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Incident Date
4 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0541
Location
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and four civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hraytan, according to local sources. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, three victims including a child died when “suspected Russian warplanes” fired missiles on Hraytan. Shaam News Network published a distressing video showing “the reaction of a mother who finds her son’s…
Summary
Published
4 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0539
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
As many as 11 civilians were killed and 30 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Palmyra, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that nine civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in a bombardment by Russian warplanes. It said there were several raids, mainly focused on the Al Wadi road. The Coordinating Committee of…
Summary
Published
3 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0536
Location
غرناطة, Garnata, Homs, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center reported that two adult male civilians, Ahmad al-Kurdi and Yehya al-Omar, were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Garnata. The Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies lists just al-Omar as a victim in Garnata, reporting that he was “killed by indiscriminate” Russian shelling. In a dispatch, Al Jisr TV reported that Garnata…
Summary
Published
3 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0537
Location
تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center named one child, Isra Rabei Yehya, age 16, as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Talbiseh. Talbisa posted a video depicting her funeral, but did not say who was responsible, with the speaker in the video referring only to “manic bombing by warplanes“. The Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies…
Summary
Published
3 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0538
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Five adult male civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to the Violations Documentation Center. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported missiles belonging to the Assad regime killed at least three people including two children. This could, however, be a separate incident, as no children are listed as killed in the…
Summary
Published
3 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0534
Location
شتل الزيارة, Jetal Zratah, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians including one child were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Jetal Zratah. Kasstal Jendo Afrin reported “the death of two Kurdish civilians” and named the same victims, who it said were father and daughter. They died following an “aerial bombardment” launched by Russian aircraft. Eldorar Alshamia reported that Russian warplanes targeting Jetal…
Summary
Published
3 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0525
Location
نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria
Seven civilians including two children and one woman were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Nawa, according to the Violations Documentation Center. However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that regime warplanes fired on Nawa, killing at least five people including one woman.
Summary
Published
2 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0532
Location
برج قاعي, Burj Kai, Homs, Syria
Between seven and nine victims, including up four women and up to four children were killed – and several others injured – and several injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Burj Kai according to multiple sources. Shaam News Network initially reported that three Russian warplanes launched rocket attacks on several villages in the countryside of…
Summary
Published
2 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0529
Location
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
Between 12 and 15 civilians were killed including up to eight children and three women – and dozens more injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hraytan, according to local sources. Shaam News Network posted a distressing video showing the body of a dead child “following raids by Russian craft“. A brief subsequent report said…
Summary
Published
2 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
24–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0528
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Between six and eight civilians were killed including two to four children, one to two women and two members of the Red Crescent – and dozens more injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that Russian forces launched “about 50 airstrikes” which including cluster munitions, targeting…
Summary
Published
2 February 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0517
Location
غرناطة, Garnata, Homs, Syria
One male child, Reda Waleed Othman, was named by the Violations Documentation Center as having been killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Garnata. The Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies also reported the death of Othman, stating that he was killed by “indiscriminate” Russian shelling.
