Incident Code

RS1453

Location

الشيخ خضر, al Sheikh Kudar, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.2219801, 37.1749448
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 18, 2025

(Previous Incident Code: R1325)

In what most sources said was a regime artillery strike, one female child died in Aleppo’s Al Sheikh Khader neighbourhood.

Syrian Press Center and Micro Syria, Jisrtv and Masar Press reported: “A female child was killed and others wounded due to artillery shelling in Sheikh Khader.”

Syria News Desk was the only source who blamed Russian airstrikes for the child fatality.

The Shaam News Network noted that “Assad and Russian enemy planes” carried out strikes in Aleppo on this day, including in the Al Sheikh Khader neighbourhood.

Victims

Invidivuals

Kawthar Ibrahim
Child female named by AMC Aleppo killed

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
1
1 Child
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