Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS634

Incident date

February 17, 2016

Location

الشيخ علي, Sheikh Ali, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.09736, 36.91384 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three civilians including one child died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Sheikh Ali, according to local sources.

Al-Arabiya blamed Russia, reporting an “unspecified number of dead including children“. Shahba Press also put the death toll at three, including a child – and also attributed the incident to Russia.

According to a 40-minute programme by Al Jissr Satellite TV, (video posted in incident above) three civilians were killed in the village of Sheikh Ali, allegedly by a Russian airstrike. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported thatthree civilians (including a child) died in warplane raid in Shikh Ali in western countryside of Aleppo.” They didn’t identify the warplanes.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Sheikh Ali (الشيخ علي), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.09736, 36.91384. 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
    3
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Jisr TV covering the alleged strikes. (via, Jisir TV)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has published no known record of strikes in Syria from February 17th – February 29th.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • 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]