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Incident Date

25 March 2017

Incident Code

RS2022

Location

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
In this major incident, referred to by many sources as "a massacre", alleged Russian or Assad-launched airstrikes on Hamouriya, Damascus killed up to 18 civilians, including women and children, and wounded between 24 and 80 more, local media reported. Residential areas in Hamouriya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, were reportedly struck by heavy aerial shelling on March…

Summary

Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–18
Civilians reported injured
24–80
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 March 2017

Incident Code

RS2013

Location

ادلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
As many as 16 civilians, most of them women and one child, were killed and up to 24 were left wounded, when alleged Assad or Russian airstrikes struck a women's prison in Idlib, local media reported. The attack against the prison, run by the Executive Force of the Syrian Opposition, resulted in at least seven…

Summary

Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–16
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 March 2017

Incident Code

RS2014

Location

اورم الجوز, Urme Al joz, Idlib, Syria
At least one, but more likely two civilians - a woman and her child - were killed and several more wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Urme al-Joz in Idlib, according to sources on the ground. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "one child and his mother died when suspected Russian warplanes…

Summary

Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 March 2017

Incident Codes

CS614 RS2011

Location

Ma'ari school, Bado neighbourhood, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
Up to six civilians including two children and two women died, and as many as five civilians were wounded, in an airstrike on the Bado neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to local media, though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the US led Coalition or Russian warplanes. Palmyra Media Center reported…

Summary

Published
24 March 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 March 2017

Incident Code

RS2007

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
One person died and several were left wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad-waged airstrike that struck Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, local sources reported. All known sources reported one civilian casualty, most likely a woman. AMC Aleppo's reporting hinted that it was a male victim while @alikrarrkar and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights believed it was  woman.…

Summary

Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 March 2017

Incident Code

CS611

Location

حمرة بويتية, Hamra Buwaitiya, Raqqa, Syria
One woman and her child died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamra Boueitiya village in the eastern Raqqa countryside, according to local sources. According to Arabs Today, “a woman and her child were killed and a civilian was wounded on Thursday after an aerial bombardment by the international coalition on villages in the eastern…

Summary

Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22–23 March, 2017

Incident Code

RS2005

Location

حلفايا, Halfaya , Hama, Syria
Five named civilians were reportedly killed and several other civilians were wounded in alleged strikes by Russian or regime warplanes on Halfaya, Hama, on March 22nd or 23rd, local sources reported. The road between al-Majdal and Halfaya village in Hama was reportedly struck by both air and artillery bombardment on either March 22nd or 23rd.…

Summary

Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1999

Location

كفر زيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
One woman was reported killed and several injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Zita, according to multiple local media sources. The Violations Documentation Centre in Syria named the civilian who was killed and listed her cause of death as "warplane shelling" from "Russian troops". All known sources for this event attributed responsibility to…

Summary

Published
22 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 March 2017

Incident Code

CS609

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
In a major casualty incident, between 44 and 56 named civilians reportedly died and up to 55 others were wounded in a Coalition airstrike on an automated bakery in the Al Thani neighbourhood of Tabaqa, according to local sources. The US-led alliance later conceded seven deaths in the event. Their September 2018 civilian casualty report…

Summary

Published
22 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
44–56
Civilians reported injured
30–55
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

22 March 2017

Incident Code

CI572

Location

اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Two named eyewitnesses told The Guardian that fifteen of their family members were buried under the rubble and died in front of them and that dozens were injured. This happened after several airstrikes reportedly struck three houses and other places in the Yarmouk neighborhood, in the west of Mosul. Ali Assad (32) told the British…

Summary

Published
22 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1987

Location

Kamari town, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians were killed and 10 injured by alleged Russian airstrikes southwest of Aleppo, Smart News reported. The raids reportedly struck the town at night, killing a woman and child, as well as three men. Rescue teams worked for five hours to recover those trapped under the rubble.

Summary

Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
7–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

21 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1994

Location

الغوطة الشرقية, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria
A single source, the Smart News Agency, reported that 23 civilians were killed and 109 others wounded in numerous airstrikes from both Assad's regime and Russia across Eastern Ghouta, Damascus. Smart News Agency used the Civil Defense as a source and reported that a spokesperson for them said: "among the dead were five children and…

Summary

Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
23
Civilians reported injured
109
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

21 March 2017

Incident Code

CS600

Location

حي الأكراد, Al Akrad, Raqqa, Syria
One to two civilian members of an Islamic State family were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Al Akrad neighbourhood of Raqqa city, local media reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “A local source in the city of Al-Raqqa said raids likely carried out by the Coalition targeted the Al…

Summary

Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
0–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 March 2017

Incident Code

CS601

Location

الجديدة, Al Jadida, Raqqa, Syria
Al Raqqa Truth reported the death of four civilians in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Jadida. It named the victims. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 March 2017

Incident Code

CI569

Location

باب لكش, Mosul, Bab Laksh, behind Watan school, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source said that twenty civilians, including women and children, were killed by airstrikes and/ or indiscriminate shelling on the area behind Watan school in Bab Laksh neighbourhood in West of Mosul, on the evening of March 21st-22nd. A family member later posted: “My wife moved to God (passed away) – the daughter of…

Summary

Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

21 March 2017

Incident Code

CS605

Location

Al Jadida, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Jadida village, according to local sources. According to Halab Today, “The school of Al-Jadida village in the southern countryside of Aleppo was destroyed due to warplane shelling”. The source didn’t identify the warplanes responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently – which blamed the Coalition –…

