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10 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2096

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Tal Al Dahab, Idlib, Syria
تل_الدهب
Two members of the civil defence were reported wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on Tal Al Dahab. The Smart News Agency reported: "The media official of the civil defence in the Jisr Al-Shughour district, Duraid Haj Hammoud, told the Smart's correspondent that the raid targeted the village of Tal Dahab, wounding a civil defence member…

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10 April 2017
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10 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2098

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Al-Sukhna, Homs, Syria
السخنة
Smart News reported that an airstrike struck the village of Al-Sukhna, causing the deaths of three people and wounding others. The strikes were thought to be conducted by Russian warplanes.  One of those killed was a woman and another was reportedly a member of ISIS, although it is not clear whether or not this person…

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10 April 2017
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10 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2102

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Idlib, Idlib, Syria
إدلب
Two consecutive airstrikes in Idlib city, believed to be executed by Russian warplanes, allegedly wounded two civilian women and caused significant damage to property and infrastructure. The Idlib governorate had seen an intensification of bombardments in the days before, despite the announced truce previous December.  There are no other details at this time.

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10 April 2017
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10 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2106

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Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
كفرناها
Multiple airstrikes struck the towns of Ouweijal and Kafr Naha in western Aleppo, causing an unspecified number of wounded civilians. All sources attributed the strike to Russian warplanes. Some sources alleged that phosphorus and cluster munitions were used. Multiple civilians were reported wounded and fires were caused.  There are no other details at this time.

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10 April 2017
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10 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2101

Location

Jisr Al-Shoughour, Idlib, Syria
جسر الشغور
Sources reported the Syrian Civil Defence were struck in a suspected Russian airstrike during raids on the outskirts of Jisr Al-Shoughour in western Idlib. Three civilians were reportedly injured, including a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer. One source alleged the use of phosphorus bombs. There are no other details at this time.

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10 April 2017
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10 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2104

Location

Hour village, Aleppo, Syria
بلدة حور
Local media reported on the killing of a shepherd and his daughter due to multiple airstrikes in the village of Hour in western Aleppo. Sources reported that the strikes were likely Russian, although some sources alleged they were launched by the Syrian regime. Most sources reported the use of cluster bombs. "Multiple" civilians were wounded…

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10 April 2017
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10 April 2017

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RS2105

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Ouweijal, Aleppo, Syria
عويجل
According to sources, multiple airstrikes struck the towns of Ouweijal and Kafr Naha  in western Aleppo wounding an unspecified number of civilians. All sources attributed the blame to Russian warplanes. Most sources alleged that phosphorus and cluster munitions were used. Multiple civilians were reported wounded and fires were caused.  There are no other details at…

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10 April 2017
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10 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2099

Location

Qastoun village, Hama, Syria
قسطون
One civilian was reported injured in airstrikes, thought to be Russian, on Qastoun village in Hama. There are no other details at this time.

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10 April 2017
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10 April 2017

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RS2103

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Al Laj village, Homs, Syria
قرية اللج
Activists of Smart News Agency reported that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in an air bombardment on the village of Al Laj. The source added that it was "thought to be Russian". Al Laj is a village in the eastern Homs countryside, and was controlled by Islamic State. There are no…

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10 April 2017
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10 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2100

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Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
عقيربات
Local sources reported that heavy shelling on Akeirbat in Hama killed as many as 34 civilians. One source attributed the airstrikes to Russian warplanes, while the other blamed the Syrian regime.  The reports varied significantly, as one source reported 34 civilians were killed, including 11 children, while another source only reported that multiple civilians were…

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10 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

CS678

Location

Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
المشلب
“An air strike targeted the neighborhood of al-Mashlad in the city of Al-Raqqa, injuring civilians,” according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. Other sources also said that the Coalition carried out a strike on Al Mashlab resulting in casualties, though numbers were not given. However the Coalition did not report any strikes on the city…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

CS679

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Tishreen farm, Raqqa, Syria
مزرعة تشرين
Local media reported the death of two families in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Tishreen Farms area. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, four non-combatants including a woman and her child died at the hands of the Coalition. Other sources put the number of dead at six, again pointing to Coalition warplanes…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

CS676

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Kasrat Faraj, Raqqa, Syria
كسرة الفرج
Two people – possibly civilians – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit the car they were traveling in at Kasrat Faraj, according to local media. Step News noted “a dawn raid by Coalition forces today which targeted a car carrying two people in the village of Kasrat Faraj south of the city, which…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

CS677

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Fardous, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة‎
Two civilians died and four were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Fardous neighbourhood, according to the Smart News Agency. However the Coalition did not report any strikes on the city that day. According to Smart, “One of the sources pointed out that the [likely Coalition] aircraft targeted al-Fardous neighborhood in the city…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

