Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3267

Incident date

March 14, 2018

Location

سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.519286, 36.382427 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Local media reported that four adult male civilians died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Saqba.

@ragga_shkeir tweeted that there were “Russian air strikes with guided missiles and missiles loaded with internationally prohibited cluster bombs”.

According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least 4 civilians were killed as Syrian/Russian warplanes fired missiles on Saqba city in Eastern Ghouta east of Damascus suburbs governorate, on March 14.”

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ahmad al-Ahmad
Adult male killed
Mohammad Abd al-Wahab
Adult male killed
Ali Tatin
Adult male killed
Mohammad al-Turk
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • (4 men)
  • 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 (13) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Translation: "Watch the moment Russian aviation targeted residential neighborhoods in the city of #Saqba...2018/3/14 .."
  • Translation: "Russian air strikes with Guided missiles and missiles loaded with internationally prohibited cluster bombs"

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
    4
  • (4 men)
  • 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 (13) [ collapse]