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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3520
Location
كفردين, Kafridin, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed and three others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafridin in Idlib, Syria on September 4th, 2018. Fresh-syria news reported that "a number of civilians were martyred and others were injured today, Tuesday, as a result of the Russian aggression targeting with airstrikes the village of…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3521
Location
محمبل, Mhambel, Idlib, Syria
Up to eight civilians including at least two women from the same family were reported killed and many others injured including two children in alleged Russian airstrikes on a market, and on Baidarshmso village in Mhambel in Idlib, Syria on September 4th, 2018. @SyriaCivilDefe tweeted: "Three women were killed, and a man and two children…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Civilians reported injured
6–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3522
Location
فريكة, Furaykah, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed, and another injured in Furaykah town in Idlib, as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. Syrian TV reported that "a civilian was killed and his son was seriously wounded in Russian air strikes on the village of Furaykah in Idlib countryside." Macro…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3523
Location
الجانودية, Al-Janoudiya, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed and two others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al-Janoudiya in Idlib, on September 4th, 2018. @almo3tasem91 tweeted "Two martyrs and a number of wounded civilians in the village of Al-Janoudiya as a result of being targeted by several air strikes by Russian warplanes." Local sources…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3524
Location
البدرية, Al Badriya, Idlib, Syria
A woman was reportedly injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Badriya on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. Possibly, more civilians were killed and injured. @SyriaCivilDefe reported that "a woman was injured and a large number of civilian property was destroyed, after an aerial bombardment targeted the homes of civilians in…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3525
Location
بيدر شمسو, Baidar Shamso, Idlib, Syria
One woman was reportedly killed and several civilians, including three women, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Baidar Shamso, Idlib governorate, on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a civilian woman had been killed in airstrikes on Baidar Shamso. @SyriaCivilDefe reported that…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3526
Location
مُحافظة ادلب, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Two civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafr Dassen, Idlib Governorate, on September 4th, 2018, according to Step News Agency. Step wrote that "Russian warplanes launched intensive air raids targeting villages and towns of rural Idlib West and the western and northern and western countryside of Hama, since the…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 September 2018
Incident Code
LC087
Location
الفلاح, Al Falah, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and four people were reported killed because of artillery shelling on a refugee camp in Tripoli. Libya Alaan said that "two were killed and five wounded on Sunday after a shell fell on the Tawergha camp." Alkhal Altawerghi named the victims as Abu Bakr Mohammed Masoud Al Zamirli and his brother Khaled. Libya's…
Summary
Published
2 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
5–15
Military Actor
7th Brigade
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
1–30 September, 2018
Incident Code
LC093
Location
طرابلس, Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and four civilians were reported killed as a result of possible indiscriminate artillery shelling in and around Tripoli. The Tripoli wounded affairs administration posted on Facebook: "Statistics of the victims of the clashes that took place south of Tripoli on Thursday, 20 September 2018 Casualties: 11 deaths (5 civilians, 3 foreign workers, 3…
Summary
Published
1 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
0–17
Military Actor
7th Brigade
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
1 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3518
Location
حاس, Hass, Idlib, Syria
Between one and three medical staff members of the Nabd Al Hayat Hospital or Sham Hospital in the town of Hass were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on September 8th, 2018, according to local sources. @BonnieKipperman reported that the Sham hospital had completely run out of service due to barrel strikes by Syrian…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 August 2018
Incident Code
LC086
Location
طرابلس: فندق الودان, Tripoli: Al Wadan hotel, Tarabulus, Libya
On Friday, August 31, 2018, three civilians were reportedly injured from artillery shelling on the Al Wadan hotel in Tripoli, Libya. Sky News reported the hotel in the centre of Tripoli was bombed "indiscriminately", injuring at least three people amid fighting between rival militias aspiring to take power in the Libyan capital. The rocket hit…
Summary
Published
31 August 2018
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
7th Brigade
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
30 August 2018
Incident Code
LC085
Location
طريق المشتل, Arboretum Way, Tarabulus, Libya
Two children were reported killed by local sources as a result of indiscriminate artillery shelling in Tripoli. Our Libya Choice posted on Twitter that "two children were killed after a shell landed on the house of the ben Ashour family near of the Arboretum triangle in the area of Ain Zara in the vicinity of…
Summary
Published
30 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
7th Brigade
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Incident Date
28 August 2018
Incident Code
LC084a
Location
وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya
Three civilians, a woman and her two sons, were killed as the result of artillery shelling on Wadi al Rabie in Tajoura, according to Human Rights Watch. The NGO reported: "On August 28, a mortar shell landed on a house in Wadi Al-Rabie, killing a woman and her two sons, aged 6 and 10, according…
Summary
Published
28 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
7th Brigade
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
27 August 2018
Incident Code
USSOM143
Location
40 km southwest of Mogadishu, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
US forces carried out a strike on August 27th killing three alleged members of al Shabaab, US Africa Command declared two days later, The strike hit approximately 40 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu. The official statement read: "In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants approximately 40 kilometers…
Summary
Published
27 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
27 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1794
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, the Smart News Agency, reported that “a child and a person were killed by an SDF artillery bombardment on the town of Sousse”. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that SDF artillery targeted al Soussa, “causing material damage” – though it said there was no information on civilian harm at…
Summary
Published
27 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 August 2018
Incident Code
LC084
Location
صلاح الدين, Salaheddin, Tarabulus, Libya
