Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Three adult males (one named as Othman al-Shayta aka Abu Omar possibly a civilian), were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Harasta.
The same dead were listed by the White Helmets who said that six air raids and artillery bombing on civilian neighbourhoods in Harasta had led to the deaths of three people, the injuring of several others, and the destruction of civilian property. They did not confirm the dead’s combatant status.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
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
Sources (19) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]
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Aftermath of airstrike on Harasta, Dec 13th (via White Helmets)
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Moments after the airstrike hit Harasta. (via, Syrian Documentation Centre)
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The aftermath of a contested Russian and Syrian Regime airstrike. (via, Harasta City Facebook)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia is not known to have publicly released any information relating to its airstrikes in Syria between December 9th and December 14th 2015.