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Incident Date

27 September 2023

Incident Code

TI096

Location

قرية بوگریسکان, Bugriskan village, Sinjar district, Bashdar district , Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
A woman was killed and a man injured by two drone strikes, allegedly conducted by the Turkish military, on the village of Bugriskan, in the Sinjar district on September 27th, 2023. The strikes were also reported to have killed six Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants. Bas News reported that the casualties occurred in “two separate…

Summary

Published
27 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

27 September 2023

Incident Code

TS632

Location

قرية حدريات, Hudayrat village, Raqqa, Syria
On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that an artillery shelling was allegedly carried out by the Turkish forces and their proxy factions on Hudayrat village in Al-Hishah district of the eastern countryside of Ain Issa. The attack reportedly killed at least one civilian, later identified as Omar Muhammad…

Summary

Published
27 September 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

25 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00044

Location

درنج, Daranj, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On 25 September 2023, a young man was reportedly injured as a result of being shot by members of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Daranj, located in eastern Deir Ezzor. A report from Shaam News identifies Ibrahim Khalil Al-Watban as the young male injured, adding that he was seriously injured. Furthermore, the news account reported…

Summary

Published
25 September 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

23 September 2023

Incident Code

RS4810

Location

سرمين, Outskirts of Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
During the evening of September 23, 2023, a missile strike killed two civilians (one elderly man and one woman) and injured two others (a child in critical condition and a man) in a displacement camp in the outskirts of Sarmin, east of the city of Idlib in northwest Syria. In a Facebook post by the…

Summary

Published
23 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
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

23 September 2023

Incident Code

RS4811

Location

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
On the night of September 23, 2023, in Sarmin, Idlib, an incident with contested responsibility—reportedly either by Syrian regime forces or the Russian military—struck an agricultural area, injuring a civilian man, which was confirmed by multiple sources including the White Helmets organization. The civilian injured was reportedly a farmer who was picking figs in a…

Summary

Published
23 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

21 September 2023

Incident Code

TS631

Location

قرية صفاوية, Safawiyah village, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian was injured by alleged Turkish drone strikes on the village of Safawiyah on September 21, 2023. Hawar News reported that a citizen named Qaban Aziz Al-Khalil (29 years old) was injured and transferred to Al-Raqqa Hospital to receive treatment when a Turkish drone bombed the village of Safawiyah. BasNews reported that a Turkish drone…

Summary

Published
21 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

20 September 2023

Incident Code

TS630

Location

قرية أبو نيتونا, Abu Nitouna, Raqqa, Syria
At least one civilian was seriously injured by an alleged Turkish bombardment of the village of Abu Nitouna on September 20, 2023 According to ANF's correspondent, a citizen named Majed Ibrahim Ali was seriously injured by a Turkish bombardment of the village of Abu Nitouna. Alyaum TV added that in addition to the civilian injury,…

Summary

Published
20 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

17 September 2023

Incident Code

TS629

Location

عامودا, Qamishlo-Amuda road, Al Hassakah, Syria
Between two and eight civilians were injured by alleged Turkish drone strikes on Ali Faro Road between Qamishlo and Amuda on September 17, 2023. Up to four militants were killed and three others were injured in the original strike, while the civilians were injured in a double tap strike as they tried to help the…

Summary

Published
17 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

12 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00040

Location

أبو حمام, Abo Hamam, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In the evening of Tuesday September 12th 2023, it is reported that elderly civilian Aliwi Al-Waran was killed and civilians Hamidi al-Aboud al-Karkaz, Hussein al-Muhya, Mahdi al-Dhiab and three other children were injured by an alleged Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) drone near the Al-Hawasha area, on the banks of the Euphrates river, by the town…

Summary

Published
12 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

11 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00037

Location

أبو حمام, Abo Hamam, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On Monday, September 11th 2023, an alleged drone strike by SDF military patrols hit civilians in the town of Abu Hamam, east of Deir Ezzor, west Syria, injuring two civilians, a man and a child. Sources including Al Araby, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and @alkhabour21 twitter account accounted for two civilians being injured…

