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Incident Date
4 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0711
Location
Hamidiya (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria
الحميدية
One child was killed following an alleged Russian airstrike on Hamidiya, according to several local sources. She died of her injuries two days later. One source says that a female died in a barrel bomb attack – suggesting a possible regime action. The victim was named by the VDC as Baydaa Abdul Lateef al Sayer.…
Summary
Published
4 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0708
Location
Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
حلب
One adult civilian died and three children were reported wounded in an airstrike on Aleppo, according to local sources. The VDC named a victim as Ahmad Abd al-Kareem al-Shaikh and blamed Russia. A Tweet by Ahat Watan said: “Young Ahmed Abdul Karim Sheikh, another martyr, God willing, was killed by the criminal Russian airstrike this…
Summary
Published
3 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0705
Location
Kasret Farj, Raqqa, Syria
كسرة الفرج
Up to seven civilians including one child were reported killed and up to 71 others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes focusing on a water company on the outskirts of the city, according to multiple sources. Shaam News reported that Russian warplanes used cluster bombs to target the water facility, killing seven non-combatants, injuring 70 more…
Summary
Published
2 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
20–71
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0706
Location
Palmyra, Homs, Syria
تدمر
Three civilians including one child and one woman died in airstrikes on Palmyra – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News reported that Moscow was responsible: “Russian enemy planes carried out more than 15 air raids on the city of Palmyra targeting civilian…
Summary
Published
2 March 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0707
Location
Huluk (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
الهلك
The Violations Documentation Center said one 19-year-old male civilian, Safi Mahmoud Trab, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike In Hulluk, Aleppo. According to SMP, “activists said that the air force of the Russian occupation launched air strikes on Hulluk neighborhood in Aleppo, in conjunction with clashes between the rebels and ‘democratic Syria’ militia after…
Summary
Published
2 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0704
Location
Nabhan, Idlib, Syria
نبهان
One 35-year old man, Mostafa Abdo Nabhan, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Nabhan Village, Jisr Al Shoughour, according to the Violations Documentation Center.
Summary
Published
2 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2016
Incident Code
CS187
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Airstrikes in the Al Hosh and al Fouroussiya areas of Raqqah killed at least three civilians including a child according to reports – although it was unclear whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Coalition. Ten Daesh fighters were also said to have been killed. The Syrian Observatory reported in English that…
Summary
Published
2 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
35
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
1 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0702
Location
Al Mastumah, Idlib, Syria
المسطومة
One man and his granddaughter died in strikes on the village of Al Mastumah according to local sources – though these were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime, with only one report attributing the incident to Moscow. Shaam News Network reported that “Activists in Idlib province documented…
Summary
Published
1 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2016
Incident Code
RS0703
Location
Al Zou’ainiyah, Idlib, Syria
الزعينية
Up to four people died and at least 10 were injured when a ballistic missile hit Al Zou’ainiyah – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russian warships or the Assad regime. Alaraby reported that Russian warships stationed in the Mediterranean launched ballistic missiles on Al Zou’ainiyah, resulting in three…
Summary
Published
1 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
10–13
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0699
Location
Rasm Aabed, Aleppo, Syria
رسم عبود
One adult male civilian was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Rasm Aabed, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
29 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0701
Location
Hamidiya (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria
الحميدية
Three or four civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hamidiya, according to local sources. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently said two homes were destroyed killing 2 adult males.The victims were also named by the Violations Documentation Centre. According to Alarabay, tens of other civilians were also injured. All4Syria reported that Russia had…
Summary
Published
29 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0700
Location
Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
دير الزور
One male civilian died when an alleged Russian airstrike targeted the Homs road in Deir ez-Zor, according to the Violations Documentation Centre and Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently. LCCSY reported that “Amir Ismaeil al-Harbek from Deir Ezzour city was martyred as Russian warplanes launched an airstrike on a vehicle carrying workers going to an…
Summary
Published
29 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2016
Incident Code
CI196a
Location
Hajj Abdul Hamid Al-Tajra Building, Military neighbourhood, vicinity of Al-Shirqat General Hospital, Al-Shirqat, Salah al-Din, Iraq
عمارة الحاج عبد الحميد التجرة، الحي العسكري قرب مستشفى الشرقاط العام، الشرقاط
Seven members of the Baydar family, including three women and a child, were killed and an infant was injured when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit the Baydar family's home in the Military neighbourhood in Al-Shirqat, Iraq early in the morning on February 28, 2016. According to testimony from a family member who survived the attack…
Summary
Published
23 February 2026
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0696
Location
Qabtan al Jabal, Aleppo, Syria
قبتان الجبل
One male civilian, named by the Violations Documentation Centre as 40-year-old Qasem Mahmoud Samoa, died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qabtan al Jabal according to local sources. Activists told the Shaam News Network there were “several air raids on the towns of Anadan, Kafr Hamra, Hraytan and Ma’arat al Arteek in the northern countryside and…
Summary
Published
28 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0697
Location
Jamiyat al Hadi, Aleppo, Syria
جمعية الهادي
Up to 13 civilians including three or four children died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Jamiyat al Hadi and Babis, according to multiple local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven civilians including three women and four children were killed in an aerial bombardment, adding that there were reports of five others…
Summary
Published
28 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–13
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0698
Location
Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
جسر الشغور
A pregnant woman was killed and at least 12 civilians injured, most of them children, in airstrikes on Jisr al-Shughour, according to local sources. Two alleged that Russia was responsible. However a third (the Syrian Network for Human Rights) blamed the Syrian regime. Shaam News reported that Russian warplanes carried out air raids targeting the…
Summary
Published
28 February 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12–21
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0695
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
One adult male was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Raqqa, according to local sources. The victim was listed by Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently. He was also listed by Syria2011 and Syrian Human Rights Committee, both of whom blamed Russia.
