Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R4383

Incident date

September 4, 2021

Location

الرامي, Al Rami, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.762620, 36.557678 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

At least one child was injured in alleged Russian strikes on the outskirts of the town of Al Rami on September 4, 2021.

The Al-Jisr Network correspondent reported that a child was injured by Russian warplanes bombing on the outskirts of the town of Al-Rami.

Baladi News added that the child was injured to varying degrees and that he was taken to the nearest medical point by the Civil Defense teams.

Macro Media Center provided the name of the child injured: Abdo Ahmed Asali and a correspondent for Zaman Al Wasl added that he was eight years old.

Syrian Civil Defense identified the location of the strikes as being on a poultry farm. According to Zaman Al Wasl, the bombings occurred “close to the lines of contact separating Assad’s forces and the Syrian opposition within the Jabal al-Zawiya area”.

All of the sources blamed the strikes on Russia and Zaman Al Wasl identified a Russian (Sukhoi-35) warplane as being used in the attack.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

8 years old male injured

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Rami, the generic coordinates for which are: 35.762620, 36.557678. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • Alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Rami on September 4, 2021. (Image posted by @IdlibPlus)
  • Alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Rami on September 4, 2021. (Image posted by @13_r13)
  • Damage caused by strikes on Al Rami (Image posted by Macro Media Center)
  • Alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Rami on September 4, 2021. (Image posted by Edlib Media Center)

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
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (15) [ collapse]