Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Eight civilians including women and children died and up to 20 more were wounded in airstrikes on Douma, local media reported – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. The majority of sources, however, accused the regime.
According to Syria News Desk, “about 20 vacuum missiles, cluster bombs and other surface-to-surface regime rockets were fired on the popular market and residential neighborhoods in Douma”. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and SRG Syria also blamed the regime. Smart News reported the use of “land to land missiles”.
The Smart News Agency also attributed the deaths – which it put at eight – to Assad, reporting that “eight raids targeted Palestinian houses in the city”.
However, LCCSY said that Russia was responsible, putting the death toll at six including three women and a child – with 20 more injured.
A number of other reports didn’t identify the culprit.
The Violations Documentation – who blamed “Syrian government and affiliated militias” – named the following five civilians as killed as well as confirming one unidentified civilian.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Douma (دوما), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.5714804, 36.4033699. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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A survivor from an airstrike on Douma, on August 22nd, stands amidst the rubble of civilian homes (via Syrianpc)
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Material damage to the town following an alleged raid. (via, LCCSY)
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The aftermath of the alleged Russian and Syrian Regime raid on Douma. (via, Smart News)
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The aftermath of the alleged Russian and Syrian Regime raid on Douma. (via, Halab TodayTV)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between August 20th – 31st 2016.