Incident Code

RS1557

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.5714804, 36.4033699
Accuracy: City

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: R1423)

Between four and nine civilians were killed, including up to four children and two women, and dozens more were injured in alleged Russian and Syrian regime raids on Douma, according to local media.

Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the airstrikes, with some attributing the blame to Russia, others to the Syrian regime, and some not attributing any blame.

Syrian-mirror reported that there were as many as 15 raids in Douma, while other sources reported as little as four. 

One source said that thermobaric missiles were used by Russian warplanes, while others reported that the aerial bombardment was a result of “dozens of artillery shells”.

Reports and images suggest that civilians remained trapped under the rubble of residential homes for hours. Syrian-mirror claimed at the end of the day that the death toll was likely to rise due to the severity of most of the injures. 

Victims

Family members (2)

Mouhamad Anwar Mahbani
Child male named by LCCSY killed
Taghrid Anwar Mahbani
Child named by LCCSY killed

Invidivuals

Tayseer Saidawi
Child female named by LCCSY killed
Alaa Taleb
Age unknown named by LCCSY killed
Noman Kaake
Age unknown named by LCCSY killed
Abdulrahman al-Osh
Age unknown male named by LCCSY killed
Safaa Akram Qattan
Age unknown named by LCCSY killed
Samar Ahmad Ghazzawi
Age unknown named by LCCSY killed

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Civilians reported killed
4–9
3–4 Children, 1–2 Women
Civilians reported injured
2–24

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Douma (دوما), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.5714804, 36.4033699. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

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 specific strikes between November 1st – 30th 2016. On 6 January 2017, Russia, however, reported: “Since November 8, 2016, the aircraft carrier group of the Northern Fleet consisting of the heavy aircraft carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, the large ASW ship Severomorsk, as well as auxiliary vessels of the Black Sea Fleet, has been fulfilling counterterrorist missions on the territory of Syria”, adding that ”in the course of two months of their participation in the combat actions, naval aviation pilots have carried out 420 combat sorties, 117 of them were night ones”.
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media From Sources (7)