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11 January 2020

Incident Code

TS406

Location

Bashmara, Aleppo, Syria
باشمرة
A woman was reportedly injured in Turkish artillery strikes on the village of Bashmara, Aleppo governorate, on January 11th, 2020, according to ANF News. Two soldiers of the Syrian regime were killed. North Press Agency Syria reported that "the Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition groups bombed with about 15 shells on Saturday morning…

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11 January 2020
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Incident Date

11 January 2020

Incident Code

RS4305

Location

Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
سرمين
Up to 10 civilians, including four children, were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Sarmin, Idlib governorate, on January 11th, 2020, according to local sources. Initial local sources reported many wounded civilians but no deaths. There were no names of the wounded immediately released and the numbers of wounded…

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11 January 2020
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9 January 2020

Incident Code

TS405

Location

Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria
عين عيسى
One or two civilians were reported wounded when Turkish drones allegedly targeted an SDF Asayish (Kurdish Public Security Forces) checkpoint at the entrance of Ain Issa town, in Raqqa governorate of Syria, on January 9th, 2020. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently Facebook Page said one of the civilians endured minor injuries. @SDF_Syria and @Karl_hakon said…

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9 January 2020
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Incident Date

9 January 2020

Incident Code

LC277

Location

Al-Wushka, Surt, Libya
الوشكة
Two civilians, likely healthcare personnel, were reportedly killed by LNA shelling on Al-Wushka near Sirte. The Field Medicine and Support Center said that it "mourns the center's employees: Khaled Omar Bakir (M) Hatem Ba’iyou Al Zahou (M) They are members of the Sirte field hospital affiliated to the center, who were martyred in a direct…

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9 January 2020
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8 January 2020

Incident Code

LC276

Location

Tripoli: Oia Clinic, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎: مصحة أويا
A woman was allegedly injured by indiscriminate artillery shelling in the Hadaba project area of Tripoli. Tk Yahroug Kl shy posted: "The Haj Al-Na'aji house was hit near the Oia clinic in the Hadaba area and a woman was injured by shrapnel." Local reports of fighting point at the GNA or LNA as the culprit.…

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8 January 2020
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Incident Date

7 January 2020

Incident Code

USSOM265

Location

Lafta Anole neighborhood, Lower Juba, Somalia
A Somali special forces military action backed by "international partners" killed 35 al Shabaab fighters in the vicinity of Lafta Anole neighborhood in Lower Juba, according to local and international media reports. Xinhua carried the most detailed report: "Hassan Mohamad Aden, commander of the Danab Forces in Jubbaland State, said a joint operation was conducted…

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7 January 2020
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Incident Date

7 January 2020

Incident Code

LC275

Location

Al Ruwaini Prison, Tarabulus, Libya
سجن الرويني
Two children were allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Ain Zara. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "Medical source to Al Ahrar: the death of two children from one family following the fall of a mortar shell fired by the gunmen of Haftar in Ain Zara." The same source later published a picture of the victims saying…

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7 January 2020
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Incident Date

5 January 2020

Incident Code

LC274

Location

Al Hadaba Al Badri, Tarabulus, Libya
الهضبة البدري
One girl was allegedly killed and three other civilians injured by indiscriminate shelling on the Al Hadaba Al Badri neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Field Medicine and Support Center (FMSC) said: "A shell targeted the home of the Kalila family this afternoon, Sunday, 5/1-2020, in the Hadaba Al Badri area, and resulted in the death of…

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5 January 2020
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Incident Date

5 January 2020

Incident Code

RS4303

Location

Al Zurba, Aleppo, Syria
الزربة
At least one civilian was reported wounded as a result of Russian forces attack with rockets, or Syrian regime forces attack with machine guns on Al Zurba town in Aleppo, Syria, on January 5th, 2020, according to local sources. The Zurba Media office announced that Mahmoud Abdel Fattah Hammoud was wounded. The individual was an…

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5 January 2020
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Incident Date

5 January 2020

Incident Code

RS4301

Location

Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
سراقب
Between one and three civilians, including a woman, were reported as killed and up to seven others, including two children and a woman, were wounded by Russian or regime forces in Saraqib on January 5th, 2020. Alarby News and the Idlib Civil Defense Media Center reported that seven civilians, including two children, were wounded in…

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5 January 2020
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Incident Date

