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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0119
Location
Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
القريتين
An adult male civilian Abd al-Kareem al-Alawi (also known as Abo Moseab) was named as killed after an alleged strike on Qaryatain by Russian warplanes. According to Radio Al Kul, Mr al-Alawi was one of two civilians who died: “The two martyrs are displaced from the neighbouring town of Maheen.“
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0121
Location
Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
البوكمال
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that 71 civilians including nine or more children killed – and more than 100 people injured – when alleged Russian warplanes launched two airstrikes on the market in Al Bukamal. It added that more than 20 shops were destroyed and that a mosque, park and school were damaged…
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
48–71
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0120
Location
Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
البوليل
The Violations Documentation Center reported that one named civilian male was killed, allegedly due to “Russian airforce shelling“. VDC named the victim as Soeoud al-Thamer. No additional information is presently known.
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2015
Incident Code
CI133
Location
Hamam al Alil, Nineveh, Iraq
حمام العليل
Five non-combatants were reportedly killed and four more injured after an alleged Coalition airstrike hit a home at Hammam al-Alil. According to NINA, “international Coalition aircraft bombed residential neighborhoods in the Hamam al-Alil area, and the shelling resulted in the deaths of five civilians, including a child, and the wounding of four others.” A Daesh…
Summary
Published
4 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 November 2015
Incident Code
CI134
Location
Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
الحويجة
In a casualty event previously unknown to Airwars, CENTCOM confirmed on April 22nd 2016 that two civilians were injured during a US airstrike at Huwaijah. According to the official release, “On Nov. 4, 2015, in Al Huwayjah, Iraq, during a strike on an ISIL vehicle, it is assessed that two civilians were injured. The incident…
Summary
Published
4 November 2015
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0118
Location
Banin, Idlib, Syria
بنسن
One man was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Banin village, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. No further details are known at the present time.
Summary
Published
4 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0114
Location
Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
حي بستان القصر
Local sources that claimed the death of between six and eight civilians including three children and injury of 12 more in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bustan al Qasr. Several houses were also reportedly destroyed. VDC released the names of 8 people that killed, including three children as result of the strike. Additionally, the Violations Documentation…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0116
Location
Al Mashad (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
حي المشهد
Alleged Russian airstrikes reportedly killed at least three non-combatants and injured at least ten in the neighbourhood of Al Mashhad, according to the White Helmets. The group said they recovered three bodies from the rubble and rescued ten people, transferring them to nearby field hospitals. Local media activist Mansour Hussain told Al Araby al Jadeed…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0115
Location
Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
الأنصاري
A vacuum missile, allegedly fired by Russian warplanes killed eleven non-combatants and injured about 20 in the Ansari neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to reports. Several homes have destroyed. Four of those killed were brothers and sisters from one family, who died alongside their father. The raid was one of several in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, including an…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0117
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
Up to 34 civilians were reported killed including a woman and a child, and 50 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes, according to multiple sources. Al A’maq [close to Daesh] claimed there were 26 strikes by Russian warplanes which caused 10 deaths, including two women. They claimed that the city’s general hospital was targeted, along with…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
27–34
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
CI132
Location
Sinjar, Um Al Theban, Nineveh, Iraq
سنجار
Eleven civilians were reportedly killed at Um Al Theban while crossing between Syria and Iraq, in what was claimed to be a Coalition airstrike. The incident is presently poorly reported. In its July 2017 report, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of having conducted no strikes in the vicinity: “Nov. 2,…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0111
Location
Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان
One woman, Mrs Zahra Hajj Khamees, was reported killed and more than 20 people injured after an alleged Russian airstrike on the traders’ market in the town of Maarat al Numan. Video footage showed extreme damage to shops and houses in the vicinity. Most sources blamed Russia. However, the Damascus Centre and the Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0112
Location
Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
القريتين
30 civilians were reported killed and a dozen injured in alleged evening Russian airstrikes on a centre for the distribution of bread in the town of Qaryatain in Homs province. According to Shaam News Network, 16 people died when Russian planes carried out two raids. Activists stressed that the raids targeted a bakery in the…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Commerce
(
Bakery
)
Civilians reported killed
30
Civilians reported injured
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0113
Location
Sakik, Idlib, Syria
سكيك
An initial report by the Violations Documentation Center named one adult male as a civilian medical worker who killed in an alleged Russian airstrike but did not specify the location. However, a later listing by the VDC identified him both as a paramedic and as a non-civilian, killed “during clashes with the regime’s army forces“.…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0106
Location
Jbala, Idlib, Syria
One child was reported killed and two or more non-combatants injured following an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Jbala. While the Syrian Observatory blamed Russia, both the Idlib Media Centre and Al Kul Radio said the attack was the work of the Assad regime.
