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Incident Date
3 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3132
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Between two and 15 civilians were killed, and several others were wounded, in airstrikes on Hamouriya, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. As many as "30 Syrian shells" were fired on the vicinity, according to Sky News. Rockets and barrel bombs coming from helicopters targeted the…
Summary
Published
3 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3133
Location
بيت سوى, Beit Sawa, Damascus, Syria
As many as eight civilians were killed in airstrikes on Beit Sawa, according to local media. Although most sources reported that only one girl (aged five) and four men died, the highest death toll was given as eight. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. Rockets and explosive barrels from helicopters…
Summary
Published
3 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3128
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
In this incident, as many as 14 civilians, including two women, were killed and up to dozens were wounded, as airstrikes allegedly carried out by Russia, the Syrian regime, or both, struck Douma in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, reported local media. Step News Agency reported that "in the morning hours, the military and helicopter gunships launched…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–14
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3130
Location
لطمين, Latmeen, Hama, Syria
A young man was killed in airstrikes on Latmeen, according to social media. Sources all attributed the blame to Russian warplanes. Sources were conflicted as to whether the young man was a civilian or a non-civilian. VDC reported that he was a non-civilian, however all other sources reported he was a civilian. According to local…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
TS237
Location
مابيتة, Kahre, Mabeta, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One to two civilians died and five more were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Kahre, according to local media. Reports said that shelling occurred at 2.00 am, with a shell landing in the main square. According to Rok news, “the village of Khera, in the area of Maabtli, came under artillery fire after…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3122
Location
الحويجة, Al Hwaija, Hama, Syria
As many as three civilians were killed - including a pregnant woman - and three others were wounded, in airstrikes on Al Hwaija, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the strikes. A man and a pregnant woman were included in the death toll. However, the man named by…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3124
Location
مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
Between one and two civilians were killed, and others were wounded, in napalm bomb strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Mesraba, local media reported. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the strikes, however the majority of source attributed blame to the Syrian regime. Huge fires were caused as a result of the…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
CS1734
Location
قرية عفرة, Afra Al Barjari Village, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported that up to two civilians were killed and between one to four seriously injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Afra al Barjari, on the evening of March 2nd. Multiple sources identified some of the adult male victims. The civilians were said to have been in their car when…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3120
Location
المرج, al-Marj, Damascus, Syria
Up to five civilians were killed and up to "dozens" were wounded as airstrikes hit al-Marj, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. Three of the victims, Saleh Mohammad Qadeesh, Mohamad Adnan Qadeesh and Nidhal Handhal al-Mehbash were reported by several sources, including Violations Documentation Center (VDC). One of the victims, Abdo Ahmed Hassoun, was only…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
TS235
Location
حج خليل, Haj Khalil village, Rajo district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One named civilian died in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Haj Khalil village, according to local media. PUK Media reported: “‘The Turkish bombardment continues on Afrin against unarmed civilians,’ said Brusak Hasaka, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces in Afrin. He said that the bombardment resulted in the death of a citizen named Ibrahim…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3117
Location
بيت سوى, Beit Sawa, Damascus, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly killed along with two wounded as Russian and/or Assad launched airstrikes and artillery shelling in the town of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. All sources reported the death of three civilians. The Violations Documentation Centre (VDC) reported that the three victims were all adult men. Additionally, sources reported…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3118
Location
كفربطنا, Kafr Batna, Damascus, Syria
Three civilians, including a young girl, were killed and dozens were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the town of Kafr Batna, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. @saqbani1972adam, who reported that the strikes hit residential areas, said that three were killed and "dozens" were left wounded. The three victims were identified by…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3119
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Local sources reported the death of three civilian men in the town of Hamouriya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, following airstrikes, either carried out by Russia, the Syrian regime or both. As a part of a larger aerial shelling of eastern Ghouta on March 1st, three civilians, identified by name, were killed in Hamouriya. However, it should…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3107
Location
الشيفونية, Al Shifonya, Damascus, Syria
Between three and six civilians were killed in an alleged napalm bomb attack on Al Shifonya, local media reported. Civilians blamed Russian warplanes for the raids. Members of the Syrian Civi Defence confined that "chloride gas" was used on the vicinity. Most other reports suggest it was napalm which resulted in the charring of bodies…
Summary
Published
28 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3111
Location
أوتايا, Otaya, Damascus, Syria
The head of the Syrian Civil Defence unit in al-Marj was killed whilst carrying out operations, local media reported. Sources blamed the Syrian - Russian alliance for the strikes. LCCSY reported there were heavy raids on the vicinity. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
28 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 February 2018
Incident Code
TS222
Location
