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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Code
CS185
Location
عين العروس, `Ayn al `Arus, Raqqa, Syria
According to reports up to 16 civilians including 10 members of a family died in Ain al A’rouss “following Coalition raids.” One adult male civilian victim – the head of the family – was named by VDC as Faeour al Abo. According to Shaam News, Daesh targets had been struck in the town: “International coalition…
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
15–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0694
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Eight civilians including one woman and three children died in Darat Izza, according to local sources. While most reports blame Russia, one alleges that the Assad regime was responsible. According to Al Jazeera, Russian shelling targeted a bakery. But LCCSY reported that the incident was carried out by the regime which shelled with rocket launchers.…
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0692
Location
الليرامون, Liramon, Aleppo, Syria
According to the Violations Documentation Centre, four civilians including three women died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Liramon. The four victims were named by the VDC. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0680
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
Eleven civilians including six children and three women were killed and up to 60 others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Douma, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that “intense air raids by the Russian enemy on civilian homes in the city of Douma led to the fall of many wounded including women…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
20–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0686
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Nine civilians including three children and three women died in an airstrike on Darat Izza, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime were responsible. Shaam News Network reported that “a family made up of three people was burnt to death in the town of Darat Izza…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0687
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
Seven to fifteen civilians including three children and two women were killed and ten more injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Hamra, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “alleged Russian warplanes shelled the residential houses in Kafr Hamra town in northern Aleppo suburbs which killed 7 individuals including…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–15
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0688
Location
تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria
One 57-year-old woman died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Talbiseh and at least four other civilians were injured, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported: “Two hours before the start of the ceasefire Russian planes carried out violent and intense air raids on the town of Talbissa causing the death of one woman and…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0678
Location
منق; منّغ, Meng, Aleppo, Syria
One woman, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Meng, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. The 44-year-old victim was also named by the Syrian Human Rights Committee.
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0689
Location
السلوم, Al Saloom, Aleppo, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that eight civilians from a single family – including three children and two women – died when Russian warplanes allegedly shelled residential homes in Al Saloom. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “six people were killed in warplane shelling in Al-Saloom village – five were from one…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0672
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One woman was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kahtan hospital, according to local sources. Euphrates Post reported: “A woman was killed due to Russian warplane raid in Kahtan hospital near Hasan Al-Taha street.” Three other sources also blamed Russia for carrying out a strike near the hospital, which they said killed one female.…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0673
Location
حطلة, Hatla Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, All4Syria, reported that “:Russian aircraft carried out raids on the village of Hatla Tahtani, killing Zahra al Harbat and her husband Ahmad al Khalif“. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0676
Location
قبتان الجبل, Qabtan al Jabal, Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that up to 13 civilians, including an entire family of eight, died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qabtan al Jabal, with some reports saying that a school was struck. While most sources blamed Russia, others also pointed to the involvement of regime artillery. The Shaam News Network said that eight civilians…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–13
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0663
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
One to three civilians were killed and several more injured in airstrikes on Saqaib according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network posted photos in which it said Russia was responsible. Other sources, including Alsouria and Al…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0665
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Between 8 and 15 civilians including one woman and one to two children died – and dozens more were injured – in airstrikes on a market in Ariha, according to multiple local sources. Reports are conflicted as to whether the attacks were carried out by Russia or the Assad regime, with one source saying that…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–15
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0666
Location
حرنبوش, Haranbush, Idlib, Syria
Up to four civilians including a mother and her one or two children died in airstrikes on Haranbush, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Among the sources alleging that this was a Russian strike were Chamtime, Syrian Revolution and…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0667
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and nine civilians including up to three children were killed in airstrikes on Al Atarib, according to local sources, though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network reported that Russia warplanes targeted civilian homes “in the vicinity of the city of…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–9
