Incident Code
RS0417
Incident Date
17 January 2016
Location
Kafr Halab, Aleppo, Syria
كفر حلب
Geolocation
36.062057,
36.871512
Accuracy: Village
Geolocation
36.062057,
36.871512
Accuracy: Village
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R1722 RS1844 )
Three civilians from the same family (a man, woman and their child) died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Halab, according to local media.
The White Helmets reported that “three people including a child and a woman martyred and others injured in an air raid using two vacuum missiles on a civilian home in Kafr Halab western Aleppo Tuesday evening 17/1/2017”.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Kafr Halab (كفر حلب ), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.062057, 36.871512. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Military Statements
Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
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