Incident Code

RS817

Location

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.5269242, 37.9559288
Accuracy: City

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: R728)

Between 13 and 15 civilians including two children died and 22 others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Manbij, according to two local sources.

The media activist Ahmed al-Mohammad told Edorar that 13 civilians died in a Russian strike on buildings in the city, “emphasizing that four missiles targeted a three-storey residential building in the neighborhood of al Rabita street, which brought the building down and killed and wounded those inside. He added that eight people people have been identified, including two children, while the rest of the bodies are still unidentified dead, due to them being burnt and blown into pieces”.

According to Syria News Desk, four Russian strikes killed 15 non-combatants, wounded 22 more and destroyed residential buildings. Shahed-Alep news reported that warplanes also targeted a bakery and a residential building under which a whole family became trapped under the rubble.

Syria Post was the only source to blame regime airstrikes, while the Syrian Network said “the regime and its allies” were responsible.

The names of six of the dead, including one 6-year old child were published by the Syrian Human Rights Committee (see below)

Blogger Imad Osman reported the following: “In a second raid two missiles hit the neighborhood of Jarablos Road. The first missile fell at al Milhem bakeries without news of injuries. The secondn missile fell on a house in the building of the medical labs opposite the clinic of Dr. Na’assan Arab. The struck house house belonged to the family of Abu Jassem and the entire family is under the rubble now.”

 

 

Victims

Invidivuals

Amani Hayran or Jiran
six years old killed
Wi’am Jiran
19 years old killed
Hussein al Muhtadi
Age unknown male from al Orja killed
Aqeel Juma al Muhtadi
Age unknown from al Orja killed
Badir Saleh Al’Ama
Age unknown killed
Shukri Abu Idris, the brother of Abu Aws
Age unknown male at the time of the strike he was in Kamel pharmacy killed
Hassan Mohamed Wallo
Age unknown male IDP from al Shioukh killed
Mohammed Rahmani
Age unknown

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Civilians reported killed
13–15
2 Children, 2 Women, 1–5 Men
Civilians reported injured
22

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Manbij (منبج), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.5269242, 37.9559288. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media From Sources (2)