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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1259
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to ten civilians died and as many as 20 more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Bustan al Qasr, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. According to Shahed-ayan, “warplanes and artillery shelling in Bustan Al-Qaser killed 10 people and…
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–10
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1260
Location
حي المرجة, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between two and fifteen civilians including one woman died and 43 more were reportedly wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on Marja, according to local media. Alamawi, Jisrtv, LCCSY all blamed Russia. In a video published by Piepers Umran (see below), a man says that Russian planes “targeted civilians as there are no militants in…
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–15
Civilians reported injured
43
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1261
Location
الميسر, Mayser, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians including one child died and as many as dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on the Mayser neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to sources on the ground – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. According to Zouhayrhnidel, “Russian warplanes destroyed 30 civilian houses…
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
7–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1252
Location
عين دارة, Ainjara, Aleppo, Syria
One woman died and several more civilians were injured in alleged Russia airstrikes on Anjara town in western Aleppo, sources on the ground reported. According to Ahmadhamaher, “Russian warplanes targeted Anjara in the western countryside of Aleppo with two raids and missiles. LCCSY added that a woman died and other civilians were wounded in Russian…
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1262
Location
Kafr Zita or Latamenah (Hama) or Idlib, Hama, Syria
Up to 16 civilians – with four or five from one family – died in shelling on Latamenah, according to local media. However, there were allegations against both Russia and the Syrian regime. It was reported that Kafr Zita was under regime artillery shelling – with possible regime strikes also reported in Latamnah. According to…
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–16
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
USSOM064
Location
سااكوو, Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
According to a Freedom of Information response obtained by journalist Joshua Eaton in May 2019, this previously unknown confirmed US strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia against an unspecified "al-Shabaab Named Objective". This incident was not previously publicly known. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
9 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1247
Location
التح, al Tah, Idlib, Syria
One child died and six or seven other civilians were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bennesh in Idlib, according to local media. Sources reported that the strike hit Fatima Al-Zahra mosque. The Shaam News Network reported that the mosque was destroyed in the attack – while reports put the number on non-combatants wounded…
Summary
Published
9 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1248
Location
بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria
A female child was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike which struck Fatima Al-Zahra’a Mosque in Binnish, Idlib, 9th September 2016, according to sources on the ground. Most sources blamed Russian warplanes fort he alleged raid, but others do not name a belligerent at all. According to sources such as SN4HR, 6-7 civilians were injured…
Summary
Published
9 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1249
Location
كفر ناها, Shamico, near Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
Up to two civilians died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on a mosque in Shamico near Kafr Naha, according to local media. Sources reported that cluster bombs were used in the attack and that civilian homes were destroyed. The majority of sources referred only to “warplanes”, though Smart and Syria…
Summary
Published
9 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1250
Location
حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died and in an unspecified number more were wounded in an airstrike on the al Sukkari neighbourhood in Aleppo, according to local media. A number of sources blamed Russia, though others referred only to “warplanes”, while one source, Alburaq, reported that both “Russian and Syrian warplanes killed a civilian”. According to Smart Russia…
Summary
Published
9 September 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2016
Incident Code
CI284
Location
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
Between two and seven civilians including women and children died – and five were injured – in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Tel Al Shaeer and Aski Mosul areas in Tal Afar, west of Mosul, according to local sources. Yaqein reported that the Coalition carried out a strike that “targeted the villages of Tel…
Summary
Published
8 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1244
Location
ياقد العدس, Yaked al A'adas, Aleppo, Syria
One female child died and several other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Yaked al A’adas, according to local media. The majority of sources blamed Russia, though several did not identify the warplanes responsible for the event. According to reports the girl was originally from Aleppo.
