Incident Code
RS1656
Incident Date
21 November 2016
Location
الطوب, Al Toub, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Geolocation
35.1739486,
40.3728676
Accuracy: Village
Geolocation
35.1739486,
40.3728676
Accuracy: Village
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R1522RS1661)
One child was killed and as many as 15 other civilians were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on a clinic in Al Toub, according to sources on the ground.
All sources either named Russian warplanes as a belligerent or ddin’t identify the culprit.
@EuphratesPost claimed that 15 or more were wounded, whereas Smart News reported only “others were wounded”.
There are no other details at this time.
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Civilians reported killed
1
1 Child
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Al Toub (الطوب), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.1739486, 40.3728676. 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.”