Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS900

Incident date

June 14, 2016

Location

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.180995, 37.151892 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between one and five civilians died, including a woman and a child and up to 15 other non-combatants were wounded in an airstrike on Al Fardous, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime.

LCCSY named a female victim as killed in a Russian strike.

Syrianpc said that the death toll was as high as five with 15 more injured.

AMC published a graphic and distressing video showing dead bodies and casualties – including children – following the aftermath of a strike, which it said was carried out by the regime.

Other sources, including @AlfardousMedia, @Shahed_alep, Radio Al Kul and Smart attributed the incident to Moscow, while Alsharq blamed both Russia and the regime.

According to @albasheerbews, five civilians died and 11 more were injured in a strike on a “naval mine”.

@syriia24 said that a child was killed and six other civilians injured, while

@syria_feed reported that helicopters targeted the town with explosive barrel bombs, though the source didn’t identify the culprit.

Similarly, a number of other sources referred to “warplanes” but didn’t say who they belonged to.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Family members (2)

Fatima Hammoud Al Alewi
60 years years old female killed
Aharin Hadi al-Abdullah
Age unknown killed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 5
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–15
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (41) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

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    Very graphic scene of children injured and killed following raids on the Ferdos neighbourhood, Aleppo. (Youtube by AMC)

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    Graphic video of distressed children and civilian casualties (Youtube by Alcatraz dz)

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 5
  • (1 child1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3–15
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (41) [ collapse]