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Incident Date
27 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0773
Location
حي بعيدين, Bei'deen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Several sources reported alleged Russian airstrikes on the neighbourhood of Bei’deen, which led to the death of one or more civilians including a child. A Halab Today correspondent said “four civilians [were] wounded in my neighborhood as a result of the aerial bombardment of the Russian air force”. LCCSY reported that one child was killed and one…
Summary
Published
27 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0774
Location
حي المرجة, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians died and 16 were injured in a Russian or regime attack on Marja. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said three civilians died as a result of Russian strikes. LCCSY also blamed Russia, putting the death toll at four. But the Syrian Mirror said the regime was responsible, reporting that four…
Summary
Published
27 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
16
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2016
Incident Code
CI233
Location
الشرقاط, Al Shirqat, Salah Al Din, Iraq
US aircraft attacked an ISIS checkpoint in the town of Sharqat. According to a CENTCOM release issued three months later, “it is [now] assessed that one civilian was killed when a motorcycle unexpectedly appeared in the target area after the US aircraft had already released its weapon.” That attack on a checkpoint near the Jumeila…
Summary
Published
26 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0770
Location
الأتارب, Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Five consecutive airstrikes on a civil defense center in Atarib killed up to six members of the White Helmets. Reports however were conflicted: most blame the Assad regime, with only one (the Shaam News Network) alleging that this was the work of Russia – and reporting here was confused. According to the White Helmets, there…
Summary
Published
26 April 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0771
Location
الحيدرية, Haydariya (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 11 civilians died, among them two young girls, and dozens of other civilians were injured in airstrikes on the Haydariya neighborhood of Aleppo according to local sources. While one report alleged that this was the work of Russia, others blamed the regime. A local activist told Ara News that “the city of Aleppo saw…
Summary
Published
26 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–11
Civilians reported injured
5–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0772
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Four or five civilians died and others were wounded in alleged airstrikes on Fardous, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted or unclear as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. On Twitter, Syriam_m_m as well as Wesal_tv reported that five people died and many were wounded “in Russian…
Summary
Published
26 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0769
Location
حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that warplanes targeted al Shi’ar and Tareeq al-Bab, Aleppo, killing up three civilians and wounding several, inlcluding children. Among others, the Syrian News Network (SNN) reported that "three others were killed in the neighborhoods of al Shi’ar and Tareeq al bab" It was however contested who carried out the strikes. The SNN pointed…
Summary
Published
26 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0768
Location
حي باب النيرب, Bab al Nayrab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that up to six civilians were killed and eight were injured followed by airstrikes targeting Bab Nairab, Aleppo. The Syrian News Network (SNN) reported that four civilians were killed while Thiqa News Agency said the strikes had killed six. None of the sources identified the names of the victims. The SNN and…
Summary
Published
26 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
7–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 April 2016
Incident Code
CS206
Location
كفرغان, Kafr Ghan, Aleppo, Syria
The Daesh-linked Al A’Amaq Agency reported the deaths of four civilians “in an American bombing on the village of Kafr Ghan in Souran in the northern Aleppo countryside.” Other news agencies also reported the deaths of civilians in an alleged Coalition event. Syria News, while making no mention of civilian casualties, reported that “International coalition…
Summary
Published
24 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0767
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 12 civilians including two children and two women died and 15 others were injured in airstrikes on Sakhour according to multiple sources – though they were unclear as to whether the raids were carried out by Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network reported that regime and Russian aircraft continued to strike…
Summary
Published
24 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–12
Civilians reported injured
15–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0766
Location
المواصلات, Al Mowasalat (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians including one woman and one child died and eight others were injured in airstrikes on Al Mowasalat in Aleppo, according to local sources – though some were unclear as to whether this was a Russian or regime incident. Smart News agency published a video showing the aftermath of an alleged Russian strike in…
Summary
Published
24 April 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 April 2016
Incident Code
CS205
Location
مرقدا, Marqadah, Al Hassakah, Syria
A claimed evening airstrike by the Coalition on Daesh fighters in Marqadah also reportedly killed and injured a number of civilians when a mosque was struck. Syria News reported local sources as saying that “The dead and wounded were killed by Coalition bombing of a mosque during evening prayers in the city of Marqadah in…
Summary
Published
23 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 April 2016
Incident Code
LC029
Location
القصارات, Al Kassarat, Darnah, Libya
Three civilians including one woman died and up to seven more people were wounded in strikes on Derna, according to local media. The source Alnabaa reported “12 raids”, while some other sources reported that barrel bombs were dropped. LNA posted a video of its forces dropping a bomb on a ‘terrorist ammunition store’ in the sports…
Summary
Published
23 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
23 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0765
Location
حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Airstrikes on the Tareeq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo killed between 10 and 17 civilians and injured at least 20 more, according to local sources. Reports did not definitively identify the warplanes responsible, with some referring to Russia and the regime, while others attributed the incident solely to the regime. The White Helmets said two raids…
Summary
Published
23 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–17
Civilians reported injured
20–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0764
Location
الكماري, Kamari, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians including three children died in airstrikes on Kamari, Aleppo, according to multiple sources – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. A tweet by Jabalybarra (an Al Jazeera-affiliated photographer in Aleppo) said a child was killed in the Al-Salheen neighbourhood: “Reports…
