Incident Code
RS0419
Incident Date
18 January 2016
Location
Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria
حيان
Geolocation
36.32417,
37.05886
Accuracy: Town
Geolocation
36.32417,
37.05886
Accuracy: Town
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R355b RS418 )
One adult female civilian, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hayyan, according to the Violations Documentation Centre.
No further details are currently available.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Hayyan (حيان), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.32417, 37.05886. 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
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.“