Israeli Military in Syria & the Gaza Strip

(1–2 children1 woman1 man)

2 – 19

2 named

حي الشعار, Al Bayan hospital, Al Shia'ar (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between eight and 18 civilians died and dozens more were injured when strikes hit the Al Shia’ar neighborhood in Aleppo, including Al Bayan hospital – with doctors, patients and members of the White Helmets among the casualties. The incident looks to have been carried out by the Syrian regime – with the majority of the

Summary

Healthcare facility

8 – 18

الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

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

3 – 18

(1 child1 woman1 man)

6–18

3 named

النور, Al Nour, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that 18 civilians were killed and 10 others were injured following alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes and possible SDF mortar attacks in the Al Nour neighbourhood, near the Al Nour Mosque, in the northeast of Raqqa. All 12 sources who reported the incident alleged that a combination of Coalition airstrikes and

Summary

(2 children2 women)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

منطقة تل الجاير:خويبيرة, Tal al Jair (or Tal Safouk), Khwuweibra village school, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to several sources, ten or eighteen civilians, including women and children, were allegedly killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Khuweibra in the Tal al Jair area. Eye on al Hasaka reported in a Facebook post that “The International Coalition committed a new massacre in the Tal Al Jair area”. An individual

Summary

School

(2–6 children2–6 women)

خان طومان, Khan Touman, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 14 and 18 civilians, mostly emergency doctors and nurses, were killed in an attack on a medical centre in Khan Tuman, Aleppo, local sources reported. Most reports alleged Russian warplanes were responsible for the attack, which specifically targeted the centre. However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights also pointed to the regime in some

Summary

14 – 18

(10 men)

10 named, 1 familiy identified

شارع فلسطين, Tabaqah, Palestine Street, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eighteen civilians including 11 children and three women, died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Filastin Palestine Street, Al Tabaqa. There is, however, uncertainty about the date ofthe incident: Mohab Nasser puts it at April 28th and eyewitnesses told Human Rights Watch that the attack happened in late April. The Syrian Network for Human Rights

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

(11 children3 women)

Cause of injury / death

18 named, 2 families identified

مزرعة الأندلس, Al Andalus Farm, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Nine civilians from one family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike at al Andalus Farms. According to Qasioun, the strike hit a residential neighbourhoods inhabited by displaced people from Maskana. Nation Defense, which also blamed the Coalition, put the death toll as high as 18. According to Shaam News “unidentified” warplanes targeted a farmhouse

Summary

9 – 18

(4 children1 woman4 men)

2–24

9 named, 1 familiy identified

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and 18 civilians including one child and up to four women died and as many as 50 others were wounded in airstrikes on Saraqib, according to sources on the ground – though it was unclear from reports whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame for the event. The lowest estimate of

Summary

School

2 – 18

(1 child2–4 women)

10–50

Geolocation

City

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 18 non-combatants were reported killed at Talbiseh by Russian aircraft in their first day of bombing in Syria. Paramedic Omar Al Daqa, based at one of Talbiseh’s field hospitals, told VDC: “Around 10am, Russian warplanes launched several fierce airstrikes, targeting a number of neighbourhoods with vacuum missiles, including: Karameh, Bareed and Mashjer streets,

Summary

(4–5 children2 women12 men)

17 – 18

65–72

البوليل, Al Buliyal Islah neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and 18 civilians including two children were killed – and 15 others injured – in airstrikes on Al Buliyal, according to local sources. Most sources alleged that Russian forces carried out the strikes, though an initial report by Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently said that regime warplanes were responsible – but subsequent reports by

Summary

6 – 18

(2 children)

11 named, 2 families identified

حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between eight and 18 civilians – six or seven of whom were reportedly from the same family – were killed in airstrikes in the Tareeq al Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to local media. While the majority of sources attributed the event to Russia, both the Shaam news Network and LCCSY, referred to “Russian and

Summary

8 – 18

(6 children1 woman1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

حي الكلاسة, Al Kalassa (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 18 civilians including two children died in airstrikes on Al Kalassa, according to local sources. While most blamed the regime, others alleged that Russia was responsible. At least eight died when “suspected Russian warplanes missiles” fired on the neighborhood, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. In a later report it put

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8 – 18

(2 children)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At least seven but as many as 18 civilians, including up to eight children and one woman, were killed and dozens left wounded as Russian and/or Assad forces carried out aerial and artillery shelling of Arbeen, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, as reported by numerous local sources. In this widely-documented incident, Arbeen was, like the rest of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

7 – 18

(4–8 children1 woman)

8 named, 3 families identified

حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between ten and 18 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the Tareeq al Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo. IranArabSpring also reported the death of one man as a result of cluster bombs and posted a picture of him. LCCSY reported ten civilians dead and others wounded. Syrian Press Center added that

