Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS2719

Incident date

November 11–12, 2017

Location

al Ramadi, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Geolocation

34.634722, 40.871389 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between two and seven civilians were killed in al Ramadi river crossing, by alleged Russian warplanes. Most of the sources blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes. However, it is understood that Khafafeesh al Zalam is an ISIS run Twitter feed.

There are some details of a number of wounded civilians.

There are no other details at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Age unknown killed
Age unknown killed
Salah Hamad Al-Khalawi
Age unknown killed
Hisham Misha`an Al-Shaji
Age unknown killed
Sam Ghaleb Al - Shaji
Age unknown killed
Waleed Hamad Awad Al Khoramit
Age unknown killed
Abdullah Mohammed Al - Badawi
Age unknown killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of al Ramadi, for which the generic coordinates are: 34.634722, 40.871389. 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
    2 – 7
  • 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 (18) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 7
  • 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 (18) [ collapse]