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February 6, 2018
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مديرا, Mdyra, Damascus, SyriaUp to four civilians, including up to two children and one woman, were killed following alleged Assad or Russian-waged aerial shelling and/or missile attacks of Mdyra, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. According to local reports, the incident in Mdyra was one out of many that day in eastern Ghouta. According to the Syrian Observatory
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Incident date
February 6, 2018
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كفر باتنة, Kafr Batna, Damascus, SyriaBetween four and seven civilians, including one child and one woman, were killed and up to 80 more civilians were wounded as Russian and/or Assad warplanes struck the town of Kafr Batna, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. According to local reports, the incident in Kafr Batna was one of many lethal aerial incidents on
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Incident date
February 6, 2018
LOCATION
زملكا, Zamalaka, Damascus, SyriaAs many as seven civilians, including a child and three women, were killed and up to dozens were wounded following Assad or Russian-waged aerial shelling of Zamalaka, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local sources reported. According to local reports, the incident in Zamalaka was one out of many that day in eastern Ghouta. According to the Syrian
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Incident date
February 6, 2018
LOCATION
دوما, Douma , Damascus, SyriaIn this incident, described by many sources as a “massacre”, up to 31 civilians, including up to eight children and 11 women, were killed and “dozens” wounded, as Russian and/or Assad warplanes struck the town of Douma, eastern Ghouta, Damascus. According to local reports, the incident in Douma was one out of many that day
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Incident date
February 6, 2018
LOCATION
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, SyriaUp to five civilians, including a child and woman, were killed and “many” wounded following Assad or Russian-waged aerial shelling of Hamouriya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. According to local reports, the incident in Hamouriya was one out of many that day in eastern Ghouta. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR),
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Incident date
February 6, 2018
LOCATION
مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, SyriaThe town of Mesraba, Damascus, was hit by an airstrike that killed between one and five civilians, including two children and at least one women, and wounded several others, local media reported. It was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. According to local reports, the incident in Mesraba was one out
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Incident date
February 6, 2018
LOCATION
آفس, Afis, Idlib, SyriaAccording to local sources, a child was killed in Afis, Idlib, as alleged Russain warplanes struck the town. Step News Agency reported that “the Russian military launched successive raids” mentioning several locations, including Afis, and that it caused the death of one child. Unlike other sources, Step News Agency, wrote on February 6th that the
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February 5, 2018
LOCATION
عزاز, Azzaz, Aleppo, SyriaUp to two civilians – reportedly a woman and a child – died and others were wounded in an alleged YPG artillery or missile strike in Azzaz, local media reported. The Smart News Agency reported that “a girl was killed and four members of her family were wounded by a missile attack by the Syrian
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February 3, 2018
LOCATION
البحرة, Al Bahra village, Deir Ezzor, SyriaMultiple local sources reported up to 40 civilians killed, including up to 20 named children and at least 13 women, and “dozens” wounded in a major casualty event in Al Bahra on February 4th. All sources identify the Coalition as the culprit or – as with the Enabbaladi local report – specifically mentioned “indiscriminate US
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February 4, 2018
LOCATION
معصران, Ma'asaran, Idlib, SyriaUp to seven civilians, including up to five children and one woman – possibly from the same family – were killed and several were wounded as Russian or Assad-waged airstrikes were launched in the village of Ma’asaran, Idlib, local media reported. In this incident, local sources reports’ spanned from one to as many as seven
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Incident date
February 4, 2018
LOCATION
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabil, Idlib, SyriaAlleged Russian airstrikes killed up to nine civilians, including at least one child and one woman, and wounded up to ten more in the city of Kafr Nabil, local sources reported. The Syria Civil Defense, who were present on the scene following the incident, reported that the strike killed six and wounded more than ten.
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Incident date
February 4, 2018
LOCATION
ادلب, Idlib, SyriaAn alleged Russian airstrike, described as a “massacre”, hit a five-story building in Idlib, killing up to 12 civilians, including children and women, most from the same family and wounded as many as 25, local media reported. Euphrates Post described how “raids by Russian warplanes targeted the city by several air strikes, which led to the
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Incident date
February 4, 2018
LOCATION
التليل ,سراقب, Al Talil neighbourhood, Saraqeb, Idlib, SyriaA chlorine gas assault in Saraqeb, Idlib by the Syrian regime – possibly with Russian support – wounded multiple civilians including children according to local reports, with most victims suffering breathing difficulties. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that two barrel bombs were used in this attack. “At least 11 civilians, including three civil
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Incident date
February 3, 2018
LOCATION
معصران, Ma'saran, Idlib, SyriaA family of seven; a father, a mother and five children, were killed and the sixth sibling was left seriously wounded, local media reported, following aerial shelling of Ma’saran, Idlib, though sources were unclear as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. Most sources reported that the event had killed a family of
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Incident date
February 3, 2018
LOCATION
خان السبل, Khan al-Subul, Idlib, SyriaIn this incident, described as a “massacre”, alleged Russian cluster bombs killed between seven and ten civilians, including up to five children and one woman, and wounded up to dozens, as the village of Khan al-Subul, Idlib, was struck, local media reported. Step News Agency reported how “the first massacre took place in the town
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February 2, 2018
LOCATION
جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, SyriaRumaf reported that a child was killed in an alleged Turkish bombing of Jenderis, Syria. No further details are currently available.
