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Incident Date
28 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0327
Location
تل رفعت, Tall Rif`at, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 20 civilians, including two women and six children, were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the neighbourhoods of Tel Rifa’at in the northern countryside of Aleppo, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network initially reported that three non-combatants were killed and other injured but later put the death toll at more than…
Summary
Published
28 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0323
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Two or three civilians were killed and dozens injured in alleged Russian airstrikes with cluster bombs on Palmyra, according to the Shaam News Network and the Violations Documentation Center. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched 10 raids targeting the city hospital, resulting in significant damage to buildings and equipment. They added that…
Summary
Published
27 December 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0322
Location
Turkmen mount, Latakia, Syria
One adult male, Fuad Khodr Kerawan, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in the vicinity of Turkmen mount, according to the Violations Documentation Center. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
27 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0324
Location
كحيل, Kaheel, Daraa, Syria
Four or five civilians were reported killed including a woman and dozens wounded, in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kaheel according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that four non-combatants died when Russian warplanes struck the town. The seriously wounded were taken to field hospitals. Five victims were listed by the Violations Documentation Center…
Summary
Published
27 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0319
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Four civilians including a child were reported killed in major alleged Russian air raids on Palmyra. Revolution Palmyra reported as many as 60 strikes on the city by Russia, including with cluster munitions. It said the raids were concentrated as follows: “- 10 air strikes on the city hospital which led to massive destruction –…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0317
Location
الصناعية الشيخ نجار, Sheikh Najjar (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to seven civilians including an 85-year old man were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Sheikh Najjar. SDU Syria said that “Russian warplanes have launched air strikes targeting residential neighborhoods in Sheikh Najjar City, which resulted in the deaths of five martyrs and dozens wounded.” The Syrian Observatory put the death toll…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0315
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on A'zaz, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that four Russian airstrikes struck the city. Activists told SNN that the raids targeted a field hospital and a women’s and children’s hospital, causing severe damage and huge fires which the White Helmets attempted to extinguish. They stated that…
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0313
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
One adult male, Yehya Abdulrazzaq Hamdan “al-Kerbaa”, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Fresh Syria said Russian aircraft had targeted the city’s industrial district.
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0307
Location
أم القرى, Um al Qura, Aleppo, Syria
One adult male civilian, Ali Al Akhras, was killed in an airstrike on Um Al Qura town, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. SN4HR reported that he died when Russian warplanes allegedly fired missiles on Um Al Qura. The Violations Documentation Center listed him as killed “due to Russian air forces shelling” but did…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0306
Location
الديرونة, Daironeh, Hama, Syria
One adult male civilian, Staif al-Wahban, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Daironeh, Hama, according to the Violations Documentation Center and the Syrian Human Rights Campaign. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0308
Location
احرص, Ahras, Aleppo, Syria
Seven or more civilians including two children were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ihress. Al Safira News reported “the death of two children and the injuring of more than 15 others, after more than 15 cars and trucks were bombed with cluster bombs which targeted a convoy of vehicles at a checkpoint…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–15
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0311
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Eight civilians including three children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Arbeen, according to the Violations Documentation Center. The White Helmets published a number of videos showing them attending the scene, fighting a fire and rescuing an injured person from under the rubble. One unidentified victim was also accounted for: Unidentified – adult,…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
CS158
Location
تشرين, Tishreen, Aleppo, Syria
In a previously unknown casualty event, CENTCOM confirmed on April 22nd 2016 that one civilian was killed during a US airstrike at Tishreen near Manbij. According to the official release, “On Dec. 24, 2015, in Tishreen, Syria, near Manbij, during a strike on two ISIL fighters in a vehicle, it is assessed that one civilian…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0304
Location
حي العمال, Al Oummal (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria
Seven civilians including one child and five people from the same family were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Oummal, according to Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently and the Violations Documentation Center. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that Russian raids killed five members of the Wais al-Saleh family.
Summary
Published
23 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0303
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
One adult male, Mahmoud Sonae also known as Abo Mehyo of Ariha, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Mr Sonae was caught in a major airstrike on Idlib on December 20th, and appears to have died of his injuries three days later.
