Incident Code

RS1768

Location

مدينة ادلب, Idlib city, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.937027, 36.635566
Accuracy: Nearby landmark

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: R1623)

On December 6, 2016, eight civilians – including six children – were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime raids on on Al-Arbaeen Street and Maarat Al Nisrin roundabout in the city of Idlib, in northwestern Syria, according to sources on the ground.

Misrennabd reported that there had been “four martyrs and 20 wounded as a result of four raids by the Russian air force that targeted different neighborhoods of Idlib”.

Halab News named eight civilians from two families, killed “following raids by the Russian and Assad enemies on the city of Idlib”. A man named Hassan Hamadi al-Rashid was killed alongside four children, two girls named Waqaa Hassan Hamadi and Maryam Hassan Hamadi and two boys named Mohammad Hassan Hamadi and Hamdo Hassan Hamadi.

A woman described as the wife of Mohammad al-Masri was reportedly killed in the incident alongside her two young sons.

In line with Airwars’ methodology, the minimum number of civilians recorded as killed is eight, as eight civilians were identified as killed.

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike
Strike Status
Contested strike
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Civilians reported killed
8
6 Children, 1 Woman, 1 Man
Civilians reported injured
1–20

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention Al-Arbaeen street and Maarat Al Nisrin roundabout being struck. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for the roundabout are 35.937027, 36.635566.

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