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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4145
Location
Sahara town, western Aleppo countryside, Aleppo, Syria
بلدة السحارة
As many as eight civilians, including children and women, died and up to 29 more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on civilian homes and adjacent locations in Sahara town, western Aleppo countryside at noon on November 6, 2019, according to sources on the ground. The New York Times later geolocated the event. The lowest…
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Civilians reported injured
12–29
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4141
Location
Maashuren town, Idlib, Syria
بلدة معرشورين
Three civilians died and two more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maashuren town, according to local media. The Step News Agency reported: "Russian aircraft targeted the town of Maarshuren in the eastern countryside of Idlib, killing three civilians and wounding two others seriously." The Shaam News Network also noted a death toll…
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4140
Location
several towns, Syria
بلدات متعددة
Several towns in Idlib governorate were targeted by alleged Russian airstrikes on November 6th, 2019, according to Shaam News Network. The Shaam News Network reported: "many wounded in the city of Kfarnbl and in the vicinity of the city of Ma'arat al-Numan, and the towns of Kfarsjnh, Rkaya, Shanan and Sahhal, Najia and Musharrafa, Sheikh…
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4139
Location
Mardikh, Idlib, Syria
مرديخ
One civilian was reportedly wounded by alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Mardikh, Idlib governorate, on November 6th 2019, according to local sources. Two locally filmed videos showed what appeared to be multiple strikes targeting the location. IdlibPlus reported one wounded civilian. Various other sources reported on the incident but did not identify civilian…
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4138
Location
Ma’aret Harma, Idlib, Syria
معرة حرمة
Three civilians were reportedly injured in five Russian airstrikes on Ma'aret Harma village on November 6, 2019, according to IdlibPlus. A tweet from @NEDAAPOST also reported "three civilian casualties, as Russian warplanes targeted the town of Maarat Harmah in the southern countryside of Idlib" Resala also alleged that "artillery shelling of the pro-Assad forces" struck…
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4143
Location
Shannan village, Jabal Zawiya, Idlib, Syria
قرية شنان
Between one and five hospital staff were wounded in two alleged Russian airstrikes on Ikhlas Hospital for women and children in Shannan village, Jabal Zawiya, at dawn on November 6, 2019, local media reported. The New York Times later geolocated the event. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "fixed-wing warplanes we believe were…
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4142
Location
Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
جسر الشغور
Up to two civilians were killed and seven to eight were wounded by alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jisr al Shughour, Idlib governorate, on November 6th, 2019, according to local sources. A geolocation of the incident was provided by @john_marquee. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that Al Tharaya Mosque was…
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
7–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
TS384A
Location
Tal Tamr, Al Hassakah, Syria
تل تمر
Two civilians were reported injured in an alleged Turkish drone attack on SDF militants in Tal Tamr, Hasaka in Syria on Nov 6th, 2019, according to local sources. It was also reported that "18 SDF soldiers" were killed in the attack. No further details available.
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
18
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2019
Incident Code
TS382A
Location
Kani Gawrk, Aleppo, Syria
كعن كورك
An elderly civilian was reported killed after allegedly being assaulted by Turkey-backed militants in Kanî Gewirkê village, on the road between the city of Afrin and Jindiris, on November 5th 2019, according to local sources. kurdistan24.net reported that Suleyman Hamko, aged 73 was killed by militants who are believed to belong to the Suleyman Shah…
Summary
Published
5 November 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4137
Location
Dar al Kabira, Idlib, Syria
الدار الكبيرة
Three children (brothers), named as Israa (6 years old), Bara’a (1.5 years old), and Hakem Khaled Adnan al Saleh (4 years old), died and their mother and others were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on their home in Dar al Kabira at dawn on November 5, 2019, according to local media. The…
Summary
Published
5 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4134
Location
Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib, Syria
جسر الشغور,
Three civilians, reportedly from the same family, died and up to seven more including three named members of the civil defence were wounded in a series of alleged Russian and regime strikes on multiple locations - including a school, health centre, and vegetable market - in Jisr al-Shughour. According to Local Coordination Committees Syria, there…
Summary
Published
4 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2019
Incident Code
TI030
Location
Khanasor, Nineveh, Iraq
خانصور
Local sources reported that three civilians were injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Khanasor.
Summary
Published
4 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4133
Location
Syria
Local Coordination Committees in Syria reported that Russian warplanes bombed "houses of civilians in the villages of Kfir, Ein Al-Asafir and Ein Al-Bareda in western Idlib countryside." A tweet from @zamanalwsl reported that there were material losses in Ain Al-Barda from the airstrikes. Multiple sources reported that airstrikes were carried out on Ain Al Barda…
Summary
Published
4 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4132
Location
Ain Al Asafir, Idlib, Syria
عين العصافير,
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported "three civilians were martyred and 4 others were injured, including women and children, on Monday morning, as a result of four airstrikes by Russian occupation warplanes targeting a school in the city of Jisr Al-Shughour and the houses of civilians in the villages of Kfir, Ein Al-Asafir and…
Summary
Published
4 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4136
Location
Al Janoudia, Idlib, Syria
الجانودية,
Two civilians, including a child, were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Janoudia, according to local media. The White Helmets reported: "Two civilians were injured as a result of an air strike by warplanes, which targeted the gathering of civilian houses in al-Janoudia town north of Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib countryside on Monday…
Summary
Published
4 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4135
Location
Al Kafeer, Idlib, Syria
قرية الكفير
At least three civilians, reportedly from the same family, died and up to 10 more were wounded in an alleged regime or Russian airstrike on Al Kafeer village, local media said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights "documented the death of three civilians of the same family including a women, in addition to the injury…
Summary
Published
4 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
4–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2019
Incident Code
TS382
Location
Arab Hassan, Aleppo, Syria
عرب حسن
One civilian was reported killed in an alleged Turkish forces or Turkey-backed militants' artillery attack on Arab Hassan village, northwest of Manbej in Syria, on November 3rd, 2019, according to local sources. @NPA_English reported that the attack led to the killing of a young man. No other information is available at the moment. ANF named…
Summary
Published
3 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2019
Incident Code
TS381
Location
Ras Al Ayn, Al Hassakah, Syria
رأس العين
One civilian was reported killed in an alleged Turkish forces and/or Turkey-backed militants' attack in Zirqan district, Hasaka, Syria on November 3rd, 2019. ANHA reported that Seyîd Hewaş, who was a security guard in the tomb of Sheikh Hisên in the village of Lazqe in Zirgan district was killed.
