eight civilians were killed in the regime's raids on the Idlib de-escalation zone Warplanes of the regime were launched this morning on the cities of Khan Sheikhoun and Ma'arat Al Numan, and the city center of Idlib” (via @mugtama).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun on July 13th, 2019 (via @mugtama).

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8 – 10
  • (4–6 children2 women2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (41) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS1853 TS058

Incident date

January 23, 2017

Location

تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.34857, 37.531501 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

LCCSY reported that there were “15 martyrs in Aleppo killed in clashes with SDF and in Russian raids on Tadef and Turkish shelling on al Bab ”

According to Al Baba 24, “the town today [Jan 23rd] suffered a Russian air raid which killed a woman and two children from Obeid family”.

However, Syria News Desk pointed to Turkey. It reported: “Ten civilians were killed, mostly from one family, and others injured, last night [Jan 23rd], in a bombing and shelling on Tadef city which is under the control of Islamic State, south of the city of Aleppo Countryside East.

“The opposition media activist, Anas al khatib, quoting civilian sources from Tadef, said that four Turkish raids targeted the building pf the cement company and residential homes on the outskirts of east Tadef, killing a whole family of six people and injuring  a similar number”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

the mother of Saleh al-Akram Al Obeid
Adult female killed
wife of Saleh al-Akram Al Obeid
Adult female killed
Israa, daughter of Saleh Al-Akram Al-Ubaid
Adult female killed

Family members (2)

wife of Khalid Mohammed Sheikh
Adult female killed
the daughter of Khalid Mohammed Sheikh
Adult female

The victims were named as:

Mohammed Simar Bilal
Age unknown female killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    6 – 10
  • (2 children3 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Turkish Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Turkish Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    6 – 10
  • (2 children3 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Turkish Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS063 RS1864

Incident date

January 26, 2017

Location

مدينة الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

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

Airwars assessment

Between four and 10 civilians died, including two children and two women, and up to a another dozen were wounded in air and/or artillery strikes on Al Bab, local media reported. It was unclear who the culprit was – with allegations against Turkey and Russia. Moreover, one report added that regime helicopters were also active over Al Bab on this day.

RT quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense, who said there had been joint Russian and Turkish airstrikes on ISIS locations near the city of Al Bab. The report made no mention of civilian harm.

According to Al Jazeera, “at least ten people were killed and others wounded by Russian and Turkish air raids on the city of Bab and its environs. Turkish artillery also targeted the organization’s [ISIS’s] positions in Bab and Ta’ad (east of Aleppo). Eight civilians were wounded in a renewed Turkish artillery shelling on the city.

Al-Jazeera’s correspondent pointed out that the IS media agency A’maq broadcast pictures of what it said was heavy shelling by regime helicopters struck the south and south-west of the city, pointing out that the final statistics of the number of victims are still unknown.”

The Syrian Network for Human Rights put the death toll at four (two children and two women), and attributed the civilian harm to Turkey.

Alquds alarabi  also blamed Turkey, putting the number killed at ten civilians including a child.

Al Raed La Ykazeb Ahlahu [IS propaganda] added that there were “seven dead and six wounded from one family following Turkish artillery shelling”.

Syria News Desk, also blaming Turkey, put the death toll at eight with 12 more wounded. It reported that “Turkish aerial and artillery bombardment targeted the city near the Osama bin Zayd mosque at the southern entrance of the city, which also led to the destruction of two houses completely. There was also damage to a number of residential buildings and shops and other property.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 10
  • (2 children2 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6–12
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Turkish Military, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (8) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Al Bab, Aleppo (مدينة الباب), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.371972, 37.51631. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Turkish Military Assessment:

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

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 January 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
    4 – 10
  • (2 children2 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    6–12
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Turkish Military, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (8) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS382

Incident date

January 12, 2016

Location

قاضي عسكر, Qadi A'skar, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.20131, 37.17594 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Seven to ten civilians were killed and dozens injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on a mosque in Qadi A’skar, according to a number of sources.

Activists told Shaam News that Russian warplanes targeted the mosque of Agha Jakk during afternoon prayers, resulting in the deaths of 10 people with dozens more wounded. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also blamed Russia, reporting that at least five were killed and dozens more wounded.

An initial report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights said that regime warplanes were responsible. However, the Network subsequently said that Russia carried out the attack, killing seven.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 10
  • Civilians reported injured
    12
  • 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]

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 11-15 January.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    7 – 10
  • Civilians reported injured
    12
  • 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]