Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS1214

Incident date

September 3, 2016

Location

فيلون, Filon, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.8805853, 36.6128403 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Two civilians died and several others were wounded in an airstrike on Filon in Idlib governorate, according to sources on the ground – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame.

Both Halab Today and LCCSY attributed the event to Russia.

However, Assabeel blamed the regime.

Syrian News didn’t apportion blame.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Filon (فيلون), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.8805853, 36.6128403. 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
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (4) [ 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.

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (4) [ collapse]