Incident Code

RS1392

Location

الهلّك, al Hallak, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.231951, 37.170997
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: R1264)

Between three and eight civilians including a child and a woman died in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on Aleppo al Hallak neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground.

Al Jazeera reported that three civilians died in a strike by regime warplanes.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights, who blamed Russia, put the number killed at “at least 4 civilians including a woman”.

But Baladi News and Halab News Network put the death toll at eight, including a child.

Sources were conflicted on who was responsible. Most reports  attributed the incident to Russia, while only al-Jazeera pointed to the Assad regime as the culprit. But Akhbar Al-an claimed that both parties were responsible.

Baladi News also reported that there was “shelling with missiles.”

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Civilians reported killed
3–8
1 Child, 1 Woman
Civilians reported injured
2

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Russian Military Strike Report
Russia has not reported any strikes between October 1st – 19th 2016.
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed