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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS168
Location
Ramadana, Jindires, Aleppo, Syria
رمضانة
A single source, SotKurdistan, reported that, “on Thursday, the two men, Farhad Ibash (50) and Adel Abdul Hanan (50), were injured by the Turkish bombardment of Rumdana village, Syria. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS169
Location
Jolak, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
جولاق
A single source, named SotKurdistan, reported that a “70-year-old Issa Bakkar Issa was injured in the Turkish bombardment of the city centre of Jolak town in Jandarsa”, Syria. There are no other known details relating to this allegation at this time.
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS170
Location
Kotana, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
كوتانة، عفرين
Claudia Al Minah reported that Turkey “attacked Kotana village in the Bilbilê area, Syria, last night, injuring seriously 3 inhabitants, damaging houses and the school." Photographic evidence shows the extensive material damage to the vicinity. Electricity was also cut off in the village. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3006
Location
Kafr Halab, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
كفرحلب
An unspecified number of civilians were wounded, some possibly killed, as an alleged Russian airstrike hit the Aleppo town of Kafr Halab, local media reported. According to all of the available reports, a number of civilians were left wounded as the town of Kafr Halab was struck. However, Aleppo24 reported that civilians were both "killed and…
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS171
Location
Barkasa, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
براكاسة
At least three civilians died, and more were wounded in an alleged Turkish airstrike which reportedly struck civilian homes in Barkasa, Syria, according to local media. Xeber24 reported that two families remained under the rubble as a result of the bombing of Turkish aircraft that targeted the homes of villagers. According to SotKurdistan, "there was…
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS172
Location
Shkata village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
شاكتا
Between one and three civilians died in an alleged Turkish bombing of Shkata village, according to local media. The Military Council for Manbij and its Countryside reported that in the afternoon, at approximately 14:00, the Turkish Air Force launched several raids on the village of Shikata in the Shih area and targeted civilian houses. The…
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS173
Location
Rajo, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
راجو
According to the private report that Airwars received from the Kurdish Red Crescent, two civilians were wounded followed in an alleged Turkish shelling of Rajo. The type of weapon has not been reported. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS174
Location
Shya, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
شيا عفرين
In a private report to Airwars, the Kurdish Red Crescent named one civilian as injured in an alleged Turkish shelling of Shya. The type of weapon was not reported. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS175
Location
Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
جنديرس
In a private report to Airwars, the Kurdish Red Crescent named one as injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling of Jindires. The type of weapon is unknown. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS176
Location
Shakfati and Tormmisha village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
شكفاتي وتوميشا
According to a signal source, an unidentified number of civilians were killed followed an alleged Turkish air strike on Shakfati and Tormmisha village, Afrin. Rumaf reported that At 16:00 on Friday, the Turkish invasion aircraft shelled the village of Shakfati and Tormisha, where it later emerged that the air invasion had committed a massacre against a…
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2018
Incident Code
TS177
Location
Sheikh Hadid, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
شيخ حديد
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the occurrence of civilian casualties as a result of the Turkish artillery shelling targeting areas in the Sheikh Hadid area in the western countryside of Afrin. The Observatory later put the number killed in Sheikh Hadid at three. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
9 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
TS163
Location
Kafr Shila, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
كفر شيلا
According to several local media report, one woman and her two children were wounded in an alleged Turkish bombing of Kafr Shila, Syria. Airwars researchers translated the video footage from Rumaf facebook post, which has now unfortunately been removed. "Voice off camera asking woman: what kind of shelling was it? Was it artillery or plane?…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
TS164
Location
Ashka Gharbi village, Jandrissa, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
اشكا غابري
According to several sources, an unidentified number of civilians were wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Ashka Gharbi village, Jandrissa, Afrin. Afrin Now reported that in Syria the Turkish occupation army shelled the village of Ashka Gharbi of the Jundressa area in Afrin province with artillery. There were reports of civilian casualties and injuries caused…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3000
Location
Arbin, Damascus, Syria
عربين
In this event, described by many as a "massacre", up to 27 civilians, including children and women, were killed and dozens were wounded as the city of Arbeen, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was subject to heavy aerial shelling, allegedly carried out by either Russia or the Syrian regime. Some sources, including the Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
19–27
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
TS165
Location
Maska, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
ماسكا
According to local reports, up to 4 civilians were injured followed an alleged Turkish air strike on Maska. Kurdhr indicated that the Turkish air force targeted the village of Maskah in the Jundair district of Jandairis with two air raids, injuring more than 4 civilians. Rumaf reported that many civilians were wounded in the strike.
