Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS2033a

Incident date

March 26, 2017

Location

حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.55869, 36.36515 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One baby girl was killed and up to nine were wounded as alleged Russian warplanes struck Harasta, Damascus, with airstrikes and artillery, local media reported.

SOHR reported that “warplanes carried out in the evening of today four raids on places in Harasta city in the Eastern Ghouta, which killed a child and injured 9 other persons including children and citizen women.”

Overall, most sources reported the death of one named baby girl and posted her photo along with their reporting from the incident.

SOHR reported the highest number of wounded of nine while the remaining sources merely referred to “several”. Most of the sources mentioned that children and women were among the wounded.

HalabTodayTV added that the attacks consisted of both air raids and artillery shelling.

Finally, all known sources attributed blame to Russian warplanes.

The incident occured around dusk.

The victims were named as:

Lillas Orabi
Child female killed

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

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–9
  • 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 (16) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

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    The child Lillas Orabi was killed by alleged Russian airstrikes on Harasta, Damascus, March 26th, 2017 (via @ShehabAgency)
  • Footage from the moment Harasta, Damascus was struck by alleged Russian airstrikes on March 26th, 2017, and causes panic among the civilians (via Syrian Civil Defense)

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 strikes between March 1st - 31st 2017.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–9
  • 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 (16) [ collapse]