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Incident Date

4 November 2016

Incident Code

CS358

Location

الحيوي, Al Hiyewi, Raqqa, Syria
Three men were killed in airstrikes, according to a local source. RBSS reported the deaths of three men “following air raids carried out by the international coalition.” The Syrian Network and several outlets including Shaam News Network also reported the deaths of 3 civilians. Deir Ezzor and al Raqqa Legal Network shared the same three…

Summary

Published
4 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 November 2016

Incident Code

RS1530

Location

الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria
Between seven and eight civilians, including as many as six children, were killed and more than 10 others were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Al Rastan, according to local media. Local sources were conflicted in who was to blame for the airstrikes, with the majority of sources - including Eldorar,…

Summary

Published
3 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
5–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 November 2016

Incident Code

RS1526

Location

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and four civilians, including a child, were killed and up to nine more were injured from two aerial bombings of the city of Al Atarib. The strikes reportedly struck a bakery, a hospital, and several civilian houses, causing damage extensive enough to shut the hospital down. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human…

Summary

Published
2 November 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
3–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1515

Location

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
A single source, Halab News, reported the deaths of “Abdallah al Hasan al Khalaf and his two children, following the explosion of a cluster bomb left by Russia planes following a bombing of Sarmin in Idlib”. The source added that the victims were from the town of al Eiss. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Published
28 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1514

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Eight named civilians died and up to 30 more were injured in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to sources on the ground. Reports blamed both Russian airstrikes and artillery/ mortar shelling by Syrian regime forces. Some reports also pointed to regime warplanes. Among targets hit was a primary school, prompting the Directorate of…

Summary

Published
27 October 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
12–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1511

Location

الرستن‬, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria
Colonel Shawqi Ayoub, “commander of the Homs operations room of the Free Syrian Army”, died in an alleged Syrian regime airstrike on Al Rastan, according to local media. According to Qasioun, Ayoub (pictured below) died “while inspecting the field situation in Ain Hussein’s front. The engineer Faisal Awad also died”. Qasioun added that the regime…

Summary

Published
26 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1512

Location

حاس, Haas, Idlib, Syria
In a major casualty incident, which UNICEF called “tragic, shocking, outrageous and a war crime”, 38 named civilians including 18 children and up to six women died in multiple airstrikes on the Martyr Kamal Qal’aji school complex in the village of Haas, which was under the joint control of Armed opposition factions and the Fateh…

Summary

Published
26 October 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
38
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 October 2016

Incident Code

CI306

Location

تل كيف‎, Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq
Eight members of the same family were killed followed an alleged Coalition strikes, according to local sources. Multiple local outlets reported that 8 civilians – all members of the same family – were killed on October 24th in Tel Kepe, a town less than 15km north of Mosul. Yagen identified the father of the family…

Summary

Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 October 2016

Incident Code

CS348

Location

تل أسود, Tall Aswad, Aleppo, Syria
Manbij Mother of All the World initially reported what it said were Coalition strikes on Tal Aswad, targeting a reservoir. In a subsequent report, it said a “massacre” had been committed “against two familes as a result of wrong information from the Kurdish units in the village.” It named four victims. A report by the…

Summary

Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 October 2016

Incident Code

CI308

Location

طوبزاوة, Tubzawa, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source reported that An adult civilian male killed followed an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Tubzawa. According to a single source, Mr Shihab’s two sons Younis aged 7 and Mustafa aged 2 years old were also severely injured in the incident – and were being treated in the intensive care unit at Irbil…

Summary

Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1504

Location

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians – a father and his son or daughter – died and an unspecified number more were wounded in an airstrike on Maarat al Numan – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “two victims (a child and…

Summary

Published
23 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1505

Location

حي ‏المرجة‬, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between three and five civilians including two children and a woman died and up to 10 more were wounded in an airstrike or artillery shelling of a residential area in Aleppo’s Marjah neighbourhood, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The Shaam…

Summary

Published
23 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1502

Location

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
At least one member of the civil defence died and up to five more were wounded in an airstrike on Anadan, according to local media. One source – LCCSY – reported that there had been “16 martyrs in Aleppo following Russian raids on the town of Anadan and in clashes with what is referred to…

Summary

Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–16
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 October 2016

Incident Code

CI303

Location

فايده, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
A family of eight was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the ISIL-occupied village of Fadhiliya. CENTCOM later confirmed it had carried out the airstrikes and had killed all eight civilians. Iraq based reporter Fazel Hawramy spoke by phone with family members in the village shortly after the event, who confirmed that eight people had…

Summary

Published
22 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1499

Location

Tarei, Idlib, Syria
In what looks to have been a Syrian regime action, an elderly man and his son were reported killed by an airstrike in Tarei village, Idlib. LCCSY initially appeared to blame Russia, but in a later post attributed the deaths to the Syrian regime. Most other sources also pointed to the regime. According to the…

