Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS4347

Incident date

January 22, 2020

Location

أورم الكبرى, Urma Al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least one civilian was killed in alleged Russian or regime shelling of Urma Al Kubra on January 22, 2020.

According to @mhnalshikh, Syrian regime and Russian planes bombed Urma Al Kubra, among other cities in the western countryside of Aleppo that were affected by the bombing campaign.

Shaam News identified one man as being killed in artillery shelling on the outskirts of Urma Al Kubra.

@Sentry_Syria reported that Russian planes were flying over Urma Al Kubra at 1:27 while the Local Coordination Committee of Syria reported that at 15:01 regime artillery shelling resulted in the death of Saeed Abdul Karim Al-Helou from Khan Sheikhoun – Idlib.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Saeed Abdul Karim Al-Helou سعيد عبد الكريم الحلو
Age unknown killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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 (4) [ collapse]

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 status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • 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 (4) [ collapse]