Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS2850

Incident date

January 5, 2018

Location

الغدقة , al Ghadka, Idlib, Syria

Geolocation

35.676124, 36.795187 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One or two civilians including a child died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on al Ghadka, local media reported.

According to @shahed-alep, “two were killed and wounded as a result of helicopters targeting the town of al Ghardka in the countryside of Idlib”.

Sources named Taj al- Din al- Othman Madani, an adult male, as killed.

Additionally, Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies listed one unidentified child as killed in an “indiscriminate bombardment” by Russia.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Adult male VDC blamed "Air bombardment of the Syrian government and its affiliated militias" killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of al Ghadka (الغدقة ), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.676124, 36.795187. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • (1 child1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • (1 child1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]