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0107
Location
Ma’ar Tamater, Idlib, Syria
معرتماتر
A child named as Ahmad Ali al-Yousef was reported killed following an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Ma’artamater. The Violations Documentation Center and Syrian Observatory blamed Russia. The pro-regime Shaam Times – citing “military sources” – confirmed that unspecified aircraft had supported ground operations at Ma’artamater. And the Damascus Centre for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0108
Location
Assiya, Aleppo, Syria
منطقة أسيا
An unnamed civilian male was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in Assiya. Almodon made no mention of civilian casualties, though did report strikes by “Russian jet fighters” on Assiya. No additional information is presently available.
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0109
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
A child was killed and ‘dozens of civilians’ were injured “as a result of five Russian air strikes [each strike firing more than one missile] targeting residential neighborhoods in the city of Douma” according to the White Helmets. Intense artillery shelling was also reported on Douma. VDC named the child as Judi Bashar al Zhairi, and…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0110
Location
Um Sirij, Hama, Syria
أم صحريج
Two to five children and their mother were reported killed and four more people injured along with up to three civilian adults, after an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Umm Sirij. Shaam News cited local civil defence as saying that a home had been razed in the attack, with other houses damaged. And…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
RS0105
Location
Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
The White Helmets and others reported a very intense raid in the early hours of November 1st, allegedly by Russian warplanes, on Hraytan. The Al Haramees area was targetted with four strikes reportedly using vacuum missiles, which led to the death of 45-year old Mohammad Ismail Rustum and the wounding of two others, as well…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
CS141
Location
Al Hawl, Al Hassakah, Syria
الهول
Three civilian men were reported killed when their vehicle was struck in a Coalition airstrike, according to reports. This incident is presently single source only with VDC naming the three men. In its July 2017 monthly report, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of proximity: “Oct. 31, 2015, near Al Hawl,…
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0103
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
The White Helmets were among those reporting multiple civilian fatalities after a series of alleged Russian airstrikes on Douma. “Since the morning until now, more than 15 strikes,” the civil defence group posted. Syria Reporter published what it said was an image of two Russian aircraft operating over the city that day. The dead were…
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
CS142
Location
Mestaha, Aleppo, Syria
مسطاحة
Three teenage civilian males were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike. They are listed as being from Mestaha in Aleppo but it is not clear whether they were killed there. This incident is currently single source.
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0104
Location
Hamidiya (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria
الحميدية
Four named civilians were killed in a reported Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Hamidiya. The Violations Documentation Center named the victims, all adult males.
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
CI131
Location
Mahalabiya, Nineveh, Iraq
المحلبية
Four people from one family were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike, after missiles hit a civilian home. While a number of outlets reported the incident there are no more details presently available. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this…
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0095
Location
Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
جسر الشغور
Up to five civilians – among them three children and an adult male – were reported killed in an alleged air and ground assault on Jisr al Shughour, according to a number of sources. The Syrian Network later named the dead. Shaam News reported that “Russian warplanes carried out two raids with rockets on the…
Summary
Published
30 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0093
Location
Al Dana, Idlib, Syria
الدانا
Four civilians were reported killed either at Al Dana, or on a road approaching the town. No other details are presently available.
Summary
Published
30 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 October 2015
Incident Code
CI131a
Location
Qayyarah City Hall area, Nineveh, Iraq
Qayyarah City Hall
More than four years after the event, the Coalition finally conceded the death of a civilian during an October 2015 airstrike on Qayarrah. According to a field investigation conducted by reporters Azmat Khan and Anand Gopal for the New York Times Magazine, one civilian was killed by a Coalition airstrike on Qayyarah in this incident.…
Summary
Published
30 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0096
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
At least 10 and as many as 13 civilians were reported killed and 40 injured following alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Bab. According to Shaam News, “More than 10 civilians were killed in the city of Al Bab controlled by IS in addition to many injured. The aircraft targeted Al Rihawi mosque, Martta Square, Beith…
Summary
Published
30 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
10–13
Civilians reported injured
40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0097
Location
Tadeef, Aleppo, Syria
تادف
Up to ten civilians – at least two of them young children – were alleged killed following a reported Russian strike on Tadeef. Some victims were later named However neither the Syrian Observatory, Eldorar or Radio Alkul reported civilian deaths, instead describing between 12 and 15 injuries. Both Al Araby and Syria News also reported…
Summary
Published
30 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Civilians reported injured
12–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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