Geolocation
Airwars assessment
An entire family was killed in an alleged “rocket attack” in the town of Madira in an aerial bombardment according to local media. Sources reported that cluster bombs and rockets were used in the airstrike. All sources reported that Russian aircraft was to blame for this incident. These included Al Jazeera, Jisrtv, Halab Today and VDC. There was no mention of Assad Regime forces.
The sources added that dozens more were injured. Aletihad Press put the number of injured much higher at “more than 36”.
There are currently no other details at this time.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (5)
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Madira (مديرة), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.544977, 36.3856853. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (16) [ collapse]
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between August 1st – 10th 2016.