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Incident Code

R4437

Incident date

February 16, 2022

Location

سوق المحروقات بين بلدتي ترمانين والدانا, the fuel market between Tarmanin An Al Dana towns, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Between three and four civilians were killed and up to five others were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on February 16, 2022.

According to the Syrian Civil Defense, four civilians were killed and two others were injured in artillery shelling of a fuel market and the outskirts of the widow camp near the town of Tarmanin. The shelling caused large fires and the White Helmets worked to put out the fires and search for survivors – the rescue efforts took four continuous hours and required the participation of 10 firefighting teams.

A tweet from @ShahbaPress identified the four victims killed in the strikes as being members of one family, including two brothers. Euphrates Post named three of the civilians killed: Ahmed Hajj Hussein Fakher, Khaled Hajj Hussein Fakher, Fahd Ahmed Shahoud from Sarmin City. The source added that the fourth person could not be identified because their body was charred.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number of civilians killed at “at least three people” and that the number of deaths was likely to rise. Zaman Al Wasl reported that five people were injured, with some of them from the same family. Macro Media Center added that those that were injured had varying degrees of injuries and El Dorar identified those injured as being fuel tanker drivers.

Syrian Civil Defense also provided details that the shelling occurred in the Hazra area located between the town of Termanin and the city of Dana. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the fuel market that was bombed belonged to “Watad petrol company” and Zaman Al Wasl identified the “widows camp” as being Al-Domani camp for the displaced.

One of the White Helmets named Tawfiq described feeling helpless following the bombing and describes a similar incident six years ago when fuel tanks were bombed.

Sources were conflicted as to whether the regime or Russia were responsible for the bombing, with @IdlibPlus attributing the strikes to the regime while the Syrian Civil Defense blamed both Russia and the regime and Al Modon News assigned responsibility to Russia. Euphrates Post identified “Krassenbul laser” missiles as being used in the attack.

Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the fuel market was under the control of Hay’at Tahrir al Sham and that the fuel was stored in tanks and ground-level warehouses.

The incident occured in the morning.

The victims were named as:

Family members (3)

Ahmed Hajj Hussein Fakher أحمد حاج حسين فاخر
killed
Khaled Hajj Hussein Fakher وخالد حاج حسين فاخر
killed
Fahd Ahmed Shahoud فهد أحمد شحود
killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–5
  • 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

Sources (52) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (78) [ collapse]

  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • White Helmets describe feeling helpless during a rescue mission following shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • White Helmets describe feeling helpless during a rescue mission following shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Ariha Today)
  • Shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Ariha Today)
  • Shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Ariha Today)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • White Helmets describe feeling helpless during a rescue mission following shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • White Helmets describe feeling helpless during a rescue mission following shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • Destruction caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • Destruction caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • White Helmets describe feeling helpless during a rescue mission following shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • Destruction caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • White Helmets describe feeling helpless during a rescue mission following shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • White Helmets describe feeling helpless during a rescue mission following shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • Shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • Shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • Shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • Shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • Shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by @SunaUnique)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by @SunaUnique)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by @SunaUnique)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by @SunaUnique)
  • Media activists' coverage of the civil defense efforts to put out the fire as a result of the Russian occupation forces targeting the vicinity of the town of Dana in Idlib countryside, which led to the death of four civilians. (Image posted by @omarii49)
  • Media activists' coverage of the civil defense efforts to put out the fire as a result of the Russian occupation forces targeting the vicinity of the town of Dana in Idlib countryside, which led to the death of four civilians. (Image posted by @omarii49)
  • Media activists' coverage of the civil defense efforts to put out the fire as a result of the Russian occupation forces targeting the vicinity of the town of Dana in Idlib countryside, which led to the death of four civilians. (Image posted by @omarii49)
  • Media activists' coverage of the civil defense efforts to put out the fire as a result of the Russian occupation forces targeting the vicinity of the town of Dana in Idlib countryside, which led to the death of four civilians. (Image posted by @omarii49)
  • Damage caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by North Press Agency)
  • Damage caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by North Press Agency)
  • Damage caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by North Press Agency)
  • Damage caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by North Press Agency)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Tarmanin media center via Facebook)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Tarmanin media center via Facebook)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Tarmanin media center via Facebook)
  • Damage and fires caused by shelling of a fuel market near Tarmanin on February 16, 2022. (Image posted by Tarmanin media center via Facebook)

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
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–5
  • 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

Sources (52) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3540

Incident date

September 4, 2018

Location

بيدر شمسو, Baidar Shamso, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.759722, 36.468611 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One woman was reportedly killed and several civilians, including three women, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Baidar Shamso, Idlib governorate, on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a civilian woman had been killed in airstrikes on Baidar Shamso. @SyriaCivilDefe reported that “three women were injured as a result of aerial bombing by two airstrikes that targeted civilian homes in the village of Baidar Shamso, south of the town of #Mhambel in the western countryside of Idlib.”

