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Incident Date
27 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3467
Location
الطيبة, Tayba, Daraa, Syria
Local sources reported that up to 13 civilians including at least four children were killed and four others including children were injured in Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Tayba in Dara'a on June 27th, 2018. Daraa Martyrs Documentation Office said that ten of the victims were from the same family. SMART News…
Summary
Published
27 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10–13
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3465
Location
المسيفرة, Al Musifra, Daraa, Syria
Between two and 20 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Musifra, Dara'a governorate, on June 27th, 2020, according to local sources. A Syrian Civil Defence centre was targeted and destroyed. Horrya's correspondent Lujain Al Melihan reported "the martyrdom of about 20 civilians, dozens of wounded, most of them women…
Summary
Published
27 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3462
Location
Al Ghariya Al Sharqiya, Daraa, Syria
Two children were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Ghariya Al Sharqiya in the suburbs of Dara'a on June 27th 2020, according to local sources. @HalabTodayTV tweeted that there were "two martyrs and many wounded, by aerial bombardment, targeting the eastern town of Ghariya in Dara'a countryside." @sayaf_kk wrote…
Summary
Published
27 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3449
Location
نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria
Eight civilians were reported killed and up to 25 others injured as a result of Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Nawa in Daraa, south of Syria on June 26th, 2018 according to local sources. Shaam Network said that "Activists confirmed that the Russian warplanes launched air strikes with rockets at the residential…
Summary
Published
26 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
10–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3453
Location
الغارية الشرقية, Eastern Ghariya, Daraa, Syria
Two civilians from the same family were reported killed and other civilians injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces bombing on Eastern Ghariya in Dara'a on June 26th, 2018. Local sources said the town was attacked with explosive barrels. The two victims were identified as Yasser Muhammad Mousa Al-Hajj Ali who died as…
Summary
Published
26 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3444
Location
الصورة, Al-Soura, Daraa, Syria
Three civilians, including a woman, were killed and 10 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al-Soura on June 25th, 2018, according to local sources. The LLMA wrote on Facebook that "Russian warplanes launched six airstrikes so far on the town of Al-Soura in…
Summary
Published
25 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1774
Location
الحصية, Al Sha'afa, Al Hassya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, up to eight civilians including four children and two women were killed in a Coalition airstrike on the town of Al Sha’afa. Most sources reported that 17 people were killed overall, including eight civilians and nine or more ISIS fighters. The Syrian Network for Human Rights added that four children and…
Summary
Published
21 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
2–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3437
Location
مرعيان, Mar'ayan, Idlib, Syria
Two children were killed when a bomb from a previous Russian bombing exploded in the village of Mar’ayan in Idlib, Syria on June 21st, 2018 according to local sources. Step News Agency tweeted that "Two children were killed in the village of Mar’ayan in Idlib countryside, as a result of an explosion of a bomb…
Summary
Published
21 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1772
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians, including women and children, were allegedly killed and several others injured by a Coalition airstrike on Al Soussa. Sound and Picture reported “three martyrs” and several wounded. Smart News quoted local activists who also mentioned a tally of three civilians killed after a Coalition raid targeted the “residential neighbourhoods in the town of…
Summary
Published
15 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1771
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One or more civilians were reported killed and injured after artillery shelling on the village of al Soussa. Sound and Picture reported the “martyrdom of a civilian” in the village of Soussa as a result of French artillery shelling. Shaam News only made mention of “a number of civilians” wounded and stated that this was…
Summary
Published
13 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1769
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, up to four civilians, including women and children, were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz Foqani. Step News Agency reported that two women and one girl were killed and another person injured. The Syrian Network for Human Rights however stated that in fact two children and one woman…
Summary
Published
13 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
6–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1768
Location
الحردان, Al Hardan village (al Shayer hill), Al Hassakah, Syria
Two to four civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of al Hardoun. Marsad al Hassaka stated that the house of Mohammed Ahmed Hardan was targeted at “dawn today”, where he was killed with his three children while his wife was seriously injured. Zaman al Wasl quoted a local activist who…
Summary
Published
13 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1767
Location
حسون الباشا, Hassoun al Basha village near Tal al Shayer, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported the death of up to twelve civilians (including at least three children) from the same extended family and up to eight more injured as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Hassoun al Basha near Tal al Shayer. According to a SANA reporter. Coalition bombardments on civilian houses…
Summary
Published
12 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
12–13
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3436
Location
التمانعة, Al-Tamana, Idlib, Syria
A child was killed when a cluster bomb from a previous Russian shelling on Al-Tamana in southern Idlib, Syria, exploded on June 12th, 2018. Edlib Media Center reported on Facebook that " A child from the town of Sinjar was killed by a cluster bomb explosion from previous bombing on farms of al-Tamana town in…
Summary
Published
12 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3434
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Two children from the same family were killed and a woman injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib, Syria on June 10th, 2018, according to local media sources. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported that "Russian airstrikes targeted the city of Ariha in central Idlib countryside, resulting in…
Summary
Published
10 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3432
Location
تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
At least ten civilians, including five to seven children and one woman, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Nour Children's Hospital and civilian homes in the town of Taftanaz, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. Edlib Media Center initially reported “four martyrs: three children and a…
