Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Between ten and 13 civilians including five children died in a Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Kafr Karmin.
The Syrian Network later named some eight of the including one man, two women and five children.
One eyewitness said the attack came “Exactly after Friday prayer [when] Russian planes targeted the village of Kafr Karmeen and killed between five and ten martyrs.”
While most sources blamed Russia, Smart News, Ara News and Al Araby said regime aircraft were responsible.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Kafr Karmin (كفر كرمين), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.16432, 36.79017. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Photo of the victim Sjay Saleh al-Hameed killed in Kafr Karmin, Aleppo.16th October 2015. (via VDC) -
Photo Sjay Saleh al-Hameed killed in Kafr Karmin, Aleppo.16th October 2015. (via VDC)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
According to the Kremlin “Russian aviation performed 36 combat sorties from the Hmeymim airbase engaging 49 ISIS facilities in the Hama, Idlib, Lattakia, Damascus and Aleppo provinces” on October 16th-17th 2015.