Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Seventeen non-combatants including eight women and nine children were killed in airstrikes on Najieh near Jisr al Shughour according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Thirteen of those killed as well as an unborn child came from one family, the Hilals.
Shaam News and the Syrian Observatory said Russian warplane were responsible. SNN said the attacks were carried out while worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, and that civilian houses were targeted. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the civilians died when regime warplanes fired two missiles.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (14)
Family members (3)
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Najieh (الناجية), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.7894815, 36.2177181. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (15) [ collapse]
Media
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Aboudi Ayman Hilal, killed in a contested airstrike. (via VDC) -
Injured children are rescued from the rubble. (via, Jisr Media Centre)
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Another photograph of children being rescued. (via, Jisr Media Centre)
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The body of a deceased child. (via, Jisr Media Centre)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
No Russian reports were published for December 16th-18th 2016.