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Incident Date
2 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3640
Location
أبديتا, Abdita, Idlib, Syria
One elderly man died and a woman was wounded in an alleged regime or Russian airstrikes on Abdita in Idlib, according to local media. According to the White Helmets, "a man was killed and a large house and property destroyed when a fire broke out in the village of Abdita. Helicopters targeted the village of…
Summary
Published
2 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3631
Location
معرشورين, M’arshourin, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported airstrikes in the towns of Tarmala, Ma’arshrouin and Al Mashrifa in the countryside of Idlib. According to Step News and EdlibEMC1, one civilian was wounded when an airstrike struck the outskirts of the village of Ma’arshrouin. EdlibEMC1 claimed that the victim was a young man who was wounded when the village was…
Summary
Published
1 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29–30 April, 2019
Incident Code
RS3624
Location
كفرنبودة, Kafar Nbouda, Hama, Syria
One civilian died and up to 10 more were wounded in airstrikes on Kfar Nbouda, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime was to blame. Many reports said that regime helicopters dropped multiple barrel bombs on the town. There were reports of both artillery and airstrikes. Local Coordination…
Summary
Published
30 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2019
Incident Code
LC131
Location
عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was allegedly killed following an LNA airstrike on Ain Zara. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "Civilian neighborhoods in Salaheddin and Ain Zara were hit by aerial bombardment of night air for the second consecutive day. The spokesman for the ambulance and emergency department, Osama Ali, told the Free Libya Channel that the aerial bombardment…
Summary
Published
28 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
26 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3615
Location
تل هواش, Tal Hawwash, Hama, Syria
Up to seven civilians from two families died and eight more were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Tal Hawwash, according to sources on the ground. All sources but one alleged that Russia was to blame - though the Facebook page 'Al Muoali Clan History ' pointed to the Assad regime. JisrTV…
Summary
Published
26 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
8–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3614
Location
Bsanqoul, Idlib, Syria
At least nine civilians were killed in an airstrike in Bsanqoul, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Al Jazeera, who placed the death toll at nine, attributed responsibility to Russian forces. They reported that the strike killed "leader of the movement Ahrar…
Summary
Published
26 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–10
Civilians reported injured
7–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3616
Location
كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians, reportedly two men and a baby girl, died and another five non-combatants were wounded in an airstrike on agricultural land between the town of Kafar Nabil and the village of Jbala in the southern suburb of Idlib, local media reported. Most sources blamed Russia, though there was also an allegation that the Assad regime…
Summary
Published
26 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3617
Location
العمقية, al Amqeya in Sahl Al Ghab, Hama, Syria
At least five civilians were killed and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Amqeya in Sahl Al Ghab in Hama on the night of April 26th, local media reported. The lowest death count was given by Step New Agency at two civilians - though two…
Summary
Published
26 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24–25 April, 2019
Incident Code
CS1919
Location
ماشخ أو الضمان, Al Daman or Mashikh village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that at least four civilians from the same family were killed in a joint operation by the Syrian Democratic Forces with air support from Coalition fighter jets around 1 am between April 24th and 25th. Baladi claimed that Coalition helicopters participated in the raid. While most sources, including an eyewitness and the…
Summary
Published
24 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 April 2019
Incident Code
LC123
Location
طرابلس, Tripoli: Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
One man was reportedly killed by indiscriminate artillery shelling in Tripoli. Radaa.abuslim said the Sudanese man died when a shell fell on his home hitting him in his bed. He was apparently working as a guard at a construction site near Tripoli Airport where the body was found. Tripoli Now published a similar report: "Only…
Summary
Published
23 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
20 April 2019
Incident Code
LC122
Location
وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya
One man was reportedly killed by indiscrimiante shelling on Tajoura. Libyan News Network said that "Abu Bakr al-Ghoriani from the Wadi al Rabie neighborhood" was killed "after being hit by shrapnel." Local reports of fighting point at the GNA or LNA as the perpetrator of the shelling.