Summary
Published
23 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 April 2016
Incident Code
CI232
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Al-Malyia, Nineveh, Iraq
Four families comprising 36 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the Al-Maliya district east of Mosul in a strike by the international coalition, according to a senior medical source in Nineveh quoted by NINA. In a rarely named citation, Director of the Emergency General Hospital in Mosul Dr Mahdi al-Rubaie told the National…
Summary
Published
22 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
36–37
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0762
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that between 18 and 20 civilians died in alleged regime and Russian raids on neighborhoods in Aleppo. According to the Shaam News Network, “regime and Russian planes” carried our raids “targeting most of Aleppo’s neighbourhoods: Tareeq al Bab, Al Mayssar, al Rashideen, Bustan al Qasr, Al Marja, Sallahudeen, Aqyool, Bab al Nayrab,…
Summary
Published
22 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
18–20
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0763
Location
سرحة, Sarha, Hama, Syria
Nine civilians including two women and two to three children died in airstrikes on Sarha and surrounding villages according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. According to Shaam News Network,”aircraft believed to be a Russian carried out raids on the…
Summary
Published
22 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
7–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 April 2016
Incident Code
CS204
Location
البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least four and up to ten members of one family were reported killed in alleged Coalition (or possibly Russian) night time strikes on Abu Kamal. According to the Deir Ezor Observatory there were three Coalition strikes on the city, all after midnight. And News of the Revolution reported that “International coalition planes last night…
Summary
Published
21 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 April 2016
Incident Code
CI230
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
An alleged Coalition airstrike on a neighbourhood in eastern Mosul also reportedly killed an entire family. According to NRN News, “Our correspondent said that the bombing was aimed at the home district council of Mosul by Zuhair al-Jubouri in a neighbourhood used by Daesh. But the rocket landed on the house next door, killing five…
Summary
Published
20 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 April 2016
Incident Code
CI231
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
An alleged Coalition airstrike on a bank in Faisaliah reportedly killed six students and injured a further eight civilians. According to NINA, “The international Coalition bombed on Thursday [April 21st] the Um Al- Rabiein bank in the Al Faisaliah area in the north of Mosul, which led to the martyrdom of six students who were…
Summary
Published
20 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2016
Incident Code
CS203
Location
الثورة, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
Two named civilians were reported killed and others injured after an alleged Coalition strike at Al Tabaqah. One of those killed has been named as Abd al Mahayman Abd al Tawwab al Radwan, from Deir Ezzor. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible…
Summary
Published
19 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 April 2016
Incident Code
CI229
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
According to local sources, up to eight civilians were killed and others injured after Coalition jets struck the Al Hadbah apartment complex in western Mosul. “Many” Daesh fighters were also reported killed. NRN said it was a nighttime attack: “Our correspondent says the bombing killed and wounded a number of civilians, noting that foreign elements…
Summary
Published
19 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 April 2016
Incident Code
CI228
Location
صديرة, Sudayrah, Salah Al Din, Iraq
According to local sources, unknown aircraft struck boats in Sidera village east of Shirkat north of Tikrit, killing 22 civilians and injuring at least 15 more. Russia Today claimed that the night time event “killed five brothers from one family” with a number of houses in the village destroyed. According to News of Iraq, the…
Summary
Published
18 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
22
Civilians reported injured
15–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 April 2016
Incident Code
CI227
Location
حلبسة, Halabisa, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft struck homes in an afternoon attack on Halabsa village west of Fallujah, killing six civilians and injuring another 12 or more, “most of them children and women.” News Fallujah pictured a young survivor of the event, noting: “Yousif Mushtak Talib Al Halbusi : His mother was killed and his…
Summary
Published
17 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
8–18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
CI225
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Multiple local sources reported that one civilian was killed and four injured after an oil refinery in northern Mosul was hit by allegedly Coalition aircraft. One source described the civilians as the ‘owners’ of the refinery.
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
CI226
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
Several local sources reported that a man was killed along with his wife and child in an airstrike on a vehicle in the Hadbah or officers’ neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. A local tweet reported: “Martyrdom of Engineer Mustafa and his family by aerial bombing which targeted his car in the Hadbah neighbourhood in Mosul. Nothing…
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0761
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between nine and 17 civilians including one woman and two children died in airstrikes on neighborhoods of Deir Ezzor, according to local sources. While some reports allege that this was the work of Russia, one other blames the Assad regime with yet others not attributing responsibility. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that Russian…
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
9–17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0760
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Multiple sources reported that up to 16 people died in airstrikes in Aleppo city. While some blamed Russia, others said the regime or armed rebel groups were responsible. LCCSY said one man was killed and five injured after Russian planes targeted the neighborhood with two dawn raids. Q0wyy also blamed Russia and reported that “Russian…
Summary
Published
16 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–16
Civilians reported injured
5–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0759
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Fourteen civilians including three children died and at least 24 people were injured in airstrikes on Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently posted images showing destruction of the city following airstrikes. It did not initially say…
Summary
Published
14 April 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
14
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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