Reported civilian deaths from Russian airstrikes in Syria April 2016

APRIL 2016

April 7th 2016: (R661) دير الزور Deir ez-Zor, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria
Summary: Ffour civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike in Deir ez-Zor, according to local sources.
Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that three civilians died when “Russian planes targeted al Sina’a, Huwaija Sakr and the area around the military airport with more than 15 raids since the morning after an attack was carried out by Daesh.” Baladi News also reported that “three civilians were killed on Thursday, a result of the Russian aviation targeting al Halabiya roundabout in al Salhiya area on the outskirts of the city of Deir Ezzor. According to local media sources, the warplanes launched air raids on al Sina’a neighborhood in Deir Ezzor, and Hawijah Akr area and the area around the military airport in the countryside of the province.” Tweets by Omawi and SRG also blamed Russia.
A further source, Step News, also said that warplanes launched raids on the perimeter of a military airport – but didn’t identify the planes or provide casualty figures. Shaam News Network did not specify that these were solely Russian strikes, saying that regime and Russian warplanes carried out raids “on the clash points in the area surrounding the airport, Huwaija Sakr, Al Sina’a neighbourhood and Al Halabiya roundabout which led to the martyrdom of several civilians.”
Alamawi reported that a number of people were wounded following shelling by so-called Isl;amic State on “on Al-Kussur“.
Four victims were named by VDC as killed in a Russian strike:
Hanoud al-Assaf – adult, male
Khuder Mohammad al-Assawad – adult, male
Nyar Daei – adult, male
Aamer al-Kwan – adult, male
Civilians reported killed: 3-4
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic], Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently (2) [Arabic], Baladi News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Omawi News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by SRG [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Alamawi [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Step news agency [Arabic], [Archived], Violations Documentation Center, [Archived], Violations Documentation Center, [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested – both Russian and Assad regime strikes reported in the neighbourhood along with ISIL artillery
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

https://twitter.com/ALAMAWI/status/718076684256342016

A Tweet by Omawi News saying that people died following alleged Russian raids on al Halabiya roundabout, Deir Ezzor on April 7th.

April 7th 2016: (R662) الحسينية Hussainiya, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria
Summary: One 65-year-old male civilian, Hanoud al Assaf, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Hussainiya, according to local sources.
Reports at the time cite heavy clashes in the near area between rebels and the Assad regime.
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic], Violations Documentation Center, [Archived], Tweet by EuphratesPost [Arabic], [Archived], Al-Manar [Pro-regime source] [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by AL-sham Al-akhbarya [Pro-regime source [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Deir-ezzor SS [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Fair – though few details
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 7th 2016: (R663) الضمير Dumayr,  Damascus governorate, Syria

Summary: One adult male civilian was killed and many people wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Dumayr, according to local sources.
The Violations Documentation Center names Omar Mahdi al Khasi and says he was killed “due to Russian air forces shelling”. However, in a tweet by Marwanqadi it was reported that he “died in a regime warplanes raid on Dumair’s fields”. A tweet by Zakkarya Nassani also blamed the regime and reported the “destruction of a school in Damascus after shelling of explosive barrels”.
In a tweet by Abumaherdumair it was stated that Mahdi al-Khasi was killed “in regime shelling in the areas controlled by IS”. A tweet by Alamawi also reported the incident and spoke of “many injured in warplane shelling on Al-Dumair”, but did not state who was allegedly responsible for the strike. A tweet by Damir Coordination equally mentioned the incident and spoke of “two aerial raids targeting Al-matroon fields”. 
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Violations Documentation Center, [Archived], Tweet by Marwanqadi, [Arabic], [archived],  Tweet by Zakkarya Nassani, [Arabic], [archived],Tweet by Abumaherdumair, [Arabic], [archived], Tweet by Alamawi, [Arabic], [archived], Tweet by Damir Coordination, [Arabic], [archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

 Destruction of Al-Dumair school on April 7th 2016 (via Zakkarya Nassani)

April 7th 2016: (R664) سراقب Saraqib, Idlib governorate, Syria
Summary: Two civilians were killed and nine others wounded in airstrikes on Saraqib, according to local sources. While three alleged that Russia was responsible, two other sources blamed the Assad regime.
Shaam News Network said Russia carried out raids on several areas in Idlib, adding: “Activists said that an aircraft targeted the eastern city of Saraqeb in Idlib with two raids which led to the deaths of two young men and the injury of seven children and two women.” Step News Agency and the Violations Documentation Center also blamed Russia.
But according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, at least two non-combatants died as a result of strikes by regime warplanes. SRG also alleged that the Assad regime was responsible for targeting “Saraqeb and Taftanaz airport”. Lastly, a tweet by Thiqanewsagency  reported the death of the two men, but did not mention who carried out the raids.
Two victims were named by the Violations Documentation Center as:
Ahmad Abd al-Jalil al-Moham – adult, male
Bashar al-Mohammad “al-Ikhwan” – adult, male
Civilians reported killed: 2
Civilians reported injured: 9 (7 children and 2 women)
Sources: Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Violations Documentation Center, [Archived], Tweet by Thiqanewsagency, [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Step News Agency [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by SRG [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested 
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 10th 2016: (R665) الرقة‎, Ar Raqqa, Ar Raqqa governorate, Syria

