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Incident Date
21 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1987
Location
Kamari town, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians were killed and 10 injured by alleged Russian airstrikes southwest of Aleppo, Smart News reported. The raids reportedly struck the town at night, killing a woman and child, as well as three men. Rescue teams worked for five hours to recover those trapped under the rubble.
Summary
Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
7–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CS594
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Al A’rid street, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians died and up to 20 were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Tabaqa, according to local sources, in the second of three reported incident in the city that day. Reporters Talk and Q_Alenzy said that 12 civilians were wounded by “American warplanes”, while according to Qasioun 20 people were injured in Coalition…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI562
Location
الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and press sources said that 43 civilians were killed in airstrikes and missile shelling by the International Coalition and Iraqi forces in Zanjili neighbourhood, in the west of Mosul. Mosul Eye reported: “Mosul witnessed 20/3/2017 wave of casualties in a large number, and the initial outcome that we were able to collect was…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
43
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1980
Location
النشمي, Al Namshi village, Hama, Syria
Two civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Namshia village, east of Hama, the Smart News Agency reported. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI564
Location
نابلس, Mosul, Nablus, Yarmouk, Old City, Haraj Market, Nineveh, Iraq
Local residents and press sources said that 49 civilians were killed and 100 injured in the clashes and shelling in the neighborhoods of Nablus, Yarmouk, the Old City and the Haraj market in the West of Mosul. Ninawa Media Center put the number at 38 for the neigbourhoods of Zangali, Rifai and Najjar. Al Arabi…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
49–50
Civilians reported injured
24–100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
CI565
Location
عنه, Ana Al Jadida, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local residents and press sources said that seven civilians were killed and seven injured after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted Cairo neighbourhood in Ana, in the west of Anbar province. While Iraqi Spring blamed the Coalition, the other two sources also mentioned the Iraqi forces. Yaqein reported that “Seven civilians were killed and seven others were…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1981
Location
التوامة, Al Tawame, Aleppo, Syria
Alleged Russian airstrikes wounded civilians Al Tawame, in the countryside of western Aleppo, local sources reported. According to the Step News Agency, “Russian aircraft launched several air strikes with vacuum missiles targeting the vicinity of the town”.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1982
Location
كفركرمين, Kafr Karmin, Aleppo, Syria
Several civilians were reported wounded following two airstrikes on the village of Kafar Karmin in western Aleppo countryside. Only one source, the Step News Agency, blamed Russia; the others didn’t apportion blame, referring only to “warplanes”.
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1983
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisir Al Shoghour, Idlib, Syria
Between two and seven civilians including two women died in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on the residential neighbourhoods of Jisr Al-Shoghour, according to local sources. A further eight civilians , including four women, were allegedly injured. Baladi, Alaraby and Sdusyria put the death toll at three civilians. IkhwanSyria put the death toll still higher, at seven civilians…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1985
Location
دبسي الفرج دبسي أبو عاصي, Abu A’ssi village, Dibsi village and Dibsi al Faraj villages, Raqqa, Syria
A mother and her four children were among 11 civilians killed and 20 wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on villages in northern Syria, Smart News Agency reported. A further 20 civilians were reportedly wounded. According to the Smart News Agency, “Thirty-one civilians, including children and women, were killed and wounded by air strikes by Russian…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1984
Location
eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria
A child was among at least two civilians killed by alleged Russian or Syrian air or artillery strikes in the besieged eastern towns of eastern Ghouta, according to sources on the ground. Al Jazeera reported 15 dead. Schools in the area closed due the proximity of the strikes, according to SMART News, who blamed both Russia…
Summary
Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1974
Location
مسكنة, Maskana, Aleppo, Syria
Russian warplanes killed between four and seven civilians, including two children and two women, in an alleged attack on the Hittin compound in the the city of Maskanah, local media reported. According to the Step News Agency, “seven civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and dozens more wounded when Russian warplanes targeted…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1975
Location
كفرناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
One man was killed and four other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on a residential area in Kafr Naha on 19th March 2017, according to sources on the ground.. The raid reportedly resulted in a fire which led to further damage.
