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January 9, 2016
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دير جمال, Dayr al Jamil, Aleppo, SyriaTwo adult male civilians, named by the Violations Documentation Center as Abdulkareem al-Halabi and Abd al Salam Saeid, were killed in an alleged Russian dawn airstrike on Dayr Jamal, according to reports. SNN reported that Russian planes carried out “a massacre” launching air raids “on the towns of Tel Huraytan, Tal Rifa’at, Deir Jamal and the regions of
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January 9, 2016
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سفلانية, Suflaniyah, Aleppo, SyriaFive civilians including three women and two children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Saflaneh, according to the Violations Documentation Centre.
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January 9, 2016
LOCATION
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, SyriaOne civilian was reported killed and several others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Bab, according to the Shaam News Network.
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January 9, 2016
LOCATION
حي العامرية, Al Ameria (Aleppo), Aleppo, SyriaBetween eight and 10 civilians including one to three children were killed and up to 15 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Ameria and Al Sukkari neighbourhoods, according to multiple sources. The White Helmets said that eight civilians died and three were injured in a raid on Al Sukkari, but they did not state
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January 9, 2016
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عين عيسى, `Ayn `Isa, Raqqa, SyriaA strike by aircraft reportedly killed five civilians. Syria News attributed the attack to Russia, while Ara News said it was a Coalition action. VDC – which attributed the attack to the regime – named five victims. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian
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January 9, 2016
LOCATION
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, SyriaOne civilian was killed and several others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Saraqib, according to the Shaam News Network.
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Incident date
January 9, 2016
LOCATION
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, SyriaBetween 52 and 96 civilians including three women and one child were killed and more than 200 injured in Russian airstrikes on Maarat al Numan, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network initially reported that more than 20 civilians were killed and dozens wounded (mostly women and children) when Russian warplanes struck different districts of
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Incident date
January 9, 2016
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaThe Daesh agency Al A’maq produced a brief report saying that six civilians including four women and two children were killed – and 23 others injured – in a Russian air raid on Ar Raqqa. In a detailed report Alaan TV noted: “At twelve o’clock noon a Russian plane targeted the city with two raids at a
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January 8, 2016
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حزرما, Hazarma, Damascus, SyriaThree civilians including one child were killed in airstrikes on Hazarma, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attacks were the work of the Russians or the Assad regime. The White Helmets reported on two raids by “warplanes before sunset” which targeted a civilian home, leading to the death of three non-combatants
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January 7, 2016
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أبو طلطل, Abu Taltal, Aleppo, SyriaFour named civilians from one family including a child died when Russian warplanes allegedly fired missiles on the town of Abou Taltal in Aleppo governorate.
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Incident date
January 7, 2016
LOCATION
سفلانية, Suflaniyah, Aleppo, SyriaSix non-combatants – three named women and three children – died when Russian warplanes allegedly fired missiles on the village of al Saflaneh in the eastern suburbs of Aleppo, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. The Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies additionally named Sweilem Ahmed, a child, as also having died from “the
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January 7, 2016
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عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, SyriaTwelve civilians were killed including two to three women and two to four children and as many as 85 injured in airstrikes on Arbeen, according to multiple sources – although reports were conflicted as to whether Russian or Assad regime forces were responsible. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 18 non-combatants died including
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January 6, 2016
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زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, SyriaUp to 12 civilians including three to four children and two women were killed and dozens more injured in alleged airstrikes and an artillery bombardment on Zamalka, according to multiple sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russian or Assad regime forces were responsible for the deaths. Shaam News initially reported that four
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January 6, 2016
LOCATION
نوى, Nawa, Daraa, SyriaThree non-combatants were killed and several others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Nawa, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Smart News reported that “Russian warplanes launched four raids on residential neighborhoods in the city, leaving three dead and several wounded including women and children (some of them critical), who were taken to
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January 6, 2016
LOCATION
حزة, Hazzah, Damascus, SyriaSix civilians were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hazzah village near Kafr Batna. Two victims were named by the VDC as having died at Kafr Batna itself, though all other sources placed their deaths at Hazzah. The VDC also listed two unnamed members of the al Sadiq family as having died in
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January 6, 2016
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بزاعة, Baza'a, Aleppo, SyriaEight or nine non-combatants including 3 women and 4 children were killed and seven others injured in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on a western neighbourhood in the town of Baza’a. Citing an anonymous source, Syria News Desk noted: “Russian warplanes carried out three raids on the centre and outskirts of the city, killing