Summary

Published
21 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1983

Location

جسر الشغور, Jisir Al Shoghour, Idlib, Syria
Between two and seven civilians including two women died in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on the residential neighbourhoods of Jisr Al-Shoghour, according to local sources. A further eight civilians , including four women, were allegedly injured. Baladi, Alaraby and Sdusyria put the death toll at three civilians. IkhwanSyria put the death toll still higher, at seven civilians…

Summary

Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1985

Location

دبسي الفرج دبسي أبو عاصي, Abu A’ssi village, Dibsi village and Dibsi al Faraj villages, Raqqa, Syria
A mother and her four children were among 11 civilians killed and 20 wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on villages in northern Syria, Smart News Agency reported. A further 20 civilians were reportedly wounded. According to the Smart News Agency, “Thirty-one civilians, including children and women, were killed and wounded by air strikes by Russian…

Summary

Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 March 2017

Incident Code

CI561

Location

النبي جرجيس, Mosul, Nabi Jarjis, Nineveh, Iraq
A family of eleven or seventeen members was reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Nabi Jarjis neighbourhood. While most sources did not specify who carried out the raids, Yaqein news said it was the Coalition. “The US-led coalition forces on Monday bombed houses on the western side of the city of Mosul, the…

Summary

Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
11–17
Civilians reported injured
5–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 March 2017

Incident Code

CS592

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Al Kanissa roundabout, Raqqa, Syria
In the first of three reported incidents at al Tabaqa on this date, eight civilians died in a fresh alleged Coalition raid on the city. ‘Dozens’ were also reported injured. According to local reports, eight members of the family of Musa al-Habib died when their house near the al Kanissa roundaout was struck in an…

Summary

Published
20 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

20 March 2017

Incident Code

CS598

Location

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Al Badiya school, Raqqa, Syria
In a major casualty incident at least 40 civilians died (and as many as 420 according to some claims) with dozens more injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the al Badiya school in Mansoura, which was said to have housed up to 100 displaced families. Coalition commander Lt General Townsend later denied that the…

Summary

Published
20 March 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
40–420
Civilians reported injured
50–56
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19–20 March, 2017

Incident Code

RS1978

Location

معارة الأتارب, Ma’arat al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
One woman was killed and at least two children wounded as alleged Russian airstrikes fell near a mosque in Ma'arat Al Atarib, western Aleppo, local sources reported. The Syrian Network for Human Rights was among sources blaming Russia. However, NABD News attributed the airstrikes to Syrian warplanes. Three children were wounded, according to the Syrian Civil…

Summary

Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 March 2017

Incident Code

CS589

Location

مزرعة الأندلس, Al Andalus Farm, Raqqa, Syria
Nine civilians from one family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike at al Andalus Farms. According to Qasioun, the strike hit a residential neighbourhoods inhabited by displaced people from Maskana. Nation Defense, which also blamed the Coalition, put the death toll as high as 18. According to Shaam News “unidentified” warplanes targeted a farmhouse…

Summary

Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–18
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 March 2017

Incident Code

CS590

Location

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Between ten and 15 civilians died and 20 or more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on multiple locations in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Qasioun reported: “According to A’maq [ISIL], Coalition warplanes raids in Tabaqa targeted the fire station and the bakery and killed 10 civilians and wounded 19. Coalition warplanes also targeted…

Summary

Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
7–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1979

Location

Idlib city, Idlib, Syria
Between five and six civilians were killed and an unknown number wounded in air strikes allegedly conducted by Russian forces in the city of Idlib. Some sources claimed the Syrian regime was also involved in the attack. The victims killed in the raids were displaced from the village of Ghantu in northern Homs, “all of…

Summary

Published
19 March 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1974

Location

مسكنة, Maskana, Aleppo, Syria
Russian warplanes killed between four and seven civilians, including two children and two women, in an alleged attack on the Hittin compound in the the city of Maskanah, local media reported. According to the Step News Agency, “seven civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and dozens more wounded when Russian warplanes targeted…

Summary

Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1976

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Raids carried out by warplanes led to the deaths of four civilians including a woman and two children and wounded a further 12 people, sources said. It is unclear who was responsible for these attacks, with some reports blaming the Russians and others accusing the regime. Syrian Mirror reported: "Russian warplanes targeted the eastern neighborhood…

Summary

Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
10–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1977

Location

سوحا, Soha village, Hama, Syria
Two people were killed and a further two were injured in what was ‘likely’ a Russian airstrike in Soha village in eastern Hama Governorate on March 19th 2017, according to one local source, the Smart News Agency. The attack was reportedly carried out within ISIS territory, and killed a man and his wife - and…

Summary

Published
19 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CS586

Location

عكيرشي, `Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria
The wife and child of an ISIL fighter reportedly died in a Coalition airstrike on al A’keirshi village. The militant – named as Abu Habibia Al-Maghribi – was either killed or injured in the attack. According to Arabs Today his wife was a member of Al-Khansa’a which is part of ISIL’s women’s police force. Their…

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 March 2017

Incident Code

CS587

Location

شبهر, Shabhar, Raqqa, Syria
Seven named civilians including four women and a child died in a reported Coalition strike in Raqqah governorate – though there was confusion about whether they had died at Shabhar or Al Matar. Orient News, citing Raqqa Post, said that seven civilians – five from the Matar family – died. It blamed the Coalition. Raqqa…

Summary

Published
18 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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