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Incident Date
18 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4645
Location
الكندة, Al Kinda, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a man, was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Kinda on September 6, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, one civilian was killed in Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Kinda. Syrian Network for Human Rights identified the name of the…
Summary
Published
18 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4639
Location
مخيم مريم, Maryam refugee camp, Idlib, Syria
Between four and eight civilians, including three to six children and one to two women, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on IDPs living in "Maryam" refugee camp in Syria on September 7, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) reported that four children and two women were injured in Russian air strikes targeting the outskirts of…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
,
Residential
Civilians reported injured
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4638
Location
الكفير, Al Kafir, Idlib, Syria
Between one and four civilians, including one to two women and one child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on al-Kafir on September 7, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), a woman was seriously injured in artillery shelling in al-Kafir @baladinetwork put the injury toll at three injuries from the…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4640
Location
ادلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Between four and five civilians, including a child, were reported killed and up to 15 other civilians injured in alleged Syrian regime or Russian artillery attacks in Idlib city, on September 7 2021. Andalou Agency was alone in reporting that the attack was also carried out by Iranian backed militias. This attack was widely noted…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
3–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2021
Incident Code
TS473
Location
الخالدية, Al Khalidiya, Raqqa, Syria
At least one civilian, a young man, was injured in alleged Turkish bombing of the village of Al-Khalidiya on September 6, 2021. According to North Press Agency (NPA), a 28 year old man named Yasser Youssef Hajo was injured by shrapnel when Turkish forces bombed the village of Al-Khalidiya. A medical source in Ain Issa…
Summary
Published
6 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2021
Incident Code
TI070
Location
هرور, Hiror, Duhok, Iraq
Up to three civilians, including two women, were reported injured in alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Hirrur on September 4th 2021. There were claims that chemical weapons or white phosphorus were used in the attack. A resident of the village of Hirrur told IQ News, "Turkish artillery bombed our village this evening, as a result…
Summary
Published
4 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4636
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was killed, and one to two others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes while grazing a flock of sheep on the outskirts of Kansafra, Syria, around 10 a.m. on September 3, 2021. Idlib Plus reported that the child Ali Ahmed al-Brouk was killed in Russian airstrikes on the town of…
Summary
Published
3 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
,
Factory
)
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
30 August 2021
Incident Codes
TI067 YI002
Location
مخيم قاديا, Qadia Camp, Duhok, Iraq
Two children were killed and three to four others, including two children and an elderly man, were injured - all from the same family - when an alleged Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or Turkish IED exploded in Qadiya refugee camp. According to the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK), "in the late evening hours of August…
Summary
Published
30 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
YPG
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Incident Date
29 August 2021
Incident Code
IRS012
Location
طريق السد, Tareeq Al Sad, Daraa, Syria
Between two and three civilians, including two men from the same family, were killed and up to four others were wounded in alleged Iranian or regime surface-to-surface missile strikes and artillery shelling on Tareeq al-Sad on August 29, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), two civilians were killed and four others were injured in…
Summary
Published
29 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
26 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4634
Location
طفس, Tafas, Daraa, Syria
A major bombardment of the town of Tafas in Daraa caused up to three civilian deaths and up to six more injuries, according to extensive local reporting. Both the Assad regime and to a lesser extend Russia were blamed for the attacks. Horan Free Media, citing its local correspondent, initially described the death of one…
Summary
Published
26 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 August 2021
Incident Code
TS472
Location
الدردارة, Al Dardarah , Al Hassakah, Syria
At least two civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of al-Dardarah village on August 23, 2021. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "a young man and a woman were injured due to Turkish bombardment on al-Dardarah village". Nabd News provided the names of the civilians injured: Amena Al Faris…
Summary
Published
23 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4632
Location
درعا البلد, Daraa Al Balad, Daraa, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and six other civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian strikes on Daraa Al Balad on August 23, 2021. A tweet from @Almohrar1 reported that the young man Yazn Al-Omari was killed in the strikes on Daraa Al Balad. @omar_alharir added that a number of civilians were…
Summary
Published
23 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
20 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4629
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
At least four children from the same family were killed and their mother and two other men were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian strikes on Kansafra on August 20, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported "four children from one family were killed, and two civilians were injured, this morning, Friday, August 20, by artillery…
Summary
Published
20 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
20 August 2021
Incident Codes
TI066 YI001
Location
بنكي, Banke village, Duhok, Iraq
Two Iraqi tourists were killed in an alleged Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) IED or Turkish air or artillery strike near the village of Banke, Batifa sub-district on August 20th, 2021, according to local sources. Their bodies were missing until Kurdish and Iraqi security forces found them on August 22nd. The security source told Shafaq News…
Summary
Published
20 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
YPG
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Incident Date
19–20 August, 2021
Incident Code
ISSY019
Location
قارة, Qarah, Rif Dimashq, Syria
At least four civilians, including a young man, were killed and three to four others were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes or Syrian regime air defense strikes on Qarah on August 19/20, 2021. Sources reported that four additional members of Hezbollah were killed in the strikes. A tweet from @SARASALLOUM963 quoted the Head of Qara…
