Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Between three and five civilians died and up to 17 others were wounded in an airstrike on Al Mansoura village, according to local media. Multiple reports said a strike hit a car travelling along the al Rasafa road and killed those inside. It was unclear who was responsible for the deaths, with allegations against Russia, the US-led Coalition and the Assad regime.
Smart reported “International coalition planes carry out a raid on the village of al Al Mansoura in Al Ar Raqqahh”, along with multiple other sources.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently attributed the event to Russia, reporting the death of “three martyrs following a Russian strike that targeted al Rasafa junction. One victims car was allegedly “totally burnt out.” Orient News also suspected Moscow.
Step News Agency and 7al did not identify the culprit, they put the death toll at five – 7al repoted 17 others wounded.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights was the only source to blame the regime, it said that warplanes killed three non-combatants.
Zamanalwasl added that a number of residential homes were also destroyed and published an image of the ruins.
In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area at that time.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Al Mansoura (المنصورة), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.83869, 38.7462902. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Media
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The ruins of civilians' homes following an airstrike on Al Mansoiura, June (via Zamanalwasl)
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First Quarter Street in al Tabaqa following alleged Russian raids (via Baladi)
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A building destroyed in Al Mansoura (via 7al)
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between June 1st – 31st 2016.
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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June 17, 2016, in Al Mansoura, Syria, via Airwars report. After a review of all available records it was assessed that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area that corresponds to the report of civilian casualties. 2975/CS232 37SDV770660
Original strike reports
For June 17th-18th: Near Ar Raqqah, two strikes struck an ISIL-used logistics route and an ISIL-used culvert.