Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Alaan TV reported Russian raids on Qasr el Bureji, but did not provide information on casualties.
According to Halab News, eight civilians died in a bombardment by warplanes, though they did not identify the planes.
Step also put the death toll at eight, though it was unclear from their report whether Russia or the regime were responsible.
According to Zaiton magazine, Russia carried out the raids.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Qasr al Burayj (قصر البريج), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.31798, 37.70512. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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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.“