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Incident Date
2 December 2021
Incident Code
RS4675
Location
بنش,, Bennish, Idlib, Syria
A child, Nour Al Atrash, ten years old, was killed whilst having breakfast with her family on December 2nd 2021 when Russian or Syrian regime artillery hit their house in Binnish, East Idlib. Five other members of her family were injured, including three of her cousins or brothers, all boys, including Jamal Al Atrash, five…
Summary
Published
2 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2021
Incident Code
RS4676
Location
سرجة, Sarja, Idlib, Syria
At least two children were injured in the explosion of a leftover cluster bomb in the town of Sarja in the Idlib Governorate of Syria on December 2, 2021. According to @Almohrar1, "two children, Muhammad and Ahmad Hajj Musa, were seriously injured by the explosion of a cluster bomb left over from the bombing of…
Summary
Published
2 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4673
Location
معرزاف, Maarzaf, Idlib, Syria
Between four and 10 children were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the town of Maarzaf on November 28, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, 10 children, all from one family, were injured as a result of laser-guided artillery shelling against civilian homes in Maarzaf. One of the injured children was heard…
Summary
Published
28 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4674
Location
كفرتعال, Kafr Taal, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and several other civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on Kafr Taal on November 28, 2021. A tweet from @anasanas84, a local Syrian reporter, identified that the initial toll from shelling of Kafr Taal was one person killed and several civilians wounded. @SRoudinah2 referred to…
Summary
Published
25 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4672
Location
مجدليا, Majdalia, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a woman or a child, was killed and three to four others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian strikes on the village of Majdalia on November 25, 2021. Baladi News correspondent in Idlib countryside said that a warplane of the Russian Air Force launched air strikes with high-explosive…
Summary
Published
25 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4671
Location
قرية عين لاروز, Ain Larouz village, Idlib, Syria
Between one and two civilians were killed and an unspecified number of others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the village of Ain Larouz on November 24, 2021. The Nedaa Post correspondent reported the killing of two civilians after targeting the village of "Ain Larouz" in Jabal Al-Zawiya with "Krasnopol" laser…
Summary
Published
24 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4670
Location
قرية جوزف, Josef Village, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime shelling on Josef village on November 23, 2021. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, a civilian was seriously injured and a house was damaged in an attack on Josef village. An Al-Jisr reporter stated that the civilian was seriously injured. Syrian Civil Defense…
Summary
Published
23 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4669
Location
قرية تلتيتا في جبل السماق في ريف ادلب الغربي, Tetita Village, Al Somaq Mountain, Idlib, Syria
Russian airplanes targeted Jabal Al-Summaq or "Jabal Al-Druze" (as referenced to by residents from the Druze sect), in the western countryside of Idlib, allegedly killing two people and wounding up to seven others, with vacuum missiles, on Monday November 22nd 2021. The correspondent for Step News Agency reported that "Russian warplanes bombed with high-explosive vacuum…
Summary
Published
22 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4668
Location
كفرنوان, Kafr Noran, Aleppo, Syria
At least two civilians, a child and his mother, were killed and four to five others, including three to four other children and a man, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the village of Kafar Noran on November 15, 2021. According to Hasakah News, a woman and her child were killed…
Summary
Published
15 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4667
Location
تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
Two to four people were injured as a result of artillery sheling by the Syrian regime or Russian forces in Taftanaz, east of Idlib on Novemebr 14th 2021. Local sources reported that this attack was with Krasnopol missiles. Three of those injured were possibly employed by or members of the police force as local sources…
Summary
Published
14 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4666
Location
أطراف معرة مصرين, vicinity of Ma'aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including three children and a woman, were killed and six others, including two children, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on a home for displaced people in Ma'aret Misrin on November 11, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, five civilians, including three children and a woman, were killed and six…
Summary
Published
11 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4665
Location
شادرني, Shaderni, Idlib, Syria
A least one civilian man was injured in alleged Russian strikes on the Shaderni area, Syria, on November 6, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a civilian was seriously injured and a number of cows were killed when Russian planes bombed a farm in the Shaderni area. The White Helmets rescued the injured and…
Summary
Published
6 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4664
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
Between one and three civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling outside of Kansafra on November 1, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a young man was seriously injured in artillery shelling that targeted workers while they were harvesting the olive crop outside of Kansafra. The injured man was taken to…
Summary
Published
1 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4663
Location
جمعية شام الخير, Sham Al Khair Assocation, Idlib, Syria
One civilian, a child, was killed and up to ten other civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike, during a raid on October 27th 2021, which struck an IDP camp in Termanin, in the northern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Whilst Al Souria Network's correspondent reported that in a…
Summary
Published
27 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
,
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4662
Location
معرة مصرين, Ma'aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
An 11-year-old child was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Ma'aret Misrin, Syria, on October 23, 2021. Alaraby News quoted the Syrian Civil Defense, who reported that an 11-year-old was injured when Russian and regime forces bombed a "fodder depot and a sawmill in the southern farms of the city of Maarat Misrin"…
Summary
Published
23 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
,
Storage
,
Equipment / Machinery
),
Residential
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4660
Location
دارة عزة, Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians, including a woman and two of her children were injured, as a result of Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling on residential neighbourhoods in the city of Darat Izza, west of Aleppo, Syria, on October 23rd 2021.
