Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS705

Incident date

March 3, 2016

Location

حلب, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.19949, 37.134479 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One adult civilian died and three children were reported wounded in an airstrike on Aleppo, according to local sources.

The VDC named a victim as  Ahmad Abd al-Kareem al-Shaikh and blamed Russia.

A Tweet by Ahat Watan said: “Young Ahmed Abdul Karim Sheikh, another martyr, God willing, was killed by the criminal Russian airstrike this afternoon.”

Halab Today published a video which said that “Three children were wounded in cluster bombs in the western countryside of Aleppo” – though didn’t say who fired them.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ahmad Abd al-Kareem al-Shaikh
Adult male killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Aleppo (حلب), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.19949, 37.134479. 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
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • 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 (3) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Halab Today: Three children were wounded in cluster bombs in the western countryside of Aleppo.

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 for March 1st to March 30th.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • 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 (3) [ collapse]