Summary
Published
10 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Civilians reported injured
25–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3431
Location
بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians, including two children, were killed and seven others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Binnish, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. Syrian Reporter wrote that "Russian airstrikes resulted in the death of a child and the injury of others, in the city…
Summary
Published
10 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
7–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3430
Location
رام حمدان, Ram Hamdan, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians including a child were killed and eight others injured, some of whom are in critical conditions, in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Ram Hamdan in Idlib, Syria on June 10th, 2018 according to local sources. Step News said that victims include a child (girl), a woman and…
Summary
Published
10 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7–8 June, 2018
Incident Code
CS1765
Location
منطقة تل الجاير:خويبيرة, Tal al Jair (or Tal Safouk), Khwuweibra village school, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to several sources, ten or eighteen civilians, including women and children, were allegedly killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Khuweibra in the Tal al Jair area. Eye on al Hasaka reported in a Facebook post that “The International Coalition committed a new massacre in the Tal Al Jair area”. An individual…
Summary
Published
7 June 2018
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
10–18
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7–8 June, 2018
Incident Code
RS3428
Location
زردنا, Zardana, Idlib, Syria
Up to 52 civilians were reported killed and 100 others, many of whom are in a critical situation, were injured in alleged Russian forces airstrikes on Zardana village in Idlib, Syria, on June 7th, 2018, according to local sources. Among those killed are up to 11 women and 11 children and a health worker. Most…
Summary
Published
7 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Healthcare
(
Clinic
),
Religious
(
Mosque
)
Civilians reported killed
12–52
Civilians reported injured
50–100
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1762
Location
الجزاع, Al Helo or al-Jazza village, Al Hassakah, Syria
Several sources reported up to fifteen civilians killed, including ten children and an unspecified number of women, when Coalition or other aircraft allegedly targeted the village of al Helo/ Al Jazza near al Dashisha, in southern Hassaka. Marsad al Hassaka initially stated that the bombardment took place “at dawn today” and caused the death of…
Summary
Published
4 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1760
Location
قرية هداج, Hadaj village, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported the deaths of at least two civilians, a married couple, and several others injured as a result of a Coalition airstrike on the village of Hadaj West, which may also be known as Hasan al Ali village. Al Hasaka Arabea, among several other sources, identified the couple as Abdish al-Issa and his…
Summary
Published
2 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3426
Location
جديد بكارة, Jadid Bakara, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A child was reported killed by an cluster bomb believed to have been previously used by Russian warplanes in an airstrike on Jadid Bkara/ Jadid Owaidat in Deir Ezzor countryside in Syria on June 1st, 2018 according to local sources. The sources also mentioned that others civilians were also injured. Step News reported that "a…
Summary
Published
1 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 May–3 June, 2018
Incident Code
USSOM130-C
Location
Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A suspected airstrike in a field outside Bariire, a village 30 miles west of Mogadishu, killed three boys and left one woman injured, according to The National. Journalist Amanda Sperber met Halimo Mohamed Abdi, a herder who was injured in the action: "The blast broke both her hips, left shrapnel embedded in her thigh, and…
Summary
Published
31 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
0–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
31 May 2018
Incident Code
CS1758
Location
هداج, Hadaj, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported that up to twelve people from one family, including between two and four children and four women, were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hadaj village. According to Amc-Sy, eight members of the Awwad al Latif family were killed and others wounded when their homes were struck on a Friday night.…
Summary
Published
31 May 2018
Civilians reported killed
8–12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 May 2018
Incident Code
CS1756
Location
باغوز فوقاني, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling on the town of Al Baghouz led to the deaths of up to nine civilians, including two or three children. Coalition officials indicated to Airwars that it is likely that this incident matches one of the following concession of civilian harm. In their February 2019 press…
Summary
Published
31 May 2018
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 May 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr168-C
Location
وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen
A civilian, who most sources reported to be a 17-year old child, was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Khora area in Shabwa, before sunset on May 25th 2018. In a later press release, US Central Command stated that a strike had been conducted on that day, citing three possible provinces. Since…
Summary
Published
25 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Motorcycle
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
19 May 2018
Incident Code
RS3424
Location
مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk Refugee camp, Damascus, Syria
Smart News Agency reported that three civilians, among them one child and a woman, were killed after alleged Russian airstrikes on Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus governorate, on May 19th 2018. Smart wrote that "two women, one old, and one child were killed by the shelling that targeted a residential basement in the camp. [Local activists]…
Summary
Published
19 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 May 2018
Incident Code
RS3423
Location
مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk Refugee camp, Damascus, Syria
Two children and four women were killed in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus governorate on May 18th 2018, according to local sources. Syria TV reported that "Syrian regime and Russian warplanes carried out a massacre of Palestinians in Yarmouk refugee camp today, by targeting a shelter with dozens…
Summary
Published
18 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 May 2018
Incident Code
RS3421
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Two children and a woman were killed by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Ariha, Idlib governorate, on May 15th 2018, according to local sources. An unknown number of civilians was wounded. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that the children Bara’ah Haj Ali (aged 6) and Rayan Haj Ali (aged 12)…
Summary
Published
15 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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