Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS4337

Incident date

January 21, 2020

Location

لبوابية, Al Bawabiya, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

An elderly man was reported injured as a result of shelling of airstrikes that hit Al Bawabiya farms in Aleppo on January 21st, 2020.

Syrian Civil Defense posted a video of their volunteers rescuing the elderly man. None of the other sources mention civilian casualties.

A Facebook post by FSLA.Ovecs identified Russian strikes in the vicinity of Al-Bawabiya village as occurring at 12:34.

Both Shasha Syria and @thawrat111 referred to vacuum missiles being used in the attack and all sources attributed the airstrikes to Russia.

The incident occured at 12:34:00 local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • 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
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

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
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]