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Incident Date
22 January 2017
Incident Code
CS453
Location
مزرعة الصفصاف, Al Safsaf farm, Raqqa, Syria
A young man died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Safsaf farm, Raqqa, according to local sources. Mohab Nasser, an activist covering Raqqa news, reported that “the child Ammar Ahmad al Suleiman al Gharnouk, 10 years old, ded after being hit by shrapnel following a raid on al Safsaf farm in the eastern Tabaqa…
Summary
Published
22 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 January 2017
Incident Code
CS454
Location
النيرب, Al Nayrab, Idlib, Syria
Between three and five civilians including two children and one woman died and up to 20 others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Nayrab, according to local sources. The Coalition later denied involvement. The Syrian Network said “At least 3 civilians (two children and a woman) died in international Coalition warplanes missiles fired…
Summary
Published
22 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
4–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CS456
Location
near Al-Tabqah, Raqqa, Syria
Summary
Published
22 January 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1845
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
On January 21, 2017, local media sources reported that one child died and several other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Akeirbat in the countryside in the east of the Hama region in Syria. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
CS452
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and six were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) said that the Coalition launched raids “targeting the areas of the coach station and the market leading to the fall of a number of civilian wounded.” Step also blamed the Coalition,…
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1846
Location
دير الزورحي الشيخ ياسين, Al Sheikh Yasin neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On January 21, 2017, two children, brothers called Mazen Siraj Al Nahri and Mohammed Siraj Nahri were reportedly killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Deir Ezzor's Al Sheikh Yasin neighbourhood, according to local media. Several other civilians were wounded in the incident. Syrian Mirror reported: "warplanes likely to be Russian struck the neighborhoods of…
Summary
Published
21 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1844
Location
باتبو, Batbo, Aleppo, Syria
Aljazeera reported: "Activists poke of dead trapped under the rubble and huge fires caused by Russian raids after midnight [Jan 20th] on a gas station in the vicinity of the town of Battbo in the western countryside of Aleppo". Other sources made no mention of fatalities but said that three civilians were wounded in the…
Summary
Published
20 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 January 2017
Incident Code
TS056
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and four civilians died and up to 13 more were wounded in alleged Turkish artillery and air strikes on Al Bab, Syria, local media reported. According to Al Bab News, there were "three dead and 11 injured in a continuous Turkish aerial and artillery bombardment of Al Bab". Syria News Desk gave more detail…
Summary
Published
20 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
11–13
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 January 2017
Incident Code
CS451
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A civilian woman was killed following air raids by an unidentified belligerent on Raqqa city. According to LCCSY and other, “Mrs. Dalal Zare’ al Haj Ta’ama was martyred following raids on the city. The martyr is from Deir Ezzor province.”
Summary
Published
20 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
TS055
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
Four civilians died in an alleged Turkish artillery bombardment in Al Bab, according to local media. According to Aleppo 24: "two members of the civil defence were killed and a number more wounded as a result of the Turkish aviation targeting Al Bab on Thursday [Jan 19th]. The members of the civil defence died as…
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
CS449
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, Smart News, reported that “IS members were killed and civilians injured on Thursday, in aerial bombardment likely to be by the international coalition which targeted an IS vehicle east of the city of Raqqa, according to witnesses and medical sources.” No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
CS450
Location
سويدية كبيرة, Sowaiydiya Kabira, Raqqa, Syria
Between one and five civilians died in an airstrike on Al Sweidiya Kabira according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or “PKK militants” were responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered reported: “The international coalition launched three air raids on the village of al Sweidiya kabira in the northern Tabaqa…
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1843
Location
رسم العيس, Rasm al ais, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Rasm al ais, according to local media. Halab News listed three unidentified civilian fatalties - and blamed Russia for their deaths. @RFS_NORTH, @Syrianaffairs1 and LCCSY also pointed to Russia.
