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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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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
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
14 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0275
Location
Al Murja, Aleppo, Syria
حي المرجة
Between five and seven civilians including one woman and one child were killed – and many injured – in airstrikes on the Al Murja neighbourhood in Aleppo – 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 using cluster…
Summary
Published
14 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0276
Location
Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
كفر حمرة
Five to six non-combatants including one child were reported killed – and several others injured – in airstrikes on Kafr Hamra, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “warplanes believed to be Russian”…
Summary
Published
14 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0274
Location
Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان
Five civilians including one child were killed in airstrike on Maarat Al Numan, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Both Shaam News Network and Almarra Today reported that the Russians were responsible for firing cluster bombs on the city, while…
Summary
Published
14 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
CI157
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
Three professors from the University of Mosul were among four civilians and a Daesh official reported killed in an alleged Coaliton airstrike. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, Salah Mohammed Afri, responsible for student affairs, “was killed along with two [or three] professors appointed by Daesh to the Faculty of Dentistry at the University…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
CI158
Location
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
الموصل
There were single-source claims that 19 civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on Mosul. Citing local residents, the National Iraqi News Agency claimed that “international coalition aircraft bombed residential compounds in the Hadbah area east of Mosul, killing 19 civilians including six women and four children, and wounding six others.” However Airwars’ own sources in…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
19
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0273
Location
Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
الصاخور
Two adult male civilians were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Sakhour, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. Five additional victims may also have died, including a woman and girl. Halab TV also reported at least one death from an air raid, though did not identify a perpetrator: “Warplanes launched two air strikes…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0271
Location
Harasta, Damascus, Syria
حرستا
Three adult males (one named as Othman al-Shayta aka Abu Omar possibly a civilian), were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Harasta. The same dead were listed by the White Helmets who said that six air raids and artillery bombing on civilian neighbourhoods in Harasta had led to the deaths of three people, the injuring of…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0272
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
Between 42 and 70 civilians, including five women nine to 20 children were killed and between 24 and 250 others wounded in aerial and missile bombardments of Douma and nearby locations in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that shelling by the regime killed 38, including five women and…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
42–70
Civilians reported injured
24–250
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0270
Location
Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria
مسكنة
The Al A’maq agency (linked to so-called Islamic State) produced multiple reports on alleged Russian airstrikes which targeted the city of Maskaneh. They stated that two raids hit a popular market in the city, killing 25 civilians, injuring 33 (including 10 in critical condition) and causing destruction of property. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
24–25
Civilians reported injured
30–35
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
CS156
Location
Kabsh, Raqqa, Syria
كبش
At least six civilians were killed and four injured in what was reported as a Coalition drone strike at Kabsh in northern Al Raqqah. The attack targeted what was described as “a small convoy of vehicles transporting passengers”. A minibus carrying the civilians was said to have been destroyed. The Syrian Press Centre was the…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
CI156
Location
Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرمادي
A family of five including three children was killed in a US airstrike on the Albothiab Island area of Ramadi. The deceased, the Kazem family, were later named by Al Fallujah News. CENTCOM confirmed the casualty event on April 22nd 2016, noting: “On Dec. 12, 2015, in Ramadi, Iraq, during a strike on ISIL personnel…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0268
Location
Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
Three civilians were reported killed and 20 injured in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on Al Bab. Up to 10 ISIL militants were also reported killed. Media activist Nassim Al Shamali said Russian warplanes launched several raid with cluster bombs on Daesh-occupied Al Bab, targeting al Noveaute street, Dowar al Manshie and several other…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0269
Location
Sakba, Damascus, Syria
سقبا
Between four and five non-combatants were killed in airstrikes on Sakba, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that two civilians died in two alleged Russian strikes on the town. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported unspecified losses also due to alleged Russian attacks. However, footage of the attack from two separate…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
20–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0267
Location
Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
السوسة
Twelve civilians – most of which were women and children – were killed and several injured in an airstrike on Al Soussa – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. One source also blames the Coalition. The Shaam News Network initially reported that 10 non-combatants…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0265
Location
Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
Between 13 and 33 civilians, including three women and nine children, were killed and between 30 and 60 injured in airstrikes on Daesh-occupied Mabij, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The IS news agency Al A’maq reported that…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
13–33
Civilians reported injured
30–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0266
Location
Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Between 14 and 20 civilians, including three women and two children, were killed and between two and 12 injured in airstrikes on Al Atarib, 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 initially reported that four non-combatants,…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
14–20
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0263
Location
Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
One civilian was reported killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Zita, according to the Union of Hama Rebels and the VDC. The victim has been named as Zamzam Abdo Al Laban from Kafr Zita Reporting remains confused, with multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Zita between December 9th and 12th which resulted in a…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0264
Location
Saba’a wa Arba’een, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed and several others injured in an alleged Russian attack by helicopters on southern rural villages of Hassaka, according to Siraj Al Hasskawi, an activist from the region. Hasskawi noted that if the helicopters proved to be Russian then this would be the first raid in the area since the announcement…
Summary
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0259
Location
Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
عربين
Two male civilians were reported killed in either a Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Arbeen. The town’s local medical committee reported “Dozens of injured received by the hospital in Arbeen after the outskirts of the town of Arbeen, Zamalka and other eastern Ghouta towns were targeted by warplanes that are still targeting public places…
Summary
Published
11 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0257
Location
Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
An alleged Russian air raid on the village of al Baghouz in eastern Deir Ezzor led to at least three deaths including a child. According to area blogger al Hussein al Hashimi “a raid on the village of al Baghouz targeting the home of Raheel al Majoul led to the death of Ibrahim al Majoul.…
Summary
Published
11 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0258
Location
Hajeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria
هجين
One child was reported killed and another civilian injured in an alleged Russian airstrike at Hajeen. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
11 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0262
Location
Najieh, Idlib, Syria
الناجية
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Violations Documentation Centre alleged that Russian warplanes carried out dawn airstrikes on Najieh village. One adult male victim has been named by the VDC as Nabeil Shawa, who died “due to his wounds sustained by Russian air forces shelling of the town with cluster bombs.” The village…
Summary
Published
11 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0256
Location
Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
الفردوس
Two adult male civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Fardous, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. No additional details are presently known.
Summary
Published
11 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0261
Location
Zughayr, Deir Ezzor, Syria
زغير
Between three and seven non-combatants were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Zughayr, according to the Shaam News Network and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the civilians died when an oil field was targeted by Russian warplanes. SNN put the death toll higher, at seven.
Summary
Published
11 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0255
Location
Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
كفر زيتة
One male child, Khaled Nihad al-Nuna , was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Zita, according to the Union of Hama Rebels and the Violations Documentation Centre. Reporting remains confused, with multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Zita between December 9th and 12th which resulted in a likely total of six civilian deaths.…
Summary
Published
11 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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