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Incident Date
26 January 2018
Incident Code
TS128
Location
راجو, Rajo village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Up to nine civilians died and dozens more were reportedly injured in alleged Turkish air and artillery strikes in Rajo village, according to local media. Reports from Free Afrin said that a family was struck by a reported Turkish strike – killing one civilian and injuring two more. While most sources initially reported the victims…
Summary
Published
26 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–9
Civilians reported injured
5–24
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2018
Incident Code
TS129
Location
جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported the death of one man and the injuring of six additional civilians in the vicinity of Jinderes. According to a report shared with Airwars, six additional persons were injured - they are listed below. According to the Smart News Agency, “The centre of the city of Jenderi cam under an…
Summary
Published
26 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2018
Incident Code
CS1718
Location
البحرة, Al Bahra village, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Thirty civilians allegedly died in Coalition airstrikes on Al Bahra village in the Deir Ezzor countryside, according to local sources. The original source for these claims appeared to be ISIS. @7UFCmSxd0IUBffH and other sources said that there were “more than 30 martyrs, most of them women and children, and injured civilians, in US air strikes…
Summary
Published
26 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
30
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 January 2018
Incident Code
TS125
Location
جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that one civilian boy died in the Jenderes area. A second man was reported injured. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
25 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 January 2018
Incident Code
TS126
Location
راحو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that one 18 year old civilian male died in the Rajo area. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
25 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
TS118
Location
راحو, Rajo village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One or two civilians died and several more were injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Rajo village, according to local media. The Smart News Network reported that “a woman was wounded by a Turkish air strike on the town of Raju in the Afrin area of Aleppo, north of the country, receiving treatment in…
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
TS119
Location
حمام, Hamam village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
On January 25th, Free Afrin – which published a picture of the victim – reported “the martyrdom of the citizen Hussein Hasek after yesterday’s injury as a result of shelling and firing by the Turkish occupation army on the village of Hamam in the countryside of Afrin”. However according to Rumaf “Hussein Hasek of Hamam…
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
TS120
Location
مالكية, Malikya village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Smart News reported that according to a military source, four civilians were injured after “Turkish shelling on the village of Malikya in Aleppo which is under the control of the Kurdish units.” Artafm News later added that "On Thursday, four artillery shells from the Turkish side landed on the outskirts of the village of Kharab…
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
TS121
Location
جمان, Jman village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Afrin Anhan reported that there were “civilian martyrs in a Turkish shelling of Jman village in Shiran district, Afrin”. Furthermore, according to Almanar, “a civilian was killed by Turkish artillery shells”. Other sources however did not report on any civilian casualties from this airstrike. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
TS122
Location
جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According to Rok online, “a father found his two children who were wounded days after they were displaced from the western town of Jenderes, west of Syria. Their convoy was targeted by the Turkish army and its Islamic militia. Ahmed Khallouf, a father of four children from Jandiers district, who fled to Afrin, said the…
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
TS123
Location
شيا عفرين, Shya, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that two civilian males were killed and five injured in the vicinity of Shya in Afrin canton. A report shared with Airwars, named the five injured men. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
TS124
Location
جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One woman was killed in an alleged Turkish strike on Jindires, according to multiple reports. The victim was named by multiple sources as 42-year-old Amina Sedak. Reports said that the victim had “special needs” and was “mentally impaired”. Most reports claimed "several wounded." There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
YS008
Location
عبلة غربي, A'bla Gharbi, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians were wounded two more possibly killed, along with one fighter from the Free Syrian Army, following the alleged shelling of a vehicle by the SDF at A’bla Gharbi, Al Bab, according to local sources. Fresh Syria instead said a civilian died in heavy machine gun fire from SDF forces. Afrin Battle News reported…
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
3–5
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
YS009
Location
كللس, Çalık Cami, Kilis, Hattai, Syria
Two or three civilians were killed and up to 13 more wounded including children in two alleged rocket attacks by the YPG which struck a mosque and a civilian home in Kilis in Hattai, Turkey, according to local media. Hurriyet reported that a rocket hit the historic Çalık Mosque on Cumhuriyet Street in Kilis at…
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
13–15
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
CS1717
Location
هجين, Hajeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three women died and several other civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Hajeen, according to local media. The three victims were named by Deir Ezzor 24 as Mansya Samir Al-Aswad; the wife of Eid Mansy Al Aswad; and the wife of Ali Mansy Al Aswad Some reports appear to have…
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
TS116
Location
Deir Jamal, Aleppo, Syria
RuMaf reported “shelling by the Turkish occupation aimed at the town of Deir Jamal, resulting in the damage to civilian property and the wounding of a civilian with shrapnel. He is in a critical condition. We are not publishing the photo as it’s too ugly.” Both Jin News and the Syrian Observatory reported on the…
