Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS1739

Incident date

December 4, 2016

Location

قرية أورم الصغرى, Urma al Sughra village, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.13194444, 36.9 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Local media reported that three children died and an unspecified number of other civilians were injured in an airstrike on Urma al Sughra village.

However, only one source – Halab News – explicitly blamed Russia, reporting the use of bunker-busting missiles.

Other sources did not apportion blame.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Urma al Sughra village (قرية أورم الصغرى), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.13194444, 36.9. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (3 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Unknown

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Unknown Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Unknown
  • Unknown position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (3 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Unknown

Sources (5) [ collapse]