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
TS166
Location
Afrin city, Aleppo, Syria
عفرين
Two civilians including a woman died, and more than four others were wounded in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Afrin, according to local media. Afrin Now revealed a 70-year-old man was killed in the incident and the second victim, a 50-year-old woman, was indicated by Maf News. However, a tweet in reply to the source Bekodo…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2995
Location
Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported one civilian was killed and several were left wounded as alleged Russian airstrikes hit a grain production in Saraqeb, Idlib. Footage from the aftermath of the incident showed how the area, containing a farm for grain production, was struck and largely left destroyed. Among the sources that reported the death toll, all reported one…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Factory
)
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
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3001
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
Russian and/or Syrian regime warplanes carried out airstrikes in Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, killing between four and eight civilians, including one woman and one child, as well as wounding several others, local media reported. Reports mentioned heavy shelling in several parts of eastern Ghouta around February 8th, 2018, including the shelling of Douma. The…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2996
Location
Mishmishan, Idlib, Syria
مشمشان
Alleged Russian airstrikes killed up to eight civilians, including children and women, and wounded up to 40, including children, local media reported, after the town of Mishmishan, Idlib, was struck. Ebaa News cited locals on the ground who told them how alleged Russian warplanes had "hovered around the area and then returned and carried out…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
12–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3002
Location
Harasta, Damascus, Syria
حرستا
Local media reported that between two and five civilians were killed and six were wounded as alleged Russian and Syrian regime warplanes launched airstrikes and artillery in the suburb of Harasta in eastern Ghouta, Damascus. Syrianoor reported that several cities in eastern Ghouta were subject to aerial shelling on February 8th, causing the "death and injury of…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2997
Location
Lataminah, Hama, Syria
اللطامنة
According to local media, three civilians were wounded as Russian and/or the Syrian regime carried out aerial and artillery strikes in Lataminah, Hama. A civil defence member told Smart News Agency that what he believed was Russian warplanes had launched four air raids while the Assad regime had launched 40 artillery and missile shells. Both Smart…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3003
Location
Saqba, Damascus, Syria
سقبا
According to local reports, three civilians, most likely two children and one woman, were killed and up to dozens were wounded as Russian and/or Assad warplanes launched air raids in Saqba town in eastern Ghouta, Damascus. The strikes, which Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCCSY) described as "heavy night raids", left large parts of the…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
T006ci
Location
North Waziristan, Pakistan
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2998
Location
Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
خان شيخون
Three volunteers from the Civil Defence were reportedly killed and another four wounded as alleged Russian warplanes, possibly in coordination with the Assad regime, carried out aerial shelling of Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, local media said. The strike reportedly both hit the al-Rahma Hospital and a Civil Defence centre, rendering both inoperable. Edlib Media Center, for…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3004
Location
Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
حمورية
As many as six civilians, including one child, were killed and up to dozens were wounded as alleged Russian and/or Assad warplanes launched a series of air raids in Hamouriya in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. The strike, described by Local Coordination Committees of Syria, as "heavy night raids" hit a popular market and…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2994
Location
Hazza, Damascus, Syria
حزة
Between one and four civilians were killed and several were left wounded as Russian or Assad-waged airstrikes hit Hazza in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. In this poorly reported incident, some sources mentioned one fatality along with two wounded. As the only one, Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCCSY) put the death toll at four.…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2999
Location
Kafr Sajneh, Idlib, Syria
كفرسجنة
Alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime waged shelling of Kafr Sajneh in Idlib killed up to three civilians, including children and women, and wounded up to six children, local media reported. Local reports varied in terms of the death toll, though most agreed that both children and women were among the victims. Smart News cited local…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3005
Location
Kafr Sajneh, Idlib, Syria
كفرسجنة
Up to three civilians, including one child and one woman, were killed and another three children were wounded as Russian or Assad-waged warplanes carried out airstrikes in Kafr Sajneh, Idlib, local media reported. The raids were reportedly launched in the centre of the village, and according to locals on the ground, cited by Smart News…
Summary
Published
8 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 February 2018
Incident Code
RS2993
Location
Marat Al Numan, Idlib, Syria
معرة النعمان
At least six and as many as 12 civilians, including one woman, were killed and up to 30 were wounded as Marat Al Numan, Idlib, was subject to heavy aerial bombardment, possibly including the use of cluster bombs, allegedly carried out by either Russia or the Syrian regime, local media reported. In this widely-reported incident,…
Summary
Published
7 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6–12
Civilians reported injured
15–30
Military actors reported killed
3–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 February 2018
Incident Code
CI875
Location
Al Mikhisa village, Diyala, Iraq
المخيسة
There were reports that two civilians were killed and two injured by airstrikes in Al Mikhisa village, east of the Abu Sayda district. Local sources told Airwars that two of the deceased civilians may have been farmers. All reports mentioned that airstrikes targeted the “orchards” or “the farms” in the village. None however provided any…
Summary
Published
7 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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