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الباغوز, Al Baghouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

According to local sources, up to four civilians, including women and children, were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz Foqani. Step News Agency reported that two women and one girl were killed and another person injured. The Syrian Network for Human Rights however stated that in fact two children and one woman…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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الباغوز تحتاني, Al Baghouz Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

A single source reported that alleged Coalition raids on Al Baghouz Tahtani resulted in civilian harm. Al Haall quoted an Abu Kamal local, who stated that two raids targeted the village, resulting in “several civilians wounded, and damage to property as well." No additional details are presently known - and in October 2018 the US-led…

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Civilians reported injured

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السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

One or more civilians were reported killed and injured after artillery shelling on the village of al Soussa. Sound and Picture reported the “martyrdom of a civilian” in the village of Soussa as a result of French artillery shelling. Shaam News only made mention of “a number of civilians” wounded and stated that this was…

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البوكمال, near Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

In a previously unreported incident, in the US-led Coalition's August 2018 report, it conceded it had injured one civilian during a raid on an ISIS "supply route" near Abu Kamal. The coordinates provided by the Coalition locate the incident East of the Euphrates river, in an area labelled Ash Shājilah (ناحية سوسة) on open source…

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Civilians reported injured

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السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

A single source reported one civilian killed and an unspecified number of people injured after the village of al Soussa was shelled. Al Soussa Youth reported that one person was killed and two others were injured when the house of al-Matar al Luqman was struck. The source also stated that an Iraqi family was wounded,…

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حسون الباشا, Hassoun al Basha village near Tal al Shayer, Al Hassakah, Syria

Local sources reported the death of up to twelve civilians (including at least three children) from the same extended family and up to eight more injured as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Hassoun al Basha near Tal al Shayer. According to a SANA reporter. Coalition bombardments on civilian houses…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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التمانعة, Al-Tamana, Idlib, Syria

A child was killed when a cluster bomb from a previous Russian shelling on Al-Tamana in southern Idlib, Syria, exploded on June 12th, 2018. Edlib Media Center reported on Facebook that " A child from the town of Sinjar was killed by a cluster bomb explosion from previous bombing on farms of al-Tamana town in…

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Civilians reported killed

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Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Russian Military

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اللطامنة, Al-Latamna, Hama, Syria

One civilian was reported killed, and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes and/or shelling on Al Latamna in Hama, Syria on June 11th, 2018, according to local media sources. According to @Step_Agency, "one person was killed and others injured as a result of the artillery and missile shelling that targeted the…

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

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Russian Military

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رام حمدان, Ram Hamdan, Idlib, Syria

Up to three civilians including a child were killed and eight others injured, some of whom are in critical conditions, in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Ram Hamdan in Idlib, Syria on June 10th, 2018 according to local sources. Step News said that victims include a child (girl), a woman and…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

Three civilians, including two children, were killed and seven others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Binnish, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. Syrian Reporter wrote that "Russian airstrikes resulted in the death of a child and the injury of others, in the city…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria

At least ten civilians, including five to seven children and one woman, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Nour Children's Hospital and civilian homes in the town of Taftanaz, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. Edlib Media Center initially reported “four martyrs: three children and a…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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معرة مصرين, Ma'arat Misreen, Idlib, Syria

Civilians were possibly killed and/or injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Ma'arat Misreen on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported that there were "martyrs and wounded civilians as a result of raids by the military aircraft of the regime and Russia…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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كنيسة بني عز, Kanissat Bani Izz, Idlib, Syria

One civilian was reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kanissat Bani Izz village in Idlib, on June 10th, 2018 according to local sources. Qasioun News reported that "The regime's warplanes also launched several raids on the villages of Kanissat Bani Izz, west of Idlib, wounding one civilian." The Local Coordination Committees…

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Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

Two children from the same family were killed and a woman injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib, Syria on June 10th, 2018, according to local media sources. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported that "Russian airstrikes targeted the city of Ariha in central Idlib countryside, resulting in…

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Baar, Lower Juba, Somalia

An American Special Forces soldier was killed - later named as Staff Sergeant Alexander Conrad - and four others were wounded in an attack by al Shabaab fighters in Jubaland. A member of a partner force was also killed or injured. The US soldiers were among a large force of 800 Somali and Kenyan soldiers…

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Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

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Small arms and light weapons

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7–8 June, 2018

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منطقة تل الجاير:خويبيرة, Tal al Jair (or Tal Safouk), Khwuweibra village school, Al Hassakah, Syria

According to several sources, ten or eighteen civilians, including women and children, were allegedly killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Khuweibra in the Tal al Jair area. Eye on al Hasaka reported in a Facebook post that “The International Coalition committed a new massacre in the Tal Al Jair area”. An individual…

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Civilians reported killed

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7–8 June, 2018

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زردنا, Zardana, Idlib, Syria

