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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Codes
CS148 RS0178
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A number of sources reported that an adult woman from Soran in Hama governorate was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqah. Violations Documentation has published the name & photo of the victim which as said he was killed due to the coalition air force's shelling. In their January 2020 civilian casualty assessment, the US-led…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 November 2015
Incident Codes
CS147 RS0168
Location
البوكمال, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to the Violations Documentation Center and others, six civilian males were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in the vicinity of the Aisha hospital in Al Bukamal. According to Deir Ezzor 24, eight rockets or missiles were launched on the town. However, the Syrian Observatory has attributed the attack to the US-led Coalition.…
Summary
Published
18 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 November 2015
Incident Codes
CS146 RS0165
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Reports indicated that Coalition aircraft had killed up to ten civilians in Raqqa in an evening strike. According to local monitors Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently, seven were killed and eight injured after a civilian fuel facility was bombed in the Brigade 17 area of the city. A graphic video by Daesh propagandists Al A’maq…
Summary
Published
18 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 November 2015
Incident Code
CS144
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah [exact location], Raqqa, Syria
At least three civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, the alliance later confirmed. At the time the Syrian Observatory cited “reliable sources’ as saying that “Coalition warplanes targeted a heavy machine gun for IS near al-Nour mosque but missed the target and killed 3 people at least by opening fire on a house.”…
Summary
Published
14 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 November 2015
Incident Code
CS143
Location
البوثة, Bootha, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to nine civilians from two families were killed in an alleged Coalition dawn strike at the small village of al Bootha – near to the Tishreen oilfield, and close to the scene of fierce clashes between Kurdish ground forces and Daesh. The Union of Hassakah Youth initially attributed the attack to the Forces for…
Summary
Published
10 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
CS141
Location
الهول, Al Hawl, Al Hassakah, Syria
Three civilian men were reported killed when their vehicle was struck in a Coalition airstrike, according to reports. This incident is presently single source only with VDC naming the three men. In its July 2017 monthly report, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of proximity: “Oct. 31, 2015, near Al Hawl,…
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
CS142
Location
مسطاحة, Mestaha, Aleppo, Syria
Three teenage civilian males were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike. They are listed as being from Mestaha in Aleppo but it is not clear whether they were killed there. This incident is currently single source.
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 October 2015
Incident Code
CS140
Location
البلعوم, Baloum, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to reports civilian facility guard Waleed Mekhlef Al Abbad was killed in a Coalition raid on the Al Omar oil field. According to local reports, midnight airstrikes were followed by a raid involving up to six Coalition helicopters. Ara News cited media activist Yasser al-Dairi from Al Mayadeen as saying the raid “targeted an…
Summary
Published
22 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 October 2015
Incident Code
CS139
Location
السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
An adult male was killed in a reported Coalition strike at Sukhna. While he was described as a civilian by one source, all others reported that he was in fact a combatant. The VDC has named Sabri Abd al Wahab al Ozbaki as a civilian victim of what it says was “coalition air force’s shelling.”…
Summary
Published
18 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 October 2015
Incident Code
CS138
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
Four named civilians were reported killed in an airstrike at Manbij, although opinions were split as to whether the victims had been killed by the Assad regime or by the Coalition. As Ara News noted, “the identity of the planes remains unknown, because of the number of different actors that are bombing the Aleppo countryside…
Summary
Published
17 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 October 2015
Incident Code
CS137
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
In a Coalition targeted strike, three men were killed when a car was destroyed at Al Atarib on the road between Sarmada and Bab Al-Hawa. The Coalition originally reported destroying a car at Aleppo on October 15th-16th 2015. This was later amended to a US unilateral action, a targeted killing which the Pentagon said had…
Summary
Published
15 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 October 2015
Incident Code
CS136
Location
حربل, Harbel, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians, sharing the same surname, were reported killed, either by Coalition airstrikes or a car bomb either in Harbel or in Deir Hafer in Aleppo governorate. According to a Sultan Al-Musalmeh, two “young men” were killed by a car bomb when they were trying to “emigrate from Syria”. All sources identified the individuals as…
Summary
Published
10 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 October 2015
Incident Code
CS135
Location
جبل عبدالعزيز, Abdulaziz Mt, Al Hassakah, Syria
A single source listed an adult male non-combatant as a victim of Coalition action. According to VDC, Ahmad Nayef Al Hamad was from Baseera in Dayr ez Zawr, and was killed in an alleged Coalition strike on Abdulaziz mountain in Al Hassaka. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that…
Summary
Published
8 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 October 2015
Incident Codes
CS133 RS0020
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Two children and a 46-year-old male were reportedly killed during four alleged Russian strikes in the evening in Anadan in the northern Aleppo countryside in Syria. Another man was also named as a victim by VDC. Eyewitnesses described at least one secondary strike. A local medic told Qassioun: “Between the afternoon and evening, Russian planes…
Summary
Published
6 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 October 2015
Incident Codes
CS134 RS0021
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
According to the Syrian Observatory, “preliminary information reported the death of civilians – including women and children – in the bombing by Russian warplanes on areas at the eastern outskirts of Palmyra city which is controlled by the ‘Islamic State’.” According to most sources, between 12 and 14 members of two Bedouin families died, including…
Summary
Published
6 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 October 2015
Incident Code
CS132
Location
الحويج, Al Huwaij , Al Hassakah, Syria
