Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

YS032

Incident date

October 9–10, 2019

Location

مارع, Mare’, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.482930, 37.198763 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

An unknown number of civilians were reportedly wounded after alleged YPG artillery strikes on the opposition-held city of Mare’ in the countryside of Aleppo.

@shamelnews tweeted that the strike injured civilians, but it remains unclear how many.

@so_ria98 also tweeted that civilian casualties had been reported after strikes from the “nearby headquarters of the Kurdish militias”.

@HalabTodayTV reported that the YPG was responsible for the artillery strike.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Mare’ (مارع), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.482930, 37.198763. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Syrian Democratic Forces, YPG

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Syrian Democratic Forces Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Democratic Forces
  • Syrian Democratic Forces position on incident
    Not yet assessed

YPG Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Syrian Democratic Forces, YPG

Sources (13) [ collapse]