Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Between seven and eight civilians, including as many as six children, were killed and more than 10 others were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Al Rastan, according to local media. Local sources were conflicted in who was to blame for the airstrikes, with the majority of sources – including Eldorar, Ara News and Syria News Network – blaming Syrian regime planes for the massacre. The Local Coordination Committee in Syria, however, attributed the strikes to Russia.
A member of the Rastan civil defence team told Syria News Desk “regime aviation struck two neighbours…with two airstrikes, which led to the deaths of three children and their father and three more children from two other families.”
According to some local sources, the airstrikes were rocket propelled grenades and specifically struck civilian homes.
Many of those injured reportedly had to endure amputations because they were struck when the airstrikes hit their houses.
Images posted by @ahmedab45240253 and videos posted by Qasioun show very graphic scenes of the bodies of the children that were killed by the airstrikes, with many of them appearing to be younger than 10-years-old.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (4)
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Ar-Rastan (الرستن), for which the generic coordinates are: 34.93, 36.74. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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A photograph of a child killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ar Rastan, 3rd November 2016. (via @ahmedab45240253) -
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A photograph of a child killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ar Rastan, 3rd November 2016. (via @ahmedab45240253) -
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A photograph of a child killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ar Rastan, 3rd November 2016. (via @ahmedab45240253) -
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A photograph of a child killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ar Rastan, 3rd November 2016. (via @ahmedab45240253)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between November 1st – 30th 2016.