Possible strike errors


 * Russian bloggers (e.g. here and elsewhere) and Bild raised issues that some of the strikes, said to be on oil processing facilities, could be on wrong targets, possibly grain storage on video 1 and video 2, and possibly water treatment plant on video 3. This is indeed how it looks; possibly some of those was on targets converted to a different use; or else in error. It may be a result of lack of experience, including dealing with media -e.g. it will be better if Russian MoD exhibit awareness of different use, if indeed the case.

Deir ez-Zor

 * ''Moved to Airstrike on Saeqa military camp near Deir ez-Zor

Hasakah

 * BBC, 26 civilians killed:
 * ''At least 26 civilians, including children, have been killed in the north-east of Syria by air strikes possibly carried out by the US-led coalition, a monitoring group says.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the village of al-Khan, near al-Hawl in Hasakah province, was hit.


 * A US spokesman in Iraq said the reports would be looked into.

They were able to instantly dismiss the attack on the army base, but this killing of civilians was a claim they had to look into first. Strikes in the area and time were acknowledged.

Location: Al-Hawl on wikimapia, east of Hasakeh, closer to lake Khatuniyah, amidst oil fields and army bases. Al-Khan, the village actually cited, is here 12 km to the south, Ayn al-Khan, between the Tishreen/al-Hawl and Kabibah oil fields.

Opposition records: As of December 11, the VDC still does not list any Hasakeh civilians killed this day. All "warplane shelling" most recent is October 31. The claim of tens of dead people in a rebel-held part of Syria of course is quite credible. But the logging here is strangely delayed, perhaps over how to list them.