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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
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
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
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
8 May 2018
Incident Code
ISSY002a
Location
الكسوة, Al Kiswah, Damascus, Syria
At least two civilians, a man and a woman, were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Al Kisswa on May 8, 2018. According to Euphrates Post, Israeli forces targeted positions of the Assad regime in Al Kisswa on May 8, 2018. They also posted a video from a surveillance cameras of one of the commercial…
Summary
Published
8 May 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli 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
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
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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Incident Date
1–14 May, 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr165-C
Location
شبوة, Shabwa, Yemen
An investigator indicated to the UK legal charity Reprieve that two men were killed by a US strike in Shabwa during early May 2018. No other known sources reported the strike. Reprieve shared its information on this reported strike with Airwars. According to the investigator, both men were mediating a tribal dispute in the area…
Summary
Published
1 May 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
1 May 2018
Incident Code
CS1747
Location
القصر, Al Qasr village, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to local sources, at least 13 and up to 30 civilians were killed and “tens of others” were injured in airstrikes on al Qasr village, also known as al Fadel, near the Syrian-Iraqi border in the Tal al Jayer area of al Hassaka governorate. Reports identified both the Coalition and the Iraqi air force…
Summary
Published
1 May 2018
Civilians reported killed
24–30
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 April 2018
Incident Code
RS3409
Location
معرزيتا ومخيم للنازحين بلقرب منها, Marzita and an IDP camp nearby, Idlib, Syria
A male civilian was reported killed and seven others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike or Syrian regime shelling of the al-Walid IDP camp near the town of Marzita in southern Idlib countryside. The rockets came at night, striking a two-room school and many of the inhabited tents, according to Shaam News. The town of…
Summary
Published
29 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Education
,
IDP or Refugee Camp
,
Religious
(
Mosque
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 April 2018
Incident Code
RS3405
Location
الهبيط , كفرسجنة, كفرنبل ,أرينبة, Al Habit , Kafar Sijna , Arinba and Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians died as an aerial bombardment on villages across southern Idlib decimated schools and hospitals, local sources reported. Al Habit was one of the hardest hit by sustained heavy artillery fire, killing a man and woman. Two children were injured in Kafr Nabil, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as warplanes struck…
Summary
Published
25 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 April 2018
Incident Code
RS3402
Location
مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, Syria
Up to five civilians were reported killed in alleged Syrian regime or Russian forces airstrikes on Al Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus Syria ffor the third consecutive day on April 22nd, 2018. Marsad Hasaka said that Anas Bassam Amouri , Haj Saleh Mahmoud, Muhannad Saleh Mahmoud and Jamal Samih Hamid 'Abu Khaled' were killed in…
Summary
Published
22 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22–23 April, 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr163-C
Location
مفقه ,الحزم, Mafqa, Al Hazma, Shabwa, Yemen
Two young men, who pro-AQAP feeds indicated may have been civilians, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Hazm, in the Beihan area on the borders of Shabwa and Bayda governorates, overnight from April 22nd-23rd 2018. It was later suggested that they were instead killed by a Houthi landmine. Local language news…
Summary
Published
22 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Motorcycle
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
,
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
21 April 2018
Incident Code
RS3401
Location
مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, Syria
Four civilians were reported killed and others injured in alleged Syrian regime and Russian forces airstrikes on Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria on April 21st, 2018 according to local sources. Step News Agency said that a Palestinian family of three was among four killed as Syrian forces attacked Al Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. "Mahmud…
Summary
Published
21 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 April 2018
Incident Code
RS3400
Location
مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed and several others wounded in alleged Syrian regime or Russian forces airstrikes on Al Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria on April 20th, 2018, according to local sources. Imad al-Rayyan and Safwan al-Sabbagh were named as the victims on social media. Step Agency reported that "civilians were killed and others…
Summary
Published
20 April 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
17 April 2018
Incident Code
RS3396
Location
سوق الهال في كفر نبل, Al Haal Market in Kafr Nabil, Raqqa, Syria
Russian forces reportedly fired three missiles on Al Haal Market in Kafr Nabil, killing one man and injuring three others. The casualty was named as Omar Abdul Majid al Elaiwi, from the village of Sahyan, by the Syrian Network for Human Rights. Although local sources predominantly reported Russian involvement, the Civil Defense Center in the…
Summary
Published
17 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2018
Incident Code
RS3389
Location
النقير, Al Naqir, Idlib, Syria
A man and a woman died as four air raids loaded with high-explosive missiles struck civilian houses in the town of Al Naqir, local media reported. The attack was widely attributed to Russian warplanes by local sources. Idlib 24 also reported the involvement of Assad’s forces. It came as Civil Defence teams continued to recover…
Summary
Published
10 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 April 2018
Incident Code
RS3385
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
A family was among seven civilians killed as Russian and regime forces reportedly struck the city of Douma. Civil Defense teams said warplanes and helicopters bombed the city with more than 100 raids and an explosive barrel, in addition to rocket and artillery shelling. Sources also reported the use of cluster munitions.
Summary
Published
7 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 April 2018
Incident Code
RS3386
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
An alleged chemical weapons attack, attributed to both the Syrian regime and Russia, reportedly killed between 42 and 100 civilians and wounded up to 1,200 others in the city of Douma, Damascus governorate, on April 7th, 2018, according to local sources. Enab Baladi wrote that "after a ten-day truce in the city of Douma, the…
Summary
Published
7 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
42–100
Civilians reported injured
700–1200
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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