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August 9, 2017
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Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaOrient news and Smart news reported the death of as many as ten civilians and wounding of others in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa’s Tawasu’iya, Fardous, and Bedo neighbourhoods. Amnesty has since conducted field research in Raqqa and we understand that this figure might possibly be lower than first reported. There was, however, uncertainty over
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August 13, 2016
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الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, SyriaBetween three and eight civilians died a several more were wounded in an airstrike on Atarbib, according to local media. While at least two sources blamed Russia, one pointed towards the regime, and many others didn’t identify the culprit. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, Radio Al Kul and Halab Today blamed Russia. According to
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August 31, 2019
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مرزق, Murzuq, LibyaBetween six and eight civilians were allegedly killed in an LNA airstrike on Murzuq. The Libya Observer reported: “The member of Murzuq municipality Mohammed Omar said a warplane for Khalifa Haftar’s forces struck Saturday afternoon Murzuq in southern Libya twice. Omar told the German news agency that between six and eight people had been killed
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October 15, 2015
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الدار الكبيره, Dar Al Kabira, Homs, SyriaBetween three and eight civilians were reported killed in an an alleged Russian airstrike on the small town of Dar Al Kabira in Homs. According to Smart News the event was instead a ‘friendly fire’ incident, with Russian missiles hitting a military academy.
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June 28, 2017
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الصور, Al Soor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaEight civilians, including a child, were killed and “many” others were wounded in Al Soor in northern Deir Ezzor following airstrikes allegedly carried out by the Coalition, local sources reported. Sharqiya Voice and Al Jisr TV reported that the strikes hit a shopping area of the city, which were believed to have targeted the “consumer
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May 2, 2018
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مشمشان, Mishmshan, Idlib, SyriaAlleged Russian airstrikes killed between five and eight civilians, including women and children, in the village of Mishmshan in rural Idlib Governorate on May 3rd 2018, according to sources on the ground. Up to a further ten civilians were reportedly injured. Radio Kul and the Syrian Network for Human Rights instead accused the Syrian regime
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June 26, 2019
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المزارع المحيطة بمدينة ادلب,, farms surrounding the city Idlib, Idlib, SyriaLocal sources reported varying numbers of civilians were killed and wounded when airstrikes struck the outskirts of Idlib. According to Macro Media, three civilians were killed in the raid. Shabab Al Latamina, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Ariha Today reported a higher death toll of four civilian fatalities. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added
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November 3, 2016
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الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, SyriaBetween seven and eight civilians, including as many as six children, were killed and more than 10 others were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Al Rastan, according to local media. Local sources were conflicted in who was to blame for the airstrikes, with the majority of sources – including Eldorar,
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March 17, 2017
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اورم الكبرى , Urma Al-Kubra, Aleppo, SyriaBetween three and eight civilians were killed and a further six were wounded f as a result of alleged air raids by Russian warplanes in the town of Urma al Kubra in Aleppo Governorate on the 17th of March 2017. Sources said that four victims from the same family died in the attack. The Violations
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March 25, 2017
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مضر, Mudar, Raqqa, SyriaSeven or eight civilians including three children and two women died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Mudar village, according to local sources. Raqqa24, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and Newsjorf reported that eight civilians died in Coalition raids. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, also blamed the Coalition, and put the death toll at
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June 9, 2017
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جديد عكيدات, Jadid Akeidat, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAs many as eight civilians, as well as six named which including medical personnel died, and others were wounded in an airstrike on Jadid Akeidat village, Deir Ez-Zour, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition, the Syrian regime or Russia were responsible for the attacks. Sources reported
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December 16, 2015
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الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, SyriaEight 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
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January 22, 2016
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سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, SyriaUp to eight civilians including one child were killed and 12 others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Sarmada, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human rights said that eight people (including a child and three people from the Palmyra area, a commander of a checkpoint belonging to a rebel faction and other fighters) were
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June 20, 2016
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حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, SyriaBetween five and eight civilians including one child and up to four women died – and many more were wounded – in airstrikes on Tareeq al Bab, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. Many local sources reported that between four and
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July 4, 2015
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الرقة, Car opposite Al Hameeda School, Al Jumaili, Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaIn some of the heaviest coalition bombing reported for Syria to that time, US aircraft struck multiple Daesh targets in the strategic city of Raqaa – the beginning of a lengthy air campaign in which numerous civilians are now confirmed to have died. Between 7 and 8 civilians were reported as being among the 23
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October 1, 2018
