Airwars assessment
In a major casualty event, up to 25 civilians including as many as 16 children died and dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Atarib in Aleppo according to local media. Many sources – who published extremely graphic mages of victims – didn’t identify the warplanes responsible, however, a large number pointed towards Russia.
According to Baladi, “Russian warplanes carried out raids with missiles which struck the city neighbourhood, killing 15 civilians at the initial death toll and wounding 30 more – the majority are women and children. The civil defense are still working to rescue the wounded and take them to hospitals and medical points in the area.”
A video posted by Thiqa, also blaming Russia, said that there were four strikes, destroying more than six houses and killing nine children.
Arabstoday put the child death toll even higher, at 16, reporting that three locations in the city center were struck including “the main road”.
Syria News Desk put the death toll as high as 25. The source also blamed Russia. It reported: “A medic Muhannad Mohammed, for Office news Syria, said Russian warplanes carried out four raids with rockets stereochemistry and cluster on the homes of civilians amid Alotarb, killing 20 civilians, including nine children, and wounding more than 15 others.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (2)
- Wife of Ammar Da’doush Adult female killed
- Two children of Ammar Da’doush Child killed
Family members (2)
- Four children of Mohammed Ali Abdul-Razak Child killed
- Fatima Jaloul, wife of martyr Usama Abdul-Razak Adult female killed
- Two children of the martyr Usama Child killed
- Two children whose father is Ahmad Mukhtar Child killed
- Haytham Ameen Abed Age unknown killed
- Abbas Ma’arestawi from Hayyan Age unknown killed
- Ibrahim Mohammed Ibrahim Age unknown male killed
- Muna Al-Nayef Age unknown killed
- Abdo Taher Taher al Omar 15 years old killed
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Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between July 29th – 31st 2016.