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Incident Date
28 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0205
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians were reported killed, and five to six injured, in an alleged Russian airstrike on the town of Maarat al Numan, according to multiple sources. Shaam News Network said the raid targeted the only water well in the town – at a time when a number of citizens were using the facility. It posted…
Summary
Published
28 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0206
Location
بانص, Banis, Aleppo, Syria
Seven to eight civilians were reported killed, including two women and four children, and at least people 20 injured in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Bansh, according to the Shaam News Network and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. Shaam posted a video depicting the aftermath of the alleged attack, stating that…
Summary
Published
28 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0207
Location
الصورة, Sawara, Daraa, Syria
Up to six non-combatants including three children were reported killed and many injured in an alleged Russian (or possibly Assad regime) airstrike on Sawara, according to multiple sources. Shaam News Network reported that five civilians (including three children) died in the attack, and that “a large number” were wounded. According to the Syrian Network for…
Summary
Published
28 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0203
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians were killed including one child in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Atarib. There were two events several hours apart. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights and others, one attack struck a school which suffered major damage and was no longer in use. Two victims were named SNHR.
Summary
Published
28 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0208
Location
أباد, Abbada, Aleppo, Syria
A family of four was reported killed in the village of Abbad in the Aleppo countryside, following alleged Russian raids. An eyewitness reported the following to Orient News: “Everyone here works in agriculture and shepherding. I was in the shop buying some things and we saw the plane. It struck the first blow on the…
Summary
Published
28 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0200
Location
السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
Six or more civilians were reported killed including up to four women when Russian warplanes allegedly shelled As Sukhna. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, one of the rockets targeted two houses, “which killed six civilians including a child and three women.” The VDC has named the six victims that were killed during…
Summary
Published
27 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0197
Location
القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
Three non-combatants, including two women, were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on a farm 7km from the city of Qaryatain. The Syrian Network for Human Rights described the location as providing shelter to internally displaced civilians. The VDC named two victims, and SN4HR named the third victim, who was named byrom Haraween, in…
Summary
Published
27 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
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Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0198
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
The VDC and others identified an adult female civilian as having been killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Jisr al Shughour. Two additional non-combatants including one child were reportedly injured. Local media activist Tariq Abd Aluhak posted what he said were pictures of rescuers after the event.
Summary
Published
27 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0199
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Wadi al Ahmar, Homs, Syria
One adult male civilian was reported killed – VDC named the victim – following multiple alleged Russian airstrikes at Al Wadi Al Ahmar, east of Palmyra, according to local monitors. Activists said the historic city’s archaeological campus was badly damaged as a result of one of the raids, and that other strikes hit different parts…
Summary
Published
27 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0201
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians, including one to two children, were reported killed and six injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Azaz, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that three non-combatants, including one child, died when Russian warplanes launched several rockets targeting the road leading to the border crossing point with…
Summary
Published
27 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0192
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
On November 26, 2015, five adult male civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the main street of Maarat Al Nu’man in the Idlib governorate of Syria. Orient News interviewed three witnesses to the attack (featured below). “The Russians carried out five raids, killing around six people and injuring many. They were all…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0193
Location
سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
According to Zaitonmag, Russian aircraft carried out a raid on Sarmada on the Turkish border, “targeting a garage of relief trucks which has led to anonymous martyrs and two people slightly injured.“ The Syrian Network also reported the event, saying the attack by warplanes destroyed eight trucks and a water tank and killed one person.…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Codes
CS152 RS0194
Location
الخفسة, Khafsa, Aleppo, Syria
Seven civilians were killed and several injured in an alleged Russian, Assad regime or Coalition airstrikes on Al Khafasa. According to Shaam News Network, significant damage was caused to a water purification plant in the village, after seven raids. It said the plant provided water to most of the Aleppo neighbourhoods. It was additionally claimed…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0195
Location
القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
One adult male civilian was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qaryatain according to the Violations Documentation Center. Most other sources instead said both the Assad regime and Russian aircraft participated in the event. Indicating the chaos on the ground, QNN6 reported: “Assad’s gangs, supported by Russia… are bombing the town of al…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0191
Location
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians were reported killed and five injured – including children – in an alleged Russian airstrike on Baghdad Street in Hraytan, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. According to Smart News “Russian warplanes carried out four raids with rockets on the town which left three dead and seven wounded, including a woman,…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Codes
CS151 RS0196
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Five to eight civilians including four children were reported killed, and 10 injured, when Russian warplanes allegedly launched several rockets on Hetten School in Raqqa, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. Ara News also blamed Russia. Syria Press Report (citing the Syrian Observatory) placed the death toll at 12 and said the attack was…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Civilians reported injured
10–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0189
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Two to three civilians were reported killed and several others injured (“most of them women and children”) in an alleged Russian air raid with vacuum missiles on the town of Jisr al Shughour, according to Radio Alkul. The local media organisation additionally reported that “The town was also struck by more than 50 rockets from…
Summary
Published
25 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0190
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
Eight non-combatants including a child were reported killed in alleged Russian warplanes targeted trucks in the town of Azaz. Russian planes launched several rockets on a civilian area, hitting freight trucks 2km from Bab Al Salameh on the Syrian-Turkish border. The Syrian Network said the vehicles specialised in transporting foodstuff to and from the crossing,…
Summary
Published
25 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0188
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center listed one adult male civilian, a Palestinian national, as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Douma. However, the VDC listed seven further civilians killed that day in Douma “due to regime`s army forces shelling.” And the Syrian Observatory cites the Assad regime as being responsible for the event.
