Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS1146

Incident date

August 13, 2016

Location

معراته, Maratah, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.709221, 36.475634 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A child and a woman were reportedly killed and up to 10 more civilians injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maratah, local media said.

According to LCCSY, “Russian warplanes raided the El Shaheed Farooq school for basic education in the town of Maratah in the south-west countryside of Gabal al-Zawiah. Idlib. The raid led to the death of a child and wounding of 10 other civilians”.

Orient news reported the death of one woman, while Syrian Press Centre said that one civilian died and three more were wounded. According to RFS Media Office, “two girls were slightly injured” in a Russian strike.

A number of other sources didn’t identify the culprit.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Maratah (معراته), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.709221, 36.475634. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Infrastructure
    Education
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–10
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has not reported any strikes between August 12th – 13th 2016.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Infrastructure
    Education
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–10
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (11) [ collapse]