Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Five or six civilians including children and women died in a strike on the Al Za’aroura area near Kafr Naha in the western Aleppo countryside, according to sources on the ground. The majority of sources attributed the incident to Russia, though one pointed towards the regime. Several other reports didn’t identify the culprit.
LCCSY put the death toll at five including two children and two women, and blamed Russia.
Halab News, meanwhile, listed unidentified victims as “a child, two men and two women”.
According to Orient, “five civilians were killed and others injured by air strikes carried out by Russia on the outskirts of the town of Kafr Naha in the western part of Aleppo. Aircraft targeted the Al Za’aroura area near the town of Kafr Nahah with rockets. The Civil Defense teams evacuated the injured and victims to medical hospitals.”
@MasarPressNet reported that six civilians died in the attack, but didn’t name the culprit.
According to Baladi, “rocket-propelled grenades” struck the area – but the source didn’t apportion blame.
However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights pointed to the regime, reporting that “at least five victims died due to government warplanes (allies) missiles fired on Al Za’rora area near Kafr Naha town in Aleppo governorate, October 17, 2016.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Zar’aroura, for which the generic coordinates are: 36.1656062, 36.9718334. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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Civil defence dig through the rubble in the aftermath of the alleged raid. (via baladinetwork)
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Civil defence dig through the rubble in the aftermath of the alleged raid. (via baladinetwork)
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Civil defence dig through the rubble in the aftermath of the alleged raid. (via baladinetwork)
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Civil defence dig through the rubble in the aftermath of the alleged raid. (via baladinetwork)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between October 1st – 19th 2016.