Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS730

Incident date

March 12, 2016

Location

ماضي, Maadi, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.135086, 37.889174 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Two civilians including one woman died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maadi, Aleppo, according to local sources.

Ana Press reported that a Russian strike “resulted in casualties and injuries among civilians and massive destruction of the residential buildings”.

The victims were also named by Syrian Human Rights Committee and other sources.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Yasmeen Abo Dan
20 years old female Named by VDC killed
Yousef Abo Dan
20 years old male Named by VDC killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Maadi (ماضي), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.135086, 37.889174. 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
    2
  • (1 woman)
  • 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 (7) [ 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 for March 1st to March 30th.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (1 woman)
  • 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 (7) [ collapse]