The Syrian Civil Defence told Orient News that in addition to three women, “a number of men had been injured”, and that their teams had managed to put out a fire in one of the targeted houses. @BNN_SYR also reported wounded civilians.

Several sources, such as Eldorar and @BNN_SYR, blamed Russia for the airstrikes, whereas others did not specify the belligerent.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (14) [ collapse]

  • Translation: "Three women were injured as a result of aerial bombing by two air strikes that targeted civilian homes in the village of Baidar Shamso, south of the town of #Mhambel in the western countryside of Idlib" (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer aiming to distinguish a fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer in the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer in the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via @SyriaCivilDefe).
  • Footage of the alleged Russian airstrike on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Hamza Khatib).
  • Destroyed civilian homes after alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Eldorar).
  • A Syrian Civil Defence team aiming to distinguish a fire after alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Eldorar).
  • Smoke after alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Eldorar).
  • Rubble after alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Eldorar).
  • Syrian Civil Defence teams in the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Eldorar).
  • Destruction after alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Eldorar).
  • Aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Eldorar).
  • Syrian Civil Defence teams in the aftermath of alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Eldorar).
  • Smoke after alleged Russian airstrikes on Baidar Shamso on September 4th, 2018 (via Eldorar).

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    5
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Unknown

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Incident Code

YS129

Incident date

April 18, 2022

Location

جرابلس, Jarablous, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.817600, 38.015344 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One person was killed, and three people were injured when an alleged Syrian Democratic Force or PKK/PYD artillery shell hit a “family” on the bank of the Euphrates River in the city of Jarablus, in the eastern countryside of Aleppo on April 18th 2022. Despite many sources attributing the belligerent to the SDF, the SDF have disputed this.  In reports about the young man that died, it is contested as to whether he was a non-combatant or a militant.

One local source, @zelal_katee reported that the attack was with rocket-propelled grenades.

One person was initially missing, and their body was found hours later.

This event was followed by a strike which injured three Syrian Civil Defense volunteers who was looking for the missing man, reported in assessment YS130. These two incidents (YS129 and YS130) constitute a ‘double strike’ attack.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the young man who was killed was ‘a member of a faction loyal to Turkey’, but it is unclear whether he was a non-combatant or not which is reflected in the civilian harm range. @Almohrar1 reported that the young man’s name was Shadi Saleh Al-Mohammed, and he was affiliated with the Turkish National Army, including a photo of him in uniform.

The SDF responded to these reports in a press statement which said “sites and pages belonging to the mercenaries of the Turkish occupation published false news about a hypothetical artillery bombardment attributed to our forces that targeted a car and a number of people in the occupied city of Jarabulus, killing and wounding a number of people, including mercenary soldiers, according to those sources.

We confirm that our forces did not carry out any attack during the last period in the mentioned area, and attributing that attack to our forces aims to cover up the real actor behind which the Turkish occupation intelligence hides. Evidence and field investigations, according to the published photos of the place of targeting and the targeted vehicle, confirm that the attack was carried out by a drone that penetrated the Syrian airspace, and is usually repeated by the Turkish occupation’s drones.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 1
  • (0–1 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    YPG
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1

Sources (25) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (6) [ collapse]

  • Syrian Civil Defense reported that one person was killed and up to five others were injured, including three volunteers, when an artillery shell was reported to hit Jarablus on April 18th 2022 (Image via SCD / Facebook)
  • Syrian Civil Defense reported that one person was killed and up to five others were injured, including three volunteers, when an artillery shell was reported to hit Jarablus on April 18th 2022 (Image via SCD / Facebook)
  • There were reports that one person was killed and up to five others were injured when an artillery shell was reported to hit Jarablus on April 18th 2022 (Image via @YusufAd76532779 / Twitter)
  • There were reports that one person was killed and up to five others were injured when an artillery shell was reported to hit Jarablus on April 18th 2022 (Image via @Almohrar1 / Twitter)
  • Shadi Saleh Al-Mohammed, affiliated with the National Army, was allegedly killed as a result of a missile attack by the SDF or YPG/PKK (Image via @Almohrar1 / Twitter)

Geolocation notes (2) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention the outskirts of Jarablous (جرابلس). Analyzing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to these exact coordinates: 36.817600, 38.015344.

