Incident Code
RS0498
Incident Date
29 January 2016
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
Geolocation
36.52815,
37.95495
Accuracy: City
Geolocation
36.52815,
37.95495
Accuracy: City
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R432RS499)
One child died when “suspected Russian warplanes” fired missiles on Manbij, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
All 4 Syria also reported the death, and said the child’s family was injured in the attack.
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Civilians reported killed
1
1 Child
Civilians reported injured
2
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Manbij (منبج), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.52815, 37.95495. 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 military report published on 1st February 2016, the Kremlin said: “In the course of the last week, the Russian aircraft in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 468 combat sorties engaging 1354 terrorists’ infrastructural facilities in the Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Raqqah, Daraa and Deir ez-Zor provinces. Among them – 24 ones were carried out by Tu-22M3 long-range bombers from the Russian territory…Near Jeb Ghabishah (Aleppo province), a Su-24M bomber destroyed ammunition and POL storages of the ISIS terrorists.”