Incident Code

RS1577

Location

عندان , Anadan, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.29353, 37.04466
Accuracy: City

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: R1439)

Local media reported that five civilians from the Hishoum family – a woman and her four children – died and as many as dozens more civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Anadan.

SMO-SY reported: “According to activists, the Russian aircraft committed a massacre in the city of Anadan in the northern countryside, which killed five people, a woman and her children, and that the direct targeting of civilian houses.”

However, other sources blamed the regime. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “four children from the same family died due to government warplanes (allies) missiles fired on Anadan city in Aleppo governorate northern suburbs, November 14, 2016.”

Victims

Family members (5)

Adult female killed
10 years old killed
8 years old killed
6 years old killed
2 years old 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
5
4 Children, 1 Woman
Civilians reported injured
2–24

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Anadan, Aleppo (عندان ), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.29353, 37.04466. 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”. Additionally, Russia reported that its air forces have carried out strikes in Aleppo during November and December 2016.
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media From Sources (1)