Incident date
May 28, 2016
LOCATION
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA single source – the Local Coordination Committees for Syria – reported that “four civilians were killed in Raqqa city, during airstrikes by international coalition warplanes.” The Coalition has confirmed carrying out strikes on the city that day. But the Syrian Observatory noted: “[Unspecified] Warplanes targeted al-Raqqa city and its outskirts, no reports of losses.”
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Incident date
May 28, 2016
LOCATION
مارع, Ma're, Aleppo, SyriaAlleged Coalition airstrikes in the vicinity of Ma’re led to seven civilian deaths with more injured, according to reports. Noting the fierce clashes in northern Aleppo governorate, Eldorar reported that “Dozens of civilians were killed in bombings by US aircraft during the last 48 hours, due to the detention of civilians by IS, which is
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Incident date
May 28, 2016
LOCATION
الهلك, Huluk (Aleppo), Aleppo, SyriaA member of the the White Helmets was reported killed and two ambulances destroyed in airstrikes or barrel bomb strikes on Hulluk and Bai’deen.
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Incident date
May 28, 2016
LOCATION
مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, SyriaOne unnamed civilian was reported killed and two or more injured in alleged regime (or possibly Russian) airstrikes on Maskaneh. No additional details are presently known.
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Incident date
May 28, 2016
LOCATION
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, SyriaMultiple local sources reported Russian and Syrian regime raids on various parts of Aleppo, killing up to 17 civilians – including two or more children – and wounding others. In a news roundup, the Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes and helicopters had carried out raids with “vacuum missiles, cluster bombs and barrel bombs”
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Incident date
May 27, 2016
LOCATION
كلجبرين, Kaljibrin, Aleppo, SyriaA fierce battle for the town of Kaljibrin left up to 39 civilians dead – with both Daesh and the Coalition blamed for the fatalities. So-called Islamic State launched a major assault on Kaljibrin, later releasing a video in which it boasted of capturing weapons there. However Coaltion aircraft then reportedly struck at Daesh forces
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Incident date
May 27, 2016
LOCATION
اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, SyriaAccording to LCCSY, “Russian warplanes launched two air rocket cluster bombs on agricultural land in Ltamenah in the northern countryside of Hama.” They said that some farmers had been injured, but provided no further details. Qasioun also blamed Russia. Syrian PC News and All4Syria News (which blamed ‘regime artillery shelling’) reported that there were two civilians
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Incident date
May 27, 2016
LOCATION
كلجبرين, Kaljibrin, Aleppo, SyriaA single source, Halab Today TV, reported that one child was killed and two other civilians were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kaljabrin. At 0’21” in the footage an eyewitness, Ayman Al Hindawi says: “On Thursday May 26th, we woke up to noises of clashes in the village which were taking place between
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Incident date
May 27, 2016
LOCATION
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, SyriaBetween nine and 13 civilians including four children were reported killed – and 20-24 others were wounded – in an alleged Russian airstrike on the Al-Thar’ra bakery in Hraytan, according to local sources. Among the victims were personnel and customers of the bakery, including four children. The strike also hit several cars that were parked nearby,
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Incident date
May 27, 2016
LOCATION
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, SyriaSeven civilians including three children died in airstrikes on Kafr Hamra according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. According to Syrian Newsdesk more than fifteen Russian and regime warplane raids in the Kafr Hamra area resulted in the death of a family
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Incident date
May 27, 2016
LOCATION
أورم الكبرى, Orm al Kubra, Aleppo, SyriaBetween three and six civilians, including an elderly man, two children and three women, died in an alleged Russian strike on the town on Orm al Kubra, according to multiple local sources. The White Helmets reported five raids in which “warplanes” (they didn’t identify them) threw “parachutes carrying cluster bombs”, which killed “an old man”
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May 24, 2016
LOCATION
Afrin-Darat Azza road, Aleppo, SyriaAccording to reports by the Shaam News Network and multiple other sources, Russian airstrikes targeted the road between Afrin and Darat Azza destroying fuel transport trucks, and killing two drivers and injuring several other civilians in the vicinity. The reports noted that this road was considered to be a “humanitarian corridor” and “one of the
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Incident date
May 23, 2016
LOCATION
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaShaam News reported that an ‘entire family‘ was injured in an alleged Coalition evening airstrike on Al Mayadeen. No additional details are presently known. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement given declared UK strikes in Deir Ezzor that day, the MoD told Airwars that “after extensive research, we can confirm that there
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Incident date
May 22, 2016
LOCATION
كفر حلب, Kafr Halab, Aleppo, SyriaIt was reported that nine female farmers died when remains of cluster bombs allegedly fired by Russia exploded. Al Jisr TV also reported this information, but said this occurred in Kafr Hamra – which is possibly a mistake. Because of near-identical copy by all media, this is presently classed as a weakly reported incident.
