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Incident Date
7 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4639
Location
مخيم مريم, Maryam refugee camp, Idlib, Syria
Between four and eight civilians, including three to six children and one to two women, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on IDPs living in "Maryam" refugee camp in Syria on September 7, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) reported that four children and two women were injured in Russian air strikes targeting the outskirts of…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported injured
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4640
Location
ادلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Between four and five civilians, including a child, were reported killed and up to 15 other civilians injured in alleged Syrian regime or Russian artillery attacks in Idlib city, on September 7 2021. Andalou Agency was alone in reporting that the attack was also carried out by Iranian backed militias. This attack was widely noted…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
3–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2021
Incident Code
YS117
Location
العلوات, Al Alwat, Aleppo, Syria
At least three civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged shelling by the Syrian Democratic Forces on the village of "Al-Alwat" in the northern countryside of Manbij on September 7, 2021. Baladi News was the only source to report on this incident. No other information is available at this time.
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
6 September 2021
Incident Code
TS473
Location
الخالدية, Al Khalidiya, Raqqa, Syria
At least one civilian, a young man, was injured in alleged Turkish bombing of the village of Al-Khalidiya on September 6, 2021. According to North Press Agency (NPA), a 28 year old man named Yasser Youssef Hajo was injured by shrapnel when Turkish forces bombed the village of Al-Khalidiya. A medical source in Ain Issa…
Summary
Published
6 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2021
Incident Code
TI070
Location
هرور, Hiror, Duhok, Iraq
Up to three civilians, including two women, were reported injured in alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Hirrur on September 4th 2021. There were claims that chemical weapons or white phosphorus were used in the attack. A resident of the village of Hirrur told IQ News, "Turkish artillery bombed our village this evening, as a result…
Summary
Published
4 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4637
Location
الرامي, Al Rami, Idlib, Syria
At least one child was injured in alleged Russian strikes on the outskirts of the town of al-Rami, Syria, on September 4, 2021. The Al-Jisr Network correspondent reported that a child was injured by Russian warplanes bombing on the outskirts of the town of al-Rami. Baladi News added that the child was injured to varying…
Summary
Published
4 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4638
Location
الكفير, Al Kafir, Idlib, Syria
Between one and four civilians, including one to two women and one child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on al-Kafir on September 7, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), a woman was seriously injured in artillery shelling in al-Kafir @baladinetwork put the injury toll at three injuries from the…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4636
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was killed, and one to two others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes while grazing a flock of sheep on the outskirts of Kansafra, Syria, around 10 a.m. on September 3, 2021. Idlib Plus reported that the child Ali Ahmed al-Brouk was killed in Russian airstrikes on the town of…
Summary
Published
3 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
,
Factory
)
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
2 September 2021
Incident Code
TI069
Location
بارة, Bara, Nineveh, Iraq
At least three people were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on Bara village on September 2, 2021. Security sources told Shafaq News Agency that "Turkish aircraft bombed the headquarters of the Asayish Yazidkhan forces, west of Mount Sinjar" and that the targeted location was close to a site of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). However, another security source…
Summary
Published
2 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4635
Location
الفريكة, Al Farika, Idlib, Syria
A least one civilian, a 17 year old girl, was killed and one to two others were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Farika village on September 2, 2021. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, a woman named Fatimah Adnan Hussein was killed while other civilians were injured in Syrian regime forces’…
Summary
Published
2 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
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
2 September 2021
Incident Code
TI068
Location
سيدان, Sidan, Duhok, Iraq
Between two and three civilians were injured in an alleged Turkish strike on Sidan village, Amadiya District on September 2, 2021. Alyaum TV and Christian Peacemaker Teams reported that Haji Abdullah, 55, and Saber Omar, 45, were wounded. A security source told Mawazine News that the Turkish bombing resulted in the injury of three civilians.…
Summary
Published
2 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
30 August 2021
Incident Code
YS115
Location
عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Between five and eight civilians, including four to five children, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces strikes on Afrin on August 30, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported that seven civilians, including four children, were injured in missile shelling carried out by the alleged Syrian Democratic Forces. The "Zaman Al-Wasl" correspondent also put the toll at…
Summary
Published
30 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
5–8
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
30 August 2021
Incident Codes
TI067 YI002
Location
مخيم قاديا, Qadia Camp, Duhok, Iraq
Two children were killed and three to four others, including two children and an elderly man, were injured - all from the same family - when an alleged Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or Turkish IED exploded in Qadiya refugee camp. According to the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK), "in the late evening hours of August…
Summary
Published
30 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
YPG
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Incident Date
29 August 2021
Incident Code
IRS011
Location
جلين, Jillen, Daraa, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including a woman, were killed and four others, including a woman, were injured in alleged Iranian or regime strikes on Jillin on August 29, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, two civilians were killed and four others were injured in missile and artillery shelling by the regime in the neighborhoods…
Summary
Published
29 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
29 August 2021
Incident Code
IRS012
Location
طريق السد, Tareeq Al Sad, Daraa, Syria
Between two and three civilians, including two men from the same family, were killed and up to four others were wounded in alleged Iranian or regime surface-to-surface missile strikes and artillery shelling on Tareeq al-Sad on August 29, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), two civilians were killed and four others were injured in…
Summary
Published
29 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
