Geolocation
Airwars assessment
In a major civilian casualty event, 20 named civilians – mostly women and children – died and up to 30 more were wounded in airstrikes on Abeen village, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime carried out the attacks.
Syrian Press Centre, Al Jazeera, Smart News, other local news sources and residents of the town, reported sighting Russian warplanes.
But Ara News blamed the Syrian regime, claiming that it “targeted and shelled” civilians housing. Baladi News also pointed to Assad warplanes.
There was some conflicted reporting from Shaam News Network. The source initially attributed the incident to the regime, but in a subsequent report claimed the “Russian Airline carried out four successive raids, with rocket stereochemistry on the small village [Abeen Smam’an], targeting residential houses and causing a large massacre of its inhabitants.”
The majority of those killed were children. There is considerable photographic evidence of this claim. Furthermore, these numbers do not include the four civilians that Shaam Network reported were still missing on the 11th of July.
Ara News placed the number of wounded at 20, however it also reported this was the initial toll. A local news source, Madar Daily, put the number of injured much higher at 30. It added that “it is worth mentioning that this village doesn’t have any armed opposition as it’s far from the front line and most people are displaced from Aleppo and its countryside.”
On the 11th of July, the day after the attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that many people were still trapped under the rubble and the Civil Defence were working to rescue them.
According to the Shaam News Network, Abeen Smam’an was not the only neighbourhood to be struck. It claimed that cluster bombs struck camps for displaced people in Brive Kfrckrman in Western Aleppo.
Halab News Network reported that the overall death toll in Aleppo on the 10th of July was 75. LCCSY placed this much higher at 104 in Aleppo, 142 overall in Syria.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (6)
Family members (3)
Family members (2)
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The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Abeen (إبين), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.0878523, 36.7598389. 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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A resident of Abeen Village crying out amongst the rubble caused by Russian and Assad regime shelling. 10th July 2016. (via Syrian Observatory for Human Rights).
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Locals helping the Civil Defence to rescue the dead and injured from the rubble following Russian and Assad regime raids on Abeen Village. 10th July 2016. (via. Al-Sharq). -
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Civilian homes demolished in Abeen, the source suspected the Syrian Regime responsible (via Ara news)
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A distressing image of two dead children, suspected killed by Russian warplanes in Abeen (via Jisrtv) -
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Three dead civilian children, victims of suspected Russian warplanes (via Syriahr) -
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A street turned to rubble, the result of alleged warplane attacks on Abeen (via Baladi)
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Civilian children killed in suspected airstrikes on Abeen (via Aletihadpress) -
A street in Abeen, demolished after suspected Russian warplane shelling (via Step)
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The White Helmets use a JCB to uncover rubble in Abeen following alleged Russian attacks (via Alkhalijonline)
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Destruction in Abeen following alleged Russian airstrikes (via Aleppo White Helmets) [Page no longer available - accessed via Airwars archive]
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The civil defense team at the scene in Abeen (via Aleppo White Helmets) [Page no longer available - accessed via Airwars archive]
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A demolished street in Abeen, the aftermath of suspected Russian strikes (via Aleppo White Helmets) [Page no longer available - accessed via Airwars archive]
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The White Helmet rescue mission at the village of Abeen (via Aleppo White Helmets) [Page no longer available - accessed via Airwars archive]
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A doctor in Abeen holds two dead civilian children in his arms, killed in suspected Russian warplane shelling (via Syrian Revolution)
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between July 1st – 14th 2016.