Incident date
October 9, 2015
LOCATION
التمانعة, Al Tamana’h, Idlib, SyriaTwo civilians were reported killed in Al-Tamana’h. While the Violations Documentation Center attributed the deaths to Russian aircraft, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said they were killed as a result of actions by Syrian regime helicopters.
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Incident date
October 9, 2015
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كفرنبودة, Kafr Nbouda, Hama, SyriaA combined air assault by Russian attack helicopters – coupled with an attack by Syrian regime aircraft and ground forces – reportedly killed four civilians at Kafr Nbouda. They were later named by the Violations Documentation Center.
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October 8, 2015
LOCATION
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources reported that either government shelling or a warplane from the international Coalition struck civilians betwen noon and 1pm as they were using the Albu Shajal crossing point north of Fallujah, allegedly killing up to 14 non-combatants and injuring 12 more. According to Al Fallujah News there were two strikes at the crossing point,
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Incident date
October 8, 2015
LOCATION
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, SyriaAccording to reports two civilians – a man and a woman – died in a Russian airstrike at Khan Shaykhun, with other victims left in critical condition. SNN News described the attack as “a terrible massacre of civilians,” with footage showing a devastated civilian neighbourhood. And Al Jazeera aired frantic scenes as White Helmets tried
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Incident date
October 8, 2015
LOCATION
بليون, Belyon, Idlib, SyriaSix people were reported killed at Belyon due to warplane shelling. VDC named one woman as a victim of the strike. Smart News later posted a video showing a civilian clear-up operation in the village. One witness noted: “Here there were six martyrs, two from the village of Balian and four displaced from Sahil Al
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Incident date
October 7, 2015
LOCATION
Shura, Nineveh, IraqThere were reports that a dozen people were killed – including five women – following alleged Coalition attacks which struck civilian homes at Shura, 40 km south of Mosul. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they had killed civilians in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition
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Incident date
October 7, 2015
LOCATION
معصران, Ma'asaran, Idlib, SyriaAn alleged Russian airstrike killed seven civilians at Ma’asaran in Idlib governorate. Most of those who died were from one family. A neighbour told Smart News: “This is my house, I arrived and I found everyone OK. But our neighbours? May God have mercy on them. I went to pray and then went to the
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Incident date
October 7, 2015
LOCATION
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, SyriaA mother and her two children were killed along with another woman in a suspected Russian cruise missile strike on the town of Darat Izza. Amnesty International later reported: “More than six residential buildings with at least a dozen homes were destroyed by the attack according to an eyewitness interviewed by Amnesty International as well
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Incident date
October 7, 2015
LOCATION
جبل الزاوية, Jabal al Zawiya, Idlib, SyriaAccording to the Syrian Observatory, Russian aircraft targeted a number of locations in Idlib governorate on October 7th including “Khan Shekhon, al-Tama’a, and al-Habeet in the southern countryside of Idlib, and other areas of Ehsim and al-Bara in the Zawyia mount [area].” As many as 10 non-combatants may have died at five different locations. However
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Incident date
October 6, 2015
LOCATION
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, SyriaAccording to the Syrian Observatory, “preliminary information reported the death of civilians – including women and children – in the bombing by Russian warplanes on areas at the eastern outskirts of Palmyra city which is controlled by the ‘Islamic State’.” According to most sources, between 12 and 14 members of two Bedouin families died, including
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Incident date
October 5, 2015
LOCATION
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, IraqEight civilians were killed from one family after US aircraft bombed their home in Atshana Village, in eastern Hawijah district. In a January 2016 report the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq appeared to confirm the report, noting: “On 5 October, an airstrike mistakenly targeted a civilian house in Atshana village, east of Hawija and
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Incident date
October 4, 2015
LOCATION
الحويج, Al Huwaij , Al Hassakah, SyriaThe Syrian News Network reported Coalition strikes on the village of Huwaij to the west of Al Hassakah. Step News also reported that “Coalition aircraft targets ISIS-run center in the village of Al-Huwaij and for information on the size of the losses yet.” #سوريا #Syria#الحسكةطيران التحالف يستهدف مركز لتنظيم الدولة في قرية الحويج ولامعلومات عن
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Incident date
October 3, 2015
LOCATION
إحسم, Ihsem, Idlib, SyriaRussian aircraft reportedly bombed the town of Ihsem in Idlib, killing five members of one family – four of whom were young girls. The victims were later named. The White Helmets civil defence force tried to reach the dead and injured, but were subjected to a ‘double tap’ strike which killed one of their rescuers
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Incident date
October 2, 2015
LOCATION
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, SyriaAt least 19 civilians and as many as 80 – including children and women – were reported killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Bab. According to al Jazeera – which placed the death toll as high as 80 with 200 injured – the attacks were carried out by helicopters, most likely Russian Hind-24 gunships. According
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Incident date
October 1, 2015
LOCATION
بليون, Belyon, Idlib, SyriaAlleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Belyon, near Jabal al Zawiyah in southern Idlib, reportedly killed four civilians including a woman and child. ‘Several others’ were said to have been injured in the attack, some seriously. SN4HR placed the civilian slightly higher at six deaths, noting that “the town is under the control of
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September 30, 2015
LOCATION
تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, SyriaUp to 18 non-combatants were reported killed at Talbiseh by Russian aircraft in their first day of bombing in Syria. Paramedic Omar Al Daqa, based at one of Talbiseh’s field hospitals, told VDC: “Around 10am, Russian warplanes launched several fierce airstrikes, targeting a number of neighbourhoods with vacuum missiles, including: Karameh, Bareed and Mashjer streets,
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Incident date
September 30, 2015
LOCATION
الزعفرانة, Za`faranah, Homs, SyriaFifteen non-combatants were reported killed at the village of Za`faranah in Russia’s first wave of airstrikes in support of the Syrian regime. According to the Syrian state-run news agency SANA, Russian warplanes targeted “ISIS dens” in al-Rastan, Talbiseh and Zafaraniya in Homs province; Al-Tilol al-Hmer, in Qunaitra province; Aydoun, a village on the outskirts of
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September 29, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqAt least 20 civilians were reported killed and up to 31 injured after Coalition (or possibly Iraqi) aircraft allegedly hit the Sunni Wafq state religious affairs building adjacent to one of the largest mosques in Mosul. Aircraft reportedly targeted a meeting of senior Islamic State figures at the Waqf site, which has been taken over
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Incident date
September 27, 2015
LOCATION
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, IraqFour members of the al-Jumaili family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike at Hit, according to reports. Mr al-Jumaili was described as a refrigerator repairman, whose home in the city’s April 7th neighbourhood was hit. The dead have been named by one of the sources. In their August 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led
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Incident date
September 27, 2015
LOCATION
داقوق, Duquq, Kirkuk, IraqA strike by what at the time was an unknown aircraft killed eight civilians in Yurgon (or Alarkon) village near Duquq, according to local reports. The US led Coalition admitted responsibility for seven deaths in March 2020. Waradana at the time cited one anonymous source: “The bombing led to the destruction of a number houses…
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Incident date
September 20, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA US airstrike on an ‘ISIS headquarters’ in Mosul in fact killed four members of one family – named as university professor Mohannad Al Rezzo (pictured below); his 18-year old son Najib Mohannad Al Rezzo (pictured below); his brother Bassim’s wife Miyada Rezzo and their 21-year old daughter Tuka Rezzo. The Coalition admitted the deaths
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September 19, 2015
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaTwo women, sharing the same surname, al-Naji, were reported by a single source as having been killed in a Coalition strike at Raqaa. They are listed as originally from Talbissa is Homs. No other details about this even are presently known. In its monthly civilian harm assessment report for November 2019 – published on January
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Incident date
September 16, 2015
LOCATION
جديد عقيدات, Jadid Akidat, Deir Ezzor, SyriaSix civilians were reported killed and 10 injured in either a Coalition or Assad regime airstrike. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Six civilians were killed including children while no less than 10 others were wounded by the aerial bombardment by the U.S led coalition warplanes in Jadid Akidat in the eastern countryside
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Incident date
September 5, 2015
LOCATION
تل براك, Tall Birak, or villages to the south, Al Hassakah, SyriaReports emerged on the evening of September 5th that a 13-year old boy named as Abboud Al Kharnoub may have died in a Coalition strike in the vicinity of Tal Brak near al Hassakah. Baladi News also reported that a number of women were injured, without giving further details. It also said that the casualties
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Incident date
September 3, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA single source, NINA, alleged that the Coalition had killed 13 civilians during airstrikes on ISIS targets in the south of Mosul city. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, “33 civilians were martyred and wounded, including women and children, following aerial bombardment by the international Coalition which targeted residential areas in the south of Mosul,
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Incident date
August 29, 2015
LOCATION
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, SyriaA six-months pregnant woman named as Ghafran Al Jabli was reported killed in an event at Al Bab along with her 10-year old nephew, Mohammad Al Waki. Syrian Martyrs reported that the deaths were caused by a Coalition strike on the outskirts of the city. However VDC described the cause of death as shooting, while
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Incident date
August 27, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA single source, the local news agency NINA, reported that 12 civilians were killed in a Coalition raid on the Rifai and Al-Najjar areas west of Mosul, including a child and four women. Four other people were said to have been critically injured. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the even as
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Incident date
August 24, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA young man named as Muhannad Tariq was reported killed in a Coalition strike near the al Jandool restaurant in Mohandeseen neighbourhood. The Coalition later reported that one civilian was killed and three others were wounded in this incident. According to a comment posted on a tribute page, Muhannad died from shrapnel wounds to his
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Incident date
August 21, 2015
LOCATION
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, IraqA single source, NINA, reported that a Coalition strike on a house at Hamam al-Alil, near Mosul “led to the martyrdom of all the family that inhabited consisted of nine members, including three children and a woman.“ As NINA noted: “Local residents told the National Iraqi News Agency that the international coalition aircraft bombed a
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Incident date
August 19, 2015
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaReports claimed that three civilians (a woman and one or two children) and 8 Daesh fighters were killed following two raids by the Coalition in an area surrounding a sugar factory or grain mill near the city. Local activist Abu Ibrahim Al Raqawi said of the attack on the mill: “Although it is not a