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Incident Date
29 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4607
Location
اليادودة, al-Yadouda, Daraa, Syria
Between five and six civilians, including three to five children and a woman, were killed and at least one other civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on al-Yadouda on July 29, 2021. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "a woman and her little son and three other children in al-Yadouda" were…
Summary
Published
29 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2021
Incident Code
YS108
Location
عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Between six and eight civilians, including four children and two women, were injured in alleged SDF or regime strikes on Afrin on July 25, 2021. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "Civilians injured and SCD center damaged in SDF shelling of Afrin city in Aleppo suburbs on July 25. Syrian Democratic Forces used a…
Summary
Published
25 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
6–8
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
22 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4605
Location
ابلين, Iblin, Idlib, Syria
At least seven civilians, including three to four children and a woman, were killed and seven other civilians, including two children and one to two women, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling the morning of July 22, 2021. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "the strikes have killed seven civilians…
Summary
Published
22 July 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4604
Location
الطريق الواصل بين بداما و الزعينية, the linking road between Bdama and Al-Za'iniyah, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian, a humanitarian medical worker, was killed and between eight and 19 other civilians, including five children, were injured in a guided missile strike on a car on the road between the towns of Bdama Al-Za’iniyah on July 20, 2021. @RaedAlSaleh3 tweeted "today, we lost our friend “Iyad Al-Lari,” one of the…
Summary
Published
20 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8–19
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17–18 July, 2021
Incident Code
RS4599
Location
احسم, Ihsem, Idlib, Syria
Between six and eight civilians, including three to four children and three women, were killed and nine to 11 others, including four children and three women, were injured in alleged Russian and regime strikes on the town of Ihsem around midnight on July 17/July 18, 2021. According to an Al Jazeera correspondent in Syria, "7…
Summary
Published
18 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
9–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 July 2021
Incident Code
LC427
Location
مصرف الوحدة في منطقة الليثي, Vicinity of Al Wahda Bank, Al Laithi neighbourhood, Benghazi, Libya
The actor Haythem al-Debrash was killed in Benghazi and his brother Muftah was among five other civilians injured by an RPG round, fired by a militiaman said to have been celebrating the wedding nearby of a comrade. Footage published by local media and dated July 18th showed a militiaman firing an RPG into the air…
Summary
Published
18 July 2021
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
17 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4598
Location
سرجة, Sarja, Idlib, Syria
At least three civilians, including a White Helmet volunteer and an elderly woman, were killed, and two other civilians, both White Helmets volunteers, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Sarja, Syria, on July 17, 2021. Syrian Today reported that "three volunteers from the Civil Defense were hit by laser-guided…
Summary
Published
17 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2021
Incident Code
CS1961
Location
ذيبان, Thiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A man and his son were reportedly killed in a raid in Deir Ezzor’s Thiban town carried out by Syrian Democratic Forces with support of the US-led coalition at dawn on July 16, 2021. The dead were identified as Miteb Sherida Al-Ghadir and his son Ahmed. @Sada_AlSharqieh said they had been grazing their sheep at…
Summary
Published
16 July 2021
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
YPG
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Incident Date
15 July 2021
Incident Code
CS1960
Location
القائم, Al Qa’em, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian was reportedly shot dead during a raid on the outskirts of Al-Zar village carried out by the US-led Coalition alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces, according to multiple sources, at dawn on July 15, 2021. A single source - Furat News - also reported that a girl was injured in the incident. The dead…
Summary
Published
15 July 2021
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 July 2021
Incident Code
YS107
Location
عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including a child, were killed and between eight and 12 others, including three women and two children, were injured in alleged YPG or regime missile and artillery strikes on Afrin on July 15, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, two civilians were killed, including a child and a man, and…
Summary
Published
15 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
8–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
15 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4596
Location
تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was killed in alleged Russian or regime shelling of the village of Tadel in the western countryside of Aleppo on July 15, 2021. @HalabTodayTV reported that according to the Syrian Civil Defense, "a civilian was killed by artillery shelling by the regime forces and Russia targeting the village of Tadel in the western…
Summary
Published
15 July 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4594
Location
الفوعة, Al Fu'ah, Idlib, Syria
Between five and six civilians, including one to four children, were killed and between seven and eight others, including two children, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the Masbah area nearby al-Fu’ah town on July 15, 2021. According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), at the time of reporting "the…
Summary
Published
15 July 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
7–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4593
Location
حميمات, Hmeimat, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a 10 year old girl, was killed and one or two of her siblings were injured in alleged Russian and/ or regime artillery or rocket strikes on the village of Hmeimat on July 12, 2021. @IdlibPlus reported on "the death of a girl and the injury of two other children as…
Summary
Published
12 July 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4592
Location
مرعيان, Marayan, Idlib, Syria
At least two civilians, a man and a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the town of Marayan on July 11, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported that "a man and his son were injured by similar shelling on the village of Mara’an". Macro Media Center verified that the son that…
Summary
Published
11 July 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4591
Location
البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a man, was killed and between one and three others, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the town of AL Bara on July 11, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, "a civilian was killed, and another was injured, by artillery shelling by the regime forces…
