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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0683
Location
Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Between two and three civilians including one female child died in an alleged Russia airstrike on Arbeen, according to local sources. Arabstoday, Baladi, DCHRS and Smart reported Russian raids on Arbeen. Baladi said that one female child was killed. Other sources didn’t identify the warplanes responsible, while Freeqabon reported “artillery shelling”. Erbinrevo named Ismaeil Haj…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0684
Location
Harasta, Damascus, Syria
حرستا
One child was reported killed in Harasta, according to local sources. Most reports blamed regime shelling: however one source said that he was killed in a Russian airstrike. Syria2011 reported that “Abdur-Rahim Al-Telli was killed due to mortar shelling in Harasta in Tishreen Street.“ The victim was also named by Syrian Human Rights Committee. Qasioun…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0677
Location
Zakiya, Damascus, Syria
زاكية
A single source, Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies, reported the death of Hatem Abu Mohammad due to “indiscriminate Russian warplane shelling“. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0685
Location
Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
حريتان
“Several” civilians were killed when Russian warplanes allegedly “carried out raids on the towns of Hraytan, Anadan, Kafr Hamra, MA’arat al Arteek and the region of Assiya,” according to the Shaam News Network. The Violations Documentation Centre reported a man died from injuries sustained by Russian shelling on Hraytan. It did not mention a date but…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0686
Location
Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
دارة عزة
Nine civilians including three children and three women died in an airstrike on Darat Izza, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime were responsible. Shaam News Network reported that “a family made up of three people was burnt to death in the town of Darat Izza…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0687
Location
Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
كفر حمرة
Seven to fifteen civilians including three children and two women were killed and ten more injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Hamra, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “alleged Russian warplanes shelled the residential houses in Kafr Hamra town in northern Aleppo suburbs which killed 7 individuals including…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–15
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0688
Location
Talbisah, Homs, Syria
تلبيسة
One 57-year-old woman died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Talbiseh and at least four other civilians were injured, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported: “Two hours before the start of the ceasefire Russian planes carried out violent and intense air raids on the town of Talbissa causing the death of one woman and…
Summary
Published
26 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0672
Location
Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
دير الزور
One woman was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kahtan hospital, according to local sources. Euphrates Post reported: “A woman was killed due to Russian warplane raid in Kahtan hospital near Hasan Al-Taha street.” Three other sources also blamed Russia for carrying out a strike near the hospital, which they said killed one female.…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0675
Location
Al Hissan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الحصان
Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that one civilian, was killed in an airstrike at a roundabout in the village of Al Hissan – though did not say who carried out the strike. However, Shaam News Network said Russia was responsible. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Warplane shelling thought to be…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0673
Location
Hatla Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
حطلة
A single source, All4Syria, reported that “:Russian aircraft carried out raids on the village of Hatla Tahtani, killing Zahra al Harbat and her husband Ahmad al Khalif“. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0676
Location
Qabtan al Jabal, Aleppo, Syria
قبتان الجبل
Local sources reported that up to 13 civilians, including an entire family of eight, died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qabtan al Jabal, with some reports saying that a school was struck. While most sources blamed Russia, others also pointed to the involvement of regime artillery. The Shaam News Network said that eight civilians…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–13
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0674
Location
Babis, Aleppo, Syria
بابيص
Multiple local sources reported that Russia carried out an airstrike on Babis, killing several civilians and wounding more. Most reports did not mention deaths but said there had been a number of injured non-combatants, with Micro Syria reporting that “many” were wounded. Shahba put the number of injured at four.
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
CS184
Location
Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
ميادين
Two adult civilian males named as Adnan Abd al-Wahab al-Bonaia al-Jasem and Ahmad Dalf al-Saleh were reported killed in al Mayadeen in an alleged Coalition airstrike. No additional details are presently known. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
CI195
Location
Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
القيارة
Local sources claimed that at least 13 and as many as 46 civilians from ‘ISIS families’ – including children and women – were killed when their bus was bombed between Qayarrah and Shura south of Mosul as it was trying to cross the Iraqi-Syrian border. The bodies were reportedly transferred to the Forensic Medicine institution…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–46
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0671
Location
Dara al Balad, Daraa, Syria
درعا البلد
Up to five civilians including one or two children died in an airstrike or artillery bombardment on Dara al Balad, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was a Russian strike or action by the Syrian regime. Among the sources blaming Russia were Khaled Abu Slem, Abn_Horan and Syria…
Summary
Published
25 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
LQ025a
Location
Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
بنغازي
The LNA launched “accurate” airstrikes against terrorist militias in Qawarsheh and Sabri according to their Facebook page.
