Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS921

Incident date

June 19, 2016

Location

كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.1658391, 36.9767189 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One civilian woman was reported dead after Russian warplanes allegedly attacked the Kafr Naha neighbourhood.

A reporter writing for Smart news said that “the woman was killed and her child injured along with seven other civilians” when “Russian warplanes targeted a town in the western countryside Kafr Naha”, using “stereochemistry missiles and cluster bombs”.

RadioAlKul tweeted that there were “dead and wounded after Russian air raids” targeted Kafr Naha, whilst Abarah news also cited “Russian aviation” as the actors.

Other sources have described ‘warplanes’ but they have not identified them.

According to shaged_alep on Twitter, the strikes hit the backpacker association in Kafr Naha, where the female civilian was killed.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Khadija Mahmoud
Adult female killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Kafr Naha (كفر ناها), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.1658391, 36.9767189. 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
    1
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–7
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Khadija Mahmoud is listed @ 0’26” (Youtube by Halab Tv Today)

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
    1
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–7
  • 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 (15) [ collapse]