Airwars assessment
Between three and eight civilians were reported killed in an an alleged Russian airstrike on the small town of Dar Al Kabira in Homs.
According to Smart News the event was instead a ‘friendly fire’ incident, with Russian missiles hitting a military academy.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Summary
Sources (6) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Dar Al Kabira, for which the generic coordinates are: 34.7857347, 36.6818047. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia made no reference to strikes in Homs for October 15th-16th 2015, despite its aircraft clearly having been filmed in action in the governorate.