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  • Tagged audio-visual material from sources. Imagery: Syria Civil Defense.

  • Tagged audio-visual material from sources. Imagery: Syria Civil Defense.

YPG Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 1
  • (0–1 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    YPG
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1

Sources (25) [ collapse]

Incident Code

ISSY023

Incident date

June 10, 2022

Location

محيط دمشق, vicinity of Damascus, Damascus, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Israeli strikes on Damascus International Airport on June 10, 2022.

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), a Syrian regime-run source, one civilian was injured and material damage occurred from Israeli missile strikes. SANA added that the Syrian army air defenses downed most of the missiles and that the strikes occurred at 4:20am.

An image posted by @damascusv011 shows the fires that broke out from the airstrikes, adding that all flights in the airport had been suspended. The private Sham Wings airlines said it is diverting all its flights from Damascus to the Aleppo International Airport in the country’s north and an airport employee told Times of Israel “we had to postpone all flights for at least 48 hours and some flights have been rerouted through Aleppo airport.”

@mas2oul1specified that the two runways of the airport were destroyed, the first one destroyed during a previous strike and the second as a result of this incident. @obretix identified both runways as being hit in the airstrikes.

According to @IntelliTimes, the attacks occurred at a time “that would not endanger civilian landings”.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Friday morning Israeli strike hit three arms depots for Iran-backed militiamen inside the airport, adding that the northern runway at the facility was damaged as was the observation tower.

All of the sources attributed the strikes to Israel, with Arabi 21 adding that the missiles came from the occupied Syrian Golan.

The incident occured at 04:20:00 local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Israeli Military
  • Suspected target
    Iranian military

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • A picture of the fires that broke out at Damascus International Airport as a result of Israeli raids on June 10, 2022. (Image posted by @damascusv011)
  • "The two runways of Damascus International Airport are suspended due to the Israeli raids.. the first runway is a result of an attack on 5-22 last.. and the second is the result of an attack last night 10/9 June" (Image posted by @mas2oul1)
  • "The two runways of Damascus International Airport are suspended due to the Israeli raids.. the first runway is a result of an attack on 5-22 last.. and the second is the result of an attack last night 10/9 June" (Image posted by @mas2oul1)

Israeli Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Israeli Military
  • Suspected target
    Iranian military

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Incident Code

USSOM348

Incident date

July 17, 2022

Location

Labi-Kus, Lower Juba, Somalia

Geolocation

-0.355928, 42.546960 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Subdistrict level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

An AFRICOM declared US airstrike in coordination with Somali Army commandos resulted in the death of up to five Al-Shabab fighters near Labi-Kus village on July 17, 2022.

Somali National News Agency (SONNA), a Somali government-run news agency, tweeted that “three #Alshabab terrorists were killed and one was captured after Somali National Army’s commandos (#DANAB) attacked a roadblock which terrorists used to extort money from the local people near Labi-Kus village under #Kismayo town , on Sunday “. Graphic images accompanying the tweet show the bodies of two alleged members of Al-Shabab.

A tweet from Somali National Television (@sntvnews1) reported that two Al-Shabab fighters were killed in action in the vicinity of the Jubba River Valley and no civilians were killed, adding that the operation was carried out by the Somali National Army’s Danab brigade. Shabelle Media Network tweeted that five militants were killed and one was captured alive, and that at least four assault rifles and a PKM machine gun were also seized in the operation. Somaliweyn added that that intelligence that led to the operation was based on the movement of the weapons they seized.

Horseed Media specified that the Somali Forces that were involved was the the 5th Division, 16th Battalion and that a statement issued by the Danab military command said that they killed “least 5 members of Al-Shabaab, including the officer in charge of the area”. According to Kulmiye News Network, one of the militants killed was the “leader of Al-Shabaab in charge of financial affairs in this area, whose name was shortened to Ismail”.

