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Incident Date
13 October 2022
Incident Code
YS153
Location
مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and two people were killed and up to 14 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling of Kuwait Al-Rahma camp in the countryside of Afrin on October 13, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that two civilians were injured by shelling on Kuwait Al-Rahma camp in the countryside of…
Summary
Published
13 October 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–14
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
12 October 2022
Incident Code
TS560
Location
شيراوا, Sherawa district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Up to three women, including a pregnant woman, were killed and children were injured in clashes between Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Turkish forces-associated Levant Front in the Sherawa district of Afrin on October 12, 2022. Hawar News reported that three women, including a pregnant woman, were killed and children were injured in the clashes, specifically…
Summary
Published
12 October 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
,
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
10 October 2022
Incident Code
RS4728
Location
الأبزمو, Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Syria
A child was killed and between one and two women were injured in alleged Syrian regime or Russian artillery shelling of Al Abzimo on October 10, 2022. According to @SyriaCivilDefe, a child was killed and his mother was seriously injured by artillery shelling launched by the Syrian regime and Russian forces at a residential house…
Summary
Published
10 October 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
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
28 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4726
Location
ديرسنبل, Deir Sinbol, Idlib, Syria
A child was injured by alleged Russian or Syrian regime thermal missile strikes on a car he was traveling in near Deir Sinbol village on September 28, 2022. According to @SyriaCivilDefe, a child was injured by a thermal missile launched by the Syrian regime and Russian forces at the car he was traveling in with…
Summary
Published
28 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 September 2022
Incident Code
IRI004
Location
كويسنجق, زرغوز, التون كوبري, Koya, Zargwez, Altun Kupri, Erbil, Iraq
On September 28th, 2022, at around 10:30 am, dozens of Iranian missiles and drone strikes reportedly killed between 13 to 14 people, according to official fatality estimates, though some local media estimated that it could be up to 18. Between 58 to 62 others were injured. The strikes were conducted in a number of areas…
Summary
Published
28 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
13–18
Civilians reported injured
58–62
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
27 September 2022
Incident Code
TS556
Location
قرية مشيرفة, Mushairfa village, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two children were killed and up to eight other civilians, including three women and two children, were injured in alleged Turkish bombardment of the village of Mushairfa on September 27, 2022. According to Hawar News, two civilians were killed and five others, including women and children, were injured when Turkish forces bombed the village of…
Summary
Published
27 September 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4724
Location
تديل, Tadel village, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians were reported wounded from the same family, including two children - one critically, two women and a man, as a result of Russian or Syrian regime forces' thermal guided missile which hit their car, as they returned from olive picking in Tadel Village in the western countryside of Aleppo on September 23rd 2022.…
Summary
Published
23 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2022
Incident Code
CS1983
Location
قرية البيدر, Al Baydar in Al Karama village, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians, a man and his minor son, were killed and another man, who is alleged to be a civilian or a member of ISIS, was injured during an airdrop operation carried out by the Coalition and the SDF in the village of Al Baydar on September 20, 2022. According to the Euphrates Post, Muhammad…
Summary
Published
20 September 2022
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4723
Location
كفر عمة, Kaframma, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian, a boy or young man named Muhammad Hamdo Arab, was reported killed and his brother, Qusai Hamdo Arab, was wounded when an artillery shell hit civilian homes in the village of Kafr Amma in the western countryside of Aleppo, Syria on September 17th 2022. It is a contested event as a result of…
Summary
Published
17 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
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
9 September 2022
Incident Code
USSOM351-C
Location
Mubarak, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Up to 10 civilians, including a child, were killed and up to 20 others were injured in alleged Somali and/or US airstrikes or drone strikes on the village of Mubarak on September 9, 2022. Sources are conflicted as to whether one of the people, Abdullahi Sheikh Abukar known locally as 'Arab" was a member of…
