Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS855

Incident date

June 5, 2016

Location

هورة الجريات, Horat al Jariyat, Raqqa, Syria

Geolocation

35.692951, 38.4675765 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, two civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Horat al Jariya.

The Shaam News Network also blamed Russia, but did not provide casualty numbers.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at three but didn’t identify the warplanes responsible.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Horat al Jariyat (هورة الجريات), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.692951, 38.4675765. 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 – 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 (9) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Russian Military

Russia has not reported any strikes between June 1st – 31st 2016.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2 – 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 (9) [ collapse]