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Incident Date
25 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3447
Location
بصر الحرير, Busr al-Harir, Daraa, Syria
One civilians who worked as a Syrian civil defense volunteer was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime attacks on Busr al-Harir in Dara'a on June 25th, 2018. Local sources reported that he was rescuing injured people when the attack happened. @SCD_Daraa tweeted "The family of the Syrian Civil Defense in Daraa gives you the…
Summary
Published
26 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1775
Location
سوح الجزر, Suh al Jozr in the northern Deir Ezzor Desert , Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian adult male was reported killed in a Coalition strike in a desert area of Deir Ezzor governorate, according to a single source. A tweet by Deir Ezzor 24 reported on the “Death of Fawaz Abtisheh Farhan from the village of # Mu’ijel after an air raid of the international coalition targeted his car…
Summary
Published
25 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3445
Location
الحراك, Al Harak, Daraa, Syria
Three male civilians, including a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer and a nurse, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al Harak on June 25th 2018, according to local sources. Smart News Agency reported that, according to a medical source, "a civilian, a nurse and a member of the Civil…
Summary
Published
25 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3444
Location
الصورة, Al-Soura, Daraa, Syria
Three civilians, including a woman, were killed and 10 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al-Soura on June 25th, 2018, according to local sources. The LLMA wrote on Facebook that "Russian warplanes launched six airstrikes so far on the town of Al-Soura in…
Summary
Published
25 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3439
Location
الحراك, Al-Harak, Daraa, Syria
A woman and a young man were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al-Harak, Daraa governorate, on June 24th, 2018. At least one other man was injured, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "at least two civilians were killed as Syrian/Russian regime warplanes…
Summary
Published
24 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
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
24 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3441
Location
علما, Elmah, Daraa, Syria
One civilian was reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Elmah in Daraa, Syria on June 24th, 2018 according to local sources. Dara'a Now, which is a pro regime page, reported "More fire lava on the terrorists' heads in the town of Al-Harak and what remains of the…
Summary
Published
24 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3440
Location
الصورة, Al Soura, Daraa, Syria
A woman and a disabled young man from the same family were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Soura, Dara'a governorate, on June 24th 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "two civilians from the same family, one of them a woman, were…
Summary
Published
24 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
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
21 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1774
Location
الحصية, Al Sha'afa, Al Hassya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, up to eight civilians including four children and two women were killed in a Coalition airstrike on the town of Al Sha’afa. Most sources reported that 17 people were killed overall, including eight civilians and nine or more ISIS fighters. The Syrian Network for Human Rights added that four children and…
Summary
Published
21 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
2–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 June 2015
Incident Code
LC018b
Location
النوفلية, Nofaliya, Sirte, Libya
On Saturday, June 20, 2015, one civilian was reportedly killed in an alleged General National Congress/Libya Dawn airstrike on a power station in Nofaliya, in the Sirte district of Libya. Russeifa News reported in a post on Facebook that Libya Dawn military aircraft strikes the electricity building in the Nofaliya area, resulting the death of…
Summary
Published
20 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
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Incident Date
16 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1773
Location
تل الجاير, Tal al Jair, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to Marsad al Hassaka and An Eye on al Hassaka, two young men were killed and three others were injured (two severely) in a mortar shelling on the village of Tal al Jair by “Kurdish units”. According to both sources, all five civilians harmed were from the same family. It is important to note…
Summary
Published
16 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1768
Location
الحردان, Al Hardan village (al Shayer hill), Al Hassakah, Syria
Two to four civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of al Hardoun. Marsad al Hassaka stated that the house of Mohammed Ahmed Hardan was targeted at “dawn today”, where he was killed with his three children while his wife was seriously injured. Zaman al Wasl quoted a local activist who…
Summary
Published
13 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3435
Location
اللطامنة, Al-Latamna, Hama, Syria
One civilian was reported killed, and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes and/or shelling on Al Latamna in Hama, Syria on June 11th, 2018, according to local media sources. According to @Step_Agency, "one person was killed and others injured as a result of the artillery and missile shelling that targeted the…
Summary
Published
11 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3432
Location
تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
At least ten civilians, including five to seven children and one woman, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Nour Children's Hospital and civilian homes in the town of Taftanaz, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. Edlib Media Center initially reported “four martyrs: three children and a…
Summary
Published
10 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Civilians reported injured
25–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3431
Location
بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians, including two children, were killed and seven others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Binnish, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. Syrian Reporter wrote that "Russian airstrikes resulted in the death of a child and the injury of others, in the city…
Summary
Published
10 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
7–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3430
Location
رام حمدان, Ram Hamdan, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians including a child were killed and eight others injured, some of whom are in critical conditions, in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Ram Hamdan in Idlib, Syria on June 10th, 2018 according to local sources. Step News said that victims include a child (girl), a woman and…
Summary
Published
10 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1764
Location
الباغوز الفوقاني, Al Baghouz al Foqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, four civilians were allegedly killed by a Coalition airstrike targeting the center of the town of al Baghouz Foqani. Both Euphrates Post and Deir Ezzor 24 identified two of the people killed as Nader Jassim al-Mardoukh and Hussein Ali al-Mardoukh. In a separate report, Euphrates Post identified the third civilian as…
