Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Six named civilians from the same family, including two children, died in an airstrike on the town al-Zirba in Aleppo, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.
According to Syrian Press Center “regime warplanes shelled Zirba after midnight, killing four civilians from the same family. The victims were originally from Kafr Noran village”.
Other media, such as AleppoAMC, Aleppo24, Siryahora and Fawaz_jwaid reported that the number of victims amounted to six and identified them by name.
Fawaz_jwaid said that among the victims were his cousins, tweeting: “Six of my cousins from Kafr Noran were killed in Zirba in warplane shelling”.
Syria News Desk added that a dozen people were wounded.
Among the sources who blaming Russia were Ara News, RFS media, Siryahora, ShahbaPress and Syria News desk. Only one source – Syrian Press Center – claimed that the regime was responsible.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (4)
Family members (2)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of al Zirba (الزربة), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.06763, 36.97987. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]
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Mohammed Joweid, Either - Wisam Joweid, Sari Joweid or Mohammed Joweid - killed in an alleged raid on al Zirba, 10th October 2016. (via, Zerba_media)
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Mohammed Joweid, Either - Wisam Joweid, Sari Joweid or Mohammed Joweid - killed in an alleged raid on al Zirba, 10th October 2016. (via, Zerba_media)
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Mohammed Joweid, Either - Wisam Joweid, Sari Joweid or Mohammed Joweid - killed in an alleged raid on al Zirba, 10th October 2016. (via, Zerba_media)
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Mohammed Joweid, Either - Wisam Joweid, Sari Joweid or Mohammed Joweid - killed in an alleged raid on al Zirba, 10th October 2016. (via, Zerba_media)
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Mohammed Jowaid and Laith Jowaid were wounded in the raid. (via Fawaz_Jwaid)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between October 1st – 19th 2016.