Airwars assessment
21 civilians were killed including two women and four children and 11 wounded in airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods in the centre and north and south of the city of Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime or Russian warplanes or shelling by the Assad regime were responsible for the casualties.
According to the IS news agency Al A’maq, Russian raids targeted a residential neighbourhood in the north of the city and also targeted the abandoned former Islamic Court building near the old bridge south of the city and the firefighting and rescue building.
The Shaam News Network also quoted the Al A’maq coverage.
Al Raqqa is Being Slaughtered silently also reported on the incident, listing the dead and adding that Russian raids after midnight targeted the finance building (leading to its total destruction), the train station (also completely destroying it) and burning out three fire fighting cars. They stated that six members of the fire fighting team were amongst those killed, while an entire family also died when their house was struck.
But the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the Assad regime for the shelling, which they said killed 12 civilians including two women and four children.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (6)
- Mohammad Abdullah al Ali Adult male named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- His daughter Wala’a Al Ali Child female named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- His son Hassan al Ali Child male named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- His son Mohannad Al Ali Child male named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- His son Fadi Al Ali Child male named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- His wife Wissal Al Hajji Adult female named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
Family members (4)
- Nasser Ibrahim Al Abd Adult male named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- Wife of Nasser Ibrahim Al Abd Adult female named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- Daughter 1 of Nasser Ibrahim Al Abd Child female named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- Daughter 2 of Nasser Ibrahim Al Abd Child female named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- Omar Ibn Ibrahim Al Hajj Ahmad Al Saeed Age unknown male named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- Ismail Al Hamdi Age unknown male from Al Suwaida village, named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
- Maher al Abid Al Hajji Adult male a fireman from from the Al Assadiya farm area, named by Al Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered killed
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Russian Armed Forces Assessment:
Original strike reports
No Russian reports were published for December 16th-18th 2016.