AFRICOM released a statement on July18th stating that “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists after they attacked partner forces in a remote location near Libikus, Somalia July 17, 2022…The command’s initial assessment is that two al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in action and that no civilians were injured or killed given the remote nature of where this engagement occurred.” However, none of the reporting prior to the press release mention US involvement, with many sources, including the Somali government-run news agency (SONNA), indicating that Somali forces were responsible.

This was the second incident declared by AFRICOM since US President Joe Biden ordered the redeployment of troops to Somalia in May.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Declared strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    No
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Known attacker
    US Forces
  • Known target
    Al-Shabaab
  • Belligerents reported injured
    2–5

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    Graphic image of the body of an alleged Al-Shabab member killed during a US and Somali operation in Lab-Kus village on July 17, 2022. (Image posted by @SONNALIVE)

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    Graphic image of the body of an alleged Al-Shabab member killed during a US and Somali operation in Lab-Kus village on July 17, 2022. (Image posted by @SONNALIVE)
  • Image of what may the goods seized during the UUS and Somali operation against an Al-Shabab roadblock in Labi-Kus on July 17, 2022. (Image posted by @SONNALIVE)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Labi-Kus, allegedly located within the vicinity of Kismayo city. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Kismayo are: -0.355928, 42.546960.

US Forces Assessment:

  • Known belligerent
    US Forces
  • US Forces position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

US Forces
Official source

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists after they attacked partner forces in a remote location near Libikus, Somalia July 17, 2022.
U.S. forces are authorized to conduct strikes in defense of designated partner forces.
The command’s initial assessment is that two al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in action and that no civilians were injured or killed given the remote nature of where this engagement occurred.
The Federal Government of Somalia and U.S. Africa Command take great measures to prevent civilian casualties. These efforts contrast with the indiscriminate attacks that al-Shabaab regularly conducts against the civilian population.
The Federal Government of Somalia and the U.S. remain committed to fighting al-Shabaab to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians.
Violent extremist organizations like al-Shabaab present long-term threats to Somali, regional and U.S. interests.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Declared strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    No
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Known attacker
    US Forces
  • Known target
    Al-Shabaab
  • Belligerents reported injured
    2–5

Sources (12) [ collapse]

Incident Code

TS540

Incident date

August 8, 2022

Location

تل زيوان, Tal Zewan, Hassakah, Syria

Geolocation

37.058585, 41.355114 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least one civilian grazing sheep was injured in alleged Turkish shelling on Tel Zewan on August 8, 2022.

Hawar News reported that Turkish forces shelled the village of Tel Zewan with artillery at around 13:00, injuring one civilian who was tending to his sheep. Hawar added that on the same day, Turkish forces bombed villages in Amuda, Darbasiyah, Qamishlo, Tal Tamr, Zarkan, Ain Issa.

A Facebook post from Tigris – the Syrian island stated that one man was wounded in the artillery shelling and Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that one civilian was injured.

All of the sources that reported on the incident attributed the shelling to Turkey, and ANF specified that two mortar shells had been fired at the village.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Tal Ziwan (تل زيوان), for which the generic coordinates are: 37.058585, 41.355114. 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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Turkish Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Incident Code

YS149

Incident date

August 19, 2022

Location

الباب, Al Bab, Syria

Geolocation

36.370731, 37.520964 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between nine to seventeen civilians were killed, including five to six children, and 26 to 42 others were injured, including eleven children, as a result of missile fire which hit a “crowded” marketplace and residential homes and a school in Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria, on August 19th 2022. The missile fire was an alleged Syrian regime or SDF (PYD/PKK) action.  Local sources were reporting the event as the “Al Bab massacre” due to the high death toll.

One of the missiles hit the four way intersection known as Khamis Local Market in Al-Bab’s Al Sharqi neighbourhood, according to Syrian Network for Human Rights.

MMC reported that the death toll rose to 14 with up to 38 wounded including five civilians who remained unidentified.

One woman who was killed was allegedly displaced from Deir ez-Zor governorate. Another civilian reportedly killed, Tayseer Ramadan, was reportedly displaced from Maarat al-Numan. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that the area, Al Bab, has become “the last refuge for thousands of families that have been displaced by the regime forces and Russia and are living in an acute humanitarian crisis.”

MMC reported that the Director of the Media Center of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami said, “our forces have nothing to do with the bombing of the city of Al-Bab”, denying the responsibility of the PYD/PKK.  Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that six missiles hit the town of Al Bab and they have so far been unable to identify the source of the missiles. They believe that it is a result of either Syrian regime forces or by the Syrian Democratic Forces due to the location of the strike, coming from areas jointly controlled by both actors.

One volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defense reported, “everything is stained with blood, the smell of death is everywhere, the scene is very harsh, people, body parts and children, they are all people descending looking for their livelihood…it is clear that the criminal who bombed the city aimed to kill the largest number of civilians and children, because a missile targeted a school, and thank God, today is a holiday, otherwise the tragedy would have been greater.”

The incident occured during the day.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Mohamed Jihad Ramadan
male killed
Tayseer Ramadan
Age unknown male brother of Mohamed killed

The victims were named as:

Iyad Al-Mustafa
Age unknown male killed
Juma Al Hamdan
Age unknown male killed
Zahraa Al Hamdan
Age unknown female killed
Mahmoud Al Suwid
Child male killed
Ahmed Al Abdullah
Age unknown male killed
Yasser Zeidan
Child male killed
Mohammad Al Zaiter
Child male killed
Ahmed Elhayani
Age unknown male killed
Firas Al-Sloo
Age unknown female killed
Abdul Hamid Al Shelash
Age unknown male killed
Ahmed Taha Abu Yasser
Age unknown male killed
Lhaled Havani
Age unknown male injured
Majed Maatramawy
Age unknown male injured
Mustafa Haj Hamdan
Age unknown male injured
Ibrahim Sheikh
Age unknown male injured
Ismail Al Nashif
Age unknown male injured
Izdihar Al Taha
Age unknown injured
Abdel Hamid Shalash
Age unknown male injured
Abdul Hakim Hussein
Age unknown male injured
Abdul Basit Al-Ezzo
Age unknown male injured
Abdul Karim Al Samou
Age unknown male injured
Laith Al Mahmoud
Age unknown male injured
Ali Mu'atal
Age unknown male injured
Muhammad Al Suwaid
Age unknown male injured
Bilal Al-Abdullah
Age unknown male injured
Hassan Shalash
Age unknown male injured
Abboud Al-Faki
Age unknown male injured
Amira Al-Faki
Age unknown female injured
Issa Al-Faki
Age unknown injured
Walaa Al-Faki
Age unknown injured
Elaf Al Faki
Age unknown female injured
Elaf Al Faki
Age unknown injured
Mays Maarawi
Age unknown injured
Mahmoud Birawi
Age unknown injured
Salma Huma
Age unknown injured
Abdul Hadi Al Hammadi
Age unknown male injured
Muhammad Al Tadfi
Age unknown male injured
Abdul Hadi Al Kadi
Age unknown male injured
Mustafa Hamdan
Age unknown male injured
Ahmed Hazoum
Age unknown male injured
Ghabath Atabi
Age unknown male injured
Ali Mu'atal
Age unknown
Marwan Al-Khamis
Child male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    IDP or refugee camp, Marketplace, School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    9 – 17
  • (5–6 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    26–42
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, YPG

Sources (81) [ collapse]

Media
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  • Up to fourteen people were killed when missiles hit Al Bab centre including a busy marketplace on August 19th 2022 (Image via EuphratsPostNews / Facebook)
  • Up to fourteen people were killed when missiles hit Al Bab centre including a busy marketplace on August 19th 2022 (Image via EuphratsPostNews / Facebook)
  • Up to fourteen people were killed when missiles hit Al Bab centre including a busy marketplace on August 19th 2022 (Image via EuphratsPostNews / Facebook)
  • Syrian Civil Defense reported from the damaged marketplace after reportedly rescuing fourteen bodies, and more than 30 wounded civilians (Image via Facebook)
  • Local source Alkhabour2011 reported on the destruction after up to fourteen civilians were reportedly killed when missiles hit the Al Bab marketplace (Image via Facebook)
  • Local source Alkhabour2011 reported on the destruction after up to fourteen civilians were reportedly killed when missiles hit the Al Bab marketplace (Image via Facebook)
  • Local source Alkhabour2011 reported on the destruction after up to fourteen civilians were reportedly killed when missiles hit the Al Bab marketplace (Image via Facebook)
  • Local source Alkhabour2011 reported on the destruction after up to fourteen civilians were reportedly killed when missiles hit the Al Bab marketplace (Image via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • MMC reported "The first moments of the location of the missile shelling that targeted residential neighborhoods and popular markets in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo" (Images via Facebook)
  • HalabTodayTV reported "The number of victims of the bombing on the market of the city of #Al-Bab, east of #Aleppo, has risen to 14, and more than 30 wounded" (Image via Facebook)
  • Up to fourteen civilians were reported killed after contested missiles hit Al Bab marketplace on August 19th 2022 (Image via Sham)
  • Up to fourteen civilians were reported killed after contested missiles hit Al Bab marketplace on August 19th 2022 (Image via EMC / Facebook)
  • Tayseer Ramadan was reportedly killed by a missile strike on Al Bab on August 19th 2022 (Image via MMC / Facebook)
  • @SyrianCoalition reported that civilians were crowding around blood donation centers after the "Al Bab Massacre" (Image via Twitter)
  • @SyrianCoalition reported that civilians were crowding around blood donation centers after the "Al Bab Massacre" (Image via Twitter)
  • @SyrianCoalition reported that civilians were crowding around blood donation centers after the "Al Bab Massacre" (Image via Twitter)
  • Up to 42 people were reported wounded including many children after the Al-Bab Massacre on August 19th 2022 (Image via @abuhuzaifa_ / Twitter)