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0662
Location
Ltamenah, Hama, Syria
اللطامنة
One civilian was killed in an airstrike on Ltamenah according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime was responsible. A citizen journalist, Mohammad Hamaoui, posted a video showing a missile reportedly dropped by a Russian warplane. And according to Zaman Masdar, “Russian warplanes launched an attack…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0663
Location
Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
سراقب
One to three civilians were killed and several more injured in airstrikes on Saqaib according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network posted photos in which it said Russia was responsible. Other sources, including Alsouria and Al…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0664
Location
Zamalka, Damascus, Syria
زملكا
Five civilians including two to three children died in airstrikes on Zamalka according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. In a news roundup, Shaam News Network reported that “Russian enemy planes carried out intense strikes on the clash areas and…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0665
Location
Ariha, Idlib, Syria
أريحا
Between 8 and 15 civilians including one woman and one to two children died – and dozens more were injured – in airstrikes on a market in Ariha, according to multiple local sources. Reports are conflicted as to whether the attacks were carried out by Russia or the Assad regime, with one source saying that…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–15
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0666
Location
Haranbush, Idlib, Syria
حرنبوش
Up to four civilians including a mother and her one or two children died in airstrikes on Haranbush, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Among the sources alleging that this was a Russian strike were Chamtime, Syrian Revolution and…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0667
Location
Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
الأتارب
Between three and nine civilians including up to three children were killed in airstrikes on Al Atarib, according to local sources, though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network reported that Russia warplanes targeted civilian homes “in the vicinity of the city of…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–9
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0668
Location
Talbisah, Homs, Syria
تلبيسة
One child was killed and up to 15 other civilians injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on a school in Talbiseh according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime were to blame. Activists told Shaam News Network that “Russian warplanes targeted the morning the city of Talbissa…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0661
Location
Saida, Daraa, Syria
صيدا
Up to three civilians died in an airstrike on Saida according to local sources. All but one allege that this was a Russian airstrike. Among the sources blaming Russia were Baladi, Step, LCCSY and Dery News. However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights put the death toll at three and said that regime warplanes were…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Codes
CS183 RS0669
Location
Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
البوكمال
Between one and four civilians died in an airstrike on al Bukamal according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the US-led Coalition were to blame. SyrianPC said four non-combatants died in a Russian shelling of “oil separators in the Al-Hajjana area”. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently also…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0670
Location
Al Bulial, Deir Ezzor, Syria
البوليل
Between two and four civilians died in multiple airstrikes on Al Bulial, according to local sources. While the majority of reports blamed Russia, some pointed towards the Assad regime. According to All4Syria: “Russian warplanes carried out 12 raids on a farm in the village of Albulial, resulting in a number of civilian deaths. Among them…
Summary
Published
24 February 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 February 2016
Incident Code
CS182
Location
Bahssa, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilian males named as Ahmad Salem Al A’tiya and Issa Turky Al Sulayman died in an alleged Coalition strike on a car in the village of Al Bahsa, west of al Shadadi. Al Jazeera also noted the event: “In Hassakah northeast Syria, activists reported the fall of two dead and several wounded in air…
Summary
Published
23 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0657
Location
Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
حتلا
Between two and six civilians including one or two children and one woman died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hatla, according to multiple local sources – with some reporting that all six victims were from the same family. According to Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently, Russian warplanes carried out two raids. LCCSY put…
Summary
Published
22 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0658
Location
Ibta', Daraa, Syria
ابطع
One adult female was killed in an airstrike on Ibta’, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. The VDC named the victim and said she died “in a Jordanian hospital due to her wounds sustained by the regime air forces’ shelling”…
Summary
Published
22 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0659
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
According to the Violations Documentation Center one adult male, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Douma. The VDC linked to a video by the media activist Yasser al Fawal al Doumani which includes a voiceover saying that the victim was killed by Russian warplanes. Abobian said there had been three raids by warplanes, but…
Summary
Published
22 February 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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