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0524
Location
الخريطة, Al Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between two and three civilians including one to three children were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Khareeta, according to local sources. Activists initially told Shaam News that three children were killed and more than five others were injured after Russian planes targeted Al Khareeta. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, at least two…
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0523
Location
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
Ten civilians including one child and two women were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Ma’adan, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that Russian airstrikes targeted the following areas of the town: “near Ma’adan garage; near Tah Kreiban school; near Al Farouq school [previously al Bourtoukala]“. According to the Syrian Observatory…
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0519
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
One child was killed and 16 other civilians injured in airstrikes on Kafr Hamra, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes carried out raids on “the towns of Tal Rafa’at, Mare’, Anadan, Kafr Hamra, Hayyan, Ratyan, Bayanoun, Al Mallah, Ma’arasta al Khan, Ihress, Deir al Zeitoun, Bashoui and Asiya.” They…
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
16
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0520
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Ten civilians including four children, four women and a rescue worker were killed – and ten to 15 others injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched 20 raids with missiles and cluster bombs targeting homes in the city center of Anadan and…
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0514
Location
حي الصالحين, Salheen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
According to Radio Al Kul “Two [civilians] killed, including a child and several wounded with burning shops, as a result of Russian aviation targeting with rockets the shoe market in the neighborhood of # AL SALHEEN south of Aleppo.” No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
31 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0516
Location
حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria
One 17-year-old male was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hayyan using cluster munitions, according to local sources. Both the Syrian Network for Human Rights and the Violations Documentation Center blamed Russian warplanes. The White Helmets also named the victim, but did not say whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible for the…
Summary
Published
31 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0512
Location
الحصان, Al Hissan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 18 and 20 civilians including seven women and six children were killed and 14 others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Hissan, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights initially reported that a “massacre” by “suspected Russian warplanes” killed 18 non-combatants, including six women and seven children, but a subsequent…
Summary
Published
30 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
18–20
Civilians reported injured
14–35
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
CS170
Location
دادات, Dadat, Aleppo, Syria
A young child was killed in either a Coalition or a Russian airstrike near Al Dadat, on the road to Jarablus. Ara News blamed the attack on Russia, while Shaam News and Halab Today among others said the US-led Coalition was responsible. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that…
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0500
Location
الصالحية, Al Salhiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In a brief news report, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said that at least seven civilians including two children died when a “suspected Russian warplane” fired missiles on the village of Al Salhiya.
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0501
Location
الموظفين, Al Mouwathafeen (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three or four non-combatants died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Mouwathafeen village, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights and others. However Al Khabar TV reported that “three children from the Maslawi family, including two brothers, were killed by a mortar targeted the Al Mouwathafeen neighborhood.” Deir News Network also said the deaths…
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0498
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
One child died when “suspected Russian warplanes” fired missiles on Manbij, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. All 4 Syria also reported the death, and said the child’s family was injured in the attack.
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0507
Location
قباسين, Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and 14 civilians died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Qabasein. In a news roundup the Shaam News Network reported “Russian enemy planes carried out dozens of strikes on the towns of Al Bab, Manbej, Jarablus and the town of Qabaseen causing the fall of dozens of dead and wounded in al Bab and…
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–14
Civilians reported injured
20–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0508
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Ten civilians including seven young brothers and sisters died in an alleged Russian strike on al-Bab. In a news roundup, the Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes allegedly carried out dozens of strikes on the towns on Al Bab, Manbij, Jarablus and Qabasein, leading to “dozens of dead and wounded in Al Bab and Qabaseen.“ The…
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0497
Location
الصالحية, Al Salhiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In a second day of alleged Russian strikes on the town, up to nine civilians including two children and one woman were killed at Al Salhiya, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights put the death toll at seven, including two children and one woman.
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0505
Location
مارع, Mare', Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians including two children were killed and up to 40 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Mare’, according to local sources. According to the White Helmets, the town was targeted with four cluster bombs and then with two vacuum missiles, resulting in the death of three and the injury of 15 others, “most of them…
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
15–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0487
Location
محيميدة, Mahimideh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four civilians including a child died in alleged Russian raids on Mahimideh, according to local sources. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that alleged Russian raids killed several non-combatants and injured more, while Al Jisr TV claimed the casualty toll was as high as 25.
Summary
Published
28 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–25
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0494
Location
كفر تخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
15 civilians including two to three women and one to three children were killed and 20 others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Takharim, according to two local sources. Activists told the Shaam News Network that more than 15 were killed and 20 wounded when Russian warplanes targeted a nearby mosque. They added that residential neighbourhoods were targeted…
Summary
Published
28 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0493
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Several civilians were killed as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Bab and the surrounding area. The Syrian Network put the death toll at six – five children and a woman. Zaiton reported a much higher figure: “Local sources confirmed that 14 martyrs fell during the Russian raids with the wounding of at…
Summary
Published
28 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–14
Civilians reported injured
19–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0491
Location
الغنطو, Al Ghantu, Homs, Syria
Eleven civilians died including three women and seven children in alleged Russian raids on Al Ghantu, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “warplanes believed to be Russian” killed 11 civilians, including three women and seven children. They said that a man and his wife and three of their children were among those killed. The…
Summary
Published
28 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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