Summary
Published
23 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0298
Location
تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
One adult male civilian, Mudar Abdulhameed Ezz, was listed killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Taftanaz, according to the Violations Documentation Center. In fact Mr Ezz lived in Taftanez but died in a December 20th airstrike on Idlib, with his body recovered from the ruins of the courthouse two days later.
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0300
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Between five and eight civilians including one to five women and four children were killed – and several other injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bdama, Jisr al Shughour, according to multiple sources. Reports by the Shaam News Network said that Russian warplanes targeted the town with two vacuum missiles, leading to the…
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0301
Location
بزينة, Bzeina, Damascus, Syria
Between 20 and 40 civilians were reported killed and dozens injured in devastating alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Bzeina, according to multiple reports. While the destruction of the market and surrounding homes was extensive, the aircraft may have been targeting rebels. Videos filmed at the scene show some casualties and rescuers in military…
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Commerce
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Market
)
Civilians reported killed
20–40
Civilians reported injured
40–200
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0302
Location
الحميدية, Hamidiya (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria
17 civilians including seven women and three children were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Hamidiya neighbourhood, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network, the Syrian Network for Human Rights and Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently all named child victims (also named in the VDC list below). Violations Documentation Center named 15…
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0297
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians are listed as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Idlib on December 22nd, according to the Violations Documentation Center. However both victims are also listed as having died in a strike on Idlib on December 20th. There are no additional reports of airstrikes on Idlib for December 22nd.
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI161
Location
17 تموز, Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th (Medical centre), Nineveh, Iraq
Reuters reported that “About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that destroyed houses believed to be used by Islamic State militants, six eyewitnesses and a medical source said.” According to the international news agency, “The two strikes happened within…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–20
Civilians reported injured
17–50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0292
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
At least six civilians including one woman and two children from the same family were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the food stores of A’dala, a relief organisation in Al Ghouta, according to reports. Significant food stores were targeted and destroyed and around 70 sheep slain.
Summary
Published
20 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0285
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
Eight to nine civilians including two children and five women were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Azaz, according to multiple sources. The White Helmets, Al Jazeera, the Shaam News Network and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Russia carried out the raid, which killed nine non-combatants. SOHR said this included a child, a girl…
Summary
Published
17 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0282
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Eight people were reported killed and 40 wounded in three alleged Russian night time airstrikes on Al Bab according to multiple sources. Though the ISIL-lnked news agency Al A’maq claimed the deaths were “as a result of the Russian strikes” VDC blamed the fatalities on “the regime air forces’ shelling with explosive barrels on a…
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0283
Location
الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria
One civilian male named as Shadi Samir Bakkour was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Najieh, with two or more others injured. The local civil defence team tweeted “One martyr, several injured from Russian airstrikes with vacuum bombs on Najiah village in Jisr el Shoughour countryside.”
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
CS157
Location
عيساوي, `Isawi, Raqqa, Syria
One person named as Ahmad Al A’bd was reported killed and his cousin Wa’el Al A’bd injured after unexploded ordnance detonated – allegedly the result of a Coalition airstrike on the village in June. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this…
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0279
Location
مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria
26 to 30 civilians including five women were killed and dozens injured in airstrikes on Maskaneh, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian aircraft committed an “appalling massacre” when warplanes targeted Maskaneh’s popular market…
Summary
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
26–30
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0277
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
One adult male civilian, named as Khaled Iyad al-Khaled, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Idlib city, according to the Violations Documentation Centre and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0274
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
Five civilians including one child were killed in airstrike on Maarat Al Numan, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Both Shaam News Network and Almarra Today reported that the Russians were responsible for firing cluster bombs on the city, while…
Summary
Published
14 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0275
Location
حي المرجة, Al Murja, Aleppo, Syria
Between five and seven civilians including one woman and one child were killed – and many injured – in airstrikes on the Al Murja neighbourhood in Aleppo – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes using cluster…
Summary
Published
14 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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