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    @DeirEzzorNow reported Civilian casualties were caused by missile shelling from areas controlled by the "regime and SDF" that targeted a popular market in the city of #Al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo (Image via Twitter)
  • Syrian Civil Defense reported that their teams treated the injured and retrieved the bodies after the "Al Bab Massacre" on August 19th 2022 (Image via Facebook)
  • Syrian Civil Defense reported that their teams treated the injured and retrieved the bodies after the "Al Bab Massacre" on August 19th 2022 (Image via Facebook)
  • Syrian Civil Defense reported that their teams treated the injured and retrieved the bodies after the "Al Bab Massacre" on August 19th 2022 (Image via Facebook)
  • Sham News reported from the scene as the death toll rose after the "Al Bab Massacre" on August 19th 2022 (Image via Twitter)

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    "Pictures from the #Al-Bab_massacre that took place this morning, with the bombing of the regime forces and the SDF on the popular market." (Images via @shamnews / Twitter)
  • "Pictures from the #Al-Bab_massacre that took place this morning, with the bombing of the regime forces and the SDF on the popular market." (Images via @shamnews / Twitter)
  • "Pictures from the #Al-Bab_massacre that took place this morning, with the bombing of the regime forces and the SDF on the popular market." (Images via @shamnews / Twitter)
  • "Pictures from the #Al-Bab_massacre that took place this morning, with the bombing of the regime forces and the SDF on the popular market." (Images via @shamnews / Twitter)
  • "Exclusive photo from SNHR showing the damage caused by the missile strike on the main road in the area known as al Khamis Local Market in al Bab city." (Image via SNHR)
  • "Exclusive photo from SNHR showing the damage caused by the missile strike on the main road in the area known as al Khamis Local Market in al Bab city." (Image via SNHR)
  • "Exclusive photo from SNHR showing the damage caused by the missile strike on the main road in the area known as al Khamis Local Market in al Bab city." (Image via SNHR)
  • "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)
  • "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)
  • "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)
  • "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)
  • "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)
  • "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)
  • "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)

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    "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)
  • "SOHR activists have confirmed that the number fatalities in today’s artillery attack on an outdoors market and residential neighbourhoods in Al-Bab city, which is controlled by Turkish forces and their proxy faction, has jumped to seven civilians, including children, as well as the injury of 23 others" (Images via SOHR)
  • Destruction after the "Al Bab Massacre" on August 19th 2022 where up to fourteen people were killed (Image via @Syriacivildefe / Twitter)
  • “Everything is stained with blood, the smell of death is everywhere, the scene is very harsh, people, body parts and children, they are all people descending looking for their livelihood, at this moment, I already knew what the meaning of a bite dipped in blood." One Syrian Civil Defense volunteer (Image via Syrian Civil Defense / Twitter)
  • “Everything is stained with blood, the smell of death is everywhere, the scene is very harsh, people, body parts and children, they are all people descending looking for their livelihood, at this moment, I already knew what the meaning of a bite dipped in blood." One Syrian Civil Defense volunteer (Image via Syrian Civil Defense / Twitter)
  • “Everything is stained with blood, the smell of death is everywhere, the scene is very harsh, people, body parts and children, they are all people descending looking for their livelihood, at this moment, I already knew what the meaning of a bite dipped in blood." One Syrian Civil Defense volunteer (Image via Syrian Civil Defense / Twitter)
  • “Where did my son go, did he die or live??….there are many questions I encountered today while responding to the bombing that targeted the popular market in the city of Al-Bab," one mother told a Syrian Civil Defense Volunteer (Image via Syrian Civil Defense / Twitter)
  • The death toll according to the Syrian Civil Defense (Image via Twitter)
  • First responders after the "Al Bab Massacre" on August 19th 2022 (Image via @samerdaboul6 / Twitter)
  • "Initial images of the missile attack on the city of Al-Bab" (Image via @Jabalybaraa / Twitter)

