Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3101

Incident date

February 24, 2018

Location

الافتريس, al-Aftirs, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.51728, 36.40167 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One civilian was reportedly killed in al-Aftaris, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, as Russia and the Syrien regime continued its aerial shelling of eastern Ghouta.

In this event, only Step News Agency reported that the shelling resulted in civilian harm, putting the death toll at one.

The other source, Oday Hussein, merely pointed to aerial shelling of the town, while blaming Russia.

Step News Agency blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of al-Aftirs (الافتريس), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.51728, 36.40167. 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
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (3) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has not reported any strikes between February 1st - 28th 2018.

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
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (3) [ collapse]