Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS957

Incident date

June 29, 2016

Location

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.371972, 37.51631 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Up to 13 civilians died and as many as 20 more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Bab city, according to local media.

Many sources reported that at least seven were killed. Qasioun reported that “Seven civilians were killed and several injured Thursday morning [June 29th], as a result of air strikes on Al-Bab In the countryside-east of Aleppo”.

At the same time, Baladi Network tweeted that  the strikes led to “the death of 13 civilians and injury of 20 others”.

Six sources solely pointed to Russia; these were LCCSY, Syrian Network for Human Rights, Radio al-Kul, Smart News Agency, al-AMAWI, Halab News.

Seven of the victims were identified by name by Halab News Network and Halab News.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Adnan Na’na’
Age unknown killed
Mohammad Hamam al Na’assan
Age unknown killed
Abu Abdallah al Hajjar
Age unknown killed
Nidal Mohammad al Hashem
Age unknown killed
Taha al Obeid
Age unknown killed
Misbakh Hamdo al Saleh
Age unknown killed
Rashed Shaheed al Shahabi
Age unknown killed

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Al-Bab (الباب), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.371972, 37.51631. 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
    7 – 13
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–20
  • 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 (20) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Smoke rises following alleged airstrikes on Al Bab, June 29th (via @jisrtv)

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
    7 – 13
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–20
  • 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 (20) [ collapse]