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Incident Date
24 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1047
Location
عربين, Irbin, Damascus, Syria
Four civilians including three children died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Irbin in eastern Ghouta, local media reported – though the culprit remained unclear. According to Radio Al Kul, “Russian warplanes struck Douma, Harasta, Irbin and Hamoreya in Eastern Ghouta with missiles loaded with cluster bombs and killed four people and wounded tens more.”…
Summary
Published
24 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1043
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib, Syria
Cluster bombs dropped by alleged Russian or Assad regime warplanes bombarded and destroyed residential housing killing 12 civilians and wounding up to 40 more in Jisr al-Shughur, local media reported. Baladi News and Jisrtv blamed Russian warplanes for the airstrikes. LCCSY, however, blamed the Assad regime for the raids. Zaman al-Wasl News reported sighting both…
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
14–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1044
Location
التبني, Al Tabbani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Alleged Russian or Assad regime warplanes carried out airstrikes which struck and destroyed two family homes in Al Tabbani, killing ten civilians including five children, according to sources on the ground. The local news source, Deirezzor 24, said that the raids occurred at 10am. Syrian PC and Baladi News both blamed Russian warplanes for the…
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1045
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Eleven or twelve civilians died in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Aleppo's Al Fardous neighbourhood, according to local media. Smart News reported that Russian warplanes carried out two raids on the town. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, however, blamed “the regime and its allies for the warplane shelling”. The shelling reportedly…
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–12
Civilians reported injured
10–35
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
CS278
Location
النواجة, Al Nawaja, Aleppo, Syria
As many as 22 civilians were reported killed at the village of al Nawaja, as the Coalition-supported offensive continued. However the Coalition later denied responsibility for the incident, noting that “the JCTF did not conduct any strikes in that geographic location.” According to one source, “al Nawaja village is divided into two neighbourhoods. The eastern…
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–22
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1037
Location
ضهرة عواد, Dahrat Awwad, Aleppo, Syria
Alleged Russian warplanes and/or Assad regime helicopters were both reported to have dropped missiles on the neighbourhood of Dahrat Awwad, killing between 10 and 17 civilians and wounding at least 15 more. According to Ara News, 13 civilians were killed and “10s were injured”. A local news source put the number of killed civilians as…
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
10–17
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1041
Location
سوحا, Souha, Hama, Syria
Six civilians from one family, including a woman and four children, died in an airstrike on Souha in Hama, according to local media. Only one of the two sources (LCCSY), alleged that Russia was to blame. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights referred only to “warplanes”.
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1032
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A 10 year-old child named Jamil Mustafa was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Aleppo’s Al Ferdos neighbourhood, according to LCCSY. Despite this claim, a pro-regime Twitter page reported that “Syrian warplanes targeted armed groups in Ferdos and Kallaseh neighbourhoods and injured some armed members.” Step News reported sighting helicopters which threw explosive barrels…
Summary
Published
22 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1029
Location
الطيبة, Al Tiba (Al Taibah), Homs, Syria
Local media reported that five civilians died – a woman and her four children – in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Al Tiba village, Homs. Although there were only two sources reporting this incident on July 21st 2016, they are both credible. LCCSY reported “#Homs a woman and her four children were martyred…
Summary
Published
21 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
CS273
Location
التوخار كبير, Tokhar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria
In what may have been the single greatest loss of life from a Coalition action in the first two years of its war against Daesh, between 78 and 203 civilians were reported killed in a catastrophic event at the village of Tokhar – the scene of a number of other recent civilian fatalities from alleged…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
78–203
Civilians reported injured
30
Military actors reported killed
85
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1025
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
In a major civilian casualty event, 23 named civilians died and up to 50 more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on an industrial area in Al Atareb, Aleppo. There were no allegations against the Assad regime. Death counts rose as reports emerged. Jisrtv reported seven killed, while Enab Baladi put the figure at “more…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
23
Civilians reported injured
20–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1026
Location
حي باب النيرب, Bab al Nayrab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
What has been described as a ‘bombardment’ on Bab al Nairab reportedly killed six civilians, including an unborn child. – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. Qasioun filmed as an explosive barrel was thrown on the neighbourhood, which is also located very close to an airport.…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Codes
CS273a RS1027
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
In what has been described as a massacre, committed by both Russian and Assad regime and coalition warplanes, between 10 and 23 civilians were killed and as many as 35 more wounded on July 19th in Idlib city. Other sources claimed that the Coalition was involved in the incident. According to Shaam News Network the…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–23
Civilians reported injured
30–35
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS270
Location
حيمر لابدة, Haymar Labda, Aleppo, Syria
Four or more civilians were reported killed and others injured in what were described as heavy Coalition airstrikes on the village of Haymar Labda, as the battle to capture nearby Manbij intensified. ISIL’s media wing also issued a statement claiming “dead and injured and great destruction as a result of Coalition raids on the village…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–12
Civilians reported injured
14–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS271
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
A single source reported the deaths of three named young children and the injuring of five more family members, in a fresh alleged Coalition casualty event at Manbij. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as "non-credible",…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1021
