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Incident Date
29 July 2020
Incident Code
TI043
Location
Mount Shekif, Erbil, Iraq
جبل شاكيو
Five civilians were injured in alleged Turkish artillery strikes on Mount Shekif, Lolan area in Erbil governorate, on July 29th, 2020, according to local sources. One woman was reportedly severely wounded. ANF English wrote that "on Wednesday, morning the Turkish army fired shells at a group of people who went to Mount Shekif to collect…
Summary
Published
29 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 July 2020
Incident Code
TS442a
Location
Qurtwiran, Aleppo, Syria
قرطوان
Five or six civilians from the same family including children were reported killed and more up to ten others injured in alleged Turkish forces or Turkey-backed forces mortars and artillery attack on the villages of Qurtwiran and Willanli in Manbej, Aleppo on July 27th, 2020, according to local sources. Some sources said that the six…
Summary
Published
27 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
6–10
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
26 July 2020
Incident Code
TI042
Location
the road between Barzanke and Ghilpish, Duhok, Iraq
Two men were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on two vehicles near Hasinpirka village, Duhok province, on July 26th, 2020. Sources are conflicted about whether the men were civilians or PKK militants. Kurdistan24 reported that "a Turkish airstrike in rural parts of the Kurdistan region’s Duhok province killed at least two civilians, a security source told Kurdistan…
Summary
Published
26 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 July 2020
Incident Code
TS442
Location
Gerenke, Al Hassakah, Syria
جرنك
Between two and three civilians were allegedly injured by Turkish shelling on Qamishli. Syriacpress wrote: "A Syriac Press correspondent in Zalin reported that Turkish forces targeted the city center with a missile in the morning. Our correspondent declared that the Turkish missile landed in Roj Garage, injuring two civilians who were transferred to a nearby…
Summary
Published
20 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4529
Location
Tal Waset, Idlib, Syria
تل واسط
One man was killed and at least one civilian, a woman, was injured by alleged Russian or regime airstrikes or artillery strikes on the village of Tal Wasit, Hama on July 19th 2020. Syrian Civil Defense reported: “A civilian was killed and a woman was seriously wounded today, Sunday, July 19, by artillery and missile…
Summary
Published
19 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2020
Incident Code
TS440
Location
1KM from Al Darbasiyah city centre, Al Hassakah, Syria
1km من مركز مدينة الدرباسية
One civilian was allegedly by a Turkish drone strike on Ad Darbasiyah. ANHA wrote: "At about 10:00 a.m., a Turkish airliner was believed to have bombed one of the city's points, 1 km from the center of Ad-Derbasiyah district on Ad-Derbasiyah-al-Hasakah road. The shelling resulted in a civilian injury, from the people of Amouda, and…
Summary
Published
16 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2020
Incident Code
TS441
Location
Ad Darbasiyah, Al Hassakah, Syria
الدرباسية
Between one and three civilians were allegedly injured by a Turkish drone or mortar strike on Ad Darbasiyah. Woofers tweeted: "Casualties reported (all injuries) are two Russian soldiers, a Syrian soldier, and a local civilian. It would seem that the local civilian casualty may not exist and may be the Syrian soldier who may have…
Summary
Published
16 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4528
Location
Al Bab, Idlib, Syria
الباب
One child has been killed and up to 12 injured, including as many as eight children and three women in multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al-Bab, Idlib on July 15th 2020. Smart news initially reported: “A child was killed and eight others were injured Wednesday, by Russian warplanes shelling in the city…
Summary
Published
15 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4524
Location
Ariha, Idlib, Syria
أريحا
Between four and five civilians, including up to four children and a woman, were injured and 2 civilians, a child and his father, died as a result of alleged Russian, Syrian or Iranian artillery shellings or air strikes on residential neighborhoods of the city of Ariha in the southern countryside of Idlib on July 14,…
Summary
Published
14 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4525
Location
Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
كنصفرة
Two civilians, a man and a woman, were reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes or artillery shelling in the town of Kansafra in the southern countryside of Idlib on July 14th 2020, according to local sources. All sources reporting on civilian harm from the incident in Kansafra consistently mention that two civilians, a…
Summary
Published
