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Incident Date
24 July 2022
Incident Code
YS141
Location
مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Up to three civilians have been killed and five injured, including a women and children, due to multiple alleged missile strike by the YPG forces on the Kuwait al- Rahma camp for internally displaced people, Afrin, Aleppo on July 24, 2022. Multiple sources named the civilian Hassan Shaban Madino, a young man who was displaced from…
Summary
Published
24 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
24 July 2022
Incident Code
TS530
Location
الاسدية, Al Asadiya, Al Hassakah, Syria
Four civilians, including two children and their father, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of al-Asadiya village in Zarkan district on July 24, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the bombardment resulted in the injury of eight civilians, including a woman and two children, in the area from Abu Rasin (Zarkan) to…
Summary
Published
24 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
LC431
Location
مشروع الموز, Mashrou’ Al Muz, Tarabulus, Libya
Local sources reported that a woman and her two children were killed and the father was injured in shelling during clashes in Mashrou’ Al Muz in Tripoli on July 22, 2022. One source asserted that this news was not true. @tkyroogklshytk tweeted that a family near Mashrou’ Al Muz was killed due to shelling of…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–3
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
GNA/Turkish Military
,
Libyan rebel forces
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
LC430
Location
شارع المطبات طريق المشتل, Al Matabat street in Al Mashtal road, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian, a young man, was killed and four to five other men were injured in shelling carried out by "presidential agencies" on Al Matabat street in Tripoli on July 22, 2022. According to @tkyroogklshytk, a shell fell on Al-Matabat Street behind the Qadour Clinic near a group of young men sitting on the street,…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
GNA/Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
RS4704
Location
الجديدة, Al Jadida, Idlib, Syria
Up to eight civilians, including four to five children, were killed and up to 17 civilians, including between eight and nine children and a woman, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Al-Jadida village and the outskirts of Al-Janoudia village on July 22, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) tweeted that seven…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
Vehicle
(
Motorcycle
),
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
13–17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
TS529
Location
نبل الخطيب, Nubl Al Khatib, Hama, Syria
One woman and a young man were killed, and five others were reported injured, in an alleged rocket attack by militant organisation National Front for Liberation on the village of Nubl al-Khatib and the Jurin area, west of Hama, Syria, on July 22nd 2022, according to local sources. The group, National Front for Liberation, are…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 July 2022
Incident Code
TI086
Location
برخ, Parkh, Duhok, Iraq
Between eight and 10 civilians, including three children, were killed and up to 45 others, including four women and two children, were injured in alleged Turkish bombing of the village of Parkh on July 20, 2022. According to BasNews, five tourists were killed and 15 others were injured by Turkish shelling of a summer resort…
Summary
Published
20 July 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
20–45
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 July 2022
Incident Code
RS4702
Location
بليون, Balion, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a young man, was injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the village of Balion on July 8, 2022. According to @SyriaCivilDefe, a young man was wounded in artillery shelling of the village of Balion by the regime and Russian forces. Civil Defense volunteers took the injured man to…
Summary
Published
8 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 July 2022
Incident Code
ISSY026
Location
المرج, Al Marj, Quneitra, Syria
A 46 year old man was killed in alleged Israeli drone strikes on the town of Al Marj west of Hader on July 6, 2022. Sources were conflicted as to whether the man killed was a civilian or a member of Hezbollah or regime forces. Shaam News reported that an Israeli drone killed "Farid Fouad…
Summary
Published
6 July 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
4 July 2022
Incident Code
RS4701
Location
معارة النعسان, Maret Al Nassan, Idlib, Syria
A pregnant woman and a child were killed and between one and three others, including up to two children, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery/heavy machine gun attack on the village of Maret Al Nassan on July 4, 2022. According to @SyriaCivilDefe, a woman was killed and two children were injured in alleged…