جنديرس,عفرين, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died in an alleged Turkish bombing of Jindires, Syria, according to local media. On February 23rd, Hawar News said: “The Turkish occupation army is constantly bombarding the area of Gondrissa with planes and artillery. Hundreds of shells fall daily on the center and villages of the area. As a result of the Turkish…
Summary
Published
23 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 February 2018
Incident Code
CS1728
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to a single source, alleged Coalition strikes on the city of Hajin killed one civilian and injured seven others. The report from Al Hal News stated that in addition to damaging houses, the bombardment “led to the death of a young man and the wounding of seven others”. Although Airwars researchers did not identify…
Summary
Published
23 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3069
Location
زملكا, Zamalaka, Damascus, Syria
Up to three civilians were killed and several were wounded as Zamalaka, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was subject to air strikes and helicopter bombings, carried out by either Russia, the Assad regime, or both, as reported by local media. As the shelling of eastern Ghouta continued on Friday, February 23rd, Zamalaka was not excepted from the…
Summary
Published
23 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3071
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
One named civilian man was killed along with "tens" of wounded, local media reported as Hamouriya, like the rest of eastern Ghouta, continued to be under aerial shelling, carried out by Russian and/or the Syrian regime. Besides from airstrikes, Baladi News reported the launch of explosive barrels, and al-Jazeera, citing local sources, reported how "the regime (Assad,…
Summary
Published
23 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2018
Incident Code
TS220
Location
عفرين, Afrin city, Aleppo, Syria
One possible civilian died and up to 12 others were wounded in an alleged Turkish artillery attack on a convoy headed to Afrin from Cizire and Kobane, in eastern Syria. Many reports said that the convoy was delivery medicine to the region. Sana (Syrian state press), reported that “Turkish forces and his mercenaries pounded a…
Summary
Published
22 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
12–13
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3063
Location
كفربطنا, Kafar Batna, Damascus, Syria
Up to five civilians were killed and several left wounded as Kafar Batna, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was subject to Russian and/or Assad-waged air and artillery shelling, local media reported. As the shelling of eastern Ghouta continued on its fifth day, Baladi News reported how a total of 22 civilians had been killed in Kafar Batna the…
Summary
Published
22 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3052
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Up to six civilians, including one child, were killed along with five wounded as Hamouriya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, for the third day in row was subject to Assad and/or Russian air and artillery shelling, local media reported. According to al-Jazeera's correspondent, who blamed both Russian and Assad forces, the shelling of eastern Ghouta on February…
Summary
Published
21 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2018
Incident Code
TS216
Location
قرية سيويا, Siwiyah village, Mobata district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian, reportedly with special needs, was killed in an alleged Turkish shelling of Siwiyah village, local media reported. According to Hawar news, a civilian with special needs from the village of Siwa, in the area of Mobata, was killed by the shelling of the village by the Turkish occupation army with artillery shells. Thirty-three-year-old…
Summary
Published
20 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3037
Location
حزة, Hazza, Damascus, Syria
On February 19, 2018, between six and 11 civilians, including two children and four women, were killed and several were wounded as Russian and/or Syrian forces carried out aerial and artillery shelling of Hazza, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. As a part of a intensification of shelling of large parts of eastern Ghouta, the…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3038
Location
بيت سوى, Beat Sawa, Damascus, Syria
In what was described as a "massacre", up to 55 civilians, including 40 children and women were killed and "dozens" wounded as Russian and/or the Syrian regime continued its heavy shelling of eastern Ghouta, this time in Beat Sawa, local media reported. While many towns of eastern Ghouta were subject to lethal air raids and…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
17–55
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3039
Location
كفربطنا, Kafar Batna, Damascus, Syria
Up to three civilians, two men and one woman, were killed and several were left wounded as Kafar Batna, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was subject to air and artillery shelling as reported by local media. It was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. Damas Press, who did not identify a culprit, reported…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
TS213
Location
قرية درويش, عفرين, Darwish village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians including a child died, and up to eight others other was wounded following an alleged Turkish shelling of Darwish village, Syria, local media reported. According to Nuce24, a 39-year-old man was killed, and 65-year-old was injured as a result of the targeting of their house in the village of Darwish in the area…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–8
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
18 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3029
Location
لطمين, Latmeen, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians, a husband and wife, were killed and several others were left wounded in alleged Russia or regime air or artillery strikes on Latmeen, Idlib, according to local media. Smart News Agency, who cited a military spokesman of the Free Syrian Army, said that "warplanes likely to be Russian launched eight raids on agricultural…
Summary
Published
18 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2018
Incident Code
TS208
Location
سرنجاك و كوبلاكا, Sarinjak and Kuplaka, Aleppo, Syria
According to several local sources, one woman and one man died in an alleged Turkish shelling of Sarinjak and Kuplaka, Syria. According to Rumaf, since the morning hours, the villages of Sarinjak and Kublka have been subjected to heavy shelling. The primary result is the fall of a woman and a man and the wounding…
Summary
Published
17 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2018
Incident Code
TS210
Location
جنديرس, عفرين, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
In a private report to Airwars, the Kurdish Red Crescent reported the death of two civilian adult males in an alleged Turkish shelling of Jindires, Syria. The victims were identified by names. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
17 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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