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Airwars assessment
Five civilians died in an airstrike on Kafr Halab, according to local sources – though it was unclear from reports whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime.
The Shaam News Network, reported that 21 civilians died in Aleppo “in the first day of Ramadan in regime and Russian bombing“. It put the death toll in Kafr Halab at five civilians.
In a video posted by SNN the reporter talks about helicopters and warplanes but also mentions barrel bombs.
Soreoooo pointed towards Russia, and said that they used cluster bombs in the strike.
According to Shahba Press, “the death toll rose following Russian warplane shelling in Kafr Halab, with five people from the same family killed.”
Al Buraq Media blamed both “Russian and Syrian warplanes”, while according to Eldorar, five civilians from one family died, though it didn’t identify who was responsible.
Similarly, a number of other reports didn’t name the culprit.
However, Free Aleppo Police blamed the regime, reporting in a video that warplanes targeted a police station.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Geolocation notes (1) [ collapse]
Reports of the incident mention the village of Kafr Halab (كفر حلب), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.062057, 36.871512. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between June 1st – 31st 2016.