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Incident Date

31 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4882

Location

City of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
On Sunday evening, the 31st of December, 2023, one civilian man was killed and eight civilians, including three women and two children, were injured by two missile shellings of the neighbourhoods of the city of Idlib allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military. Abu Abdo Al-Malik wrote in…

Summary

Published
31 December 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Commerce (Market), Vehicle (Car), Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, Iranian Military
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Incident Date

30 December 2023

Incident Code

ISSY037

Location

مزارع بين قريتي الذهبية والشيخ سعيد, جنوب مدينة حلب, a farm between al-Zahabia  (Al-Dhahabiya) and Sheikh Said, south of Aleppo city, Aleppo, Syria
Around 5:20 p.m. on Saturday, December 30, 2023, a shepherd Mohammed Hamid al-Amir Bariwas killed alongside his wife, his son, and his nephew, one of them a child, while two people were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on a farm located between the villages al-Zahabia (Al-Dhahabiya) and Sheikh Said, south…

Summary

Published
8 October 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

30 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4881

Location

وسط مدينة إدلب, main market near planet earth roundabout and clock roundabout, center of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
During the evening of Saturday, December 30, 2023, artillery shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian and/or Iranian military, hit the market in the center of the city of Idlib, Syria, killing at least three civilians, including one child, and injuring up to 25 others, including four children. The site of the…

Summary

Published
30 December 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Commerce (Market)
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
15–25
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

30 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4880

Location

الاتارب, al-Atareb, Aleppo, Syria
During the evening of Saturday, December 30, 2023, artillery shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces and/or Iranian forces struck the city of al-Atareb in the western countryside of Aleppo, Syria. While the Syria Civil Defence (SCD) initially posted to X that they inspected the areas surrounding the strike and…

Summary

Published
30 December 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4879

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
A woman was injured by an artillery attack with contested responsibility reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military on December 28th, 2023, in the village of Kansafra located south of Idlib, Syria. Twitter/X user @mzmgr941 reported at 10:15 AM the intense missile bombardment allegedly carried out by…

Summary

Published
28 December 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT281223a

Location

شرق مستشفى الأمل, East of Al Amal Hospital, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On Thursday morning, December 28th 2023, between 10 and 20 civilians, including at least three children, were killed, and at least 12 others, including at least five children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike/and or artillery strikes on a residential area near the al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. At…

Summary

Published
1 March 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10–20
Civilians reported injured
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

28 December 2023

Incident Code

TS674

Location

مركز غسيل الكلى, Dialysis Centre, Al Hassakah, Syria
On December 28th, 2023, a 65 year-old kidney patient identified as Ahmed Abd al-Rahman Khadr reportedly died as he could not access treatment, following the reported destruction three days earlier of a dialysis center hit by alleged Turkish air or drone strikes in Qamishlo city. Rojava TV and Ibrahim Sheikho described Ahmed Abd al-Rahman Khadr…

Summary

Published
28 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Denial of access to/destruction of objects indispensable to survival
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

28 December 2023

Incident Code

TI101

Location

قرية كاركي, Karki, Sinjar District, Nineveh, Iraq
Between 6 and 8 PM on Thursday, December 28th, 2023, at least five people were killed and two others injured after an alleged Turkish drone strike on the village of Karki in the Sinjar district of Mosul province. The civilian status of five of the men killed is contested within the sources. Those killed were…

Summary

Published
28 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Water
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

27 December 2023

Incident Code

YS170a

Location

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
On Wednesday, December 27th 2023, artillery shelling struck the city of Al-Bab, reportedly injuring two civilians. The shelling took place in the evening and struck vital facilities, including the Education Directorate, a police station, a cultural centre, a postal and shipping centre, and a court. The bombing allegedly originated from areas under joint control of…

Summary

Published
5 December 2024
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

26 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4878

Location

علاتا قرب أرمناز, house of the Amna family in Alata near Armanaz, Idlib, Syria
During the late evening of Monday, December 26th, 2023, five members of the Amna family were killed and the surviving member, a young son, injured, when an alleged airstrike by a Russian warplane hit their home on a farm in Alata, near the town of Armanaz, west of Idlib, Syria, and reduced it to rubble.…

Summary

Published
26 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4877

Location

سارمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
At approximately noon on Monday, December 25, 2023, an alleged Russian military and/or the Syrian regime and/or Iranian militia missile strike hit a neighbourhood in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, hitting a school, a residential building, and the road between the two. The strikes killed a man and injured at least four identified…

Summary

Published
25 December 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential (Apartment Building), Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 December 2023