Summary: At least five and as many as 20 civilians were reported killed and 53 injured after heavy alleged Coalition, Russian and/or Syrian regime night time strikes on Raqqa. Most sources allege that these were Coalition and regime raids – with the Coalition responsible for those after midnight and the regime for early morning strikes.
Coalition aircraft were reportedly flying in the vicinity immediately prior to the first attack, which happened just before midnight. One of those targeted was Fawaz al-Hassan, alias Abu Ali al Sahri, a Shariah judge in the city who had terrorised the civilian population.
However, one source, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, reported that Russia was to blame. The initial SN4HR report said: “On 10 April 2016, alleged Russian warplanes shelled missiles at Al Thaqana in Al Raqqa city under the control of ISIL which killed 5 individuals from one family including 1 female child and a woman.” SN4HR subsequently reported that “alleged Russian warplanes” fired missiles which targeted the National Hospital in the Al Thakana neighborhood in the center of the city, killing three civilians, including two women, one of whom was a nurse. They added that the northern part of the building was destroyed and the hospital out of service.
However Raqqa is being Slaughtered attributed the attacks to both Coalition and Assad regime aircraft:
“Coalition planes targeted the city around 04:40am and regime planes targeted the city around 08:30am and between them the raids targeted the following areas:
1-municipal stadium
2-the teachers’ residential building near the pool
3-the commerical shops near the youth club
4-the obstertrics hospital
5-the women’s art school
6- two raids targeted al Nai’m the first on the roundabout and the second the MTN building
7-a building opposite the chamber of commerce
8-the new Party building near the national hospital
9-Al Ri’aya building
10- a building near al Fatat [the girl] school.
11-a building near the modern medicine hospital [which contains a generator and the raid led to the fuel burning]
It is noteworthy that water and electricity to the city have been cut off, and the city is empty of people as a result of fear of warplanes.”
Shaam News also reported that “Coalition aircraft launched about 19 raids and Assad’s planes about eight.”
The IS agency Al Amaq also blamed the Coalition.
Among the civilians reported killed were:
Hajj Wahab al Khalif [pictured above]
His son Ahmad al Khalif
The daughter of Ahmad Khalif and the wife of one of his sons
Mahmoud Ibrahim al Khazim
Batool Al Aloush, female nurse
Amin Al Zo’bi, known as Abu Tat’t, a teacher from Tadmor, Homs suburbs
Hanan Agha Al Antabli, wife of Amin Al Zo’bi, from Tadmor, Homs suburbs
Civilians reported killed: 5-20, including 1-3 children and 1-4 women
Civilians reported injured: 53
Sources: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (4) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (5) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (6) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (7) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (8) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (9) [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], RBSS (10), RBSS (11) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (12) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (13) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (14) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (15) [Arabic], [Archived], Al Amaq [Arabic], Al Amaq (2) [Arabic], Al Amaq (3) [Arabic], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Arabic].
Quality of reporting: Contested Coalition
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 12th 2016: (R666) دير الزور Rashidiya (Deir ez-Zor city), Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria
Summary:  Two sources named Anas Al-Kujeijeh as killed in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike.
A tweet by Deirfree blamed Russia for the raids and spoke of several wounded. However, SPC News reported that “regime forces bombed Al Huweiqa neighbourhood in the countryside of Deir al-Zour with rocket launchers which led to the death of “Anas Al Kajijah” and caused material damage.”
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Tweet by Deirfree [Arabic], [Archived], SPC News [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested 
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 12th 2016: (R666a) دير الزور Deir ez-Zor, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria
Summary: The Violations Documentation Center named Abdulhameed Ghassan al Afeif (also known as Hamadah) as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike.
However according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, he died when regime warplanes fired missiles on the Al Hamidiyeh neighborhood.
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Violations Documentation Center, [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested – SN4HR blames regime.
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 14th 2016: (R667) الرقة‎ Ar Raqqa, Ar Raqqa governorate, Syria
Summary: Fourteen civilians including three children died and at least 24 people were injured in airstrikes on Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently posted images showing destruction of the city following airstrikes. It did not initially say who was responsible. They also published images of some of the dead. However, RBSS later reported that these were Russian raids and that seven people died: “Russian warplanes launched…five raids on the city of Raqqa, which resulted in the death of seven civilians. Those who were identified are Farouk Mansour and his daughter and Khaled al-Issa, as well as injuring more than two dozen others injured, some of them in serious condition. The air strikes focused on different parts, including the eastern gate of Al Rasheed park, the eastern part of the government complex and the car square in front of it, the shops on Al Qitar street opposite the water company, the Palace of Justice and Al Rasheed secondary school junction. Daesh straight away put up barriers inside the town and its entry points.”
Al A’maq accused Russia of conducting 10 raids. In a very brief post, LCSSY initially blamed the Coalition, though then changed position and said Russia was responsible and posted images of the aftermath.
Shaam News Network also attributed the incident to Russia, reporting that “Russian warplanes launched air strikes on several areas in the city of Raqqa, a (near the water company, the Palace of Justice, the junction at al Rasheed secondary school, Al Majma’ Square, and Bab Al-Rasheed Park) which led to the fall of a number of martyrs and wounded among civilians, including children.”
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, this was the work of the regime. It put the death toll at five including a girl and a woman. A second SN4HR report added: “regime warplanes fired missiles on Al Rashid School in Adnan Al Malkli Street in Raqqa city, partially damaging its building and fence“.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four non-combatants died, but did not identify the planes responsible.
RBSS has named the dead as:
Khaled al Issa
Mahmoud Moussa al Turki – 38 years old
Farouk Mansour and three of his children
Abd al Salam Al Khalaf
Ibrahim Hilal al Moussa
Maher Hussein al A’ani – a civil engineer
Issa al Ali al Habib
Mohammad Hassan al Hassan
Al Haj Ismaeil Mansour
Haj Abd al Hakeem Ramadan al Shaker
Al Haj Kamel Sultan
Civilians reported killed: 14, including 3 children and 1 woman
Civilians reported injured: 2-24
Sources: Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (2) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (3) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (4) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (5) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (6) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (7) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (8) [Arabic], [Archived], Al A’maq [Arabic], Al A’maq (2) [Arabic], LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], LCSSY (2) [Arabic], [Archived], LCSSY (3) [Arabic], [Archived],  Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2),[Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], RBSS (9) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (10) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (11) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (12) [Arabic], RBSS (13) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (14) [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (15) [Arabic], [Archived],  RBSS (16) [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], RBSS (17) [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 14th 2016: (R668) دارة عزة Darat Izza, Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: One adult male civilian, Mohammad Ibraheem Ello, was killed in an airstrike on Darat Izza according to local sources – though only one report alleged that this was a Russian strike.
Aleppo News named the victim and said that he was killed by a “warplane“. According to Al-Maghrib Today, the regime was to blame: “one man got killed and many injured in warplane attack by the government.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that there were strikes on Darat Izza (they did not say by whom), but that no one was killed.
But the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed Russia, reporting that “Mohammad Ibrahim Alo, age 47, from Kafr Hamra town in Aleppo governorate died in suspected Russian warplanes missiles fired on Darat Azza city in Aleppo governorate, April 14.”
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Violations Documentation Center, [Archived], Aleppo News [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Al-Maghrib Today [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 16th 2016:  (R669) دير الزور Deir ez-Zor, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria
Summary: Between nine and 17 civilians including one woman and two children died in airstrikes on neighborhoods of Deir Ezzor, according to local sources. While some reports allege that this was the work of Russia, one other blames the Assad regime with yet others not attributing responsibility.
Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that Russian warplanes carried out more than a dozen raids focused on “Al Rashida, al Haweqa and al Sina’a neighborhoods but the worst were in Al Hamidiya neighbourhood which was targeted with three raids.” It said that “nine people were killed in addition to five unidentified dead bodies“.
Tweets by Aljmhoria and 3ajel-KSA put the death toll at 13, and said Russia was responsible. Deirfree also blamed Russia and named two victims: Eyad Abdulfattah Abdullah and Abdulr-Rahman Al Akili.
Daretezza said that the 13 victims were “mostly children” –  but did not say who carried out the aerial bombardment.  According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “warplanes” (it did not say who they belonged to) killed 13 non-combatants including one woman and at least two children when they bombed areas in the al-Hamidiyyeh neighborhood.
Likewise, a report by Free Syria did not say who was to blame. Neither did LCCSY, but it named five of the reportedly killed civilians also mentioned by Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently (below).
However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights attributed the incident to the regime, putting the death toll at 17 including one woman and two children.
Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently named the following victims:
Hassoun al Hazza’
Fawaz al Fatih
Ahmad Halat
Iyad Abd al Fattah
Hussein al Baja’a
Mohammad al Fattouri
Saleh Zeeb al Marhaj
Abd al Rahman al A’kili
In a tweet by Tiger9977771, the same names were mentioned, and it was reported that “there have been bodies of a woman, a male child, a female child and two men (body parts) who could not be identified”.
Civilians reported killed: 9-17, including 1 woman and 2 children
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently, [Archived], Tweet by Deirfree [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Deirfree (1) [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Tiger9977771 [Arabic], [Archived],  Tweet by 3ajel-KSA [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Daretezza [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Aljmhoria [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Deyrinews [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], The Free Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Arabic].
Quality of reporting: Contested – SN4HR blame regime, while some other sources do not say who was responsible.
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

https://twitter.com/3ajel_ksa/status/721477148742172672

A tweet by 3ajel-KSA: “Russian raids kill 13 civilians after bombing hamidia district in Deir ez Zawr”.

