Airwars assessment
Two civilians including one child died and five others were injured, in an alleged Russian airstrike on Fardous in Aleppo according to local sources.
The Violations Documentation Center named a seven-year-old child, Ahmad Mustafa Koja, as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Fardous. The VDC also linked to an extremely graphic video posted by the Shaam News Network entitled ‘Shaam- Aleppo, Ferdos, Wounded children following Russian strikes 9/2/2016‘. It is not clear from the footage whether the children are dead.
According to the White Helmets, there were “several raids by warplanes on several Aleppo neighbourhoods targeting Al Ferdos, Al Sukkari, Al Amiyriya and Al Sheikh Said.” They added that members of the team pulled two dead bodies from the rubble, while five people were taken to field hospitals. The White Helmets did not say who the “warplanes” belonged to.
Halab News, Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies, LCCSY and All4Syria also named Ahmad Mustafa Koja as a victim. All sources blamed Russia. Halab News and All4Syria said that another unidentified person was additionally killed.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
- Ahmad Mustafa Koja Child male killed
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
From February 4th – February 11th, Russia reported: “In the course of the last week, February 4-11, aircraft of the Russian aviation group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 510 combat sorties engaging 1,888 terrorists’ objects in the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Deir ez-Zor, Daraa, Homs, Hasakah and Raqqah.” It added: “Two powerful field commanders were liquidated in the Aleppo province.In the suburbs of Kalaz-Tahtani, a large illegal armed group with its commander, “Abu Maher” (“Farid Al-Misri”) was eliminated by an airstrike.The field commander “Abu Anas Al-Sham” from the Jaysh al-Sham terrorist group was liquidated in the territory of the same province.” It also said that “Russian aviation eliminated open ISIS oil storages in the Aleppo province.“