Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3180

Incident date

March 6, 2018

Location

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.538143, 36.364331 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between three and four civilians were killed, including a 20 day old baby, and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Arbeen, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids.

A child was trapped under the rubble for an extended period of time due to the collapse of a residential building in the vicinity.

There were as many as 11 airstrikes, and the raid allegedly occurred in the morning.

According to @Damaskiagency, “three civilians, including a girl and her mother, were killed in airstrikes by Assad and Russian forces”.

The Smart News Agency put the death toll at four including one child.

On March 6th, Erbeencity2014 noted “two air raids by Russian warplanes targeting residential neighborhoods in the city, bringing the total number of raids to 11 air strikes since the morning until the present moment”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

20 days years old female killed
Adult female killed
Adult male killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Arbeen (عربين), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.538143, 36.364331. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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 (9) [ collapse]

Media
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    Bodies are dragged from the rubble in the aftermath of airstrikes on Arbeen, 6th March 2018. (via Step News Agency)
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    Bodies are dragged from the rubble in the aftermath of airstrikes on Arbeen, 6th March 2018. (via Smart News Agency)
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    Amira al-Qarsa, killed in an airstrike on Arbeen, 6th March 2018. (via SYRIA.FMN)

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 status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 4
  • (1 child1 woman1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    12–24
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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 (9) [ collapse]