Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R4743

Incident date

December 1, 2024

Location

منطقة الإذاعة في حلب, Al-Izaa neighborhood of Aleppo near Iranian consulate, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Shortly before 14:30 on Sunday, 1 December 2024, an airstrike hit the area near the Iranian consulate in the al-Izaa neighbourhood of Aleppo (also referred to as “radio area”), Syria, reportedly injuring a number of civilians. The attack was allegedly carried out by Syrian and/or Russian military aircraft.

Initial information about the attack began circulating on Facebook at around 14:30. The few images available showed a large column of smoke and dust rising over the residential area. While no details have been given on the number and severity of casualties, a video posted on ORNET showed at least two wounded. The video showed several civilians on the street next to a damaged building, one of them, a teenager or a young man, limping with blood running from his forehead. A few seconds later, a group of people left the building, carrying a wounded man and loading him into a van.

While some sources simply stated that the strike hit a residential area, others seemed to suggest that militants were attacked, specifically a gathering of members of the Jabhat al-Nusra group. There was no information about possible casualties among the militants.

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to the Syrian regime and/or Russian military.

The incident occured at approximately 2:30 pm local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • 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
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (17) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Source: Aboda
  • Source: Halab
  • Source: Akbar tammoaa
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Syrian Regime Assessment:

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

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Infrastructure
    Residential
  • 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
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (17) [ collapse]