Incident Code

RS081

Location

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.287032, 37.08332
Accuracy: Village

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: R065)

Eight named civilians were killed and a number injured in a reported Russian night-time airstrike at Hraytan, near Aleppo.

The White Helmets – whose teams worked through the night to retrieve the dead and injured, reported: “Civil Defence team pulls out seven martyrs and several injured following Russian bombardement with vacuum missiles.

Hraytan City, an opposition site, later published the names of eight people it said had died in the attack.

 

Victims

Invidivuals

Haytham Ismail Quraifi
Adult male killed
Mohammad Masha’el
Adult male 65 years old killed
Abdullah Haytham Al Quraifi
Child male 10 years old killed
Mohammad Ghazal
Adult male killed
Mohammad Mustapha Abdo
Adult male killed
Mohammad Abdo
Adult male killed
Ahmad Ghazal
Adult male killed
Khudar Bin Ali Hamsho
Adult male killed

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Civilians reported killed
8
1 Child, 7 Men
Civilians reported injured
2

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Hraytan (حريتان), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.287032, 37.08332. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Military Statements

Unknown Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Unknown
Unknown position on incident
Not yet assessed
Unknown Strike Report
The Russian Defence Ministry has confirmed carrying out airstrikes in Aleppo governorate on October 27th-28th 2015: “For 24 hours, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 71 combat sorties engaging 118 terrorist objects in the Idlib, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Damascus and Lattakia provinces…

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