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Incident Date

29 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2569

Location

Al Atarib, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A child was killed in an airstrike, likely to be Russian, on the city of Al Atareb, according to multiple local sources. While the vast majority of sources blamed Russia, there were also several reports that the regime were also active over the area.

Summary

Published
29 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

29 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1548

Location

الصبحة, Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to six civilians died in an airstrike on Al Sabha, according to local media, though it was unclear who was to blame. Most sources did not identify the warplanes responsible for the attack, thoiugh Qasioun pointed towards the regime. The Syrian Network for Human Rights also blamed the regime, and put the death toll…

Summary

Published
29 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1551

Location

Near al Rahman Mosque, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A major civilian casualty incident took place at Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor Governorate, at dawn September 29th – 30th, killing up to 25 civilians with 24 to 40 more wounded, local sources said. According to numerous reports “mostly women and children died”. An initial report by Euphrates Post documented four dead and 30 wounded, though…

Summary

Published
29 September 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
11–25
Civilians reported injured
24–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2556

Location

Jadid Bkara, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A total of four civilians including a child and two women were killed in raids by warplanes as well as artillery bombardments on the town of Jadid Bkara on September 28th, according to local sources. The reporting mentioned both the regime forces and the Russian forces as responsible for the bombardments. According to the Syrian…

Summary

Published
28 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2555

Location

سهل الروجبلدة الحمو, Hamou town in al Roj plain in the Idlib western countryside, Idlib, Syria
Between three and eight civilians including women and children were killed and up to 15 other non-combatants wounded after an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on the village of al Hamou on September 28th, according to local sources. Most sources reported seven or eight people killed, whereas the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported…

Summary

Published
28 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2558

Location

بزيت, Bzeit, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians from the same family were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bzeit, according to sources on the ground. Local media reported multiple deaths and injuries from two air alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Bzeit on September 28th, according to local media. Smart News Agency and Step News Agency reported the…

Summary

Published
28 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28–29 September, 2017

Incident Code

RS2559

Location

الشحيل, Al Shuhail, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One woman and one child died and two more children were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on al Shuhail, according to local media. According to the Smart News Agency, “a woman and her child were killed and two other children were wounded by air strikes by warplanes believed to be  Russian on a town…

Summary

Published
28 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1538

Location

Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least seven civilians were reported killed and dozens more wounded in air and/or rocket/artillery strikes on Al Mayadin – though the death toll looked likely to rise with multiple reports saying that up to 21 other civilians were still trapped under the rubble. It is currently unclear who was responsible for this incident, with…

Summary

Published
28 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

28 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1543

Location

المعماري, Al Mimari, Al Hassakah, Syria
Six children from the same family of Ali and Aqla al-Hajj al-Hamoud al-Hweet were killed following an aerial offensive on the village of Al Mimari, local sources said. Initial reports by Sharqiya and Marsad Al Hasaka did not identify a culprit and referred only to “bombing”. The Syrian Network for Human Rights alleged that “International…

Summary

Published
28 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2549

Location

اليعقوبية, al Ya’koubiya town, Idlib, Syria
One child was reportedly killed and as many as 15 others were wounded in an airstrike on the village of al Ya’koubiya by warplanes, according to the Idlib Media Centre. Sources all either attributed the blame to Russia or did not blame a belligerent. The local hospital published a list of 13 named victims who…

Summary

Published
27 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27–29 September, 2017

Incident Code

CS1611

Location

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In Raqqa, at least 28 and as many as 42 civilians from seven families displaced from Palmyra, Deir Ezzor and Raqqa were killed as an alleged Coalition air strike destroyed the building they were sheltering in, multiple local and international media reported. Among the killed were at least ten women and five children. This strike…

Summary

Published
27 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
28–42
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2544

Location

Qaiqoun village [al Qaderiya], Idlib, Syria
Between two and five civilians, among them two children, were killed and up to seven others wounded in an airstrike on Qainoun village, according to local sources. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "at least 2 children were killed when suspected Russian warplanes fired missiles on Qayqoun (al Qaderiya) village in Idlib governorate…

Summary

Published
26 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 September 2017

Incident Codes

CS1533 RS2530

Location

البلعوم, Al Mayadin, Al Baloum neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to five civilians, including one woman and one child, were reported killed following airstrikes on Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor governorate. The Coalition and Russian warplanes were blamed by local media. According to Al Natek, Russian raids targeted the city resulting in four civilians deaths. Smart also believed the attack was carried out by Russian…

Summary

Published
26 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2543

Location

ريف المهندسين, Reef Al-Muhandseen, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians from the same family - a man, his wife, and their child - died and five more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Reef Al-Muhandseen, according to local media. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported the killing of two civilians, a woman and her child, in Reef Al Muhandiseen in the…

Summary

Published
26 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2527

Location

محمبل, Muhambal, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a girl, was killed and at least five others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes against the town of Muhambal in Idlib governorate, according to local sources. The "intensive air-raids" consisted of rockets. Some sources did not mention civilian casualties but did confirm bombing in the vicinity. One of the comments…

