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Incident Date
2 June 2016
Incident Code
RS0834
Location
كفرجالس, Kafr Jaless farmlands, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians from one family died and several others were injured when farmlands at Kafr Jaless were hit with airstrikes, said reports by local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. According to Syrian Press Center, “Russian warplanes launched air strikes on houses…
Summary
Published
2 June 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
),
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 June 2016
Incident Code
RS0831
Location
حي خان العسل, Khan Al Assal (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians including one child died and five more were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Khan Assal, according to local sources. Orient News put the death toll at three and said that one of those killed was a child. It blamed Russia. Step News Agency also said that Russia was responsible, while SRG…
Summary
Published
1 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0828
Location
كفرتخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
Activists told the Shaam News Network that “Sukhoi 24 warplanes” carried out strikes on Kafr Takharim, killing two children and wounding other civilians. In a later news roundup it said that the aircraft were “believed to be Russian”. A number of other news reports, including from Qasioun News, also blamed Russia. But the Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
31 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 May 2016
Incident Codes
CS220 RS0830
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
As many as 15 civilians including at least three children reportedly died in Coalition airstrikes in support of a major Kurdish ground offensive against Daesh near Manbij. Citing the Syrian Observatory, Reuters noted that “U.S.-led air strikes in support of the ground operation [reportedly] killed 15 civilians including three children near Manbij in the past…
Summary
Published
31 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–15
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0829
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
It was reported that up to ten civilians died in air raids on Kafr Hamra. The majority of sources linked the event to both Russian warplanes and regime helicopters. LCCSY reported that one civilian died and others were injured following alleged Russian raids on the town. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that ‘warplanes’…
Summary
Published
31 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–10
Civilians reported injured
15–17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0827
Location
السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
A single source, LCCSY, reported that nine civilians were killed in Homs – “most of them in Russian airstrikes on Sukhnah city”. No further details are presently known.
Summary
Published
31 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0822
Location
اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria
Numerous sources, including LCCSY and Baladi News, reported that civilians had been wounded in an alleged Russian or regime strike on farms around Ltamenah city. LCCSY and the Damascus Coordination Committee blamed Russia, while Radio Al Kul said the regime was responsible. All other sources only cited unidentified ‘warplane strikes.’
Summary
Published
30 May 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0824
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
In a major civilian casualty incident, consecutive strikes were reported by local sources across the city of Idlib, targeting the National Hospital and other locations. Up to 60 civilians – including women and children – were reported killed and 200 more injured. Multiple sources attributed the incident to Russia, though there was some initial confusion…
Summary
Published
30 May 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
20–60
Civilians reported injured
24–200
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0823
Location
منظومة شام الإسعافية, Sham Aiding system Idlib, Idlib, Syria
A single source, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, reported that “alleged Russian fixed-wing warplanes targeted the Sham Aiding system in Idlib city. As a result one civilian was killed and four vehicles belonging to Sham aiding system were damaged in addition to damages to the nearby buildings.” AH Relief – which published pictures of…
Summary
Published
30 May 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0825
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A child was among at least three civilians killed – with others injured – in two alleged Russian airstrikes or regime artillery or helicopter strikes on the Al Sakhour neighbourhood of Aleppo. Shaam News Network published images from the neighborhoods of Al Sakhour and Tareeq al Bab following what it said were Russian strikes. According…
Summary
Published
30 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–18
Civilians reported injured
6–18
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0826
Location
الكوم, Al Kom, Homs, Syria
According to multiple local sources, Russian or regime airstrikes took place in Al Kom near the ancient city of Palmyra – killing at least five non-combatants. . The Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime, putting the death toll at seven non-combatants, including two women and two children. Al Jisr also blamed the regime.…
Summary
Published
30 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0820
Location
تل الضمان, Tal al Daman, Aleppo, Syria
Between six and ten civilians including one child and two women died – and 20 more people were injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike on a popular market in Tal al Daman according to local sources. Activists told the Shaam News Network that Russian warplanes used cluster bombs to strike the market. It put…
Summary
Published
29 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–10
Civilians reported injured
17–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0819
Location
الكبر, Al Kiber, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian male named as Sahir Attallah al Ayyad died from injuries sustained in a reported Russian airstrike on al Kiber “two months earlier.” No additional details are presently known, including the precise date of death.
Summary
Published
29 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0821
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
Between 13 and 15 civilians including two children died and 22 others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Manbij, according to two local sources. The media activist Ahmed al-Mohammad told Edorar that 13 civilians died in a Russian strike on buildings in the city, “emphasizing that four missiles targeted a three-storey residential…
Summary
Published
29 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–15
Civilians reported injured
22
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0818
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Multiple local sources reported Russian and Syrian regime raids on various parts of Aleppo, killing up to 17 civilians – including two or more children – and wounding others. In a news roundup, the Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes and helicopters had carried out raids with “vacuum missiles, cluster bombs and barrel bombs”…
Summary
Published
28 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0816
Location
الهلك, Huluk (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A member of the the White Helmets was reported killed and two ambulances destroyed in airstrikes or barrel bomb strikes on Hulluk and Bai’deen.
