Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3156

Incident date

March 4, 2018

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.5714804, 36.4033699 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Reports claimed that between three and 28 civilians were killed, including 11 children and two women, in air and artillery strikes on Douma. Sources blamed both The Syrian regime and Russia for the raids.

Multiple sources did however report that four of the dead were wounded from a previous strike and died on this exact day. Whether that was from the raids or wounds it is unclear. 28 victims were named overall, two were unidentified.

Dozens of civilians were reportedly wounded.

There were as many as 20 strikes with 30 artillery shells fired onto the residential neighbourhood.

According to Syria TV, “Saeed al-Masri, a member of the civil defence, saved his three-month-old son from the rubble. He never imagined that his mission would be to save his child from the rubble of his home.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ahmad al-Hwaid
Adult male killed
Omer Ali Ganoum
Adult male killed
Anwar Shihadeh Eibour
Adult male killed
Safae Salim Idrees
Adult female killed
Yaerob Mohammad al-Hakeem
Child male killed
Mohammad Bassam al-Kharej
Child male killed
Samah Oyoun
Child female killed
Mohammad Ganoum
Adult male killed
Sara Marwan Rashed
Adult female killed
Wael Salim Badawia
Child male killed
Adnan Ali al-Bwaidani
Adult male killed
Sobhi Younes al-Rez
Adult male killed
Mohammad Younes al-Rez
Adult male killed
Mohammad Khair Anwar al-Rez
Adult male killed
Ibraheem al-Mshaewet
Adult male killed
Waheed Ahmad Gadban
Adult male killed
Tawfeeq Hasan al-Shami
Adult male killed
Qosai Mohammad Abd al-Qader
Child male killed
Gazal Mohammad Gazi
Child female killed
Kasem Mohammad Gazi
Child male killed
Gadeer Barkhash
Child female killed
Lana Mohammad Abd al-Qader
Child female killed
Abd al-Rahman Yasin Hamdo
Child male killed
Kasem Mohammad al-Shaikh Bzaineh
Child male killed
Maher Kaekeh
Adult male killed
Mohei al-Deen Zaino
Adult male killed
Ahmad Mwas
Adult male killed
Amer al-Malla
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 31
  • (11 children2 women15 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]

Media
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  • A father rescues his own son while on duty with the Syrian Civil Defence, Douma, March 4th 2018. (via Syria TV)
  • Wounded civilians in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Douma Medical)
  • Wounded civilians in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Douma Medical)
  • Wounded civilians in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Douma Medical)
  • Wounded civilians in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Douma Medical)
  • Two bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via @SyriaCivilDefe)
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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Yasar Yavuz)
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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via @Heba1Twofik)
  • Ahmad al-Hawaid (Abu Ziad), killed in airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Abo Hamoud Douma)
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    Ahmad al-Hawaid (Abu Ziad), killed in airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Abo Hamoud Douma)
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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Syrian Network for Human Rights)
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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Syrian Revolution)
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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Syrian Revolution)
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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Syrian Revolution)
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    Bodies in the aftermath of airstrikes on Douma, 4th March 2018. (via Syrian Revolution)

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
    3 – 31
  • (11 children2 women15 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]