Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS1459

Incident date

October 15, 2016

Location

Talbisah, Homs, Syria

Geolocation

34.8420186, 36.711974 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three women died in an alleged Russian or Assad regime air or artillery strike Talbissa, according to sources on the ground.

Homs Media Centre added that 16 civilians were wounded in the incident.

There are no other details available at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Khayria Al Naji
Age unknown female killed
Fatima Abdel-Kafi El-Marai
Age unknown female killed
Safia Shanat
Age unknown female killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Talbisah, for which the generic coordinates are: 34.8420186, 36.711974. 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
    3
  • (3 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    16
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (3 women)
  • Civilians reported injured
    16
  • 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 (11) [ collapse]