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Incident Date
13–14 April, 2019
Incident Code
RS3609
Location
أورم الجوز, Urma Al Jouz, Idlib, Syria
Alleged Russian airstrikes struck the town of Urma Al Jouz, in the western countryside of Idlib, around midnight between April 13th and 14th, wounding a family of five, according to local media. Over a dozen missile strikes were reportedly fired from three Russian planes. The strikes were described as rocket attacks, or more specifically as…
Summary
Published
13 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2019
Incident Code
LC109
Location
العزيزيه, Aziziyah, Al Jafarah, Libya
A pregnant woman was allegedly killed between Tripoli and Aziziyah by indiscriminate shelling. Al Mashhad Libya reported that "the border between Aziziyah and Tripoli witnessed violent clashes and a number of rocket-propelled grenades fell on the citizens' homes, and a pregnant woman was killed when as a missile hit a house." Fighting in the area…
Summary
Published
10 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
6 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3606
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria
A child and a woman were reportedly killed and more than a dozen civilians were injured in shelling on the town of Kafr Nabl in Idlib, according to sources on the ground. In an initial post, Smart News blamed the Russian forces but later blamed the Syrian regime instead. Other local sources blamed the Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
6 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
10–22
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 April 2019
Incident Code
USSOM211-C
Location
Ugunji, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A ground operation struck a minibus carrying civilians, killing one woman and injuring up to six others, local media reported. While one source claimed that the attack was conducted by drone, others said it was a ground operation, involving Somali and possibly also US troops. AFRICOM later denied responsibility for civilian harm on the grounds…
Summary
Published
4 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3603
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that four civilians including a woman were wounded when a cluster bomb that was dropped in a previous strike (the date unknown) exploded in Ma'aret al-Nu'man on March 28th. Sources were conflicted on whether the cluster bomb had originally been dropped by regime or Russian forces.
Summary
Published
28 March 2019
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3601
Location
كفريا والفوعة, Kafriya and Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria
In a major civilian casualty incident on March 22, 2019, which several sources referred to as a "massacre", up to 28 civilians died and as many as 30 more were wounded in multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on the towns of Kafriya and Al Fou’a in Idlib. According to Baladi, Russia launched "more than 15 successive…
Summary
Published
22 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
,
Religious
(
Mosque
),
Residential
,
Commerce
(
Market
)
Civilians reported killed
9–28
Civilians reported injured
20–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20–21 March, 2019
Incident Code
RS3599
Location
الفقيع, Al-Faqee, Idlib, Syria
The children Mariam, Fatima, Abdullah and Islam al Mer'e, IDP's from Al Traimsa village in Hama, were killed alongside their father Ismail while their mother was injured, along with five others in what was believed to be a Russian airstrike on a house in al-Faqee in Idlib, according to local media. The airstrike was reportedly…
Summary
Published
21 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20–21 March, 2019
Incident Code
RS3598
Location
قرية بسيدا, Bsida village, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that six Russian aircrafts carried out airstrikes on a number of villages in rural Idlib including Bsida village. One woman was reported injured in this particular village, while an airstrike on Al Faqee caused a number of fatalities and wounded civilians that Airwars documented in assessment R3397.
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1914
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz , Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported the death of the young woman "Alaa Mahmoud Al-Shakran" displaced from the city of Palmyra, as a result of alleged Coalition on the town of Al-Baghouz on March 20th. According to a post by Revo.palmyra3, this brings the number of fatalities to four civilians displaced from Palmyra including two women and one…
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1916
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two local sources reported that two named civilians - Shaimaa Walid Al Turki and Rahaf Darwish - died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz camp. According to revo.palmyra3, the two victimns were displaced from Palmyra and died "as a result of the daily bombardment of aircraft". Palmyra and Al Sukhna group noted that…
Summary
Published
19 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1911
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that US-Coalition air-and artillery strikes resumed after 24-hours of calm and struck Al-Baghouz camp in the evening of March 17th. According to Syrian regime affiliated news outlet SANA, the Coalition shelled the camp and its surroundings. Step News added that the shelling was conducted by "French artillery and SDF militia" which targeted…
Summary
Published
17 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1910
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that several Coalition airstrikes struck Al Baghouz on March 16th. According to Step News Agency and Marsad Al Hasaka, the airstrikes struck the town, whereas government-affiliated news outlet SANA reported the airstrikes struck Al-Baghouz camp. Step News reported that clashes broke out between ISIS and "the militia" in the vicinity of the…
Summary
Published
16 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15–21 March, 2019
Incident Code
CS1915
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al-Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that a family of five including three children were killed in alleged Coalition bombing in Al-Baghouz camp days several days before March 20th. The exact date they were killed remains unknown. Ahmad Abd Al Rzzaq said: "My cousin Louay Abdel Wahab Al-Hamad Al-Ibrahim Al-Abdullah and his wife Nadra Abdul Aziz Al Thabet…
Summary
Published
21 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1909
Location
الباغوز, Al-Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
During intensive air raids, a farm in Al-Baghouz was struck by air- and artillery fire on the outskirts of Al-Baghouz town. Step News was the only source that reported over 20 civilians were killed in the strike. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces while all other sources…
Summary
Published
14 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3595
Location
سجن ادلب المركزي, Idlib Central Prison, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that two Russian planes launched eight raids on the city of Idlib, including residential areas. Baladi News reported that six airstrikes struck the central prison west of the city of Idlib causing the destructing of one of the buildings. Multiple civilians including prisoners and prison staff were reported killed and wounded while…
Summary
Published
13 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9–26
Civilians reported injured
40–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3596
Location
