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Incident Date
21 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1513
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilian males died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to local media. Multiple sources named the victims. The deaths of Mr Al Khatib and his son were reported by Page of Palymyra’s Dead, reflecting where the IDPs had originally come from.
Summary
Published
21 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2494
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Nine civilians, including four women and four children, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes against the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib on September 21, 2017. The civilians that were killed were from the same family, with Smart News Agency reporting that they were a mother, father, and child.…
Summary
Published
21 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2495
Location
قلعة المضيق, Kala'at al Madeeq, Hama, Syria
Between two and three civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and nine others, including children, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the town of Kala'at al Madeeq in northwestern Hama, according to local sources. The initial estimate of two civilians killed was reported by Smart News Agency while…
Summary
Published
21 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2489
Location
Jarjanaz, Idlib, Syria
A mother and four children were killed in their home as alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces struck the town of Jarjanaz. The death of a sixth civilian was also reported. Those killed included the woman’s grandson, according to local sources. At least five others were injured. Three “space rockets” hit the town through the…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2487
Location
قلعة المضيق, Kala'at al Madeeq, Hama, Syria
Between six and 12 civilians, including between two and three children and two women, were killed and between five and 37 others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the town of Kala'at al Madeeq in central Syria according to local sources. Smart News initially reported that eight civilians were killed but…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–12
Civilians reported injured
8–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2485
Location
الصهرية, al-Sahariya, Hama, Syria
Two civilians, a woman and her daughter, were killed and at least two others, children, were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the village of al-Sahariya in the northern Hama countryside, according to local sources. Reporters Without Borders said that the airstrikes caused the destruction of a house and the victims of…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
(
House
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September–10 October, 2017
Incident Code
CS1636
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Up to five civilians, including one child and three women, were reportedly killed by an alleged Coalition strike at some point during the Raqqa Campaign, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) and Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality" reported. The first report was made by RBSS who reported…
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1505
Location
المرشدة, Al Mrashda, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four to six civilians including one woman, displaced from Iraq, and three to five children were reported killed in an airstrike on al Mrashda village near al Boukamal. The Coalition admitted responsibility for six deaths in the event in February 2020, with the US military conceding its role three months later. JFL at the time…
Summary
Published
18 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18–19 September, 2017
Incident Code
RS2474
Location
الطيبة, Tayba town,, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A man and his son died as Russian planes allegedly dropped cluster bombs on the town of Tayba, the Euphrates Post reported. Another source, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that a "female child" also died at Tayba. Mahmoud Hussein Al-Turki and his son were reportedly killed as several air raids attacked the area at…
Summary
Published
18 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1500
Location
Abu Kamal, Sena'a neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Eight civilians including an entire family died in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Abu Kamal, local media reported. According to Euphrates Post, “warplanes believed to belong to the international coalition carried out a number of air strikes targeting the town of Abu Kamal and its countryside. The attack targeted the crude oil burners in Al Bagouz…
Summary
Published
17 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 September 2017–18 April 2019
Incident Code
RS2469
Location
ﻣﻨﻄﻘﺔ ﺣﺎﻭﻱ ﺧﺸﺎﻡ, Hawi Khasham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three young girls died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the town of Hawi Khasham, local sources reported. Two daughters of Khalil Al-Ibrahim Al-Kuban, aged three and 18 months respectively, were both named dead alongside Mahmoud Al-Qandar Al-Kabban’s 13-year-old child. Most sources on the ground attributed the bombardment to Russian planes, however the Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
17 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2470
Location
البوليل, Albouleil, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Five to eight civilians were killed and others were wounded in airstrikes on Albouleil, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russian and Syrian regime raids for the casualties. A river bank in Albouleil was reportedly struck. Between one and five children were included in the death toll. An unidentified body was also discovered. There are…
Summary
Published
17 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1499 RS2464
Location
Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to five civilians, including two women and two children, died following airstrikes on residential areas of Al Kornish, Al Mayadin, according to multiple local sources. At present it is unclear who was responsible as the majority of sources did not identify the aircraft. Russia was blamed by four reports, the US-led Coalition was accused…
Summary
Published
16 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1497 RS2462
Location
مظلوم, Masloum Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian woman died with her two children in an aerial attack on the the village of Mazloum Tahtani (12km east of Deir Ezzor), close to the primary school and the mosque, according to local media. Step News however, out the death toll as high as five. Shabha also referred to civilians wounded in the event,…
Summary
Published
16 September 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1498 RS2463
Location
محكان, Mahkan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Nine to 19 civilians, including an “entire family,” died following airstrikes on Mahkan, about 45km southeast of Deir Ezzor, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to the US- led Coalition and others to Russian warplanes. There were no reports of wounded. According to Ortas, Coalition aircraft…
Summary
Published
16 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–19
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2466
Location
مدينة موحسن حي البوسويد, Al Bouswid neighborhood. Mohassein city , Deir Ezzor, Syria
A family of five was killed on a boat on the Euphrates river by an alleged Russian airstrike, local sources reported. Samer Turki Al Abdullah and Khader Turki Al-Abdullah, along with three children, were trying to escape from the town of Mohassein, according to the Euphrates Post. They were pulled from the water but did…
Summary
Published
16 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1492
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilians from the same family were reported killed following alleged US-led Coaltion airstrikes on Raqqa. All sources blamed the Coalition for the strike which targeted “the remaining neighbourhoods” of “besieged Raqqa”. There is limited information available at present.
