Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

YS171

Incident date

January 30, 2024

Location

قرية أناب, Anab area, northern countryside of Afrin, north of Aleppo, Syria, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

During the morning of Tuesday, 30th January 2024, an elderly man was injured in an artillery bombardment with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian Democratic Forces and/or the Syrian regime forces on a residential home and surrounding agricultural lands in the village of Anab located in the northern countryside of Afrin, north of Aleppo, Syria.

The Syrian Civilian Defence (White Helmets) and a Facebook post by Seham Al reported that an elderly man was injured. Some of the reports stated that the target of the strike was Turkish military forces in the village. A Facebook Post by Rojava Gündemi announced that members of Turkish forces were also killed and injured as a result of the missile bombardment.

A Twiter/X user @syrianewsag shared a video of the damage inflicted to the residential homes where a hole in the roof and rubble on the floor can be seen. The Syrian Civilian Defence also shared a photo of a large hole in a wall or a ceiling.

Facebook posts by organisations such as the Halab post alleged that the perpetrators of the strike were the SDF and/ or Syrian regime forces.

The incident occured in the morning.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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 belligerents
    YPG, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Turkish Forces
  • Belligerents reported killed
    2
  • Belligerents reported injured
    2

Sources (18) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (8) [ collapse]

  • Source: @SyriaCivilDefe
  • Source: @SyriaCivilDefe
  • Source: @SyriaCivilDefe
  • Source: @SyriaCivilDefe
  • Source: Seham al haq
  • Source: Radio naseem
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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
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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 belligerents
    YPG, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Turkish Forces
  • Belligerents reported killed
    2
  • Belligerents reported injured
    2

Sources (18) [ collapse]