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Incident Date

9 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0357

Location

حي العامرية, Al Ameria (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between eight and 10 civilians including one to three children were killed and up to 15 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Ameria and Al Sukkari neighbourhoods, according to multiple sources. The White Helmets said that eight civilians died and three were injured in a raid on Al Sukkari, but they did not state…

Summary

Published
9 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0358

Location

دير جمال, Dayr al Jamil, Aleppo, Syria
Two adult male civilians, named by the Violations Documentation Center as Abdulkareem al-Halabi and Abd al Salam Saeid, were killed in an alleged Russian dawn airstrike on Dayr Jamal, according to reports. SNN reported that Russian planes carried out “a massacre” launching air raids “on the towns of Tel Huraytan, Tal Rifa’at, Deir Jamal and the regions of…

Summary

Published
9 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0354

Location

سفلانية, Suflaniyah, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians including three women and two children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Saflaneh, according to the Violations Documentation Centre.  

Summary

Published
9 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0359

Location

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was reported killed and several others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Bab, according to the Shaam News Network.  

Summary

Published
9 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0360

Location

أورم الجوز, Orme al Joz, Idlib, Syria
Up to four four non-combatants including two named children were killed – and four more children injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike on Orme al Joz, according to The Shaam News Network and the Violations Documentation Centre. The Shaam News Network said that a raid by Russian planes killed “several” people and wounded others.  

Summary

Published
9 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0355

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The Daesh agency Al A’maq produced a brief report saying that six civilians including four women and two children were killed – and 23 others injured – in a Russian air raid on Ar Raqqa. In a detailed report Alaan TV noted: “At twelve o’clock noon a Russian plane targeted the city with two raids at a…

Summary

Published
9 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
23
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 January 2016

Incident Codes

CS164 RS0352

Location

عين عيسى, `Ayn `Isa, Raqqa, Syria
A strike by aircraft reportedly killed five civilians. Syria News attributed the attack to Russia, while Ara News said it was a Coalition action. VDC – which attributed the attack to the regime – named five victims. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian…

Summary

Published
9 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0353

Location

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed and several others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Saraqib, according to the Shaam News Network.    

Summary

Published
9 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0351

Location

حزرما, Hazarma, Damascus, Syria
Three civilians including one child were killed in airstrikes on Hazarma, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attacks were the work of the Russians or the Assad regime. The White Helmets reported on two raids by “warplanes before sunset” which targeted a civilian home, leading to the death of three non-combatants…

Summary

Published
8 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 January 2016

Incident Code

CI174

Location

الرمادي, Ramadi, Sofiya, Al Anbar, Iraq
Some local media reported that two families consisting of 14 civilians were killed in an unattributed airstrike on Sofiya in Ramadi. While Yaqen also reported that 14 civilians had died, it blamed the deaths on Iraq Army artillery. In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied responsibility for the event, saying that it…

Summary

Published
8 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 January 2016

Incident Code

CS163

Location

الهزيمة, Al Hazimah, Raqqa, Syria
Eight children and three women were widely reported killed, in what most sources claimed to be a Coalition airstrike. While Raqqah is Being Slaughtered and Radio Alkul did not attribute the attack, the Syrian Observatory blamed the Coalition: “Eight children and three citizen women were killed in a bombing by the international coalition’s warplanes on…

Summary

Published
7 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0349

Location

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Twelve civilians were killed including two to three women and two to four children and  as many as 85 injured in airstrikes on Arbeen, according to multiple sources – although reports were conflicted as to whether Russian or Assad regime forces were responsible. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 18 non-combatants died including…

Summary

Published
7 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
80–85
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0348

Location

أبو طلطل, Abu Taltal, Aleppo, Syria
Four named civilians from one family including a child died when Russian warplanes allegedly fired missiles on the town of Abou Taltal in Aleppo governorate.    

Summary

Published
7 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0350

Location

سفلانية, Suflaniyah, Aleppo, Syria
Six non-combatants – three named women and three children – died when Russian warplanes allegedly fired missiles on the village of al Saflaneh in the eastern suburbs of Aleppo, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. The Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies additionally named Sweilem Ahmed, a child, as also having died from “the…

Summary

Published
7 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 January 2016

Incident Code

CI173

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local media service Hit News claimed that Coalition airstrikes had struck a residential building in Hit. No further details are presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as "non-credible", stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the…

Summary

Published
7 January 2016
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0345

Location

بزاعة, Baza'a, Aleppo, Syria
Eight or nine non-combatants including 3 women and 4 children were killed and seven others injured in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on a western neighbourhood in the town of Baza’a. Citing an anonymous source, Syria News Desk noted: “Russian warplanes carried out three raids on the centre and outskirts of the city, killing…

