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Incident Date
8 January 2022
Incident Code
TS483a
Location
Qara Mogh, Aleppo, Syria
Seven civilians, including two children, were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes or drone strikes on Kobani and the surrounding villages on January 8, 2022. According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in total one civilian was killed and 12 other civilians, including women and children, were wounded in incidents across Kobani. The injuries varied in…
Summary
Published
8 January 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 January 2022
Incident Code
TS483c
Location
كوباني, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria
At least five civilians, including a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes or drone strikes on Kobani on January 8, 2022. According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in total one civilian was killed and 12 other civilians, including women and children, were wounded in incidents across Kobani. The injuries varied…
Summary
Published
8 January 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 January 2022
Incident Code
RS4687
Location
بين أرمناز و كفرتخاريم, between Armanaz and Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
Between two and five civilians, including a woman and up to three children, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes between the town of Armanaz and the city of Kafr Takharim on January 3, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a woman and her child were injured when Russian warplanes bombed two poultry farms on…
Summary
Published
3 January 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 January 2022
Incident Code
RS4685
Location
النهر الأبيض, Al Naher Al Abyad, Jisr Al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria
On New Years Day, three to four civilians, three children and a woman, were allegedly killed and ten others, including six children, were allegedly injured, by Russian air strikes just after midnight. The incident was reported to have taken place in the early hours of January 1st 2022 at 2.30am, in the Al-Nahr Al-Abyad area…
Summary
Published
1 January 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 December 2021
Incident Code
TS482
Location
زركان, Zarkan, Al Hassakah, Syria
Between two and five civilians, including up to two women and three children, were killed and up to 12 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on Zarkan ( Abu Rassein) on December 30, 2021. According to the Hawar News Agency, three civilians, Jamala Musa Al-Nahar, Jawaher Musa Al-Nahar, and the…
Summary
Published
30 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
5–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 December 2021
Incident Code
TS481
Location
كوباني, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five people, including three women, were killed and up to seven others were wounded in alleged Turkish drone strikes on the city of Kobani at 4pm on December 25, 2021. Sources are conflicted as to whether the victims were civilians in a home or escorts with a Syrian Defense Forces leader. Hawar News…
Summary
Published
29 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
3–7
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27–28 December, 2021
Incident Code
TI075
Location
Bankê, Duhok, Iraq
At least one woman was injured in alleged Turkish strikes on the village of Bankê between December 27-28th 2021, according to local reports. Nalia Media Corporation reported that a woman was badly injured in Turkish air strikes near residents' homes in the village of Bankê. The injured woman was taken to the hospital in Zakho and…
Summary
Published
28 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
21 December 2021
Incident Code
TS480
Location
زركان, Zarkan, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least three civilians, including two women, were killed and up to nine others, including three children, were injured in alleged Turkish artillery or airstrikes on the town of Zarkan and surrounding areas on December 21, 2021. According to Hawar News, three civilians were killed and four other civilians were injured when Turkish forces bombed…
Summary
Published
21 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
11 December 2021
Incident Code
RS4679
Location
الجديدة أو اليعقوبية, Al Jadida or Al Yaqoubia, Idlib, Syria
Between one and three civilians, including a child, were killed and 12 to 15 others, including up to nine children and four women, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Jadida or Al Yaqoubia on December 11, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, three people, including a child, were killed and…
Summary
Published
11 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
12–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 December 2021
Incident Code
CS1973
Location
المسطومة, Al-Mastouma, Idlib, Syria
At least one young man was killed and between six and seven civilians, including up to four children, were injured in a declared US drone strike on the Al-Mastouma Ariha road on December 3rd, 2021. Sources are conflicted as to whether the young man killed was an active or former member of the Guardians of…
Summary
Published
3 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 December 2021
Incident Code
RS4675
Location
بنش,, Bennish, Idlib, Syria
A child, Nour Al Atrash, ten years old, was killed whilst having breakfast with her family on December 2nd 2021 when Russian or Syrian regime artillery hit their house in Binnish, East Idlib. Five other members of her family were injured, including three of her cousins or brothers, all boys, including Jamal Al Atrash, five…
Summary
Published
2 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4672
Location
مجدليا, Majdalia, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a woman or a child, was killed and three to four others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian strikes on the village of Majdalia on November 25, 2021. Baladi News correspondent in Idlib countryside said that a warplane of the Russian Air Force launched air strikes with high-explosive…
Summary
Published
25 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 November 2021
Incident Code
YS120
Location
عفرين, ِAfrin, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and three civilians, including a woman, were killed and up to 17 others, including children, were injured in alleged Syrian Defense Forces shelling of Afrin on November 19, 2021. Macro Media Center reported that one person was killed and a number of civilians were wounded in artillery shelling in Afrin without identifying who…
Summary
Published
19 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
10–17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
15 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4668
Location
كفرنوان, Kafr Noran, Aleppo, Syria
At least two civilians, a child and his mother, were killed and four to five others, including three to four other children and a man, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the village of Kafar Noran on November 15, 2021. According to Hasakah News, a woman and her child were killed…
Summary
Published
15 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 November 2021
Incident Code
USYEMBi004-C
Location
عقبة امقوة, Aqba Amkawa, Shabwa, Yemen
At least one civilian was killed and another civilian, a woman, was injured in alleged Saudi Coalition or US drone strikes on the Olaya Markha district of Shabwa governorate. Sources were conflicted about whether the other two to three people killed and two to three people wounded were civilians or members of Al Qaeda. A Facebook…
Summary
Published