April 17th 2016: (R670) الفردوس Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Multiple sources reported that up to 16 people died in airstrikes in Aleppo city. While some blamed Russia, others said the regime or armed rebel groups were responsible.
LCCSY said one man was killed and five injured after Russian planes targeted the neighborhood with two dawn raids. Q0wyy also blamed Russia and reported that “Russian warplanes killed seven civilians and injured dozens.”
Shaam News Network also said that one person died and others were injured (no number provided) in airstrikes, but did not say who carried them out.
AlAlamnews reported that the “shelling from armed groups” led to the death of four people.
Alelam1 also blamed “armed groups” and put the death toll at 4, adding that they were “from the same family”. Aleppo Net News said three people were killed, and others wounded by a “hell canon” (a home-made mortar.)
However, Syria Mirror blamed the regime for the launching of “two missiles,” leading to the death of four people, among them women and children, and wounding others.
Two other sources – Arabic Spuntiknews (pro-regime) and Ara news – reported deaths of Syrian soldiers and opposition groups – but did not mention civilian casualties.
Halab News named multiple victims:
Two children from Halabiya family
Dina Hinawi, 17 years, female, random shelling on her tent in Khaledya, Aleppo
Hiba Hinawi, 15, female, random shelling on her tent in Khaledya, Aleppo
Batul Hinawai, 13, female, random shelling on her tent in Khaledya, Aleppo
Fatin Kurabi, 41, female, random shelling on Al-Maydan, Aleppo
Ro’a Ali, 13, female, random shelling on Al-Maydan, Aleppo
Mohammed Ala’a Abdulkarim, 17, male, random shelling on Al-Maydan, Aleppo
8 bodies that could not be identified, Al-Mashhad neighbourhood, Aleppo.
Civilians reported killed: 8-16, including 2-7 children and 1 woman
Civilians reported injured: 5-12
Sources: Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Daretezza [Arabic], [Archived], Arabic Spuntiknews [Pro-regime source] [Arabic], [Archived], Ara News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Zakaria Nassani [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by thesyrianmirror [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Aleppo Net News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by AlAlamnews [Pro-regime source] [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Alelam1 [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Q0qyy [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Revolution Syria [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Muhanad Katib [Arabic], [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by NourSyria [Arabic], [Archived], Halab News [Arabic], [Archived].  
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 22nd 2016: (R671) حي بستان القصر Bustan al Qasr, Salah Al Deen, al Muwasalat, al Salheen and Aqyool neighborhoods (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Local sources reported that between 18 and 20 civilians died in alleged regime and Russian raids on neighborhoods in Aleppo.
According to the Shaam News Network, “regime and Russian planes” carried our raids “targeting most of Aleppo’s neighbourhoods: Tareeq al Bab, Al Mayssar, al Rashideen, Bustan al Qasr, Al Marja, Sallahudeen, Aqyool, Bab al Nayrab, Bab al Hadeed, Al Mouwasalat, al Haydariya, al Mashhad, Al Ansari, Al Sukkari, Al Salheen and al Shi’aar which led to the fall of dozens of dead and wounded, all of whom are civilian. The final count is more than 20 martyr in Bustan al Qasr, Salah Al Deen, al Muwasalat, al Salheen and Aqyoo”.
In a tweet, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that five people had been killed “in shelling on Bustan Al Qaser and Anadan, Aleppo”. In a later report it said that “no less than 10 were killed or wounded by aerial bombardment targeted Bustan al-Qaser neighborhood“, but they did not identify the planes. It later added that a minimum of 19 civilians died in 14 strikes by “warplanes on areas in the neighborhoods of Al-Ansari, Bostan al-Qasr, al-Sekkary, Bab al-Nairab, al-MashHad, Haidariya and al-Salhin and other neighborhoods controlled by factions in Aleppo“, and said that the death toll was likely to rise due to the seriousness of injuries.
However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime for the attacks in Bustan Al Qasr , Salah Al Deen (in which they said one child died), Aqyool (in which 10-year-old Abdul Rahman was killed) and Bab Al Nairab (in which five died).
The Violations Documentation Center named Abdulr-Rahman Al-Jesri, a 13 year old boy, and said he was killed by shelling in Aqiwl. It blamed the “Syrian government and affiliated militias”.
Civilians reported killed: 18-20, including 1-2 children
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources:  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (1), [Archived],  Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2), [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (3), [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets [Arabic], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (3), [Archived], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (4) [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights (4) [Arabic], Violations Documentations Center, [Archived].  
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 22nd 2016: (R672) سرحة Sarha, Jeb al Ayyad, Juway’ed, Shoaib al Huso and Abu Alkhanadeq villages,  Hama governorate, Syria
Summary: Nine civilians including two women and two to three children died in airstrikes on Sarha and surrounding villages according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.
According to Shaam News Network,”aircraft believed to be a Russian carried out raids on the villages of Sarha and Jib Abiyad which caused the fall of martyrs and wounded, including women and children“. Radio Al-Kul also blamed Russia, saying that a whole family died in Jeb Al-Abyad when Russian warplanes targeted their house. Alaraby said Russia was responsible for “a dozen strikes” that killed “nine civilians, including women and children, along with about thirteen wounded”.
However, other sources attributed the incident to the regime: Baladi News said nine people including three women and two children died in regime air strikes on civilian buildings in the eastern countryside of Hama. Syria Mubashar also blamed the regime, putting the death toll at eight including three women and three children, with 20 more people injured. It said: “sources (not official) mentioned air strikes from warplanes killed a mother and her daughter and another person from the shaman’s family in the village of Jeb Al-Abyad, a mother and daughter from Achammal family while amputated father ‘s leg in the village Jwe’ed, and also a mother and her five- years in the village of Shoaib Al_huso, and people in Abu khanadeq village in Hama east.”
Hama Agency also blamed Russia and put the death toll at 8. It listed a number of alleged killed and wounded civilians in four villages:
1. Jeb Al-AByad : a woman, her daughter and her cousin (from Shaman’s family)
2. Juway’ed: woman and her two daughters (from Achammal family)
3. Shoaib Al_huso: a woman and a child, and  eight members of the same family were injured
4. Abu Alkhanadeq: one civilian was killed
Hamahnow said four civilians died and seven were injured in airstrikes “which targeted Al-Surouj and Al-Jundeyeh and Jeb Al-Abyad, Qanbar, Hamadi Umar, Na’emeya and Qastal villages”. They did not say who carried them out. Likewise, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and SRG_Syria reported raids but did not identify the warplanes responsible.
In a tweet, Seafalgab555 spoke of “massive air strikes warplanes on Eastern Hama countryside in both Akirbat and Al-Sa’an which led to six martyrs and a large number of wounded.” It did not specify who was responsible for the strikes.
Civilians reported killed: 9, including 2-3 women and 2-3 children
Civilians reported injured: 7-20
Sources: Baladi News [Arabic], [Archived], Syria Mubashar [Arabic], Radio Al-kul [Arabic], [Archived], Hamahnow [Arabic], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Tweet by SRG [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Seafalgab555 [Arabic], [Archived], Alaraby.co.uk, [Arabic], [Archived], Hama Agency [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 23rd 2016: (R673) حي طريق الباب Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Airstrikes on the Tareeq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo killed between 10 and 17 civilians and injured at least 20 more, according to local sources. Reports did not definitively identify the warplanes responsible, with some referring to Russia and the regime, while others attributed the incident solely to the regime.
The White Helmets said two raids targeted civilian areas, leading to the death “of more than 12 people including women and children and dozens were injured” – though did not say who carried them out. Shaam News Network posted a video showing destruction caused by “Syrian and Russian aviation raids on neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo“. It said that activists had confirmed the occurrence of “a massacre in Ahalouanah roundabout in the neighborhood of Tareeq al bab“. They put the death toll at 13.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime, initially putting the death toll at nine, but later at 10 including two children – with 12 others wounded. In a tweet, Aba-z72 also blames the regime for the “new massacre”. Likewise,  Aranews held regime military airplanes responsible for the raids. It puts the death toll at 12 and reported that “more than two dozens others” were wounded.  A witness told SN4HR: “The bombing happened around 11:00 am. There were two warplanes. One of them targeted the main road of Tareeq Al Bab Neirborhood and the other targeted the residential Bourj Al Bakhera area. There were less than ten minutes between the two missiles. I arrived at the site when the Rescue and civil defense teams were picking the corpses out of the rubble. They were able to withdraw 15 people from the rubble of the ruins of the upper floors, while about 12 dead persons were.still under the rubble The destruction was very huge as it extended to five houses, a food warehouse, a pharmacy, a secondhand tools center, and a store seling diesel fuel. In addition a Suzuki pickup truck and a motorcycle were destroyed. The targeted place is a civilian neighborhood, where there are no headquarters for army or any Islamic organizations and the victims were all civilians.”
Fifteen images showing destruction of the area were published by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, who referred only to “warplanes” causing 17 deaths in Tareeq al-Bab. According to the White Helmets, “warplanes” targeted a popular market, killing 12 people and injuring 20 more. Shahed Ayan News reported the same number of people killed, and spoke of “dozens wounded”. In a video by Baha’a Al-Halabi it was said that the warplanes targeted the local market Al-Bab, leading to 9 people so far. It reported that “some of the deads were burned to death. The civil defense forces have rescued children of various ages, the youngest are months old.”
The Violations Documentation Center named six victims as killed in “warplane shelling” – blaming the regime and allied forces.
Zakaria Abd al-Salam – child, male
Kamal Salibi – adult, male
Mohammad Zahed al-Abdullah – adult, male
Khaled Hanoun – adult, male
Mohammad Jomea al-Asali – adult, male
Ashan Aboud – adult, male
Civilians reported killed: 10-17, including 2 children
Civilians reported injured: 20-24
Sources: Violations Documentation Center [English], [Archived], [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Aba-z72 [Arabic], [Archived], Aranews [Arabic], [Archived], Shahed Ayan News [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets [Arabic], Shaam News Network [Arabic], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network (4) [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets (2) [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights [Arabic], Aleppo Media Center [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Arabic], Baha’a Al-Halabi [Arabic].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 23rd 2016: (R674) الكماري Kamari, Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Up to five civilians including three children died in airstrikes on Kamari, Aleppo, according to multiple sources – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.
A tweet by Jabalybarra (an Al Jazeera-affiliated photographer in Aleppo) said a child was killed in the Al-Salheen neighbourhood: “Reports says he was killed while eating. A first aider was also thought to be killed on the same strike.” He did not say who was responsible.
A video posted by the Mohammed Al-Halabi YouTube channel showed the “aftermath of the Russian and regime airstrikes on Al Mash-had neighbourhood“. According to the Shaam News Network, three children from the same family died in Russian raids on the Kamari neighborhood.
However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime for the death of the three children.
Two victims of “warplane shelling” were named by the Violations Documentation Center as:
Amoneh Mohammad al-Nawaf – adult, female
Ayham Mohammad al-Nawaf – adult, male
Civilians reported killed: 3-5, including 3 children and 1 woman
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: Alnahar [Arabic], [Archived], BBC Arabic, [Archived], France24 [Arabic], [Archived], Aljazeera [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Jabalybarra [Al-Jazeera affiliated photographer in Aleppo], [Archived], Mohammed Al-Halabi youtube channel [Arabic], Violations Documentation Center [English], [Archived], [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

https://twitter.com/jabalybaraa/status/723470690289090561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

A tweet by Al Jazeera affiliated photographer Jabalybarra reported a child killed in an airstrike on Kamari, April 23rd 2016, though did not say who carried it out.

