Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS941

Incident date

June 26, 2016

Location

كفر حلب, Kafr Halab, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.062057, 36.871512 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

According to local media, airstrikes hit the town of Kafr Halab leading to the death of one named girl and the injury of three other children. None of the sources held the Syrian regime responsible, but five known sources attributed the strike to Russia.

The girl was identified by three sources: LCCSY, Halab News Network and Halab Today. LCCSY reported: “the child Ghufran Qassem Daaboul was martyred as Russian warplanes launched an airstrike on ‪#‎Kafar_Hamra‬ town”.

Many sources said that the strikes targeted an area associated with the White Helmets. The twitter accont @al-AMAWI reported: “Russian warplanes targeted the White Helmets center in Kafr Halab area west across the countryside with vacuum missiles”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ghufran Qassem Daaboul
Child female killed

Geolocation notes

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.

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Unknown

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Unknown Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Unknown
  • Unknown position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Unknown

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

Summary

  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Unknown

Sources (13) [ collapse]