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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
CS154
Location
الهول, Al Hawl, Al Hassakah, Syria
As many as 47 civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in an alleged US Apache helicopter and fast jet attack on the village of al Khan near al Hawl. Locals were involved in an altercation with Islamic State militants according to McClatchy, with Coalition aircraft attacking a convoy of reinforcements as they entered the…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
40–47
Civilians reported injured
17–30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0235
Location
كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
The Union of Hama Rebels reported that five people were killed in Hama but did not state whether they were civilians. It added that one of those killed was “documented in secret” and named him as Ahmad Mohammad Al Abboud, who died “as a result of Russian bombing on Kafr Zita in Hama countryside.” No…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0237
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 12 civilians including three children and one woman were reported killed and nine to 24 wounded in airstrikes on Kafr Hamra, according to multiple sources. According to Shahed Ayan there were two strikes, with both killing civilians. It remains unclear who was responsible for the raid, with conflicting reports. Some claimed the regime…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Civilians reported injured
9–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0238
Location
الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria
Three related civilians including two women were killed in a pair of airstrikes on Najieh village, according to the Violations Documentation Centre and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. One source claimed an additional two people died. The Syrian Network blamed the regime for the attack, while the VDC and Idlib Civil Defence said the…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0236
Location
المغيرية, Mughayriyah, Latakia, Syria
Four civilians were reported killed and several others injured, including women and children, when Russian warplanes allegedly “launched scores of strikes on residential areas”, according to the Shaam News Network. No further details are available at the present time.
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0239
Location
حي السكري, Al Sukkari, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians were reported killed and 10 injured in an airstrike on the Al Sukkari neighbourhood, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes were responsible for the raid after a vacuum…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0240
Location
الهلك, Huluk (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians including two women and two children were killed – and dozens injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike targeting Al Huluk School, Aleppo, according to the Shaam News Network. The White Helmets reported that four dead bodies were recovered from the rubble and that 10 injured people were rescued. It said that among…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0241
Location
الصالحين, Salheen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Three or four civilians including a child and at least one women were reported killed – and dozens injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike in the neighbourhood of Salheen, according to Shaam News Network and the White Helmets. The White Helmets reported that the team managed to rescue three people and transferred them to…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0231
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Three adult male civilians were reported killed and 20 wounded in an alleged Russian airstrikes on Palmyra, according to the Shaam News Network. SNN reported that three Russian fighter jets launched multiple air raids, with half of them concentrated on the city of Palmyra and the other half on the outskirts. The raids reportedly caused…
Summary
Published
6 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0232
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
15 civilians, including eight children and five women, were reportedly killed and 25 injured when Russian warplanes allegedly bombed the city of Raqqa, according to multiple sources. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered said non-combatants were killed in the agricultural fields west of the city in Al Kahtaniya farm and at the crossroads of Hitteen farm.…
Summary
Published
6 December 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
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Agricultural Land
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Civilians reported killed
15
Civilians reported injured
25
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0233
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Three non-combatants including one child were reported killed and several injured in an airstrike on Douma – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. According to Al Jazeera Russia was responsible for the raid. But the Syrian Network blamed the regime, naming one child, Ibrahim…
Summary
Published
6 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0234
Location
زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria
Up to 20 civilians were reported killed – including 6 to 7 children and 2 women – and about 40 injured in an alleged Russian airstrike with vacuum missiles on Zamalka, according to multiple sources. Al Jazeera reported that 12 civilians including two children died in the attack, while All4Syria said nearly 50 non-combatants died or…
Summary
Published
6 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
18–20
Civilians reported injured
40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 December 2015
Incident Code
CS153
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor city, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On Sunday, December 6, 2015, a woman and her two children were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Deir Ezzor city, in northeastern Syria. Reuters cited the Syrian Observatory as reporting that “In Deir al-Zor city, another air strike overnight killed a woman and two of her children.” In comments relating to the…
Summary
Published
6 December 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0229
Location
احرص, Ahras, Aleppo, Syria
In what appears to be a separate incident from the Maskaneh event previously listed, five non- combatants were reported killed when Russian warplanes allegedly struck a convoy of trucks carrying aid to the areas controlled by rebels in the northern countryside of Aleppo. Shaam News Network cited the Anatolia News Agency as saying the trucks…
Summary
Published
4 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0230
Location
جسرين, Jissrain, Damascus, Syria
Between 16 and 30 civilians were reported killed and more than 50 others injured (“most of them women and children”), when Russian warplanes allegedly dropped four missiles on the popular market town of Jissrain (‘Two Bridges’), destroying residential buildings and shops according to reports. Activists told Shaam News Network that the civilians had been “shot to…
Summary
Published
4 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
16–30
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0225
Location
الأربعين, Al Arbain, Hama, Syria
The Union of Hama Rebels, the SHRC and the VDC have all named five civilians including two women, whom they say died in a Russian airstrike on the village of Al Arbain.