Summary
Published
19 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 January 2017
Incident Codes
TS054 RS1841
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, Halab News, reported eight of the nine civilians in "Russian enemy raids" in Tadef, Syria. It also named the victims. According to Al Jazeera, "The Russian and Turkish air forces, for the first time, carried out a joint operation against militants of the Islamic State Organization in Bab in countryside of, Aleppo,…
Summary
Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
18 January 2017
Incident Code
CS448
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and three others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to local media. Shaam News Network said that three civilians were wounded in a Coalition strike. LCCSY named Nour Riyad al Ayyash, from Deir Ezzor, as a victim. An Eye on Raqqa also named the victim and blamed…
Summary
Published
18 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1842
Location
إدلب., Idlib city, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians were injured - and several others possibly killed - in an alleged Russian airstrike on a bus garage in Idlib, according to sources on the ground. @nabdsyria1 reported that "Russian raids targeted the Bulman Garage and the Central Bank in Idlib". According to Idlib Media Centre, "three [civilians] were wounded when Russian occupation planes…
Summary
Published
18 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1840
Location
بحي العمال, al Oummal neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 17 civilians including six children died in an airstrike on the al Oummal neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, according to local media - though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Deir Ezzor 24 was among a number of sources blaming the regime, reporting that "five civilians…
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
10–17
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1838
Location
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, the Violations Documentation Center reported on adult-male civilian killed by Russian forces in Abu Kamal. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 January 2017
Incident Code
CS446
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launched a raid last night on al Tabaqa targeting the villas area in the First neighbourhood [Al Awwal neighbouhood] which led to the injury of several civilians.”
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 January 2017
Incident Codes
CS447 TS053 RS1839
Location
تادف, Tadif, Aleppo, Syria
Up to thirteen civilians reportedly died in airstrikes at Tadef near al Bab, as heavy clashes continued with ISIL for control of the strategic city. Step News, Al Bab News, Syria News Desk and the Syrian Observatory blamed Turkey for the attack, while LCCSY said Russia was responsible. The Syrian Network instead said that “8…
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–13
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 January 2017
Incident Code
CS447a
Location
near Idlib, Idlib, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of three civilians near Idlib, Syria. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted "Coalition aircraft conducted a strike against a Daesh vehicle. Regrettably, three civilians were unintentionally wounded due to their proximity to the strike." The report also…
Summary
Published
17 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 January 2017
Incident Code
CS445
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Raqqa. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS compound, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that one civilian who was not observed near the target during the…
Summary
Published
16 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1836
Location
تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria
Seven named civilians were killed and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime air and/or artillery strikes on Talbisah, according to sources on the ground. Sources were conflicted as to which party caused the civilian harm. There was also some confused reporting. For example, LCCSY initially blamed Russia but then…
Summary
Published
16 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
8–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1837
Location
عنيق باجرة, Aneek Bajra village, Hama, Syria
Five or six civilians - a woman and her children - died in an alleged Russia or regime airstrike on Aneek Bajra village in eastern Hama, according to sources on the ground, The Syrian Network for Human Rights was among sources blaming the regime, reporting: "Six civilians (a woman and her five children) died when…
Summary
Published
16 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1834
Location
الحميدية, Al Hamidiya neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
As many as five civilians were killed - including a family of three - and others were injured in alleged shelling on Alhamediya. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Some blamed the Syrian regime, while others blamed Russia. Multiple sources even attributed blame to both belligerents. It must be noted that multiple sources…
Summary
Published
15 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 January 2017
Incident Code
TS052
Location
الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria
Eight civilians including women, a child and a member of the civil defense died in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling of Al Bab, according to local sources. Al Bab 24 reported that "Hassan Ghazi al Haj, a member of the civil defense in Al Bab died from wounds sustained in Turkish raids on the city."…
Summary
Published
15 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1835
Location
اللابد موحسن, Al-Labed, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between four and 24 people were killed in an airstrike on Al-Labed, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some attributing blame to the Syrian regime, and others pointing to Russian warplanes. Most sources reported that seven civilians were killed, however some later reports vaguely suggested that as many as…
Summary
Published
15 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1833
Location
دكيلة, Dakila, Hama, Syria
A woman and a girl were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Dakila. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raid. There are no reports of wounded civilians. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
15 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 January 2017
Incident Code
CS444
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians died and up to eight others were reported injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a conserves factory and surrounding homes in Al Mayadeen, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory reported: “Four European warplanes of the international coalition targeted a conserves factory which was already destroyed and deserted in al-Mayadeen city east…
Summary
Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 January 2017
Incident Code
RS1832
Location
معرة مصرين, Ma'arat Misrin, Idlib, Syria
Between seven and 11 civilians including two children and a woman were killed, and as many as 25 more were wounded, in an airstrike which targeted a market in Ma'arat Misrin early morning on Saturday 14th January, according to sources on the ground. Two children and a woman were also included in the death toll according…
Summary
Published
14 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–11
Civilians reported injured
10–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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