Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3153

Incident date

March 3, 2018

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

Airwars assessment

As many as 15 civilians were killed, including three children and a woman, and many more were wounded, in airstrikes on Douma. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame.

Seven deceased civilians were named however four were reported by VDC as unidentified.

As many as nine civilians were reported as injured, including four children, a woman and four members of the Syrian Civil Defence. Yasser, 18 months old, was named as injured by the Civil Defence twitter page. He was put in intensive care, according to the source.

A Syrian Civil Defence ambulance was struck by one of the raids while on a rescue mission, according to local media.

There were as many as 40 intensive raids on the vicinity.

Khaled Mahmoud al-Daas was also named but as a non-civilian.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ammar Ayoub
Adult male killed
Mohammad Idris
Adult male killed
Hatem Khaled al-Terk
Adult male killed
Hlal al-Obeid
Adult male killed
Reslan Ammar Sheikh al-Qaseer
Adult male killed
Hasan Masarweh
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 15
  • (4 children1 woman6 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    19–9
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 15
  • (4 children1 woman6 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    19–9
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1