Airwars assessment
Up to 15 civilians, including a family of six with four children, were reportedly killed by aerial shelling containing chlorine gas in al-Sakhour, Aleppo, local sources reported. It clear as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame.
Sources reported that explosive barrels containing chlorine gas were fired from helicopters during the night between November 19 and 20, and the family of six, four children and their parents, were killed by suffocation.
While the majority of the sources put the death toll at six, other sources mentioned as many as ten to 15 died.
A doctor who was treating the civilians following the attack told Smart News that as many as 30 civilians were left wounded.
Most sources attributed the incident to the Syrian regime. However, one source, SPM News, reported that both the Syrian regime and Russia were to blame.
The incident occured during the night.
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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.