Summary
Published
20 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
19 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3611
Location
خان شيخون, خان شيخون, Khan Sheikoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
Two men were reported wounded when rockets and/or artillery struck the Al Rahman Mosque in Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, partially destroying the building. Sources reported the use of rocket-propelled grenades. Smart News Agency reported there were "two wounded in a rocket attack on the city of Khan Sheikun south of Idlib from the Russian forces…
Summary
Published
19 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3610
Location
أبو حبّة, Abu Habba, Idlib, Syria
A number of civilians were killed and wounded when artillery and rockets struck the Al Zohour Primary School and civilian homes in Abu Habba village in Deir Ezzor, partially destroying the school building and fence, according to sources on the ground. The Macro Media Center reported that one civilian was killed and several children injured.…
Summary
Published
17 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 April 2019
Incident Code
LC118
Location
أبو سليم, Abu Salim, Tarabulus, Libya
Between three and six civilians were allegedly killed by indiscriminate LNA artillery shelling on the Abu Salim neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Libya Observer said a Filipino worker was killed by shelling. Field medicine and support center (FMSC) counted three dead and 11 injured. GNA media wrote the shelling "resulted in the death of three women…
Summary
Published
16 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
11–26
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
15 April 2019
Incident Code
CS1918
Location
الشعفة, Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Ali al-Muhammed al-Furaiji and his two wives were killed in the morning of April 15th, when their house was hit by an alleged Coalition airstrike, multiple local sources reported - though there was also a claim that the deaths had been caused by an explosion of an ISIS-planted mine. @alhasensaleem tweeted that "a whole family"…
Summary
Published
15 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 April 2019
Incident Code
LC115a
Location
عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya
One man with uncler combatant status was allegedly killed by indiscriminate LNA shelling on Ain Zara. Fathi M. El Krewi said: "He had an appointment with the death when the third shell struck and was on a solid ground, which is the paved road ... As if someone was following these shells and giving their…
Summary
Published
14 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
13 April 2019
Incident Code
CS1917
Location
الطكيحي, Al Takihi, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between midnight and 5 am on the morning of April 13th five people were reportedly killed in what was described as a "landing operation" by the US-led Coalition in Al-Takihi village. According to Jisir TV, the operation was carried out by several Apache helicopters and Hummer vehicles. It was, however, unclear who killed the victims (whose…
Summary
Published
13 April 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
8
Military actors reported killed
0–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
,
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 April 2019
Incident Code
LC112
Location
قصر بن غشير, Qasr Bin Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya
Othman Mesbah Akak was reportedly killed by indiscriminate artillery shelling on Qasr Bin Gashir. Riyadh Burshan said that the died from a shell falling on his house. Local reporting points at the GNA or the LNA as the perpetrator of the shelling.
