Incident Code
RS0414
Incident Date
17 January 2016
Location
Wadi Al A’rayess, Homs, Syria
وادي العرايس
Geolocation
34.54654,
36.3946
Accuracy: Nearby landmark
Geolocation
34.54654,
36.3946
Accuracy: Nearby landmark
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R354 RS416 )
The Shaam News Network published two videos depicting destruction in the Al Kalassi neighbourhood of Aleppo. The first showed a woman after she became homeless when “the aggressors destroyed her home“; the second depicted wounded civilians “following the strike on the area of Wadi Al A’rayess.”
There are currently no further details on the alleged strike or who was responsible for it.
Military Statements
Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Russian Military Strike Report
In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of the last four days, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 157 combat sorties engaging 579 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqah, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.“