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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
CI165
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
During a fierce air and ground assault on the Daesh-occupied city of Ramadi, local sources said that airstrikes had targeted the Jazeerat Al-Khalidiya area northeast of Ramadi, resulting in eight civilian deaths and 12 injuries, most of them women and children.
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0297
Location
Idlib, Idlib, Syria
إدلب
Two civilians are listed as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Idlib on December 22nd, according to the Violations Documentation Center. However both victims are also listed as having died in a strike on Idlib on December 20th. There are no additional reports of airstrikes on Idlib for December 22nd.
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0298
Location
Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
تفتناز
One adult male civilian, Mudar Abdulhameed Ezz, was listed killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Taftanaz, according to the Violations Documentation Center. In fact Mr Ezz lived in Taftanez but died in a December 20th airstrike on Idlib, with his body recovered from the ruins of the courthouse two days later.
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0295
Location
Al Rami, Idlib, Syria
رامي
Four or more civilians were reported killed and more than 10 injured in Russian airstrikes on the villages of Al Zawiya mountain. Footage appears to show a Su 24 in apparent Russian Air Force colours dropping two bombs in the vicinity of the town. According to the Shaam News Network five or more Russian airstrikes with rockets…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0296
Location
Sheikh Maqsod (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
الشيخ مقصود
Two or three civilians were reported killed and nine injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sheikh Maqsod, according to the Shaam News Network. SNN reported that Russian warplanes launched several raids which came after the signing of a ceasefire between rebels and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units. However all other sources blamed the Assad regime.…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
9–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI161
Location
Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th (Medical centre), Nineveh, Iraq
17 تموز
Reuters reported that “About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that destroyed houses believed to be used by Islamic State militants, six eyewitnesses and a medical source said.” According to the international news agency, “The two strikes happened within…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–20
Civilians reported injured
17–50
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI162
Location
Mosul, Wahida, Nineveh, Iraq
حي الوحدة
In the second of three claimed incidents in Mosul on this date, it was reported that 17 civilians – including four women and five children – were killed in an alleged Coalition strike in the Wehda and Methak neighbourhoods east of Mosul. However, there was some doubt regarding the incident, with NRN News reportedly denying…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI163
Location
Keseir, Iraq
Six civilians were reportedly killed and three injured – all children and women – after Coalition jets allegedly bombed their house in Keseir village east of Mosul.
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI164
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
A Coalition strike, possibly by drone, killed five civilians after a missile was said to have hit a restaurant in 17 Street in Ramadi. On June 7th, 2017 the Coalition admitted responsibility for the incident, reporting: “Dec. 21, 2015, near Ramadi, Iraq, via Airwars report: During a strike on ISIS fighters, it was assessed that…
Summary
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0291
Location
Idlib, Idlib, Syria
إدلب
Between 43 and 73 civilians were reported killed and 70-170 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Idlib, according to multiple sources. Al Jazeera posted a video from the main market on Al Jala’a street in which the reporter said 47 non-combatants were killed and 70 injured, in strikes by Russian warplanes. The correspondent said the street contained two schools,…
Summary
Published
20 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
43–73
Civilians reported injured
70–170
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0293
Location
Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Between five and 11 civilians were reported killed including two children in three airstrikes on Al Bab, according to multiple reports. Shahba Press claimed that “Russian warplanes launched three air strikes on al Bab City, which resulted in the deaths of five people, including two children, in addition to a large number of injuries and…
Summary
Published
20 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–11
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0292
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
At least six civilians including one woman and two children from the same family were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the food stores of A’dala, a relief organisation in Al Ghouta, according to reports. Significant food stores were targeted and destroyed and around 70 sheep slain.
Summary
Published
20 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0294
Location
Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
كفر ناها
Up to fifteen civilians were reported killed and dozens injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Naha, according to the Shaam News Network. It said the raids were carried out by tens of Russian warplanes, adding that about 40 raids additional raids also targeted nearby towns and villages relating to battles between rebels and the…
Summary
Published
20 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
13–15
Civilians reported injured
24–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0290
Location
Al Othmaniya, Aleppo, Syria
العثمانية
A 50-year old woman named as Mrs. Salwa Al Shahadi, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Othmaniya. The VDC reported that Mrs al Shadadi originally came from Zimar village, and died “due to Russian air forces shelling on Othmaniye town.“ The local Jisr TV station blamed her death and several injuries on “airstrikes…
Summary
Published
19 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0289
Location
Najieh, Idlib, Syria
الناجية
Seventeen non-combatants including eight women and nine children were killed in airstrikes on Najieh near Jisr al Shughour according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Thirteen of those killed as well as an unborn child came from one family, the…
Summary
Published
18 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0288
Location
Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
حريتان
Four to five civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hraytan, north of Aleppo, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. No further details are available at the present time.