Summary
Published
22 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0183
Location
نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria
Two named civilians were killed in an alleged Russian and also claimed that the Assad regime was responsible for the attack on Da’ara Street in Nawa, Da’ara governorate. The Violation Documentation Center in Syria named the two victims, and they were both from Kafr Shams.
Summary
Published
21 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0187
Location
حي القصيلة, Qosaileh, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and six non-combatants, including two or more children, were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qosaileh, according to The White Helmets and the Violations Documentation Center. The Halab News Network posted a video showing the destruction of houses and other buildings, as a team of White Helmets searched for survivors. VDC has…
Summary
Published
21 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0184
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Seven civilians were reported killed in an airstrike on Al Bab by Russia or the Assad regime. According to the Syrian Observatory, the deaths occurred after a bakery was struck.
Summary
Published
21 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0185
Location
حي الحلوانية, Al-Bab Road (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to two non-combatants including two women and two female children were reported killed, and four civilians injured, in alleged Russian airstrikes with vacuum missiles on the Bab Road neighbourhood, according to The White Helmets and the Syrian Observatory. Reporting was confused, with the death toll ranging from one to seven. Mada also claimed the…
Summary
Published
21 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0182
Location
خان السبل, Khan Subul, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including two women and two children, were killed in alleged Russian evening airstrikes that targeted Khan Subul. Step TV later interviewed an eyewitness, an unnamed boy who notes: “A plane hit here and hit our neighbour’s home, so they were martyred. This is where it happened; it was Russian planes.” The…
Summary
Published
21 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0186
Location
حي طريق السد, Tareeq al Sadd, Daraa, Syria
Ten non-combatants, including five women and four children, were killed in an airstrike on the Tareeq al Sadd (Dam Road) neighborhood in Dara’a, according to multiple reports. The Union of Hama Rebels stated that one child, Limar Mirzo al-Teani, was killed in the alleged raid, while Shaam News Network posted a video depicting the dead bodies of a…
Summary
Published
21 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0174
Location
ميدان الغزال, Maydan al Ghazal, Hama, Syria
Up to four civilians were reported killed when missiles were allegedly fired from Russian warships, hitting the village of Maydan Al Ghazal. One eyewitness filmed in the aftermath insists “this was caused by Russian ballistic missiles hitting shepherds and farmers living here. They are not terrorists and they’re not armed.” The Syrian News Desk cited…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0170
Location
كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
Two civilians were killed in an alleged Russian bombing of the town of Kafr Zita, according to multiple sources. Syria News Desk cited local media activist Abdel-Rahman al-Ali was saying that “Russian jets targeted three raids north side of Kafr Zita, killing two people and destroyed four houses.”
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0176
Location
الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria
Up to four children were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Najieh, according to the Violations Documentation Center. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two children died. the Violations Documentation Center (VDC) named two children victims of the strike and another two as unidentified.
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0177
Location
الزباري, Zubari, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center reported that 25 non-combatants, including 13 women and one child, were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Zubari. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently also posted a video showing the moment of the attack which it blamed on ‘Russian aviation.’ Also, Free Deir Ezzor Broadcast claimed the attack involved Russian ballistic…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
25
Civilians reported injured
15–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0171
Location
البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Seven civilians including two women and one child were reported killed in an airstrike on Al Buliyal. While most sources blamed Russia, the Damascus Centre said that both regime attacks and Russian aircraft were responsible. VDC later named five victims. An additional male civilian fatality, the husband of Amira Muheisen al-Elkeh, has been died. Moreover,…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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