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3836 incidents
Incident Date
16 January 2023
Incident Code
YS163
Location
حزوان, Hazwan, Aleppo, Syria
A woman was killed by a sniper shooting allegedly carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces in the village of Hazwan on January 16, 2023. Shaam News reported that a woman was killed by a sniper affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces in the village of Hazwan. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that…
Summary
Published
16 January 2023
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
5 January 2023
Incident Code
RS4750
Location
مخيم الفروسية, the Equestrian (Al Forosiyah) camp, Al Foua, Idlib, Syria
On January 5th 2023 local sources including the White Helmets reported that five civilians, including four children and one woman were injured when missile strikes contested from Russian or Syrian regime forces actions hit them in a resident house near the Al Fourousia camp on the outskirts of Al-Foua town, in the Idlib countryside. The…
Summary
Published
5 January 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2022
Incident Code
TS582
Location
خزيموك, Khazimuk, Al Hassakah, Syria
On December 24th 2022, four civilians, three women and a child, were reportedly injured by a Turkish drone targeting a poultry farm. The attack was recorded at around noon, in Mezkift village (Mazkaft village) or near Khazimuk village, north of Hassakeh. The women wounded were identified as Aisha Khalaf Ali, Jawaher Khaled Muhammad, Thawrat Al-Matar,…
Summary
Published
24 December 2022
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 December 2022
Incident Code
CS1989
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
At least two civilians, including a woman and a child, were reportedly injured in declared British drone strikes on the city of al-Bab on December 20, 2022. An alleged member of ISIS was also injured in the operation. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that a Yemeni person was severely injured by a drone…
Summary
Published
20 December 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 December 2022
Incident Code
RS4748
Location
اليونيسية, Obin (Al Younisiya), Idlib, Syria
Three civilians, including a child, were killed and up to seven others, including a woman and a child, were injured by alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime guided missile strikes on the village of Obin (Al Younisiya) on December 2, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that three civilians from the same family including a child were killed…
Summary
Published
2 December 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 November 2022
Incident Code
USYEMBi007
Location
حدبا العوشان, Hadba Al Awshan, Ma'rib, Yemen
Between one to three civilians, including a woman and two children, were reported killed and up to five others, including a woman, a child and two paramedics, were injured in alleged US drone strikes on a home in the Al-Hadba area of Al-Wadi, Marib on November 30, 2022. A member of Ansar al-Sharia (AQAP) who…
Summary
Published
30 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
20 November 2022
Incident Code
TS566
Location
تفل بقل, Takl Bakl, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to 12 civilians, including two women, a journalist, and a health care worker, were killed and between three and six others were wounded in alleged Turkish airstrikes and drone strikes in the village of Takl Bakl on November 20, 2022. Rojava Information Center reported that Turkish forces carried out airstrikes on a power station…
Summary
Published
20 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
9–12
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2022
Incident Code
TS567
Location
جورين, Jourin, Hama, Syria
One child, a boy, and a woman, his mother, were injured as a result of Turkish-backed militant action, from factions of the "Al-Fateh Al-Mubin". The actions were reported to include artillery shells hitting the village of Jourin on November 20th 2022. The woman and child were reportedly transferred to the Suqaylabiyah National Hospital for treatment.…
Summary
Published
20 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 November 2022
Incident Code
YS158
Location
Karkamış, Gaziantep, Türkiye
Two to three civilians were reportedly killed, and six to ten others were injured, two seriously, as a result of alleged PKK/YPG counterfire rocket artillery fire which hit Karkamış, Gaziantep, in Turkey on November 15th 2022. @ConflictTR reported that the Minister of Interior for Turkey, Suleyman Soylu, said that one civilian that was killed was…
Summary
Published
9 December 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
6–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
6 November 2022
Incident Code
RS4738
Location
مدينة أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
On November 6th, 2022, between one and two civilians were reportedly injured as a result of a bombing by artillery and/or missile shelling on the outskirts of Ariha city, South of Idlib. The injured were either described by local sources as a child and/or as a woman. Syria TV noted that "two civilians were wounded…
Summary
Published