Summary
Published
9 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3–10
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
8 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4720
Location
حفسرجة, Hafsarja, Idlib, Syria
Between two to seven civilians were killed including one to three children and seven to 16 other civilians were wounded, in an alleged Russian airstrike destroying a house and a stone sawmill in Hafsarja in Idlib province on September 8th, 2022. Al Khabour news reported the lowest number of civilians killed at two and the Syrian…
Summary
Published
8 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Warehouse
,
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
7–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 August 2022
Incident Code
TI087
Location
مخيم مخمور, Makhmour camp, Erbil, Iraq
At least one civilian was killed and up to four others were injured, including women and children, when a Turkish airplane or drone launched strikes on a home in Makhmour camp on August 29, 2022. Some local sources indicate that a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was also killed in the incident. Hawar…
Summary
Published
29 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 August 2022
Incident Code
TS553
Location
تل رفعت, city centre of Tal Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians were killed and between five to nine others were injured when a Turkish drone was reported to target a market in the city centre of Tal Rifaat in the countryside of Aleppo, on August 24th 2022. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the market was targeted in Tal Rifaat…
Summary
Published
24 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
5–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 August 2022
Incident Code
TS552
Location
غرناطه, Gharnata, Aleppo, Syria
A 13 year old girl was killed in alleged Turkish shelling of Gharnata village on August 19, 2022. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights specified that the young girl under the age of 18 was injured in Gharnata village and later reported that the girl had died the next day of her injuries. A Facebook post by…
Summary
Published
19 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 August 2022
Incident Code
TS550
Location
شيموك, Shamouka, Al Hassakah, Syria
Five girls were killed and at least 11 others, mostly children, were injured when an alleged Turkish drone struck an educational facility in Shimoke village on August 19, 2022. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that four girls under the age of 18 were killed and 11 others were injured in Turkish drone…
Summary
Published
19 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
11–17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 August 2022
Incident Code
YS149
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between nine to seventeen civilians were killed, including five to six children, and 26 to 42 others were injured, including eleven children, as a result of missile fire which hit a "crowded" marketplace and residential homes and a school in Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria, on August 19th 2022. The missile fire was an alleged…
Summary
Published
19 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
9–17
Civilians reported injured
26–42
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
16 August 2022
Incident Code
TS548
Location
بينه, Benna, Aleppo, Syria
A displaced child was injured in the village of Benna on August 16, 2022. According to the correspondent for Hawar News Agency, a child displaced from the occupied village of Basel in Afrin was injured by Turkish shelling of the village of Benna in the Sherawa District. The child Ahmed Imad Ibish, 15 years old,…
Summary
Published
16 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
16 August 2022
Incident Code
TS547
Location
زركان, Zarkan, Al Hassakah, Syria
A child was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the Zarkan sub-district on August 16, 2022. Hawar News Agency reported that in the Zarkan sub-district, 11 year old Tamim Faisal Hamad was wounded by Turkish shelling on the district’s center. There was no other information available about victims of the shelling. North Press Agency cited a…
Summary
Published
16 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
16 August 2022
Incident Code
TS546
Location
قرية زورافا, Zorava village, Aleppo, Syria
A child was killed and up to seven others, including two children and a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the city of Kobani and surrounding villages on August 16, 2022. The Internal Security Forces in North and East Syria (Asayish) reported that artillery shelling of the city of Kobani resulted in the…
Summary
Published
16 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
16 August 2022
Incident Code
RS4713
Location
معارة النعسان, Maaret al-Nassan, Idlib, Syria
The town Maaret al-Nassan was attacked by cluster bombs allegedly as a result of Syrian and Russian regime forces after midnight on August 16th 2022. Local sources also blamed Iranian-backed militas. While no civilian deaths are reported, a seven year old boy got lightly injured on his arm by a life bullet, while he was…
Summary
Published
16 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 August 2022