Summary
Published
4 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0226
Location
الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria
One adult male and one child died in an alleged Assad regime airstrike on Najeh, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Radio Al Kul said one person died and three were injured – but instead attributed responsibility to Russia.
Summary
Published
4 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0227
Location
Talbisah, Homs, Syria
Thirteen civilians including three women and four children were reported killed at Talbiseh – and at least 10 children injured. Multiple sources were divided in blaming Russia or the Assad regime. According to The Syrian Revolution News for Talbissa more than 10 children were injured in the attack. It posted multiple videos – along with…
Summary
Published
4 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0228
Location
Kafr Batnah, Damascus, Syria
Up to 16 non-combatants including 3 to 6 children were reported killed, and dozens injured, in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Kafr Batnah according to reports by the Shaam News Network and others. SNN said Russian warplanes launched rockets on the main square in the town. It added that the planes returned…
Summary
Published
4 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
14–16
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0224
Location
مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike with more than 15 missiles on the road between Maskan and Kafrnasseh, Aleppo, according to the Shaam News Network. Shaam also asserted that once ambulance rescue services arrived the planes struck again, injuring members of the White Helmets who attended the scene. All4Syria said 20…
Summary
Published
4 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0221
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Six non-combatants including two children were reported killed, and more than 15 injured, in an alleged Russian airstrike on Arbeen, according to the Shaam News Network which reported that the alleged raid led to the destruction of residential buildings and the homes of civilians. All six victims have been named.
Summary
Published
3 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0223
Location
الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria
Five civilians including one child were reported killed – and five others injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Najieh. The Shaam News Network posted images on Facebook showing the remains of what it stated were missiles dropped by Russian warplanes, while Jisr TV described the weapons as “cluster rockets originating…
Summary
Published
3 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0222
Location
هنيدة, Hanida, Raqqa, Syria
Three brothers were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike which targeted a car carrying them to work near the town of Haneeda, according to Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered and the Syrian Human Rights Campaign. The victims – all described as builders – have all been named.
Summary
Published
3 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0219
Location
كفر ناصح, Kafr Nasih, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 25 non-combatants including two children were reported killed – and dozens injured – in an alleged Russian bombing of civilian areas in the towns of Kafr Nasseh and Ihress, according to Al Khaleej Online and other sources. A White Helmets official said the alleged strike had also targeted vehicles carrying humanitarian aid, burning…
Summary
Published
2 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–25
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0220
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
One eight-year-old child named as Omar Ahmad al-Shagal was killed – and at least six people injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike on Anadan, according to the Violations Documentation Center and Shaam News Network. SNN posted a video depicting the aftermath of the alleged attack, showing one injured child being removed from an ambulance into a…
Summary
Published
2 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0218
Location
التمانعة, Al Tamani'ah, Idlib, Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Russian warplanes allegedly targeted the areas of Al Tamaanah and Tal A’as. A woman and her unborn child were said by Syria News to have been killed – though it blamed the Assad regime for the deaths.
Summary
Published
2 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0216
Location
القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
Eight civilians were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qarayatain, according to reports.
Summary
Published
1 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0217
Location
مهين, Mahin, Homs, Syria
Three civilians, including two women and one child, were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maheen according to the Violations Documentation Center.
Summary
Published
1 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0214
Location
حي باب النيرب, Bab al Nayrab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center listed one unidentified adult female as having been killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the Bab al Neirab neighbourhood of Aleppo. Tweeting on the same day, the Syrian Documentation Centre reported that “An air raid by Russian warplanes on several locations in Al Neirab neighbourhood has led to human losses…
Summary
Published
30 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0215
Location
السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center reported that six civilians, including one female and five children, were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on As Sukhna. Activist Alamawi Omer published what he said was an account of the attack: “This morning at eight thirty in the morning the brutal Russian Air Force threw a barrage of rockets.…
Summary
Published
30 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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