11 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2022
Incident Codes
IRS014 RS4741
Location
مخيم مرام, Maram Refugee Camp, Idlib, Syria
Between six and 11 civilians, including up to four children, an elderly woman and a pregnant woman, were killed and up to 77 others, including a woman and five children, were injured by alleged Russian, Syrian regime, or Iranian militia missile attacks with cluster bombs against Maram refugee camp and other refugee camps closeby on…
Summary
Published
6 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
6–11
Civilians reported injured
40–77
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2022
Incident Code
RS4740
Location
اّفس, Afes, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
On November 6th, 2022, a civilian - a woman - was reportedly injured by artillery shelling and/or by an airstrike in Afes village, East of Idlib. According to the Syrian Civil Defence, the shelling was carried out by Syrian and Russian forces but other local sources argued that it was either conducted by the Syrian…
Summary
Published
11 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2022
Incident Code
RS4737
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
On November 6th, 2022, in Kansafra, South of Idlib, between one to three civilians - one woman, or two women and a girl - were reportedly injured as a result of artillery shelling. While the Syrian Civil Defence (SCD) accused both the Russian and Syrian forces of carrying out the attack, other local sources claimed…
Summary
Published
11 November 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2022
Incident Code
RS4736
Location
خربة الناطور, Kharebt Al Natour, Idlib, Syria
On November 3rd 2022, two to three civilians, including two young men and a woman, were reportedly olive picking when they were injured by a land to ground missile, loaded with "internationally prohibited cluster bombs" as a result of alleged Syrian regime or Russian action. The attack happened on forests and farms on the Khirbet…
Summary
Published
3 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
,
Naval bombardment
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 October 2022
Incident Code
YS155
Location
مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Aleppo, Syria
On October 29th, 2022, after midnight, one civilian, a woman, was reportedly killed, and two others injured, a man and a child, as a result of an alleged SDF or Syrian regime missile strike on their house in Kuwait Al-Rahman IDP camp, in Afrin countryside, in Aleppo governorate. Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) identified…
Summary
Published
29 October 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
28 October 2022
Incident Code
CS1985
Location
ذيبان, Thiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A woman was killed and two others, including a minor, were injured in an alleged airdrop operation carried out by the Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Hawija neighborhood of Thiban town, east of Deir Ezzor, on October 28, 2022. Nahr Media reported that a woman named Nadia Mustafa al-Ali was killed and…
Summary
Published
28 October 2022
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2022
Incident Code
RS4733
Location
شنان, Shnan, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, including a child and/or woman, was injured by alleged Syrian regime or Russian shelling of the village of Shnan on October 24, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a woman was injured by Syrian regime and Russian shelling of the village of Shnan with tank shells. The Syrian Civil Defense added that…
Summary
Published
24 October 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
,
Residential
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 October 2022
Incident Code
RS4730
Location
قرية نحلة, Nahla village, Idlib, Syria
One woman was injured by alleged Syrian regime shelling and/or Russian airstrikes on the village of Nahla on October 17, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a woman was wounded by Russian and Syrian regime artillery shelling of the village of Nahla. The Aleppo correspondent @HalabTodayTV also reported that a woman was injured. According to Baladi…
Summary
Published
17 October 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 October 2022
Incident Code
TI088
Location
برادوست, Bradost area, Erbil, Iraq
At least one civilian, a woman, was injured by alleged Turkish airstrikes or drone strikes on the Bradost area in northern Erbil province on October 16, 2022. Kurdistan 24 reported that a 30 year old woman named Sharmin Asad was injured by Turkish airstrike in the Bradost area in northern Erbil province. Ihsan Chalabi, the…
Summary
Published
16 October 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
13 October 2022
Incident Code
YS153
Location
مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and two people were killed and up to 14 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling of Kuwait Al-Rahma camp in the countryside of Afrin on October 13, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that two civilians were injured by shelling on Kuwait Al-Rahma camp in the countryside of…
Summary
Published