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January 6, 2016
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تل فضة, Tal Fedda, Aleppo, SyriaOne teenage boy, Ali Mosa Shawakh, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike at Tal Fedda village near Maskanah, according to the Violations Documentation Center. According to Al Buraq, the attack targeted “the Alamabagher sugar plant compound near Maskanah which led to the death of several people and the wounding of others, including a martyr,
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January 5, 2016
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ابطع, Abtaa, Daraa, SyriaFive to six civilians including two children were killed and several others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Abtaa, according to the Violations Documentation Center and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – though reports are unclear whether the deaths were the result of raids by Russian warplanes or shelling by regime forces. The Syrian
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January 4, 2016
LOCATION
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, SyriaFive civilians were killed and several others injured in alleged Russian and/or Assad regime airstrikes on Al Bab, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network produced two reports on the alleged incident. The first report put the death toll at two and an unspecified number of wounded, while the second report said five civilians
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January 3, 2016
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الشيخ مسكين, Sheikh Miskeen, Daraa, SyriaA woman and man were killed in Sheikh Miskeen according to local sources – though it is not clear whether regime air or ground forces, strikes by Russian warplanes, or both were responsible for the deaths. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights produced two reports on the incident. The first report said that Russian warplanes
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January 2, 2016
LOCATION
بيانون, Bayanoun, Aleppo, SyriaTwo civilians were reported killed – one possibly a child – in an alleged Russian airstrike or artillery attack on the town of Bayanoun.
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Incident date
January 2, 2016
LOCATION
معارة الارتيق, Maarat al Arteek, Aleppo, SyriaTwo civilians including one unnamed woman and a member of the White Helmets were killed – and 10 others injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Maarat al Arteek, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that a woman died when Russian warplanes targeted the town in several spatial missile strikes. They said
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January 2, 2016
LOCATION
مارع, Mare', Aleppo, SyriaOne possible civilian was reported killed and several others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Mare’ in the northern countryside of Aleppo, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian planes carried out raids on various areas, in particular the towns of Mare’, Tal Rifa’at, Izaz, Mangh and Deir Jamal, leading to
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December 31, 2015
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أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, SyriaThree civilians including a woman and child were reported killed at a camp for displaced people in A’zaz. Radio Al Kul reported that “Three civilians were killed and tens injured, among them many children in critical condition, by Russian airstrikes on A’zaz and a refugee camp on the outskirts of the town.” The three victims were
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December 31, 2015
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الهداج, Hedaj, Hama, SyriaOne adult male civilian, Shayesh Hamdo al-Ahmad, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hedaj, according to the Violations Documentation Center. No additional details are presently known.
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December 31, 2015
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مخيم عابدين للنازحين, A'bedeen camp for IDPs, Idlib, SyriaFive civilians were killed and 20 wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on A’bedeen camp for displaced people, according to the Shaam News Network. The White Helmets told SNN that the shelling hit a large number of tents, scattering their contents across the site. They added that firefighters and ambulance teams attended the scene and
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December 30, 2015
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تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, SyriaOne adult male, named by the Violations Documentation Center as media activist Yousef Abo Bilal, (aka Abu al-Homsi Joshua) was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike. While the VDC lists Hamidiya neighbourhood in Homs, Yousef Abo Bilal actually died in Palmyra. His non-combatant status is also questioned. As Enabbaladi notes: “Activists from the city of Homs
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December 30, 2015
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معر زيتة, Marzita, Idlib, SyriaOne adult male civilian was killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Marzita, according to the Violations Documentation Center and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. According to the SOHR one man from Ma’ra al-Nu’man died from wounds sustained in alleged Russian airstrikes targeting Marzita.
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December 30, 2015
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البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree to six civilians including two women and three to four children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Buliyal, according to the Violations Documentation Center and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that three non-combatants – including two women and a child – died when Russian warplanes
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December 30, 2015
LOCATION
دوما, Douma, Damascus, SyriaTwo civilians were reported killed and “dozens” wounded in airstrikes on Douma, according to the Shaam News Network – though the Network did not state whether Russia or the Assad regime was responsible. The White Helmets told SNN that aircrafts bombed the city with about 12 rockets which led to the death of two civilians. It