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1485 RS2452
Location
بقرص تحتاني, Bokros Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between seven and nine civilians died including three children and one woman and up to 17 others were wounded in airstrikes on the al Qasr area of Bokros Tahtani, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition, Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. The Step News Agency and…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1484 RS2451
Location
جديد بكارة, Jadid Bakara, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A major civilian casualty incident took place on the village of Jadid Bakara, Deir Ezzor Governorate. Reporting remains contested and various local sources have blamed Russia, the Regime and the US-led Coalition. Between 11 and 15 civilians died, “dozens” were reportedly wounded, and the death toll included at least one women and five children. The…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
11–15
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1483 RS2450
Location
خشام, Kisham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Ten to 12 civilians, mostly children and women, were reported killed following alleged airstrikes on Khishham, 15 km southeast of Deir Ezzor. The majority of sources accused Russian warplanes of committing the offence. However both the Regime and the US-led Coalition were also mentioned in reporting. Syrian Press Center reported that Russian warplanes used “cluster…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1480 RS2448
Location
مخيم للنازحين قرب جديد عكيدات, IDP camp near Jadid Akeidat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A major civilian casualty incident allegedly took place at an IDP camp near Jadid Akeidat, Eastern Deir Ezzor countryside. Al Yaqeen reported about 100 displaced people were killed, mostly women and children, following an alleged aerial bombardment by the US-led Coalition at the camp. However this was contested – with Euphrates Post asserting that this…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
,
Residential
Civilians reported killed
100–120
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Code
CI847
Location
عنه, Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq
A single source reported on the death of a family following an aerial bombardment on the residential areas of Anah, west of Anbar province. The source said a woman and a girl died. However, the exact number of the family member was unclear. The US-led Coalition was not identified as a possible culprit, nor was…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–11
Civilians reported injured
2–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2458
Location
العشارة شارع الحكمة, al Hikma street, Al-A'shara, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An airstrike hit the town of Al-A’shara in Deir Ezzor on September 14th 2017. It is unclear if any civilians were killed; some sources including the Syrian Human Rights Committee reported the death of one girl, Rahef Hussein Al-Ali Ma’and, but others stated that she was only injured and that no civilians were killed. One…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1481 RS2457
Location
الميادين, Al-Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In what has been described as a massacre, between five and 45 civilians were killed and 14 to 90 were injured in alleged Russian, Syrian regime or Coalition airstrikes on the city of Al-Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor, described by local sources as the “most important stronghold for Daesh in the region”. An initial report from…
Summary
Published
14 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
5–45
Civilians reported injured
12–90
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1478 RS2445
Location
مظلوم, Mazloum village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to seven civilians including two women and a girl died in an airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Mazloum village, eastern Deir Ezzor, according to local media. Though local sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition, Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame, the village did appear to have been…
Summary
Published
13 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2443
Location
بلدة ذيبان, Dhiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians were killed allegedly by warplanes in the town of Dhiban in eastern Deir Ezzor Governorate at around 2am on 12th September 2017. Multiple sources confirmed that one man, Hassan al-Mazal, and one girl were killed in this airstrike. The girl was reported as the daughter of either Thamer al-Frikhan or Thamer al-Khalif al-Sari.…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1477 RS2440
Location
Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two adult male civilians, one child and one woman were killed in airstrikes on Hatla, according to local media, though sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or Russia were to blame. The majority of sources, however, pointed to Russia. Munitions recovered at the scene appear to be Russian in origin. The Syrian Observatory…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1474
Location
Al Badou, Raqqa, Syria
At least 12 civilians including up to seven children and three women died in alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes on residential homes in Raqqa’s Al Badou neighbourhood, according to multiple local sources. Hadi Abdullah also put the death toll at least 11 with dozens more wounded, while Smart put the death toll at 12.…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–14
Civilians reported injured
2–36
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1473
Location
Al Shahabat village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In a mass civilian casualty incident, two families of up to twelve people died in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on al Shahabat village in the western Deir Ezzor countryside at “dawn” on September 12th, according to local media. An initial report by Euphrates Post document “five martyrs from one family”, the figure rose to 11…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2442
Location
قرية الجيعة, Al-Jaya'a, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Al-Jaya’a village in Deir Ezzor Governorate was hit by air strikes on September 12th 2017, reportedly killing one girl and injuring five civilians from the same family. Multiple sources accused the Russian forces of carrying out these strikes. No further information was provided as to the identity of the girl killed or the members of…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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