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 January 2018
Incident Code
TS117
Location
Jamo village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Jamo, according to some sources. Afrin Anha reported: “The Turkish occupation continues to shell the houses of the residents of Afrin and its villages. The shelling of the village of Jama in the Shara area wounded 50-year-old Abdul Qader Hamo, who was seriously…
Summary
Published
24 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2018
Incident Code
TS111
Location
جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Up to seven civilians were killed and 49 named people were wounded in the reported Turkish bombing of Jindires in Afrin, according to local sources on the ground. Airwars was initially alerted to the casualty incident by the Afrin Now Facebook page, which detailed the reported casualties and some injured. On its Facebook page, the…
Summary
Published
23 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
49
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2018
Incident Code
TS112
Location
جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that four civilians were injured in the vicinity of Jenderes in Afrin canton. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
23 January 2018
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2018
Incident Code
TS113
Location
الهلالية, Al Hilalya neighbourhood of Al Qamishi, Al Hassakah, Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “two children were injured due to the falling of the shells, following firing at the SDF from the Turkish side”. Syria News claimed the children were killed. Smart News reported that “a shell fired from the Turkish city of Nisibin fell on the neighbourhood, which resulted in…
Summary
Published
23 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2018
Incident Code
CS1716
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 15 civilian including as many as seven women died in an alleged Coalition airstrike at a hospital in al Sha’afa, according to local media. Free Deir Ezzor put the death toll at 14 including seven women. It published photographs of ruins of “the hospital targeted by the Coalition”. According to the Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
23 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 January 2018
Incident Code
TS114
Location
شيا عفرين, Shya, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that four civilians including two children were injured in the vicinity of Shya in Afrin canton. YPG news reported Turkish bombing, but made no mention of civilian casualties. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
23 January 2018
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2018
Incident Code
TS115
Location
راجو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that one civilian male was killed and three people including a child were injured in the vicinity of Rajo in Afrin canton. A later private report by Rumaf named another civilian male who was killed on the same day in the same vicinity. There are no other details at this…
Summary
Published
23 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2018
Incident Code
RS2930
Location
الغدفة, Ghadfa, Idlib, Syria
A young man was killed and an unspecified number of others were wounded in airstrikes on Ghadfa, Syria, according to local media. Sources all attributed the blame to Russian warplanes. It is unclear whether the victim was a child or an adult male. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR), a high school…
Summary
Published
22 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
(
Secondary School
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2018
Incident Code
RS2931
Location
سنقرة, Sanqara, Idlib, Syria
As many as eight civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, in airstrikes which hit residential housing in Sanqara, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to Russia, while others blamed the Syrian regime. Images show what can only be described as a massacre, with the…
Summary
Published
22 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2018
Incident Code
TS107
Location
راس العين, Kotana, Afrin, Al Hassakah, Syria
The Smart News Agency reported that “three wounded civilians arrived at Rouge Hospital in the city of Ras al-Ain (about 70 km northwest of the city of Hassaka), including a woman and a 14-year-old boy who were injured by the Turkish army targeting the grain silos area in the city of Ras al-Ain with two…
Summary
Published
22 January 2018
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2018
Incident Code
YS005
Location
قريق خان, Qeireikhan, Hattai, Syria
One or two civilians died in an alleged rocket or mortar attack by the YPG on the Qeireikhan district in Hattai state, Turkey, according to local media – though there is some uncertainty over the combatant status of the victims. Turkish sources reported that the victims were civilians, while opposition forces claimed that they were…
Summary
Published
22 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
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Incident Date
22 January 2018
Incident Code
TS108
Location
راجو, Rajo district of Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians died and up to 14 more were wounded in an alleged Turkish airstrike on the Rajo district of Afrin, according to sources on the ground. Two victims were named by The Kurdish Red Crescent. ANF also reported that a Turkish strike killed “a civilian and injured his mother and sister who were in…
Summary
Published
22 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
9–14
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2018
Incident Code
YS006
Location
قيريقهان, Qeireikhan, Hattai, Syria
One woman was reported killed and two civilians injured in an alleged YPG strike at Qeireikhan, in southern Turkey – one of two incidents that day. The battle of Afrin New and News Flash Aleppo initially reported an unspecified number of dead and injured in an alleged YPG bombardment of Qeireikhan. Al Jazeera described the…
Summary
Published
22 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
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Incident Date
22 January 2018
Incident Code
TS109
Location
تل سلور, Tal Slour, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Two to three civilians were allegedly killed in Turkish airstrikes on Tal Slour, Jindires, Afrin. They were named by Afrin Now and the Kurdish Red Crescent. Kurdi Post said that the strike came after midnight, and that Mrs Suleiman’s seven year old son was also killed, while a 10 year old girl was injured. However according…
Summary
Published
22 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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