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Incident Date
23 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0451
Location
البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians including one child were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Buliyal, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. No reports on strikes on Al Buliyal have yet been found.
Summary
Published
23 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0453
Location
خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 61 and 90 civilians including two women and 11 children were killed – and between 40 and 100 others injured – in airstrikes on Khusham, according to multiple sources. While three of the five sources say that Russia was responsible for the attack, there was some uncertainty from the Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
23 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
61–90
Civilians reported injured
40–100
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0454
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Six civilians including one woman and her five children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Bab, according to local sources. In a news roundup, the Shaam News Network reported that “Russian enemy planes carried out raids on Al Bab, the town of Baza’aa, the village of Qasr al Buraij, and a farm…
Summary
Published
23 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0455
Location
بزاعة, Baza'a, Aleppo, Syria
Three to four civilian children and one woman were killed in an airstrike on Baza’a, according to local sources – though one report says that they were killed by the regime. The Shaam News Network published a news roundup in which they said that “Russian enemy planes carried out raids on Al Bab, the town…
Summary
Published
23 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0456
Location
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians were killed in an airstrike on Ma’adan, according to local sources – though it is currently unclear whether Russian forces or the Assad regime were responsible for the incident. Only the Shaam News Network blamed Russia for the raid, reporting in a news roundup that “Russian enemy planes launched air raids on civilian homes in…
Summary
Published
23 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0452
Location
تدمر, Bal el Hawa or Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
Three to four civilians including two children and possibly one woman were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Bab el Hawa and Sarmada, according to two local sources.
Summary
Published
23 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
CS167
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
There were claims by some of a wedding convoy hit in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa on the evening of January 22nd. Al Jazeera instead said that “an unmanned drone targeted a car belonging to IS near Bab Baghadad east of the town.” The event, which took place in the Baghdad Bab neighbouorhood of…
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
25
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0447
Location
الباب, Bab al Hawa, Idlib, Syria
Between six and 35 civilians were killed and up to 65 injured in an airstrike on Bab al Hawa, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether the raid was the work of Russian forces or the Assad regime. The White Helmets reported that 30 non-combatants were killed and 65 injured when warplanes…
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–35
Civilians reported injured
65
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0446
Location
سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
Up to eight civilians including one child were killed and 12 others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Sarmada, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human rights said that eight people (including a child and three people from the Palmyra area, a commander of a checkpoint belonging to a rebel faction and other fighters) were…
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0448
Location
اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria
The Violations Documentation Centre named two adult male civilians as killed “as a result of the explosion of remnants of a missile from Russian shelling“, however in the notes of Abdul Naser Younes al-Khattab there is a video of the victim entitled ‘the Jihadist Abdul Naser Younes Al khattab in one of the field hospitals in the Hama countryside’,…
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
RS0443
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
One adult male civilian, Ali Al Sultan, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat al Numan, according to the Violations Documentation Center. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0444
Location
الجنينة, Al Jneina, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two women were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Al Jneina, according a a single source, Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0449
Location
البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 10 and 15 non-combatants died and dozens more were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Dallou neighbourhood of Al Buliyal, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported on a “new massacre in addition to the daily massacres committed by Russian aircraft against civilians in the countryside of Deir al-Zour and areas under…
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0450
Location
الطابية جزيرة, Al Tabiya Jazeera, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 34 and 50 civilians including up to eight women and 16 children were killed and more than 60 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Tabiya Jazeera, according to multiple sources. An initial report by Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently said that Russian two strikes led to the deaths of four civilians families in their entirety. Subsequent reports put the death toll…
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
34–50
Civilians reported injured
24–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0445
Location
أم حوش, Umm Hawsh, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, Thefreesyria.org, named two civilians killed when Russian warplanes allegedly bombed a road near the village of Umm elhosh in the Aleppo countryside. The Syrian Network for Human Rights Tweeted an image of the child Sarah and said she died when warplanes launched several missiles near the village, though they did not identify…
Summary
Published
22 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
CI181
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
