Incident date
April 10, 2017
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عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, SyriaLocal sources reported that heavy shelling on Akeirbat in Hama killed as many as 34 civilians. One source attributed the airstrikes to Russian warplanes, while the other blamed the Syrian regime. The reports varied significantly, as one source reported 34 civilians were killed, including 11 children, while another source only reported that multiple civilians were
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria“An air strike targeted the neighborhood of al-Mashlad in the city of Al-Raqqa, injuring civilians,” according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. Other sources also said that the Coalition carried out a strike on Al Mashlab resulting in casualties, though numbers were not given. However the Coalition did not report any strikes on the city
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
مزرعة تشرين, Tishreen farm, Raqqa, SyriaLocal media reported the death of two families in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Tishreen Farms area. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, four non-combatants including a woman and her child died at the hands of the Coalition. Other sources put the number of dead at six, again pointing to Coalition warplanes
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
كسرة الفرج, Kasrat Faraj, Raqqa, SyriaTwo people – possibly civilians – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit the car they were traveling in at Kasrat Faraj, according to local media. Step News noted “a dawn raid by Coalition forces today which targeted a car carrying two people in the village of Kasrat Faraj south of the city, which
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Fardous, Raqqa, SyriaTwo civilians died and four were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Fardous neighbourhood, according to the Smart News Agency. However the Coalition did not report any strikes on the city that day. According to Smart, “One of the sources pointed out that the [likely Coalition] aircraft targeted al-Fardous neighborhood in the city
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Al Manghiya, Raqqa, SyriaA man, his wife and his son were reported killed and six members of their family wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on “the garage and the market” in the Al Manghiya neighbourhood of Tabaqa, according to local media. Citing a local source, Al Watan said that “[Coalition] aircraft targeted the industrial zone and the
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
داعل, Dael, Daraa, SyriaOne civilian was killed and three injured in an airstrike in Dael, Dara’a, according to local media sources – though it was unclear whether Russia or Assad’s regime were responsible. The strike hit the field hospital “Nabd Houran”, which according to Alaraby provided medical services to over 100,000 people. One nurse was killed in the
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, SyriaTwo children were wounded in an airstrike in Kafr Zita, according to local media sources – though it was not clear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Whilst most sources attribute responsibility to Russia, a tweet from @B.Alhamwi, stated that “Assad’s gangs” had struck Kafr Zita and wounded two children. Activists who spoke
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, SyriaTwo civilians were killed in an airstrike in Saraqeb, Idlib, according to local media sources – though it was not clear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Almost all of the known sources that reported on this event, regardless of belligerent, noted that internationally banned phosphorous bombs were used. Al Jazeera’s correspondent in
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, SyriaUp to two civilians were killed and four injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Sarmin, Idlib, according to local media sources. The head of the Centre for Civil Defense reportedly told Smart News that the Russians bombed the city with rockets using the “Sukhoi 35” aircraft, killing a woman and wounding four civilians, including
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Incident date
April 9, 2017
LOCATION
معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al-Nu'man, Idlib, SyriaTwo civilians were killed and three others injured in an airstrike in Ma’arat Al-Nu’man, Idlib, according to local media sources – though it was not clear whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible. All of the known sources that reported on this attack, aside from RFS Media Office, attributed responsibility to Russian forces. Halab
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
عكيرشي, `Ukayrishah, Raqqa, SyriaA local source told the Smart News Network that a likely Coalition airstrike had killed a father and his daughter and wounded four other civilians when their homes were hit in Okayrashi. No additional details are presently known.
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
شعيب الذكر, Sho'aib Al Zakir, Raqqa, SyriaUp to 40 civilians including a woman and her six children died after their boat sank while it was crossing the Euphrates River near Sho’aib Al-Zikir. While most local sources blamed the UIS-led Coalition, one news organisation said the boat had instead capsized because there were too many people onboard. The Smart News Network reported:
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
طيبة, Tayba, Daraa, SyriaThree children were killed in an airstrike in Tayba, Dara’a, according to local media sources – though it was not clear whether Russia or Assad’s regime were responsible. Local media Facebook page, Mohammed Al-Rifaei, named the three children who died in the attack and attributed responsibility to Russian forces. Whilst most sources suggested that Russia
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
طريق السد, Sadd Neighbourhood, Daraa, SyriaSeven to nine civilians, including two women and two children, were killed in an airstrike in the Sadd neighbourhood in Dara’a, according to local media sources – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Seven civilians were listed in the Violations Documentations Centre with their cause of death recorded as
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
نصيب, Nasib, Daraa, SyriaAn eight year old child was killed in an airstrike in Nasib, Dara’a, according to local media sources – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Most known sources for this event did not positively identify the aircraft. Step News reported that “Russian aircraft intensified raids yesterday [8th]…targeting two villages
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
اورم الجوز, Orm Al-Jouz, Idlib, SyriaUp to 20 civilians were killed, including two women and seven children, in an alleged Russian airstrike on Orm Al-Jouz, according to multiple sources. All of the known sources attributed responsibility to Russian warplanes or suspected Russian warplanes. Qasioun News reported that “five raids with rockets and other cluster bombs” were carried out on Orm Al-Jouz.
