Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS2822

Incident date

December 28, 2017

Location

المشيرفة, Mushrifah, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.767778, 36.393333 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A mother and between three and five children were killed in airstrikes which “targeted” their home in Mushrifah, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible, with some attributing blame to Moscow, while others pointed to the Syrian regime.

Manahi Al Ahmad reported that the victims died as a result of “targeting the house with an explosive barrel [from] flying helicopters at 8.45 am.” They added that all the children were under the age of 12.

Both @mohamed1aldaher and @abdkramalhalbi reported that only four people were killed in the raid. But the Violations Documentation Centre named six victims

The incident occured at 08:45:00 local time.

The victims were named as:

Family members (6)

60 years old female killed
Child male killed
Child male killed
Child male killed
Child female killed
Child female killed

The victims were named as:

Age unknown injured

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Mushrifah (المشيرفة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.767778, 36.393333. 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
    4 – 6
  • (3–5 children1 woman)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

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    The aftermath of airstrikes which struck a residential home in Mushrifah, 28th December 2017. (via Ali)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

The Russian Ministry of Defence announced being active in unspecified parts of Syria until December 11th, 2017.

http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12154621@egNews
http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12154688@egNews
http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12154776@egNews
http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12154751@egNews

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 6
  • (3–5 children1 woman)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (7) [ collapse]