April 24th 2016: (R675) الصاخور Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Up to 12 civilians including two children and two women died and 15 others were injured in airstrikes on Sakhour according to multiple sources – though they were unclear as to whether the raids were carried out by Russia or the Assad regime.
Shaam News Network reported that regime and Russian aircraft continued to strike eastern Aleppo:  “This morning Russian aircraft and the regime launched helicopter raids on neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo targeting the neighborhoods of al Mowasalat, al Sakhour, Bani Zaid and al Ashrafiya killing  a number of martyrs when they targeted a popular market in Alsakhour neighborhood”.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime, initially reporting that four non-combatants including a girl died. A second report said regime missiles fired on a supermarket “caused a massacre and damaged shops“. It went on to put the death toll at 12, though another report said 11:  “warplanes targeted Al Sakhour district, controlled by the opposition armed factions, causing .the deaths of 11 people, including a child and a woman.” In a tweet by Salam_Afraty2 it was also claimed that Russia was responsible for the shelling, leading to the death of 10 and leaving 30 wounded.
The Al Thiqa agency published a video which said that “warplanes” (it did not identify them) targeted the popular market in Sakhour, leading to “the deaths of six people and more than 10 injured most of them women and children“. The video shows the first moments of the bombing.
The White Helmets also posted a video showing bodies and casualties, referring only to “warplanes“. It put the death toll at eight with 15 more wounded. Images appeared to depict members of the rescue operation placing dismembered bodies in bags.
Similarly, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not identify the warplanes but put the death toll at eight including two children and two women.
Four victims were listed by the Violations Documentation Center as:
Othman Mohammad Douba – adult, male
Unidentified 1 – adult, male
Unidentified 2 – adult, male
Unidentified 3 – adult, male
Civilians reported killed: 8-12, including 2 children and 2 women
Civilians reported injured: 15-30
Sources: Violations Documentation Center [English], [Archived],  [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2), [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (3),[Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], White Helmets [Arabic], GRAPHIC:  White Helmets (2) [Arabic], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (4) [English] [Arabic], [Archived], Al Thiqa agency [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights (5) [English] [Arabic], Tweet by Salam_Afraty2 [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet  by HamzaAlshaheed [Arabic], [Archived], Al Thiqa agency (2) [Arabic], Tweet by Freesyria28 [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Voiceofsunnies [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by AMC [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

GRAPHIC: The White Helmets attend the scene of a raid on Sakhour, April 24th 2016 (via White Helmets)

April 24th 2016: (R676) المواصلات Al Mowasalat (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Three civilians including one woman and one child died and eight others were injured in airstrikes on Al Mowasalat in Aleppo, according to local sources – though some were unclear as to whether this was a Russian or regime incident.
Smart News agency published a video showing the aftermath of an alleged Russian strike in which three died including a woman and a child and more than eight were wounded. The footage includes interviews: Hussein from the neighboorhood said that “this is a civilian area and yet the Russians have bombed it.” Abu Yahya, a paramedic said “this is a civilian area and there are not armed groups here. The place which was targeted is a school for children and children were inside playing, what are they shooting at?”
A video by Halab news agency said two or three civilians died and more than five were injured in “regime and Russian airstrikes,” while a tweet by Baladi showed “the effects of destruction in Russian shelling Al-Mowasalat“.
Shaam News Network said that regime and Russian warplanes killed several people including children. The Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the Assad regime and reported that “at least” a woman and a child had been victims of the regime shelling. 
Two victims were listed by the VDC as killed in “warplane shelling” by “Syrian government and affiliated militias“:
Unidentified – child, male
Unidentified – adult, female
Civilians reported killed: 2-3, including 1 woman and 1 child
Civilians reported injured: 5-8
Sources: Syrian Network for Human Rights [Arabic], [Archived], Halab news agency [Arabic], Smart news agency [Arabic], Tweet from Baladi Network [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet from Freemedia16 [Arabic], [Archived], Violations Documentation Center [English], [Archived], [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested – some sources are unclear whether this was carried out by Russia or the regime.
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

https://twitter.com/freemedia2016/status/724248143718694913?lang=en

GRAPHIC: A tweet from Freemedia16 reports a young person incinerated in a strike on Al Mowasalat, April 24th 2016

April 26th 2016: (R677) الأتارب Atarib, Aleppo governorate Syria
Summary: Five consecutive airstrikes on a civil defense center in Atarib killed up to six members of the White Helmets. Reports however were conflicted: most blame the Assad regime, with only one (the Shaam News Network) alleging that this was the work of Russia – and reporting here was confused.
According to the White Helmets, there were “several raids by warplanes using ballistic missiles“. They said that the regime carried out the attack, killing five members of the civil defense and injuring two more when the civil defense center was struck.
A White Helmets’ eyewitness gave the following testimony in a video: “The regime tried to hit al Atareb civil defence centre. They carried out two raids at 11:00 at night and there were no injuries as the missiles fell in the olives groves. Then they came back after 1 o’clock in the morning and carried out the first and the second strike and the guys were OK, but then the third strike came and hit the centre. I mean, half the guys were in pieces and then the fourth raid came to finish them off. Five were martyred, two were injured and two are totally fine. The equipment is all destroyed, the ambulances, the rescue cars: all of it. There is no centre anymore. There were cluster bombs. When the guys came to help us, two more missiles were fired. You can see one of them there: about 12 meters long and still smoking. This one didn’t cause any injuries.”
A later statement by the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) said:  “At exactly one o’clock after midnight on Tuesday, the twenty sixth of April 2016, Al Ataerb Center of Civil Defense was targeted  by warplanes with five consecutive strikes. [It went] as follows: The first raid was on the northern corner of the center after which volunteers headed to the basic shelter that was dug up in the centre. The second second raid hit the northwest of the center and the third raid hit the shelter directly killing five of the volunteers who are:
Ahmed Tariq  Al-Abdullah
Khalid Mohammed Bashar al-Khatib
Ahmed Tahir
Hussein Haj Ismail Orabi
Hamdo Haj Ibrahim
The same raid led to injuries amongst the rest of the team members – with medium and light injuries. The fourth raid destroyed the buildings and the sleeping quarters and the last raid targeted the ambulance garage and other machinery leading to the full  destruction of all the equipment of the center. 45 minutes after the raids a ballistic missile mounted with cluster bombs was launched from the regime defense centres south of Aleppo toward the center and fell outside the center.”
However, according to an initial report by Shaam News, Russia was responsible: “Activists said the Russian bombardment directly targeted the civil defense center with several air raids with rockets”. They named the same victims as the White Helmets but later added that Mohammad Bakour (“the driver“) and Abboud al Mukhtar were injured. But there was some confusion in reporting, with SNN later saying that the “Civil defence centre in al Atareb that was destroyed by Assad’s planes and missiles“. In a third posting, it reverted to its original position and said Russia was to blame.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published 10 images showing damage caused by the bombardment, though did not specify which warplanes were responsible. It put the death toll at six – all members of the White Helmets – with further civilians injured.
A news brief by the Syrian Network for Human Rights attributed the incident to the regime. A later report said that six were killed, of which five were members of the White Helmets, with two other non-combatants wounded.
Civilians reported killed: 5-6, including 5-6 members of the White Helmets
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: White Helmets [Arabic], White Helmets (2) [Arabic], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network (3) [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network (4) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], GRAPHIC: White Helmets (3) [Arabic], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (2), [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2), [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (3), [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (4) [English], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (5) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (6) [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets (4) [Arabic], White Helmets (5) [Arabic], White Helmets (6) [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (6) [English] [Arabic], Tweet by M_Mondass [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

A Member of the White Helmets describes about witnessing the April 26th 2016 strikes on Atarib

April 26th 2016: (R678) الحيدرية Haydariya (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Up to 11 civilians died, among them two young girls, and dozens of other civilians were injured in airstrikes on the Haydariya neighborhood of Aleppo according to local sources. While one report alleged that this was the work of Russia, others blamed the regime.
A local activist told Ara News that “the city of Aleppo saw the fall of a large number of dead and wounded, by aerial bombardment of the eastern neighborhoods of the city, as Syrian regime warplanes bombed the  Alhaidariya district of the city, killing eight civilians and wounding dozens of others in a preliminary toll of the massacre.”  The Syrian Network for Human Rights also attributed the death of two girls to the regime.
The White Helmets published several videos depicting the aftermath of the strikes, including very distressing footage of a young girl being pulled from the rubble during the rescue operation – though did not say who was responsible. It also published images of the aftermath of “several raids by warplanes on several of Aleppo’s neighbourhoods targeting al Ferdos, Al Maghayer, al Shi’ar, Al Haydarya“.
An initial report by Shaam News blamed Russia, reporting that “Activists said the shelling targeted civilian homes, causing the deaths of two girls and wounded five others from the same family, a father, mother and their three children who were rescued by the Civil Defense teams and transported medical hospitals amid continued shelling of the city of Aleppo.” RFS News and Al Jazeera Online also blamed Russia.
However, a later report by SNN was not clear whether this was a regime or Russian incident, saying that “Assad’s planes and Russian planes renewed their bombing of civilian homes in the neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo“. It also published two videos: ‘for the fifth day Aleppo drowns in blood and the raids don’t stop‘ and ‘The chaos of death chases the neighborhoods of Aleppo and no one calls for calm‘, but did not specify the neighborhoods.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “11 civilians including 2 children were killed by aerial bombardment targeted the neighborhoods of al-Hedaria, al-Ferdous, and al-Maghaeir“, adding that the death toll was likely to rise due to the severity of injuries. They did not say who the warplanes belonged to.
Civilians reported killed: 2-11, including 2 children
Civilians reported injured: 5-12
Sources: GRAPHIC: Ara News [Arabic], [Archived], RFS News [Arabic], [Archived], Al Jazeera online news [Arabic], [Archived],  White Helmets [Arabic], VERY DISTRESSING: White Helmets (2) [Arabic], White Helmets (3) [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights [English], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], Shaam News Network (3) [Arabic], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network (4) [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

GRAPHIC: A young girl is pulled out of the rubble in the Haydariya neighborhood of Aleppo, following a raid on April 26th 2016 (via White Helmets).

