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Incident Date

15 November 2021

Incident Code

RS4668

Location

كفرنوان, Kafr Noran, Aleppo, Syria
At least two civilians, a child and his mother, were killed and four to five others, including three to four other children and a man, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the village of Kafar Noran on November 15, 2021. According to Hasakah News, a woman and her child were killed…

Summary

Published
15 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

14 November 2021

Incident Code

RS4667

Location

تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
Two to four people were injured as a result of artillery sheling by the Syrian regime or Russian forces in Taftanaz, east of Idlib on Novemebr 14th 2021.  Local sources reported that this attack was with Krasnopol missiles. Three of those injured were possibly employed by or members of the police force as local sources…

Summary

Published
14 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

13 November 2021

Incident Code

USYEMBi004-C

Location

عقبة امقوة, Aqba Amkawa, Shabwa, Yemen
At least one civilian was killed and another civilian, a woman, was injured in alleged Saudi Coalition or US drone strikes on the Olaya Markha district of Shabwa governorate. Sources were conflicted about whether the other two to three people killed and two to three people wounded were civilians or members of Al Qaeda. A Facebook…

Summary

Published
13 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military actors reported killed
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

13 November 2021

Incident Code

USYEMBi003

Location

حدبى ال عوشان, Hadba Al Aushan, Shabwa, Yemen
At least one person, identified as an Al-Qaeda affiliate, was killed in alleged US drone strikes on the Al-Hadba area in the Wadi Marib district of Yemen the afternoon of November 13, 2021. A post from Hudhud Sabaa news alleged that a US drone strike targeted an Al-Qaeda affiliate from Al-Dhalea’s Al-Dhalea district in Hadbaa Al-Aushan.…

Summary

Published
13 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 November 2021

Incident Code

RS4666

Location

أطراف معرة مصرين, vicinity of Ma'aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including three children and a woman, were killed and six others, including two children, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on a home for displaced people in Ma'aret Misrin on November 11, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, five civilians, including three children and a woman, were killed and six…

Summary

Published
11 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture (Livestock)
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 November 2021

Incident Code

TS478

Location

الهلالية, al-Hilaliya, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least three civilian men, including a 70 year old man, were killed in alleged Turkish drone strikes on a vehicle in the al-Hilaliya neighborhood in the city of Qamishli on November 9, 2021. The North Press Agency reported that three people were killed in a Turkish drone strike in the al-Hilaliya neighborhood in the city of…

Summary

Published
9 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery, Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

8 November 2021

Incident Code

CS1971

Location

فنيجين, Fenijin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one man was killed, another person was injured, and four people were arrested in an alleged Coalition airstrike and Syrian Democratic Forces ground operation in Fenijin on November 8, 2021. The status of the man killed and the person injured as a civilian is contested by local sources. Zaman Al Wasl quoted local…

Summary

Published
8 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 November 2021

Incident Code

CS1970

Location

الصبحة, Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one man was killed in an alleged Coalition and Syrian Defense Forces airdrop operation in the town of Al-Sabha on November 8th, 2021. Sources were conflicted as to whether the man killed was a civilians or a militant. According to Euphrates Post, the Coalition and the Syrian Defense Forces carried out an airdrop…

Summary

Published
8 November 2021
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition, YPG
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Incident Date

7 November 2021

Incident Code

CS1969

Location

جرابلس, Jarablus, Aleppo, Syria
Up to three people were killed and up to three others were injured in alleged Coalition drone strikes in the city of Jarablus on November 7, 2021. Among the victims killed by the strikes, two of them were identified as being militants. Shaam News reported that according to the "Media Office in the city of…

Summary

Published
7 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 November 2021

Incident Code

RS4665

Location

شادرني, Shaderni, Idlib, Syria
A least one civilian man was injured in alleged Russian strikes on the Shaderni area, Syria, on November 6, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a civilian was seriously injured and a number of cows were killed when Russian planes bombed a farm in the Shaderni area. The White Helmets rescued the injured and…

Summary

Published
6 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture (Livestock)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 November 2021

Incident Code

YS119

Location

قرف مغار, Qerf Maghar, Aleppo, Syria
At least two girls were killed and three to four children were injured in alleged SDF shelling or unknown unexploded ordinances in the village of Qerf Maghar on November 2, 2021. Zaman Al Wasl reported that two girls were killed and four other children were seriously injured in an unknown explosion in the village of "Qerf…

Summary

Published
2 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

1 November 2021

Incident Code

RS4664

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
Between one and three civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling outside of Kansafra on November 1, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a young man was seriously injured in artillery shelling that targeted workers while they were harvesting the olive crop outside of Kansafra. The injured man was taken to…

Summary

Published
1 November 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2021

Incident Code

CS1968

Location

الصبحة, Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A male civilian, co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, was shot and killed by alleged Coalition forces and/or Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in on October 27, 2021. According to a tweet from @Sada_AlSharqieh, a media organization covering Eastern Syria, Samer Al-Abdullah, the co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, in charge of running the…

Summary

Published
27 October 2021
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition, YPG
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Incident Date

27 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4663

Location

جمعية شام الخير, Sham Al Khair Assocation, Idlib, Syria
One civilian, a child, was killed and up to ten other civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike, during a raid on October 27th 2021, which struck an IDP camp in Termanin, in the northern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Whilst Al Souria Network's correspondent reported that in a…

Summary

Published
27 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2021

Incident Codes

TS477 CS1967

Location

العدوانية, Al Adwania, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to four men were killed in Coalition airstrikes or shootings with the alleged assistance of Turkish forces in the village of Al Adwania on October 25, 2021. One of the men, Abu Hamza Al-Shuhail, was identified as an arms dealer while sources were conflicted as to whether the other men were civilians or militants.…

Summary

Published
25 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Turkish Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

23 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4661

Location

دير سنبل, Deir Sunbol, Idlib, Syria
Several injuries were reported after Russian or Syrian regime forces' targeted a olive harvest with "heavy" artillery and missiles in the outskirts of the village of Deir Sunbal, south of Idlib, Syria. Syria Civil Defense said that "artillery of the regime and Russia targeted workers while harvesting the olive crop on the outskits of Dersanbel"…

Summary

Published
23 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4660

Location

دارة عزة, Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians, including a woman and two of her children were injured, as a result of Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling on residential neighbourhoods in the city of Darat Izza, west of Aleppo, Syria, on October 23rd 2021.      

