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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3190

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between nine and 11 civilians were killed and others were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Douma, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russian warplanes and the Syrian regime for the raids. There were between four and 15 raids on the vicinity, with more than 20 artillery shells fired onto the residential neighbourhood. As…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
9–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3178

Location

مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
Between five and six civilians were killed and several others were wounded in air and/or artillery strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Mesraba, local media reported. Sources blamed both the Russian and Syrian regime raids. Alaraby News reported that "The Syrian Civil Defence in the countryside of Damascus [reported that a] woman was killed and…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
21
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3183

Location

حزة, Hazza, Damascus, Syria
Between eight and ten civilians including two or three women were killed in air and artillery strikes on Hazza, local media reported. Sources blamed the Syrian regime and Russian alliance for the strikes. Out of the ten named victims, three adult males were reported as unidentified. Dozens of civilians reportedly were wounded in the raids.…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3168

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Two to 12 civilians were killed, including two Palestinians, due to airstrikes on Douma, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. The Syrian Network for Human Rights was the only source to report that "12 civilians from the same family, including six children and four women" were killed…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3167

Location

Saqba, Damascus, Syria
Nineteen named civilians were killed and dozens more were wounded in a suspected chemical wepaon attack on Saqba, local media reported. Sources blamed the Russian and Syrian regime alliance. @SiegeWatch, who published a video documenting the strike, tweeted that "Multiple chemical attacks reported, with a very strong chlorine smell." Sources reported that dozens of wounded…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–19
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3166

Location

Harasta, Damascus, Syria
Between two and four civilians were killed and dozens more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Harasta, local media reported. Sources attributed blamed to both Russia and the Syrian regime. @KumaitAgency reported that "Many civilians were injured by Russian raids and a missile and artillery bombardment of the Assad forces on the town…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 March 2018

Incident Code

CS1737

Location

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to three sources, a married couple was killed in an alleged March 6th Coalition airstrike on Hajin. According to the reports, the couple originally came from the town of Mushin, Deir Ezzor. Reports did not overtly specify whether both casualties were non-combatant civilians. However, they did mention the “martyrdom” of the couple. Deir Ezzor 24…

Summary

Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2018

Incident Code

CS1736

Location

الشفعة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four families of Tajik nationality were reportedly killed as a result of airstrikes on the town of Al Sha’afa, according to local sources. All reports stated that the non combatant victims were related to members of so-called Islamic State. Although the sources implied that women and children were harmed by the bombardments, no names, photos…

Summary

Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
12–16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3163

Location

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shougur, Idlib, Syria
A woman and a child were wounded in airstrikes on Jisr Al Shougur, local media reported. According to sources Russia were to blame for the raids. Members of the Syrian Civil Defence aided the wounded in the aftermath. @SyrianCoalition reported that "four air raids from the warplanes on the neighbourhoods of the city of Jisr…

Summary

Published
6 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3165

Location

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Between three and four civilians were killed, including a 20 day old baby, and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Arbeen, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. A child was trapped under the rubble for an extended period of time due to the collapse of a…

Summary

Published
6 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 March 2018

Incident Code

TS247

Location

جنديرس,عفرين, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 15 civilians including two or three children and five women died and up to 32 more were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes in Jindires, Syria, local media said. However, it is possible that reports are referring to several events in Jindires, and may include T131-T133, listed above. Moreover, several sources published images which…

Summary

Published
5 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–13
Civilians reported injured
2–32
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

5 March 2018

Incident Code

TS244

Location

قارة تابه, Qarah Tabah village, Shara district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One woman was killed and up to 22 more were wounded, including women and children, in alleged Turkish artillery and/or airstrike shelling of Qarah village, Syria, according to local sources. Hawar News reported: “A citizen woman was killed and an elderly man was seriously injured by the Turkish occupation army shelling on the village of…

Summary

Published
5 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–22
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

5 March 2018

Incident Code

TS245a

Location

بربان, Civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians including an elderly woman died and 24 others including children and women were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of a bus in the village of Barbaneh, Syria. Sources said that victims were wounded by artillery shrapnel and transferred to Afrin hospital. Reports said that three victims later died. They were named as…

Summary

Published
5 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

5 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3156

Location

جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
Twelve named civilians including women and children were killed, and dozens were injured, in air and artillery strikes which hit the residential neighbourhoods in Jisreen. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the airstrikes. One source reported that there were dozens of airstrikes on the vicinity. As many as four children and six…

Summary

Published
5 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
11–12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3141

Location

Kafar Zita, Hama, Syria
A woman and a child were killed and others were wounded in airstrikes on Kafar Zita, according to local media. According to sources, "Amira Ahmed Hilal, the wife of Hussein Faraj al-Hussein (Khawada), who was injured by the bombing of the Russian warplane to join her child Maria". The source reported that "the martyrdom of…