Summary
Published
8 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1245
Location
Sabkha al Mo, Homs, Syria
Three civilians – a woman and two men – died in an alleged Russian airstrike on a car in Sabkha al Moh, local media reported. According to the Shaam News Network, “Russian planes targeted a civilian car carrying traveling bedouins [one woman and two men] in the area around Sabkha al Moh south of the…
Summary
Published
8 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1246
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria
Up to five civilians including as many as four children died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Qasioun reported the death of a female child, blaming the regime. Other sources also…
Summary
Published
8 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
20–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2016
Incident Code
CS306
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, CENTCOM reported on 13 September 2016 that non-combatants may have been killed or injured after a non-ISIL vehicle strayed into a strike kill box. “In a strike on Sep. 7, near Dayz Az Zawr, Syria, on an ISIL target, what appeared to be a non-military vehicle drove…
Summary
Published
7 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1242
Location
تادف, Tadif, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 19 civilians including six children died and up to 50 more were wounded in air and/or artillery strikes on Tadef in Aleppo, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was responsible: the majority blamed Russia (citing the use of cluster bombs), though there were also allegations against the Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
7 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–19
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1243
Location
حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
As many as 28 civilians died and up to 57 more were wounded in airstrikes on the Sukkari neighbourhood in Aleppo, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. Sources reported three or four raids, with the lowest civilian death toll given as 12…
Summary
Published
7 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–28
Civilians reported injured
15–57
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1241
Location
Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
Al Latamna Youth reported the death of one civilian male following cluster bomb raids by suspected Russian planes on the town of Kafr Zita. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
7 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
CS305
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, Halaab News, named the child Zuheir Mohammad al Maghrabi as having been killed in an alleged Coalition raid on Manbij. No further details are currently available. In their May 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…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1237
Location
حور, Hor, Aleppo, Syria
Up to six civilians including two children and a woman died and up to 20 more civilians were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hor town, local media reported. According to LCCSY, “Russian warplanes launched airstrikes with vacuum missiles on Hor town in the western suburbs with led to the fall of four civilian martyrs…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
4–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1238
Location
الصالحين, Al Salheen neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Two members of the civil defense were killed and up to five other civilians were wounded in a raid on Al Salheen, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. According to the Smart News Network, “regime Helicopters targeted Al-Salheen with…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1233
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian male died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the grand mosque in Anadan, according to local media. On Sept 12th, HNN reported his death was "due to wounds sustained following Russian enemy raid on the Great Mosque in Anadan a week ago, he is from the town, and a civilian.” Other sources reported…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1234
Location
معردبسي, Meir Debsie, Idlib, Syria
Eight civilians including three children died and up to 20 others were wounded in shelling of Maer Debsie. Most sources attributed the event to the Syrian regime, though one blamed Russia. According to Zaman Alwasl, six died when the regime shelled “civilians’ residential houses from the side of motorway”. Enab Baladi, also blaming the regime,…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1235
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
One civilian died and up to three others were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat al Numan in Idlib, according to local media. Halab Today reported: “A civilian was killed and others wounded in Ma’arat Al-Nu’man due to warplanes shelling with cluster bombs” The Syrian Network for Human Rights also reported the use…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1236
Location
معر شورين, Maarshorine, Idlib, Syria
One civilian died in Maarshorine, a village in the southern countryside of Idlib, according to numerous reports. Multiple sources, including @edlepnews and Alamawi, alleged Russia culprit. LCCSY said that “a young man was martyed” due to the strikes. The source reported a qualitative similarity between the strike on Maarshorine and earlier strikes on Maardibsa which…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1239
Location
باتبو, Batbo, Aleppo, Syria
Up to eight civilians died and as many as 15 were wounded in an airstrike on an oil factory in Hazano, according to local media. While most sources attributed the event to Russia, two pointed towards the Syrian regime. Orient news and LCCSY put the death toll at three, with LCCSY adding that 15 civilians…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–8
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1240
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria
Between seven and nine civilians, including two female children and two or three members of the civil defence died in airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, according to sources on the ground. While the majority of reports blamed Russia, several attributed the attack to the Syrian regime or did not identify the culprit. According to…
Summary
Published
6 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
3–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1231
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
Up to nine civilians including three children died and as many as 30 or more were wounded in airstrikes on Maarat al Numan, according to local media. All sources blamed Russia, except for one which referred to both “Russian and Syrian warplanes”. According to Syrian News “an elderly man and a child were killed and…
Summary
Published
5 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
3–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1232
Location
حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A family of six died in an air or artillery strike on Aleppo’s al Sukkari neighbourhood, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. ZamanAlwasel, Kalimahora and LCCSY blamed Russia, with LCCSY pointing to a vacuum missile attack on a residential…
Summary
Published
5 September 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1229
Location
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria
Up to three civilians including a child and a woman died and as many as ten others were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on al Rastan, according to local media. Syria1news1 tweeted an image of a man crying over his sister’s body following a strike. Like a number of sources, the report didn’t identify…
Summary
Published
5 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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