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Incident date
May 21, 2016
LOCATION
صلاح القرية, Salah al Qariya, Deir Ezzor, SyriaFive to six civilians including two children and two to three women died in airstrikes on Salah al Qariya area, in Albu Umar according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. LCCSY reported the death of four civilians in what they
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May 20, 2016
LOCATION
أرشاف, Al Arshaf, Intersection of roads, Aleppo, SyriaUp to ten civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition evening strike at Al Arshaf village on the outskirts of Ekhitrin town, in the northern Aleppo countryside. Syria Urgent initially said 6 civilians died – 4 women and two men – with another four injured “following an American raid.” The Syrian Observatory placed the
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Incident date
May 20, 2016
LOCATION
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, SyriaOne civilian died and between five and ten were injured in strikes on Hraytan, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network said that one civilian was killed and five were wounded in Russian strikes, “noting that
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Incident date
May 19, 2016
LOCATION
الحمرات, Al Hamrat, Raqqa, SyriaA family was reported killed in a contested airstrike at Al Hamrat in Raqqa governorate. Shaam News blamed the US-led Coalition: “Activists said that aircraft believed to be from the international coalition bombed Al Hamrat in the eastern Raqqa countryside this morning, leading to the martyrdom of the family of Abdul Al Hadi Hassan Al
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Incident date
May 19, 2016
LOCATION
الحمرات, Al Hamrat (Ar Raqqah), Raqqa, SyriaFive civilians (from the same family) including three children and one woman died in airstrikes on Al Hamrat according to local sources – though reports were confused with conflicting allegations that Russian, the regime or the Coalition had carried out the attacks. Qasioun said a Russian fighter targeted residential neighborhoods in the village, resulting in
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Incident date
May 18, 2016
LOCATION
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, SyriaFifteen people or more, including up to ten children and seven women, were killed in airstrikes on Ar-Rastan during a second day of bombings on the town. Some sources blamed the Assad regime, with others only aying ‘warp[lanes’ were responsible. Multiple sources said that 13 people from the Turkmani family had died in the raids.
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Incident date
May 17, 2016
LOCATION
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, SyriaAt least three civilians including one child died in airstrikes on Ar-Rastan according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. According to LCCSY, “several” Russian raids killed five civilians and wounded more. Syria7ra also blamed Russia on Twitter. However, many other sources said the Syrian
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May 16, 2016
LOCATION
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, SyriaIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians near as Shadadi. Their December 2016 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on seven ISIL fighters in a moving vehicle, it was assessed that two civilians were inadvertently killed. One civilian passenger in the vehicle was killed
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Incident date
May 16, 2016
LOCATION
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, SyriaMultiple sources reported that Coalition aircraft were responsible for the deaths of up to seven members of two families following a dawn airstrike near the post office building in Al Bukamal. The target appears to have been a key Islamic State figure, whose family members died in the attack. According to Shaam News, “Activists said
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May 15, 2016
LOCATION
السحل, Al Sahal, Raqqa, SyriaRaqqa News 24/24 reported that a “Russian warplane” targeted the home of one of the residents of the village at 02.30am, leading to the man’s immediate death. It also said that the planes targeted the water pump east of Al Mansoura, causing material damage. Muslim Forum also reported the death of the man and said
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Incident date
May 15, 2016
LOCATION
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, SyriaAccording to multiple local sources, Russian warplanes targeted farmlands in the northern and western suburbs of the town of Ar Rastan with vacuum missiles, leading to the death of one or two civilians and the wounding of several others. Sources spoke of dozens of Russian raids. Ar-Rastan media office said the civilian killed was Siham Ibrahim
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Incident date
May 14, 2016
LOCATION
بابيص, Babis, Aleppo, SyriaMultiple local sources reported that two civilians were killed and up to seven people were wounded following alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the village of Babis in the countryside of Aleppo. While most sources blamed Russia, some said the Syrian regime was responsible, and again others did not identify who carried out the raids.
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Incident date
May 11, 2016
LOCATION
دابق, Dabiq, thread making workshop, Aleppo, SyriaOne or more civilian non-combatants were reported killed – and at least two others injured – after an alleged Coalition air raid on the village of Dabiq. Step News, citing an Islamic State source – said seven civilians were also injured in the event. Another source said the civilian casualties occurred when a workshop for
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Incident date
May 11, 2016
LOCATION
Ibn Khaldoun (Ar Raqqahh), Raqqa, SyriaFour or five civilians including three children and one women died in airstrikes on the Ibn Khaldoun neighborhood of Ar Raqqa, according to local sources which also said that a school was targeted – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network
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Incident date
May 11, 2016
LOCATION
الشحيل, Al Shaheel, Deir Ezzor, SyriaUp to 15 civilians including four children died and up to 20 were injured in an airstrike on a health facility at Al Shaheel town, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that amid intensive
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Incident date
May 10, 2016
LOCATION
تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, SyriaAccording to multiple local sources, three children died when the remains of a cluster bomb – allegedly earlier dropped by Russia – exploded in the town of Taqad. However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, which also said three children died, blamed the regime for originally dropping the cluster bomb. Alarab News reported that “a