Summary
Published
4 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1760
Location
قرية هداج, Hadaj village, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported the deaths of at least two civilians, a married couple, and several others injured as a result of a Coalition airstrike on the village of Hadaj West, which may also be known as Hasan al Ali village. Al Hasaka Arabea, among several other sources, identified the couple as Abdish al-Issa and his…
Summary
Published
2 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3427
Location
بلدة حيان, Hayyan Town, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was reported killed when a cluster bomb from alleged previous Russian shelling on Hayyan town in Aleppo's western countryside exploded on June 2nd, 2018 according to local sources. Aleppo 24 said that "Mohammed Juma'a Omar Sharaq al-Zait, aged 42, was killed by the explosion of a cluster bomb from previous Russian bombing on…
Summary
Published
2 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1759
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, one man was killed and another seriously injured as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Soussa. Deir Ezzor 24 identified the victim as Mohammed Ali al Khalifa al-Hamada. The report went on to say that “an affiliate of the International Alliance” had targeted one of the town’s internet…
Summary
Published
1 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
1–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 May 2018
Incident Code
CS1758
Location
هداج, Hadaj, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported that up to twelve people from one family, including between two and four children and four women, were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hadaj village. According to Amc-Sy, eight members of the Awwad al Latif family were killed and others wounded when their homes were struck on a Friday night.…
Summary
Published
31 May 2018
Civilians reported killed
8–12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 May 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr168-C
Location
وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen
A civilian, who most sources reported to be a 17-year old child, was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Khora area in Shabwa, before sunset on May 25th 2018. In a later press release, US Central Command stated that a strike had been conducted on that day, citing three possible provinces. Since…
Summary
Published
25 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Motorcycle
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
16 May 2018
Incident Code
CS1752
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Filasteen neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four civilians were killed and up to 14 injured following air or artillery strikes on the Filasteen neighbourhood of al Soussa, with the Coalition believed by sources to be responsible. A resident of Abu Kamal told Al Haal that Coalition aircraft had targeted the village with more than five raids – with one of them…
Summary
Published
16 May 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 May 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr166-C
Location
وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen
At least two men were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Khora, Merkhat area of Shabwa governorate, overnight from May 14th-15th 2018. Though most sources suggested that those killed were AQAP militants, a brother of one of the dead denied to Associated Press that either were members of AQAP or ISIS. A…
Summary
Published
14 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
12 May 2018
Incident Code
CS1750
Location
هداج, Hadaj, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported that up to ten civilians were killed, including five women and four children, in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Hadaj. A tweet by @NDhoms1 was the only source stating that “10 civilians, including 8 women and children” died. All other sources specifically mentioned the death of “five women and…
Summary
Published
12 May 2018
Civilians reported killed
9–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9–10 May, 2018
Incident Code
USSOM127-C
Location
Bulcida Macalinka (northeast), Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Five civilians were reportedly killed in a US and/or Somali-waged ground operation - possibly also involving airpower - in the Lower Shabelle region, local and international media reported. The US denied allegations of harm on several occasions. The raid was reportedly carried out by Somalia commandos, with the US saying American troops supported the mission…
Summary
Published
9 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
5
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
9 May 2018
Incident Code
RS3419
Location
معرزيتا, Ma'arzita, Idlib, Syria
Up to ten civilians, among them five children and a woman, were killed in airstrikes on the town of Ma’arzita in rural Idlib, according to local sources. Sources reported that the airstrikes were likely carried out by Russian warplanes. One of the alleged Russian airstrikes targeted a shelter, reportedly killing at least five civilians from…
Summary
Published
9 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 May 2017
Incident Code
RS2210
Location
مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk Refugee Camp, Damascus, Syria
The bodies of 20 civilians, including women and children, were recovered in Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus who were allegedly killed in airstrikes on May 5th 2018. It is unclear who was responsible for the airstrikes. Smart News accused both the Syrian regime and Russian forces of the civilian harm. Masri News reported that…
Summary
Published
5 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
20–25
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 May 2018
Incident Code
RS3415
Location
قرية النقير, Al Naqir, Idlib, Syria
The village of Al Naqir in Idlib Governorate was hit by airstrikes on May 4th 2018, killing between four and six civilians, and wounding between two and 24 others, local media reported. The list of casualties included women and children. Sources said that Russian forces were likely responsible for the strikes. The Syrian Network for…
Summary
Published
4 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 May 2018
Incident Code
RS3414
Location
أرينبة, Arinba, Idlib, Syria
Up to four civilians were killed and as many as five more - including three women - were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Arinba in Idlib Governorate on May 4th 2017, local media reported. The Smart News Agency reported: "A civilian was killed and five others injured on Saturday night May…
Summary
Published
4 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 May 2018
Incident Code
RS3410
Location
مشمشان, Mishmshan, Idlib, Syria
Alleged Russian airstrikes killed between five and eight civilians, including women and children, in the village of Mishmshan in rural Idlib Governorate on May 3rd 2018, according to sources on the ground. Up to a further ten civilians were reportedly injured. Radio Kul and the Syrian Network for Human Rights instead accused the Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
2 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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