Summary
Published
12 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
7 April 2019
Incident Code
LC106
Location
وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya
The doctor Jumua Ghouma was reported killed from indiscriminate shelling on Tajoura. The Times reported: "Another doctor, Jumua Ghouma, was killed while off-duty when a shell fell on his house." Abdulrahman Ghummied said his home was in the Wadi al Rabie area of Tajoura. Khaled Sherif posted that he was the head of the laboratory…
Summary
Published
7 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
7–8 April, 2019
Incident Code
RS3608
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafr Zeita, Hama, Syria
Local sources reported that an elderly man was killed when multiple Russian airstrikes allegedly struck several neighbourhoods in the city of Kafr Zeita. Local news outlet Baladi News reported that the Russian Airforce conducted eight airstrikes with high-explosive rockets on residential neighbourhoods in the town. According to Step News, the Russian planes launched a total…
Summary
Published
7 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 April 2019
Incident Code
LC105a
Location
وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian doctor was allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Wadi Al Rabie. Al Wasat said: "The field medicine center mourned the doctor Ayman Abdel Hamid Al-Haramah, who was killed in the clashes areas south of Tripoli. The field medicine center said, Saturday, 'The field medicine and support center mourns the martyr of duty Dr.…
Summary
Published
6 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
1 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3605
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria
One adult male civilian died and up to four other civilians (including a father and his two children) were wounded in an alleged Assad regime or Russian artillery bombardment of Kafar Zeita on the afternoon of April 1st, local sources reported. According to Smart News, Russian forces conducted heavy artillery shelling on the cities of…
Summary
Published
1 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3602
Location
اللطامنة, Al-Lataminah, Hama, Syria
One adult male civilian was wounded in alleged regime or Russian artillery shelling of Al-Lataminah, according to local media. The Smart News Agency, citing activists as its source, reported: "A civilian was wounded as a result of artillery shelling on the town of Al-Lataminah, north of Hama, the source of the Russian forces camp in…
Summary
Published
27 March 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3601
Location
كفريا والفوعة, Kafriya and Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria
In a major civilian casualty incident on March 22, 2019, which several sources referred to as a "massacre", up to 28 civilians died and as many as 30 more were wounded in multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on the towns of Kafriya and Al Fou’a in Idlib. According to Baladi, Russia launched "more than 15 successive…
Summary
Published
22 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Commerce
(
Market
),
Agriculture
,
Religious
(
Mosque
)
Civilians reported killed
9–28
Civilians reported injured
20–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20–21 March, 2019
Incident Code
RS3599
Location
الفقيع, Al-Faqee, Idlib, Syria
The children Mariam, Fatima, Abdullah and Islam al Mer'e, IDP's from Al Traimsa village in Hama, were killed alongside their father Ismail while their mother was injured, along with five others in what was believed to be a Russian airstrike on a house in al-Faqee in Idlib, according to local media. The airstrike was reportedly…
Summary
Published
21 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 March 2019
Incident Code
USSOM209-C
Location
Laantabuur or Abdow Dibile, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Up to four civilians were killed in a US strike in the Lower Shabelle region, international media and investigating NGOs reported from the ground, though US Africa Command claimed that the strike had only killed three "terrorists." It later again officially denied causing any civilian casualties. Initially, allegations of civilian harm came from a Reuters…
Summary
Published
18 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Unknown
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
15–21 March, 2019
Incident Code
CS1915
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al-Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that a family of five including three children were killed in alleged Coalition bombing in Al-Baghouz camp days several days before March 20th. The exact date they were killed remains unknown. Ahmad Abd Al Rzzaq said: "My cousin Louay Abdel Wahab Al-Hamad Al-Ibrahim Al-Abdullah and his wife Nadra Abdul Aziz Al Thabet…
Summary
Published
21 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3595
Location
سجن ادلب المركزي, Idlib Central Prison, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that two Russian planes launched eight raids on the city of Idlib, including residential areas. Baladi News reported that six airstrikes struck the central prison west of the city of Idlib causing the destructing of one of the buildings. Multiple civilians including prisoners and prison staff were reported killed and wounded while…
Summary
Published
13 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9–26
Civilians reported injured
40–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1908
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that an alleged Coalition airstrike struck Al-Baghouz camp on the night of March 13th. Sources reported varying numbers of civilian deaths. Several sources reported that up to 100 civilians were killed in the airstrike. One source, Christian Turner, tweeted that 20 civilians were killed. All sources reported that most of the victims…
Summary
Published
13 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20–100
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 March 2019
Incident Code
USSOM205-C
Location
دار السلام, Darusalaam, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
The US conducted a confirmed airstrike on March 11th 2019 in the vicinity of Dara Salaam near Awdegle, Lower Shabelle Region, in "self-defense". AFRICOM stated at the time that the airstrike - which it said killed eight al Shabaab militants - "was conducted in support of Somali-led ground forces that came under attack from militants"…
Summary
Published
11 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
,
Unknown
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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