كفر عميم, Kafr A’mem, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians - both reportedly women - died and up to 20 more were wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in Kafr A’mem, according to multiple local sources. Edlib Media Center reported: "Two women were killed and about 20 others were injured, mostly children, when the Russian occupation aircraft…
Summary
Published
13 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1908
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that an alleged Coalition airstrike struck Al-Baghouz camp on the night of March 13th. Sources reported varying numbers of civilian deaths. Several sources reported that up to 100 civilians were killed in the airstrike. One source, Christian Turner, tweeted that 20 civilians were killed. All sources reported that most of the victims…
Summary
Published
13 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20–100
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3597
Location
الكسيح, Al-Kaseeh, Idlib, Syria
In a major civilian casualty incident, up to 17 civilians including as many as eight children and four women across multiple families died in alleged Russia airstrike on residential areas in Al Kaseeh area in Idlib, local media reported. Up to another 50 civilians including many women and children were also injured. Sources said that…
Summary
Published
13 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8–17
Civilians reported injured
30–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3592
Location
سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
Two women were reported wounded in an alleged Russian air or artillery strike on Saraqeb on March 13th, 2019, according to sources on the ground. On March 13th Neda reported: "At night, Russian aircraft fired heavy artillery at the town of Sarqab in the eastern suburb of Idlib using high-explosive rockets, injuring two women." Al…
Summary
Published
13 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 March 2019
Incident Code
USSOM205-C
Location
دار السلام, Darusalaam, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
The US conducted a confirmed airstrike on March 11th 2019 in the vicinity of Dara Salaam near Awdegle, Lower Shabelle Region, in "self-defense". AFRICOM stated at the time that the airstrike - which it said killed eight al Shabaab militants - "was conducted in support of Somali-led ground forces that came under attack from militants"…
Summary
Published
11 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
,
Unknown
,
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
10 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1905
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between seven and ten civilians were killed - including children - and as many as 18 were wounded, following air and artillery on Al Baghouz camp. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Most media blamed the US-led Coalition, and more than seven sources attributed the blame to both the Coalition and the…
Summary
Published
10 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
15–18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1906
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In what has been described as a massacre, between 50 and 70 civilians were reportedly killed - mostly women and children according to local media - by US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Baghouz camp. In addition to this, "dozens" were reportedly wounded. Sources described "devastating bombs of enormous proportions" which bombarded the vicinity in the…
Summary
Published
10 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
50–70
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3587
Location
قرية المنطار في جسر الشغور, Al Mentar village, Jisr Al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that up to two women and a child died and several other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Mentar village. All sources pointed to Russia. Shaam News Network said that one woman died, though according to Step News Agency two women and a girl were killed. JisrTV also noted…
Summary
Published
9 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1903
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that the Coalition had renewed shelling on Al Baghouz after midnight on March 3rd 2019. One of the shells allegedly struck an ammunition depot that caused a large explosion in the camp. According to one local source, Hamah.Now, up to 250 civilians were killed and wounded in the event. In a tweet,…
Summary
Published
3 March 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
12–250
Civilians reported injured
2–250
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1901
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that three ISIS family members were killed when air and artillery strikes allegedly struck an IDP camp on the outskirts of Al Baghouz. The incident occurred on the evening of March 2nd. A number of sources said the victims were Russian. Khawlan ibn Al Sinia named the family as that of 'Mu'az…
Summary
Published
2 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2019
Incident Code
RS3582
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
A civilian man and a woman died and up to six civilians were wounded in alleged regime or Russian air and artillery strikes on Khan Sheikhoun on February 24th, 2019, according to sources on the ground. @abuhuzaifa_ noted "5 days of continuous and daily shelling of my city", stating that the smell of blood was everywhere.…
Summary
Published
24 February 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 February 2019
Incident Code
USSOM195-C
Location
حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia
A father and young child were reported killed in a US airstrike on the al Shabaab-occupied town of Kunyo Barrow. AFRICOM later admitted the deaths of two civilians along with three injuries in the event in its first quarterly civilian harm report of April 2020. US Africa Command first reported on February 24th 2019 that…
Summary
Published
23 February 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 February 2019
Incident Code
USSOM198-C
Location
Qoryoley near Janaale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
An adult woman was reported killed by an alleged US attack on Qoryole, according to the Turkish news organisation TRT - an event it dated to before midnight on February 23rd 2019. Despite conducting four strikes in the near region that day. AFRICOM later insisted that "no U.S. military strike took place at the alleged…
Summary
Published
23 February 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 February 2019
Incident Code
RS3581
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
In renewed artillery shelling on Khan Sheikhoun, up to seven civilians died, and between six and 15 were wounded, according to local media. Sources were conflicted regarding who was to blame - though the majority pointed to the regime. Sources reported that the Syrian regime were stationed at Kubaybat al-Huda camp in the eastern suburb…
Summary
Published
23 February 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
6–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 February 2019
Incident Code
RS3576
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
A continuation of artillery shelling on the residential neighbourhood of Khan Sheikhoun meant that between two and 16 civilians were killed, and six or more were wounded, following another "massacre" on the 15th of February. Sources were conflicted as too who was to blame. Most attributed blame the Syrian regime, however, some also blamed Russia.…
Summary
Published
16 February 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–16
Civilians reported injured
6–17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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