Up to 52 civilians were reported killed and 100 others, many of whom are in a critical situation, were injured in alleged Russian forces airstrikes on Zardana village in Idlib, Syria, on June 7th, 2018, according to local sources. Among those killed are up to 11 women and 11 children and a health worker. Most…

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Religious (Mosque), Residential, Healthcare (Clinic)

Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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شميخ, Shumaykh, Misrata, Libya

AFRICOM reported that it conducted a precision strike on ISIS near Bani Walid. While the US itself said that 4 members of the organisation were killed in the attack, including senior member Abdul-Ati Eshtewi, on a vehicle, local sources reported that three of the people in the car were actually civilians. Alrseefa reported: "Reconciliation in Tripoli…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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الجزاع, Al Helo or al-Jazza village, Al Hassakah, Syria

Several sources reported up to fifteen civilians killed, including ten children and an unspecified number of women, when Coalition or other aircraft allegedly targeted the village of al Helo/ Al Jazza near al Dashisha, in southern Hassaka. Marsad al Hassaka initially stated that the bombardment took place “at dawn today” and caused the death of…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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السايح, Al Sayeh village, Al Hassakah, Syria

Local sources reported that three civilians were killed by 'indiscriminate' artillery shelling on the village of al Sayeh in southern Hasaka. In a Facebook post, An Eye on al Hassaka identified “the Kurdish units” as the culprit, referring to SDF forces. This was reiterated by most sources. In addition to the three killed civilians, Al…

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الباغوز الفوقاني, Al Baghouz al Foqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

According to local sources, four civilians were allegedly killed by a Coalition airstrike targeting the center of the town of al Baghouz Foqani. Both Euphrates Post and Deir Ezzor 24 identified two of the people killed as Nader Jassim al-Mardoukh and Hussein Ali al-Mardoukh. In a separate report, Euphrates Post identified the third civilian as…

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السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

According to local sources, Coalition aircraft targeted the town of Al Soussa, which reportedly resulted in two civilians killed and an unspecified number of people injured. Initially Step News Agency reported that civilians were wounded when the towns of al Soussa, Al-Aleyat and Bubradan were targeted by airstrikes. In a later report, the media outlet…

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24 miles southwest of Bosaso, Bari, Somalia

US Africa Command told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) in July 2018 that it had carried out two strikes in early June - one previously undisclosed. The second took place on June 3rd, and targeted members of al Shabaab approximately 24 miles southwest of Bosasso, according to AFRICOM. "We currently assess no terrorists and…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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أم الأرانب, Umm Al Aranib, Murzuq, Libya

Tebu Channel reported indiscriminate LNA shelling of a residential neighbourhood in Umm al Aranib without civilian harm: "[...] and shelled into residential neighbourhoods but no human damage, not reported by the media on the grounds that the bombing targeted rallies of the Chadian opposition, media liar."

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Libyan National Army

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قرية هداج, Hadaj village, Al Hassakah, Syria

Local sources reported the deaths of at least two civilians, a married couple, and several others injured as a result of a Coalition airstrike on the village of Hadaj West, which may also be known as Hasan al Ali village. Al Hasaka Arabea, among several other sources, identified the couple as Abdish al-Issa and his…

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Galgala mountains, 26 miles southwest of Bosaso, Bari, Somalia

On June 4th 2018, AFRICOM reported that it had "conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants approximately 26 miles southwest of Bosasso, Somalia, on June 2". It added: "We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike." However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed "twenty-seven (27) terrorists." As Voice of America noted, "Saturday’s airstrike…

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بلدة حيان, Hayyan Town, Aleppo, Syria

One civilian was reported killed when a cluster bomb from alleged previous Russian shelling on Hayyan town in Aleppo's western countryside exploded on June 2nd, 2018 according to local sources. Aleppo 24 said that "Mohammed Juma'a Omar Sharaq al-Zait, aged 42, was killed by the explosion of a cluster bomb from previous Russian bombing on…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

According to local sources, one man was killed and another seriously injured as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Soussa. Deir Ezzor 24 identified the victim as Mohammed Ali al Khalifa al-Hamada. The report went on to say that “an affiliate of the International Alliance” had targeted one of the town’s internet…

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جديد بكارة, Jadid Bakara, Deir Ezzor, Syria

A child was reported killed by an cluster bomb believed to have been previously used by Russian warplanes in an airstrike on Jadid Bkara/ Jadid Owaidat in Deir Ezzor countryside in Syria on June 1st, 2018 according to local sources. The sources also mentioned that others civilians were also injured. Step News reported that "a…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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باغوز فوقاني, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

According to local sources, Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling on the town of Al Baghouz led to the deaths of up to nine civilians, including two or three children. Coalition officials indicated to Airwars that it is likely that this incident matches one of the following concession of civilian harm. In their February 2019 press…

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