Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Between four and nine civilians were killed and at least 20 others were injured in airstrikes against the town of Al Mansoura in the western countryside of Aleppo.
The majority of local sources, including @ShahbaPress, allege that Russian warplanes were responsible for the airstrikes launched against Al Mansoura. However, SDC Aleppo offered a conflicting report and stated that the regime carried out the airstrikes.
According to multiple local sources, including Step News Agency, the airstrikes struck the Jawid printing plant, which resulted in the outbreak of flames and the death of at least four workers.
Videos posted by SDC Aleppo and Thiqa News show flames encircling the town of Al Mansoura.
Photographs posted by @mohmmad_hk depict firefighters putting out the flames from the fire.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Al Mansoura (المنصورة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.83869, 38.7462902. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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'9 killed as a result of the fires that broke out in the laboratory Jawid in the town of Mansoura.' (@mohmmad_hk)
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'9 killed as a result of the fires that broke out in the laboratory Jawid in the town of Mansoura.' (@mohmmad_hk)
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'9 killed as a result of the fires that broke out in the laboratory Jawid in the town of Mansoura.' (@mohmmad_hk)
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'9 killed as a result of the fires that broke out in the laboratory Jawid in the town of Mansoura.' (@mohmmad_hk)
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.