Geolocation
Airwars assessment
An entire displaced family of 10 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded when three airstrikes struck temporary homes on the Nasib boarder crossing in the village of Darcaa, sources on the ground reported. Reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.
According to sources, including one which named the casualties, one man, three women and six children were killed. However, another source reported that it was in fact one man, six women and three children.
Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the airstrikes, with some reporting that the Syrian regime were to blame while others blamed Russian warplanes.
Disturbing footage showed the immediate aftermath of the airstrike with the bodies of victims still scattered about the ground.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (10)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Nasib (نصيب), for which the generic coordinates are: 32.550502, 36.187213. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (21) [ collapse]
Media
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Child victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Baladi) -
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Child victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs) -
Victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs)
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Victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs) -
Victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs)
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Child victims of the alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid which struck a camp for displaced peoples in Nasib, 10th November 2016. (via Daraamartyrs)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
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”.