Summary

Published
11 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

11 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00038

Location

الدحلة, Al Dahla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one person, a young man named Hussein Nahar al-Gharut, was reportedly killed by gunfire allegedly from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the town of Al Dahla, in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor on Monday, September 11th 2023. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the victim as being a member of…

Summary

Published
11 September 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

9 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00035

Location

الشعفة, Al Sha’fa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A man, Khalaf al-Fayyad, was wounded after being hit by an alleged-Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sniper bullet in the town of Al-Sha’fa, east of Deir Ezzor, on the night of September 9th, 2023. Naher Media stated that al-Fayyad, who installs and maintains solar paneling, was on his way home when he was injured. Furat Post…

Summary

Published
9 September 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

7 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00031

Location

مخيم برشايا قرب بلدة قباسين, Barshaya camp near the town of Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria
On 7 September 2023, a male civilian was reportedly killed and at least one civilian, a child, was injured by artillery shelling from areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian regime in the Barshaya camp for displaced people located near the town of Qabasin. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights,…

Summary

Published
7 September 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

6 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00030

Location

residential neighborhoods in the town of Al Tayana, east of Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at least one man named Abu Adham was injured by the mortar shelling of residential neignorhoods in the town of Al Tayana, east of Deir Ezzor, allegedly perpetrated by SDF or PYD militia. As reported by Al-Khabour correspondent, the injured man was displaced from the city of Al-Mayadeen. Most local sources,…

Summary

Published
6 September 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

5 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00028

Location

العزبة, Al Azzba, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one person, a young male civilian who had been riding a motorcycle, was injured in the area of Al Izbah, north-east of Deir Ezzor when he was allegedly struck by a Syrian Democratic Forces sniper on Tuesday, September 5th 2023. According to a number of sources, when local residents tried to help him,…

Summary

Published
5 September 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

5 September 2023

Incident Code

TS627

Location

قرية الحويجة, Al-Hawija village, Raqqa, Syria
A male civilian was injured in a bombing suspected to have been carried out by the Turkish military during the night of September 5, 2023 in Al-Hawija village in Ain Issa district. A Hawar News correspondent named the injured civilian as 23 year old Khalil Ibrahim Al-Hamad who was taken to the National Hospital in…

Summary

Published
5 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

4 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00024

Location

مدينة قباسين, Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria
On 4 September 2023, at least two civilians were injured by a missile attack in the city of Qabasin. Sources attribute the incident to the Syrian regime forces and/or the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The shelling bombardment in this area resulted in many displacements of families in the city of Qabasin. The Syrian Civil Defense…

Summary

Published
4 September 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

4 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00025

Location

قرية المحيسن شمال شرقي عين عيسى القريبة ع طريق, the village of Al-Muhaisen, northeast of Ain Issa, near the M4 road, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A young man, Abdulaziz al-Mashouj, was killed on the night of September 4th, 2023, near the M4 road in the village of Al-Muhaisen in the Deir Ezzor eastern countryside; at least two others were reported injured. Several reports have alleged that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were responsible. Local sources (@saad_alsabr; @fouratalwfaa) named the young…

Summary

Published
4 September 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

3 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00021

Location

city of Al-Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A young man, Ahmed al-Attiyah, was killed and others injured by shells in an attack allegedly perpetrated by the SDF during the early morning of September 3rd, 2023 in the city of Al-Basira, in the Deir Ezzor eastern countryside. Sources are conflicted as to whether Ahmed was a civilian or a militant with the tribal…

Summary

Published
3 September 2023
Strike Type
Artillery, Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

2 September 2023

Incident Code

RS4804

Location

كفرتعال, Kafr Ta’al, Aleppo, Syria
A resident of Kafr Ta’al in Western Aleppo died after being wounded in an artillery shelling — allegedly fired by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military — on the morning of September 2, 2023. Civilians had rushed the injured Abdu Ahmad Qudur to a hospital, where he died the same day. Teams from the Syrian Civil…