Incident Code

TS672

Location

قرية ام الفرسان, Um Al-Fursan, Al Hassakah, Syria
On Monday, December 25th, 2023, a young woman named Aya Al-Sabaawi was killed by a bombing reportedly perpetrated by the Turkish military, while her younger cousin Thuraya Al-Sabaawi was injured in the same attack which hit a mill and a cotton warehouse in the village of Umm Al-Fursan, east of the city of Qamishlo, Syria, according to…

Summary

Published
25 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

25 December 2023

Incident Code

TS671

Location

صوامع الحبوب, east of Qamishlo, northern Syria, Al Hassakah, Syria
On Monday, December 25, 2023, a civilian was reportedly killed by an alleged Turkish airstrike in the grain silos area to the east of the town of Qamishlo in northern Syria. According to Watan News, the victim was “in the vicinity of a mill in the grain silos” when the strike occurred. The identity of…

Summary

Published
25 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

25 December 2023

Incident Code

TS670

Location

مطبعة سيماف في القامشلي, Simav (Simaf) printing press on the Western Belt Road, city of Qamishli (Qamishlo), Al Hassakah, Syria
At 10:30 AM on Monday, December 25th, 2023, six employees, among them a young woman, of the Simav (Simaf) printing press located on the Western Belt Road in the city of Qamishli in the Al-Hassakah Governorate, Syria, were killed, and many civilians were injured in an airstrike allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military. One of…

Summary

Published
25 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

25 December 2023

Incident Code

TS669

Location

كُوبَانِي, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria
On the morning of Monday, December 25, 2023, two civilians working for a construction company were injured following alleged Turkish strikes on the city of Kobani (Ain Al-Arab) in northern Syria. According to ANF news, the strikes not only wounded two civilians, but also caused material damage to the citizens’ property. The Facebook users Kobani…

Summary

Published
25 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

25 December 2023

Incident Code

CI882

Location

كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد القريبة من الحلة, Vicinity of Faculty of Administration and Economics, Hilla, Babil Governorate, Iraq
On the 25th of December, 2023, a declared U.S. airstrike was conducted against the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Hilla, central Iraq, killing two civilian men and injuring two female civilians, Shadhadan Karim Mirza, and Wasnah Maher Kahem, and another man. One member of the PMF was also killed and up to…

Summary

Published
25 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4876

Location

عين لاروز, elementary school and residential buildings in the village of Ain Laroz, Idlib, Syria
Shortly before 3 PM on Sunday, December 24, 2023, during school hours, Russian forces and/or the Syrian regime and/or Iranian forces allegedly struck an elementary school in the village of Ain Larouz in southern Idlib with artillery and missiles. One child was “lightly” injured. At 2:52 PM, Twitter/X user @anasanas84 shared a video showing the…

Summary

Published
24 December 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential, Education
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Iranian Military, Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1923

Location

مخيم المغازي, Al-Maghazi camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
Israeli airstrikes killed as many as 106 civilians in a series of attacks on the Al Maghazi camp on December 24th, 2023. The Israeli military which acknowledged the attack, claiming that it was targeting Hamas operatives. Israeli forces admitted to the “unintended” harm to civilians, due to “mistakenly” having hit adjacent structures. Military officials also…

Summary

Published
1 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
67–106
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

24 December 2023

Incident Code

TS673

Location

القامشلي, Al-Qāmishlī, Al-Hassakah, Syria
On Sunday, December 24th, 2023, an alleged airstrike on the city of Al-Qāmishlī in Al-Hassakah Governorate in northeastern Syria reportedly perpetrated by the Turkish military killed a renowned 39-year-old Kurdish cinematographer, Mansour Karimian. Some sources provided a different date and place of his death. According to the New York Kurdish Cultural Center, Mansour was killed…

Summary

Published
24 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

24 December 2023

Incident Code

TS668

Location

ٱلْقَحْطَانِيَّة, “Awda” oil station, in the countryside of the town of Al-Qahtaniyah/Tirbespiyeh, Al Hassakah, Syria
Around 10:15 PM on Saturday, December 23rd, 2023, an alleged Turkish airstrike hit the Awda (Odeh) oil station in the countryside of the town of Al-Qahtaniyah (Tirbespiyeh), Syria, injuring a citizen named Hussein Hamza Saadoun and reportedly a number of other oil station employees. Multiple reports came out to indicate that the oil wells were…

