Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS1010

Incident date

July 16, 2016

Location

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.287032, 37.08332 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Artillery and warplane shelling bombarded Hryatan leaving between three to four civilians dead, local media reported.

According to Halab News, Step and Al Jazeera, this was the work of the Assad regime.

However, TurkArab Now blamed Russian warplanes for the airstrike.

Al-Marsad News put the death toll at four. However the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that there were no casualties.

LCCSY reported that three people were killed in two Russian raids. This figure was also given by the Syrian Network for Human Rights who said it included a girl and two women – and named Russia as the culprit.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (1 child2 women)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (14) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

Russia has not reported any strikes between July 16th – 27th 2016.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (1 child2 women)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (14) [ collapse]