Summary

Published
25 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25–26 September, 2017

Incident Code

RS2528

Location

منطقة الرهجان, al Rahjan, Hama, Syria
At least three civilians from one family were killed and six others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the al Rahjan area in northeastern Hama, according to local activists. Activists with Smart News reported that the villages of northeastern Hama were targeted by Russian planes. Smart News reported that Civil Defence…

Summary

Published
25 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1524

Location

Al Mayadin, Central, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Ten civilians – mostly women and children – reportedly died and dozens more civilians were injured in multiple airstrikes on different locations in Al Mayadin, local media reported, though sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or Russia was responsible. Qasiuoun laid the blame with the Coalition, reporting that jets struck “the comprehensive pharmacy”…

Summary

Published
25 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2517

Location

al Bashiriya, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians were killed in an airstrike on al Bashiriya, according to local media. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, "three sibling children killed in suspected Russian warplanes missiles fired on al Bashiriya village in Idlib governorate western suburbs on September 25, 2017." No further details are currently available.

Summary

Published
25 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1527

Location

Al Badou neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
More than 32 civilians died in alleged US-led Coalition strikes on the city of Raqqah, according to local media. Field research by Amnesty International has since confirmed many of the civilian deaths. The civilians were in the basement of a building near Maari School when the airstrike hit, causing the building to collapse on them,…

Summary

Published
25 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
32–35
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2524

Location

قرية الكفير, Al-Kafeer, Idlib, Syria
Between two and four civilians, including one to two children and a woman, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the village of Al-Kafeer in the Jisr al-Shoughour area of the western countryside of Idlib, according to local sources and activists. Overall, "17 civilians were killed and 42 others injured in the…

Summary

Published
25 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2525

Location

جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shoughour , Idlib, Syria
Between three and 17 civilians, including two to four children and one to three women, were killed and between 26 and 30 others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes against the al Gharbi neighbourhood and Karaj Halab area in the city of Jisr al Shoughour in the western countryside of Idlib, according to local sources.…

Summary

Published
25 September 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3–17
Civilians reported injured
26–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2526

Location

بداما, Bdama, Jisr al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria
Between one and three civilians, including a child, were killed and up to 11 more were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes against the town of Bdama in the western village of Jisr al-Shoughour, according to local sources. The initial estimate was that only one civilian, a child, had died…

Summary

Published
25 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
3–11
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2511

Location

سلمية, Salamiya, Hama, Syria
At least four civilians, including a woman and her three children, were killed and others, including two children, were wounded in airstrikes against the neighbourhoods of Salamiya east of Hama in central Syria, according to local sources. Many sources, such as Smart News Agency, did not identify who was responsible for carrying out the airstrikes.…

Summary

Published
24 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24–25 September, 2017

Incident Code

RS2512

Location

قرية حير الصبي, Hayr al-Sabi near the town of al Dana , Idlib, Syria
Three to seven civilians were killed, including a family of seven, and six others, including women and children, were injured in airstrikes against the village of Hayr al-Sabi near the town of al Dana in northern Idlib according to local activists. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to Russia,…

Summary

Published
24 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2513

Location

قرية القنيطرة, al Quneitra, Idlib, Syria
Five people were killed, and eight others, including four children and three women were wounded, in airstrikes against the village of al Quneitra in the Harem district of northwest Idlib. Sources all blamed Russian aviation for the raids. Syrian Network for Human Rights published an image of an injured child and reported that "The girl…

Summary

Published
24 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1522

Location

الميادين, Al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Seven or ten civilians, mostly women and children, were reportedly killed by an airstrike on Al Mayadin. According to Al Haddath, Coalition aircraft “launched air raids on residential areas in the eastern city of Mayadeen”, killing seven civilians, mostly women and children from the same family. This was reiterated by pro-regime outlet Tishreen. The Syrian…

Summary

Published
24 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1523

Location

مركدة, Markada, Al Hassakah, Syria
Eleven civilians including one woman and two or more children died and many more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Markada, local media reported. All sources attributed the event to the US-led Coalition. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that four non-combatants including two girls and a woman died. Insaan Rights Watch…

Summary

Published
24 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
1–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2501

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians from one family were killed in air and artillery strikes on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. Sources all attribute the blame to Russia. Two of the victims were women and one was a child. According to one source, this was followed by artillery shelling on the city during the funeral of the…

Summary

Published
23 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1515

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported six civilians killed in alleged Coalition strikes on Raqqa city, the source said “the martyrdom of a mother and her five children as a result of the bombing by international coalition aircraft on the city of Al-Raqqa last Friday" Raqqa24 and Mohammed Othman also named the vicitms and reported…

Summary

Published
22 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 September 2017

Incident Code

CS1516

Location

الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians – a woman and her male child – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to local media. Raqqa Sport reported: “In the name of the sports site of Raga and all the athletes of the province of Raqqa, we offer from Captain Osama Kaddour, handball player in the Youth Club…

Summary

Published
22 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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