5 January 2020

Incident Code

RS4302

Location

Ariha, Idlib, Syria
In a major incident, 14 civilians including children and women were reported killed and between 23 and 30 injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on the western neighborhood of Ariha city in Idlib, Syria on January 5th, 2020. Macro Media Center (MMC) reported that airstrikes were launched by a SU-24 warplane…

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5 January 2020
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Incident Date

5 January 2020

Incident Code

RS4304

Location

Deir Al Sharqi, Idlib, Syria
دير الشرقي
Civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Deir Al Sharqi, Idlib governorate, on January 5th, 2020. Various local sources, including @MolhamKaied, reported that "injuries" resulted from airstrikes on Deir Al Sharqi but did not mention how many were injured. The majority of sources attributed airstrikes and the resulting injuries in…

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5 January 2020
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Incident Date

5 January 2020

Incident Code

RS4300

Location

Several towns, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
بلدات متعددة
Civilians were reported wounded in alleged shelling by Russian and Syrian regime aircraft on several towns in Idlib on January 5th, 2020, as reported by Shaam News Network. Shaam reported that the following cities and towns were targeted: Maarat Al Nu'man, Al Ghadfa, Ma'saran, Ma'arshamin, Benin, Marashamsha, Ma'shurin, Tilmans, Hantoutin, Deir Sunbul, Ihsim, Kafroumah, Khan Al…

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5 January 2020
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Incident Date

4 January 2020

Incident Code

LC273

Location

Tripoli: Military College, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎: الكلية العسكرية
In a massive incident, between 20 and 30 people were killed and 33 others injured in an alleged LNA or Emirati airstrike that targeted a military school in Al Hadaba, Tripoli, Libya on January, 4th, 2020, according to local sources. Libya Al Ahrar reported that victims of this attack don't exceed the age of 25…

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4 January 2020
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Incident Date

3 January 2020

Incident Code

CI879

Location

Baghdad International Aiport, Baghdad, Iraq
مطار بغداد الدولي‎
Possibly one civilian was killed and an unknown number of civilians injured in a confirmed U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian national Qassam Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, on Baghdad International Airport at January 3rd, 2020. The New York Times reported that an "American MQ-9 Reaper drone fired missiles into a convoy that was leaving…

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3 January 2020
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Incident Date

3 January 2020

Incident Code

USSOM264

Location

Between Bacaw and Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
In its first declared action in Somalia of 2020, AFRICOM announced on the same day that "in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists who engaged Somali National Army partner forces on patrol near Bacaw." AFRICOM added that "At this time, it is assessed this precision…

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3 January 2020
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Incident Date

3 January 2020

Incident Code

LC272

Location

Shurfat Al Malaha, Tarabulus, Libya
شرفة الملاحة
One civilian was killed and a child was injured in alleged LNA forces shelling with BM-21 Grad missiles on Shurfat Al Malaha area near Maitika International Airport on January 3rd, 2020 according to local sources. The killed man was identified as Jumaa Al Qabaili and the injured child who was admitted to hospital was identified…

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3 January 2020
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Incident Date

3 January 2020

Incident Code

LC272a

Location

Arada, Tarabulus, Libya
عرادة
A family home was reportedly hit by indiscriminate shelling in the Arada neigbourhood of Tripoli, resulting in possible civilian harm. Tk Yahroug Kl shy said: "One of the shells hit the house of the Kariyma family in Arada, and there were reports of injuries." There is currently no further information available. Local reports of clashes…

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3 January 2020
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Incident Date

2–3 January, 2020

Incident Code

USYEMTr216

Location

Al Jarf/Hadda, Sana'a, Yemen
الجراف/حدة
A US drone strike reportedly targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Qods Force commander in Sana'a, overnight from January 2nd-3rd 2020. While initial reports suggested that Shahlai had been killed in the strike, official sources later indicated that he had survived. There was some indication that another Iranian soldier was killed, however.…

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2 January 2020
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Incident Date

2 January 2020

Incident Code

LC271

Location

Ben Ashour, Tarabulus, Libya
بن عاشور
According to local sources, three random mortar shells landed on Ben Ashour area in Tripoli, Libya on January 2nd, 2020. One of the mortars fell on the house of Quraira Ammar family causing injuries among civilians, while the other two fell on Al Sikka road. According to Africa Gate, civilians were warned not to gather…

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2 January 2020
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Incident Date

