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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0131
Location
أم صحريج, Umm Sahrij, Hama, Syria
One female non-combatant was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on a mosque in Umm Sahrij, according to the Coordination of Syrian Revolution in Eastern Hama, and The Union of Hama Revolutionaries [links presently disabled.] All4Syria also reported that “The village of Umm Sahreej in the eastern Hama countryside suffered a Russian airstrike which…
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0133
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
According to multiple sources, at least ten non-combatants died, and 30 were injured by alleged Russian warplanes struck the popular market in the centre of Ma’arat Al Numan. The Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime for the alleged raids, but a member of The White Helmets, who came to the scene, told SN4HR Russian…
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0129
Location
دير حافر, Dayr Hafir, Aleppo, Syria
A series of massive airstrikes on Dayr Hafir – allegedly by both Assad regime and Russian forces – led to some civilian casualties according to reports. According to Shaam News, “Dayr Hafer was hit with more than 40 rockets launched by rocket launchers and more than ten air strikes in addition to helicopters throwing their…
Summary
Published
7 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0130
Location
ضاحية الكهرباء, Dahiat al Kharaba, Aleppo, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that one male civilian was killed in an alleged strike by Russian warplanes on the Dahiat al Kharaba region, between the towns of Kafr Naha and Khan al Assal. Al Jazeera, the Step Agency and Zaitonmag also said attacks in the vicinity were the work of Russia. However, VDC…
Summary
Published
7 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0127
Location
كفر جوم, Kafr Joum, Aleppo, Syria
Several civilians were reported killed and a number injured in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on the Al Dairi fabrics factory in Kafr Joum, Aleppo, according to the White Helmets and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. The White Helmets reported that Russian warplanes had carried out several raids targeting the factory, leading to widespread destruction and a…
Summary
Published
7 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0128
Location
حي خان العسل, Khan Al Assal (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
The White Helmets reported that one woman was killed and several other civilians injured following an alleged strike by Russian planes. The event may be linked to the previous incident between Kafr Naha and Khan al Assal. The only woman as listed by VDC as killed in an airstrike that day was Halima Abid al…
Summary
Published
7 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0125
Location
سقبا وحموريه, Between Saqba and Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Seven civilians were killed including four children – and dozens of people injured – following an alleged Russian or Assad regime air raid on neighbourhoods in an area linking the towns of Saqba and Hamouriya. The White Helmets and Radio Al Kul blamed Russia, while VDC and the Syrian Free Army said the attack was…
Summary
Published
7 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0126
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
News media and casualty recorders reported that between 25 and 26 civilians were killed including eight children and seven women – and more than a dozen injured – in airstrikes targeting a market where people were queuing to buy heating fuel. It remains unclear whether the Assad regime or Russian forces were responsible for the…
Summary
Published
7 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
25–26
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0124
Location
القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
There was no airstrike conducted on Nov 6th; however, VDC claimed that Mostafa Assem al Arki was killed during alleged Russian air forces shelling in the village Qaryatain. Mostafa Assem al Arki's death perhaps come after his injured due to the airstrike carried out on Nov 2nd and he died four days later.
Summary
Published
6 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0120
Location
البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center reported that one named civilian male was killed, allegedly due to “Russian airforce shelling“. VDC named the victim as Soeoud al-Thamer. No additional information is presently known.
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0122
Location
الكركات, Al Karkat, Hama, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that four children from the same family died after alleged strikes by the regime. However Al Khul reported that six civilians died “after Russian planes last night targeted the village of Al Karkat near the town of Kala’at al Madik in the western countryside.” And the Shaam News Network…
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0123
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria
One nine-year-old girl was killed in an airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that regime warplanes were responsible, but the VDC – who named the girl as Shatha Dawood – said…
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0121
Location
البوكمال, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that 71 civilians including nine or more children killed – and more than 100 people injured – when alleged Russian warplanes launched two airstrikes on the market in Al Bukamal. It added that more than 20 shops were destroyed and that a mosque, park and school were damaged…
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
48–71
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0119
Location
القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
An adult male civilian Abd al-Kareem al-Alawi (also known as Abo Moseab) was named as killed after an alleged strike on Qaryatain by Russian warplanes. According to Radio Al Kul, Mr al-Alawi was one of two civilians who died: “The two martyrs are displaced from the neighbouring town of Maheen.“
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0118
Location
بنسن, Banin, Idlib, Syria
One man was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Banin village, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. No further details are known at the present time.
