Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS680

Incident date

February 26, 2016

Location

زاكية, Zakiya, Damascus, Syria

Geolocation

33.3323197, 36.1577647 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A single source, Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies, reported the death of Hatem Abu Mohammad due to “indiscriminate Russian warplane shelling“.

No further details are currently available.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Age unknown killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Zakiya (زاكية), for which the generic coordinates are: 33.3323197, 36.1577647. 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
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

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
    1
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]