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Incident Date
29 July 2019
Incident Code
LC174a
Location
طرابلس: مدرسة ابي الاشهر, Tajoura: Abu Al Ashur School, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was reportedly injured by indiscrimante artillery shelling on Tajoura. An Amnesty International field investigation said: "A 22-year-old man, Abdelrahman Adel Abi al-Ashhar, was injured when a rocket struck a school located near the eastern perimeters of Mitiga airport, on the evening of 29 July 2019. He told Amnesty International: “I was standing in…
Summary
Published
29 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
29 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3976
Location
اللطامنة, Al-Lataminah, Hama, Syria
Five civilians, including at least one child and two women, from the same family were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al-Lataminah in the northern Hama countryside on the evening of July 26th, 2019, according to local sources. Up to four others were reported injured. The Syrian Network for…
Summary
Published
29 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
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
29 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3975
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria
Up to seven civilians, including a woman and a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer, were reported killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes and/or artillery on Kafr Zeita on the morning of July 29th. Initial reports claimed two civilians were killed, including a woman and a volunteer for the Syrian Civil Defense. According to local…
Summary
Published
29 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3978
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, Syria
One or two alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on a popular market in Ma’aret Al Nu’man killed five civilians, including an elderly man, and wounded about 30. The market was struck with rockets in the evening, according to local sources. According to Al Araby, "A source from the Civil Defense told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that…
Summary
Published
29 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
15–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3977
Location
لطمين, Latmeen, Hama, Syria
Two civilians were killed while working on farmland when helicopters dropped explosive barrels on the village of Latmeen, according to local sources. Other civilians were also reported injured in the incident. @abo_aljod84 said the two victims are originally from Al Latamneh, and they were named by Justice Organisation as Mohammed Naser Al Hasan Mohammed and…
Summary
Published
29 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
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
19 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3919
Location
مورك, Morek, Hama, Syria
One civilian was reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes or artillery shelling on Morek in Hama on July 28th, 2019. The victim was named as Ibrahim Mustafa Al-Khaed, aged 19, originally from Al-Latamneh according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. The Network also claimed that the Syrian…
Summary
Published
28 July 2019
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
28 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3973
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
At least four men were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Ariha, Idlib governorate, on July 28th, 2019, according to local sources. 18 others were reported injured. Although Ariha Today initially cited three civilians killed, the same source later named four fatalities, all of whom were men. Smart News Agency…
Summary
Published
28 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
18
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3970
Location
تحتايا, Tahtaya, Idlib, Syria
Two men were reportedly injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Tahtaya, Idlib governorate, on July 28th, 2019, according to local sources. Idlib Plus reported that "two men were wounded because of the targeting of the town of Tahtaya by a Russian airstrike." @alahmed_nasser tweeted: "The War Air Force launches raids on the…
Summary
Published
28 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3971
Location
كفر زيتا القريبة, Vicinity of Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria
Two women and a man were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Mazra’et Al Tanour near the cities of Al Latamina and Kafar Zeita in Hama governorate, on July 28th, 2019, according to local sources. An unknown number of other civilians was reported injured. The Syrian Human Rights Committee wrote that "two…
Summary
Published
28 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
)
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
28 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3974
Location
معرشورين, Ma’arshurin, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes or artillery on Ma'arshurin in Idlib on July 28th, 2019 according to local sources. The victim was named as Murad Abdul Kafi Al Hariri, originally from Talmens town. While Ma’az Al Hamed posted that the victim was killed on the outskirts of Talmens…
Summary
Published
28 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
LC173
Location
الهضبة البدري, Al Hadaba Al Badri, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and three civilians were reported killed resulting from indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Al Hadba Al Badri neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Libya Observer reported: "The National Safety Authority says two people died as a result of a shell falling on their home in Al Hadaba Al Badri area south of Tripoli." Libya Al…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3968
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
A man was killed in the explosion of unexploded ordnance from a previous alleged Russian airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib governorate, on July 27th, 2019. It is unclear when the airstrike took place. Smart News Agency claimed that an unknown number of people were killed in a cluster bomb explosion, which was allegedly left from…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
LC172
Location
طرابلس, Tripoli: Airport road, Tarabulus, Libya
Between four and five civilians were allegedly killed in an LNA airstrike on a hospital in the south of Tripoli. Al Wasat and 218 TV said four people were killed and named the victims. Al Jazeera wrote: "An air attack by forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar near the Libyan capital killed five…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
7–8
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3966
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Up to 13 civilians were reportedly killed and at least 22 others were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib, on July 27th, 2019 according to local sources. The airstrikes hit the western neighborhood and a popular market, and France 24 reported that the airstrikes hit two residential buildings. Members…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Commerce
(
Market
)
Civilians reported killed
11–13
Civilians reported injured
22–41
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3963
Location
البوابية, Al Baouabiya, Aleppo, Syria
