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Airwars assessment
Three civilians were killed – including a man and a woman and a child – and many more were wounded, in alleged air and artillery strikes on Harasta. All sources blamed the Syrian regime for the raids, except LCCSY who blamed Russian warplanes.
According to sources, the artillery and air bombardment targeted a school and residential neighbourhood.
No specific number of wounded civilians were reported, however one source claimed that “many” were injured. One video showed a child seriously wounded in the aftermath of the raid from the strike which hit his school.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Harasta (حرستا), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.55869, 36.36515. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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A wounded young boy in the aftermath of an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Harasta, 29th December 2016. (via @SN4HR) -
Mohammed Fayez al - Ghorani., killed in an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Harasta, 29th December 2016. (via Saqaba sports club)
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.”