Incident Code
RS1087
Incident Date
2 August 2016
Location
Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
ﺣﻠﺐ
Geolocation
36.197971,
37.1656697
Accuracy: City
Geolocation
36.197971,
37.1656697
Accuracy: City
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R978a RS1082 )
According to Syria News Desk, “three media opposition activists were killed yesterday while covering the fighting south of Aleppo, one of them a reporter for Step News agency. They were killed as a result of Russian warplanes targeting the building they were inside.”
No further details are currently available.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Aleppo (ﺣﻠﺐ), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.197971, 37.1656697. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.