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Incident Date
28 January 2018
Incident Code
RS2934
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria
Two raids killed as many as two civilians in Kafr Nabil, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to Russia, while Violations Documentation Centre amongst others blame the Syrian regime. According to media, as many as ten civilians were also injured in the raids, including three…
Summary
Published
28 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2018
Incident Code
RS2935
Location
مصطفى الشيخ, Mustafa Sheikh, Idlib, Syria
As many as two civilians were killed and others were injured in airstrikes on Mustafa Sheikh, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. There is confusion over whether one adult male died or one child. No sources point to two civilian deaths, however some sources differed while…
Summary
Published
28 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2018
Incident Code
RS2936
Location
معرةالنعمان, Ma'arat Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
Between five and seven civilians were killed, and dozens were injured, in airstrikes on Ma'arat Nu'man, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the raids. Many blamed Russia, while some media reported that the Syrian regime were responsible. Sources reported that C5 missiles struck the residential homes in…
Summary
Published
28 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2018
Incident Code
RS2933
Location
كفرزيتا, al Sayyad street. Kafr Zeita, Hama, Syria
A woman was killed and several others were injured in airstrikes on Kafr Zeita, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russian for the raids. Step reported that "A woman was killed and a number of people were injured as a result of Russian air strikes targeting the town of Kafr…
Summary
Published
28 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2018
Incident Code
RS2937
Location
سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
Nine civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, in airstrikes which hit a residential neighbourhood in Saraqeb in the morning, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russian warplanes for the airstrikes. According to sources, warplanes and helicopters hit the vicinity with more than 40 raids, with four explosive barrels.…
Summary
Published
28 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
16–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2018
Incident Code
TS133
Location
حج خليل, Haj Khalil village, Rajo district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Two or more civilians died in an alleged Turkish shelling of Haj Khalil village, according to local media. A number of sources referred to the event as “a horrific massacre”. Rumaf reported that “children and elderly” were targeted in the attack. According to Military Council for Manbij and surrounding area [SDF], which published graphic images…
Summary
Published
28 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2018
Incident Code
YS010
Location
الريحانية, Al Rihaniya, Hattai, Syria
Up to five civlians were wounded in an alleged rocket attack by YPG forces in Al Rihaniya, according to local media. A child was reported harmed “by a shell fired by PYD terrorists from the Syrian town of Afrin on the border town of Rihaniyah,” according to The News of Syrians in Turkey. The site…
Summary
Published
27 January 2018
Civilians reported injured
1–5
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Incident Date
27 January 2018
Incident Code
TS130
Location
جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that nine civilians were injured in the Jinderes area of Afrin Canton. In a report shared with Airwars, nine injured civilians were named - listed below. The source Rodi Sad reported that a Turkish warplane struck a mosque in Jinderes. It published images showing destruction of the building but made…
Summary
Published
27 January 2018
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2018
Incident Code
TS131
Location
راحو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that six adult male civilians were injured in the Rajo area of Afrin Canton. In a report shared with Airwars, six adults were named as injured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it also “monitored the continued Turkish forces shelling in areas of Afrin countryside. The bombing focused…
Summary
Published
27 January 2018
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2018
Incident Code
TS132
Location
Unknown, Syria
Free Afrin published a picture of a dead man, reporting that “this image is the result of the bombing of the Turkish occupation”. However, an image search showed this photo was first published on the Syrian Media Organisation on a November Facebook post [archived] on November 27th 2017. Airwars has therefore discounted the event as…
Summary
Published
27 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2018
Incident Code
RS2932
Location
الكنايس أو الكنائس, Kanayes or Kana'es, Idlib, Syria
A man and a woman were killed, and one other was injured in airstrikes which hit the vicinity of Kanayes or Kana'es, according to local media. Sources all blamed Russian warplanes for the raids. The bombardement 'targeted the village of churches" in Kanayes or Kana'es with napalm bombs, and RPG's - according to local media.…
Summary
Published
26 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2018
Incident Code
TS127
Location
معبطلي, Ma'abatli village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Between seven and nine civilians from one family died in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Ma’abatli village, according to sources on the ground. The family were reportedly from the city of Idlib. Local media said that three of them remained under the rubble. The story of the family’s death formed the basis of an article…
Summary
Published
26 January 2018
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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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
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
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
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
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
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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