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CI559
Location
الموصل الجديدة/الآبار, New Mosul/Abar, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Locals reported the deaths of 46 civilians including 28 children and 18 men and women with 80 others injured – mostly children and women – by different kind of shelling in many neighborhoods of Old Mosul. At least 26 bodies reportedly reached the local forensic medicine hospital. Iraq News Center spoke of two dozen civilians…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
46–47
Civilians reported injured
80
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1976
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Raids carried out by warplanes led to the deaths of four civilians including a woman and two children and wounded a further 12 people, sources said. It is unclear who was responsible for these attacks, with some reports blaming the Russians and others accusing the regime. Syrian Mirror reported: "Russian warplanes targeted the eastern neighborhood…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
10–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
CI560
Location
حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq
Amnesty International field researchers reported that 11 civilians died in a likely airstrike on al Tanak. The following account was published: “Amnesty International interviewed witnesses about an explosion in al-Tenak neighbourhood on 20 March which they attributed to an air strike. The explosion caused two houses to collapse just off Street 20, killing 11 civilians.…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1977
Location
سوحا, Soha village, Hama, Syria
Two people were killed and a further two were injured in what was ‘likely’ a Russian airstrike in Soha village in eastern Hama Governorate on March 19th 2017, according to one local source, the Smart News Agency. The attack was reportedly carried out within ISIS territory, and killed a man and his wife - and…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19–20 March, 2017
Incident Code
RS1978
Location
معارة الأتارب, Ma’arat al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
One woman was killed and at least two children wounded as alleged Russian airstrikes fell near a mosque in Ma'arat Al Atarib, western Aleppo, local sources reported. The Syrian Network for Human Rights was among sources blaming Russia. However, NABD News attributed the airstrikes to Syrian warplanes. Three children were wounded, according to the Syrian Civil…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1979
Location
Idlib city, Idlib, Syria
Between five and six civilians were killed and an unknown number wounded in air strikes allegedly conducted by Russian forces in the city of Idlib. Some sources claimed the Syrian regime was also involved in the attack. The victims killed in the raids were displaced from the village of Ghantu in northern Homs, “all of…
Summary
Published
19 March 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI553
Location
المشاهدة, Mosul, Al Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq
A family of five was reported killed by either Iraqi, US or French artillery strikes or Coalition airstrikes on the al Mashahda quarter of West Mosul, which is still under ISIL control. Al Jazeera Iraq spoke to witnesses and blamed Iraqi forces for the artillery shelling, and said they had targeted the house in the…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
CI554
Location
السرجخانة, Mosul, Third street behind Fathi al Ali mosque., Nineveh, Iraq
At least thirteen civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in air and artillery strikes on a number of West Mosul neighbourhoods. Iraqi Spring Media Centre said reported the “Killing of 13 civilians, mostly women and children, and 17 wounded as a result of air and artillery bombardments of several districts of the right side…
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
13–50
Civilians reported injured
17–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1972
Location
القسطل القسطل, Al Qastal town, Hama, Syria
Russian warplanes allegedly conducted a raid on the outskirts of Al Qastal town in Hama Governorate, Smart News Agency reported. Civilian casualties have been reported, but their number and identities are still unclear.
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1973
Location
تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, Syria
The remnants of a cluster bomb that had been dropped earlier during a Russian air raid in Taqad resulted in the death of one civilian, Mohammed Al Talal, according to sources on the ground.Multiple sources said one civilian was also injured during this raid.
Summary
Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1969
Location
كفر حوت, Kafr Hout , Aleppo, Syria
Russian warplanes wounded two civilians in a raid on the village of Kafr Hout in southern Aleppo Governorate, western Syria, according to sources on the ground. Sources were unclear of the identity of those injured in this attack. Smart News Today reported that two women were wounded, while Aleppo Civil Defence said that one woman…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1971
Location
اورم الكبرى, Urma Al-Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and eight civilians were killed and a further six were wounded f as a result of alleged air raids by Russian warplanes in the town of Urma al Kubra in Aleppo Governorate on the 17th of March 2017. Sources said that four victims from the same family died in the attack. The Violations…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1970
Location
الطبقة مسكنة, the road between Maskanah and Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
Eight civilians were killed and another 17 were injured when their bus was struck during an air raid between Maskanah and Tabaqa, according to sources on the ground. Smart News Agency reported that it is ‘likely’ the warplanes that conducted the attack were Russian. The Violations Documentation Center in Syria has named Ahmad Al-Zaher as…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 March 2017
Incident Code
CI549
Location
Mosul, Medan, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local residents and the recently formed Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, up to 80 civilians died when heavy airstrikes and shelling destroyed multiple houses in Meydan neighbourhood in Old Mosul. According to Iraqi Spring Media Centre, 20 houses were destroyed. It spoke of “dozens of bodies” under the rubble. Activists and aid workers…
Summary
Published
17 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
40–80
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1966
Location
Idlib city, Idlib, Syria
At least one woman died - and was possibly killed, according to one report - in multiple airstrikes on different neighbourhoods in Idlib, local media said. While most reports blamed Russia, there were also allegations against the regime. Syria News Desk reported the only fatality, one woman: "A woman was killed and other civilians were…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1964
Location
كفركرمين, Kafr Karmin, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that three civilians including a child were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Karmin. The Smart News put the number wounded at three, adding that this total included one child. Numerous other sources reported that Russia carried out the strikes - and published video footage of the aftermath.
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 March 2017
Incident Code
RS1967
Location
الأتارب الشيخ علي, al Sheikh Ali village in Al Atarib district, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that three civilians died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on the al Sheikh Ali village in Al Atarib district, Aleppo. On March 16th, Baladi reported: "he cities and towns of Al-Atareb, Sheikh Ali, Babis, Maarat al-Atareb, Abyan Samaan and Kfarkermin were heavily shelled by the Russian air…
Summary
Published
16 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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