Several local sources claimed 10 civilians were killed and 20 injured in alleged Coalition strikes on Mosul. According to anti-government site Yaqen, “the international airline alliance this morning carried out several air strikes” in central Mosul which in turn killed 10 civilians and ‘substantially damaged’ a number of homes. Meanwhile, the pro-government site Al Rassid…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
CI182
Location
يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources claimed Coalition airstrikes had struck residential homes in Abu Teban village in Hit, west of Ramadi, resulting in the deaths of eight civilians and the injuring of a further 18 – described as mostly women and children. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement given declared UK strikes between Ramadi and…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
18
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0432
Location
الخريطة, Al Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Seven civilians including one woman and four children were killed and dozens more injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Al Khareeta, according to local sources. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that five died (one man and four children) when Russian warplanes struck the village. All4Syria, also said a family of…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0433
Location
البغيلية, Al Bgailieh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between two and six civilians died in an airstrike on Al Bgailieh, according to local sources – though only one source alleged that Russia was responsible. Step News Agency Tweeted that Russian strikes had hit Al Bgailieh. According to the Syria News Network, members of Daesh were “killed and wounded following clashes with the Syrian…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0434
Location
محيميدة, Mahimideh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One adult male was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Mahimideh according to local sources. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that a Russian raid destroyed a house and that there were “many injuries“, though deaths were not mentioned. According to ANA Press, Russia warplanes “stepped up raids on the western countryside of…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0435
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Russian warplanes allegedly “carried out raids on several areas in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Saeed and Bostan al-Qasr in Aleppo.” They said that casualties had been reported in the Bustan al Qasr neighbourhood, but did not provide further details. Aleppo Media Center published a video depicting the aftermath of alleged…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0436
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians died and up to 20 were injured in airstrikes on Al Bab, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Syrian Press Centre blamed Russia, putting the death toll at five, adding that “the city Of Al Bab is…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0438
Location
احرص, Ahras, Aleppo, Syria
Six civilians including two women and three children were killed and at least eight injured in an airstrike on Ihress, according to local sources. All sources blamed Russian forces for the attack, though an initial report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights said Assad regime warplanes were responsible. The Shaam News Network reported that “a new…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0437
Location
كرم البيك, Karam al Bayk (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
One woman was killed and six to eight other civilians injured in airstrikes on the Karam al Bayk neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to local sources. While most reports allege that Russia was responsible, another blames the Assad regime. Al Buraq named the victim and also reported that the Russian raids wounded eight other civilians. Smart said…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0439
Location
الرقة, Saif al Dawla, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria
Seventeen civilians including eight children and five women died in airstrikes on the Saif al Dawla area of Raqqa, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. RBSS initially referred to raids by “warplanes” and did not identify them, however, in a later…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0430
Location
منطقة الأماسي, Al Amassi (Ar Raqqah), Raqqa, Syria
Sixteen civilians including six to nine children and four women died in airstrikes on Al Amassi in Raqqa, according to local sources – though most reports blamed Russia, others did not identify who was responsible. RBSS initially referred only to “warplanes“, but in a later post alleged that Russia was responsible. According to the Syrian…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
16
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0440
Location
المشلب, Al Mashlad (Ar Raqqah), Raqqa, Syria
Six civilians including four children died in strikes on the Al Mashlab neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime carried out the attacks, while some sources do not identify those responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently named civilians as having been killed by…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0441
Location
مديرية الكهرباء, Vicinity of power directorate in Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Ten civilians including four children and three women died in alleged Russian airstrikes on the power directorate in Raqqa city, according to local sources. Syrian News Desk also blamed Russia, but did not say how many died. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “alleged Russian warplanes shelled the vicinity of the Power Directorate…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0431
Location
مشفى السلام, Al Salam hospital, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died following an alleged airstrike on Al Salam hospital in Raqqa, according to two local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of Izzo Hamid Al Hammash. The victims was also named as killed in a Russian strike by Raqqa Post.
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0442
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and five civilians died and dozens more were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Bab, according to local sources. The Syrian Press Centre reported that three civilians died in four Russian raids on residential neighbourhoods, leaving dozens more wounded, including women and children. A later report put the death toll at five,…
Summary
Published
21 January 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
19–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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