Airwars assessment
Up to four civilians including a young girl were reported killed following heavy airstrikes at Al Bawabye which were widely attributed to Russia.
The White Helmets reported that “Civil defence teams pulled out 4 martyrs in Al Bawabiya.”
The Violations Documentation Center later named three fatalities.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
- Kaled al-Taleb Adult male killed
- Abdulkareem al-Taleb Adult male killed
- Fatemah al-Taleb Child female 4 years old
Summary
Sources (5) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Buwaybiyah (البوابية), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.012468, 36.890289. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
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…