Summary
Published
19 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
19 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4628
Location
بلشون, Balshoun, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including three children and their mother in addition to another child, were killed and two to four other civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Balshoun on August 19, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported on "the killing of three children, their mother and another child,…
Summary
Published
19 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18–19 August, 2021
Incident Code
YS114
Location
الكريدية, Al Karidiya, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including a girl and a woman, were killed and up to seven members of their family, including two women and a child, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or regime strikes on Al Karidiya on August 18/19, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported about "the killing of a woman,…
Summary
Published
18 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
18 August 2021
Incident Codes
YS113 RS4627
Location
عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
At least three civilians, including one to two women and a child, were killed and three to four others were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or Russian or regime strikes on Afrin on August 18, 2021. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "three civilians, including a child and a woman, were killed…
Summary
Published
18 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
YPG
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Incident Date
17 August 2021
Incident Code
TS471
Location
ابو راسين, Abu Rasin, Al Hassakah, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and between 10 and 20 others, including two women and two children, were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Zirgan on August 17, 2021. According to North Press Agency (NPA), at least one civilian was killed and between 10 and 20 others…
Summary
Published
17 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
16 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4626
Location
بلشون, Balshoun, Idlib, Syria
A least one man was killed and one to two other civilians were killed in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Balshoun on August 16, 2021. Sources are contested as to whether the man killed was a civilian or a belligerent. The correspondent for @HalabTodayTV reported that a civilian was killed in…
Summary
Published
16 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
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
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4623
Location
برزة, Barze, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian was killed in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Barze on August 11, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), "a civilian was killed while he was collecting firewood, in artillery shelling by the Assad regime forces targeting the surrounding mountains of Barzeh". The correspondent for Zaman Al Wasl reported that…
Summary
Published
11 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4622
Location
معرزاف, Maarzaf, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed in regime and/or Russian shelling in the village of Maarzaf on August 10, 2021, multiple sources reported. Four sources also reported injuries from the incident, but none gave any estimate of how many. Little information was given on the identity of the person killed. SY-24 reported the victim was a man.…
Summary
Published
10 August 2021
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
10 August 2021
Incident Code
TI064b
Location
باصل, Bosal, Duhok, Iraq
One civilian was seriously injured in an alleged Turkish artillery strike on Bosal village in Darkar sub-district, Dohuk Province on August 10 th 2021, according to one source. Christian Peacemakers Teams reported that Abdulrahman Yousif, 55, from the village of Bosal, was severely injured while picking figs in his orchard. The strike occurred at 15:50…
Summary
Published
10 August 2021
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
8 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4620
Location
عين لاروز, Ain Larouz, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilians was killed and three others, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian, Iranian or regime artillery shelling on the town of Ain Larouz on August 8, 2021. @syriapostnew1 reported that "a civilian was killed and 3 others were wounded as a result of artillery shelling by the Syrian regime forces targeting…
Summary
Published
8 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
7–8 August, 2021
Incident Code
RS4619
Location
الزيادية, Al Ziyadiya, Idlib, Syria
At least two civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Al Ziyadiya on August 7, 2021. @OrientNews and other sources identified civilians as being injured but did not provide a number of how many. Syrian Civil Defense posted that the strikes on Al Ziyadiya "resulted in the injury of a…
Summary
Published
7 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 August 2021
Incident Code
YS111
Location
حزوانحزوان, Hazwan near Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Up to two civilians were killed and a further two injured after missiles reportedly struck vehicles in the village of Hazwan, east of Aleppo on August 5th, 2021. While most sources claimed the Syrian Democratic Forces were responsible, the Syrian Civil Defence said the missiles originated from areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces and…
Summary
Published
6 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
4 August 2021
Incident Code
TS469a
Location
عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria
At least four civilians, including three children, were killed and two other civilians, including a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on the town of Ain Issa on August 4, 2021. According to a statement from the Syrian Democratic Forces, "the occupation army bombed with tank shells at exactly three o’clock…
Summary
Published
4 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4615
Location
تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime shelling of Tadel on August 1, 2021. According to @Ahmad_1alshble, "a civilian was injured by shelling by Assad's gangs that targeted residential houses and agricultural lands in the town of Tadel". A tweet from @rdwanalshhwan identified the civilian injured as a "young man". Syria TV…
Summary
Published
1 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4609
Location
Dara'a Al Balad, Daraa, Syria
Between one and six civilians were killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Daraa al-Balad on July 29, 2021. According to Syria TV, "the death toll of civilians as a result of the bombing of the neighborhoods of Daraa al-Balad by the regime forces has risen to two after the…
Summary
Published
29 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4608
Location
جاسم, Jassim, Daraa, Syria
Between one and two civilians were killed and others were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the city of Jassim on July 29, 2021. According to @MasarPressNet, "two civilians were killed and others were injured as a result of artillery shelling by Assad forces on the city of Jassim". @DeirEzzore added that…
Summary
Published
29 July 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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