April 26th 2016: (R679) الفردوس Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Four or five civilians died and others were wounded in alleged airstrikes on Fardous, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted or unclear as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.
On Twitter, Syriam_m_m as well as Wesal_tv reported that five people died and many were wounded “in Russian shelling on Al-Fardus neighbourhood, Aleppo.” Similar information was reported by Shaam News Network which said that Russian airstrikes killed five civilians and wounded a number of others. Jisr_tv published a video in which it blamed Russia for the “massacre”. The SRG also said Russia was responsible.
Other sources were unclear about who was responsible for the airstrikes. A further news brief by SNN referred to strikes by regime and Russian planes and did not differentiate between the two. The White Helmets reported that “warplanes” targeted neighborhoods in Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights too reported that Fardous was bombarded but did not say by whom. In a tweet, Syria_24 reported an incident in Karm-Al-Beik neighbourhood and spoke of four people allegedly killed, yet it did not say who carried out the raids.
Furthermore, the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime, putting the death toll at four.
Civilians reported killed: 4-5
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: GRAPHIC: Tweet by Syriam_m_m [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Zakaria Nassani [Arabic], [Archived], Jisr_tv [Arabic], Tweet by SRG [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Syria_24 [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by M_Mondass [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Alsory_Alhour [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Baladi Network [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by SyriaRevolution [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets [Arabic], White Helmets (2) [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

https://twitter.com/ZakariaNassani/status/725067276144246786

GRAPHIC: The baby Ahmad Al Rajab is removed alive from the rubble after 24 hours (via White Helmets)

April 27th 2016: (R682) حي السكري Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: In a major incident, multiple local sources reported that up to 55 civilians died and between 40 and 90 were injured in airstrikes on the MSF Al Quds hospital in Sukkari. Medical staff were among the casualties. Most reports alleged that Russia was responsible, though the White Helmets pointed towards the regime.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights initially blamed the regime and said that eight civilians died. However, a subsequent SN4HR brief said that “suspected” Russian warplanes were responsible, and put the death toll higher at 25, including eight children and one woman. A further report said that Russia launched two missiles on “on Al Qudus Field Hospital in Al Sukari neighborhood in Aleppo city, causing a massacre and damaging the hospital rendering it inoperable.”
Eyewitness Mujahed Abu Al Joud, a local media activist, told SN4HR: “I headed to the site of the bombing of a AlQuds hospital after approximately 10 minutes of bombardment. The front façade of the hospital is totally destroyed as well as the entrance of the ambulances. Up on this .bombardment, I lost my friend doctor Abu Abdul Rahman There was a targeting of the street located behind the building of the hospital after 5 minutes of being bombed. I saw two completely destroyed buildings, and 6 partially destroyed ones. The Civil Defense teams prevent us from straying in place due to the fear of the repetition of the .bombardment because the warplanes had not left the place. The corpse was found under the rubble and the rescue teams tried to save what can be saved, I heard a girl yelling and crying as the corpse of her family are under the rubble.” In total, SN4HR documented 36 deaths including 14 children and eight women, two doctors, a nurse, and two of the medical cadres.
According to Shaam News Network, “At least ten civilians and members of the medical staff, including the only pediatrician in Aleppo were killed by Russian aerial bombing on al Quds hospital in the neighborhood of al Sukkari in Aleppo. Russian aircraft carried out several raids targeting areas in the neighborhood as well as AlQuds hospital where many of the wounded fell along with the martyrs.” A later report by SNN put the death toll still higher, at 30, adding that the whole hospital was destroyed.
The White Helmets said that three consecutive raids on the hospital had left “dozens of dead and injured including doctors and medical staff“, though they did not say who was to blame.
A later statement said that as many as 50 had died with more than 80 injured – most of them women and children. They published a distressing video showing a living baby being removed from the rubble after 24 hours of constant work. In a further report, the White Helmets suggested that strikes on this day were conducted by the regime, adding that the death toll had now spiraled to 53 with more than 90 wounded.
A report by ABC News included a video of a statement by The White House condemning the attack. It said: “At least three children and six medical staff were among the 27 killed after overnight airstrikes hit a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in the Syrian city of Aleppo, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The city’s last pediatrician was among the dead, the group said.” It continued: “The Syrian military said it did not target the hospital, but the building was destroyed by at least one strike, according to hospital staff on the ground with the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders”.
On April 28th, the Russian Ministry of Defence refuted claims that it had carried out the strikes: “Within last days, Russian Aerospace Forces have performed no flights near Aleppo.” The Violations Documentation Center named 19 victims, including three children, killed in “regime shelling” as:
Abdellatef nonou – adult, male
Yaser Nonou – adult, male
Abdelkarem nonou – adult, male
Bashar Mohammed Khojeh – adult, male
Mustafa Karoush – adult, male
Abo Mohammed Haras – adult, male
Ismael Seaneh – adult, male
Abdelkader Kartal – adult, male
Ismael Ahmad al-Housien – adult, male
Ahmad Mohammed Tabshou – adult, male
Mohammed Waseem Khaled Moaz – adult, male
Yaser Mohammed Karim – child, male
Abo al-Yaman – adult, male
Abdullah Gamal Aqel – child, male
Nadem Hussam Zamar – child, male
Ahmad al-Mohammed – adult, male
Unidentified 1 – adult, male
Unidentified 2 – adult, male
Unidentified 3 – adult, male

An additional 23 victims, including 10 children, killed by “suspected” Russian warplanes, were named by SN4HR as:
Maha Ahmad Saeed Al Sheikh / from Darat Azza city
Ahmad Salmo Fares /age 30
Yasser Aref Ajouz /age 35
Waed Qasem Masto /age 33
Khaled Ahmad Qadah /age 25
Amira Ahmad Rajab /from Darat Azza city
Abo Yazan Al Shami
The girl Sedra Yousef Ahmad Saeed Al Sheikh /from Darat Azza city
The girl Shahed Yousef Ahmad Saeed Al Sheikh /from Darat Azza city
The girl Alaa Yousef Ahmad Saeed Al Sheikh /from Darat Azza city
The girl Raghad Yousef Ahmad Saeed Al Sheikh /from Darat Azza city
The girl Islam Yousef Ahmad Saeed Al Sheikh /from Darat Azza city
The child Abdullah Tayseer Rajab /from Darat Azza city
Amal Salim (Mohammad Rajab’s wife)
Mervat Darwish
The child Abdo Khuder Falaha /age 16
The child Mulham Mohammad Rajab /from Darat Azza city
The girl Jana Mohammad Rajab /from Darat Azza city
The child Anas Mohammad Rajab /from Darat Azza city
Maryam Ahmad Rajab /from Darat Azza
Ghada Mohammad Eid Rajab /Darat Azza city
Hala Jalal Al Homsi /from Darat Azza city
Mohammad Tayseer Rajab /from Darat Azza city
Five victims from the Sa’eed Al-sheikh family were also mentioned by Anasalhage in a Tweet.
Taha_alho reported that a whole family died under the rubble in the Sukari massacre in Aleppo. It named many victims, some of whom also mentioned by other sources: 
“1- Maha Raja and her son
2- Ghada Raja, female
3- Raheeb Rajab, female.
4- Maryam Za’tur Rajab, female
5- Anas Rajab, male
6-Fat’tum Rajab, female
7- two children of Yussef Rajab
8- Fadya Sa’eed, female
9- Sawsan Majid Kheyro, female
10-Amal Saleem, female
11- Tayseer Saleem’s wife and their children
12- Mohammed Za’rour Saleem’s wife and their children. Three people from this family are still missing under the rubble and could not be found.”
Koannews reported on Twitter that the three doctors who died in the raids were:
“1- Dr. Ahmad Al-Mohammed, dentist
2- Dr. Hasan Al-A’arj, heart disease
3- Dr. Wasim Mo’az, children [pediatrician]” (also mentioned by the VDC)
Civilians reported killed: 30-53, including 8-18 children and 1-15 women
Civilians reported injured: 40-90
Sources: Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived],  Syrian Network for Human Rights (2), [Archived],  Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (3), [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (4), [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (5), [Archived], VERY GRAPHIC: White Helmets [Arabic], GRAPHIC: White Helmets (2) [Arabic], Violations Documentation Center [English], [Archived], [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Koannews [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by Anasalhage [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by Taha_alhlo [Arabic] [Archived], GRAPHIC: Tweet by Almo3tasem [Arabic] [Archived], Tweet by Dalaaaalmoufti [Arabic] [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (6), [Archived], White Helmets (3) [Arabic], White Helmets (4) [Arabic], [Archived], ABC News, [Archived], Russian Ministry of Defence, [Archived], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets (5) [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets (6) [Arabic], White Helmets (7) [Arabic], White Helmets (8) [Arabic], White Helmets (9) [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights (7) [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights (8) [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights (8) [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights (8) [Arabic],
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin makes no public mention of carrying out strikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th. However Russia later refuted claims they had carried out the strikes: “Russian Ministry of Defence refutes report of Western media about strike against a ‘hospital’ in Aleppo carried out by Russian Aerospace Forces. Within last days, Russian Aerospace Forces have performed no flights near Aleppo.According to our data, an aircraft of so-called anti-ISIS coalition member-state was performing tasks in the air space over Aleppo in the evening of April 27 for the first time after a long interval. Leading Western media had spread information with reference to representatives of ‘Médecins Sans Frontières’ about alleged strike against a ‘hospital’ in Aleppo carried out by Russian Aerospace Forces, which had caused death of civilians.”

