Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS1821

Incident date

January 11, 2017

Location

بابيص, Babis, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.2465575, 37.0250416 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

An unidentified man was killed following an alleged Russian airstrike on Babis, Aleppo, local media reported.

According to one source, a woman was wounded, and most other sources reported several were wounded.

The majority of sources didn’t  attribute blame, however several pointed to Russian warplanes.

Sources reported the alleged use of rockets and vacuum missiles.

There are no other details at this time.

The incident occured during the day.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Babis, Aleppo (بابيص), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.2465575, 37.0250416. 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
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has not reported any specific strikes between January 1st – 31st 2017.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (11) [ collapse]