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Incident Date
2 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0528
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Between six and eight civilians were killed including two to four children, one to two women and two members of the Red Crescent – and dozens more injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that Russian forces launched “about 50 airstrikes” which including cluster munitions, targeting…
Summary
Published
2 February 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0527
Location
تمورة, Tamoura, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was killed and five others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Tamoura, according to Shaam News. SNN reported that Russian warplanes targeted “Hayyan, Ratyan, Bayanoun, Tamoura and Maarastah Khan with 150 raids focused mostly on civilian homes causing the martyrdom of one civilian and injuring more than five others in Tamoura.” The Violations Documentation Center…
Summary
Published
2 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0518
Location
كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
One adult male civilian, Qasem Mohammad al-Hasoun, was named by the Violations Documentation Center as having been killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Zita. The Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies similarly reported the death of Mr al-Hasoun from Russian shelling.
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0523
Location
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
Ten civilians including one child and two women were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Ma’adan, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that Russian airstrikes targeted the following areas of the town: “near Ma’adan garage; near Tah Kreiban school; near Al Farouq school [previously al Bourtoukala]“. According to the Syrian Observatory…
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0524
Location
الخريطة, Al Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between two and three civilians including one to three children were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Khareeta, according to local sources. Activists initially told Shaam News that three children were killed and more than five others were injured after Russian planes targeted Al Khareeta. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, at least two…
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0520
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Ten civilians including four children, four women and a rescue worker were killed – and ten to 15 others injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched 20 raids with missiles and cluster bombs targeting homes in the city center of Anadan and…
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0513
Location
تل رفعت, Tall Rif`at, Aleppo, Syria
One 45-year-old adult male civilian was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tel Rifa’at, according to the Violations Documentation Center. A video report from Shaam News shows major destruction of civilian property in the town. According to the reporter “Tel Rifa’at is being exposed to a violent string of attacks. It was hit this…
Summary
Published
30 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0512
Location
الحصان, Al Hissan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 18 and 20 civilians including seven women and six children were killed and 14 others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Hissan, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights initially reported that a “massacre” by “suspected Russian warplanes” killed 18 non-combatants, including six women and seven children, but a subsequent…
Summary
Published
30 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
18–20
Civilians reported injured
14–35
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0509
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
According to the Shaam News Network, Russian forces targeted the town of Azaz with two ballistic missiles, causing the death of one civilian and injury of several others. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently published an image of a young man, who came from Raqqa and was said to have died in bombing. The source does not say which day the incident…
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0499
Location
حتلا, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians were killed and three injured when the village of Hatla was allegedly targeted by Russian warplanes, according to local sources. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of two adult males – Bassam Al Samran and Bassel Al Samran – in a Russian raid that targeted a sweet shop “near Hilwiyat Al Badr”.
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0507
Location
قباسين, Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and 14 civilians died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Qabasein. In a news roundup the Shaam News Network reported “Russian enemy planes carried out dozens of strikes on the towns of Al Bab, Manbej, Jarablus and the town of Qabaseen causing the fall of dozens of dead and wounded in al Bab and…
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–14
Civilians reported injured
20–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0505
Location
مارع, Mare', Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians including two children were killed and up to 40 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Mare’, according to local sources. According to the White Helmets, the town was targeted with four cluster bombs and then with two vacuum missiles, resulting in the death of three and the injury of 15 others, “most of them…
Summary
Published
29 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
15–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0487
Location
محيميدة, Mahimideh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four civilians including a child died in alleged Russian raids on Mahimideh, according to local sources. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that alleged Russian raids killed several non-combatants and injured more, while Al Jisr TV claimed the casualty toll was as high as 25.
