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Incident Date
5 August 2016
Incident Code
LC038
Location
Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
قنفودة
An elderly man was reportedly killed in an LNA airstrike in Ganfouda, according to Emhona who reported the event on Twitter. He didn’t provide any further details. The LNA itself reported that its MiG-21 and a MiG-23 targeted the Shura Council in Ganfouda which reported five of its fighters died in an official statement on…
Summary
Published
5 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
4 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1101
Location
Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
كفر ناها
Up to four civilians died, including a woman and two children, in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Naha. According to Ara News, the warplanes launched strikes on the neighbourhood, “in an attempt to prevent the arrival of a new military Maazrat Army conquest of the region”. LCCSY reported that rockets were fired over the…
Summary
Published
4 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 August 2016
Incident Code
CI274
Location
Mosul, Baweiza, Nineveh, Iraq
بعويزة
An alleged Coalition airstrike in the Baoizh area of Mosul (or Bo’weza) reportedly killed a female child and injured four other civilians. According to NRN News, a Coalition strike killed a number of Daesh militants but also killed a number of civilians, including a little girl who died under the rubble.
Summary
Published
4 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1102
Location
Maarat al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
معرة الأتارب
Between four and six civilians including two children died and as many as 30 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian Regime airstrike on the two camps for displaced person near the town of Maarat al Atareb. Halab News Network reported there were no less than eight raids, with the use of cluster…
Summary
Published
4 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
10–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1100
Location
Heesh, Idlib, Syria
حيش
One adult male died in an airstrike on Heesh, Idlib, according to local media. According to Amagharib Today, he died on August 5th from injures he sustained in the attack. Only one source, the Violations Documentation Center, blamed Russia for his death. Other sources didn’t apportion blame and there are no other details present at…
Summary
Published
4 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1098
Location
Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
الأتارب
Local media reported that six civilians including two children died and up to 30 more non-combatants were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Atareb, which reportedly struck an aid convoy and several nearby camps for displaced people. On August 3rd 2016, Syrian News Desk reported that “Six civilians killed most of them are truck…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
5–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
LQ033
Location
Sirte, Surt, Libya
In an alleged friendly fire incident, a US strike in Sirte was reported to have accidentally killed 13 Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous members. According to Erem News, LNA spokesman Ahmed al-Mismari commented on the incident: “Colonel Ahmed al-Mismari reported the killing of 13 GNA soldiers in a US aircraft by mistake, which was targeting elements of Daesh…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1095
Location
Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
كفر حمرة
Alleged Russian shelling killed two civilians in Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, according to sources on the ground. According to Baladi News, a rocket was reportedly seen in the vicinity. Further to this, Smart News said that it was specifically a missile strike which killed two civilians and wounded six others. A number of sources didn’t identify…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1096
Location
Shaghuor, Idlib, Syria
شغور
The Violations Documentation Center named one adult male civilian, as killed by a Russian cluster bomb. While the source reports that the victim was from Shahour village, it’s unclear whether he was killed there. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
CI273
Location
Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
الحويجة
A single source reported the deaths of 10 civilians and the injuring of nine others in alleged Coalition and Iraqi government actions in and around Hawijah. According to Yaqein, international Coalition warplanes targeted, on Wednesday evening, the village of Albrglah and three areas in the district of Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk, killing ten civilians and…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1099
Location
Al Mansoura, Aleppo, Syria
المنصورة
Six named civilians died in an air or artillery strike on Al Mansoura in the western suburbs of Aleppo, local sources said. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, on “Wednesday evening 3 August 2016, alleged Russian warplanes carried out two airstrikes on the residential homes located in the northwestern areas of Al Mansoura…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
CS288
Location
Al Ratouniya, Aleppo, Syria
الراطونية
A reported Coalition strike in the Jazeera roundabout area of al Ratouniya village was said to have killed a 27-year old local named as Ziab the son of Obeid al Ziab. According to the Manbij Documentation Agency the body was recovered three days later: “The young man Ziab the son of Obeid al Ziab from…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1097
Location
Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
ﺣﻠﺐ
Between three and six civilians died in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime airstrike on Aleppo city, according to local media. According to multiple sources, a convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Aleppo was struck. LCCSY reported that “the rebels have made new progress today [Aug 3rd], gaining control of positions in the Aleppo countryside, while…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
LC037
Location
Sayeda Khadija, Darnah, Libya
السيدة خديجة
Two civilians were injured when the LNA bombed an ammunition depot in Derna, according to local sources. Ean Libya reported that two civilians were wounded – and two houses destroyed – in airstrikes in Derna. Almmlka reported that the LNA targeted weapons caches and that the attack also injured civilians. It named the injured as…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
CI272
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Multiple sources claimed that an alleged Coalition strike on the al Sanjak and Karabila areas of Al Qaim killed 45 children and a woman. However, no Coalition strikes were publicly reported in the vicinity. Yaqein reported that most of the civilians are still under the rubble caused by the intensity of the shelling and the…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
42–46
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1087
Location
Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
ﺣﻠﺐ