Location
القاطرجي, Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 11 civilians including three children died and 15 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike which destroyed a four-story residential building in Aleppo’s Al Qaterji neighbourhood, local media reported. According to BNN, earth missiles and cluster bombs were both used in the airstrike. Smart News blamed Russian warplanes for…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–11
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1022
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
Various sources reported that airstrikes on a residential area in Kafr Hama, Aleppo, killed up to three civilians, including one boy. BBC Arabic filed a report which read, “according to opposition source, Russian warplanes launched extensive shelling in Kafr Hamra”. Meanwhile, al Jazeera reported that both Russian and Assad regime warplanes were launching missiles in the…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1023
Location
Al Maysar, Aleppo, Syria
In multiple alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes which struck residential buildings, in Aleppo’s Al Maysar neighbourhood, a family of five and an elderly man were reportedly killed. BBC reported that “according to opposition source, Russian warplanes launched extensive shelling in Kafr hamra and Al-Maysar.” AMC News blamed the Assad regime for the strike, while…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS269
Location
التوخار كبير, Tokhar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria
Up to sixteen civilians including two or more children were reported killed in an alleged noon Coalition airstrike on Al Tokhar, a village near Manbij in northern Aleppo governorate. In its own report on the event the Syrian Network noted: “Fixed-wing international coalition forces warplanes fired a missile that targeted a residential house that is…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–16
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 July 2016
Incident Code
CS267
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
In a new reported Coalition civilian casualty event in Manbij on July 17th, five civilians reportedly died when airstrikes hit the city. All sources were agreed that the wife and two adult children of Al Haj Bahri al Darwish died. On March 10, 2022 in the CJTF-OIR Civilian Casualty Report, the Coalition reported this incident…
Summary
Published
17 July 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1014
Location
الألمجي, Al Alamji, Aleppo, Syria
Warplanes struck Al Almaji, a residential neighborhood in Old Aleppo and killed between 10 and 11 civilians, including women and children. According to Horrya News and the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Assad warplanes launched the raids. However, Shahba News Agency and other local news sources reported the raids to be Russian. The Syrian Civil…
Summary
Published
16 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–11
Civilians reported injured
23
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1012
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
According to LCCSY, “two martyrs, including a child, and several wounded were reported due to Russian airstrikes on Anadan city”. The Shaam News Network reported that Russia carried out raids on ” Anadan, Hraytan, Kafr Hamra, Mallah, Hayyan and Baleirmoon” but made no mention of civilian casualties.
Summary
Published
16 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1013
Location
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
Artillery and warplane shelling bombarded Hryatan leaving between three to four civilians dead, local media reported. According to Halab News, Step and Al Jazeera, this was the work of the Assad regime. However, TurkArab Now blamed Russian warplanes for the airstrike. Al-Marsad News put the death toll at four. However the Syrian Observatory for Human…
Summary
Published
16 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1015
Location
أعزاز, Izaz, Aleppo, Syria
A Civil Service Defence Quarter was put out of service when two warplanes fired missiles on Izaz, Aleppo, a town close to the Turkish border in northern Aleppo. Up to five civilians including a child reportedly died in the attack, which caused extensive destruction to the building and injured several Civil Defence workers. Ara News…
Summary
Published
16 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1016
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
An entire family was killed in a missile attack which took place in the afternoon of July 16th on Aleppo’s Ferdous neighbourhood, according to local media. Sources said that explosive barrels and missiles struck the area, though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Orient news…
Summary
Published
16 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–13
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1011
Location
أبو الظهور, Abu al Duhur, Idlib, Syria
Fourteen named civilians were killed as missiles were reportedly fired at residential buildings in Abu al Duhur town in Idlib. There is dispute over whether the attack was carried out by Russia or the Syrian regime, with Al Jazeera blaming both. According to All4Syria News, it was Russian warplanes that struck the area, and eight…
Summary
Published
15 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1007
Location
حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Shuhada’a Al-Aqsa Mosque was struck in east Aleppo and destroyed following an airstrike carried about by both Russian and Syrian regime warplanes, local media reported. The raid occurred in the morning of July 14th, according to the White Helmets. Between seven and ten civilians including an entire family were reportedly killed. Smart News and Shahba News…
Summary
Published
14 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
11–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1008
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
The only surviving hospital in Kafr Hamra was struck and put out of service in alleged airstrikes by Russian and Syrian regime warplanes, which also reportedly killed up to ten civilians and wounded 20 more. Local news sources called the building Al Balad, and claimed it was a makeshift hospital, but the last remaining one…
Summary
Published
14 July 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
6–10
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1010
Location
البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to sources, an entire family of seven was killed overnight in their home in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Bulial. However some reports allege the death toll to be as high as ten. Several reports said that “the warplanes targeted the Ayed Al-Jaloud house in Ruwayda neighbourhood east of the city.”…
Summary
Published
14 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 July 2016
Incident Code
CS263
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
Continued heavy Coalition airstrikes on Manbij reportedly resulted in further heavy civilian casualties. According to Lens Young Manbij, “The family of Mahmoud Bin Ali al Manssini [the barber] was killed. The father is in a critical condition. The daughter of Safi Miassni was with them and she was also killed. Ahmad Bin Safi was lost…
Summary
Published
14 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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