Summary

(2 children)

2–5

4 named

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

In this major incident, referred to by many sources as “a massacre”, alleged Russian or Assad-launched airstrikes on Hamouriya, Damascus killed up to 18 civilians, including women and children, and wounded between 24 and 80 more, local media reported. Residential areas in Hamouriya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, were reportedly struck by heavy aerial shelling on March

Summary

(1–8 children6 women9 men)

12 – 18

24–80

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

16 named, 1 familiy identified

سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 18 civilians were killed, and between 12 and 50 were wounded, following an airstrike on Saqba. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to Russia, while others blamed the Syrian regime – though the majority of sources pointed to Russia. Four rockets were allegedly fired at one residential building,

Summary

9 – 18

(2–13 children4–7 women)

12–50

9 named

البوليل, Al-Bouleil, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between ten and 18 civilians were killed, including at least one woman, during aerial shelling of al-Bouleil, Deir Ezzor, local sources reported, though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. Many sources reported simultaneously about airstrikes in both the towns of al-Bouleil and Toub that day, reporting a total of

Summary

(1 woman3 men)

5 named

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to eighteen civilians including nine children and three women died in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Tabaqa, according to multiple local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “the family of Ali Abu Aish was killed after they were targeted by a coalition plane with machine gun fire while they were trying to leave

Summary

17 – 18

(9 children3–4 women)

14 named, 3 families identified

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Eighteen civilians were killed in heavy airstrikes on Talbiseh, all from the Aloush and Swais families. Nine children were among the dead following at least three air raids. Graphic footage shows bombs being dropped in the centre of the town, followed by desperate rescue operations. Opinion was divided on whether the attacks were by Russian

Summary

(9 children5 women5 men)

18 named, 2 families identified

ترينيدة, Trinide village or Ashrafiyeh neighbourhood, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians including three children and two women died in alleged Turkish artillery and/or air strikes on Afrin, local media in Syria reported – though there was some uncertainty about the location. Rudaw put the death toll as high as 18. According to Hawar, the Turkish occupation planes bombed the village of Trinide

Summary

5 – 18

(3 children2 women3 men)

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that 18 civilians had died and up to 50 had been wounded in the last 48 hours – however, sources were conflicted as to whether the deaths were caused by the US-led Coalition or Russia. It should also be noted that these are general numbers and Airwars has not yet been able

Summary

12–50

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

بئر الهشم, Bir Al Hashem, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between 12 and 18 civilians including eight children and four women – reportedly from the same family – died and dozens more were injured in an Coalition airstrike on the Al Hashem area north of Raqqa city, local media reported. Euphrates Post said that 12 non-combatants were killed in the Coalition strike, most of whom

Summary

12 – 18

(8 children4 women2 men)

7 named, 2 families identified

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Some of the names in this incident were initially reported by several sources under incident number CS1429a (Amjad Ahmed Taha Al-Suwairi, Mohammed Ayman Sweiri and Ahmad Taha Al-Omar Al Suweiri). During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in Raqqa: Rethoric versus Reality (www.raqqa.amnesty.org), Amnesty field researchers were

Summary

(5 children1 woman1 man)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eighteen civilians were reported killed and thirty injured, according to local sources. It should be noted, however, that these are general numbers and may well encompass other casualty events on August 7th. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently alleged that the US-led Coalition and the SDF militia were responsible for the attacks on neighbourhoods of Raqqa.

Summary

كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the first night of US airstrikes in Syria, the United States carried out a sequence of attacks on the Al Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front.) For the only recorded occasion during the allied air war, the US deployed Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike targets in the vicinity of Aleppo. Locals also

Summary

(5 children5 women4–6 men)

13 – 18

13 named, 3 families identified

معربو, Ma'arbo, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In a major civilian casualty incident, between ten and 18 civilians were killed, including 13 children, and up to 40 more people were injured by air and/or artillery strikes targeting the town of Ma’arbo in the southern countryside of Idlib, according to local media. Activist Ayman al-Hussein told ARA News that “at least ten civilians

Summary

(13 children)

7–40

ضهرة عواد, Dahrat Awwad, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian warplanes and/or Assad regime helicopters were both reported to have dropped missiles on the neighbourhood of Dahrat Awwad, killing between 10 and 17 civilians and wounding at least 15 more. According to Ara News, 13 civilians were killed and “10s were injured”. A local news source put the number of killed civilians as

Summary

Healthcare facility

10 – 17

(1–2 children1–2 women)

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least six and as many as 17 civilians were reported killed in afternoon airstrikes – reportedly by Russian jets – on the ISIL-occupied city of Al Bab near Aleppo. According to Qasioun the strikes hit “a popular food market in the city, resulting in mass civilian casualties, and the burning of several cars and

Summary

6 – 17

20–30

Unknown