 

April 27th 2016: (R685) أبلين Ibleen, al Zawiya Mountain, Idlib governorate Syria
Summary: Between one and four civilians including at least one child died in airstrikes on al Zawiya mountain, Idlib according to local sources – though only one source identified the warplanes responsible as Russian.
Zaitoun News reported that four children were killed and five persons were wounded in an alleged regime strike on Ibleen village in Mount Zaweya, the southern countryside of Idlib. In the article the White Helmets director of the city of Jericho is quoted, saying “the raids killed four children who did not exceed the age of five years”. The director added that “the aircraft raided villages Mahmpel and Nabi Ayoub and Joseph in al Zawiya Mountain.”
Step News agency also reported the incident, saying that “regime warplanes targeted Mhambel, Ibleen, and Nabi Ayoub summit, and these raids results in death of three civilians in Ibleen, one of them a child.”
In tweets by 3ajel-Ksa and Ali_l2xx7, Russia was blamed for the incident that allegedly killed “four people from one family.”
LCCSY named one of the victims, saying that “child Mouhammad Raqi al-Aasi was martyred due to an airstrike on #Abilin village in Idlib.” The name of the child was also mentioned in a tweet by Jesr News.
Al Jazeera said that two died and tens were injured in airstrikes on al Zawiya mountain. It did not say who was responsible. Shaam News Network said “a child was killed and four others wounded as a result of Russian aviation aggression targeting the streets of the village of Ibleen rin Al Zawiya mountain this Tuesday evening with vacuum missiles.” Activists told the network that the victims were all from the same family and that the death toll was likely to increase due to the seriousness of injuries.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at three, though did not identify the warplanes responsible.
Civilians reported killed: 1-4, including 1-4 children
Civilians reported injured: 4-5
Sources: Zaitoun News [Arabic], [Archived], Step News Agency [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by 3ajel-Ksa [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Ali_l2xx7 [Arabic], [Archived],  LCCSY, [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Jesr News [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Fair – though only one source says Russia responsible
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 27th 2016: (R683) حي ‫‏بعيدين‬ Bei’deen (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate Syria
Summary: Several sources reported alleged Russian airstrikes on the neighbourhood of Bei’deen, which led to the death of one or more civilians including a child.
A  Halab Today correspondent said “four civilians [were] wounded in my neighborhood as a result of the aerial bombardment of the Russian air force”. LCCSY reported that one child was killed and one woman injured “after Russian planes target Bei’deen neighbourhood with an air raid”.
Smart News agency also reported the incident, but did not identity who was responsible or state the death toll.
Orient News reported the death of 25 civilians in a number of neighbourhoods and blamed Russia, explaining that “Russian aircraft [with] guided missiles targeted the residential buildings in my neighborhood, ‘Bustan Al-Qaser and Kallaseh’ in the city of Aleppo”, as well as the “neighborhoods Bei’deen and Alsakhur and Marjeh, and Tareek Al-Bab and Salheen and the  Ard Al Hamra “, which led to casualties among civilians.”
Baladi news also reported that the neighborhoods Bei’deen, Karam Altarab, Bab al-Nasr, and Bab Al-Hadeed had been targets of “artillery and missile and aerial bombing, leading to “martyrs and wounded”. It did not say who carried out the raids.
Civilians reported killed: 1 or more, including one child
Civilians reported injured: 1-4
Sources: Tweet by Halab Today [Arabic], [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Smart News Agency [Arabic], [Archived], Orient news [Arabic], [Archived], Baladi News [Arabic], [Archived],
Quality of reporting: Fair 
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 27th 2016: (R684) حي ‏المرجة‬  Marja (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate Syria
Summary: Up to five civilians died and 16 were injured in a Russian or regime attack on Marja.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights said three civilians died as a result of Russian strikes.
LCCSY also blamed Russia, putting the death toll at four. But the Syrian Mirror said the regime was responsible, reporting that four died and 16 were injured. The incident was also reported in a tweet by Maheralhaj425, speaking of “injuries in Al-Marjeh”. SPC news furthermore reported that “warplanes launched air strikes on buildings in Marjah district on Thursday, killing at least a number of wounded civilians in addition to a large mass in the target area by Aleppo today.”
Civilians reported killed: 3-5
Civilians reported injured: 16
Sources: Smart News Agency [Arabic], Syrian-miror [Arabic], [Archived], Al-Jisir [Arabic], [Archived], RT [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights,  [Archived], Tweet by Maheralhaj425 [Arabic], [Archived], SPC news [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 28th 2016: (R686) حي بستان القصر Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Up to 20 civilians including four children died in airstrikes on Bustam al Qasr, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime.
The White Helmets initially reported that “more than 20 martyrs and dozens wounded as well as an entire residential building destroyed when warplanes targeted homes in bustan al qasr with vacuum missiles“, though they did not say who was responsible.
However, a second report blamed the regime, and put the death toll at 12 with 30 wounded.
Reports by the Syrian Network for Human Rights also blamed the regime.
But in a later report, SN4HR changed its position and blamed Russia, saying that of the nine killed four were children. It listed the dead as:
The child Mohammad Tayseer Rajab /from Darat Azza city
The girl Rawan Zakria Hamo /age 8
Zakria Ahmad Ibrahim Hamo /age 50
The child Othman Zakria Ahmad Ibrahim Hamo
The child Rahaf Hayek /age 5
Unidentified victim
Unidentified victim
Unidentified victim
Unidentified victim
In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th, LCCSY also said 12 had died.
Shaam News referred to both regime and Russian planes carrying out strikes in Aleppo in recent days, and did not specify which of these was responsible.
However, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights the regime was responsible for all incidents in Aleppo over the previous seven days. Al-qurum Media Institution also blamed the regime, and spoke of 12 killed and more than 30 injured.
Civilians reported killed: 9-20, including 4 children
Civilians reported injured: 10-30
Sources: White Helmets [Arabic], White Helmets (2) [Arabic], White Helmets (3) [Arabic], Al-Buraq Media institution [Arabic], [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived],  Syrian Network for Human Rights (2), [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (3) [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights (3) [Arabic], YouTube video by HNN [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights (4) [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights (4) [Arabic].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 28th 2016: (R687) حي الكلاسة  Al Kalassa, Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Up to 18 civilians including two children died in airstrikes on Al Kalassa, according to local sources. While most blamed the regime, others alleged that Russia was responsible.
At least eight died when “suspected Russian warplanes missiles” fired on the neighborhood, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. In a later report it put the death toll higher at 10, including two children, with 10 other non-combatants injured. A tweet posted a picture of one of the victims.
In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th, LCCSY also said 15 had died in two strikes. Qasyoun News also blamed Russia in a tweet, as did Amawi news, citing Halab News. However, testimony in a video by Umayya News said the regime carried out strikes on Al Kalassa, and that “many people working in the restaurant died and a family“, though numbers were not given.
Ara News also blamed the regime, while a later video by Qasyoun News cited testimony saying “so far we have retrieved more than 15 bodies, torn apart to pieces, of men, women and children. And civil defense is still trying to rescue people from the rubble.”
The White Helmets said 14 died, and also blamed the regime.
Likewise, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the regime was responsible for all incidents in Aleppo over the previous seven days. It was cited in an article by BBC Arabic, which stated: “Among the dead in Aleppo over the past seven days, [there are] 34 children and 20 women, according to the Syrian Observatory (…).” Shaam News Network referred to both regime and Russian planes carrying out strikes in Aleppo in recent days, and did not specify which was responsible. Al Jazeera also  referred to both Russia and the Syrian regime and listed eight videos showing death and destruction in Aleppo.
Al-Buraq Media Institution put the number killed higher at 18, but did not say who was responsible. In a later report it said that 44 people, of which 18 in Al Kallassa, were killed by the regime in various strikes in Aleppo that day.
In a tweet by Anasalhage, three names were mentioned:
Zakareya Ibrahim Hammo
His son, Othman Zakareya Hamo
His daughter, Rawan Zakareya Hamo“.
MBC news shared 30 photos from various places in Aleppo that were the targets of shelling. The source did not specify where each photo one was taken. Ahmad Seif published photos on Facebook of children wounded that day in Bustan Al-Qaser.
Civilians reported killed: 8-18, including 2 children
Civilians reported injured: 10
Sources: MBC News [Arabic], [Archived], Parlmany News [Arabic], [Archived], Video by Umayya News [Arabic], GRAPHIC: Hadi Al-Abdullah [Arabic],  Aranews [Arabic], [Archived], RFS [Arabic], [Archived], Al-Buraq media institution [Arabic], [Archived],  Qasyoun News [Arabic], [Archived], Syria Mobashar [Arabic], [Archived], Al-Buraq Media institution (2) [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets [Arabic], White Helmets (2) [Arabic], LCCSY [Arabic], Hadi Al-Abdullah (2) [Arabic], Qasioun News (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Qasyoun News (3) [Arabic], Tweet by Amawi News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Anasalhage [Arabic], [Archived], Ahmad Seif [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Syrian Network for Human Rights [Arabic], [Archived], Jisr TV [Arabic], Tweet by LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [English], Syrian Network for Human Rights (2) [Arabic], BBC [Arabic], [Archived], Russia Today [Arabic], [Archived],   Al Jazeera [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 28th 2016: (R688) حي السكري Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th, LCCSY  said six civilians had died in two strikes on Sukkari. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime, putting the death toll at three. Al-Buraq Media institution also blamed the regime, and said 6 had died in Al-Sukkari.
Shaam News Network referred to both regime and Russian planes carrying out strikes in Aleppo in recent days, and did not specify which of these was responsible. They said that six died in Sukkari. However, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the regime was responsible for all incidents in Aleppo over the previous seven days.
Civilians reported killed: 3-6
Civilians reported injured: unknown
Sources: LCCSY [Arabic], Al-Buraq Media institution [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 28th 2016: (R689) الصاخور Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th, LCCSY said three civilians had died in two strikes on Sakhour. RFS News also blamed Russia, reporting “a martyr and a number of wounded in Russian shelling by missiles on Al-Sakhur”. However, several other sources blamed the regime instead.
According to the Syrian Network, regime shelling claimed one victim. Likewise, in a tweet, AJABreaking spoke of “dead and a number of injured in regime raids on Al-Sakhur, Aleppo”. Halab news showed the destruction allegedly caused by regime shelling on Al-Sakhur. RadioAlkul equally blamed the regime, but put the death toll at two and spoke of “a number of wounded civilians”. In a tweet, Shahed_Ayan spoke of a “new massacre by regime warplanes targeting residential buildings in Qadi Askar”. Al-Buraq Media institution also blamed the regime and said “1 got killed in Al-Sakhour”.
However, Shaam News Network referred to both regime and Russian planes carrying out strikes in Aleppo in recent days, and did not specify which of these was responsible. They said that one civilian died in Sakhour.
Step News also reported the incident, saying that “[a] wareplane targeted the following neighbourhoods in Aleppo: Bei’deen, Al-Harableh, Al Ard Al-Hamra, Al-Sakhur, Al-Marjeh, Tareeq Al-Bab, Al-Salheen”, but did not say who was responsible.
One victim of “warplane shelling” (the planes were not identified) was named by the Violations Documentation Center as 13-year-old Abdulqader Mohammad al-Masri, though the date of his death (April 29th) is one day out from this incident.
Civilians reported killed: 1-3, including 1 child
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: LSSY [Arabic], Tweet by AJABreaking News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Step News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Syrian Network for Human Rights [Arabic], [Archived], Halab News [Arabic], Tweet by RadioAlkul [Arabic], [Archived], RFS News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Shahed_Ayan [Arabic], [Archived], Al-Buraq Media institution [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Violations Documentation Center, [Archived], Violations Documentation Center [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 28th 2016: (R690) باب الحديد Bab Al-Hadeed, Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Seven people were reported killed in alleged Russian or regime raids on Bab Al-Hadeed, Aleppo.
Syria News blamed Russia for “warplane shelling in various areas in Aleppo including Bab Al-Hadeed.” Halab News equally blamed Russia in a YouTube video covering the first moments of shelling. However, Islam Memo said “the regime launched 8 warplane raids in Bab Al Hadeed”.
Halab Today also blamed the regime in a tweet, saying: “Activists warn people not to get close to the cluster bombs which were thrown by regime warplane in Bab Al Hadeed.”
Other sources did not state who was responsible for the raids.
LCCSY reported that 7 people were killed in warplane shelling on Bab Al-Hadeed. The same was reported by Alamawi and Al Jazeera in tweets, but none attributed responsibility.
In a video by AMC the White Helmets can be seen recovering a body from under the rubble in Bab Al Hadeed. Aba_272 also tweeted pictures of a rescue operation. Lastly, a video posted on Facebook by Halab Alshuhada showes the “destruction of the shelling on Bab Al-Hadeed, Albasha street.”
Civilians reported killed: 7
Civilians reported injured: unkown
Sources: Halab News [Arabic], Shaam News Network [Arabic], Tweet by LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Syria News [Arabic], [Archived], Islam Memo [Arabic], [Archived], Video by AMC [Arabic], Tweet by Syria Feed [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Alamawi [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Al Jazeera [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Halab Today [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Halab Today [Arabic], [Archived], Ayman [Arabic], Tweet by LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Aba_272 [Arabic], [Archived], Halab Alshuhada [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 28th 2016: (R691) جب القبة Jib al Qiba (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th, LCCSY said a Russian raid had left people dead and wounded but did not give numbers.
In a tweet by Maheralhaj425 it was also reported that 6 people died in Jibb al Qibba, although it was not clear who carried out the raids. However, SPC news blamed the regime. It put the death toll at 6, reporting that another 12 people were wounded. Al-Qurum Media Institution also blamed the regime, and said that seven people died.
Civilians reported killed: 6–7
Civilians reported injured: 2-12
Sources: SPC News [Arabic], [Archived], LCCSY [Arabic], Tweet by Maheralhaj425 [Arabic], [Archived],  Al-Buraq Media institution [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested – and very few details
Russian position: Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 28th 2016: Bei’deen (Aleppo) Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: LCCSY reported that Russian raids in Bei’deen, Al Salheen, Dahrat Awwad and Al Haidariya” had led to deaths and injuries, but did not give numbers.
Al-qurum media institution  said that “44 have been killed by the regime in various neighbours in Aleppo today“, but did not say how many died in Bei’deen.
Civilians reported killed: 1 or more
Civilians reported injured: 1 or more
Sources: LCCSY [Arabic], Al-qurum media institution [Arabic],
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 29th 2016: (R692) Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Between six and 12 civilians died in airstrikes on Fardous according to local sources. While most reports said this was the work of the regime, others also alleged possible Russian involvement.
Baladi News published a video showing the first scenes of what they said was a strike by the regime. At 1:55 into the video, an eyewitness says he pulled two people from the rubble but that they died later. He adds that he counted seven or eight people dead on the scene but then lost count. There were many more injured and killed, he continued.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “at least 2 victims died in government helicopters barrel bombs”. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed all strikes in the previous eight days on the Assad regime.
According to Shaam News Network, 12 civilians died, though it blamed Russian and regime warplanes. The White Helmets did not identify the planes responsible, but said that there were “several raids by warplanes and more than 10 barrel bombs” targeting several Aleppo neighborhoods. They put the initial death toll at 10.
Civilians reported killed: 6-12
Civilians reported injured: 10
Sources: GRAPHIC: Said Badr [Arabic], GRAPHIC: Baladi News [Arabic], Al-Buraq media [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets [Arabic], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets (2) [Arabic], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wGIc9oc60Y

