Airwars assessment
At least sixteen civilians from two families were killed, and “dozens” more wounded in airstrikes on the village of Bishqatin, located in the countryside west of Aleppo, according to local media. The majority of sources blamed Russia, though one report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights mentioned Syrian regime involvement.
Jaafr M Deen 01Halab News’ list of martyrs for the strike numbered 16 casualties, most of which matched the names on the @Syriamubasher list.
Sky News Arabia corroborated these reports, stating, “the air strikes on Bishqatin resulted in the death of “a man and his wife and child and a woman and five of her children and another woman and her five children.”
Alghad News also referred to the death of 12 individuals from one family. These reports, and the names of the dead, suggest that the two families were related.
Other news outlets put the number of dead higher. @baladinetwork tweeted that 16 in total were killed, and posted several pictures of local workers using a bulldozer to sift through the rubble.
Zamanalwasl News put the death toll still higher at 17. @Shahbapress tweeted that the strikes “martyred 19 civilians, including women and children, and injured about 30 others.”
According to Eldorar News, “the air strikes targeted a house which consisted of two floors with displaced families.”
The White Helmets posted a video to YouTube in which three children are pulled, alive but bloodied, out of the rubble. A fourth body, which looks to be of a prepubescent boy, is retrieved dead and wrapped in a carpet.
While most sources blamed Russia for this event, the Syrian Network for Human Rights attributed it to “government warplanes” and “allies”.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (11)
- Aliaa Omar Ali Child killed
- Mohammed Omar Ali Child killed
- Alia Ali Ali Child killed
- Mariam Omar Ali Child killed
- Maram Omar al Ali Child killed
- Hassan Omar Ali Child killed
- Omar Ali Maram Child killed
- Mohammed Ali Al-Ali Child killed
- The mother - Fatima Ahmed Ammuna Adult female killed
- Marwa Ali Ali Child killed
- Rola Ali Ali Child killed
Family members (4)
- Mohammed Hussein Ibn Hussein Age unknown male killed
- Omar Hussein Mohammed Hussein Ali 11 months years old killed
- Hussein Mohammed Hussein Ali 34 years old male killed
- Rima Omar El Haaj Omar Adult female killed
- Kifaa Abdulaziz Mustafa Age unknown killed
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between September 1st – 30th 2016.