According to Syria News Desk, “three media opposition activists were killed yesterday while covering the fighting south of Aleppo, one of them a reporter for Step News agency. They were killed as a result of Russian warplanes targeting the building they were inside.” No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1089
Location
Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
الأتارب
Between 11 and 42 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on a popular market in Al Atarib, according to local media. Most sources blamed Russia, though there was some confusion in the reporting with the Syrian Network for Human Rights pointing to both Moscow and then the regime. Some other sources…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–42
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1090
Location
Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
حي السكري
According to sources, both Russian and Assad regime aircraft carried out missile attacks on Al Sukkari at noon on August 2nd 2016. Sources stated that not only artillery, but rocket launchers, missiles and a vacuum missile were used in the raid on the neighbourhood. Only one source reported that the aircraft was Russian. Multiple sources…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1091
Location
Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
كفرتخاريم
One woman died in an airstrike on Kafr Tkharim and the surrounding countryside on the August 2nd, according to sources on the ground. Most sources attributed the event to Russia, though one said that barrel bombs had been dropped on the area, meaning that regime involvement can’t be ruled out. LCCSY and Baladi Network both…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1092
Location
Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
سراقب
Russian and Assad regime helicopters allegedly dropped what were reportedly exploding chloride barrels on a residential neighbourhood in Saraqeb in Idlib at 23.20 on Tuesday August 2nd. The Shaam News Network reported that this attack was a “revenge for the killing of a number of Russian officers after their helicopter crashed in the vicinity of…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
10–33
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
USYEM269
Location
Al-Wadiah District, Abyan, Yemen
مديرية الوضيع، أبين
At least three children were killed and their parents were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a family home in the village of Al-Shemil in the district of Al-Wadiah, Yemen on August 2, 2016. Spanish news agency EFE reported that "at least three children died and their parents were wounded in an air strike on…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
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Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1093
Location
Tall Sultan, Idlib, Syria
تل سلطان
Following on from the deadly chloride attack on Saraqeb on August 2nd, Tal al Sultan village was also reportedly hit on the same day by alleged Russian and Assad regime warplanes. According to Syria Direct, these raids were part of the same wave of attacks which blanketed Idlib as part of a revenge attack. Al…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1094
Location
Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
سرمين
On August 2nd, the raids continued in Idlib, with alleged Russian and Syrian regime warplanes shelling a residential neighbourhood in Sermin, killing a further four civilians, sources on the ground reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, both warplanes and helicopters carried out the strikes. The Shaam News Network (SNN) reported that this…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1088
Location
Bdama, Idlib, Syria
بداما
One person died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bdama, according to local media. Photographic evidence from the Syrian Civil Defence showed the examination of what appears to be a Russian ballistic missile, containing cluster bombs.The director of the Civil Defence in Bdama reported that “the Russian barges struck Alchgrh village with a ballistic missile,…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 August 2016
Incident Code
CI271
Location
Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq
القائم
Local sources claimed that Coalition airstrikes had struck neighbourhoods in Qa’im City resulting in 9 civilian deaths – 5 children and 4 women- and 10 injuries. According to Iraq Spring, five homes were hit. ISIL’s media arm later issued a graphic video showing significant destruction at the scene and the bodies of four young children.…
Summary
Published
1 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1083
Location
Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
حي المرجة
Three civilians were killed and several others injured, including women and children, in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Marja, according to local sources. According to HNN Russian planes carried out several raids “leading to the death of three people and causing material damage”. The Shaam News Network reported that “activists said the…
Summary
Published
1 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1084
Location
Khan al Sheikh, Damascus, Syria
خان الشيح
Five civilians were killed and dozens more wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Khan al Sheikh, local media reported. According to Halab Today, “four civilians from one family were martyred following Russian air strikes targeting Khan al Sheikh camp for Palestinian refugees in the western Damascus countryside.” The Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
1 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
6–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1086
Location
Abu al Duhur, Idlib, Syria
أبو الظهور
More than 10 civilians were killed in alleged airstrikes in Abu al Duhur, close to the location of a downed Russian warplane, according to multiple sources. Reports are conflicted as to whether Russian or Assad regime forces were responsible for the deaths. Syria Newsdesk reported that “Russian warplanes targeted with more than 30 raids the…
Summary
Published
1 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
14–16
Civilians reported injured
2–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1085
Location
Bab al Nayrab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
حي باب النيرب
Three civilians were reported killed in an airstrike on Bab al Nairab on August 1st, 2016, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. LCCSY reported that three civilians were killed and several others wounded “due to the targeting of Bab Nairab neighbourhood…
Summary
Published
1 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1081
Location
Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
عندان
Four civilians died and seven others were wounded in airstrikes on Anadan, local sources said, though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Most of the sources, however, attributed the event to Russia. According to a Facebook post by Anadan Hospital, “Russian warplanes shelled the hospital with parachute…
Summary
Published
31 July 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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