Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS739

Incident date

March 19, 2016

Location

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

35.964534, 38.036764 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

According to two sources – Syria_Omar and Syrian Press Center – two power station workers died in a strike on plant in Maskanah.

Syria_Omar reported:Warplanes launched 12 air strikes on the city of Maskaneh on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of workers of the power plant in the city after the station targeted by aerial bombardment. This put the station out of service.” Radar2 reported that warplanes (it didn’t identify them) had carried out 12 raid on Maskanah – “without reports of injuries”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Jabali Abd al-Atia
Adult male Originally from Sandalia killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Maskanah (مسكنة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.964534, 38.036764. 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 – 2
  • (1 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]

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 – 2
  • (1 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]