Incident Code
RS1844
Incident Date
20 January 2017
Location
باتبو, Batbo, Aleppo, Syria
Geolocation
36.13447,
36.73979
Accuracy: Town
Geolocation
36.13447,
36.73979
Accuracy: Town
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: July 23, 2025
(Previous Incident Codes: R1727RS1849)
Aljazeera reported: “Activists poke of dead trapped under the rubble and huge fires caused by Russian raids after midnight [Jan 20th] on a gas station in the vicinity of the town of Battbo in the western countryside of Aleppo”.
Other sources made no mention of fatalities but said that three civilians were wounded in the fires.
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
3
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Batbo (باتبو ), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.13447, 36.73979. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Military Statements
Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed