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الصورة, Al-Soura, Daraa, Syria

Three civilians, including a woman, were killed and 10 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al-Soura on June 25th, 2018, according to local sources. The LLMA wrote on Facebook that "Russian warplanes launched six airstrikes so far on the town of Al-Soura in…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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الحراك, Al Harak, Daraa, Syria

Three male civilians, including a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer and a nurse, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al Harak on June 25th 2018, according to local sources. Smart News Agency reported that, according to a medical source, "a civilian, a nurse and a member of the Civil…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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محافظة درعا, Daraa governorate, Syria

An unknown number of civilians was reportedly killed or wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the eastern countryside of Daraa governorate on June 25th, 2018, according to Free Deir Ezzor. Free Deir Ezzor wrote on Facebook that "Russia targets and burns displaced civilians in Daraa's eastern countryside as they travel to areas they think are…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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الحراك, Al-Harak, Daraa, Syria

A woman and a young man were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al-Harak, Daraa governorate, on June 24th, 2018. At least one other man was injured, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "at least two civilians were killed as Syrian/Russian regime warplanes…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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الصورة, Al Soura, Daraa, Syria

A woman and a disabled young man from the same family were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Soura, Dara'a governorate, on June 24th 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "two civilians from the same family, one of them a woman, were…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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المسفيرة, Al-Musayfrah, Daraa, Syria

Nariman Yasser Kurdi, an infant, was killed in alleged Russian forces airstrikes on the town of Al-Musayfrah in the eastern Daraa countryside. Local sources said that Nariman was wounded in the shelling on June 24th, 2018 and was in a coma for five days until she died of her wounds on June 29th, 2018. Hamza…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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البيضاء, شبوه, حضرموت, Hadramawt, Yemen

A US strike targeted AQAP in either Shabwah, Hadramawt or Al Bayda governorate on June 23rd 2018, according to CENTCOM. There are no known public reports of a US action on June 23rd. As Yemen monitor New America first noted: "On July 3rd, CENTCOM confirmed in an email to New America that it conducted two…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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عيادة رأس لانوف, Ras Lanuf: Clinic, Surt, Libya

Several civilians were reported dead and injured as a result of an LNA airstrike on the residential house of the Kalki family in Ras Lanuf. According to Alnabaa, two children were killed and their mother, father and brother injured. Kaiser Megrahi reported two women dead and posted images of the airstrike. Libya Observer reported three…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Libyan National Army

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حسون الباشا, Hassoun al Basha village near Tal al Shayer, Al Hassakah, Syria

Local sources reported the death of up to twelve civilians (including at least three children) from the same extended family and up to eight more injured as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Hassoun al Basha near Tal al Shayer. According to a SANA reporter. Coalition bombardments on civilian houses…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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رام حمدان, Ram Hamdan, Idlib, Syria

Up to three civilians including a child were killed and eight others injured, some of whom are in critical conditions, in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Ram Hamdan in Idlib, Syria on June 10th, 2018 according to local sources. Step News said that victims include a child (girl), a woman and…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

Three civilians, including two children, were killed and seven others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Binnish, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. Syrian Reporter wrote that "Russian airstrikes resulted in the death of a child and the injury of others, in the city…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria

At least ten civilians, including five to seven children and one woman, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Nour Children's Hospital and civilian homes in the town of Taftanaz, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. Edlib Media Center initially reported “four martyrs: three children and a…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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معرة مصرين, Ma'arat Misreen, Idlib, Syria

Civilians were possibly killed and/or injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Ma'arat Misreen on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported that there were "martyrs and wounded civilians as a result of raids by the military aircraft of the regime and Russia…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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7–8 June, 2018

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زردنا, Zardana, Idlib, Syria

Up to 52 civilians were reported killed and 100 others, many of whom are in a critical situation, were injured in alleged Russian forces airstrikes on Zardana village in Idlib, Syria, on June 7th, 2018, according to local sources. Among those killed are up to 11 women and 11 children and a health worker. Most…

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Healthcare (Clinic), Religious (Mosque), Residential

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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شميخ, Shumaykh, Misrata, Libya

AFRICOM reported that it conducted a precision strike on ISIS near Bani Walid. While the US itself said that 4 members of the organisation were killed in the attack, including senior member Abdul-Ati Eshtewi, on a vehicle, local sources reported that three of the people in the car were actually civilians. Alrseefa reported: "Reconciliation in Tripoli…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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الجزاع, Al Helo or al-Jazza village, Al Hassakah, Syria