26 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4634
Location
طفس, Tafas, Daraa, Syria
A major bombardment of the town of Tafas in Daraa caused up to three civilian deaths and up to six more injuries, according to extensive local reporting. Both the Assad regime and to a lesser extend Russia were blamed for the attacks. Horan Free Media, citing its local correspondent, initially described the death of one…
Summary
Published
26 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4633
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria
Up to five civilians including a child were reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafr Nabl in Idlib on August 24th, 2019. @oHA8k9FRkEve1LK reported the Syrian Civil Defence saying "Five people, including a child, were injured as a result of two air strikes by warplanes targeting 3 residential neighbourhoods and a…
Summary
Published
24 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 August 2021
Incident Code
USSOM343
Location
Cammaara, Mudug, Somalia
The brief recapture by al Shabaab of the strategic town of Amara on the morning of August 24th was reversed by Somali ground forces, assisted by a US airstrike. Up to 90 militants and five government soldiers were killed in the strike, according to the Somali government and state media. Amara had been held by…
Summary
Published
24 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
67–95
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 August 2021
Incident Code
USYEMBi002
Location
Yemen
Two alleged members of Al Qaeda were killed in US airstrikes in Yemen sometime before August 24, 2021. According to a Facebook post from Mushir Al Mashrai, Al-Qaeda organization in Yemen mourned Rashid Al-Ghazali and his brother Abu Asim, who said that they were killed in an American raid. A tweet from @GhalebM0nz1i7 reported that the…
Summary
Published
24 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 August 2021
Incident Codes
IRS010 RS4631
Location
تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, Syria
At least one child was injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian shelling of Taqad on August 23, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a child was injured during artillery shelling of the village of Taqad. All other sources that reported on civilian harm identified one child as being injured in the shelling…
Summary
Published
23 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Iranian Military
,
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4632
Location
درعا البلد, Daraa Al Balad, Daraa, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and six other civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian strikes on Daraa Al Balad on August 23, 2021. A tweet from @Almohrar1 reported that the young man Yazn Al-Omari was killed in the strikes on Daraa Al Balad. @omar_alharir added that a number of civilians were…
Summary
Published
23 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
23 August 2021
Incident Code
TS472
Location
الدردارة, Al Dardarah , Al Hassakah, Syria
At least two civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of al-Dardarah village on August 23, 2021. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "a young man and a woman were injured due to Turkish bombardment on al-Dardarah village". Nabd News provided the names of the civilians injured: Amena Al Faris…
Summary
Published
23 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 August 2021
Incident Codes
TI066 YI001
Location
بنكي, Banke village, Duhok, Iraq
Two Iraqi tourists were killed in an alleged Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) IED or Turkish air or artillery strike near the village of Banke, Batifa sub-district on August 20th, 2021, according to local sources. Their bodies were missing until Kurdish and Iraqi security forces found them on August 22nd. The security source told Shafaq News…
Summary
Published
20 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
YPG
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Incident Date
20 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4629
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
At least four children from the same family were killed and their mother and two other men were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian strikes on Kansafra on August 20, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported "four children from one family were killed, and two civilians were injured, this morning, Friday, August 20, by artillery…
Summary
Published
20 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
20 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4630
Location
كفرنوران, Kafr Nouran, Aleppo, Syria
At least one child was killed and her sibling, another child, was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a cemetery in Kafr Nouran on August 20, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two children, Muhammad Subhi Darwish, 9, and his sister, Huda, 8, were injured in the town of Kafr Noran. Both…
Summary
Published
20 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4628
Location
بلشون, Balshoun, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including three children and their mother in addition to another child, were killed and two to four other civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Balshoun on August 19, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported on "the killing of three children, their mother and another child,…
Summary
Published
19 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19–20 August, 2021
Incident Code
ISSY019
Location
قارة, Qarah, Rif Dimashq, Syria
At least four civilians, including a young man, were killed and three to four others were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes or Syrian regime air defense strikes on Qarah on August 19/20, 2021. Sources reported that four additional members of Hezbollah were killed in the strikes. A tweet from @SARASALLOUM963 quoted the Head of Qara…
Summary
Published
19 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
18 August 2021
Incident Codes
YS113 RS4627
Location
عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
At least three civilians, including one to two women and a child, were killed and three to four others were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or Russian or regime strikes on Afrin on August 18, 2021. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "three civilians, including a child and a woman, were killed…
Summary
Published
18 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
YPG
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Incident Date
18–19 August, 2021
Incident Code
YS114
Location
الكريدية, Al Karidiya, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including a girl and a woman, were killed and up to seven members of their family, including two women and a child, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or regime strikes on Al Karidiya on August 18/19, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported about "the killing of a woman,…
Summary
Published
18 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
17 August 2021
Incident Code
TS471
Location
ابو راسين, Abu Rasin, Al Hassakah, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and between 10 and 20 others, including two women and two children, were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Zirgan on August 17, 2021. According to North Press Agency (NPA), at least one civilian was killed and between 10 and 20 others…
Summary
Published
17 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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