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Incident Date
30 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0791
Location
الجنينة, Al Jneina, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported up to 20 civilian casualties and 24 injured following alleged Russian airstrikes targeting al-Jneina, Deir ez-Zour. According to Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently, “Muhiy al Razouk and his three children” died in a Russian airstrike on Al Jneina. LCSSY also named the victim and said two of his relatives were killed and…
Summary
Published
30 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–20
Civilians reported injured
4–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0789
Location
القاطرجي, Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to five people, including a woman and child, were killed in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Al Qaterji on April 29th 2016. Shaam News Network, reported “For the eighth day in a row Assad’s and Russian aircraft continue to pour their lava on residential neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo, causing dozens…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
9–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
CI234
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The attempted US targeted killing of the Australian Neil Prakash, ‘an ISIL external operations facilitator’ instead “struck three civilians on the road and one civilian located on an adjacent compound,” CENTCOM admitted three months later. Among the four civilians who were killed in the airstrike that day, one man was named by local sources, Ziad…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0787
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between three and seven civilians including two children died in raids on Bustan al Qasr, according to local sources. All sources but one blamed the regime – though Shaam News Network mentioned Russian and regime warplanes. In a video issued by Shaam News Network a White Helmet member says that “there were four barrels thrown…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0788
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported about continued airstrikes in al-Sakhour, Aleppo, that killed up to five civilians, including one child and wounded up to four. Sources were constesting regarding the cultprit, pointing to both the Assad regime and Russia. Shaam News Network, reported “For the eighth day in a row Assad’s and Russian aircraft continue to pour…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0777
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 20 civilians including four children died in airstrikes on Bustam al Qasr, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The White Helmets initially reported that “more than 20 martyrs and dozens wounded as well as an entire residential…
Summary
Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
9–20
Civilians reported injured
10–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0779
Location
حي الكلاسة, Al Kalassa (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 18 civilians including two children died in airstrikes on Al Kalassa, according to local sources. While most blamed the regime, others alleged that Russia was responsible. At least eight died when “suspected Russian warplanes missiles” fired on the neighborhood, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. In a later report it put…
Summary
Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–18
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0780
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th, LCCSY said three civilians had died in two strikes on Sakhour. RFS News also blamed Russia, reporting “a martyr and a number of wounded in Russian shelling by missiles on Al-Sakhur”. However, several other sources blamed the regime instead. According to the Syrian Network,…
Summary
Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0775
Location
حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
In a major incident, multiple local sources reported that up to 58 civilians died and between 40 and 90 were injured in airstrikes on the MSF Al Quds hospital in Sukkari. Medical staff were among the casualties. Most reports alleged that Russia was responsible, though the White Helmets pointed towards the regime. The Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
27 April 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
58
Civilians reported injured
40–90
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0776
Location
أبلين, Ibleen, Idlib, Syria
Between one and four civilians including at least one child died in airstrikes on al Zawiya mountain, Idlib according to local sources – though only one source identified the warplanes responsible as Russian. Zaitoun News reported that four children were killed and five persons were wounded in an alleged regime strike on Ibleen village in…
Summary
Published
27 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0773
Location
حي بعيدين, Bei'deen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Several sources reported alleged Russian airstrikes on the neighbourhood of Bei’deen, which led to the death of one or more civilians including a child. A Halab Today correspondent said “four civilians [were] wounded in my neighborhood as a result of the aerial bombardment of the Russian air force”. LCCSY reported that one child was killed and one…
Summary
Published
27 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0771
Location
الحيدرية, Haydariya (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 11 civilians died, among them two young girls, and dozens of other civilians were injured in airstrikes on the Haydariya neighborhood of Aleppo according to local sources. While one report alleged that this was the work of Russia, others blamed the regime. A local activist told Ara News that “the city of Aleppo saw…
Summary
Published
26 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–11
Civilians reported injured
5–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0767
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 12 civilians including two children and two women died and 15 others were injured in airstrikes on Sakhour according to multiple sources – though they were unclear as to whether the raids were carried out by Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network reported that regime and Russian aircraft continued to strike…
Summary
Published
24 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–12
Civilians reported injured
15–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0766
Location
المواصلات, Al Mowasalat (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians including one woman and one child died and eight others were injured in airstrikes on Al Mowasalat in Aleppo, according to local sources – though some were unclear as to whether this was a Russian or regime incident. Smart News agency published a video showing the aftermath of an alleged Russian strike in…
Summary
Published
24 April 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0765
Location
حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Airstrikes on the Tareeq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo killed between 10 and 17 civilians and injured at least 20 more, according to local sources. Reports did not definitively identify the warplanes responsible, with some referring to Russia and the regime, while others attributed the incident solely to the regime. The White Helmets said two raids…
Summary
Published
23 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–17
Civilians reported injured