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February 2, 2018
LOCATION
الريحانية, Al Rihaniya, Hattai, SyriaUp to three civilians including a child died and up to 16 other civilians were wounded in an alleged YPG shelling of the Bayer neighbourhood in Al Rihaniya, local media said. Multiple sources reported that one civilian was killed and two more wounded in rocket attacks. According to Jisr TV, “Six people were injured by
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Incident date
February 2, 2018
LOCATION
حدية, Hadya, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaAs many as seven civilians, including one child, were killed an up to “dozens” more were wounded, local media reported, following alleged Russia or Assad-waged airstrikes on a road near Hadya, Aleppo. Smart News Agency quoted activists who said that “warplanes likely to be Russian bombed vehicles on a road in the vicinity of Tal
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February 1, 2018
LOCATION
كفرنبودة, Kafr Nbooda, Hama, SyriaBetween five and 11 civilians, including children and one woman, were killed and at least three were seriously injured following alleged Russian airstrikes striking in Kafr Nbooda, Hama, local media reported. HalabTodayTV, who placed the death toll at eight, said that all eight fatalities were all from the same family, including three children, one woman
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Incident date
February 1, 2018
LOCATION
اباد, Abad, Aleppo, SyriaUp to 12 civilians including children and one woman were killed and several more wounded, local media reported, following aerial shelling of Abad, Aleppo, allegedly carried out by Russia or the Syrian regime. According to local reports, at least five and as many as 12 civilians were killed in tjhe airstrike. The Syrian Network for
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Incident date
February 1, 2018
LOCATION
جزرايا, Jazraya, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaBetween five and eight civilians, including children and women, were killed and several were left injured following airstrikes and/or artillery shelling in Jazraya, Aleppo, local media reports, though the exact circumstances were unclear. Most sources reported that one family had been killed, including one man, one woman and three to five children, though sources varied
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Incident date
February 1, 2018
LOCATION
الهوتة, al-Houta, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaThree children were killed and another one was injured as remnants from a possible Russian-launched cluster bomb exploded in al-Houta, Aleppo, local media reported. HalabTodayTV’s correspondent reported “the death of three children in the town of Hoota rural southern Aleppo by a bomb explosion from the remnants of the previous shelling of the town.” The
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February 1, 2018
LOCATION
سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, SyriaBetween three and six civilians, including one family, was killed and several were wounded as Russian or Assad-waged warplanes carried out airstrikes in the city of Saraqeb, Idlib, local media reported. In this incident, described as “a massacre in the heart of the city” by al-Modon, civilian harm reports varied slightly, spanning from three to
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January 31, 2018
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اشرفية, Al Ashrafiya neighbourhood, Afrin, Aleppo, SyriaOne child died and up to 12 other civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Afrin, according to local media. Sources reported that Turkey fired rockets into the city. Afrin Now and Rumaf named Arhat Ahmad Aliko, nine-years-old, as killed, though other sources listed him as wounded (see list below). The Smart News
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January 31, 2018
LOCATION
سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, SyriaA mother and her daughter were burned to death in an airstrike which hit Saraqeb, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russian warplanes for the raids. Smart News reported that “More than 18 Russian warplanes and helicopters launched heavy raids on areas east of the town of Sarakib (16 km
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Incident date
January 31, 2018
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الريحانية, Al Rihaniya, Hattai, SyriaUp to four civilians died in an alleged YPG rocket shelling of Al Rihaniya in Turkey, according to local media. Afrin Battle News [pro FSA and Olive Branch] reported the death of four civilians and wounding of seven more. It named the 17-year-old girl Fatma Avlar as a victim. The victim was named by multiple
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January 30, 2018
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البوابية, Al-Bawabiya, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaAn entire family of five were killed, and ten others were injured in airstrikes which hit the village of Al-Bawabiya, Aleppo, according to local media. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. The family were buried alive when the raid struck their homes. Images and footage show the extent of devastation
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January 30, 2018
LOCATION
اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, SyriaIn what has been described by local media as a massacre, as many as 15 civilians were killed and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Souq Al Hal (markets) in Ariha. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. Sources differed when reporting on the number of civilian deaths, with Syrian
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January 29, 2018
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القمعلة, Al Qam`alah, Al Bayda, YemenTwo people, including a 14-year old boy, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Qam`alah, in the Dhi Naem area of Bayda governorate, on January 29th 2018. In a later email to the Long War Journal, a US Central Command spokesperson stated that a strike had targeted AQAP in Bayda on January
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Incident date
January 29, 2018
LOCATION
معصران, Ma'saran, Idlib, SyriaAs many as 12 civilians were killed, including a family of five, and dozens more were injured, in airstrikes on Ma’saran, according to local media. Sources either blamed Moscow for the strikes or “warplanes”. In raids which struck civilian housing, a mother and her four children were killed, in the middle of the night. Euphrates