Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS1211

Incident date

September 1, 2016

Location

Al Ghia, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Geolocation

35.381935, 40.136107 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between three and 16 civilians died and up to 20 were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al-Giah, according to local media.

Halabnews, Islammemo_cc, Wesal_TV, Alnateq1, Zaman Masdar, Alnaba, Eldorar and HNN all attributed the event to Russia, putting the death toll at either 15 or 16 civilians.

Euphrates Post, also blaming Russia, said that three died: two children and their mother.

According to SRG, the victims of the attack were “mostly women and children”, though the source didn’t provide numbers.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Ghia, for which the generic coordinates are: 35.381935, 40.136107. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 16
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    20
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (13) [ 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 September 1st – 30th 2016.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 16
  • (2 children1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    20
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (13) [ collapse]