Summary

Published
4 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3152

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Reports claimed that between three and 28 civilians were killed, including 11 children and two women, in air and artillery strikes on Douma. Sources blamed both The Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. Multiple sources did however report that four of the dead were wounded from a previous strike and died on this exact…

Summary

Published
4 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–31
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3144

Location

Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
One woman was killed and four others were wounded in airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, local media reported. Most sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime or the raids. Smart News Agency reported that "warplanes launched a rocket-propelled grenade in the center of the city, killing one woman and wounding four others, including two women…

Summary

Published
4 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3139

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between seven and 15 civilians were killed including three children and a woman, and nine others were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime helicopters and Russian warplanes for the strikes. As well as the seven named victims below, the Violations Documentation Centre (VDC)…

Summary

Published
3 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6–15
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3137

Location

بين بلدة مسرابا, Area between Douma and Misraba, Damascus, Syria
Three civilians were killed, including two children and one woman, and dozens more were injured, in air and artillery strikes on the area between Douma and Misraba, local sources reported. The raids struck a residential vicinity however there were no reports of material damage. The deaths and wounded occurred "as a result of the shelling…

Summary

Published
3 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3133

Location

بيت سوى, Beit Sawa, Damascus, Syria
As many as eight civilians were killed in airstrikes on Beit Sawa, according to local media. Although most sources reported that only one girl (aged five) and four men died, the highest death toll was given as eight. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. Rockets and explosive barrels from helicopters…

Summary

Published
3 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3132

Location

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Between two and 15 civilians were killed, and several others were wounded, in airstrikes on Hamouriya, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. As many as "30 Syrian shells" were fired on the vicinity, according to Sky News. Rockets and barrel bombs coming from helicopters targeted the…

Summary

Published
3 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3128

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
In this incident, as many as 14 civilians, including two women, were killed and up to dozens were wounded, as airstrikes allegedly carried out by Russia, the Syrian regime, or both, struck Douma in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, reported local media. Step News Agency reported that "in the morning hours, the military and helicopter gunships launched…

Summary

Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–14
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3129

Location

بيت سوى, Beit Sawa, Damascus, Syria
As many as four civilians were reported as killed, and others injured, due to air and artillery strikes in Beit Sawa, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. The raids struck a residential area, and killed as many as three children. The Syrian Civil Defence reported "three…

Summary

Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3122

Location

الحويجة, Al Hwaija, Hama, Syria
As many as three civilians were killed - including a pregnant woman - and three others were wounded, in airstrikes on Al Hwaija, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the strikes. A man and a pregnant woman were included in the death toll. However, the man named by…

Summary

Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

1 March 2018

Incident Code

TS236

Location

ميدانكي, Mydanke, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One woman died and others were wounded in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling of Mydanke in Afrin, local media reported. Sources said that the victim was hit by shrapnel. According to Qsdheza “others” were also wounded in the attack. IC Afrin reported that “many civilians were injured”.

Summary

Published
1 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

28 February 2018

Incident Code

CS1732

Location

الشفعة, Al Sha'afa: Al-Kashma district, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 10 and 30 civilians were reported killed and “dozens” injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Sha’afa. Most sources stressed that many of the victims were women and children. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 22 civilians, including 9 children and 7 women and stressed that…

Summary

Published
28 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
10–30
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 February 2018

Incident Code

CS1730

Location

ظهرة العلواني, Zahret Al Alwni, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that 10 to 25 civilians had been killed and dozens wounded as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Zahret Al Alwni – an IDP camp located between Al Sousse and Al Sha’afa. Most sources reported that 16 non combatants had died. According to most reports, the victims of the airstrike…

Summary

Published
25 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10–25
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

25 February 2018

Incident Code

RS3098

Location

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Between one and seven civilians were killed and dozens more were wounded, in air and artillery strikes on Hamouriya, local media reported. Media blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. There were as many as four artillery shells which struck the residential town, killing at least one woman and one child. There…

Summary

Published
25 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–7
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 February 2018

Incident Code

RS3096

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Two children and their mother were killed in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to local media. Sources blamed both Russian warplanes and the Syrian regime for the raids. The vicinity was struck with land to land missiles and heavy artillery shelling. Images show the extent of destruction to property. There are no more details…

Summary

Published
25 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 February 2018

Incident Code

RS3104

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between 11 and 19 civilians were killed, and dozens were wounded in airstrikes on Douma, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. According to Baraa, 11 people from one family were killed when a guided missile struck their home. There was reportedly continuous shelling on the vicinity throughout…

Summary

Published
25 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
11–19
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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