Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrikes on the the village of Um Shkeef, according to two local sources.
Alaan TV reported that dozens died and were wounded by alleged Russian strikes in east Aleppo, including three civilians in Um Shkeef, located on the road from Al Bab to Manbij.
Halab News also put the death toll at three following a “heavy aerial bombardment by warplanes“, though they did not say who the planes belonged to.
According to Step, two civilians died, though it was unclear from their report whether Russia or the regime were responsible.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Um Shkeef (ام شقيف), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.394676, 37.650672. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (3) [ collapse]
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
In its report for military actions on January 19 2016, the Kremlin reports carrying out strikes in Aleppo governorate: “In the course of the last four days, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 157 combat sorties engaging 579 objects of terrorists’ infrastructure in the provinces of Aleppo, Raqqah, Latakia, Homs, Hama and Deir ez-Zor.“