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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1579
Location
Afrin, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
عفرين
Between five and 12 civilians were killed, and up to 50 more were wounded in an airstrike which struck a food convoy in Afrin, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the raids. Some held Russia accountable, others reported the warplane was unidentifiable, and one source blamed Turkey. Images…
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Civilians reported injured
24–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1580
Location
Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
كفرناها
A father, son and the sister of the father were killed in an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Kafr Naha, Aleppo - although sources were conflicted as to who was responsible - with some sources not even identifying the aircraft. According to reports, residential buildings were stuck and many of them were badly damaged…
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1575
Location
Darat Izza, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
دارة عزة
Between one and two civilians were killed in al alleged Russian airstrike on Darat Izza. All sources blame Russian warplanes for the strikes. According to sources, cluster bombs, parachute missiles and rockets were launched on the town. Additionally, reports suggest there was much material damage. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1581
Location
Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
خان شيخون
Five civilians - a woman and her four children - died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun. Most sources blamed the Assad regime, though there were also allegations against Russia. According to SMO, "Russian occupation aircraft on Sunday carried out a horrific massacre in the town of Khan Sheikhan in the village…
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1576
Location
Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria
دوما
One named civilian died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Douma, according to sources on the ground. @mahe35 and LCCSY reported that one civilian was killed in a Russian strike. One victim was named by @yasserdouma. It should be noted that while two sources attributed the civilian harm to Russia, the remainder didn't identify the…
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
CI334
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
A coalition airstrike allegedly killed three civilians in Seada village in western Anbar, According to multiple sources. Several local outlets reported the deaths of three civilians from Coalition bombings. Al Qiam news named two victims as.
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Codes
TS007 CS371
Location
Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
مدينة الباب
One or two civilians were reported killed and three injured in ‘Coalition’ strikes on Al Bab. However, other reports claimed that Turkey and its FSA allies may have been responsible. Sky News reported that Turkish tanks were advancing on Al Bab, while France 24 described Turkish airstrikes on the city. Reporting casualties, Halab News said…
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
CI335
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Five people, including 3 children and a woman, were killed following the alleged Coalition airstrike according to local accounts, including ISIL-controlled media. ISIL controlled Al-A’amaq reported that US airstrikes killed three children and a woman and a man, and a further eight children and four women were injured. More than five other reports, including one by the…
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
8–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
TS008
Location
Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Various sources reported intense attacks by Turkish and FSA forces on Al Bab in a push to oust ISIS from the city. The only source which reported civilian casualties was the ISIS-affiliated propaganda outlet Al A'amaq: "One dead and three civilians injured, one of them in a critical condition. following Turkish artillery bombardment of the…
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
CI336
Location
Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
A father told the Norwegian Refugee Council that 3 family members were killed and mother and 2 children were badly burnt when their home in Eastern Mosul was shelled. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 November 2016
Incident Code
CS372
Location
Hazima-al Tabyad road, Raqqa, Syria
طريق حزيمة - تل أبيض
A family of four was reported killed when their car was struck in an alleged Coalition airstrke on the Hazime-Tal Abiyad road. Sadaa al Sham cited local sources as saying that “Coalition aircraft targeted a car belonging to displaced people on the road between Hazima and Tal Abiyad north of the city of Raqqa, killing…
Summary
Published
13 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 November 2016
Incident Code
LC048
Location
Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
قنفودة
A man was killed and three of his daughters injured in an airstrike – with some reports suggested two were in fact killed. Ean Libya reported the death of a man and the wounding of two children when airstrikes hit the Ganfouda area of Benghazi. It reported that the voices of two girls could be…
Summary
Published
12 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
12 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1574
Location
Al Qasr Village, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
قرية القصر
A woman and a child were killed and seven others were injured, including five children and two women, following an alleged Russian raid on a refugee camp in Al Qasr Village, Aleppo. All sources have blamed Russian warplanes for the cluster bombs which struck the refugee camp for displaced peoples in the evening of the 12th…
Summary
Published
12 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1570
Location
Iftrees, Damascus, Syria
افتريس
A child was killed and several other civilians wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Iftrees, sources on the ground reported. According to @Doumarevolutio1, there was an aerial bombardment which consisted of two raids on the town. All sources point to Russian warplanes. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
11 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1571
Location
Tarmala, Idlib, Syria
ترملا
In a single source claim, Syrian News Desk reported that Syrian regime and Russian warplanes struck and killed a civilian, wounding two others in the village of Tarmala. According to the source, both warplanes targted Idlib in the same day with more than seven missile strikes including the use of spatial cluster bombs, which led…
Summary
Published
11 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 November 2016
Incident Code
CS370
Location
Khaniz Janoubi, Raqqa, Syria
خنيز جنوبي