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    "Initial images of the missile attack on the city of Al-Bab" (Image via @Jabalybaraa / Twitter)

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    A photo of a child killed by a missile strike which has become known as the "Al Bab Massacre" on August 19th 2022 (Image via @jabalybaraa / Twitter)
  • Two young children reportedly killed in the "Al Bab Massacre"(Image via @Omar_Madaniah / Twitter)
  • Baladi News showed the destruction after the "Al Bab Massacre"
  • Baladi News showed the destruction after the "Al Bab Massacre"
  • "Pictures of wounded children, except for 15 martyrs, most of whom are children, and wounded, whose number exceeded 33, including 8 cases of amputation by missiles of the internationally authorized crime" (Image via @bkdadaksa / Twitter)

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    Graphic image of man carrying body part of one of the civilians killed during the "Al Bab Massacre" (Image via @almo3tasem91 / Twitter)
  • A child reportedly killed during the "Al Bab Massacre" on August 19th 2022 (Image via Abo Hareth / Facebook)
  • "The martyr of the Al-Bab massacre today, for those who know him, the news of his family is in Al-Bab Hospital" (Image via Saker Al Jazrawi / Facebook)
  • "Moved to God's mercy #Ahmed_Taha_Abu_Yasser, succumbed to his injuries as a result of the bombing that targeted the city of Al-Bab in the name of Al-Arouj. We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return" (Image via Al Oruuj clan / Facebook)
  • "Moved to God's mercy #Ahmed_Taha_Abu_Yasser, succumbed to his injuries as a result of the bombing that targeted the city of Al-Bab in the name of Al-Arouj.
  • "Moved to God's mercy, the child Mahmoud Muhammad Al-Suwayd as a result of the bombing" (Image via Shareef / Facebook)
  • "The martyr, God willing, Marwan bin Muhammad Ali Khamis Al-Abrash, the funeral prayer at the Osama bin Zaid Mosque at three o’clock" (Image via Al Bab countryside / Facebook)
  • "The martyr, God willing, Ahmed Hayani" (Image via Al Bab countryside / Facebook)
  • "The martyr, God willing, Ahmed Hayani" (Image via Al Bab countryside / Facebook)
  • "The death of the child Yasser Zeidan as a result of the bombing" (Image via Al Bab countryside / Facebook)
  • "Praying for the funeral in Zamzam mosque after the afternoon prayer. Burial in the northern cemetery" (Image via Al Bab death / Facebook)
  • "The martyrdom of the child Muhammad Khalil Zuaiter" (Image via Al Bab Death / Facebook)
  • "The head and members of the local council of al-Bab city, the mayor of al-Bab, and the city’s attorney general, with the participation of the representative of the Syrian National Coalition, perform the duty of condolences to the families of the martyrs of the al-Bab city massacre, and check on the wounded in the city’s hospital." (Al Bab puls / Facebook)
  • "He passed away to the mercy of God Almighty, the martyr, God willing, Firas Mustafa Sabri Al-Sallo, succumbed to his wounds as a result of a missile attack this morning." (Image via AL Bab pul / Facebook)
  • "The child Marwan Al-Khamis from the city of Tadef, one of the martyrs of today" (Image via Al Bab puls)
  • "The names of the martyrs who were martyred this morning as a result of a missile attack on the city" (Image via Al Bab puls / Facebook)
  • "The names of the martyrs who were martyred this morning as a result of a missile attack on the city" (Image via Al Bab puls / Facebook)
  • "The martyrdom of the two young men, “Tayseer Ramadan” and his brother, “Mohamed Ramadan,” from the displaced people of the city of Maarat al-Numan, as a result of the missile shelling that targeted the city of al-Bab a while ago." (Image via Yusuf / Facebook)
  • "The martyrdom of the young man (("Mohamed Ramadan))" of the displaced from the city of #Maarat_al-Numan as a result of the missile shelling that targeted the city of #Al-Bab a while ago" Image via Malek Abo Yazan / Facebook)
  • "To God, the matter before and after belongs to God and to Him we shall return. The martyr, God willing, Iyad Ibrahim Al-Mustafa, may God have mercy on you and give patience to your family" (Image via Iyad Madmoud / Facebook)
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Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

