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Incident Date
20 February 2018
Incident Code
TS216
Location
قرية سيويا, Siwiyah village, Mobata district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian, reportedly with special needs, was killed in an alleged Turkish shelling of Siwiyah village, local media reported. According to Hawar news, a civilian with special needs from the village of Siwa, in the area of Mobata, was killed by the shelling of the village by the Turkish occupation army with artillery shells. Thirty-three-year-old…
Summary
Published
20 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2018
Incident Code
TS217
Location
حي الأشرفيه, Al Ashrafiya neighbourhood, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Six civilians including four children from the same family were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Afrin city’s Al Ashrafiya neighbourhood, local media reported. According to SDF Press, the Turkish invasion army used heavy weapons to target civilian neighbourhoods in Afrin at night and focused on the bombing of Ashrafieh. Multiple sources have identified…
Summary
Published
20 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2018
Incident Code
TS218
Location
دير جمال, Deir Jamal, Aleppo, Syria
According to several local sources, an unspecified number of civilians were wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling on the bakery in Deir Jamal, Aleppo. SDF published four civilians, injured followed the shelling, including 3 children and man. Hawar News reported that heavy weapons targeted the town of Deir Jamil and the village of al-Zyara. Many civilians were…
Summary
Published
20 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3046
Location
كفربطنا, Kafar Batna, Damascus, Syria
Up to dozens of civilians, mostly children, were left wounded following Russian and/or Assad-waged airstrikes in Kafar Batna, eastern Ghouta Damascus, as reported by local media. There were, however, no reports of fatalities. Supported by photo documentation, several media reported how "several" to "dozens" of civilians in Kafar Batna were wounded as the town was…
Summary
Published
20 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3047
Location
مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
As Russian or Assad-waged warplanes struck Mesraba, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, up to seven civilians, including one child and one woman, were killed and "dozens" left injured, local media reported. As the shelling of eastern Ghouta continued on Tuesday, February 20th, the death toll in Mesraba rose to at least four and up to seven, according…
Summary
Published
20 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3040
Location
Al Nashabiya, Damascus, Syria
Four civilians, including one girl, were killed along with several wounded as al Nashabiya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was subject to aerial and artillery shelling, local media reported, though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. Like many parts of eastern Ghouta, aerial and artillery shelling intensified in Al Nashabiya in this…
Summary
Published
20 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3041
Location
Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
At least seven but as many as 18 civilians, including up to eight children and one woman, were killed and dozens left wounded as Russian and/or Assad forces carried out aerial and artillery shelling of Arbeen, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, as reported by numerous local sources. In this widely-documented incident, Arbeen was, like the rest of…
Summary
Published
20 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
7–18
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3037
Location
حزة, Hazza, Damascus, Syria
On February 19, 2018, between six and 11 civilians, including two children and four women, were killed and several were wounded as Russian and/or Syrian forces carried out aerial and artillery shelling of Hazza, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. As a part of a intensification of shelling of large parts of eastern Ghouta, the…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3038
Location
بيت سوى, Beat Sawa, Damascus, Syria
In what was described as a "massacre", up to 55 civilians, including 40 children and women were killed and "dozens" wounded as Russian and/or the Syrian regime continued its heavy shelling of eastern Ghouta, this time in Beat Sawa, local media reported. While many towns of eastern Ghouta were subject to lethal air raids and…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
17–55
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3033
Location
اوتايا, Otaia, Damascus, Syria
According to local media, a family of up to seven members, including as many as five children, were killed and several others were left wounded by air and artillery strikes in Otaia, Damascus, carried out by either Russia or the Syrian regime. Sources reported that multiple towns of eastern Ghouta were subject to aerial and…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3039
Location
كفربطنا, Kafar Batna, Damascus, Syria
Up to three civilians, two men and one woman, were killed and several were left wounded as Kafar Batna, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was subject to air and artillery shelling as reported by local media. It was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. Damas Press, who did not identify a culprit, reported…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3030
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
As many as 20 civilians, including women and children, were killed and up to dozens more were left wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Hamouriya, Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. The strikes in Hamouriya were part of a widespread shelling of multiple neighbourhoods in eastern Ghouta on February 19th, local media reported. However,…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
15–20
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3031
Location
سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
At least four and as many as 14 civilians including ar least one woman and one child were killed and several others wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Saqba, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. The strikes in Saqba were part of a widespread intensified shelling of multiple residential neighbourhoods in eastern Ghouta…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–14
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3032
Location
جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
Up to five civilians including one woman were killed and dozens were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Jisreen, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. The death toll amounted to three or four, sources on the ground said. However, a total of five fatalities were identified by name by Zaman al-Wasl and Damascus…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
TS212
Location
بلدة الباسوطة, Bashute villages, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According to many sources, one child was killed and 11 other civilians mainly children were wounded in the alleged Turkish shelling of Bashute villages, Syria. Their names identified the civilian casualties, this including a the 13-year-old girl and additionally, 11 civilians as wounded. The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that another 24-years-old civilian sustained bruising to…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
