Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS2352

Incident date

July 19, 2017

Location

معدانقرية النعمات, al Na’amat village, Maadan, Raqqa, Syria

Geolocation

35.760728, 39.610135 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported that one named adult male civilian was killed and his son was wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on al Na’amat village.

Both Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and Ahmad Al Shibli blamed Russia for the civilian harm.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Adult male killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of al Na’amat village, Maadan (معدانقرية النعمات), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.760728, 39.610135. 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
    1
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]