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6134 incidents
Incident Date
5–6 December, 2016
Incident Code
USSOM067
Location
Omar Beere/Ibrahim Ali Berre camp near Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Two media organisations reported a possible US air operation targeting an al Shabaab base in the Lower Shabelle region. Dalsan Radio reported that Somali commandos backed by US Special Forces had attacked al Shabaab bases in Omar Berre in Lower Shabelle overnight using helicopters. It also quoted what it said was an eyewitness: "'We heard several…
Summary
Published
6 December 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
4 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1737
Location
Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
معرة النعمان
In a major civilian casualty event, up to 38 civilians including as many as 11 children died and dozens more were wounded when alleged Russian or Assad regime warplanes struck a major vegetable market in the town of Maarat al Numan. Sources said that the strike occurred at 2.45pm, when the market - which also…
Summary
Published
4 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
33–38
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2016
Incident Code
CS401
Location
Kabish Gharbi, Raqqa, Syria
كبش غربي
A single source reported civilian casualties following an alleged Coalition raid at Khabish Gharbi. According to Smart News, “one civilian was killed and others wounded in coalition raids on the village of Kabish Gharbi north of Raqqa.” In an emailed response to a report submitted by Airwars on this and other incidents in December 2016,…
Summary
Published
4 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1738
Location
Al Sukkari neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
حي السكري
Between five and eight civilians died and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime air and artillery strikes on Aleppo's Al Sukkari neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. The lowest death count was give as five civilians - with seven more wounded - by the White Helmets. According…
Summary
Published
4 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
7–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1739
Location
Al Fardous neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
حي الفردوس
Local media reported that a mother and her three children died in Aleppo's Al Fardous neighbourhood. The majority of sources blamed a Russian airstrike, however, there was also a claim that a tank shell caused the deaths. Husseintalal reported that "a baby girl lost her father, mother and brothers by aerial bombardment of the Russian…
Summary
Published
4 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1734
Location
Al Maghayer neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
حي المغاير
Three civilians died and several more were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime strikes on Aleppo's Al Maghayer neighbourhood, according to local media. The Syrian Network for Human Rights was among sources blaming Russia. However, the BBC pointed to the regime, reporting: "The armed opposition said government aviation continued its raids on the eastern…
Summary
Published
4 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1735
Location
Urma al Sughra village, Aleppo, Syria
قرية أورم الصغرى
Local media reported that three children died and an unspecified number of other civilians were injured in an airstrike on Urma al Sughra village. However, only one source - Halab News - explicitly blamed Russia, reporting the use of bunker-busting missiles. Other sources did not apportion blame.
Summary
Published
4 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1736
Location
Kafir Nabil, Idlib, Syria
حي الشعاكفرنبل
Up to 26 civilians - 23 of whom were named - died and dozens more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on a popular market in Kafir Nabil, according to sources on the ground. Reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. Aljazeera pointed…
Summary
Published
4 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
23–26
Civilians reported injured
12–36
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 December 2016
Incident Code
CI360
Location
Mosul, Noor, Nineveh, Iraq
حي النور
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian near Mosul. Their February 2017 civilian casualty report noted "During a strike on ISIL fighters firing a mortar on partnered forces it is assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed." The incident appears to refer to an event at…
Summary
Published
3 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 December 2016
Incident Code
CI359
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
At least nine civilians, including women and children, were reported killed and several others wounded due to an alleged Coalition strikes, according to several local sources. Yaqein reported that the Coalition killed 21 civilians, mostly women and children and wounded ten others included 7 children. A source told Yaqein that “the bombing focused on the areas…
Summary
Published
3 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
9–21
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 December 2016
Incident Code
LC051
Location
Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت
On December 2nd, Mohamed Lajnef posted pictures of two injured children on Facebook, saying they had been liberated from ISIS. On December 5th Libya’s Channel reported Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous rescued over a hundred children and women from ISIS, some of the children severely injured. It showed pictures of two children: one is the same depicted in…
Summary
Published
2 December 2016
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
2 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1732
Location
Orme al Kubra, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
أورم الكبرى
Two or three civilians including a child and a woman died and up to five more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Orme al Kubra, according to local media. LCCSY reported that a child and a woman died in a Russian airstrike. Syria News Desk, however, put the death toll at three (including…
Summary
Published
2 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2016
Incident Code
TS017
Location
Al Baraziya village, Aleppo, Syria
بزاعة
Syria News Desk reported that a child was killed and other members of their family injured in a Turkish artillery strike on Al Baraziya. According to the local agency: "A child was killed and four other civilians were wounded, all of them from one family, this afternoon, by Turkish artillery targeting Al Baraziya village east…
Summary
Published
1 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2016
Incident Code
RS1731
Location
Anadan, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
عندان
Several civilians died and were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, local media reported. According to Halab News, "Russian enemy planes targeted the city of Anadan in the northern Aleppo countryside this morning [Dec 1st] with several raids, leading the martyrdom of several people and the injury of others - along with material damage".…
Summary
Published
1 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2016
Incident Code
CI358
