Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS1848

Incident date

January 19, 2017

Location

رسم العيس , Rasm al ais, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

35.994645, 36.999917 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Rasm al ais, according to local media.

Halab News listed three unidentified civilian fatalties – and blamed Russia for their deaths.

@RFS_NORTH, @Syrianaffairs1 and LCCSY also pointed to Russia.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Rasm al ais (رسم العيس ), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.994645, 36.999917. 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
    3
  • 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 (7) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Translation: 'The Syrian Civil Defense center of Sarqib removes the body of Martyr after an air raid on the village of Rasme al-Ais 19/1/2017'

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • 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 (7) [ collapse]