Geolocation
Airwars assessment
According to a range of local media reports, between two and six civilians including up to two children and three women were killed and up to 45 civilians were injured in an airstrike on Urma al Kubra. There are conflicting statements as to whether the airstrike was conducted by the Syrian or the Russian regime.
Al-Araby reported that the Syrian regime was responsible airstrike, while Baladi, @BigSyrianRevolution, Al-majhr and Syrian News claimed that it was Russian.
Besides from the death of the non-combatants, al-Majhr News report that the airstrike “killed the military commander of the movement of Nur al-Din Al-Zanki, Colonel Mohammed Naimi, and killed the commander of a brigade supporters, Juma Ghazal, and the commander Ansar brigade, Omar Ahmad Barakat”.
The number of civilians reported injured varied, but many of the sources (such as Al-araby, Thiq News, Shabab News) reported that “dozens” were injured. However, Step News Agency said the number of wounded civilians mounted up to 45.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Urma al Kubra (أورم الكبرى), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.1475457, 36.9448239. 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 aftermath of an alleged Russian airstrike on Urma al Kubra, June 24th (via Jisrtv)
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"warplanes targeted the town of Urma al Kubra and Kafr Jom with barrel bombs and cluster bombs which led to five martyrs - 2 children and three women" (via Aleppo White Helmets)
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Smoke rises following warplane attacks on Urma Al Kubra (via Aleppo White Helmets)
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"civil defence work on moving the injured following the raids on Urma al Kubra" (via Aleppo White Helmets) -
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"civil defence work on moving the injured following the raids on Urma al Kubra" (via Aleppo White Helmets)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between June 1st – 31st 2016.