Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Alaan TV said that five civilians died and seven others were injured – some critically – in an alleged Russian strike.
Halab TV put the death toll higher – at 15 – but did not say whose warplanes were responsible for the incident.
According to LCCSY, 15 civilians died in strikes on Tal Maksour and Berlheen, but they did not say who was to blame.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Tall Maksour (تل مكسور), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.23928, 37.45711. 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.“