Summary
Published
23 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4661
Location
دير سنبل, Deir Sunbol, Idlib, Syria
Several injuries were reported after Russian or Syrian regime forces' targeted a olive harvest with "heavy" artillery and missiles in the outskirts of the village of Deir Sunbal, south of Idlib, Syria. Syria Civil Defense said that "artillery of the regime and Russia targeted workers while harvesting the olive crop on the outskits of Dersanbel"…
Summary
Published
23 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4659
Location
اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
In what was widely referred to as a "massacre", at least 13 civilians were killed and over 30 wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on a marketplace in Ariha on October 20th 2021. Most sources said that as many as four children were killed in the strike that took place in the…
Summary
Published
20 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Commerce
(
Market
)
Civilians reported killed
13–14
Civilians reported injured
30–63
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4658
Location
قوقفين, Qouqfin, Idlib, Syria
On 19th October 2021, one person was reportedly killed and several others were injured when a Russian or Syrian regime forces' attacked Qaqafin, in the "de-escalation zone", in southern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Multiple sources indicated that the attack was artillery shelling, using "several laser-guided Krasnopol missiles." There were reports that the number of civilians…
Summary
Published
19 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4656
Location
سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
At least four people were killed and up to 23 others wounded in the first of two Syrian or Russian artillery or airstrikes in one of the most populated cities in Idlib, Sarmada, on October 16th 2021. One of those killed was reported to be police chief Saad Eddin Berri; sources said it was likely…
Summary
Published
16 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
13–23
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4657
Location
الطريق بين باب الهوى وسرمدا, Road between Bab Al Hawa and Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
Ten civilians were injured in the second incident of a strike on the Sarmada, reportedly carried out by Russian or Syrian regime forces, on October 16th, 2021. The strike represents a significant escalation of violence observed in the past month. Details of the first incident are archived under incident R4402 on the Airwars site. Syria…
Summary
Published
16 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4655
Location
كفر عمة, Kafr Amma, Aleppo, Syria
At least five children were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling in Kafr Anna, Syria on October 12th 2021. Two sources mentioned another civilian was also injured; one source mentioned that a woman and a man were injured alongside four children. The names of the children were widely reported as: Mahmoud Khalil, 10…
Summary
Published
12 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4654
Location
التفاحية, Al Tuffahiya, Idlib, Syria
At least three civilians were killed and others were injured, one seriously, in alleged Russian or regime strikes with Kornet missiles and/or thermal missiles on the village of Al-Tuffahiya on October 11, 2021. Zaman Al Wasl reported that three civilians were killed and another one was wounded in regime and Russian militia strikes with a "Kornet"…
Summary
Published
11 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4653
Location
معارة النعسان, Maarat al-Naasan, Idlib, Syria
Between three and four civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime shelling of the town of Maarat al-Naasan on October 8, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, three civilians were injured, one critically, in shelling on the town of Maarat al-Naasan by the regime and Russia. They added that their volunteers inspected the area…
Summary
Published
8 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4651
Location
مخيم في قرية باتنته, Refugee camp near Batinta, Idlib, Syria
At least one woman was killed and two other civilians, a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a refugee camp near the village of Batinta on October 1, 2021. Al Mashreq Agency reported that a woman was killed and two other civilians, including a woman and a child,…
Summary
Published
1 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4652
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Between one and two women were injured in alleged regime or Russian shelling on the city of Jisr al-Shughur on October 1, 2021. According to @MMCSYR, two women were injured in regime and Russian shelling on Jisr al-Shughur. Al Mashreq Agency also reported that two women were wounded. A tweet from @rahhalahmad06 provided the casualty…
Summary
Published
1 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4650
Location
أم الريش, Umm Al Reesh, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Umm Al Reesh on October 1, 2021. Al Mashreq Agency reported that a child was wounded in shelling on the village of Umm Al Reesh. Both @itsnotsuhad and @mzmgr941 also identified one child as being injured. Both Al Mashreq Agency…
Summary
Published
1 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 September 2021
Incident Codes
IRS013 RS4648
Location
كفرنوران, Kafar Noran, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and five civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian artillery shelling and machine gun fire on the village of Kafr Noran on September 27, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, five civilians, including a woman, were wounded in mortar shelling by the Russian and regime forces…
Summary
Published
27 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
27 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4649
Location
مجدليا, Majdliya, Idlib, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian and regime artillery shelling of the town of Majdlaya on September 27, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported that at least one civilian, a child, was injured in shelling of the town of Majdlaya and the child was taken to the hospital for…
Summary
Published
27 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4647
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
At least one person was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kansafra on September 22, 2021. Sources were conflicted as to whether the man killed was a militant or civilian. According to @ShahbaPress, a civilian was killed and another was wounded in Russian airstrikes on Kansafra. "Zaman Al-Wasl" reporter said that…
Summary
Published
22 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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