Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS1606

Incident date

November 17, 2016

Location

قبتان الجبل, Qabtan Al Jabal, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.2642414, 36.9490814 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Up to five civilians, potentially from one family, died in an airstrike on the neighbourhood of Qabtan Al Jabal, Western Aleppo, according to multiple sources.

All of the sources attributed responsibility to Russian warplanes.

Local news site, Syria News, put the death toll at one, reporting: “a civilian was killed and six others were wounded by shelling in the town of Qubtan Al Jabal.”

Halab News’ list of martyrs in Aleppo cited five deaths “following Russian enemy raids on Qabtan al Jabal neighbourhood.”

Smart News, however, said that “a family of five were wounded by Russian shelling targeting their home”

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Qabtan Al Jabal (قبتان الجبل), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.2642414, 36.9490814. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 5
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–6
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • "The first moments of saving one of the children trapped under the rubble and the massive destruction of civilian homes in Qubtan Al Jabal".

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Russian Military

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.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 5
  • Civilians reported injured
    5–6
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]