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Incident Date

28 May 2016

Incident Code

RS0818

Location

الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Multiple local sources reported Russian and Syrian regime raids on various parts of Aleppo, killing up to 17 civilians – including two or more children – and wounding others. In a news roundup, the Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes and helicopters had carried out raids with “vacuum missiles, cluster bombs and barrel bombs”…

Summary

Published
28 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 May 2016

Incident Code

CS217

Location

كلجبرين, Kaljibrin, Aleppo, Syria
A fierce battle for the town of Kaljibrin left up to 39 civilians dead – with both Daesh and the Coalition blamed for the fatalities. So-called Islamic State launched a major assault on Kaljibrin, later releasing a video in which it boasted of capturing weapons there. However Coaltion aircraft then reportedly struck at Daesh forces…

Summary

Published
27 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
28–65
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

27 May 2016

Incident Code

RS0814

Location

اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria
According to LCCSY, “Russian warplanes launched two air rocket cluster bombs on agricultural land in Ltamenah in the northern countryside of Hama.” They said that some farmers had been injured, but provided no further details. Qasioun also blamed Russia. Syrian PC News and All4Syria News (which blamed ‘regime artillery shelling’) reported that there were two civilians…

Summary

Published
27 May 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture (Agricultural Land)
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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Incident Date

24 May 2016

Incident Code

RS0810

Location

Afrin-Darat Azza road, Aleppo, Syria
According to reports by the Shaam News Network and multiple other sources, Russian airstrikes targeted the road between Afrin and Darat Azza destroying fuel transport trucks, and killing two drivers and injuring several other civilians in the vicinity. The reports noted that this road was considered to be a “humanitarian corridor” and “one of the…

Summary

Published
24 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

21 May 2016

Incident Code

CI239a

Location

القيارة, Qayarrah, Nineveh, Iraq
According to a field investigation conducted by reporters Azmah Khan and Anand Gopal for the New York Times Magazine, one civilian was killed by a Coalition airstrike on an ISIS courthouse in Qayyarah. According to the reporters, the following occurred: “On or near May 21, 2016, an airstrike struck a house being used by ISIS…

Summary

Published
21 May 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 May 2016

Incident Code

CS215

Location

أرشاف, Al Arshaf, Intersection of roads, Aleppo, Syria
Up to ten civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition evening strike at Al Arshaf village on the outskirts of Ekhitrin town, in the northern Aleppo countryside. Syria Urgent initially said 6 civilians died – 4 women and two men – with another four injured “following an American raid.” The Syrian Observatory placed the…

Summary

Published
20 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
4–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 May 2016

Incident Code

RS0807

Location

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died and between five and ten were injured in strikes on Hraytan, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network said that one civilian was killed and five were wounded in Russian strikes, “noting that…

Summary

Published
20 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

15 May 2016

Incident Code

RS0803

Location

السحل, Al Sahal, Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa News 24/24 reported that a “Russian warplane” targeted the home of one of the residents of the village at 02.30am, leading to the man’s immediate death. It also said that the planes targeted the water pump east of Al Mansoura, causing material damage. Muslim Forum also reported the death of the man and said…

Summary

Published
15 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 May 2016

Incident Code

RS0799

Location

الشحيل, Al Shaheel, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 15 civilians including four children died and up to 20 were injured in an airstrike on a health facility at Al Shaheel town, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that amid intensive…

Summary

Published
11 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
11–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

10 May 2016

Incident Code

RS0798

Location

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria
Between 10 and 14 civilians including two to three children and one woman died in an airstrike on Binnish which struck a mosque, a market and houses, according to multiple local sources. The majority of reports point to this being the work of the Assad regime, though  others, like LCCSY, alleged that Russia was responsible. Some sources…

Summary

Published
10 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–14
Civilians reported injured
12–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 May 2016

Incident Code

CI236

Location

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
Many local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft struck civilian homes in a nighttime attack on Tal Afar city west of Mosul, resulting in 17 deaths including 12 children and 3 women. The Coalition has confirmed airstrikes in the city. Later local source named one of the child victims. In the first of their March 2020…

Summary

Published
5 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 May 2016

Incident Code

RS0794

Location

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians died and between eight and ten were injured in airstrikes on Hraytan, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Activists told Shaam News Network that Russian warplanes targeted the city centre with vacuum missiles, killing two civilians and…

Summary

Published
3 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
8–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 May 2016

Incident Code

RS0795

Location

حي البلليرمون, Al Baleirmoon neighbourhood (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that up to six people, including two women and two children, had died in shelling on Al Baleirmoon neighbourhood. Reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime was responsible. Egypt News said that “a man, a woman and her daughter were killed due to warplane shelling in Al Baleirmoon.” Multiple…

Summary

Published
3 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
6–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 May 2016

Incident Codes

CS207 RS0792

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Between six and 21 civilians died and up to 50 were injured in multiple night time airstrikes on the city of Raqqa, according to local sources. While most reports alleged that Russia was responsible, others did not identify the aircraft, while one blamed the Assad regime and another said that the Coalition might have carried…

Summary

Published
2 May 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
6–21
Civilians reported injured
20–50
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