Several sources reported up to fifteen civilians killed, including ten children and an unspecified number of women, when Coalition or other aircraft allegedly targeted the village of al Helo/ Al Jazza near al Dashisha, in southern Hassaka. Marsad al Hassaka initially stated that the bombardment took place “at dawn today” and caused the death of…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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24 miles southwest of Bosaso, Bari, Somalia

US Africa Command told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) in July 2018 that it had carried out two strikes in early June - one previously undisclosed. The second took place on June 3rd, and targeted members of al Shabaab approximately 24 miles southwest of Bosasso, according to AFRICOM. "We currently assess no terrorists and…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Galgala mountains, 26 miles southwest of Bosaso, Bari, Somalia

On June 4th 2018, AFRICOM reported that it had "conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants approximately 26 miles southwest of Bosasso, Somalia, on June 2". It added: "We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike." However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed "twenty-seven (27) terrorists." As Voice of America noted, "Saturday’s airstrike…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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بلدة حيان, Hayyan Town, Aleppo, Syria

One civilian was reported killed when a cluster bomb from alleged previous Russian shelling on Hayyan town in Aleppo's western countryside exploded on June 2nd, 2018 according to local sources. Aleppo 24 said that "Mohammed Juma'a Omar Sharaq al-Zait, aged 42, was killed by the explosion of a cluster bomb from previous Russian bombing on…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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جديد بكارة, Jadid Bakara, Deir Ezzor, Syria

A child was reported killed by an cluster bomb believed to have been previously used by Russian warplanes in an airstrike on Jadid Bkara/ Jadid Owaidat in Deir Ezzor countryside in Syria on June 1st, 2018 according to local sources. The sources also mentioned that others civilians were also injured. Step News reported that "a…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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30 miles southwest of Mogadishu, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

AFRICOM reported on the same day that it had "conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants approximately 30 miles southwest of Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 31". It added: "We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike." However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed "twelve (12) terrorists". In a subsequent FOIA response obtained by…

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Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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29 May–3 June, 2018

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Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

A suspected airstrike in a field outside Bariire, a village 30 miles west of Mogadishu, killed three boys and left one woman injured, according to The National. Journalist Amanda Sperber met Halimo Mohamed Abdi, a herder who was injured in the action: "The blast broke both her hips, left shrapnel embedded in her thigh, and…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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السوسة, Al Soussa: al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria

According to local sources, two civilians were killed and two civilians were injured in a declared Coalition airstrike on the town of Al Soussa on May 27, 2018. Euphrates Post, Lawhat Bukmalna and Deir Ezzor 24 reported that Issa Mohammed al-Debs, an Abu Kamal local, was killed by an air raid on the Boubdran district…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen

A civilian, who most sources reported to be a 17-year old child, was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Khora area in Shabwa, before sunset on May 25th 2018. In a later press release, US Central Command stated that a strike had been conducted on that day, citing three possible provinces. Since…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Vehicle (Motorcycle)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Arbiska, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

A late night US strike on the village of Arbiska was reported by Radio Shabelle. According to the local news outlet, "Suspected American fighter jets were reported to have carried out an overnight airstrike in Lower Shabelle region, targeting Al-Shabaab bases, residents said. The strike happened on the outskirt of Arbiska village, located near the capital,…

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Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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قرية عرب سعيد, Arab Saeed: Idlib-Salqin road, Idlib, Syria

An unknown number of civilians was injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Arab Saeed village on Idlib Salqeen road, Idlib governorate, on May 22nd, 2018, according to local sources. Aneen reported "civilian casualties as a result of the Russian airstrike targeting civilians in the village of Arab Saeed, near the road Idlib…

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Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk Refugee camp, Damascus, Syria

Smart News Agency reported that three civilians, among them one child and a woman, were killed after alleged Russian airstrikes on Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus governorate, on May 19th 2018. Smart wrote that "two women, one old, and one child were killed by the shelling that targeted a residential basement in the camp. [Local activists]…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk Refugee camp, Damascus, Syria

Two children and four women were killed in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus governorate on May 18th 2018, according to local sources. Syria TV reported that "Syrian regime and Russian warplanes carried out a massacre of Palestinians in Yarmouk refugee camp today, by targeting a shelter with dozens…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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تل صندل, Tal Sandel, Idlib, Syria

A civilian was killed and four others, including women, were wounded as a result of airstrikes on the village of Tal Sandal, Idlib governorate, according to local sources. These blamed both Russian warplanes and the Syrian regime. Orient News reported that "a civilian was killed and four others, including women, were injured on Thursday evening [May…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

Two children and a woman were killed by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Ariha, Idlib governorate, on May 15th 2018, according to local sources. An unknown number of civilians was wounded. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that the children Bara’ah Haj Ali (aged 6) and Rayan Haj Ali (aged 12)…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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