Summary

Published
23 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4662

Location

معرة مصرين, Ma'aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
An 11-year-old child was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Ma'aret Misrin, Syria, on October 23, 2021. Alaraby News quoted the Syrian Civil Defense, who reported that an 11-year-old was injured when Russian and regime forces bombed a "fodder depot and a sawmill in the southern farms of the city of Maarat Misrin"…

Summary

Published
23 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture (Storage, Equipment / Machinery, Agricultural Land), Residential
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 October 2021

Incident Code

TS476

Location

كوباني‎, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria
Two people were killed and three others were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on Kobani on a vehicle on October 20, 2021. Sources were conflicted as to whether the people killed were civilians or militants while the three injured were reported to be civilians. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a Turkish drone…

Summary

Published
20 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

20 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4659

Location

اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
In what was widely referred to as a "massacre", at least 13 civilians were killed and over 30 wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on a marketplace in Ariha on October 20th 2021. Most sources said that as many as four children were killed in the strike that took place in the…

Summary

Published
20 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Commerce (Market)
Civilians reported killed
13–14
Civilians reported injured
30–63
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4658

Location

قوقفين, Qouqfin, Idlib, Syria
On 19th October 2021, one person was reportedly killed and several others were injured when a Russian or Syrian regime forces' attacked Qaqafin, in the "de-escalation zone", in southern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Multiple sources indicated that the attack was artillery shelling, using "several laser-guided Krasnopol missiles." There were reports that the number of civilians…

Summary

Published
19 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4657

Location

الطريق بين باب الهوى وسرمدا, Road between Bab Al Hawa and Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
Ten civilians were injured in the second incident of a strike on the Sarmada, reportedly carried out by Russian or Syrian regime forces, on October 16th, 2021. The strike represents a significant escalation of violence observed in the past month. Details of the first incident are archived under incident R4402 on the Airwars site. Syria…

Summary

Published
16 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4656

Location

سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
At least four people were killed and up to 23 others wounded in the first of two Syrian or Russian artillery or airstrikes in one of the most populated cities in Idlib, Sarmada, on October 16th 2021. One of those killed was reported to be police chief Saad Eddin Berri; sources said it was likely…

Summary

Published
16 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
13–23
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 October 2021

Incident Code

CS1966

Location

الزر, Al Zir, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one young man was killed in an alleged Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces operation in the village of Al Zir on October 16, 2021. According to Euphrates Post, five people were arrested in a security operation carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with the support of the Coalition: Muhammad Khader Al-Rathi, Ayman Khader…

Summary

Published
16 October 2021
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition, YPG
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Incident Date

12 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4655

Location

كفر عمة, Kafr Amma, Aleppo, Syria
At least five children were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling in Kafr Anna, Syria on October 12th 2021. Two sources mentioned another civilian was also injured; one source mentioned that a woman and a man were injured alongside four children. The names of the children were widely reported as: Mahmoud Khalil, 10…

Summary

Published
12 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 October 2021

Incident Code

YS118

Location

الدايس, Al Dabes, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and three civilians, including up to two women, were killed and between two and nine others, including two women and a child, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling or missile strikes on the village of Al Dabes on October 11, 2021. The Aleppo correspondent for @HalabTodayTV reported that a civilian was…

Summary

Published
11 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date

11 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4654

Location

التفاحية, Al Tuffahiya, Idlib, Syria
At least three civilians were killed and others were injured, one seriously, in alleged Russian or regime strikes with Kornet missiles and/or thermal missiles on the village of Al-Tuffahiya on October 11, 2021. Zaman Al Wasl reported that three civilians were killed and another one was wounded in regime and Russian militia strikes with a "Kornet"…

Summary

Published
11 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 October 2021

Incident Code

TI074

Location

سيدان, Sidan, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Between one and two people, including a woman, were killed and two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on Saydani village on October 9, 2021. The majority of sources refer to all of the casualties from the incident as civilians except BasNews, which identified two Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) fighters as being killed.…

Summary

Published
9 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

8 October 2021

Incident Code

RS4653

Location

معارة النعسان, Maarat al-Naasan, Idlib, Syria
Between three and four civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime shelling of the town of Maarat al-Naasan on October 8, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, three civilians were injured, one critically, in shelling on the town of Maarat al-Naasan by the regime and Russia. They added that their volunteers inspected the area…

Summary

Published
8 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2021

Incident Code

USSOM344

Location

Garbahaarey, Gedo, Somalia
An unknown number of casualties among militants resulted from alleged Somalia forces with the assistance of US airstrikes/drone strikes on October 7, 2021. Harun Maruf a journalist with Voice of America reported that the Somali military in collaboration with international security partners carried out airstrikes on four militant camps, destroying them. At the time there…

Summary

Published
7 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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