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Incident Date

27 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0082

Location

البوابية, Buwaybiyah, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians including a young girl were reported killed following heavy airstrikes at Al Bawabye which were widely attributed to Russia. The White Helmets reported that “Civil defence teams pulled out 4 martyrs in Al Bawabiya.” The Violations Documentation Center later named three fatalities.    

Summary

Published
27 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0084

Location

تل هادية, Tal Hadya, Aleppo, Syria
At least nine civilians were reported killed – including five children and two women – in an alleged Russian strike on the town of Tal Hayda. Early reports claimed the strike involved cluster munitions. Aleppo White Helmets noted at the time “Civil defence teams pulled out… 11 martyrs from Tal Hadya and dozens of injured.”…

Summary

Published
27 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
9–11
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0081

Location

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
Eight named civilians were killed and a number injured in a reported Russian night-time airstrike at Hraytan, near Aleppo. The White Helmets – whose teams worked through the night to retrieve the dead and injured, reported: “Civil Defence team pulls out seven martyrs and several injured following Russian bombardement with vacuum missiles.“ Hraytan City, an…

Summary

Published
27 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0080

Location

حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria
Media activist Jummah Al Ahmad was one of two civilians killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hayyan, according to reports. According to the White Helmets “A mosque was totally destroyed and two civil defence team members injured in Hayyan centre, Ali Hayek and Ahmad Sarraj” in the attack. A second victim was later named…

Summary

Published
27 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 October 2015

Incident Code

CI130

Location

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Three civilian homes were hit in an alleged night time Coalition airstrike – killing an unspecified number of civilians, according to local reports. The event took place near So’dud School and al Tawfiq mosque in Jugheifi neighbourhood. Al Fallujah News posted a picture of a burning building, though said the damage was instead due to…

Summary

Published
26 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

26 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0079

Location

كفرنبل‎, Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria
A suspected Russian airstrike on the town of Kafr Nabil killed a father and his daughter while injuring the mother and son, according to reports. The dead were later named by Violations Documentation Center as Hatem Khaled al-Khatieb and his 12-year old daughter Diaa Hatem al Khatieb. However Mr al-Khatieb was later named by All4Syria…

Summary

Published
26 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0077

Location

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
According to the White Helmets in Aleppo, “Russian warplanes bomb the towns of Al Bab and Tadef yesterday evening with several raids using vacuum missiles – leaving several dead and dozens wounded and homes destroyed.” Other reports described two raids on Tadef and one on Al Bab. Radio Al Kul attributed the attacks to the…

Summary

Published
25 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0078

Location

الشيخ بركة, Sheikh Barakeh, Idlib, Syria
According to the Syrian Observatory, “suspected Russian warplanes attacked the village of al-Sheikh Barakah in the township of Sinjar in the eastern countryside of Idlib, killing a woman and [her] two children while other civilians were seriously wounded.” A third child died a fews days later of her injuries. The centre of the village was…

Summary

Published
25 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0075

Location

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
A single source, the Syrian Observatory, reported the death of a man in an alleged Russian strike, noting: “A man from the city of al-Mayadin was killed in the bombing by warplanes believed to be Russian yesterday on areas at the outskirts of Ariha city in Idlib province.“  

Summary

Published
23 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0076

Location

جبل الزاوية, Jabal Al Zawiya, Idlib, Syria
Media activist Wassim Al A’dil was one of two civilians reported killed in an airstrike at Jabal al Zawiya. The other has been named by Violations Documentation Center as Mohammad Abd al-Razzaq al-Harami. The pair were reportedly on their way to cover nearby Russian airstrikes when they were caught up in an attack. Shaam News…

Summary

Published
23 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0074

Location

حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria
The Shaam News Network and others alleged that Russian aircraft had dropped cluster munitions (pictured below) in northern Aleppo governorate. Two civilians were killed, named as Hussein Adel Osso and Mohamad Yehya Al Seraj. Five others were injured in the evening strike, including a member of the local civil defence team.  

Summary

Published
23 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0070

Location

الزربة, Az Zarbah, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian named as Hamad Ahmad Al Rajab was reported killed and others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Zerbeih, in southern rural Aleppo. However local rebels also said that the town came under attack from “fierce artillery and rocket shelling” by Assad regime ground forces.  

Summary

Published
23 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0069

Location

برقوم, Barkoum, Aleppo, Syria
Six or more civilians were reported killed in an airstrike at Barkoum. The Violations Documentation Center (which in English said the attack was by unidentified warplanes, and in Arabic attributed it to the Assad regime) later named the dead. However other sources described the attack as the work of the Russian airforce.  