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0657
Location
حتلا, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between two and six civilians including one or two children and one woman died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hatla, according to multiple local sources – with some reporting that all six victims were from the same family. According to Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently, Russian warplanes carried out two raids. LCCSY put…
Summary
Published
22 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0658
Location
ابطع, Ibta', Daraa, Syria
One adult female was killed in an airstrike on Ibta’, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. The VDC named the victim and said she died “in a Jordanian hospital due to her wounds sustained by the regime air forces’ shelling”…
Summary
Published
22 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0653
Location
عنجارة, Anjara, Aleppo, Syria
Up to seven civilians including three children and one woman died and 50 more were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes with cluster bombs on Anjara, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported: “Six citizens (including 2 citizen women and two children) were killed and injured when warplanes believed to be Russian…
Summary
Published
21 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
2–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0646
Location
الشيخ عيسى, Sheikh Issa, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and seven civilians including three children and two women were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sheikh Issa, according to a single source. The Syrian Network for Human Rights initially reported that “The children Ibrahim, Hussein, and Samer Amer Hameidi and their father died in suspected Russian warplanes shelling on Al Sheikh Eisa…
Summary
Published
19 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0648
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
One female nurse died in an alleged Russian airstrike on a hospital in Anadan, according to local sources. According to SHRC, “Iman Layla, died after being wounded in Russian airstrikes which targeted the hospital in Anadan.” Halab Today said the victim was a nurse, while Micro Syria reported that many civilians were injured in the…
Summary
Published
19 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2016
Incident Code
LC024
Location
صبراتة: قصر تليل / علالقة, Sabratha, Qasr Talil / Alalqa, Al Zawiyah, Libya
Two civilians of Serbian embassy staffers died along with a reported two or more women in a US airstrike in Sabratha which overall killed between 43 and 60 people – mostly Tunisians, who were allegedly training to carry out atrocities in Tunisia on behalf of ISIS. The strike also reportedly killed Noureddine Chouchane, a senior member of…
Summary
Published
19 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
18 February 2016
Incident Code
CI192
Location
الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq
As many as 26 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Ar Rutbah, in Anbar province. A video released by Daesh-linked Al A’amaq showed an apparent ‘double-tap’ strike when the location was again bombed shortly afterwards. The Yagen agency reported that “aggressive Coalition strikes killed ten civilians and wounded…
Summary
Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–26
Civilians reported injured
25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 February 2016
Incident Code
CS180
Location
جرير, Jareer, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to reports up to nine civilians died in the village of Al Jareer 4km east of Al Shadadi, after a Coalition aircraft allegedly struck a vehicle. According to the Union of Hassakah Youth Movement, most of those who died were women. Ara news cited a local man it named as Hamid Al Abdullah: “The…
Summary
Published
18 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0635
Location
تل نصري, Nasri, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to five civilians including two children and possibly a woman were killed in an airstrike on Nasri, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Hassaka’s Youth Union reported that “two orphaned children, the grandchildren of the citizen Mohammad Al…
Summary
Published
17 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0638
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians including three children died in an airstrike on the Al Sakhour neighborhood in Aleppo according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Al Jazeera reported that four civilians from the same family were killed in a Russian raid. Baladi also…
Summary
Published
17 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2016
Incident Code
CS177
Location
الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria
Alleged Coalition airstrikes on three or four Daesh-controlled villages killed 15 civilians including three children, according to both the Syrian Observatory and the Hassakah Youth Movement. In a later report, the Damascus Center noted: “On the afternoon [of Wednesday 17th February 2016), planes likely to be the Coalition launched more than ten air strikes, affecting…
Summary
Published
17 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
15–40
Civilians reported injured
70
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0632
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Six civilians including up to five children were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sakhour, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights initially attributed the incident to the Assad regime by posting an image of a child whom they said was wounded when regime warplanes fired on the neighborhood. However, it then…
Summary
Published
16 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0614
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Six civilians including four children and one woman were killed in airstrikes on Douma, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. According to the Shaam News Network, “Russian enemy planes launched dozens of raids on the towns of eastern Ghouta“,…
Summary
Published
15 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0617
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
Between nine and 14 civilians including two children and one women were killed and 30 others injured in airstrikes on a children’s and women’s hospital in Azaz, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Activists told Shaam News Network that…
Summary
Published
15 February 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
9–14
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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