Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS406

Incident date

January 16, 2016

Location

قصر البريج, Qasr al Burayj, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.31798, 37.70512 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

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

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Russian Military

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.“

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    8
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (4) [ collapse]