Incident Code
RS1595
Incident Code
RS1595
16 November 2016
Location
حي الأنصاري, Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Geolocation
36.1529125,
37.075864
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Geolocation
36.1529125,
37.075864
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 18, 2025
(Previous Incident Code: R1457)
One to two civilians died in an alleged Russian or Assad regime air or artillery strike on the Al Ansari neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to multiple local media outlets.
Horrya News reported one civilian killed, as did the sources, Syrian News Desk and @ahdath.
However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights put the death toll at two and blamed “a warplane” believed to be Russian. Sources attributed blame to Russia and the regime, with some mention of “helicopters” and “artillery shelling”.
The strikes on Al Ansari came as part of an aerial campaign over the whole of Aleppo in which dozens of civilians died according to many local sources.
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
1–2
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