GRAPHIC: video showing a strike on Fardous, including graphic footage of casualties

April 29th 2016: (R693) Al Maghayer (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Between four and seven civilians died in airstrikes on Al Maghayer as part of the ongoing bombardment of Aleppo, according to local sources. The majority of reports point to this being a regime incident, though one other blames the regime and Russia.
Zamanalwasel News spoke of raids carried out by regime warplanes “on most of the districts of Aleppo”. It continued saying that “warplanes committed a massacre in the neighborhood of “Al-Maghayer”, which killed seven people according to the initial death toll and wounded dozens, including children and the elderly.” The correspondent furthermore explained that “the regime helicopters targeted a neighbourhood with seven gas cylinders.”
Images tweeted by Baladi News showed the “destruction of Al-Maghayer after being targeted by a raid.” Sorya_gehadk reported in a tweet that “at least 5 were killed and many were wounded, some with serious injuries, in shelling on Al-Maghayer”. AJABreaking News also put the death toll at five. TRT Arabic said that five were killed by regime warplanes.
An extremely graphic video by AMC showed severely injured victims being treated in a medical facility. The channel attributed the incident to the regime. According to Halab News, “47 were killed on the 29th in various areas. As for Al-Maghayer, only one was identified as Hasan Amer Al-Sayed”. They also listed three unidentified bodies killed in Al Maghayer by “navy mines“.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “at least 4 victims including a woman died in government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Al Maghayer neighbourhood“. And according to Shaam News Network four civilians died, though they were “Russian and Assad’s planes“.
Civilians reported killed: 4-7, including 1 woman
Civilians reported injured: 2-24
Sources:  Zamanalwasel News [Arabic], [Archived], TRT Arabic, [Archived], Tweet by Baladi News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Sorya_gehadk [Arabic], [Archived], AJABreaking News [Arabic], [Archived], VERY GRAPHIC: AMC [Arabic], Halab News [Arabic], [Archived], Aktareen city [Arabic], [Archived], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], [Archived],   
Quality of reporting: contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

EXTREMELY GRAPHIC: Victims are treated in a medical facility following a strike on Al Maghayer. AMC blamed the regime.