Summary
Published
4 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0115
Location
الأنصاري, Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A vacuum missile, allegedly fired by Russian warplanes killed eleven non-combatants and injured about 20 in the Ansari neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to reports. Several homes have destroyed. Four of those killed were brothers and sisters from one family, who died alongside their father. The raid was one of several in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, including an…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0117
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 34 civilians were reported killed including a woman and a child, and 50 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes, according to multiple sources. Al A’maq [close to Daesh] claimed there were 26 strikes by Russian warplanes which caused 10 deaths, including two women. They claimed that the city’s general hospital was targeted, along with…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
27–34
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0114
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources that claimed the death of between six and eight civilians including three children and injury of 12 more in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bustan al Qasr. Several houses were also reportedly destroyed. VDC released the names of 8 people that killed, including three children as result of the strike. Additionally, the Violations Documentation…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0116
Location
حي المشهد, Al Mashad (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Alleged Russian airstrikes reportedly killed at least three non-combatants and injured at least ten in the neighbourhood of Al Mashhad, according to the White Helmets. The group said they recovered three bodies from the rubble and rescued ten people, transferring them to nearby field hospitals. Local media activist Mansour Hussain told Al Araby al Jadeed…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0113
Location
سكيك, Sakik, Idlib, Syria
An initial report by the Violations Documentation Center named one adult male as a civilian medical worker who killed in an alleged Russian airstrike but did not specify the location. However, a later listing by the VDC identified him both as a paramedic and as a non-civilian, killed “during clashes with the regime’s army forces“.…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0111
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
One woman, Mrs Zahra Hajj Khamees, was reported killed and more than 20 people injured after an alleged Russian airstrike on the traders’ market in the town of Maarat al Numan. Video footage showed extreme damage to shops and houses in the vicinity. Most sources blamed Russia. However, the Damascus Centre and the Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0112
Location
القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
30 civilians were reported killed and a dozen injured in alleged evening Russian airstrikes on a centre for the distribution of bread in the town of Qaryatain in Homs province. According to Shaam News Network, 16 people died when Russian planes carried out two raids. Activists stressed that the raids targeted a bakery in the…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Commerce
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Bakery
)
Civilians reported killed
30
Civilians reported injured
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0108
Location
منطقة أسيا, Assiya, Aleppo, Syria
An unnamed civilian male was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in Assiya. Almodon made no mention of civilian casualties, though did report strikes by “Russian jet fighters” on Assiya. No additional information is presently available.
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0109
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
A child was killed and ‘dozens of civilians’ were injured “as a result of five Russian air strikes [each strike firing more than one missile] targeting residential neighborhoods in the city of Douma” according to the White Helmets. Intense artillery shelling was also reported on Douma. VDC named the child as Judi Bashar al Zhairi, and…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0110
Location
أم صحريج, Um Sirij, Hama, Syria
Two to five children and their mother were reported killed and four more people injured along with up to three civilian adults, after an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Umm Sirij. Shaam News cited local civil defence as saying that a home had been razed in the attack, with other houses damaged. And…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
RS0105
Location
Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
The White Helmets and others reported a very intense raid in the early hours of November 1st, allegedly by Russian warplanes, on Hraytan. The Al Haramees area was targetted with four strikes reportedly using vacuum missiles, which led to the death of 45-year old Mohammad Ismail Rustum and the wounding of two others, as well…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0106
Location
Jbala, Idlib, Syria
One child was reported killed and two or more non-combatants injured following an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Jbala. While the Syrian Observatory blamed Russia, both the Idlib Media Centre and Al Kul Radio said the attack was the work of the Assad regime.
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0107
Location
معرتماتر, Ma’ar Tamater, Idlib, Syria
A child named as Ahmad Ali al-Yousef was reported killed following an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Ma’artamater. The Violations Documentation Center and Syrian Observatory blamed Russia. The pro-regime Shaam Times – citing “military sources” – confirmed that unspecified aircraft had supported ground operations at Ma’artamater. And the Damascus Centre for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0104
Location
الحميدية, Hamidiya (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four named civilians were killed in a reported Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Hamidiya. The Violations Documentation Center named the victims, all adult males.
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0103
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
The White Helmets were among those reporting multiple civilian fatalities after a series of alleged Russian airstrikes on Douma. “Since the morning until now, more than 15 strikes,” the civil defence group posted. Syria Reporter published what it said was an image of two Russian aircraft operating over the city that day. The dead were…
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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