Summary
Published
28 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–25
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0496
Location
الجنينة, Al Jneina, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four civilians including one woman were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Jneina, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported a death toll of four, including one woman, in an attack by “suspected Russian warplanes“. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently said that there had been two Russian strikes and named some…
Summary
Published
28 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2016
Incident Codes
CS169 RS0492
Location
عجاجا, Ajajah, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to 15 civilians were killed including two children, following an airstrike on the village of Ajajah. The attack was initially attributed to the Coalition. However later reports blamed the deaths on Russia. According to the Syrian Observatory “Two children and a man were killed and others injured in bombing by warplanes believed to be…
Summary
Published
28 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
9–15
Civilians reported injured
9–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 January 2016
Incident Code
CS168
Location
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
Four civilian men – three from the same family – were named as killed by ‘Coalition air force shelling’ near Shadadi, after earlier reports of aircraft from the western alliance circling over the town. The death toll was later raised to 10 by some sources. According to Qasioun the deaths occured after Coalition aircraft struck…
Summary
Published
27 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0485
Location
جرابلس, Jarablus, Aleppo, Syria
In a news roundup, Shaam News reported that several civilians were killed and wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Jarablus. The Network said this was part of raids on neighbourhoods in the city of Al Bab, including the villages of Berlhan, Trahil and the city of Manbij. It added that civilians were directly targeted. VDC lists…
Summary
Published
27 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0482
Location
أبو حمام, Abu Hamam, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four civilians including one women and two children were killed and several others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on the al Shaitat area of Abu Hamam, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently. The Syrian Observatory reported the deaths of two children, one woman and one man in a Russian…
Summary
Published
27 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0471
Location
حي الطحطوح, Al Tahtu (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria
Amid multiple air raids on civilian towns in Deiz ez-Zor, Russian warplanes are alleged to have killed an adult male civilian at Al Tahtu.
Summary
Published
27 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0469
Location
حي الصناعة السكني, Muheet Al Sina'aa (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently and the Violations Documentation Center, one man was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the industrial area in the city of Deir ez-Zor.
Summary
Published
27 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0473
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
One adult male civilian, was killed and ten others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on a charity hospital in Anadan, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that Abdul Rahman Abeid died when Russian warplanes fired missiles on Anadan. A later report by SN4HR gave more details, explaining that the victim was an assistant surgeon…
Summary
Published
27 January 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0467
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Between eight and nine civilians including one woman were killed and nine others injured in airstrikes on a popular market in Ariha, according to local sources. While three of the sources blame Russia for the attack, a fourth (the Syrian Network for Human Rights) says that the Assad regime were responsible. Activist told the Shaam News Network that Russian…
Summary
Published
26 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0463
Location
معرسة الخان, Ma'arasta Al Khan, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians – a man and a woman – were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the road to Ma’arasta Al Khan. Radio Al Kul reported “the martyrdom of Mariam Abdullah aged 30 year from Russian Aviation targeting with rockets on the road of Ma’arasta el Khan in the northern Aleppo countryside this afternoon.”
Summary
Published
26 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0464
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One adult male civilian, died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Deir-ez Zor, according to the Violations Documentation Centre and the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
Summary
Published
26 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0458
Location
تل رفعت, Tall Rif`at, Aleppo, Syria
Four civilians died and 12 were injured in alleged Russian airstrike on Tel Rifa’at, according local sources. The Syrian Press Centre reported that Russia carried out four raids and that a young man was killed in addition to a number of other civilians being wounded. The Violations Documentation Centre also alleged that this was a Russian…
Summary
Published
24 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0457
Location
سلقين, Salqeen, Idlib, Syria
Between five and 20 civilians died and 10 to 20 were injured – many critically – in strikes by Ballistic missiles, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Syrian Committee for Human Rights reported that 10 people died and…
Summary
Published
24 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–20
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0451
Location
البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians including one child were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Buliyal, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. No reports on strikes on Al Buliyal have yet been found.
Summary
Published
23 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0453
Location
خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 61 and 90 civilians including two women and 11 children were killed – and between 40 and 100 others injured – in airstrikes on Khusham, according to multiple sources. While three of the five sources say that Russia was responsible for the attack, there was some uncertainty from the Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
23 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
61–90
Civilians reported injured
40–100
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0449
Location
البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 10 and 15 non-combatants died and dozens more were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Dallou neighbourhood of Al Buliyal, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported on a “new massacre in addition to the daily massacres committed by Russian aircraft against civilians in the countryside of Deir al-Zour and areas under…
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0446
Location
سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
Up to eight civilians including one child were killed and 12 others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Sarmada, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human rights said that eight people (including a child and three people from the Palmyra area, a commander of a checkpoint belonging to a rebel faction and other fighters) were…
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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