Summary
Published
18 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
CI160
Location
Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
الفلوجة
Amid heavy airstrikes on the city of Fallujah, at least four children were among up to eight people reported killed when a home was struck in an alleged Coalition attack. According to Al Fallujah News, those killed were a father, mother and their six children. News Fallujah Now, citing “medical sources at Fallujah General Hospital”…
Summary
Published
17 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0284
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
الرقة
21 civilians were killed including two women and four children and 11 wounded in airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods in the centre and north and south of the city of Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime or Russian warplanes or shelling by the Assad regime were responsible for the casualties. According to…
Summary
Published
17 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
21
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0285
Location
A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
أعزاز
Eight to nine civilians including two children and five women were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Azaz, according to multiple sources. The White Helmets, Al Jazeera, the Shaam News Network and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Russia carried out the raid, which killed nine non-combatants. SOHR said this included a child, a girl…
Summary
Published
17 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0286
Location
Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Between four and nine civilians were reported killed and 2 to 25 injured in an airstrike on Al Bab, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime shelling or Russian warplanes were responsible for the attacks. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that four non-combatants were killed and several others injured when warplanes…
Summary
Published
17 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
2–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0287
Location
Al Murja, Aleppo, Syria
حي المرجة
Dozens were reported killed and injured in a friendly fire incident when Russian warplanes allegedly targeted Al Murja, killing dozens of regime fighters by mistake, according to the Shaam News Network. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
17 December 2015
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
CI159
Location
Hit, Alscalt Street, Al Anbar, Iraq
شارع السكلات
It was reported by several sources that the Coalition struck Hit city, resulting in the injury of eight civilians including three children and two women. According to the local site Hit News, an airstrike struck a militant vehicle carrying weapons, ammunition and food, injuring civilians in the immediate vicinity. The Coalition has confirmed targeting an…
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
CS157
Location
`Isawi, Raqqa, Syria
عيساوي
One person named as Ahmad Al A’bd was reported killed and his cousin Wa’el Al A’bd injured after unexploded ordnance detonated – allegedly the result of a Coalition airstrike on the village in June. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this…
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0282
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Eight people were reported killed and 40 wounded in three alleged Russian night time airstrikes on Al Bab according to multiple sources. Though the ISIL-lnked news agency Al A’maq claimed the deaths were “as a result of the Russian strikes” VDC blamed the fatalities on “the regime air forces’ shelling with explosive barrels on a…
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0283
Location
Najieh, Idlib, Syria
الناجية
One civilian male named as Shadi Samir Bakkour was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Najieh, with two or more others injured. The local civil defence team tweeted “One martyr, several injured from Russian airstrikes with vacuum bombs on Najiah village in Jisr el Shoughour countryside.”
Summary
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0278
Location
Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
منبج
Two civilians were killed and nine injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Manbij, according to Al A’maq News and Shaam News Network. SNN reported that the raid came as other areas in the countryside of eastern Aleppo (Maskaneh, Deir Hafer and Al Bab) faced Russian shelling but noted that despite these cities being under IS control the…
Summary
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0279
Location
Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria
مسكنة
26 to 30 civilians including five women were killed and dozens injured in airstrikes on Maskaneh, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian aircraft committed an “appalling massacre” when warplanes targeted Maskaneh’s popular market…
Summary
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
26–30
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0280
Location
Ma'arat Al Nu'ssan, Idlib, Syria
معارة النعسان
Between 16 and 34 civilians were killed and more than 100 injured in airstrikes on a fuel market in Ma’arat Al Nu’ssan, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched cluster bombs on…
Summary
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
16–34
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0281
Location
Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
الفردوس
Four civilians including two children were killed in airstrikes on the Fardous neighbourhood, Aleppo, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime or Russian warplanes were responsible for the attacks. The Shaam News Network reported that three non-combatants were killed in Russian airstrikes. But the White Helmets suggested that the Assad regime may have…
Summary
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0277
Location
Idlib, Idlib, Syria
إدلب
One adult male civilian, named as Khaled Iyad al-Khaled, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Idlib city, according to the Violations Documentation Centre and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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