Local sources alleged that Russian or Syrian airstrikes or missile strikes targeted Al Baouabiya in Aleppo on July 26th, killing up to three civilians and wounding three others including a woman. Sources said that the attacks started in the morning and continued through the afternoon. One of the victims Sari Al-Taleb, aged 27, used to…
Summary
Published
26 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3961
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that alleged Syrian or Russian airstrikes struck the Al Hal Market in Saraqib, Idlib governorate in the morning of July 26th, 2019, killing up to two civilians and wounding up to 10. According to Step News Agency, one civilian was killed while Shaam News Network reported two killed civilians. Smart News Agency…
Summary
Published
26 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3958
Location
البوابية, Al Bawabiya, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians including two children were reported killed, and up to five including children and women were wounded, in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes and/or artillery attacks on Al Bawabiya in Aleppo's southern countryside in Syria on July 25th, 2019. Three of the victims and two of the injured belong to…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3948
Location
تحتايا, Tahtaya, Idlib, Syria
Up to nine civilians were reported killed and other injured, some seriously, by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes or artillery shelling on Tahtaya in Idlib on July 25th, 2019. According to @syrian191124, vacuum missiles were used in the attack. Khaled Mahmoud Al-Hudayri, an adult male, was named as one of the victims by…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3956
Location
الاتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that up to five civilians were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al Atarib, Aleppo countryside, on July 25th, 2019. At least three others were injured. @SyriaCivilDefe tweeted: "A man and a woman were killed and three others were wounded, as a result of the warplanes…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3960
Location
اليعقوبية, Al Yakoubiya, Idlib, Syria
Armin Yaqoub Khalilo, a man from the Christian community, died in the village of Al Yaqoubia in Idlib, on July 25th, 2019, due to the explosion of cluster bomb remnants from an alleged previous Russian or Syrian regime bombing. According to various local sources such as Shaam News Network, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3955
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
Up to six civilians were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on a residential neighbourhood in Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib governorate, on July 25th, 2019, according to local sources. Up to five others were reported injured. @HalabTodayTV wrote that: "Two [civilians] were killed and others were wounded as a result of Russian airstrikes on…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3947
Location
محيط قؤسة معركبة, Surrounding Ko`usa Ma`arkba, Hama, Syria
Local sources claimed that two civilians were killed by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces missile fire on agricultural lands near Ko`usa Ma`arkba, north of Hama from Camp Bardij, on July 24th, 2019. The Syrian Human Rights Committee named the victims as Jihad Ali Al-Naasan and Aryam al-Melhem (other sources named him Oqba Aryan…
Summary
Published
24 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3950
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Up to 19 civilians, including at least three children and two women, were killed in several air raids by alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime warplanes on July 24th, 2019, according to local sources. Up to 19 others were reported injured. Syrian regime fixed-wing warplanes fired several missiles on a local market in the center of…
Summary
Published
24 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–19
Civilians reported injured
16–19
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3949
Location
قرية طبيش, Tabish village, Idlib, Syria
In the evening of July 24th, 2019, alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes caused what was described as "a horrific massacre" of an entire family in the village of Tabish near the city of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib. Local sources reported that the airstrikes struck residential houses in the village of Tabish…
Summary
Published
24 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3945
Location
جبالا, Jabala, Idlib, Syria
A civilian male was reported killed and two others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Jabala, Idlib governorate, on July 23rd, 2019, as reported by local sources. Step Agency tweeted that "a civilian was killed and others were wounded when an explosive barrage hit the town of Jabala,…
Summary
Published
23 July 2019
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
23 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3943
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheihkhoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
A civilian male was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib governorate, on July 23rd, 2019, according to local sources. In addition, the strikes reportedly led to the destruction of civilian homes and of "the last automated bakery in the city" The Syrian Civil Defence in Idlib…
Summary
Published
23 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3936
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, Syria
Up to 50 civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, on July 22nd. A further 10 to 100 were allegedly injured in the incident. In December 2019, the New York Times published an investigation into the event, which it said was perpetrated by the Russian Air Force. While initial sources cited…
Summary
Published
22 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
40–51
Civilians reported injured
10–109
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3938
Location
كفروما, Kafarouma, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that alleged Syrian or Russian airstrikes struck Kafarouma, Idlib governorate, killing up to three civilians. An unknown number of others were injured. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that helicopters belonging to the Syrian regime forces "dropped several barrel bombs on al Farouq al Gharbiya School in Kafrooma village in Idlib…
Summary
Published
22 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3937
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
Nine civilians, including four children, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes that struck a local market and school in Saraqib in the afternoon of July 22nd, as reported by local sources. Up to 16 others were injured. According to @ShahbaPress, four civilians including a woman were killed and 16 were wounded, while Step…
Summary
Published
22 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
5–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3939
Location
كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria
A civilian was killed and an unknown number of others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Kafar Nabil, Idlib governorate, on July 22nd, 2019, according to local sources. @ShahbaPress reported "one martyr and wounded civilians as a result of air raids on the city of Kafar Nabil." Shaam News…
Summary
Published
22 July 2019
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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