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, SyriaTwo civilians were killed and the son of one of them injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media sources. All of the known sources identified Russian warplanes as being responsible for the attack. Most sources reported that one female civilian had been killed and her son injured, however, the Violations
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, SyriaUp to three civilians were killed and others injured in an airstrike in Darat Izza, Aleppo, according to local media sources – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Whilst most sources attributed responsibility of the event to Russia, the Syrian Network for Human Rights pointed towards the “Syrian-Russian alliance”,
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Incident date
April 8, 2017
LOCATION
جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shoughour, Idlib, SyriaA child was reportedly killed and others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Jisr al Shoughour, according to local media sources. Idlib Media Centre, who specified that it was a child that was killed, added that it was during three air raids by Russian forces on the city. The raids struck the “Christian quarter”
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April 7, 2017
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الكالطة, Qaltah, Raqqa, SyriaLocal sources reported that one civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Al Kalta. Revolutionary Forces of Syria said he died when his home was struck. There are no other details available at this time.
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Incident date
April 7, 2017
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الشعيرات, Shoa'yrat, Homs, SyriaUp to nine civilians were alleged to have died and 14 others injured in a unuilateral US cruise missile strike on Shoa’yrat airfield, according to local sources – though the combatant status of some or all victims is uncertain. The state news agency Sana reported: “Nine civilians, including four children, were killed by a number
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April 7, 2017
LOCATION
هنيدة, Hunaida, Raqqa, SyriaUp to 21 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on an internet cafe in Huneida, according to multiple local media. All sources pointed towards the Coalition. Death counts varied but were in the range of 12-15 or more, with Almadenah putting the figure as high as 17. @infoctma said
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Incident date
April 7, 2017
LOCATION
رطلة, Ratlah, Raqqa, SyriaSmart News Agency reported the death of three civilians inlcuding two children and the injury of four more in an alleged Coalition strike on Rata. Other sources put the death toll at four including two children, though they did not identify who was responsible for the “raids”.
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Incident date
April 7, 2017
LOCATION
حمرة غانم, Hamra Ghanem, Raqqa, SyriaBetween five and seven civilians – five from the same family including one or two women and three children – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamra Ghanem, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of five civilians in a Coalition strike on “the house of Bashir Yusuf Sultan
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Incident date
April 7, 2017
LOCATION
رابعة, Rabi'a, Raqqa, SyriaSmart reported that a “likely” Coalition raid on Rabia mosque killed “the servant of the mosque [the imam] and his seven-year-old son,” saying that ISIL cancelled Friday prayers in the village following the deaths. No further details are currently available.
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Incident date
April 7, 2017
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الزكاة, Al Zakat village, Hama, SyriaLocal media named 22-year-old Ahmad Khaled al Daher al Kaisouha as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Zakat village. According to Hama News Centre, the victim died “due to his wounds sustained in a Russian raid on the village of al Zakat in northern Hama.”
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Incident date
April 7, 2017
LOCATION
دوما, Douma, Damascus, SyriaOne child was killed and two others injured in airstrike in Douma, according to local media sources – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime was responsible. Freedomraise News, who attributed responsibility for the event to Assad’s regime, detailed that “two rocket attacks were carried out at 4:30 pm today, the first hit
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Incident date
April 7, 2017
LOCATION
بداما, Bdama, Idlib, SyriaTwo civilians were reportedly injured following an airstrike in Bdama, Idlib, according to local media sources. It is not clear who was responsible for the event, whilst the majority of the sources blamed Russia, one mentioned the Assad regime. Step News reported that “Russian air force carried out a massive airstrike targeting the town of
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Incident date
April 7, 2017
LOCATION
اللطامنة, Lataminah, Hama, SyriaFour civilians were named as being killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in al Latamna, Hama. The Violations Documentation Centre in Syria listed their deaths as a result of “warplane shelling” from “Russian troops”. The death toll included one child and one woman. The only other known source that reported on this event was the Syrian