Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R4708

Incident date

November 27, 2024

Location

دارة عزة, Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Shortly before 10:19 AM on Wednesday, 27 November 2024, a girl and a man were injured in Daret Izza, west of Aleppo, Syria, by an artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly launched by the Syrian regime along with Russian airstrikes during violent clashes between Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham members and the Syrian regime forces.

Though the Syrian Civil Defence initially stated in its Twitter/X post at 10:19 AM that a child was injured, the Syrian Network for Human Rights later noted that cluster munition injured a girl as well as a man. The Syrian Network for Human Rights also stated that the use of cluster munitions violates the UNSC resolution against indiscriminate attack. SNHR added an image showing a remnant of the missile stuck in the ground.

The Facebook account of SNA posted a video with a caption of “Artillery shelling targets the city of Darat Izza” where the sounds of loud explosions and artillery can be heard. SNA also shared multiple images showing remnants of the weapons.

The Facebook account of the media outlet “Aleppo Sheikh Maqsoud” reported that since the early morning hours of Wednesday, violent clashes had erupted between the Damascus government forces and the “mercenaries of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” on several axes in the western Aleppo countryside, namely on the axes of the village of Darat Izza. Facebook account “Syrian bear 2” reported that dozens of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham members were killed and wounded inside the Hamiko factory near Darat Izza by the Syrian regime air forces. Images of the militants and their vehicles as well as an image of the large cloud of black smoke were attached to the post.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military.

The incident occured at approximately 10:19 am local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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 belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Belligerents reported killed
    12–24
  • Belligerents reported injured
    12–24

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Media
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  • Source: Reejal
  • Source: Al dub
  • Source: Al dub
  • Source: Al dub
  • Source: S n n
  • Source: Dart
  • Source: @snhr
  • Source: SNA
  • Source: SNA
  • Source: SNA
  • Source: SNA
  • Source: SNA
  • Source: SNA
  • Source: SNA
  • Source: SNA

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
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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 belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Belligerents reported killed
    12–24
  • Belligerents reported injured
    12–24

Sources (11) [ collapse]