Summary

Published
21 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

21 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1498

Location

Al Nakir, Idlib, Syria
One or two children died and two other civilians were wounded in an airstrike on Al Nakir, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Step News Agency was among sources blaming Russia, reporting that one child died in the strike. But a…

Summary

Published
21 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 October 2016

Incident Code

CI300

Location

حي الحدباء, Mosul, Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq
One civilian male was killed in Mosul’s Hadba neighbourhood by Coalition strikes, according to local reports. Al Rafidain Network for Human Rights reported that a young man named Mustafa Bushar al Qaddu was killed inside his home due to Coalition strikes. Iraaq 18 said the civilian casualties occured after the Coalition destroyed a vehicle-borne IED:…

Summary

Published
20 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1488

Location

Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
A member of the White Helmets died and five of his colleagues were wounded, along with “dozens more civilians” in a strike on the Civil Defence center in the city of Maarat al Numan, according to local media. Sources noted that the Civil Defence Center – “the most important center in the southern Idlib countryside”…

Summary

Published
20 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1493

Location

Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria
Two civilian males died and at least two more were wounded – including members of the White Helmets – in an airstrike on Kafr Nabil, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. @syriapost1 was among several sources pointing to Russia…

Summary

Published
20 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2016

Incident Code

LC045

Location

ميناء درنه, Derna Port, Darnah, Libya
One fisherman was killed and another injured when an airstrike hit their boat in the waters off Derna, according to local reports. Al Nabaa reported that one civilian was killed and another wounded in an LNA airstrike on the port of Derna. Al Nabaa later reported the dead man was a fisherman who was killed…

Summary

Published
17 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

17 October 2016

Incident Code

CS340

Location

الطنيرة, at Tanira, Raqqa, Syria
A man was killed when his home was reportedly hit by a Coalition strike, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered reported that a man identified as Ali al Jreik al Jairi was killed “following the targeting of his home by an international coalition air raid.” The Syrian Observatory reported an unidentified man…

Summary

Published
17 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1479

Location

عويجل, Oweijal, Aleppo, Syria
In what multiple sources described as a “massacre”, between 40 and 55 civilians – many of them reportedly children and women – died and up to 70 more were wounded in airstrikes on the village of Oweijal. The strikes resulted in widespread destruction to civilian homes – and, according to several reports – the destruction…

Summary

Published
17 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
40–55
Civilians reported injured
6–70
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

17 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1480

Location

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians from one family including three children and one woman died and up to 20 more were wounded in an airstrike on Aleppo’s Bustan al Qasr neighbourhood. Most sources blamed Russia for the attack, though one also pointed to the Syrian regime. According to Zamanalwasl, “Russian aircraft targeted the Bustan al Qasr neighbourhood with…

Summary

Published
17 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1470

Location

النزهة, Karam al Nuzha, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians died and several more were wounded in an airstrike on Aleppo’s Karam al Nuzha neighbourhood, local media reported. While most sources blamed Russia, several others noted that the regime was also conducting strikes in Aleppo during this period of time, meaning that it’s involvement can’t be ruled out. According to @dodoo559, “two raids…

Summary

Published
16 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

15 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1463

Location

اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria
Five or six civilians civilians including a 20-day-old girl and a boy aged six months died and dozens more were wounded in an airstrike and/or artillery strike on a medical centre in Al Latamna, according to sources on the ground. The majority of reports blamed Russia, though two pointed to the Assad regime. Victims reportedly…

Summary

Published
15 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

13 October 2016

Incident Code

CI294a

Location

Shora village near Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
Following the New York Times Magazine's Uncounted investigation, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event in Shora, a village near Qayyarah, Iraq. According to reporters Azmat Khan and Anand Ghopal, "Mohammad Mansour Abdullah’s house was next to the home of an Army Officer who fled Shora when ISIS took over. An…

Summary

Published
13 October 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
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

12 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1445

Location

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria
Between one and five civilians were reported killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on Talbissa. Smart News wrote that “one civilian was killed and 10 were wounded due to regime warplanes and artillery shelling in Talbisa.” Almarsad Alsori Almowahad named a male victim on Twitter and posted a picture of…

Summary

Published
12 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

12 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1442

Location

حي خان العسل, Khan Al Assal (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
One civilian, died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Khan al A’ssal, according to local media. The victim was named by the Violations Documentation Center and Halab News, both of which blamed Russia for his death. There are no other details available at this time.

Summary

Published
12 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1435

Location

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
In what local media described as a 'massacre', 52 civilians including up to 10 children and seven women died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Bustan al-Qasr  in Aleppo - though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. There were reports of bunker-busting missiles…

Summary

Published
11 October 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
52
Civilians reported injured
20–35
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

10 October 2016

Incident Code

RS1430

Location

Sadd al Loz, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians including a child and a woman died and up to 20 more people were injured in air and/or artillery strikes on Sad al-Luz in Aleppo, according to sources on the ground. The majority of reports blamed the Assad regime, though there was also an allegation against Russia. The media opposition activist…

Summary

Published
10 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
7–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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