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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3001
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
Russian and/or Syrian regime warplanes carried out airstrikes in Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, killing between four and eight civilians, including one woman and one child, as well as wounding several others, local media reported. Reports mentioned heavy shelling in several parts of eastern Ghouta around February 8th, 2018, including the shelling of Douma. The…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3003
Location
سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
According to local reports, three civilians, most likely two children and one woman, were killed and up to dozens were wounded as Russian and/or Assad warplanes launched air raids in Saqba town in eastern Ghouta, Damascus. The strikes, which Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCCSY) described as "heavy night raids", left large parts of the…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3004
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
As many as six civilians, including one child, were killed and up to dozens were wounded as alleged Russian and/or Assad warplanes launched a series of air raids in Hamouriya in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. The strike, described by Local Coordination Committees of Syria, as "heavy night raids" hit a popular market and…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3005
Location
كفرسجنة, Kafr Sajneh, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians, including one child and one woman, were killed and another three children were wounded as Russian or Assad-waged warplanes carried out airstrikes in Kafr Sajneh, Idlib, local media reported. The raids were reportedly launched in the centre of the village, and according to locals on the ground, cited by Smart News…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2996
Location
مشمشان, Mishmishan, Idlib, Syria
Alleged Russian airstrikes killed up to eight civilians, including children and women, and wounded up to 40, including children, local media reported, after the town of Mishmishan, Idlib, was struck. Ebaa News cited locals on the ground who told them how alleged Russian warplanes had "hovered around the area and then returned and carried out…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
12–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2978
Location
آفس, Afis, Idlib, Syria
According 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…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2985
Location
مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
The 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…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2986
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Up 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),…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2983
Location
دوما, Douma , Damascus, Syria
In 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…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
7–31
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2987
Location
زملكا, Zamalaka, Damascus, Syria
As 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…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2989
Location
مديرا, Mdyra, Damascus, Syria
Up 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…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
YS019
Location
Al Bayan IDP camp, Atama, Idlib, Syria
Up to seven civilians including at least one child and one woman died and up to 14 others were wounded in an alleged YPG shelling of the al Bayan IDP camp on the Turkish-Syrian border, according to local media. Most sources blamed the YPG, though one source – a Kurdish media agency – alleged that…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
7–15
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2984
Location
كفر باتنة, Kafr Batna, Damascus, Syria
Between 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…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
2–80
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2990
Location
سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
Between two and four civilians, including one child and one woman, were killed and at least one child was wounded following alleged Assad or Russian-waged aerial shelling of Saqba, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. According to local reports, the incident in Saqba was one out of many that day in eastern Ghouta. According to…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2979
Location
ترملا, Tarmala, Idlib, Syria
At least two and as many as four civilians were killed, including one child, while several others were left wounded as alleged Russain warplanes struck the al Shamali neighbourhood in Tarmala village, Idlib, local media reported. Up to four civilians were killed in this incident, where all sources unanimously attributed blame to Russia. While Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2991
Location
حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria
One civilian, allegedly a child, was killed by an Assad or Russian waged assault in the town of Harasta, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. According to local reports, the incident in Harasta was one out of many that day in eastern Ghouta. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), this was the…
Summary
Published
6 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 February 2018
Incident Code
YS018
Location
عزاز, Azzaz, Aleppo, Syria
Up 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…
Summary
Published
5 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
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Incident Date
4 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2970
Location
التليل ,سراقب, Al Talil neighbourhood, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
A 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…
Summary
Published
4 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
9–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2972
Location
ادلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
An 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…
Summary
Published
4 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–12
Civilians reported injured
21–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2973
Location
Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria
Alleged 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.…
Summary
Published
4 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–9
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2974
Location
Ma'asaran, Idlib, Syria
Up 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…
Summary
Published
4 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2968
Location
خان السبل, Khan al-Subul, Idlib, Syria
In 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 up to dozens of others, as the village of Khan al-Subul, Idlib, was struck by airstrikes on February 3, 2018, local media reported. Step News Agency reported how "the…
Summary
Published
3 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2966
Location
معصران, Ma'saran, Idlib, Syria
A 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…
Summary
Published
3 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3–4 February, 2018
Incident Code
CS1721
Location
البحرة, Al Bahra village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Multiple 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…
Summary
Published
4 February 2018
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
38–40
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2963
Location
حدية, Hadya, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
As 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…
Summary
Published
2 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2018
Incident Code
YS015
Location
الريحانية, Al Rihaniya, Hattai, Syria
Up 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…
Summary
Published
2 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
6–16
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Incident Date
2 February 2018
Incident Code
TS146
Location
جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Rumaf reported that a child was killed in an alleged Turkish bombing of Jenderis, Syria. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
2 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2954
Location
سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
Between 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…
Summary
Published
1 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2956
Location
الهوتة, al-Houta, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Three 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…
Summary
Published
1 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2957
Location
جزرايا, Jazraya, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Between 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…
Summary
Published
1 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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