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Up to five civilians were killed and between 12-15 injured in an airstrike on Masaken al Ferdos, Aleppo according to local media – though it was unclear whether the Russia or Assad regime were responsible.
A “massacre” took place in Al Ferdos as the neighbourhood was struck by rocket-propelled grenades, according to Enab Beladi News. The source reported that “five martyrs, including women and children, were killed and more than 12 injured.”
Shahba Press added that “a number of rockets fired at the residential buildings inside the neighbourhood, causing extensive destruction inside”.
Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the victims “died in Russian shelling on Masaken Al Ferdos”. The attribution of blame to Russia was also corroborated by other sources including, Syria News Desk, HNN and Step News Agency.
However, other sources put responsibility for the event on the regime forces. One source, RFS North, reported “regime forces committed a massacre… the fall of five martyrs and 15 injured civilians.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
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Al Ferdos was targeted by "rocket-propelled grenades" on December 6, 2016. (Via: Enab Baladi News)
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any specific strikes between December 1st – 31st 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.