A reported Coalition airstrike on an ISIL ‘police facility’ also killed a named civilian non-combatant. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, Ali al Awwad al Rahil died when his home was struck during the raid. However a local media activist claimed he died as a result of “YPG Kurdish militia targeting of his home while…
Summary
Published
11 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2016
Incident Code
CI333
Location
Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Airwars’ Iraq researcher met three young victims of violence in eastern Mosul at an evacuation centre. The three children were all boys aged between 10-11 years. Two were brothers who had been injured by an unidentified explosion outside their home in eastern Mosul on November 14th. The third said he had been injured by an…
Summary
Published
11 November 2016
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1573
Location
Al Jamilia camp, north of Jisr al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria
جسر الشغور مخيم الجميلية
One woman died and as many as dozens more civilians were wounded in an airstrike by an unidentified belligerent on the Al Jamilia camp for displaced persons, north of Jisr al Shoughour, in Idlib, according to sources on the ground. Step blamed a drone strike. The source reported: "A woman was killed and two other civilians were…
Summary
Published
11 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1568
Location
Vicinity of Jisr al-Shogour, Idlib, Syria
محيط جسر الشغور
One woman was killed and two others were injured by an alleged bombardment by either an unidentified warplane or an unmanned drone, in a targeted attack on a camp for displaced peoples in the countryside of Jisr al-Shogour in Idlib. Sources have not identified the warplane as Russian, however, due to alleged Russian activity in…
Summary
Published
11 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1569
Location
Anadan, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
عندان
One adult male civilian was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in Anadan, Aleppo. There are no reports on any injured civilians. All four sources blamed Russian warplanes for the event. However, a single source claimed that the victim was killed on the 9th of November 2016, whereas the others report he was killed on…
Summary
Published
11 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1572
Location
Kafr Dael, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
كفر داعل
Between four and ten civilians were killed and up to 30 more were wounded, some critically, in airstrikes targeting Kafr Dael, Aleppo, described as "systematic bombing" by one report. According to sources, two of the victims were from the same family. There is confusion as to who is the blame for the alleged raids, with…
Summary
Published
11 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Civilians reported injured
12–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1567
Location
Nasib, Daraa, Syria
نصيب
An entire displaced family of 10 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded when three airstrikes struck temporary homes on the Nasib boarder crossing in the village of Darcaa, sources on the ground reported. Reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. According to sources, including one…
Summary
Published
10 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 November 2016
Incident Code
CI331
Location
Mosul, Hatra subdistrict, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
A UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: on 10 November: An airstrike hit Hatra subdistrict of Mosul. According to sources, between two civilians (children, aged seven and nine, respectively) and four civilians (two children and two women) were killed and nine other…
Summary
Published
10 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 November 2016
Incident Code
CI332
Location
Mosul, Hamam al Alil subdistrict, Nineveh, Iraq
حمام العليل
A UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: on 10 November: An airstrike reportedly hit Hamam al-Alil subdistrict of Mosul. Six members of one family (a married couple with four children) were killed and two other family members (a girl and a woman)…
Summary
Published
10 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1563
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
Between four and nine civilians were killed, including up to four children and two women, and dozens more were injured in alleged Russian and Syrian regime raids on Douma, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the airstrikes, with some attributing the blame to Russia, others to the Syrian regime,…
Summary
Published
10 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1564
Location
Saqba, Damascus, Syria
سقبا
Three civilians - a girl and two women - died and several more were wounded, following an air or artillery strike on Saqba - though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. Syrian Press Center reported that surface rockets were used in the attack, with other sources reporting…
Summary
Published
10 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1565
Location
Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
الأتارب
One civilian was killed in an airstrike on Al Atarib - however sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or Syrian regime warplanes were responsible. Additionally, some sources did not attribute blame at all. One source reported that phosphorous bombs and missiles were used. @HalabNewsN even specified the use of C5 missiles. However, @Thiqanewsagency argued that warplanes…
Summary
Published
10 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1566
Location
Rasim al Eis, Aleppo, Syria
رسم العيس
One unidentified woman was killed and dozens more civilians wounded in an airstrike on Rasim al Eis, according to sources on the ground. Most sources reported that Russian warplanes were responsible, however, Sky News was alone in blaming Syrian regime warplanes for the airstrike. One source suggested that only two people were injured in the airstrike,…
Summary
Published
10 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1562
Location
Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
دارة عزة
One civilian was killed and many others wounded in an airstrike which struck Darat Izza at approximately 6.00pm, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the raids, with some apportioning blame to Russian warplanes and others to the Syrian regime. One source reported the use of phosphorous bombs during…
Summary
Published
10 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 November 2016
Incident Code
CS368
Location
Khaniz al Salman, Raqqa, Syria
خنيز السلمان
The Step News Agency, reported "international coalition planes targeted at noon today, Wednesday 9th of November, the village of Khaniz in the northern Raqqa countryside. There's news about civilian casualties and a new massacre." Step went on to add that "coalition aircraft also launched an air raid targeting the IS security perimeter in the city…
Summary
Published
9 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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