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Incident Date
29 December 2015
Incident Code
CS161
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
According to reports a car which was carrying a family reportedly fleeing the violence in Syria was itself struck in an alleged Coalition airstrike, killing a young infant girl. Aisha Saleh Hassan al Hameedi was reported killed and her family injured when their car was struck near A'zaz, northern Aleppo. The family had been displaced…
Summary
Published
29 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0328
Location
الشيخ مسكين, Sheikh Miskeen, Daraa, Syria
Two adult civilian men named as Abdullateef Abdul Ghani al-Omari (pictured) and Kamal Al Khaswan were reported killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sheikh Miskeen. Smart News said the air raids were linked to a major ground offensive: “Russian occupation planes carried out dozens of air strikes on Tuesday morning at Sheikh Miskeen in the…
Summary
Published
29 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0326
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Three to four civilians including one child were killed and dozens injured in airstrikes on Palmyra, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that it was the second day in a row that Russian warplanes killed non-combatants in the city and said that three had died in bombing raids carried out by “tens of Russian aircraft…
Summary
Published
28 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0327
Location
تل رفعت, Tall Rif`at, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 20 civilians, including two women and six children, were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the neighbourhoods of Tel Rifa’at in the northern countryside of Aleppo, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network initially reported that three non-combatants were killed and other injured but later put the death toll at more than…
Summary
Published
28 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 December 2015
Incident Code
CI168
Location
حي المثنى, Mosul, al-Muthanna, al-Masaref, al-Tahrir, and al-Qadisiyah, Nineveh, Iraq
According to single source the National Iraqi News Agency, 12 civilians died and 11 were “severely wounded” in Coalition airstrikes on the neighbourhoods of al-Muthanna, al-Masaref, al-Tahrir, and al-Qadisiyah, north of Mosul. MNN cited Kurdish official Ghyath Surja as saying the Coalition had carried out a targeted strike on a vehicle at al-Muthanna, though did…
Summary
Published
27 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0323
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Two or three civilians were killed and dozens injured in alleged Russian airstrikes with cluster bombs on Palmyra, according to the Shaam News Network and the Violations Documentation Center. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched 10 raids targeting the city hospital, resulting in significant damage to buildings and equipment. They added that…
Summary
Published
27 December 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0322
Location
Turkmen mount, Latakia, Syria
One adult male, Fuad Khodr Kerawan, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in the vicinity of Turkmen mount, according to the Violations Documentation Center. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
27 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0324
Location
كحيل, Kaheel, Daraa, Syria
Four or five civilians were reported killed including a woman and dozens wounded, in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kaheel according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that four non-combatants died when Russian warplanes struck the town. The seriously wounded were taken to field hospitals. Five victims were listed by the Violations Documentation Center…
Summary
Published
27 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 December 2015
Incident Codes
CS160 RS0325
Location
أخترين, Akhtarin, Aleppo, Syria
A child was reportedly killed by alleged Russian and Coalition warplanes in the residential neighbourhood of Akhtarin, Aleppo. However, there are disputed claims as to whether the raids were carried out by Russia or the Coalition. LCCSY and Quasion News Agency both blamed the Coalition for the airstrikes - with Quasion noting that Russia was shelling…
Summary
Published
27 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0319
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Four civilians including a child were reported killed in major alleged Russian air raids on Palmyra. Revolution Palmyra reported as many as 60 strikes on the city by Russia, including with cluster munitions. It said the raids were concentrated as follows: “- 10 air strikes on the city hospital which led to massive destruction –…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Codes
CS159 RS0320
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The IS-linked agency Al A’maq posted a video showing destruction in the city following reported airstrikes Local monitoring group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered suggested the attack may have been the work of the US-led Coalition: “Warplanes targeted with seven missiles on Friday night the area of February 23rd Street in Raqqa city center. This resulted in…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0317
Location
الصناعية الشيخ نجار, Sheikh Najjar (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to seven civilians including an 85-year old man were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Sheikh Najjar. SDU Syria said that “Russian warplanes have launched air strikes targeting residential neighborhoods in Sheikh Najjar City, which resulted in the deaths of five martyrs and dozens wounded.” The Syrian Observatory put the death toll…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0318
Location
الحيدرية, Haidariya, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians, a woman and child, were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the northern roundabout area in Al Haidariya . The Syrian Observatory reported a number of unspecified casualties, while Halab News named the same woman and child killed as VDC, attributing their deaths to “a Russian Air Force bombing attack on…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0321
Location
جرجناز, Jarjanaz, Idlib, Syria
Eight civilians including four children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on a school in Jarjanaz, according to the Shaam News Network. SNN reported that a Russian warplane launched four vacuum missiles on the gate of the Thee Qar school while students were leaving the premises to return to their homes. The Network said…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Code
LC022
Location
اجدابيا, Ajdabiya, Al Wahat, Libya