TS213
Location
قرية درويش, عفرين, Darwish village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians including a child died, and up to eight others other was wounded following an alleged Turkish shelling of Darwish village, Syria, local media reported. According to Nuce24, a 39-year-old man was killed, and 65-year-old was injured as a result of the targeting of their house in the village of Darwish in the area…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–8
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
TS214
Location
مخيم روبار, Robar camp, Aleppo, Syria
According to Afrin Now, there were civilian casualties in Robar camp, Aleppo, followed an alleged Turkish bombardment of the camp. Bahzani reported: "The Robar refugee camp was not safe from the bombardment, according to Jean, who said: As a result of the exposure of the Robar camp for the displaced to bombardment, several civilians were…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
TS215
Location
عفرين, Afrin city, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
A number of civilians were killed and injured in alleged Turkish shelling of Afrin, Syria, local media reported – though specific casualty numbers were not given. Afrin Anha reported the shelling of the town of Afrin, targeting the neighbourhood of Mahmoudiyah – and the road of Jenderis – and the vicinity of the village of…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
CS1725
Location
هجين, Hajin / Bahra, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 12 and 16 civilians, including 5 children and 6 women were allegedly killed and “dozens” wounded in a Coalition airstrike on the city of Hajin on February 19th. However some sources, like Deir Ezzor24, stated that the airstrike in fact took place in Al Bahra, a town near Hajin. According to the Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
12–16
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3034
Location
النشابية, Al Nashabiya, Damascus, Syria
Between three and five civilians, including at least one child, were killed as the town of Al Nashabiya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was subject to aerial, and possibly also artillery shelling, local media reported. Sources were unclear whether to blame Russia or the Syrian regime - or both. As several sources reported, large parts of eastern…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3035
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
As many as nine civilians, including two children and one woman, were killed and at least one civilian was wounded as the Syrian regime and/or Russia carried out air and artillery shelling of Douma, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. As several sources reported, large parts of eastern Ghouta, including Douma, were subject to heavy…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–9
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3036
Location
زملكا, Zamalaka, Damascus, Syria
At least one and as many as eight civilians were killed and several were left wounded as the town of Zamalaka, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was subject to aerial shelling local media reported, who, however, were unclear whether to blame Russia or the Syrian regime - or both. As several sources reported, large parts of eastern…
Summary
Published
19 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3029
Location
لطمين, Latmeen, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians, a husband and wife, were killed and several others were left wounded in alleged Russia or regime air or artillery strikes on Latmeen, Idlib, according to local media. Smart News Agency, who cited a military spokesman of the Free Syrian Army, said that "warplanes likely to be Russian launched eight raids on agricultural…
Summary
Published
18 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3025
Location
مورك, Mourk, Hama, Syria
Several civilians were left wounded as aerial and/or artillery shelling struck Mourk, Hama, local sources reported. It was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. Sources reported both air and artillery strikes, adding that "a number" of civilians were left wounded. According to the sources, no civilians were killed by the shelling.…
Summary
Published
17 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3026
Location
كفرزيتا, Kaarzeta, Hama, Syria
Several civilians were possibly left wounded as aerial and/or artillery shelling struck Kaarzeta, Hama, local sources reported. Numerous sources reported how the village of Kaarzeta had been subject to aerial, and possibly also artillery shelling, the latter reported by Hamah Now. Horrya News said that unidentified warplanes struck a hospital in the village.
Summary
Published
17 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3027
Location
اللطامنة, al-Lataminah, Hama, Syria
Several civilians were possibly left wounded as aerial and/or artillery shelling struck al-Lataminah, Hama, local sources reported, who pointed to Russia as responsible. Numerous sources reported how al-Lataminah had been subject to aerial, and possibly also artillery shelling, the latter reported by Hamah Now. However, it was unclear among the sources whether the incident resulted…
Summary
Published
17 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3028
Location
حزانو, Hazano, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians, all children, were killed and as many as seven, including women and children, were wounded as alleged Russian warplanes struck the village of Hazano, Idlib, local media reported. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that the air raids had hit "near al Kabir Mosque in Hazano village" Like the…
Summary
Published
17 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2018
Incident Code
TS207
Location
مريمين, Mariamin, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Between three or four civilians were injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Mariamin, Syria, local media reported. According to Rumaf Turkish forces targeted five areas in Mariamin, including Um Al-Qura mosque, injuring four civilians, who are in a serious condition. Nuce24 reported that the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries targeted the mosque of the village…
Summary
Published
17 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2018
Incident Code
TS208
Location
سرنجاك و كوبلاكا, Sarinjak and Kuplaka, Aleppo, Syria
According to several local sources, one woman and one man died in an alleged Turkish shelling of Sarinjak and Kuplaka, Syria. According to Rumaf, since the morning hours, the villages of Sarinjak and Kublka have been subjected to heavy shelling. The primary result is the fall of a woman and a man and the wounding…
Summary
Published
17 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2018
Incident Code
TS209
Location
قرية قوتا, ريف عفرين, Quta villages, Bulbul district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According to multiple local sources: two civilians were wounded following an alleged Turkish shelling on Quta villages. Claudia, a Kurdish activist reported on Twitter, one civilian was wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Quta villages. Furthermore, Afrin Now and Hawar news named an additional civilian who got fragments and breaking in his thigh, which is later named by the…
Summary
Published
17 February 2018
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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