2 January 2020

Incident Code

LC270

Location

Al Fornaj, Tarabulus, Libya
الفرناج
Local sources reported that a woman died as a result of alleged Haftar forces' indiscriminate shelling on Al Fournaj area in Tripoli, Libya, on January 2nd, 2020. The woman who was killed after a random mortar hit her house is believed to belong to Al Aswad Family, but no other details are available at this…

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2 January 2020
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Incident Date

1 January 2020

Incident Code

LC268

Location

Al Kanisa Street, Tarabulus, Libya
شارع الكنيسة
In the first incident of 2020, three civilians were reported killed and five others injured after an alleged LNA or UAE airstrike on a blacksmith store in Al Kanisa street in Al Swani, Tripoli, Libya on January 1st, 2020, according to local sources. A child was also wounded after the missile hit her house near…

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1 January 2020
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Incident Date

1 January 2020

Incident Codes

IRS004 RS4299

Location

Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
سرمين
Up to 11 civilians including seven children and two women were reported killed, and up to 25 others including three children and three women - one of whom was pregnant - were injured in an alleged Russian, Iranian forces or Syrian regime shelling with a cluster missile or a rocket carrying cluster bombs on 'Martyr…

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1 January 2020
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Incident Date

1 January 2020

Incident Code

TS404

Location

Tal Abyad, Raqqa, Syria
تل أبيض
One civilian, named as Ammar Alhaji, was reportedly shot dead by members of the al Majd Brigade of the Syrian National Army. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, the man was "shot dead while he was trying to prevent fighters of Turkish-backed Al-Majd Legion from stealing his car.". Euphrates Post reported that the victim was…

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1 January 2020
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Incident Date

1 January 2020

Incident Code

LC269

Location

Hadaba project, Tarabulus, Libya
مشروع الهضبة
One civilian was reported killed and three others including a 70-year-old woman were injured by shrapnel in alleged LNA shelling on the Hadaba Project area in Tripoli, Libya on January 1st, 2020, according to local sources. The fatality was identified as Issam Wanis Al-Drou’i Al-Warfalli and sources reported that the four civilians might belong to the…

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1 January 2020
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Incident Date

31 December 2019–1 January 2020

Incident Code

LC267

Location

Qasr Abu Hadi, Surt, Libya
قصر أبو هادي
Conflicting reports emerged of alleged airstrikes by an unknown belligerent on the night of December 31st, 2019 and January 1st, 2020 on Abu Hadi area near the city of Sirte. A Central Gate reporter quoted local sources, who said that three people had died and two people were wounded in airstrikes on the Abu Hadi…

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31 December 2019
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Incident Date

30 December 2019

Incident Code

RS4298

Location

Sheikh Ahmed village, Aleppo, Syria
قرية الشيخ أحمد
On December 30th, between four and five civilians, including up to two women and two children, were wounded by Russian or regime air strikes, with ten vacuum missiles and two cluster bombs, launched upon the village of Sheikh Ahmed in the southern countryside of Aleppo. Local sources initially reported four wounded civilians and Civil Defense…

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30 December 2019
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Incident Date

28 December 2019

Incident Code

RS4297

Location

Maarat Numan, Idlib, Syria
معرة النعمان
At least two civilians were killed and up to four civilians were wounded in initial reports about an alleged Russian or Syrian regime bombing raid upon the village of Maarat Numan on December 28th, 2019. Local sources reported that Russian helicopters dropped barrel bombs, and there were early reports of four wounded civilians, the death…

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30 December 2019
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Incident Date

30 December 2019

Incident Code

LC266

Location

Wali Al Ahed street, Tarabulus, Libya
شارع ولي العهد
One child (14) and a young man (18) were injured in alleged Libyan National Army shelling on Wali Al Ahed street in Abo Salim area of Tripoli on December 30th, 2019, according to local sources. Tk Yahrouq Kul Shy posted on Facebook that "a random shell landed in Wali Al Ahed street in front of…

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30 December 2019
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Incident Date

29 December 2019

Incident Code

LC265

Location

Bilash'har, Tarabulus, Libya
ابي الاشهر
According to Libya Al Ahrar, a student at the Freedom Martyrs School in Abi Al-Shahr area in Tajura was injured in a bombardment by Haftar that targeted a farm adjacent to the school. No further details are available at the moment.

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29 December 2019
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