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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
CS618
Location
شعيب الذكر, Shoa'ib Al-Zaker, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a house in Shoa’ib Al-Zaker, according to a single source. According to Q_Alenzy, “Coalition warplanes targeted a building in Shoa’ib Al-Zaker and destroyed it completely but there were no reports of casualties.” Only one known source, Newsjorf, documented a civilian casualty, reporting that “one person was…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
CS619
Location
جبلي, Jabali, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and six were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Jabali and Zor Shamr, according to local media. Akhbari Now reported that a “Coalition warplane carried out raids in Jabali and Zor Shamer villages near Karama village, 20km east of Raqqa, killing a civilian and wounding six others.” Alaraby also pointed towards…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2017
Location
ادلب, Idlib City, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians, reportedly women, were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Idlib city, local media reported. All the sources pointed to Russia as the culprit and reported that the incident had wounded two civilians. UAR added that the wounded were women. According to Smart News Agency's correspondent, Russia carried out the strike using vacuum…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
CS620
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians including one woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike or artillery shelling of Tabaqa, according to local sources. Akhbari Now reported that “Coalition Warplanes reached the First neighbourhood and the Villat area and the garage in Tabaqa city and killed a man and his wife, while their two children were wounded.” Alaraby and…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2018
Location
الحانوتة, Al-Hanoute, Hama, Syria
In this single-source event, the Smart News Agency reported that an alleged Russian airstrike killed four civilians, including a woman and her child, and wounded another six in village of al-Hanoute in eastern Hama. According to Smart, who cited a activist on the ground, Russian warplanes had launched "a rocket-propelled grenade attack" on the village, which…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
CS621
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, the Smart news agency, reported the death of eight civilians including two children and three women in an alleged artillery and/ or airstrike on the Second neighbourhood in Tabaqa. According to Smart, “On Friday evening [March 24th], an artillery bombardment by the Syrian Democratic Forces took place in the town of Al-Tabaqa.…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
CS622
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition strike on Al Mayadin, according to local sources. Euphrates Post reported that “international Coalition raids targeted the refineries in the desert of the city [Al Mayadeen] injuring several civilians.” Alamawi also blamed the Coalition, while Omran_mo reported that Coalition jets destroyed a number of…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2019
Location
ريف ادلب الجنوبي, Southern Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Two sources reported that alleged Russian warplanes struck a camp for displaced people in the southern countryside of Idlib with a phosphorous missile on the night of March 25th, possibly causing civilian harm. Only one source, Smart News Agency, reported that the strike had caused civilian harm, saying that it had resulted in "several" wounded. @amrsyria1 said…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
CS623
Location
Hamrat, Raqqa, Syria
In July 2017 the Coalition reported that it had unintentionally injured one civilian in a strike previously unreported by Airwars: “March 25, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS vehicle carrying mortar rounds, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured by a secondary explosion.” Coalition officials told Airwars…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2021
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Up to eight civilians, including two children and two women, were killed and as many as 20 more were wounded in strikes allegedly carried out by either the Syrian regime or Russia in Khan Shakhoun, Idlib, local media reported. Two airstrikes reportedly struck al-Shamali neighbourhood in Khan Shakhoun, killing up to eight civilians, including a family…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
1–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2022
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
In this major incident, referred to by many sources as "a massacre", alleged Russian or Assad-launched airstrikes on Hamouriya, Damascus killed up to 18 civilians, including women and children, and wounded between 24 and 80 more, local media reported. Residential areas in Hamouriya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, were reportedly struck by heavy aerial shelling on March…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–18
Civilians reported injured
24–80
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Codes
CS615 RS2020
Location
منطقة الادخار, Al-ldikhar, Raqqa, Syria
Up to five civilians died including a child and two women in a reported airstrike on Al-ldikhar, according to local media. Reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the Coalition or Russia. Smart news agency said that three civilians died in a strike “likely” carried out by the Coalition However RFS…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
CS616
Location
المشلب, Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, the Smart news agency, reported that a “likely” Coalition strike had killed four civilians including a baby and injured 14 others in Al Mashlab. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2023
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
Between two and nine civilians, including women and children, were wounded when the village of Ma'arat Al-Nu'man, Idlib, was hit by aerial shelling, local media reported, though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Mustapha al Gharib, a media manager in the civil defence in Maarat al Numan, told Smart that…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2010
Location
رسم حميدة, Rasim Hamida, Homs, Syria
Two or three civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Rasim Hamida in Jabr al-Jarrah, Homs, local media reported. An activist who spoke to Smart News said that the airstrikes killed two men and seriously wounded a woman. But according to al-Araby, three civilians died. Both sources pointed to Russia as the…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2015
Location
حلفايا, Halfaya, Hama, Syria