A single source, Amr Fathalla, reported on Twitter that one civilian was killed in artillery shelling in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Tripoli. @AmrFatihalla listed Amer Faraj Ahmed, 60 years old, as dead as a result of indiscriminate shelling. In addition, Malik Amer Faraj, 18 years old, Saleh Ali al Fiel, 53 years old, and Juma…
Summary
Published
27 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
7th Brigade
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
26 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1793
Location
Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 23 civilian non combatants - including 18 women who were reportedly the wives of ISIS fighters on external missions - died along with seven ISIS guards in an alleged Coalition airstrike on an ISIS-held house (and perhaps others) in al Sha’afa, according to sources on the ground. One source added that a child…
Summary
Published
26 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
18–20
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1792a
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians and the injuring of a fourth in an event near Hajin. In its November 2018 monthly report, the alliance noted the following: "On Aug. 25, 2018, near Hajin Syria, via self-report. Coalition aircraft struck a known ISIS safe…
Summary
Published
25 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 August 2018
Incident Code
USSOM142
Location
46 km northeast of Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
US forces carried out a strike on August 21st, killing two al Shabaab fighters, according to a press release from US Africa Command. The strike hit approximately 46 kilometers northeast of Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia. The Command said it had assessed that no civilians were killed or injured in this strike. https://twitter.com/criticalthreats/status/1032373345973460995
Summary
Published
21 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
20–26 August, 2018
Incident Code
USSOM141-C
Location
Basra, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
An investigation by journalist Amanda Sperber identified a possible US airstrike near Basra around the time of Eid in August 2018, which allegedly killed between 10 and 12 members of the same family. Airwars has provided a relatively wide date range for this event, based on limited reporting. The investigation, published by The Nation in…
Summary
Published
20 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
16 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1792
Location
الباغوز فوقاني, Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that an unspecified number of civilians were wounded in airstrikes on Al Bagouz by Iraqi warplanes. Sound and Picture, Step News Agency and @Bukamal_Live all reported that “a number of civilians were wounded” by Iraqi warplanes. It is important to note that by this stage of the conflict, that Iraqi air and…
Summary
Published
16 August 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 August 2018
Incident Code
TI017
Location
سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
A former leader (Zaki Shankali) of the PKK in Sinjar reportedly died along with four Yazidi people in alleged Turkish airstrikes on their convoy in Sinjar at 5 p.m on August 15th, according to sources on the ground. The combat status of the Yazidi people is in question, however, as one source referred to them…
Summary
Published
15 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1791
Location
الباغوز فوقاني), Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four civilians died and several others were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Bagouz al Fawqani, according to local media. The Smart News Agency said: “Activists told Smart that the bombing killed four civilians and wounded others, including women and children, in addition to the killing of three members of ISIS. Some activists pointed…
Summary
Published
14 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 August 2018
Incident Code
USSOM140-C
Location
Vicinity of Baladul-Rahma and Geeshaan, near Basraa, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
In a major Amnesty International report on civilian harm in Somalia, published in March 2019, the NGO made passing reference to a civilian harm event on August 14th the previous year in the vicinity of Baladul-Rahma and Geeshaan, near Basraa. According to the report, "on 14 August 2018, the US military conducted additional air strikes…
Summary
Published
14 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
11 August 2018
Incident Code
USSOM139-C
Location
Leego, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Local reporters alleged that US and Somali forces had killed four civilians including a mother and child, during an operation in Leego. Caasimada alleged that the civilians were killed around midnight, by Somali troops accompanied by 'white US officers', and claimed that the attacking forces had flown there from a military base to the north.…
Summary
Published
11 August 2018
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
4
Military actors reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
10 August 2018
Incident Code
RS3516
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma Al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
In a major civilian casualty incident, up to 44 civilians, including five to 25 children, were reportedly killed in three consecutive airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Kubra. In total, sources recorded the names of 43 killed civilians. Multiple sources reported many injured, with estimates ranging between dozens to 70, with one earlier report…
Summary
Published
10 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
43–44
Civilians reported injured
6–70
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1790
Location
البوبدران, Medical clinic in Al Bubadran area between Al Soussa and Al Sha'afa villages, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians died and an unspecified number more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on a medical clinic between Al Sousse and Al Shaafa, according to local media. The Step News Agency, Shaam News Network and Sound were among sources reporting that a medical clinic was struck, along with other sites, as the Coalition reportedly…
Summary
Published
8 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1789
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Soussa, local media reported. The strike also reportedly killed an ISIS leader. According to the Step News Agency, “the International Coalition conducted a raid on the town of Soussa east of Deir al-Zour and there are reports of civilian casualties”. Zaman al Wasl reported that…
Summary
Published
7 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
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
6 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1788
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One child was killed and her mother was wounded in an airstrike on Al Sousse, local media said. Most sources blamed the US-led Coalition, though there was one allegation against the regime. According to the Syrian National Movement, “a female child was killed and her mother was injured by the International Alliance shelling the town…
Summary
Published
6 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1787
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa (possibly east of village), Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the village of al Sha’afa, local sources reported. According to Sound and Picture, “vehicles carrying displaced civilians” were struck by Coalition aircraft, resulting in “a number of wounded”. This was reiterated by Marsad al Hassaka. The Al Sha’afa Facebook page was the only source that…
Summary
Published
3 August 2018
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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