April 29th 2016: (R694) Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Between three and seven civilians including two children died in raids on Bustan al Qasr, according to local sources. All sources but one blamed the regime – though Shaam News Network mentioned Russian and regime warplanes.
In a video issued by Shaam News Network a White Helmet member says that “there were four barrels thrown on Bustan Al-Qaser in the last hour. There are five martyrs and 10 injured somewhere else. And in another place [there are] 10 injured, and in a third one 10 injured, and here there are many injured and they are looking for a missing boy and found him. The White Helmets crew is ready to do their duties.”
In another video, Hadi Al-Abdullah explains that “it is a very difficult place to rescue the injured, because they are open to the regime sniper. There are regime helicopters and warplanes all over the sky.” Hadi’s video also captured barrel throwing on civilians as it happened.
World Akhbar news reports that “six people were killed and others injured on Friday evening due to aerial bombing by the Syrian regime that targeted Bustan Al-Qaser neighborhood, in the city of Aleppo, with explosive barrels. Syrian activists said the shelling caused the complete destruction of “Bustan Al-Qaser medical point” in the center of Aleppo.”
An Al Jazeera reporter, Montaser Abu-Nabut, stated that 7 people were killed and tens were injured including women and children in raids by Syrian and Russian warplanes on Bustan Al-Qaser, Al-Helluk, Bab Al-Neirab, Al-Kallaseh, Al-Tarrab, and A’ziza neighbours.
Rm_hamada tweeted an image of a girl along with the following text: “#Hala is a little girl from Aleppo, crying over her mom’s body after being hit with a barrel [that was] thrown on their flat in Bustan Al-Qaser.”
Alkalimah_online also reported the incident in a tweet, saying that according to Syrian activists “Bustan Al_Qaser medical point was completely destroyed by explosive barrels.” In a report, Abarah Press reported that the death toll had risen to 25 people and dozens were wounded in a “rocket bombardment on Bustan Al-Qaser neighborhood and Kallaseh neighbourhood”.
The White Helmets said that three civilians were killed by regime barrel bombs, while the Syrian Network  also blamed the regime and said of three victims two were children.
According to the Syrian Observatory, all of the strikes in the previous eight days were carried out by the regime. They said that “about 226 civilians including over 50 women and children [were] killed in 8 days of heavy bombardment on Aleppo city“.
Civilians reported killed: 3-7, including 2 children and one woman
Civilians reported injured: 2-10
Sources: White Helmets [Arabic], Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], Hadi Al-Abdullah [Arabic], Baladi News [Arabic], World Akhbar news [Arabic], [Archived], Al Jazeera [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Taha_alhelo [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Rm_hamada [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Alkalimah_online [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 29th 2016: (R695) Al Ma’adi (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Shaam News Network reported that “as usual warplanes and helicopters continue to fly over the city of Aleppo for the 8th consecutive day bringing people death and destruction. Russian and Assad’s planes launched dozens of raids with vacum missiles and barrel bombs“. They recorded one death in Al Ma’adi.
In a tweet by TRTalarabeya both the Syrian regime and Russia were held responsible for airstrikes on the neighbourhoods of “Ma’adi, Bab Al_neirab, Qadi Asqar, and Al-Mowasalat in Aleppo.” Tomasfadi also reported the incident in a tweet, saying that one person was killed and “several others were wounded in an airstrike from helicopters targeting #Al-Ma’ado in Aleppo with explosive barrels.”
Civilians reported killed: 1
Civilians reported injured: 2 or more
Sources: Shaam News Network [Arabic], Tweet by TRTalarabeya [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Tomasfadi [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 29th 2016: (R696) Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Shaam News Network, reported “For the eighth day in a row Assad’s and Russian aircraft continue to pour their lava on residential neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo, causing dozens of massacres“. Its initial report said one civilian died, later revising the death toll to five.
Abarah Press said “two people were killed and several wounded by aerial bombardment by three rockets on Alsakhur neighborhood east of the city.” And Qasioun news reported that Syrian and Russian warplanes had targeted the “Al-Mash’had, Alsakhur neighborhoods, and Kallaseh, Al-Sukari, Bustan Al-Qaser, Alqaterji, and Marjeh”, which left many casualties and led to the destruction of property. However, there is some confusion over who was responsible for the raids. In a later report, Qasioun news blamed only Russia, saying that the “Russian warplanes bombardment circle was expanded to affect neighbourhoods (Al-Mash’had, Alsakhur, and Kallaseh) in the city of Aleppo, causing significant destruction of civilian property, without news of casualties.”
In a tweet, Damascus Coordinate named one of the killed civilians as Abdul-Kader Mohammed Al-Masri (13 years), saying that the child “was killed and four were injured in an air raid on Al-Sakhur.”
Civilians reported killed: 1-5, including one woman and one child
Civilians reported injured: 4
Sources: Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Shaam News Network (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Abarah Press [Arabic], [Archived], Qasioun News (1) [Arabic], [Archived], Qasioun News (2) [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Damascus Coordinate [Arabic], [Archived], Media/news/publishing  [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by 3591e365b6344c8 [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Mahmoodtaha22 [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

April 29th 2016: (R697) Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Up to five people, including a woman and child, were killed in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Al Qaterji on April 29th 2016.
Shaam News Network, reported “For the eighth day in a row Assad’s and Russian aircraft continue to pour their lava on residential neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo, causing dozens of massacres“. They reported one death (a woman) in Al Qaterji.
According to the Syrian Network, “government warplanes (allies) fired missiles on Al Hussein Mosque in Al Qaterji“. In a tweet by Mansoorhoseen it was reported that “the death toll of the Russian and Assad [regimes] has reached 17 martyrs in the following neighbourhoods: #Alfardous, #Al-Maghayer #Al-Qaterji #Bustan Al-Qaser.” And Shahba Press reported in a tweet that the shelling of that day on Al Qateri had led to the death of a woman and a child.
JisrTV News blamed the Syrian regime and reported that five people were killed and ten wounded in the massacre. In another tweet by Shahba Press the death toll was put at 2, including a woman, and the number of injured was reportedly nine. Hope_Iran tweeted a photo showing “The destruction caused by regime shelling on Al-Qaterji today”.
Civilians reported killed:  2-5, including one woman and one child
Civilians reported injured: 9-10
Sources: Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Mansoorhoseen [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Shahba Press [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Shahba Press (2) [Arabic], [Archived], JisrTV News [Arabic], [Archived], Video by Al Hadath [Arabic], Tweet by Hope_Iran [Arabic], [Archived].
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

A YouTube video showing the destruction of Al-Qaterji neighbourhood after an airstrike on April 29th, 2016 (via Al Hadath). 

April 30th 2016: (R698) Bab al Nairab (Aleppo) Aleppo governorate, Syria
Summary: Four non-combatants died in airstrikes on Bab al Nairab, according to local sources. The majority of reports indicated that this was a regime incident, though Shaam News Network also suggested that Russia could also have been responsible. A news roundup blamed both Russian and the regime, reporting “the 9th consecutive day bringing death and destruction carried out by the Russian Aviation and the Assad regime, bombing districts of Aleppo and the targeting of civilian homes and vital facilities.” It documented four deaths in Bab al Nairab. The Syrian Network also put the death toll at four and blamed the regime. In a tweet it spoke of “4 victims at least”.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “about 20 airstrikes” targeted 10 neighborhoods in Aleppo – including Bab al Nairab – on April 30th. They did not say who the warplanes belonged to, but added that the strikes “killed at least two people in Bostan al-Qasr and Bab al-Nairab.” According to a tweet by ShababRevolution “the Bab Al-Neyrab cemetery was bombed by Assad’s warplanes.”
Enab Baladi put the death toll at 5 and spoke of 10 wounded. A video by Halab News shows injured and dead in Bab Al-Nairab, though offered no more information. It was furthermore reported in a tweet by Yasmin Alsham and a video, that the “Aleppo water pumping station in Bab Al-Neyrab is out of service due to warplane missiles.”
Civilians reported killed: 3-5
Civilians reported injured: 5-10
Sources: Syrian Network for Human Rights, [Archived], Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, [Archived], Shaam News Network [Arabic], [Archived], White Helmets [Arabic], Halab News [Arabic], SPC News [Arabic], [Archived], Enab Baladi News [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by ShababRevolution [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Zakaria_nassani [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by the Syrian Network for Human Rights [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Yasmin Alsham [Arabic], [Archived], Tweet by Aboalhodahoms [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Contested
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.

The White Helmets attend the scene of a strike on Bab al Nairab, April 30th (via White Helmets)

April 30th 2016: (R699) Al Jneina, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria
Summary: According to Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently, “Muhiy al Razouk and his three children” died in a Russian airstrike on Al Jneina.
LCSSY also named the victim and said two of his relatives were killed and four other civilians critically wounded. It also attributed the incident to Russia. 
In a video by JisrTV and a tweet by 81alhariri the incident was also reported and attributed to Russian warplanes. Other sources also mentioned the incident but did not say who was responsible.
The Syria Newsdesk reported the following: “20 civilians were killed and others were wounded today as a result of warplanes carrying out several raids on Al-Jeiy’a village under the control of the Islamic state, West Deir al-Zour.
Abu Wassim al-Dairi from Deir ez-Zor News Network said aircraft argeted the village with rockets killing at least 20 civilians, including children, and wounded dozens more who were taken to medical points in the region for treatment. The bombing also reportedly caused the complete destruction of four houses and the burning of another three, in addition to  physical damage to properties.
Orient News also reported the incident. It said that “warplanes on Sunday evening committed a massacre in the village of Al-Je’ah in the western countryside of Deir al-Zour, killing dozens and wounding many, while enabling IS control over strategic locations in the vicinity of Deir al-Zour military airport.”
Civilians reported killed: 4-20, including 3 children
Civilians reported injured: 4-24
Sources: Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently [Arabic], LCCSY [Arabic], [Archived], JisrTV News [Arabic], Tweet by 81alhariri [Arabic], [Archived], Syria News Desk [Arabic], [Archived], Orient News [Arabic], [Archived]. 
Quality of reporting: Fair – though few details
Russian position: The Kremlin has issued no public accounts of airstrikes in Syria from April 1st – 30th.