Summary
Published
28 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Codes
CS186 RS0691
Location
Mahimideh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
محيميدة
Up to three civilians were killed in an airstrike on Mahimideh according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the US-led Coalition was responsible. Euphrates post named two fatalities including an unidentified victim. It said that Russia was responsible. However, Al Jazeera and Lebanon360 alleged this was a Coalition…
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0694
Location
Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
دارة عزة
Eight civilians including one woman and three children died in Darat Izza, according to local sources. While most reports blame Russia, one alleges that the Assad regime was responsible. According to Al Jazeera, Russian shelling targeted a bakery. But LCCSY reported that the incident was carried out by the regime which shelled with rocket launchers.…
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0692
Location
Liramon, Aleppo, Syria
الليرامون
According to the Violations Documentation Centre, four civilians including three women died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Liramon. The four victims were named by the VDC. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0693
Location
Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
حلب
The Violations Documentation Center named a male nurse from Nawa in Dara’a as a victim in Aleppo – though did not specify exactly where he was killed. According to Syria2011, “the nurse Khalil Ibrahim Ghada’an al Jahmani was killed due to his wounds sustained when Russian planes targeted one of the hospitals in Aleppo yesterday.”
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2016
Incident Code
CS185
Location
`Ayn al `Arus, Raqqa, Syria
عين العروس
According to reports up to 16 civilians including 10 members of a family died in Ain al A’rouss “following Coalition raids.” One adult male civilian victim – the head of the family – was named by VDC as Faeour al Abo. According to Shaam News, Daesh targets had been struck in the town: “International coalition…
Summary
Published
27 February 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
15–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0678
Location
Meng, Aleppo, Syria
منق; منّغ
One woman, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Meng, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. The 44-year-old victim was also named by the Syrian Human Rights Committee.
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0689
Location
Al Saloom, Aleppo, Syria
السلوم
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that eight civilians from a single family – including three children and two women – died when Russian warplanes allegedly shelled residential homes in Al Saloom. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “six people were killed in warplane shelling in Al-Saloom village – five were from one…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0690
Location
Maarat Artik, Aleppo, Syria
معارة الأرتيق
Between two and five civilians including two children died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat Artik, according to local sources. Multiple reports blamed Russia: Akhbar Alaan put the death toll at three including one child with four more civilians injured. AMC said that as many as five non-combatants perished. According to Syrian Press Centre,…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0679
Location
Jobar neighborhood, Damascus, Damascus, Syria
Two adult male civilians died in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, according to local sources. Smart reported nine Russian raids on the neighbourhood, while a tweet from FS_Muslim put the number of raids as high as 12. Baladi said two civilians died at the hands of Russia. Some other sources did not…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0680
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
Eleven civilians including six children and three women were killed and up to 60 others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Douma, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that “intense air raids by the Russian enemy on civilian homes in the city of Douma led to the fall of many wounded including women…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
20–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0681
Location
Khan al Sheikh, Damascus, Syria
Several civilians died and up to 20 were injured in Khan al Sheikh according to local sources – though only one explicitly blamed Russia, with the majority of others pointing to regime shelling. According to Qasioun, one civilian died in regime shelling. Smart, Orient and Khan Al Sheikh Media Centre blamed the regime, with Smart…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
CI196
Location
Mosul, Baghdad Street, Nineveh, Iraq
شارع بغداد
Local sources reported that up to 5 civilians died, including children, when more than 30 Daesh fighters were killed and injured in alleged Coalitions strike on the Mayer garage near Baghdad Street in eastern Mosul. According to NRN News, the night time attack targeted 40 trucks being used by Daesh to transport goods between Syria…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
9–11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0682
Location
Deir Al Assafir, Damascus, Syria
Between five and seven civilians – including medics – died in an alleged Russian airstrike on a hospital in Deir Al Assafir, according to local sources. Abu Ksem Deir Al Assafir published a video which reportedly showed the aftermath of a strike on a “medical hospital in Deir Al Assafir”. According to Syrian Human Rights…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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