Summary
Published
11 July 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4588
Location
بلشون, Balshoun, Idlib, Syria
At least one child was killed and five other civilians, including a pregnant woman, another woman, and two children, were injured, in addition to the killing of the pregnant woman's fetus, from alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Balshon on the morning of July 3, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, "a child…
Summary
Published
3 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4586
Location
بليون, Belion, Idlib, Syria
At least two civilians - two girls - were killed and one to two other civilians, including a woman and a Civil Defense member, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Belion on July 3, 2021. According to @Sy24ria, the bombing of the town of Belion resulted in "the killing…
Summary
Published
3 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or 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
3 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4590
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including between two and four children and two women, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the city of Ariha on July 3, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, "5 civilians, including two children and two women, were injured, among the wounded, in critical cases, in artillery shelling by…
Summary
Published
3 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4587
Location
ابلين, Iblin, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including a woman and three to four children, were killed and three to four other civilians, including a woman and two children, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Iblin the morning of July 3, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that "the regime forces and Russia committed a…
Summary
Published
3 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 July 2021
Incident Code
RS4585
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
At least three civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the city of Ariha the evening of July 2, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, "3 civilians were injured, in a missile shelling by the regime forces targeting the northern entrance to the city of Ariha this evening, Friday, July 2nd". Various…
Summary
Published
2 July 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 June 2021
Incident Code
RS4582
Location
أريحا, Arihah, Idlib, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including an elderly man, were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and/or artillery on the city of Arihah on June 24, 2021. Baladi News reported that "the regime forces bombed with heavy artillery the city of Ariha, which led to the injury of an elderly man who was treated…
Summary
Published
24 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 June 2021
Incident Code
RS4581
Location
مقبرة افس, Afes Cemetery, Idlib, Syria
Between two and five civilians, including one to two children, were killed and five to eight others were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and/or artillery strikes on Afes on June 23, 2021. According to @abazeid89, "artillery shelling (regime / Russia) targeted the cemetery of the town of Afs in Idlib during a funeral…
Summary
Published
23 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
5–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2021
Incident Code
RS4577
Location
البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria
At least two civilians, both women, were killed and two to three others, including a woman, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Al Bara on June 21, 2021. Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "two women, named as Wahidah Hamdou Abu Shakhah and Fatimah al Yasin, were killed and others injured…
Summary
Published
21 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2021
Incident Code
RS4578
Location
احسم, Ihsem, Idlib, Syria
Between one and nine civilians were killed and up to 14 were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the village of Ihsem on June 21, 2021. Sources contest whether some of the people identified, specifically the prisoners being held in a prison in Ihsem that was bombed, were belligerents. The initial number given…
Summary
Published
21 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–9
Civilians reported injured
10–14
Military actors reported killed
3–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 June 2021
Incident Code
RS4575
Location
قسطون, Qastoun, Hama, Syria
At least one civilian, a Civil Defense "White Helmet" member, was killed and three to six others were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a civil defense center in Qastoun on June 19, 2021. Anadolu Agency reported that "a Civil Defense member was killed and at least 4 others were injured, as Bashar al-Assad's…
Summary
Published
19 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 June 2021
Incident Code
RS4574
Location
بزابور, Bzabor, Idlib, Syria
Between four and eight civilians, including at least one woman and two children, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Bzabor in the southern countryside of Idlib on June 18, 2021 Activists from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on the "injury of six civilians, including a woman and…
Summary
Published
18 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 June 2021
Incident Code
RS4572
Location
معرزاف, Mu’arzaf, Idlib, Syria
At least one person was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and/or artillery shelling on Mu’arzaf on June 15, 2021. According to @HalabTodayTV, "one person was killed and others were injured as a result of shelling by the regime forces with heavy artillery targeting the village of Maarzaf". @anasanas84 added…
Summary
Published
15 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or 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
13 June 2021
Incident Code
TI062
Location
قلعة دزة, Qalaat Diza, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
At least four people were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes in the Qalaat Diza region, on the road between the villages of Deka and Kani Lane, on June 13, 2021. While the majority of sources refer to those killed as civilians, Turkish sources allege they five members of the PKK were killed. According to North…
Summary
Published
13 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Military actors reported killed
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
12 June 2021
Incident Code
RS4566
Location
سرجة, Sarja, Idlib, Syria
At least one man was injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Sarja on June 12, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, "the village of Sarja was subjected to similar raids, which resulted in the injury of a man." @syr_television referred to "civilians" being injured but did not provide a specific number. None…
Summary
Published
12 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 June 2021
Incident Code
RS4568
Location
كفرلاتا, Kafrlata, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and 10 others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and artillery strikes on Kafrlata on June 12, 2021. According to Syrian Network for Human Rights, "on June 12, a shell fired by Syrian regime artillery forces exploded near a house in Kafr Lata village in the south…
Summary
Published
12 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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