Summary

Published
6 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
7–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0346

Location

تل فضة, Tal Fedda, Aleppo, Syria
One teenage boy, Ali Mosa Shawakh, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike at Tal Fedda village near Maskanah, according to the Violations Documentation Center. According to Al Buraq, the attack targeted “the Alamabagher sugar plant compound near Maskanah which led to the death of several people and the wounding of others, including a martyr,…

Summary

Published
6 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0343

Location

نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria
Three non-combatants were killed and several others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Nawa, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Smart News reported that “Russian warplanes launched four raids on residential neighborhoods in the city, leaving three dead and several wounded including women and children (some of them critical), who were taken to…

Summary

Published
6 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0344

Location

حزة, Hazzah, Damascus, Syria
Six civilians were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hazzah village near Kafr Batna. Two victims were named by the VDC as having died at Kafr Batna itself, though all other sources placed their deaths at Hazzah. The VDC also listed two  unnamed members of the al Sadiq family as having died in…

Summary

Published
6 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0347

Location

زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria
Up to 12 civilians including three to four children and two women were killed and dozens more injured in alleged airstrikes and an artillery bombardment on Zamalka, according to multiple sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russian or Assad regime forces were responsible for the deaths. Shaam News initially reported that four…

Summary

Published
6 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–13
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0342

Location

ابطع, Abtaa, Daraa, Syria
Five to six civilians including two children were killed and several others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Abtaa, according to the Violations Documentation Center and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – though reports are unclear whether the deaths were the result of raids by Russian warplanes or shelling by regime forces. The Syrian…

Summary

Published
5 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 January 2016

Incident Code

CS162

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Airstrikes targeted the Water Foundation building on the outskirts of Raqqah around midnight, killing an employee of the organization and two building guards according to the Syrian Observatory (which did not attribute the strike to any particular party.) Other sources made no mention of casualties, although a propaganda video released by Daesh appeared to show…

Summary

Published
5 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5 January 2016

Incident Code

LQ021

Location

بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
The LNA reported that it conducted airstrikes against what it described as terrorists in the neighbourhoods of Hawari, the fish market, and Bosnib, along with other targets in the Western part of the city. Al Arabiya reported that a MiG-21 was also shot down by ISIS during the bombings, crashing without reported loss of life in…

Summary

Published
5 January 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

4 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0341

Location

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians were killed and several others injured in alleged Russian and/or Assad regime airstrikes on Al Bab, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network produced two reports on the alleged incident. The first report put the death toll at two and an unspecified number of wounded, while the second report said five civilians…

Summary

Published
4 January 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0340

Location

الشيخ مسكين‎, Sheikh Miskeen, Daraa, Syria
A woman and man were killed in Sheikh Miskeen according to local sources – though it is not clear whether regime air or ground forces, strikes by Russian warplanes, or both were responsible for the deaths. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights produced two reports on the incident. The first report said that Russian warplanes…

Summary

Published
3 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 January 2016

Incident Code

TS038

Location

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
According to local sources, 11 civilians were killed and 26 injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Al Bab, Syria. Al Jazeera posted on Twitter that "11 people were killed and 26 wounded and an ambulance destroyed after Turkish bombardment of the city of Bab in the countryside of eastern Aleppo." Al Bab Al Hadath…

Summary

Published
3 January 2017
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
26
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

2 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0337

Location

بيانون, Bayanoun, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed – one possibly a child – in an alleged Russian airstrike or artillery attack on the town of Bayanoun.  

Summary

Published
2 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0338

Location

مارع, Mare', Aleppo, Syria
One possible civilian was reported killed and several others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Mare’ in the northern countryside of Aleppo, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian planes carried out raids on various areas, in particular the towns of Mare’, Tal Rifa’at, Izaz, Mangh and Deir Jamal, leading to…

Summary

Published
2 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 January 2016

Incident Code

RS0339

Location

معارة الارتيق, Maarat al Arteek, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians including one unnamed woman and a member of the White Helmets were killed – and 10 others injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Maarat al Arteek, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that a woman died when Russian warplanes targeted the town in several spatial missile strikes. They said…

Summary

Published
2 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

1 January 2016

Incident Code

CI172

Location

الرمادي, Hit and Thaiyala, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources said that airstrikes – possibly by the Coalition – had struck civilians in Hit and Thaiyala in Anbar province, resulting in deaths and injuries of multiple civilians including women and children. Face Iraq reported that 12 bodies of civilians were later evacuated from Thaiyala, “killed in bombings which had resulted in the deaths…

Summary

Published
1 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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