YPG Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    IDP or refugee camp, Marketplace, School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    9 – 17
  • (5–6 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    26–42
  • 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
    Syrian Regime, YPG

Sources (81) [ collapse]

Incident Code

R4476

Incident date

October 16, 2022

Location

كفرجنة, Kafr Janna, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Alleged Russian airstrikes in the countryside of Azaz and Afrin, specifically the town of Kafr Jannah and Qatma, resulted in the death and wounding of civilians in addition to the death of up to six militants and the wounding of up to 12 militants.

@shaamnews reported that Russian airstrikes hit the countryside of Azaz and Afrin, killing and wounding Syrian National Army members and civilians. Shaam News was the only source that directly mentioned civilian casualties while others reported that “people” were killed without specifying if they were civilians or militants.

Shaam News also published a statement from the Ministry of Defense in the “Syrian Interim Government” which stated that “The warplanes of the criminal regime this morning, Sunday, October 16, 2022 AD, at eight o’clock, the military and civilian buildings in the regions of Afrin and Azaz, north of Aleppo governorate, with five air strikes that led to the deaths and injuries, most of them civilians. The areas that were targeted this morning include millions of civilians who were displaced due to the crimes of the Assad regime and its allies from the separatist and sectarian terrorist militias.” Shaam put the casualties at two SNA members killed and others wounded.

The Step News Agency correspondent reported that Russian warplanes took off from Hmeimim base in the northern countryside of Latakia and carried out 6 air raids with vacuum missiles against camps of the Turkish-backed opposition factions in the towns of Kafr Jannah and Qatma, resulting in two deaths and more than 7 wounded, with the destruction of a camp and several military vehicles in the vicinity of the building.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the death toll rose to three, including a fighter under the age of eighteen, and the injury of eight others. However, @SyriawatanNews put the casualties at six killed and 12 wounded among  “Suqur Al-Sham” members.

@Almohrar1 provided names of those injured and killed: Akram Derai, Ibrahim Muhammed Zureik, Abdel Hamid Zein El Din, Amin Hammadi Sattouf, Yusuf Masra Ibn Ibrahim, Mustafa Hamada Satouf, Elias Abdullah bin Ghalib, Bashar Al-Asi bin Samir, Ali Abras bin Muhammad, Khaled Hajj Musa Ibn Musa, Abdul Qasim bin Ahmed, Ubadah Hajj Darwish bin Abdul Qadir (Dead), Abdul Qahar Al-Asi bin Imad (Dead). Almglawy posted on Facebook that Suqur al-Sham Mujahideen member Youssef Ibrahim Al-Masrou was also killed.

@ly26935212 reported that the airstrikes caused outbreaks of fire in the area. All of the sources that reported on this incident attributed the strikes to Russian forces.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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
  • Suspected targets
    Al Qaeda/HTS, Free Syrian Army
  • Belligerents reported killed
    2–6
  • Belligerents reported injured
    8–12

Sources (39) [ collapse]

Media
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  • Damage caused by alleged Russian strikes on Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by Step News)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian strikes on Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by Step News)
  • Airstrikes in the vicinity of Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by @idleb_online)
  • Airstrikes in the vicinity of Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by @idleb_online)

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    Victims of alleged Russian Airstrikes in the vicinity of Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by @SyriawatanNews)
  • Airstrikes in the vicinity of Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by @Najdat567)
  • Airstrikes in the vicinity of Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by @Najdat567)
  • Airstrikes in the vicinity of Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by @Najdat567)
  • Airstrikes in the vicinity of Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by @Sharqya_reporte)
  • Airstrikes in the vicinity of Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by Al Mohrar News)
  • Abdul Qahar Imad Al-Assi, an alleged militant killed by Russian strikes on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by @allaith12345)
  • Ubadah Haj Darwish, an alleged militant killed by Russian strikes on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by @omaralabas1)

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    Victims of alleged Russian Airstrikes in the vicinity of Kafr Janna on October 16, 2022. (Image posted by Omar via Facebook)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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
  • Suspected targets
    Al Qaeda/HTS, Free Syrian Army
  • Belligerents reported killed
    2–6
  • Belligerents reported injured
    8–12

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