Summary
Published
4 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 July 2022
Incident Code
ISSY024
Location
سهل عكار, Sahel Akkar, Tartus, Syria
At least two civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on Hamidiya town on July 2, 2022. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), two civilians, including a woman, were injured and material damage was caused when Israeli missiles struck a number of poultry farms near Hamidiya town. A military source…
Summary
Published
2 July 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
2 July 2022
Incident Code
TS523
Location
جراد, Jarad, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was reported killed after a Turkish missile shelling on Jarad village in the northern Manbij countryside, in the Aleppo region of Syria on July 2nd 2022. ANHA reported that the civilian killed was Mohammed Khaled al-Mohammad, aged 23. A local source told North Press that "the young man, Muhammad Khalid Muhammad Ali (23),…
Summary
Published
2 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 June 2022
Incident Code
TS519
Location
راجو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria
A man was killed when an alleged Turkish armored vehicle ran him over while he was walking in the town of Rajo of Afrin on June 20, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a civilian from Rajo district in Afrin was killed when a Turkish armored vehicle ran over him in…
Summary
Published
20 June 2022
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Accidents related to conflict
,
Use of objects and other means
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 June 2022
Incident Code
TI082
Location
برخ, Parakh, Duhok, Iraq
At least two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of Parak in Duhok’s Zakho district on June 15, 2022. According to Nalia Media Corporation, two people were wounded when Turkish forces bombarded Parakh in Duhok’s Zakho district. The reporter Wahid Sindi said that the two victims are a father and son who were working…
Summary
Published
15 June 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 June 2022
Incident Code
TI081
Location
سنونو, Sunin, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
Between one to five civilians were reportedly killed, and three to ten were injured in Sunin, Sinjar, Iraq, as a result of an attack by a Turkish drone on June 15th 2022. Up to six militants were also reported killed in this attack. One child, Salah Shifan Khader Nassou, aged 11 or 12, was reported…
Summary
Published
15 June 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 June 2022
Incident Code
CS1981
Location
العطالة, Al Atta, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least one man was killed during an airdrop operation carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces and alleged US-led Coalition in the village of Al-Atta in the countryside of Al-Shaddadi city at dawn on June 9, 2022. Sources were conflicted as to whether the man killed was a civilian or a member of ISIS. Al…
Summary
Published
9 June 2022
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 June 2022
Incident Code
TS516
Location
عين عيسى, Abu Naytulah, Raqqa, Syria
At least three men were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Abu Naytulah in Ain Issa on June 5, 2022. Hawar News reported that three civilians were injured in Turkish shelling of the village of Abu Naytulah in Ain Issa. The source added that the injured were transferred to the Chalabiye district…
Summary
Published
5 June 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 June 2022
Incident Code
TS515
Location
قرية ام القرى, Um Al Qura village, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Um Al Qura on June 3, 2022. According to North Press Agency, a displaced person from the village of Afraz was injured when Turkish forces bombed the village of Um Al Qura. The injured man's house was damaged and the…
Summary
Published
3 June 2022
Strike Type
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
1 June 2022
Incident Code
TS512a
Location
Gorik, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Gorik in western Gire Spi Canton on June 1, 2022. According to Hawar News, Mohamed Ismail, known as Abu Umar was injured in Turkish shelling of the village of Gorik in western Gire Spi Canton. Abu Umar was taken to Manbij hospital but there…
Summary
Published
1 June 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 June 2022
Incident Code
YS134
Location
تل أبيض, Tal Abyad, Raqqa, Syria
Between two and four civilians were killed and up to 12 others were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces airstrikes/drone strikes/shelling of Tal Abyad on June 1, 2022. @DeirEzzorNow tweeted the names of the victims: two brothers "Wassim and Bashar Al-Barhou", Hajj "Abdi Al-Hamran", Khaled Al-Halisi 34 years old, adding that in addition "several" were…
Summary
Published
1 June 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
6–12
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
29 May 2022
Incident Code
TS511
Location