LNA strikes reportedly targeted alleged terrorists in the industrial area of Ajdabiya. Sources reported that a Sudanese cafe and/or car repair shop was struck during the raids – along with a policeman travelling nearby in his car. Up to three civilians reportedly died with as many as 19 more wounded. According to Libya 24, “military…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
17–19
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
CI166
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
Military aircraft – which some sources described as the Coalition’s – reportedly killed five civilians in a Christmas Day strike. According to Al Rafidain the attack could have been the work either of the Iraq Army or the Coalition, noting that “army aviation commander Hamid al-Maliki also confirmed that army helicopters carried out a raid…
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
CI167
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, General hospital, Al Anbar, Iraq
Fallujah’s General Hospital was cited as reporting that seven people were killed – including five children and one woman – following an alleged Coalition airstrike. Three women and a child were also said to have been injured. However, the Iraqi Spring Media Center did not attribute the incident to any party. And artillery sheling of…
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0314
Location
حي باب قنسرين, Bab Qansreen, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians including two children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bab Qansreen, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that Russian warplanes shelled the Bab Qansreen neighbourhood on December 25th, while the Shaam News Network posted a video by Aleppo Media Center showing the body of a child and…
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0315
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on A'zaz, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that four Russian airstrikes struck the city. Activists told SNN that the raids targeted a field hospital and a women’s and children’s hospital, causing severe damage and huge fires which the White Helmets attempted to extinguish. They stated that…
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0316
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
One to two civilians were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Manbij, according to the Violations Documentation Center. It named one adult male, Osama al-Halak, as killed due to “Russian airforce shelling in Manbij.” An additional male child, Mustafa Ghazal, is also listed as a victim of a Russian strike in Aleppo on December 25th,…
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0312
Location
حلب, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
The Islamic State-linked agency Al A’maq reported that 100 civilian trucks were destroyed in Russian airstrikes on the northern countryside – but did not give any details of casualties. With no additional reports of such an attack for this date, this may instead relate to the December 24th event at Ihress.
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0313
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
One adult male, Yehya Abdulrazzaq Hamdan “al-Kerbaa”, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Fresh Syria said Russian aircraft had targeted the city’s industrial district.
Summary
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
CS158
Location
تشرين, Tishreen, Aleppo, Syria
In a previously unknown casualty event, CENTCOM confirmed on April 22nd 2016 that one civilian was killed during a US airstrike at Tishreen near Manbij. According to the official release, “On Dec. 24, 2015, in Tishreen, Syria, near Manbij, during a strike on two ISIL fighters in a vehicle, it is assessed that one civilian…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0307
Location
أم القرى, Um al Qura, Aleppo, Syria
One adult male civilian, Ali Al Akhras, was killed in an airstrike on Um Al Qura town, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. SN4HR reported that he died when Russian warplanes allegedly fired missiles on Um Al Qura. The Violations Documentation Center listed him as killed “due to Russian air forces shelling” but did…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0306
Location
الديرونة, Daironeh, Hama, Syria
One adult male civilian, Staif al-Wahban, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Daironeh, Hama, according to the Violations Documentation Center and the Syrian Human Rights Campaign. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0308
Location
احرص, Ahras, Aleppo, Syria
Seven or more civilians including two children were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ihress. Al Safira News reported “the death of two children and the injuring of more than 15 others, after more than 15 cars and trucks were bombed with cluster bombs which targeted a convoy of vehicles at a checkpoint…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–15
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0309
Location
تل رفعت, Tall Rif`at, Aleppo, Syria
Two children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tel Rifa’at, Aleppo, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Al Souria placed the fatalities higher, noting: “The initial death toll following the targeting of the outskirts to the city of Tel Refaat with rockets by Russian warplanes is six martyrs, with additional injuries among civilians,…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0310
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
20 civilians were reported killed and 50 injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hamouriya, according to the White Helmets and the Shaam News Network. Activists told SNN that four Russian missiles caused severe explosions in residential neighbourhoods in the the town, causing widespread destruction. They put the initial death toll at more than 20 with…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
20
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0311
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Eight civilians including three children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Arbeen, according to the Violations Documentation Center. The White Helmets published a number of videos showing them attending the scene, fighting a fire and rescuing an injured person from under the rubble. One unidentified victim was also accounted for: Unidentified – adult,…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
CS158a
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians near Manbij, Syria. Their June 2019 civilian casualty report noted: "Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against Daesh terrorists. Regrettably, two civilians were unintentionally wounded due to their proximity to the strike." The Coalition provided Airwars with the location…
Summary
Published
24 December 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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