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Airwars assessment
Between three and nine non-combatants died and dozens more were injured in an airstrike on a bus or cars carrying civilians on the road between Khan Tuman town and the Al Ramoseh neighbourhood of Aleppo city, local media reported. All but one source attributed the event to Russia.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that three people were killed in a Russian strike. However, most other sources put the death toll at nine. According to multiple sources, bodies were roasted inside the cars.
According to Syria News Desk, “nine civilians were killed in the town of Khan Tuman, controlled by the opposition, in the south countryside of Aleppo, at dawn today [Aug 19th], as a result of Russian warplanes targeting a bus that was travelling from the eastern neighbourhoods of Aleppo towards the countryside, across the Ramouseh road. The opposition took control of the road about two weeks ago .”
But one source, Zamanalwasl, said that “a truck” was targeted by the regime, resulting in nine civilian fatalities.
Halab Today published footage showing burnt out cars along the road. LCCSY reported that the destruction was caused by a vacuum missile.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
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Burnt cars on the roadside in the aftermath of the incident. (via, Syria News Desk) -
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A burned body inside the car which was targeted by alleged raids (via, thiqanewsagency) -
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A burned body inside the car which was targeted by alleged raids (via, thiqanewsagency)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
On August 19th 2016, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation reported that, "at 10:55 in the morning, the Zeliony Dol and Serpukhov small-sized missile ships of the Black Sea Fleet during the combat maneuvering performed 3 launches of cruise missiles Kalibr from fire positions in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea against facilities of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist grouping in Syria.
As a result, a command centre and a terrorist base near the Dar-Taaza inhabited area as well as a plant manufacturing mortar munitions and a large depot with armament were destroyed in the Aleppo province. The objective monitoring data confirmed the elimination of the planned targets." They added that allegedly "for the security of civilians, the flight path of the cruise missiles was planned over uninhabited territories".