20–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0764
Location
الكماري, Kamari, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians including three children died in airstrikes on Kamari, Aleppo, according to multiple sources – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. A tweet by Jabalybarra (an Al Jazeera-affiliated photographer in Aleppo) said a child was killed in the Al-Salheen neighbourhood: “Reports…
Summary
Published
23 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0762
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that between 18 and 20 civilians died in alleged regime and Russian raids on neighborhoods in Aleppo. According to the Shaam News Network, “regime and Russian planes” carried our raids “targeting most of Aleppo’s neighbourhoods: Tareeq al Bab, Al Mayssar, al Rashideen, Bustan al Qasr, Al Marja, Sallahudeen, Aqyool, Bab al Nayrab,…
Summary
Published
22 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
18–20
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0763
Location
سرحة, Sarha, Hama, Syria
Nine civilians including two women and two to three children died in airstrikes on Sarha and surrounding villages according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. According to Shaam News Network,”aircraft believed to be a Russian carried out raids on the…
Summary
Published
22 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
7–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 April 2016
Incident Code
CI232
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Al-Malyia, Nineveh, Iraq
Four families comprising 36 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the Al-Maliya district east of Mosul in a strike by the international coalition, according to a senior medical source in Nineveh quoted by NINA. In a rarely named citation, Director of the Emergency General Hospital in Mosul Dr Mahdi al-Rubaie told the National…
Summary
Published
22 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
36–37
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 April 2016
Incident Code
CI230
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
An alleged Coalition airstrike on a neighbourhood in eastern Mosul also reportedly killed an entire family. According to NRN News, “Our correspondent said that the bombing was aimed at the home district council of Mosul by Zuhair al-Jubouri in a neighbourhood used by Daesh. But the rocket landed on the house next door, killing five…
Summary
Published
20 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2016
Incident Code
CI229
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local sources, up to eight civilians were killed and others injured after Coalition jets struck the Al Hadbah apartment complex in western Mosul. “Many” Daesh fighters were also reported killed. NRN said it was a nighttime attack: “Our correspondent says the bombing killed and wounded a number of civilians, noting that foreign elements…
Summary
Published
19 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 April 2016
Incident Code
CI227
Location
حلبسة, Halabisa, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft struck homes in an afternoon attack on Halabsa village west of Fallujah, killing six civilians and injuring another 12 or more, “most of them children and women.” News Fallujah pictured a young survivor of the event, noting: “Yousif Mushtak Talib Al Halbusi : His mother was killed and his…
Summary
Published
17 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
8–18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0760
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Multiple sources reported that up to 16 people died in airstrikes in Aleppo city. While some blamed Russia, others said the regime or armed rebel groups were responsible. LCCSY said one man was killed and five injured after Russian planes targeted the neighborhood with two dawn raids. Q0wyy also blamed Russia and reported that “Russian…
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–16
Civilians reported injured
5–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
CI226
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Several local sources reported that a man was killed along with his wife and child in an airstrike on a vehicle in the Hadbah or officers’ neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. A local tweet reported: “Martyrdom of Engineer Mustafa and his family by aerial bombing which targeted his car in the Hadbah neighbourhood in Mosul. Nothing…
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0761
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between nine and 17 civilians including one woman and two children died in airstrikes on neighborhoods of Deir Ezzor, according to local sources. While some reports allege that this was the work of Russia, one other blames the Assad regime with yet others not attributing responsibility. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that Russian…
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
9–17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0759
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Fourteen civilians including three children died and at least 24 people were injured in airstrikes on Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently posted images showing destruction of the city following airstrikes. It did not initially say…
Summary
Published
14 April 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 April 2016
Incident Code
CS202
Location
حمام صغير, Hamam Sagheir, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians were reported killed and ten injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamam Sagheir village in Aleppo governorate. One of those killed was a child, who died alongside his father. The Syrian Network placed the death toll at two including a child. Syria Post said up to four died, noting that…
Summary
Published
11 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2016
Incident Codes
CS201 RS0755
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
At least five and as many as 20 civilians were reported killed and 53 injured after heavy alleged Coalition, Russian and/or Syrian regime night time strikes on Raqqa. Most sources allege that these were Coalition and regime raids – with the Coalition responsible for those after midnight and the regime for early morning strikes. Coalition…
Summary
Published
10 April 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–20
Civilians reported injured
53
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2016
Incident Code
CS200
Location
تل حسين, Tall Hussein, Aleppo, Syria
Multiple sources named five civilian victims of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tal Hussain. Almost all sources blamed the Coalition for the civilian deaths, although Halab News and the Syrian Human Rights Committee said Russia was responsible. The village was the scene of a major battle for control between rebels and Daesh fighters.
Summary
Published
10 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 April 2016
Incident Code
CI218
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Locals claimed five civilians including three children were killed and four or more people injured, after Coalition jets allegedly targeted Al Waldy clothing plant in the Al Shifa neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. NRN News published a detailed report: “Our correspondent said that the bombing killed five people consisting of a family (three children with a…
Summary
Published
6 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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