Summary
Published
28 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0817
Location
مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria
One unnamed civilian was reported killed and two or more injured in alleged regime (or possibly Russian) airstrikes on Maskaneh. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
28 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0813
Location
كلجبرين, Kaljibrin, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, Halab Today TV, reported that one child was killed and two other civilians were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kaljabrin. At 0’21” in the footage an eyewitness, Ayman Al Hindawi says: “On Thursday May 26th, we woke up to noises of clashes in the village which were taking place between…
Summary
Published
27 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0814
Location
اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria
According to LCCSY, “Russian warplanes launched two air rocket cluster bombs on agricultural land in Ltamenah in the northern countryside of Hama.” They said that some farmers had been injured, but provided no further details. Qasioun also blamed Russia. Syrian PC News and All4Syria News (which blamed ‘regime artillery shelling’) reported that there were two civilians…
Summary
Published
27 May 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
)
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0811
Location
أورم الكبرى, Orm al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and six civilians, including an elderly man, two children and three women, died in an alleged Russian strike on the town on Orm al Kubra, according to multiple local sources. The White Helmets reported five raids in which “warplanes” (they didn’t identify them) threw “parachutes carrying cluster bombs”, which killed “an old man”…
Summary
Published
27 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0812
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
Seven civilians including three children died in airstrikes on Kafr Hamra according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. According to Syrian Newsdesk more than fifteen Russian and regime warplane raids in the Kafr Hamra area resulted in the death of a family…
Summary
Published
27 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
7–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0815
Location
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
Between nine and 13 civilians including four children were reported killed – and 20-24 others were wounded – in an alleged Russian airstrike on the Al-Thar’ra bakery in Hraytan, according to local sources. Among the victims were personnel and customers of the bakery, including four children. The strike also hit several cars that were parked nearby,…
Summary
Published
27 May 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9–11
Civilians reported injured
20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0810
Location
Afrin-Darat Azza road, Aleppo, Syria
According to reports by the Shaam News Network and multiple other sources, Russian airstrikes targeted the road between Afrin and Darat Azza destroying fuel transport trucks, and killing two drivers and injuring several other civilians in the vicinity. The reports noted that this road was considered to be a “humanitarian corridor” and “one of the…
Summary
Published
24 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0809
Location
كفر حلب, Kafr Halab, Aleppo, Syria
It was reported that nine female farmers died when remains of cluster bombs allegedly fired by Russia exploded. Al Jisr TV also reported this information, but said this occurred in Kafr Hamra – which is possibly a mistake. Because of near-identical copy by all media, this is presently classed as a weakly reported incident.
Summary
Published
22 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
9
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0808
Location
صلاح القرية, Salah al Qariya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Five to six civilians including two children and two to three women died in airstrikes on Salah al Qariya area, in Albu Umar according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. LCCSY reported the death of four civilians in what they…
Summary
Published
21 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0807
Location
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died and between five and ten were injured in strikes on Hraytan, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network said that one civilian was killed and five were wounded in Russian strikes, “noting that…
Summary
Published
20 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 May 2016
Incident Codes
CS214 RS0806
Location
الحمرات, Al Hamrat (Ar Raqqah), Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians (from the same family) including three children and one woman died in airstrikes on Al Hamrat according to local sources – though reports were confused with conflicting allegations that Russian, the regime or the Coalition had carried out the attacks. Qasioun said a Russian fighter targeted residential neighborhoods in the village, resulting in…
Summary
Published
19 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0805
Location
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria
Fifteen people or more, including up to ten children and seven women, were killed in airstrikes on Ar-Rastan during a second day of bombings on the town. Some sources blamed the Assad regime, with others only aying ‘warp[lanes’ were responsible. Multiple sources said that 13 people from the Turkmani family had died in the raids.…
Summary
Published
18 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–17
Civilians reported injured
27
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0804
Location
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria
At least three civilians including one child died in airstrikes on Ar-Rastan according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. According to LCCSY, “several” Russian raids killed five civilians and wounded more. Syria7ra also blamed Russia on Twitter. However, many other sources said the Syrian…
Summary
Published
17 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0802
Location
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria
According to multiple local sources, Russian warplanes targeted farmlands in the northern and western suburbs of the town of Ar Rastan with vacuum missiles, leading to the death of one or two civilians and the wounding of several others. Sources spoke of dozens of Russian raids. Ar-Rastan media office said the civilian killed was Siham Ibrahim…
Summary
Published
15 May 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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