Geolocation
Airwars assessment
A father, son and the sister of the father were killed in an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Kafr Naha, Aleppo – although sources were conflicted as to who was responsible – with some sources not even identifying the aircraft.
According to reports, residential buildings were stuck and many of them were badly damaged in the airstrikes.
According to Zamanalwasl, “a family from Homs was killed by a Russian-made missile aimed at Jam’et Al Kahraba (homes belong to people who work in Electricity Directorate) between the towns of Khan al-Asal and Kafar Naha in the countryside of Aleppo on Sunday [Nov 13th].”
But other sources, including UAR, said that the regime had carried out strikes.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Kafr Naha, Aleppo (كفرناها), 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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Al-Homsi "Zidane Al Taleb", killed in alleged Russian and Syrian regime raids on Kafr Naha, 13th November 2016. (via @alomary1980)
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Al-Homsi "Zidane Al Taleb", killed in alleged Russian and Syrian regime raids on Kafr Naha, 13th November 2016. (via @alomary1980) -
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Abdullah Al Taleb, killed in alleged Russian and Syrian regime raids on Kafr Naha, 13th November 2016. (via @alomary1980)
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”.
Additionally, Russia reported that its air forces have carried out strikes in Aleppo during November and December 2016.