13 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
1–3
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
11 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4666
Location
أطراف معرة مصرين, vicinity of Ma'aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including three children and a woman, were killed and six others, including two children, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on a home for displaced people in Ma'aret Misrin on November 11, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, five civilians, including three children and a woman, were killed and six…
Summary
Published
11 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4663
Location
جمعية شام الخير, Sham Al Khair Assocation, Idlib, Syria
One civilian, a child, was killed and up to ten other civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike, during a raid on October 27th 2021, which struck an IDP camp in Termanin, in the northern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Whilst Al Souria Network's correspondent reported that in a…
Summary
Published
27 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
,
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4659
Location
اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
In what was widely referred to as a "massacre", at least 13 civilians were killed and over 30 wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on a marketplace in Ariha on October 20th 2021. Most sources said that as many as four children were killed in the strike that took place in the…
Summary
Published
20 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Commerce
(
Market
)
Civilians reported killed
13–14
Civilians reported injured
30–63
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4655
Location
كفر عمة, Kafr Amma, Aleppo, Syria
At least five children were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling in Kafr Anna, Syria on October 12th 2021. Two sources mentioned another civilian was also injured; one source mentioned that a woman and a man were injured alongside four children. The names of the children were widely reported as: Mahmoud Khalil, 10…
Summary
Published
12 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 October 2021
Incident Code
YS118
Location
الدايس, Al Dabes, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and three civilians, including up to two women, were killed and between two and nine others, including two women and a child, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling or missile strikes on the village of Al Dabes on October 11, 2021. The Aleppo correspondent for @HalabTodayTV reported that a civilian was…
Summary
Published
11 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
9 October 2021
Incident Code
TI074
Location
سيدان, Sidan, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Between one and two people, including a woman, were killed and two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on Saydani village on October 9, 2021. The majority of sources refer to all of the casualties from the incident as civilians except BasNews, which identified two Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) fighters as being killed.…
Summary
Published
9 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 October 2021
Incident Code
TI073
Location
سيدان, Sidan, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Two to three people, including a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on the village of Saydani on October 4, 2021. Local sources were conflicted as to whether those injured were civilians or members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). According to Rudaw News, a 24-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man were injured…
Summary
Published
4 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4651
Location
مخيم في قرية باتنته, Refugee camp near Batinta, Idlib, Syria
At least one woman was killed and two other civilians, a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a refugee camp near the village of Batinta on October 1, 2021. Al Mashreq Agency reported that a woman was killed and two other civilians, including a woman and a child,…
Summary
Published
1 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4652
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Between one and two women were injured in alleged regime or Russian shelling on the city of Jisr al-Shughur on October 1, 2021. According to @MMCSYR, two women were injured in regime and Russian shelling on Jisr al-Shughur. Al Mashreq Agency also reported that two women were wounded. A tweet from @rahhalahmad06 provided the casualty…
Summary
Published
1 October 2021
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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Incident Date
27 September 2021
Incident Codes
IRS013 RS4648
Location
كفرنوران, Kafar Noran, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and five civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian artillery shelling and machine gun fire on the village of Kafr Noran on September 27, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, five civilians, including a woman, were wounded in mortar shelling by the Russian and regime forces…
Summary
Published
27 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4646
Location
الكفير, Al Kafir, Idlib, Syria
A least one civilian, a child, was killed and up to five others, including a woman, were injured in alleged regime or Russian strikes on the town of Al Kafir on September 19, 2021. Firas Al-Khalifa, the media official of the Syrian Civil Defense in Idlib, told Al-Araby News that a 15-year-old boy was killed,…
Summary
Published
19 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4644
Location
محيط بلدة الزرزور, Al Zarzour town, Idlib, Syria
One child was killed and three other civilians, two children and a woman, were injured in eight alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Zarzour on September 15, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a woman and three children were injured when eight airstrikes by Russian planes struck a poultry farm between Zarzour and…
Summary
Published
15 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4641
Location
مرعيان, Marayan, Idlib, Syria
At least one woman was killed and one to five others, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a home and medical facility in Marayan on September 8, 2021. According to @HadiAlabdallah, Russian airstrikes hit Marian Medical Center, the last medical center in Jabal Al-Zawiya, and killed one woman and…
Summary
Published
8 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
8–9 September, 2021
Incident Code
RS4642
Location
اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Between four and six civilians, including two women, were injured by Russian or regime forces on September 8/9, 2021. According to @ajmurgent, five civilians were wounded, including a woman, in artillery shelling by the regime forces while a tweet from @mhmdfaisel put the injury toll at four. A tweet from @thawrat111 listed the named of…
Summary
Published
8 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4639
Location
مخيم مريم, Maryam refugee camp, Idlib, Syria
Between four and eight civilians, including three to six children and one to two women, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on IDPs living in "Maryam" refugee camp in Syria on September 7, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) reported that four children and two women were injured in Russian air strikes targeting the outskirts of…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported injured
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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