Incident Code
RS4712
Location
بلدة قسطون جنوبي ,ادلب, Qastoun, Idlib, Syria
An eleven-year-old boy called Abdul-Wahhab Ibn Hassan Al-Hanawi was reportedly killed as a result of the explosion of the remnants of a cluster bomb in the town of Qastoun, west of Hama, on August 15th, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, the killing of Abdul-Wahab marks the second death through unexploded remnants within three…
Summary
Published
15 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 August 2022
Incident Code
TS543
Location
سيكركا, Sikirka, Al Hassakah, Syria
Six civilians, including four children and women, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Sikirka east of Qamishli city on August 9, 2022. Hawar News reported that Turkish bombings of multiple villages east of Qamishli city and in Amuda sub-district resulted in the injury of seven civilians, four of whom are children.…
Summary
Published
9 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 August 2022
Incident Code
TS539
Location
الصناعة, Al-Sina'a neighborhood in Qamishli, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to four civilians, including two children, were killed and at least two others were injured in an alleged Turkish drone strike on a car in the Al Sina'a neighborhood of Qamishli on August 6, 2022. Hawar News reported that a car exploded in Al-Sinaa neighborhood in Qamishli after being stuck by a Turkish drone…
Summary
Published
6 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 August 2022
Incident Code
YS147
Location
اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians, including a child and a woman, from the same family, were injured on August 4th 2022, when missile strikes hit a residential neighbourhood in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo as a result of contested Syrian regime forces or Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) action. @Almohar1 tweeted that three civilians were…
Summary
Published
4 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
4 August 2022
Incident Code
TS538
Location
تل رفعت, Tel Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria
Seven to nine people, including up to seven children, were "seriously" injured by an alleged Turrkish drone strike in Tel Rifaat city centre, in the Aleppo countryside on August 4th 2022. Hawar News also reported that this attack "resulted in injuries" but did not state how many. ANHA reported that the names of the nine…
Summary
Published
4 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
7–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
YS146
Location
اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria
On August 3rd 2022, between three and six people, including up to four women, were reported injured by artillery shelling which hit the city of Azaz, Aleppo, Syria as a result of reported SDF (YPG/PKK) or Syrian regime forces action. The incident was reported to have taken place in the evening. @jabha_sy reported that the…
Summary
Published
3 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
30 July 2022
Incident Codes
YS145 RS4707
Location
كفرتعال, Kafr Taal, Aleppo, Syria
Two children were killed and up to two others were injured in artillery shelling allegedly carried out by Russian forces, the Syrian regime, or the Syrian Democratic Forces. The Syrian Civil Defense tweeted (@SyriaCivilDefe) that two children, Youssef and Abdul Baset Jadoua, were killed and the father of Youssef, named Mustafa Jamil Jadoua, and Ahmed…
Summary
Published
30 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
YPG
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Incident Date
30 July 2022
Incident Code
TS537
Location
السلماسه, Al Salmsaa, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians were injured, one young man and a girl, in alleged Turkish shelling in the village of Al-Salamsa, in the countryside of Tal Tamr, in Al-Hassakah, Syria on July 30th 2022. The injured were named by ANHA as Majda Khader al-Bibi, aged 16, and her brother, Hatem Khader al-Bibi, aged 24. They were reportedly…
Summary
Published
30 July 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
30 July 2022
Incident Code
TS536
Location
لم الخير, Umm Al Khair, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least seven and up to ten civilians, including women and children, were reported injured in an alleged Turkish bombardment targeting Umm Al Khair village, in the countryside of Tal Tamr, in Al-Hassakah, Syria, on July 30th 2022. According to ANHA, the names and ages of those injured are as followed: "Laila Omar Saleh, 4…
Summary
Published
30 July 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
7–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
26 July 2022
Incident Code
TS535
Location
قرية شيخ عيسى, Sheikh Issa village, Tal Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was killed and three to five civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Turkish attack on Sheikh Issa village, in Tal Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria on July 26th 2022. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that three women and a man were injured, whilst ANHA Arabic reported that six women were…
Summary
Published
26 July 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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