14 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4526
Location
Several towns, Idlib, Syria
بلدات متعددة
A number of civilians were reported injured when Russian warplanes targeted several towns in Idlib on July 14th, 2020, according to Shaam News which reported: "Russian aircraft launched air strikes targeting the villages of Sarjila, Benin, Kafaraweed, and Sufouhn, accompanied by very heavy artillery and missile shelling on the city of Ariha , villages, and…
Summary
Published
14 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4527
Location
Al Dakmak, Idlib, Syria
الدقماق
At least two civilians were reported injured during alleged Syrian and/or Russian artillery shelling and/or airstrikes on the towns of Al Dakmak in the Al-Ghab Plain, west of Hama on July 14th 2020. The Syrian Civil Defence Forces of the Southern Directorate reported that two young men with injuries of varying degrees were rushed to…
Summary
Published
14 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4522
Location
Kara Awaid, Idlib, Syria
كفر عويد
Up to four civilians were reported injured during alleged Regime or Russian artillery shelling on residential neighborhoods of the town of Kara Awaid in the southern countryside of Idlib on July 7, 2020. Multiple sources such as @TVIdlib, @ShahbaPress and @Syria TV reported that four civilians were injured in the artillery shelling. However, other sources…
Summary
Published
7 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4523
Location
Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
كنصفرة
Between one and three civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the town of Kansafra on July 7, 2020. A tweet from @BelalBayoush90 reported that three civilians were injured by heavy artillery and rocket launcher attacks on the town of Kansafra, attributing the attack to the regime while @thawrat111 identified two…
Summary
Published
7 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4521
Location
Al Qahera Village, Hama, Syria
قرية القاهرة
On July 3 2020, multiple sources report that a civilian named Fahd Suleiman Al-Basis was killed while picking fruit in the fields outside of Al Kahera by artillery shelling. While the vast majority of sources state that the shelling was carried out by the Assad regime, two state that the strikes were the result of…
Summary
Published
3 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 June 2020
Incident Code
CI881
Location
Between Abu Zuwair and the Al Haditha district border, Salah Al Din, Iraq
بين أبو زوير وحدود حي الحديثة
Up to four civilians were reported killed in Abu Zuwair, Baiji in Iraq on June 30th, 2020 when a US-led coalition drone bombed them after they carried wreckage of a US-led coalition drone that had crashed earlier on that day. Local reports said that the raid resulted in killing up to four shepherds and the…
Summary
Published
30 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2020
Incident Code
YS095a
Location
Mare’a, Aleppo, Syria
مارع
A child was killed after an unexploded shell from earlier shelling by alleged Kurdish forces on the town of Mare'a exploded on June 28th, 2020. It is unclear when exactly the munition was fired. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it had "documented the death of a child under the age of 18,…
Summary
Published
28 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
25 June 2020
Incident Code
TI041
Location
Kunamasi, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
كونه ماسي
§§Five or six civilians were allegedly injured by a Turkish airstrike on Kunamasi. Rebaz Majeed tweeted: "The Turkish drones hit a vehicle half an hour ago, belonging to PKK members, in Slemani Province’s Kuna Masi. They also hit a mini market belonging to a local family. 2 are dead and more than 5 are injured…
Summary
Published
25 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 June 2020
Incident Code
ISSY013
Location
Onion Drying Factory, Hama, Syria
معمل تجفيف البصل
Up to three civilians were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on an onion factory, reportedly used by Iranian militias as a weapon and ammunitions depot, in Al Salamiya on June 24th, 2020, according to local sources. The Times of Israel identified the strike location as being "an onion-processing plant and a cattle feed factory converted…
Summary
Published
24 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
24 June 2020
Incident Code
CS1948
Location
Road between Idlib and Binnish, Idlib, Syria
الطريق بين بنش ادلب
A civilian was reportedly killed in alleged US-led Coalition or Turkish drone strikes on the road between Idlib city and Binnish, Idlib governorate, on June 24th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence in Idlib told Smart New Agency that "an ammunition drone had targeted a Santa Fe car with missiles and destroyed…
Summary
Published
24 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 June 2020
Incident Code
ISSY012
