Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

SDF00019

Incident date

September 2, 2023

Location

أطراف قرية دويرة قرب قباسين، في ريف حلب الشرقي, the outskirts of the village of Douira, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

At least three people, a man, a woman and a male child from the same family, were injured by artillery shelling allegedly carried out by the SDF and/or the Syrian regime in a makeshift camp for displaced people on the outskirts of the village of Douira, near the town of Qabasin, in the eastern countryside of Aleppo at dawn on Saturday, September 2nd 2023. The woman was seriously injured and in critical condition according to the Syrian Civil Defence (SCD). @sa5rmiami claimed that all three civilians were seriously injured. The SCD took the injured to Al-Bab City Hospital for treatment.

The Syrian Civil Defence reported the story of “Sonia”, the young daughter of the man injured in this shelling, whose brother and sister were also injured. Her family lived in the tent after they were displaced from the village of Al-Awisha, near Tadef, east of Aleppo and the story reported her confusion at losing her home once again as their tent was destroyed by the attack.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the shelling was carried out by regime forces alone. Shaam News claimed that both the Syrian regime and the SDF were responsible for the attack. Baladi News, @AlfratNda, Ouz’han and @sa5rmiami reported the incident was carried out by the SDF alone.

According to the Syrian Civil Defence and @AsharqNewsSYR, the shelling originated from areas under the joint control of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian regime.

The incident occured around dawn.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    IDP or refugee camp
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    YPG, Syrian Regime

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (11) [ collapse]

  • A child named Sonia whose sister, brother, and father were injured by shelling of their IDP camp in the village of Douira on September 2, 2023. (Image posted by the Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Shelling of an IDP camp in the village of Douira on September 2, 2023. (Image posted by the Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Shelling of an IDP camp in the village of Douira on September 2, 2023. (Image posted by the Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Shelling of an IDP camp in the village of Douira on September 2, 2023. (Image posted by the Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Shelling of an IDP camp in the village of Douira on September 2, 2023. (Image posted by the Syrian Civil Defense)
  • Shelling of an IDP camp in the village of Douira on September 2, 2023. (Image posted by the @AlfratNda)
  • Shelling of an IDP camp in the village of Douira on September 2, 2023. (Image posted by the @AlfratNda)
  • Shelling of an IDP camp in the village of Douira on September 2, 2023. (Image posted by the @AlfratNda)
  • A missile targeting a displaced family in their tent in the village of Douira in the #Aleppo_countryside, fired from an area controlled by Assad and #SDF militias.
  • The effects of the bombing that targeted tents housing displaced people on the outskirts of the village of Douira near Qabasin, in the eastern countryside of #Aleppo, at dawn today, Saturday, September 2, which led to the injury of 3 civilians (a man, a woman with serious injuries, and a child, from the same family).
  • “The source of the bombing is areas under the joint control of the regime forces and the #Syrian Democratic Forces”... Effects of artillery shelling that targeted tents sheltering displaced people on the outskirts of the village of Douira near Qabasin, east of #Aleppo

YPG Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    IDP or refugee camp
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    YPG, Syrian Regime

Sources (18) [ collapse]