Incident Code
RS0187
Incident Date
21 November 2015
Location
حي القصيلة, Qosaileh, Aleppo, Syria
Geolocation
36.19559,
37.16512
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Geolocation
36.19559,
37.16512
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R163RS186)
Between four and six non-combatants, including two or more children, were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qosaileh, according to The White Helmets and the Violations Documentation Center. The Halab News Network posted a video showing the destruction of houses and other buildings, as a team of White Helmets searched for survivors.
VDC has been named four victims, and additionally, the Syrian Human Rights Committee called the fifth victim as unidentified.
Victims
Family members (4)
Yahiya Hussein Mazik
Child
male
4 years old
killed
Abd al Rahman Hussein Mazik
Child
male
12 years old
killed
From al-Mzayek family 3
Adult
male
killed
From al-Mzayek family 4
Adult
male
killed
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Civilians reported killed
4–6
2–3 Children, 2 Men
Military Statements
Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Russian Military Strike Report
Russia confirmed the following for November 21st-23rd 2015: “Aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces have performed 141 combat sorties engaging 472 terrorist objects in the Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Raqqah, and Deir ez-Zor.”