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Incident Date
4 April 2026
Incident Code
IRIRQ260404a
Location
Rumalia oil field in Zubair district, west of Basra, Basra, Iraq
حقل الرميلة النفطي في العرا
On Saturday, April 4, 2026, up to five Iraqi workers were injured when two drones allegedly belonging to local Iranian-backed militias hit the facilities of the U.S. technology and energy company, Baker Hughes, located in the Rumalia oil field in Zubair district, west of Basra, in southern Iraq. Additionally, a Burjesia oil field was hit …
Summary
Published
3 July 2026
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Drone Strike
Infrastructure
Resources
,
Oil Facility
,
Warehouse
Civilians reported injured
3 – 5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
Iranian-backed Militias
,
Kuwait Armed Forces
,
Kurdish Forces
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Incident Date
2 February 2022
Incident Code
YS123
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
لباب,
According to local sources, the SDF, the Syrian regime, or the Syrian National Army targeted the city of Al-Bab with missiles and artillery, hitting a number of neighbourhoods in the city, located in the northeast of Aleppo, Syria, on February 2nd 2022. Five to ten civilians were reported killed and at least ten and up …
Summary
Published
2 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5 – 10
Civilians reported injured
10 – 32
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
Syrian Democratic Forces
,
Syrian Regime
,
Kurdish Forces
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Incident Date
16 October 2020
Incident Code
TS451
Location
Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria
عين عيسى
Hatem Hazem , aged eight or 13 years old, died of injuries he sustained as a result of an alleged Turkey forces or Turkey-backed militants shelling on Ain Issa area and its camp, or the explosion of a mine according to local sources. Other eight civilians including a child and two men were also reported …
Summary
Published
16 October 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1 – 8
Actor
Turkish Military
,
Free Syrian Army
,
Kurdish Forces
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Incident Date
21 March 2018
Incident Code
TS284
Location
Ba'iya village, Shirawa district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
بايعة
According to multiple local sources, two civilians died in an alleged Turkish shelling of Ba’iya village. The SDF accused the Turkish occupation army of bombing the surrounding villages which resulted in the deaths of civilians in the village of Ba’iya. Sources reported that “the Kurdish units destroyed a military vehicle of the Turkish army, stressing …
Summary
Published
21 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Actor
Turkish Military
,
Kurdish Forces
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