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هجين , Between the town of Hajin and the village of Abu al Hassan, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAt least five and as many as eight people – either civilians or ISIS fighters – were killed in an Iranian missile and air strike near Hajin. According to local site Jarf News, at least five civilians were killed and more than 10 others were wounded between Hajin and the neighboring village of Abu al-Hassan,
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April 24, 2017
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خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, SyriaEight civilians were killed – including children – and as many as 15 were wounded, following an attack on a popular market selling sells vegetables, fruits and nuts in Khan Sheikhoun. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some blaming the Syrian regime and others blaming Russia. SHRC reported that the strike happened at approximately
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December 6, 2016
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كفرسجنة, Kafr Sajna, Idlib, SyriaUp to eight civilians were killed and 15 injured in multiple airstrikes on Kafr Sajna, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Step News, who put the death toll at four with a “number” of injuries, reported that “warplanes launched four airstrikes with surface rockets
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April 4, 2017
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حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, SyriaAs many as eight civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on a residential neighbourhood in Hamouriya. Sources were conflicted regarding who was to blame. All sources blamed the Syrian regime except Smart who pointed to Russian warplanes. The shelling reportedly occurred in conjunction with many other raids on towns in the countryside of
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September 28, 2017
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سهل الروجبلدة الحمو , Hamou town in al Roj plain in the Idlib western countryside, Idlib, SyriaBetween three and eight civilians including women and children were killed and up to 15 other non-combatants wounded after an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on the village of al Hamou on September 28th, according to local sources. Most sources reported seven or eight people killed, whereas the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported
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October 22, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA wave of night time airstrikes hit a number of civilian objects in the city according to reports, killing seven to eight non-combatants. At least 11 and as many as 40 Daesh militants were also reported killed. According to the Syrian Observatory, “13 airstrikes targeted places near the Emergency Branch, the Hospitality Palace, Hawd al-Forat
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June 18, 2017
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القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, IraqLocal media reported that an unknown airstrike killed eight civilians and injured a further 20 at Al Qaim. Iraqi Spring Media Centre reported the death of 8 people and 20 additional injuries resulting from an airstrike near a mosque in Al Qaim. Iraqi News Center reported the same figures.
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May 29, 2019
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سرجة, Sarja, Idlib, SyriaAt least seven civilians, including a child, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Sarja, Idlib governorate, on May 29th, 2019, according to local sources. At least 10 others were reported injured. The Syrian Civil Defence (@SyriaCiviDefe) wrote on Twitter that “seven civilians, including five women and a child, were
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September 17, 2017
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Abu Kamal, Sena'a neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, SyriaEight civilians including an entire family died in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Abu Kamal, local media reported. According to Euphrates Post, “warplanes believed to belong to the international coalition carried out a number of air strikes targeting the town of Abu Kamal and its countryside. The attack targeted the crude oil burners in Al Bagouz
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August 8, 2016
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دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, SyriaAt least seven civilians including two women and two children were killed and up to 40 more wounded in alleged long-range ballistic missiles (Scud) strikes launched from battleships in the Mediterranean. But sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or Syrian regime.The majority of sources attributed the attacks to Russian
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September 16, 2016
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حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, SyriaUp to eight civilians died in air or artillery strikes on Hraitan, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. Only one source – LCCSY – explicitly said that Russia was responsible, reporting that “12 people were killed in Aleppo, most of them in Russian
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February 10, 2017
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Mosul: Near Saffi Rahman mosque, Tal Roman, Nineveh, IraqIn a previously unreported incident, local eyewitnesses told Amnesty International researchers of an event at Tal Roman in ‘mid February’ which killed eight civilians. The description of a ‘smart missile’ indicated a Coalition action. According to a detailed incident report shared with Airwars: “The house behind our house was hit in the middle of February [not sure
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May 14, 2015
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السلام, Al Salam, Benghazi, LibyaBetween seven and eight people, most of them children were reported killed in an LNA airstrike on the Al Salam neighbourhood of Benghazi. Alwasat News wrote: “Eight people were killed, including seven children, when a rocket hit a residential area in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday (May 14, 2015), a Reuters reporter
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December 4, 2016
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حي السكري , Al Sukkari neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaBetween five and eight civilians died and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime air and artillery strikes on Aleppo’s Al Sukkari neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. The lowest death count was give as five civilians – with seven more wounded – by the White Helmets. According
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May 17, 2017
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الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifae, Nineveh, IraqMultiple local sources reported that a family of four brothers and their uncle, as well as a man with his son, and a woman, were killed in Rifae neighborhood after missiles and airstrikes hit the area. The raids took place in the street near the Mufti Mosque, in front of the medical clinic, and near