Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS1710

Location

عينجارة, Anjara, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.2203271, 36.952976
Accuracy: Exact location (via Airwars)

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R1559RS1701)

Between 10 and 15 civilians died in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Anjara. according to local media. The majority of sources blamed Russia, though the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) also pointed to the regime.

According to SN4HR, who gave the lowest death count: “at least 10 victims died in government warplanes (allies) missiles fired on Einjara town in Aleppo governorate western suburbs, November 27, 2016.”

@Syriamubasher also said 10 civilians had died but blamed “a rocket-propelled grenade attack”.

Enabbaladi attributed the event to Russia and said: “on Sunday (November 27th), the Aleppo Media Center reported the targeting by warplanes and rocket-propelled grenades of the town of Anjara in the western Aleppo countryside, resulting in 15 casualties among civilians as a preliminary result.”

According to Mapnews, Russian “heavy shelling killed 17 civilians, including children and women, and wounded 30 others, while causing great destruction to buildings and property.”

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
12–30

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.
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media From Sources (10)