Location
Al Saboura, Hama, Syria
الصبوره
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a civilian was killed and others injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Saboura village in Hama countryside on June 24th, 2020 after midnight. The Observatory said "A civilian was killed and three others were wounded, as a result of the Israeli bombing of the village of Saboura…
Summary
Published
24 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
23 June 2020
Incident Code
TS439
Location
Helincê, Aleppo, Syria
Three women were killed in alleged Turkish drone strikes on a civilian residence in the Kurdish village of Helincê, Aleppo governorate, on June 23rd, 2020, according to local sources. Two civilians were wounded. Kurdistan24 reported that "a Turkish drone strike on Tuesday evening killed three civilian females at a residence in the village of Helincê,…
Summary
Published
23 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 June 2020
Incident Code
TI038C
Location
Anah, Erbil, Syria
آناه
Rudaw.net reported that a civilian was killed in alleged Turkish shelling on the village of Anah in Hajj Omran in Erbil on June 19th, 2020. The source said that "the Turkish shelling targeted the village of Anah in Hajj Omran in the district of Joman in the governorate of Erbil, killing a shepherd, bringing the number…
Summary
Published
19 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 June 2020
Incident Code
TI039
Location
Kokar, Duhok, Iraq
Three civilians were allegedly killed and two injured by a Turkish airstike on Nerwa Rekan. Mehr Baluch tweeted: "3 civilian got killed in Nerwa & Rekan area by Turkish jets bombardment, all three residents of Shiladize, they been targeted in Kokar near Avamark Resort." Hana Çômanî said: "Turkish war planes bombs Shiladze town in Dohuk…
Summary
Published
19 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 June 2020
Incident Code
TI040
Location
Barwari, Duhok, Iraq
One civilian was allegedly killed by a Turkish airstrike in Barwari. Barzan Sadiq tweeted: "Another civillian killed in Barwari area, western Duhok by Turkish attacks. So far five civillians killed since Turkey began their military operation against PKK in Kurdistan Region." There is currently no further information available.
Summary
Published
19 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 June 2020
Incident Code
TI038A
Location
Kilka , Duhok, Iraq
كيلكا
One civilian was reported killed as a result of alleged Turkish airstrikes on Kilka village in Kani Masi. According to Darkamazi, "Another citizen named Amin Salah Hasan in the Kani Masi area was exposed to the air strikes of the Turkish occupation, and his body was found today by the people of the region on…
Summary
Published
17 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 June 2020
Incident Code
TI038
Location
Bradost, Erbil, Iraq
One civilian was allegedly killed and others injured by a Turkish airstrike in the Bradost mountains. Kurdistan24 said: "A shepherd who grazed his animals in the Bradost region died in the bombardment of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) warplanes against PKK camps yesterday afternoon. Speaking to K24, Sidekan District Manager İhsan Çelebi, of Erbil, said…
Summary
Published
17 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 June 2020
Incident Code
TI037
Location
Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
Several civilians were allegedly injured by a Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar. ANF reported: "In Shengal, areas where civilian settlements and Serdeşt hospital are located, were bombed. According to the first information, there are some injured civilians. In addition, the people suffered material damages as a result of the bombing carried out by the Turkish state."…
Summary
Published
14 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
12 June 2020
Incident Code
IRS005
Location
Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria
الفوعه
Five children were reportedly injured in alleged Iranian airstrikes on the town of Al Fou’a, Idlib governorate, on June 12th, 2020, according to conflicting reports. @FdzPWRe6ruAGFPd tweeted that "five children were injured due to an unknown explosion in the town of Al Fou'a in the northern countryside of Idlib. Conflicting reports stated that it was…
Summary
Published
12 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
9 June 2020
Incident Code
RS4518
Location
Balyon, Idlib, Syria
بليون
On June 9, 2020, alleged Russian air strikes on Baylon resulted in the deaths of two civilians, including a woman, with multiple sources stating that between four and eight civilians were injured, including several children between the ages of 4-14. Abdullah Ahmad al-Dani was reportedly killed by a strike on his home on June 9,…
Summary
Published
9 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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