Summary

Published
2 September 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00015

Location

بلدة ذيبان, Dhiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On 2 September 2023, a father and his son were reportedly injured by a drone strike affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces in the town of Dhiban, located in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. A twitter post from Naher media identified Abdul Salam Muslat Al-Khater and one of his children as the civilians injured…

Summary

Published
2 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

2 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00016

Location

مدينة البصيرة, city of Al-Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Ongoing clashes between the SDF and the Arab clans led to between four and six civilians, including a woman, being injured on September 2, 2023. These civilian injuries have been attributed to snipers of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operating in Al-Basira, by local sources. Nahr Media reported that six civilians were injured (one woman…

Summary

Published
2 September 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

2 September 2023

Incident Code

SDF00019

Location

أطراف قرية دويرة قرب قباسين، في ريف حلب الشرقي, the outskirts of the village of Douira, Aleppo, Syria
At least three people, a man, a woman and a male child from the same family, were injured by artillery shelling allegedly carried out by the SDF and/or the Syrian regime in a makeshift camp for displaced people on the outskirts of the village of Douira, near the town of Qabasin, in the eastern countryside…

Summary

Published
2 September 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

2 September 2023

Incident Code

RS4805

Location

السحارة, Al Sahara, Aleppo, Syria
Up to three civilians - a man, his daughter, and another girl - were injured in Al Sahara, Western Aleppo, by artillery allegedly fired by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military on September 2, 2023. All three injured in the evening shelling were civilians, according to SCD News, and both girls were children. The shelling…

Summary

Published
2 September 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 September 2023

Incident Code

RS4806

Location

سَرْمِين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
On the evening of September 2nd, 2023, in Sarmin, Idlib, an incident with contested responsibility— reportedly either a Syrian regime artillery attack or a Russian airstrike—killed six-month-old Yaman Munther Baydoun and injured at least three other civilians, including a child, with casualties confirmed by multiple sources including the White Helmets organization. The majority of reports on…

Summary

Published
2 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

1 September 2023

Incident Code

RS4802

Location

المحسنلي, Al-Mohsenli, countryside of Manbij, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
During the morning of Friday, September 1, 2023, an artillery shelling and/or airstrikes with contested responsibility allegedly carried out by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces and/or the Syrian Democratic forces and/or Turkish military on the village of al-Mohsenli in the countryside of Manbij, Aleppo, killed the entire family consisting of six civilians, including…

Summary

Published
1 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
6–8
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, Turkish Military, YPG
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Incident Date

30 August 2023

Incident Code

SDF0007

Location

الجرذي, Al Jarthi, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On August 30th 2023, an alleged shooting by SDF military patrols hit civilians leaving a mosque in the town of Al-Jarthi al-Sharqi in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, Syria, killing between one and three civilians and injuring between eight and 12 civilians, including two children. Sources report different accounts of the toll on civilians.…

Summary

Published
30 August 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Infrastructure
Religious
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
8–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

30 August 2023

Incident Code

SDF0008

Location

ضمان, Daman, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to four civilians, including a child, were killed during a raid by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the village of Daman on August 30, 2023. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that four people were killed during a pre-dawn raid of their homes when the civilians refused to follow the SDF’s orders…

Summary

Published
30 August 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

30 August 2023

Incident Code

SDF0009

Location

عطالة, Attale, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilian men, Ahmed Fathi al-Roudhan and Ahmed Ibrahim al-Okla, were killed when their car was reportedly struck with gunfire allegedly from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the village of Attale, in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah, at dawn on Wednesday August 30th 2023. Ninesixthree reported the incident took place at the al-Arisha SDF…

Summary

Published
30 August 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

29 August 2023

Incident Code

SDF0001

Location

الشيفية في غرانيج, Al Shayfiyyah in Granij, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to three civilians were injured in crossfire allegedly between the SDF and Deir Ezzor Military Council on August 29th, 2023 in the Al-Shafiyyah area of Granij, a town east of Deir Ezzor. Naher Media (@nahermedia) stated the injured were farmers, with Euphrates Post (@euphratspost) identifying one as Ibrahim al-Hamid al-Abd al-Hay, a young man.…

Summary

Published
29 August 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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