Incident Code
RS1632
Incident Code
RS1632
Incident Date
18 November 2016
Location
كفر ناها , Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Geolocation
36.1658391,
36.9767189
Accuracy: Town
Geolocation
36.1658391,
36.9767189
Accuracy: Town
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: December 15, 2024
(Previous Incident Code: R1494)
Halab News named one victim, Yunus Ali Abd al Rahman (also named by Hamza AlYousuf) as killed in a Russian strike on Kafr Naha, Aleppo.
However, Halab News was the only outlet that directly accused Russia of carrying out raids; other sources didn’t apportion blame.
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
1
1 Man
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Kafr Naha, Aleppo (كفر ناها ), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.1658391, 36.9767189. 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.
Unknown Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Unknown
Unknown position on incident
Not yet assessed