29 April 2016

Incident Code

CI234

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
The attempted US targeted killing of the Australian Neil Prakash, ‘an ISIL external operations facilitator’ instead “struck three civilians on the road and one civilian located on an adjacent compound,” CENTCOM admitted three months later. Among the four civilians who were killed in the airstrike that day, one man was named by local sources, Ziad…

Summary

Published
29 April 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
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

28 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0777

Location

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 20 civilians including four children died in airstrikes on Bustam al Qasr, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The White Helmets initially reported that “more than 20 martyrs and dozens wounded as well as an entire residential…

Summary

Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
9–20
Civilians reported injured
10–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0775

Location

حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
In a major incident, multiple local sources reported that up to 58 civilians died and between 40 and 90 were injured in airstrikes on the MSF Al Quds hospital in Sukkari. Medical staff were among the casualties. Most reports alleged that Russia was responsible, though the White Helmets pointed towards the regime. The Syrian Network…

Summary

Published
27 April 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
58
Civilians reported injured
40–90
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0770

Location

الأتارب, Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Five consecutive airstrikes on a civil defense center in Atarib killed up to six members of the White Helmets. Reports however were conflicted: most blame the Assad regime, with only one (the Shaam News Network) alleging that this was the work of Russia – and reporting here was confused. According to the White Helmets, there…

Summary

Published
26 April 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0769

Location

حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that warplanes targeted al Shi’ar and Tareeq al-Bab, Aleppo, killing up three civilians and wounding several, inlcluding children. Among others, the Syrian News Network (SNN) reported that "three others were killed in the neighborhoods of al Shi’ar and Tareeq al bab" It was however contested who carried out the strikes. The SNN pointed…

Summary

Published
26 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0767

Location

الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 12 civilians including two children and two women died and 15 others were injured in airstrikes on Sakhour according to multiple sources – though they were unclear as to whether the raids were carried out by Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network reported that regime and Russian aircraft continued to strike…

Summary

Published
24 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–12
Civilians reported injured
15–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0766

Location

المواصلات, Al Mowasalat (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians including one woman and one child died and eight others were injured in airstrikes on Al Mowasalat in Aleppo, according to local sources – though some were unclear as to whether this was a Russian or regime incident. Smart News agency published a video showing the aftermath of an alleged Russian strike in…

Summary

Published
24 April 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0765

Location

حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Airstrikes on the Tareeq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo killed between 10 and 17 civilians and injured at least 20 more, according to local sources. Reports did not definitively identify the warplanes responsible, with some referring to Russia and the regime, while others attributed the incident solely to the regime. The White Helmets said two raids…

Summary

Published
23 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–17
Civilians reported injured
20–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0764

Location

الكماري, Kamari, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians including three children died in airstrikes on Kamari, Aleppo, according to multiple sources – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. A tweet by Jabalybarra (an Al Jazeera-affiliated photographer in Aleppo) said a child was killed in the Al-Salheen neighbourhood: “Reports…

Summary

Published
23 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

21 April 2016

Incident Code

CS204

Location

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least four and up to ten members of one family were reported killed in alleged Coalition (or possibly Russian) night time strikes on Abu Kamal. According to the Deir Ezor Observatory there were three Coalition strikes on the city, all after midnight. And News of the Revolution reported that “International coalition planes last night…

Summary

Published
21 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 April 2016

Incident Code

CS203

Location

الثورة‎, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
Two named civilians were reported killed and others injured after an alleged Coalition strike at Al Tabaqah. One of those killed has been named as Abd al Mahayman Abd al Tawwab al Radwan, from Deir Ezzor. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible…

Summary

Published
19 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 April 2016

Incident Code

CI229

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local sources, up to eight civilians were killed and others injured after Coalition jets struck the Al Hadbah apartment complex in western Mosul. “Many” Daesh fighters were also reported killed. NRN said it was a nighttime attack: “Our correspondent says the bombing killed and wounded a number of civilians, noting that foreign elements…

Summary

Published
19 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

17 April 2016

Incident Code

CI227

Location

حلبسة, Halabisa, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft struck homes in an afternoon attack on Halabsa village west of Fallujah, killing six civilians and injuring another 12 or more, “most of them children and women.” News Fallujah pictured a young survivor of the event, noting: “Yousif Mushtak Talib Al Halbusi : His mother was killed and his…

Summary

Published
17 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
8–18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

16 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0761

Location

دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between nine and 17 civilians including one woman and two children died in airstrikes on neighborhoods of Deir Ezzor, according to local sources. While some reports allege that this was the work of Russia, one other blames the Assad regime with yet others not attributing responsibility. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that Russian…

Summary

Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
9–17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 April 2016

Incident Code

CI226

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Several local sources reported that a man was killed along with his wife and child in an airstrike on a vehicle in the Hadbah or officers’ neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. A local tweet reported: “Martyrdom of Engineer Mustafa and his family by aerial bombing which targeted his car in the Hadbah neighbourhood in Mosul. Nothing…

Summary

Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 April 2016

Incident Code

RS0759

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Fourteen civilians including three children died and at least 24 people were injured in airstrikes on Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently posted images showing destruction of the city following airstrikes. It did not initially say…

Summary

Published
14 April 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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