Summary

Published
23 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0073

Location

مسرابا, Missraya, Damascus, Syria
According to reports, Russian warplanes allegedly carried out four raids on the town of Missraya in eastern Ghouta. Two or more people died and ‘dozens’ were injured, including women and children. According to the White Helmets, one of those killed was a little girl. The VDC also named adult male civilian Mohammad Saeid Mohammad Ali…

Summary

Published
23 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0072

Location

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria
Eighteen civilians were killed in heavy airstrikes on Talbiseh, all from the Aloush and Swais families. Nine children were among the dead following at least three air raids. Graphic footage shows bombs being dropped in the centre of the town, followed by desperate rescue operations. Opinion was divided on whether the attacks were by Russian…

Summary

Published
23 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
18
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0071

Location

اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria
An alleged Russian airstrike on a field hospital in northern Hama injured a number of people including medical staff and killed one, according to reports. Up to six rebels also died. “Russian warplanes launched a raid at the field hospital in the town of Al-Lataminah countryside north of Hama, which inflicted casualties among the medical…

Summary

Published
23 October 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 October 2015

Incident Code

CS140

Location

البلعوم, Baloum, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to reports civilian facility guard Waleed Mekhlef Al Abbad was killed in a Coalition raid on the Al Omar oil field. According to local reports, midnight airstrikes were followed by a raid involving up to six Coalition helicopters. Ara News cited media activist Yasser al-Dairi from Al Mayadeen as saying the raid “targeted an…

Summary

Published
22 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

22 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0068

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A wave of night time airstrikes hit a number of civilian objects in the city according to reports, killing seven to eight non-combatants. At least 11 and as many as 40 Daesh militants were also reported killed. According to the Syrian Observatory, “13 airstrikes targeted places near the Emergency Branch, the Hospitality Palace, Hawd al-Forat…

Summary

Published
22 October 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0067

Location

غرناطة, Gharnata, Homs, Syria
A single source, the Syrian Observatory, reported a man dying from injuries sustained earlier in the day following an alleged Russian airstrike on Gharnata. No other details are presently available.  

Summary

Published
22 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

21 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0066

Location

أبو خنادق, Abu al Khanadak, Hama, Syria
Six people were killed – including four women – following an alleged Russian strike on civilian homes at Abu al Khanadak. The dead were later named by VDC. Images obtained by Shaam showed significant damage at the site.  

Summary

Published
21 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

21 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0065

Location

رسم حمام, Rasim al Hammam, Hama, Syria
Three civilians – a woman and two girls – were reported killed and ‘many wounded’ after an alleged Russian airstrike on a former school in which internally displaced civilians were said to be sheltering.  

Summary

Published
21 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0062

Location

الرهجان, Al Rahjan, Hama, Syria
The VDC lists four unidentified civilian males as having been killed by “Russian air force shelling” at Al Rahjan in Hama. Other sourcing is weak, with the Syrian state news agency Sana attributing the attack to Assad regime aircraft, while Al Watan mentions only ‘aircraft.’  

Summary

Published
20 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0061

Location

الرستن‬, Ar Rastan, Homs, Syria
A number of civilians were reported injured, after a midnight Russian air raid on the headquarters of a local rebel faction based in Ar Rastan. Two fighters were confirmed killed. one of whom was originally reported to have been a non-combatant. According to Sin News, the air raid “resulted in the collapse of the entire…

Summary

Published
20 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0064

Location

كفر تخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
A reported Russian airstrike on an empty school complex allegedly killed up to a dozen people, according to reports. Reporting from Sarmin, Orient News reporter Abu Mahmoud described the event: “Russian occupation forces targeted the town of Sarmeen with steric missiles. The target was a children’s school.. they are two schools next to each other,…

Summary

Published
20 October 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0063

Location

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
On October 20, 2015, the alleged Russian airstrikes killed at least 14 non-combatants, according to multiple accounts. The first strike at 1 p.m. hit near a school and a field hospital in the town of Sarmin run by the Syrian-American Medical Society (SAMS.) A secondary strike, or "double tap" – captured on camera, – showed…

Summary

Published
20 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Hospital), Education
Civilians reported killed
14–17
Civilians reported injured
28–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 October 2015

Incident Code

LC020

Location

اليثى, Al Leithi, Benghazi, Libya
Five people, including children, were killed by a shell in Leithi in eastern Benghazi, according to Russia Today. Russia Today reported: “‘The initial result of the shell that fell on Al-Leithi area is 4 dead and four wounded, mostly children under the age of 10, and there are critical cases,’ said the hospital of Al-Jalaa…

Summary

Published
19 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date

19 October 2015

Incident Code

CI129

Location

تل كيف‎, Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq reported that seven people died when a minbus was struck in an airstrike near Mosul. According to UNAMI, “At 10h30 a.m. on 20 October, seven civilians were killed – including three women and two children – and one was seriously wounded when the minibus in which they were…

Summary

Published
19 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

19 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0060

Location

بشرفة, Bisharfeh, Latakia, Syria
In a reported mass casualty incident, at least 15 and as many as 57 civilians were killed in a Russian airstrike on the town of Bisharfeh in the Jabal al-Akrad area. Many of the victims were reported to be women and children. Al Khaleej cited a local civil defence official: “The shelling came from a…

Summary

Published
19 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
15–57
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 October 2015

Incident Code

RS0059

Location

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
An airstrike in the vicinity of al Karnish Street in Al Bab – either Russian or Assad regime – killed up to ten people and caused a significant number of injuries, according to reports. Al Bab Free Syria reported that “Ten martys died as a result of [regime airstrikes], among whom were members of the…

Summary

Published
19 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

18 October 2015

Incident Code

CS139

Location

السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
An adult male was killed in a reported Coalition strike at Sukhna. While he was described as a civilian by one source, all others reported that he was in fact a combatant. The VDC has named Sabri Abd al Wahab al Ozbaki as a civilian victim of what it says was “coalition air force’s shelling.”…

Summary

Published
18 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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