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Fifteen civilians were reported killed and 8 wounded in an alleged Coalition raid, according to local sources. Yaqein said that 15 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a Coalition strike that hit homes. Iraqi Spring Media Center also reported that 15 civilians were killed and that 8 were injured. They too blamed the…
Summary
Published
1 December 2016
Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1728
Location
Bab al Nairab neighbourhood, Aleppo [seems to be road between bab al Nayrab and Jib al Qibba], Aleppo, Syria
حي باب النيرب
In a large-scale civilian casualty incident, referred to as "a massacre", between 17 and 28 civilians, including multiple families, died in alleged Russian or Assad regime air and/or artillery strikes on Aleppo's Bab al Nairab, on what looks to be road between bab al Nayrab and Jib al Qibba. Multiple sources said that the strikes…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
17–28
Civilians reported injured
12–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1729
Location
Al Mayssar neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
حي الميسر
Between three and five civilians died in alleged Russian air or artillery strikes on Aleppo's Al Maysar neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. Several sources reported the use of cluster bombs. On November 29th, Shof reported: "Activists said cluster bombs targeted the neighborhoods of Qatraji, al-Myaser, Dhahra Awwad and Al Mouasalat. The civil defense…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1724
Location
Al Salheen neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
حي
Between four and nine civilians including a child died in alleged Russia or Assad regime air and/or artillery strikes on Aleppo's Al Salheen neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. AleppoAMC said that nine had died 9 in "air raids and artillery shelling". LCCSY pointed towards Russia, while the Syrian Network for Human Rights attributed…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1725
Location
Karam al Bayk neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
حي كرم البيك
AleppoAMC reported that three civilians died in "air and artillery shelling" in Aleppo's Karam al Bayk neighbourhood - but didn't specify the culprit of the civilian harm. According to LCCSY, "by the end of Tuesday 29/11/2016 the LCCSY documented the deaths of 85 martyrs in Syria including 16 children and 10 women: 54 martyrs in Aleppo…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1730
Location
Al Ansari neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
حي الانصاري
AleppoAMC reported that eight civilians died from "air and artillery shelling" in Aleppo's Al Ansari neighbourhood, though it didn't specify the culprit. According to @friend_sy "helicopters targeted the vicinity of Zarzur hospital in Al-Ansari district in Aleppo, the only hospital remaining in the besieged neighborhoods of Aleppo, and destroyed an ambulance". A number of other sources…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
CI354
Location
Rawa [exact location], Al Anbar, Iraq
راوة
At least 10 members of one family were reported killed by an alleged Coalition raid, according to local sources. Iraqi Spring reported that a man, a woman and 8 children from a single family were killed by a Coalition attack on civilian homes in Rawa. Several other outlets also reported between 9-10 dead from the…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
CI355
Location
Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Sixteen civilians, including women and children, were killed in the alleged Coalition raid in the south of Mosul, according to a single source – Iraqi Spring Media Center. Amsiraq published pictures of damaged buildings in south Iraq which it said had been caused by Coalition and government shelling. There was no mention of civilian casualties.…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
CI356
Location
Mosul, industrial district, Nineveh, Iraq
الصناعة
According to one or two sources reported that civilians were killed or injured by targeting industry neighbourhood inside Mosul followed the alleged Coalition airstrikes. Other sources said the casualties occurred were amongst ISIL fighters. No additional details are presently known. In their June 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
CI357
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians near Mosul. Their January 2017 civilian casualty report noted "During a strike on ISIL fighters it is assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed when they entered the target area just prior to the munition’s impact." This incident may…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
CS400
Location
Al Rahiat, Raqqa, Syria
الرحيات
Four civilians were reported killed and between 8 and 12 injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Rahiat. In a detailed report, Syria News said that “two children and their parents were killed and 12 other civilians were injured after midnight, due to international coalition targeting of al Rahiat village under the control of…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
8–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1726
Location
Kafr Zita neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
كفرزيتا
Local media named six people killed in an alleged Russian or Assad regime air or artillery strike in Kafr Zita - though most sources said that the victims were fighters. According to several reports. The Step News Agency reported that "Russian fighter jets renewed their bombardment of areas of Hama north Tuesday evening 29th of November…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–8
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1727
Location
Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
خان شيخون
Three civilians from one family - a man, his wife and his son - died and two other children from the family were wounded in an airstrike on Khan Sheikhoun, according to soirces on the ground. Egypt Today: "On Monday, at least eight raids were carried out on areas in the town of Khan Sheikhan…
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1723
Location
Maarat al Ni’ssan, Idlib, Syria
معارة النعسان
Several local sources reported the death of one civilian and wounding of several more in alleged Russian airstrikes on Maarat al Ni’ssan. According to LCCSY, "a martyr fell and several civilians were injured in the town of Maarat al Ni’ssan north of the city [Idlib] after it was targeted with air raids by Russian warplanes."
Summary
Published
29 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1718
Location
Al Shi’ar neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
الشعار
Between seven and 12 civilians including children and women died and dozens more were wounded in air or artillery strikes on Aleppo's Al Shi’ar neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. Reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime caused the civilian harm, though multiple reports mentioned the use of cluster bombs and missiles.…
Summary
Published
28 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2016
Incident Code
CS399
Location
Al Hissiyan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
منطقة الحسيان
One to two civilians were reported killed in a Coalition strike on the al Hussian area of the al Bukamal desert. One young male civilian victim was named as Ahmad Fahid Hamoud (or al Kijja/ Kajia). Syria 2011 named Mohammad Fahid as killed – who may or may not be the same person. Only Euphrates…
Summary
Published
28 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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