Summary

Published
24 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

22 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1880

Location

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, Palestinian territories
At least 19 people, including a journalist and eight children, were killed and dozens were injured, including two infants, by alleged Israeli military bombardment on the evening of December 22nd 2023 on the home of the Khalifa family on El-Eshreen Street in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Muthana Najjar reported in a…

Summary

Published
4 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
19
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

22 December 2023

Incident Code

ISPT1881a

Location

منزل الحاج أبو درويش المغربي قرب مدينة غزة, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian territories
On Friday, December 22nd 2023, the entire al-Maghribi family, including up to 81 civilians: at least 17 women, 49 children, and an employee of the United Nations Development Program, were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of Hajj Abu Darwish al-Maghribi near Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. Al-Arabiya news, the Associated…

Summary

Published
1 June 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
79–81
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

19 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4875

Location

القنيطرة, Al-Quneitra, Idlib, Syria
During the morning of Tuesday, December 19th, 2023, a 15-year-old child was injured as a result of airstrikes allegedly launched by the Russian military on the outskirts of the village of Quneitra, in western Idlib. Damage to civilian property and panic among nearby IDP camps was also reported as a result of the strike. Multiple…

Summary

Published
19 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

18 December 2023

Incident Code

JS004

Location

مزرعة فيصل السعدي قرب صلخ, A house of Hisham Jabour near Faisal Al Sadi’s farm in the city of  Salkhad, Al Suwayda, Al Suwayda, Syria
At 10.45 pm on Monday, December 18, 2023, Hisham Fadlallah Jabour, a civilian man in his fifties, was reportedly killed in an alleged Jordanian airstrike on his house near Nasser Faisal Al-Saadi’s farm located behind and south of the supply depot in the city of Salkhad in the region of Suwayda, Syria. The sources reported…

Summary

Published
18 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Jordanian Military
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Incident Date

18 December 2023

Incident Code

JS003

Location

ذيبين, Theybin (Dhibin), Al Suwayda, Syria
On the evening of Monday, December 18th, 2023, at least four people from one family, including a woman and two children, were reportedly killed by an airstrike allegedly perpetrated by the Jordanian military on a farm near the town of Theybin (Dhibin) located south of the Al Suwiyda city area, close to Syrian-Jordanian border. Several…

Summary

Published
18 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Jordanian Military
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Incident Date

18 December 2023

Incident Code

JS002

Location

بلدة المتاعية, Bir Al-Dawla, south of the Al Mata’iya town, Daraa, Syria
During the evening of Monday, December 12, 2023, around 9:18 p.m., a civilian was slightly injured by an airstrike reportedly perpetrated by Jordanian warplanes in Bir Al-Dawla, located in the south of the town Al Mata’iya in the eastern countryside of the Daraa Governorate. According to the sources, the site was Al Mata’iya dam located…

Summary

Published
18 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Water
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Jordanian Military
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Incident Date

17 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4874

Location

دارة عزة, residential neighborhoods of Darat Azza, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
During the evening of Sunday, December 17, 2023, at least five identified civilians, including a child and a woman pregnant with twins, were killed and five civilians, including two children, were injured in an alleged attack by the Syrian regime and/or the Iranian military and/or the Russian military on the residential neighborhoods of Darat Azza,…

Summary

Published
17 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

17 December 2023

Incident Code

RS4873

Location

مدينة ادلب, Wadi Al-Naseem neighborhood close to a market on Al-Bazaar street, Idlib city, Aleppo, Syria
During the morning of Sunday, December 17, 2023, 15 civilians, including five children and one woman, were reportedly injured by the artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military in the city of Idlib, in the region of Aleppo, Syria. The incident reportedly occurred in the…

Summary

Published
17 December 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential, Commerce (Market), Education
Civilians reported injured
15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

17 December 2023

Incident Code

TS667

Location

نبل و الزهراء, residential neighborhoods of Nubl and Al-Zahraa, Aleppo, Syria
On the evening of Sunday, December 17th, 2023, the residential neighborhoods of the towns of Nubl and Al-Zahraa in the northern countryside of Aleppo, Syria, were struck by the artillery bombardment perpetrated by the Turkish affiliated militia Al-Fatah Al-Mubin, as a result of which between two to eight civilians were reportedly injured. According to SOHR,…

Summary

Published
17 December 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

17 December 2023

Incident Code

USSOM410

Location

near to Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia
On the 17th of December, 2023, a declared U.S. airstrike reportedly killed an Al-Shabaab leader, Maalim Ayman, near Jilib in southern Somalia. On the same day as the airstrike, United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) released a statement on its website, stating that the airstrike had been conducted “in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia,…

Summary

Published
17 December 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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