Summary
Published
3 November 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2019
Incident Code
TS380
Location
Road between Al Rashidiya and Al Qasimiya village, Al Hassakah, Syria
الطريق بين رشيدية و القاسمية
One member of Doctors Without Borders was killed and three other civilians including two aged 17 wounded in an alleged Turkish mortar strike on a convoy about four kilometers north of Tal Temr, local sources reported. Hawar news said: "The invading Turkish state wounded two doctors by firing cannons at Til Temir's convoy of Doctors…
Summary
Published
3 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2019
Incident Code
TS379
Location
Aniq Al Hawa, Al Hassakah, Syria
عين الهوى
Four civilians were reportedly executed, allegedly by Turkey-backed militants in Aniq Al Hawa village in Ras Al Ayn, Syria, on November 2nd, 2019 according to local sources. The sources reported that Turkey-backed militants disguised in Syrian regime forces clothing executed the four civilians.
Summary
Published
2 November 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4131
Location
Hizareen town, Idlib, Syria
حزارين
At least one civilian was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hizareen the morning of November 2, 2019. The White Helmets reported: "One man was killed and another injured as a result of a Russian military air raid, targeting civilian homes in the town of Hizareen". A tweet from @ramiswidfree added…
Summary
Published
2 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4130
Location
Jabala town, Idlib, Syria
جبالا
At least four civilians, including a woman and two children from the same family, died and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Jabala, according to sources on the ground. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: "At least four civilians from the same family, including a woman, were killed…
Summary
Published
2 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2019
Incident Code
TS378b
Location
Al Sibatya, Al Hassakah, Syria
السباتية
According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, three civilians were killed and one other injured in an alleged Turkish attack on Tal Tamr in Hasaka governorate in Syria on November 1st, 2019. The civilians killed were all males and identified as Abdulazeez Salih al Hesh, Mahmoud Ahmad Muhammad and Muhammad Ali Khuwam. Ali Ezizi, was also…
Summary
Published
1 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4129
Location
Several towns in Idlib, Idlib, Syria
بلدات متعددة
The Shaam News Network reported: "Russian warplanes launched airstrikes amid artillery and rocket shelling targeting villages and towns of Maarat Harma, Umm Jalal, Rakaya, Kafarsijnah, Hazarin, Sheikh Mustafa, Naqir, Dahabiya, Hish, Tahitaya, Musharrafa, Damama and Marand, which resulted in a number of civilian casualties." Further research did not find any civilian casualties in the cities…
Summary
Published
1 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2019
Incident Code
TS378A
Location
Tal Tamr, Al Hassakah, Syria
تل تمر
According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, four civilians including a woman were reported injured in an alleged Turkish attack on Tal Tamr in Hassakah governorate in Syria on October 31st, 2019. No additional information about this event is presently known.
Summary
Published
31 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2019
Incident Code
TS377
Location
Tal Ward, Al Hassakah, Syria
تالوارد
Three civilians were killed and five others injured in an alleged attack by Turkey-backed militants on Tal Ward in Zirgan town - Ras Al Ain in Hasaka governorate, on October 31st, 2019, according to local sources. @Raman_Hassi reported that Ibrahim Mohammed Khalaf (60) and his wife Tofaha Ali Saleh (55) were both killed in the…
Summary
Published
31 October 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2019
Incident Code
RS4128
Location
Haas, Idlib, Syria
حاس
One to three civilians died and four more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Haas, according to local media. @baladinetwork said that Russian warplanes used vacuum rockets in the attack. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: "Ayyoub al Younes was killed as fixed- wing warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on Hass…
Summary
Published
31 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2019
Incident Code
RS4127
Location
Darkoush, Idlib, Syria
دركوش
Three to five civilians, including a member of the civil defence and one to two children, died and as many as 12 more, including two civil defence personnel, were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on an ammunition depot on the outskirts of Darkoush the morning of October 31, 2019, local media reported.…
Summary
Published
31 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2019
Incident Code
RS4126
Location
Al Fatira, Idlib, Syria
الفطيرة
One to two civilians died and two to three were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Fatira in Idlib, according to sources on the ground. @mohmad_rasheed reported "a martyr and three civilians were wounded as a result of the Russian warplanes bombing the town of Al-Fatira." @NEDAAPOST also tweeted that one civilian was killed and…
Summary
Published
31 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2019
Incident Code
RS4125
Location
Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria
كفرنبل
Between one and three civilians, including one to two children, died and up to six more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafar Nabil, according to sources on the ground. Macro Media Centre reported "the death of a displaced man and his child and the injury of several others as a result of airstrikes…
Summary
Published
31 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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