Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Up to seven civilians died in alleged Russia or regime airstrikes on Maarat Al Nasaan, according to local media. According to Jisrtv, the fatalities including two women and a girl.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: “Three victims including a child died in suspected Russian warplanes missiles fired on Ma’aret Al Na’san town in Idlib governorate northern suburbs, December 6, 2016.”
However, LCCSY said that the regime had carried out strikes – resulting in civilian harm.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Maarat Al Nasaan (معارة النعسان), for which the generic coordinates are:36.035137,36.835650. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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The body of a civilian killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat Al Nasaan, Dec 6th (via White Helmets) -
The White Helmets come to the aid of those injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat Al Nasaan, Dec 6th (via White Helmets)
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.”