13 October 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–14
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
12 October 2022
Incident Code
TS560
Location
شيراوا, Sherawa district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Up to three women, including a pregnant woman, were killed and children were injured in clashes between Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Turkish forces-associated Levant Front in the Sherawa district of Afrin on October 12, 2022. Hawar News reported that three women, including a pregnant woman, were killed and children were injured in the clashes, specifically…
Summary
Published
12 October 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
,
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
10 October 2022
Incident Code
RS4728
Location
الأبزمو, Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Syria
A child was killed and between one and two women were injured in alleged Syrian regime or Russian artillery shelling of Al Abzimo on October 10, 2022. According to @SyriaCivilDefe, a child was killed and his mother was seriously injured by artillery shelling launched by the Syrian regime and Russian forces at a residential house…
Summary
Published
10 October 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 October 2022
Incident Code
TS559
Location
قرية مطمورة, Matmoura village, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to two civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Matmoura on October 4, 2022. According to Hawar News, a civilian named Yashar Hussein al-Kamouri was wounded in the village of Matmoura by Turkish shelling. North Press Agency also identified another civilian, a woman named Ishar al-Hussein, was…
Summary
Published
4 October 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
28 September 2022
Incident Code
IRI004
Location
كويسنجق, زرغوز, التون كوبري, Koya, Zargwez, Altun Kupri, Erbil, Iraq
On September 28th, 2022, at around 10:30 am, dozens of Iranian missiles and drone strikes reportedly killed between 13 to 14 people, according to official fatality estimates, though some local media estimated that it could be up to 18. Between 58 to 62 others were injured. The strikes were conducted in a number of areas…
Summary
Published
28 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
13–18
Civilians reported injured
58–62
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
27 September 2022
Incident Code
TS556
Location
قرية مشيرفة, Mushairfa village, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two children were killed and up to eight other civilians, including three women and two children, were injured in alleged Turkish bombardment of the village of Mushairfa on September 27, 2022. According to Hawar News, two civilians were killed and five others, including women and children, were injured when Turkish forces bombed the village of…
Summary
Published
27 September 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4725
Location
قرية كلبيت ,ريف ادلب الشمالي,ادلب, Kalbid area, Aleppo, Syria
On September 27th 2022, between two and eight civilians were reportedly injured, including an elderly woman and a young man, when a Russian air strike hit a refugee camp in the Kalbid area, near the Bal al-Hawa border crossing in Syria. One Syrian Civil Defense volunteer, Hamza Al-Jassem, stated after being at the scene, "it…
Summary
Published
27 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4724
Location
تديل, Tadel village, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians were reported wounded from the same family, including two children - one critically, two women and a man, as a result of Russian or Syrian regime forces' thermal guided missile which hit their car, as they returned from olive picking in Tadel Village in the western countryside of Aleppo on September 23rd 2022.…
Summary
Published
23 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4719
Location
ديرسنبل, Deirsnbul, Idlib, Syria
One woman was wounded by reported artillery shelling as a result of either Russian or Syrian regime forces on Deir Sunbal village, south of Idlib, on September 8th 2022. Apparently the villages of Benin and Shanan were also bombed but there were no injuries reported.
Summary
Published
8 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4718
Location
شنان, Shanan, Idlib, Syria
Between one to four civilians were reported wounded as a result of artillery shelling reported to be from either Syrian regime or Russian forces. The shelling targeted Shanan village in Jabal al Saweya, south of Idlib on September 6th 2022. Most sources reported that one civilian, a woman, was injured, but @HalabTodayTV was the only…
Summary
Published
6 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4717
Location
الفطيرة, Al Fatira, Idlib, Syria
At least one elderly woman was injured when alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling struck the town of Al Fatira on September 3, 2022. According to @SyriaCivilDefe, an elderly woman was injured by artillery shelling carried out by the regime and Russian forces on civilian homes in the town of Al Fatira. The Civil Defense…
Summary
Published
3 September 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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