معلق, Mu’allaq, Raqqa, Syria
At least one civilian, a young man, was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Mu’allaq on the morning of May 29, 2022. According to North Press Agency, a civilian was injured in shelling carried out by Turkish forces and their affiliated Syrian National Army (SNA) faction on a village west of Ain…
Summary
Published
29 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
26 May 2022
Incident Codes
TI080 YI003
Location
زيوا, Ziwa , Duhok, Iraq
At least two children were killed and up to two others, including a child, were injured in alleged Turkish or Kurdish strikes on Ziwa village on May 26, 2022. Birqi Omar, mukhtar (chieftain) of Ziwa village in Amedi town, told Rudaw’s Hunar Rashid that people from nearby areas were picnicking when bombs struck. “As far…
Summary
Published
26 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
,
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 May 2022
Incident Code
LC429
Location
أبو سليم, Abo Salim, Tarabulus, Libya
A mortar shell injured at least two civilians when it hit Omdurman, the Abu Salim area of Tripoli, Libya on May 25th 2022, according to local sources. According to @KhaledDernah3, the injuries were of the "city team player", Anwar Makhlouf, and his friend, Fathi Baira, who had minor injuries. Both were transferred to Al-Khadra Hospital…
Summary
Published
25 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
22 May 2022
Incident Code
TS510
Location
المشيرفة, Al Masherfa, Raqqa, Syria
At least one civilian, a young man, was seriously wounded by alleged Turkish drone strikes near the village of Al-Masherfa on May 22, 2022. According to Hawar News, a Turkish drone attack injured 25 year old Reda Ali Hussein, who was transferred to Martyr Omar Alloush Hospital in Ain Issa district. The medical staff at…
Summary
Published
22 May 2022
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
21 May 2022
Incident Code
TI079
Location
مەخموور, Makhmur, Nineveh, Iraq
At least one civilian was killed and seven others were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on Makhmur refugee camp on May 21, 2022. In addition, one to two alleged members of the PKK were killed in the same incident. Camp director Nechirvan Mahmoud told AFP that a suspected Turkish drone struck a vehicle in Makhmur…
Summary
Published
21 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
12 May 2022
Incident Code
RS4699
Location
outskirts of Mantef village, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a young man, was injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Jabal Al-Arba'een area on May 12, 2022. According to Baladi News, a civilian was wounded and a large number of poultry were killed by Russian strikes on a poultry farm located in the Jabal Al-Arba'een area in the southern countryside…
Summary
Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK195
Location
Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A report of alleged Russian shells struck the village of Derhachi on May 12th, killing two civilians and wounding two others. Hromadske and RBC News reported a shelling of Derhachi by Russian forces that left one civilian dead and three wounded. Writing for RBC News, author Maria Kucheryavets quoted Kharkiv Regional State Administrator Oleg Sinegubov…
Summary
Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
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
11 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK194
Location
Новий Мерчик, Noviy Merchyk, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On the morning of 11th May 2022 at 10:45 am, a 26yr old civilian tractor driver from Gadyach was allegedly struck with a guided missile launched from a low-flying Russian aircraft whilst working in a field in the village of Novy Merchik. The attack caused multiple burns and leg injuries to the tractor driver and…
Summary
Published
11 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
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
11 May 2022
Incident Code
TS505
Location
كوباني, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria
At least one man, named Akram Ostak, was killed and others were wounded in two alleged Turkish drone strikes in and near Kobani on May 11, 2022. According to Hawar News, Turkish drones his struck two locations in Kobani - south of Kobani on the Aleppo road and in a densely populated neighborhood in the…
Summary
Published
11 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
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
9 May 2022
Incident Code
TS504
Location
منبجالمحسنلي, Mihsenli village, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling and/or strikes on Mihsenli village in northern Manbij on May 9, 2022. According to Hawar News, a civilian was injured when Turkish forces shelled rural Manbij. A statement released by the Media Office of the Manbij Military Council reported that the civilian was injured in Mihsenli…
Summary
Published
9 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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