Airstrikes, carried out by either the Syrian regime or Russia, wounded three civilians in the town of Halfaya, local media reported Syrian Mirror said that the strikes led to "casualties", without further specification. The remaining two sources reported that the airstrikes wounded several people. According to Smart News' correspondent, "warplanes launched raids on the town of…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2012
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
On March 24, 2017, one civilian was reportedly killed and up to nine were wounded in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime airstrike on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, local media reported. Ahmed Khatib, a correspondent for the Mirror of Syria in Idlib, said that "warplanes carried out several air raids on the…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2013
Location
ادلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
As many as 16 civilians, most of them women and one child, were killed and up to 24 were left wounded, when alleged Assad or Russian airstrikes struck a women's prison in Idlib, local media reported. The attack against the prison, run by the Executive Force of the Syrian Opposition, resulted in at least seven…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–16
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
CS613
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians died and ten more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a mosque in Tabaqa, according to local media. Alfayha reported that “a Coalition warplane shelled near Fatima mosque in the Maghniya neighbourhood after Friday Prayers and killed five civilians and wounded 10 more. The death toll is likely to increase.” Smart…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Codes
CS614 RS2011
Location
Ma'ari school, Bado neighbourhood, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
Up to six civilians including two children and two women died, and as many as five civilians were wounded, in an airstrike on the Bado neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to local media, though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the US led Coalition or Russian warplanes. Palmyra Media Center reported…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2014
Location
اورم الجوز, Urme Al joz, Idlib, Syria
At least one, but more likely two civilians - a woman and her child - were killed and several more wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Urme al-Joz in Idlib, according to sources on the ground. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "one child and his mother died when suspected Russian warplanes…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2008
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
Up to two civilians were killed and as many as seven more were wounded following airstrikes that struck the town of Ma'arat al-Nu'man, Idlib, local sources reported - though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Sources said that between one and two civilians were killed in the strikes. Two civilian…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2009
Location
ادلب, Idlib City, Idlib, Syria
Several civilians were killed and several more were wounded as airstrikes, allegedly carried out by Russia or the Syrian regime, struck Idlib Electricity Company in the centre of Idlib city, local sources reported. What was described as "heavy air raids" by @shahed_alep reportedly killed up to two civilians and wounded as many as four. @News_truth_ reported that the…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
CS611
Location
حمرة بويتية, Hamra Buwaitiya, Raqqa, Syria
One woman and her child died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hamra Boueitiya village in the eastern Raqqa countryside, according to local sources. According to Arabs Today, “a woman and her child were killed and a civilian was wounded on Thursday after an aerial bombardment by the international coalition on villages in the eastern…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
CS612
Location
السبخة, Sabka, Raqqa, Syria
Between three and ten civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike at noon on Sabkha, according to local media. Baladi blamed the Coalition and put the death toll at three. According to Alrafed, more than ten non-combatants died, though the source didn’t identify the warplanes responsible. Alaraby, RFS, Shaam News Network and the Syrian Observatory…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–10
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2006
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
One civilian was killed and several wounded as alleged Russian airstrikes struck the town of Kafr Zita, Hama, local media reported. RFS Media Office reported that "the town of Kfar Zeita was targeted by more than 20 raids resulting in the death of a martyr and several wounded." RFS Media Office and Step News Agency…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2007
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
One person died and several were left wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad-waged airstrike that struck Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, local sources reported. All known sources reported one civilian casualty, most likely a woman. AMC Aleppo's reporting hinted that it was a male victim while @alikrarrkar and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights believed it was woman.…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2001
Location
كفرحوت, Kafr Hout, Aleppo, Syria
Up to two civilians were reported killed and others injured in an airstrike on Kafr Hout, Southern Aleppo, according to local sources - though it was unclear whether Russia or Assad's regime were responsible for the attack. According to Step News Agency, "the Russian warplanes targeted the village of Kfar Hout with three air strikes,…
Summary
Published
22 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2002
Location
جبل حويسيس, Jabal Huweisses, Homs, Syria
Four civilians were reported killed and others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Jabal Huweisses, Homs - though there was only one known source for the event. Smart News Agency reported: "Four civilians were killed and others injured in an airstrike thought to be Russian on a city, village and mountain under the control of…
Summary
Published
22 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 March 2017
Incident Code
CS606
Location
حي الرميلة, Rumaila, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians died and dozens more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the Rumaila neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to local sources. Syrian News Desk reported that “four civilians were killed and 11 others wounded including children, by the Coalition targeting Maysaloun school and nearby houses in Rumaila district east of al-Raqqa with four raids.…
Summary
Published
22 March 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
11–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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