The Syrian News Network reported Coalition strikes on the village of Huwaij to the west of Al Hassakah. Step News also reported that "Coalition aircraft targets ISIS-run center in the village of Al-Huwaij and for information on the size of the losses yet." https://twitter.com/Step_Agency/status/650746647585128448 It was claimed in an associated SNN website comment by Suleyman…
Summary
Published
4 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 September 2015
Incident Code
CS131
Location
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
One or more non-combatant males were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike at Ma’adan by a number of sources. All were agreed that one unnamed man was killed and seven people injured. The Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies and Raqaa is Being Slaughtered listed, Munzer Ali Al A’asskar, as having been killed in…
Summary
Published
28 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 September 2015
Incident Code
CS130
Location
السلخة, Jala'a (Al-Salakha), Deir Ezzor, Syria
France’s first air strike in Syria was alleged to have killed at least 30 child soldiers of Islamic State, according to reports. The attack – which France later declared was a five-hour raid by multiple aircraft on a ‘Daesh training camp’ – targeted among other sites a palm grove at Al Shalkha, near the town…
Summary
Published
27 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
12–50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 September 2015
Incident Code
CS129
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An adult male named as Muhammad Khalifa al Hasan – a civil engineer from Bokros in Deir Ezzor – was allegedly killed in a Coalition strike according to some sources. Others said he had died in a regime attack. A Facebook page covering the locality of Deir Ezzor, where the victim is from, noted that…
Summary
Published
21 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 September 2015
Incident Code
CS128
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An internally displaced person, a young girl named as Fatima Hasan Al Steif from Aleppo, was allegedly killed by a Coalition strike according to sources. Fatima was said to be the daughter of Hasan Al Steif, and the family had been displaced from the town of Al Safira, in Aleppo province, to Raqaa. In its…
Summary
Published
20 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 September 2015
Incident Code
CS127
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Two women, sharing the same surname, al-Naji, were reported by a single source as having been killed in a Coalition strike at Raqaa. They are listed as originally from Talbissa is Homs. No other details about this even are presently known. In its monthly civilian harm assessment report for November 2019 – published on January…
Summary
Published
19 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 September 2015
Incident Code
CS126
Location
جديد عقيدات, Jadid Akidat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Six civilians were reported killed and 10 injured in either a Coalition or Assad regime airstrike. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Six civilians were killed including children while no less than 10 others were wounded by the aerial bombardment by the U.S led coalition warplanes in Jadid Akidat in the eastern countryside…
Summary
Published
16 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
5–13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 September 2015
Incident Code
CS125
Location
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 15 Islamic State fighters, including two aged under 16, were reported killed by a Coalition airstrike 10km west of Ma’dan. The teenage boys were said to be members of the ISIL youth movement ‘Cubs of the Caliphate.’ One report said that a checkpoint was targeted. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the…
Summary
Published
13 September 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 September 2015
Incident Code
CS124
Location
الطوب, Al Toub, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, reported that three non-combatant males, sharing the same surname of al Khoudar, died in an alleged Coalition strike at Al Toub. No further details were given. Syrian Martyrs also listed the dead while quoting the same source. In its monthly civilian harm assessment report for…
Summary
Published
11 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 September 2015
Incident Code
CS123
Location
الثورة, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
Up to 20 adult civilians were reported killed and injured alongside 15 children after Coalition aircraft reportedly bombed forcibly-engaged civilians who were being forced to dig ditches by Islamic State. The children reportedly belonged to ISIL’s Cubs of Al Khilafa youth organisation. The casualties occurred in the morning at the village of Krin, west of…
Summary
Published
9 September 2015
Civilians reported killed
30–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 September 2015
Incident Code
CS122
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, reported that a non-combatant male named as Khitab al Zaher Al Hussein died in an alleged Coalition strike on Dayr ez Zawr. Mr al Hussein was reportedly from al Kharita in the province. The two sources were unclear as to whether he had died in Deir…
Summary
Published
6 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 September 2015
Incident Code
CS121
Location
تل براك, Tall Birak, or villages to the south, Al Hassakah, Syria
Reports emerged on the evening of September 5th that a 13-year old boy named as Abboud Al Kharnoub may have died in a Coalition strike in the vicinity of Tal Brak near al Hassakah. Baladi News also reported that a number of women were injured, without giving further details. It also said that the casualties…
Summary
Published
5 September 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 August 2015
Incident Code
CS118
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
A 45-year old non-combatant male named as Haji Al Jaabri was reported killed in a Coalition strike at Manbij. According to Manbij News, Hajji al Jaabri had been forcefully conscripted by Daesh to dig tunnels in the north of the town, which had then been bombed “by Coalition drones.” The Syrian Network later issued an…
Summary
Published
29 August 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 August 2015
Incident Code
CS119
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
A six-months pregnant woman named as Ghafran Al Jabli was reported killed in an event at Al Bab along with her 10-year old nephew, Mohammad Al Waki. Syrian Martyrs reported that the deaths were caused by a Coalition strike on the outskirts of the city. However VDC described the cause of death as shooting, while…
Summary
Published
29 August 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 August 2015
Incident Code
CS120
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A reported Coalition airstrike on a municipal stadium in Raqaa being used as a facility by Daesh may also have injured some civilian prisoners being held there. According to reports at least 8 alleged fighters died while the group’s local ’emir’ was injured. Claims were confused as to whether prisoners at the facility had escaped…
Summary
Published
29 August 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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