CI622

Location

Mosul, Rifai and 17 July, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Local sources said that heavy airstrikes and artillery shelling hit Rifai and 17 July neighbourhoods in West Mosul, killing and injuring an unspecified number of civilians. Iraqi Spring Media Center and Urgent Mosul News blamed the Iraqi government, though none of the other sources said who was responsible. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook page) reported that…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

CI623

Location

Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
اليرموك
A single source – the local Facebook group of the Jarjria tribe – said that a son of the family of Muhammad Daham Murad al-Jarjari from the village of Jasa was killed in an airstrike on Yarmouk neighbourhood in West Mosul. It was unclear from the report who carried out the strike. In its June…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

CS675

Location

Tabaqah, Al Manghiya, Raqqa, Syria
الثورة‎
A man, his wife and his son were reported killed and six members of their family wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on “the garage and the market” in the Al Manghiya neighbourhood of Tabaqa, according to local media. Citing a local source, Al Watan said that “[Coalition] aircraft targeted the industrial zone and the…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

CI621

Location

Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: الزنجيلي
Two local sources said that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and injured due to airstrikes and missile attacks on Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. According to Yerdili, the bombardment preceded an assault on the nighbourhood. No additional details are presently known.

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2092

Location

Dael, Daraa, Syria
داعل
One civilian was killed and three injured in an airstrike in Dael, Dara'a, according to local media sources -  though it was unclear whether Russia or Assad's regime were responsible. The strike hit the field hospital "Nabd Houran", which according to Alaraby provided medical services to over 100,000 people. One nurse was killed in the…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2091

Location

Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
كفرزيتا
Two children were wounded in an airstrike in Kafr Zita, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Whilst most sources attribute responsibility to Russia, a tweet from @B.Alhamwi, stated that "Assad's gangs" had struck Kafr Zita and wounded two children.  Activists who spoke…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2095

Location

Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
سراقب
Two civilians were killed in an airstrike in Saraqeb, Idlib, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Almost all of the known sources that reported on this event, regardless of belligerent, noted that internationally banned phosphorous bombs were used. Al Jazeera's correspondent in…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2094

Location

Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
سرمين
Up to two civilians were killed and four injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Sarmin, Idlib, according to local media sources. The head of the Centre for Civil Defense reportedly told Smart News that the Russians bombed the city with rockets using the "Sukhoi 35" aircraft, killing a woman and wounding four civilians, including…

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9 April 2017
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9 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2093

Location

Ma'arat Al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
معرة النعمان
Two civilians were killed and three others injured in an airstrike in Ma'arat Al-Nu'man, Idlib, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible. All of the known sources that reported on this attack, aside from RFS Media Office, attributed responsibility to Russian forces. Halab…

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9 April 2017
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8 April 2017

Incident Code

CS674

Location

`Ukayrishah, Raqqa, Syria
عكيرشي
A local source told the Smart News Network that a likely Coalition airstrike had killed a father and his daughter and wounded four other civilians when their homes were hit in Okayrashi. No additional details are presently known.  

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8 April 2017
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8 April 2017

Incident Code

CI620

Location

Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
تل عفر
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians near Tal Afar, Iraq. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: "During a strike on an ISIS VBIED factory, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally killed.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the location of this incident,…

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8 April 2017
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8 April 2017

Incident Code

CS673

Location

Sho'aib Al Zakir, Raqqa, Syria
شعيب الذكر
Up to 40 civilians including a woman and her six children died after their boat sank while it was crossing the Euphrates River near Sho’aib Al-Zikir. While most local sources blamed the UIS-led Coalition, one news organisation said the boat had instead capsized because there were too many people onboard. The Smart News Network reported:…

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8 April 2017
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8 April 2017

Incident Code

CI618

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Mosul, 17 July, Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Local sources said that three named family members were killed and their daughter injured on the morning of April 8th, after an airstrike reportedly struck their house in West Mosul. They also reported a “number of wounded”. Yaqein said a “wrong” Coalition airstrike killed three and wounded two of the same family in West Mosul…

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8 April 2017
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8 April 2017

Incident Code

CI619

Location

West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن
Local sources, possibly referring to a statement originating with Al Amaq [ISIL’s media wing], said that that 13 civilians were killed and 91 were injured – mostly children and women – in shelling and bombing by the Coalition and Iraqi forces on several neighborhoods in West Mosul.  

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8 April 2017
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8 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2090

Location

Tayba, Daraa, Syria
طيبة
Three children were killed in an airstrike in Tayba, Dara'a, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether Russia or Assad's regime were responsible. Local media Facebook page, Mohammed Al-Rifaei, named the three children who died in the attack and attributed responsibility to Russian forces.  Whilst most sources suggested that Russia…

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8 April 2017
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8 April 2017

Incident Code

RS2089

Location

Sadd Neighbourhood, Daraa, Syria
طريق السد
Seven to nine civilians, including two women and two children, were killed in an airstrike in the Sadd neighbourhood in Dara'a, according to local media sources - though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Seven civilians were listed in the Violations Documentations Centre with their cause of death recorded as…

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8 April 2017
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