Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS594

Incident date

February 11, 2016

Location

حزوان, Hazwan, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.40888, 37.40468 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Four civilians (possibly from the same family) including two children and one woman were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hazwan, according to the Violations Documentation Center.

In a news roundup, Shaam news Network reported that “In the Eastern Aleppo countryside, Russian enemy planes carried out raids on the towns of al Bab, Tadef, Deir Hafer, Manbij, al Qabasseen, and the village of Hazwan near al Bab and the villages of Al Seen, Barlaheen, Al Tiba, Jab al Safa and Jab al Kalib leaving behind martyrs and a number of wounded among civilians.

According to Smart News, “Russian warplanes carried out a raid on Hazwan, which led to the death of four people from one family“. Both Syriapost1 and Shahedalep also blamed Russia.

Four victims (who appear to be from the same family given their surnames) were named by the VDC.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (4)

Adult female Listed by VDC killed
Child female Listed by VDC killed
Child female Listed by VDC killed
Adult male Listed by VDC killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Hazwan (حزوان), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.40888, 37.40468. 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
    4
  • (2 children1 woman1 man)
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Tweet by Syriapsot1 saying that four civilians from one family were killed

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

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.”

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4
  • (2 children1 woman1 man)
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]