Geolocation
Airwars assessment
Local media reported an incident in the town of Yaked al-Abas near Aleppo, that led to the death of up to 13 civilians, including four members of the The White Helmets. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame.
Aleppo White Helmets reported, “the news of the martyrdom of four of the Civil Defense Volunteers from the Maarat arteeq centre after they were targeted by warplanes in the town Yaked al Adas while carrying out their humanitarian duty to put out the fires that broke out in the town”.
A range of local media, such as Syrian News Network, Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR), Halab News, Syrian Press Center, Baladi News and Aleppo White Helmets also reported the death of four members of the White Helmets.
The White Helmets and the Syrian Network for Human Rights attributed the incident to the Syrian regime, while LCCSY, Smart News Agency, Baladi News, @HNMNEWS tweet, @Mamoun_sy tweet, All4Syria, StepAgency News and al-Araby blamed Russia.
The Twitter account @HNMNEWS also reported the use of cluster bombs.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Yaqid al Adas (ياقد العدس), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.2645222, 37.0187463. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
Sources (28) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (10) [ collapse]
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The aftermath of strikes on Yaqid al Adas, June 28th (via Syrianpc)
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Yasser Abdul Raheem Tamim, born in 1985, from Ma’aret Al Arteeq town, driver of Civil Defense center’s ambulance in Ma’aret Al Arteeq in Aleppo (via SN4HR) [Page no longer available - accessed via Airwars archive]
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Mohammad Abdul Aziz Haj Omar, born in 1994, from Ma’aret Al Arteeq town, member Civil Defense center in Ma’aret Al Arteeq. Died following alleged airstrikes, the source attributed blame to the Syrian Regime. (via SN4HR)
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Ahmad Sha’aban Haj Omar, born in 1990, from Ma’aret Al Arteeq town, member of the Civil Defense center in Ma’aret Al Arteeq. Died following alleged airstrikes, the source blamed the Syrian Regime (via SN4HR)
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Mustafa Zahi Abdul Qader, born in 1992, from Ma’aret Al Arteeq town, member of the Civil Defense center in Ma’aret Al Arteeq. Died following alleged airstrikes, SN4HR blamed the Regime (via SN4HR)
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The White Helmets search through the rubble following alleged airstrikes on Yaked al Abas (via Eldorar)
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The White Helmets work to extinguish fire allegedly caused by "warplanes" (via arabsToday)
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According to Alaraby, vacuum missiles, allegedly launched by Russian warplanes, resulted in the death of four White Helmet members, when they tried to extinguish the blaze (via Alaraby)
Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between June 1st – 31st 2016.