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Incident Date
3 December 2019
Incident Code
LC251
Location
مشروع الهضبة, Al Hadaba project, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was allegedly killed by indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Hadaba project in Tripoli. Tk Yahroug Kl shy reported: "As a result of indiscriminate shelling yesterday morning on Al Farahit in Al Hadaba project livelihoods of people were destroyed and an African worker was killed." The same source reported several other instances of shells…
Summary
Published
3 December 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
3 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4225
Location
بلدات متعددة, Several towns, Idlib, Syria
Russian and Syrian warplanes launched dozens of alleged air and artillery strikes on cities and villages across Idlib governorate on December 4th 2019, according to Shaam News Network. The Shaam News Network wrote that the airstrikes "targeted the perimeter of the city of Maarat al-Numan, cities and towns of Kafranbel, Hish, Qatra, Ras al-Ward, Hass,…
Summary
Published
3 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4226
Location
البرسة, Al-Barsa, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the village of Al-Barsa on December 3, 2019. The correspondent for @HalabTodayT reported that a civilian was injured in the village of Al-Barsa in southeastern Idlib. A tweet from @MasarPressNet identified "injuries" as resulting from strikes but did not specify how many.…
Summary
Published
3 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4227
Location
أورم_الجوز, Urum Al Joz, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a woman, was injured in alleged regime or Russian strikes on the village of Urum Al Joz on December 3, 2019. According to @oulaalassaad, civilians were wounded when the regime dropped barrel bombs on the village of Urum Al Joz but did not specify how many civilians were involved. @la1mea and…
Summary
Published
3 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 December 2019
Incident Code
YS080
Location
اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria
According to local sources, one woman was reported killed and 15 other civilians including 8 children and 2 women were injured in alleged YPG shelling on Azaz, Aleppo in Syria on December 3rd, 2019. The woman killed was identified as Zalikha Ahmed Kasaiba, 36 years old.
Summary
Published
3 December 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
3 December 2019
Incident Code
CS1939
Location
أطمة, Atma, Idlib, Syria
A militant leader, named as Abu Ahmed al-Muhajir, was killed when his vehicle was reportedly struck by the US-led Coalition, local sources said. Reports added that two of Abu Ahmed al-Muhajir's "companions" also died in the strike, though their combat status was unclear. A private source told Baladi News: "A reconnaissance plane ammunition by the…
Summary
Published
4 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4217
Location
معرة النعمان, Maarat Numan, Idlib, Syria
Up to 14 civilians including two women were reported killed and between 11 and 20 others including two children were injured in an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrike on a vegetables market, Souk Al-Hal, in Maarat Al Numan in Idlib, Syria on December 2nd, 2019 according to local sources. Multiple sources indicated that…
Summary
Published
2 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10–14
Civilians reported injured
11–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4218
Location
السجن المركزي, Central prison, Idlib, Syria
According to local sources, between three and seven civilians, including one women and her two children, were reported killed, and up to 28 others including four children and four women were reported injured allegedly when Russian or Syrian regime warplanes targeted the Central Prison, in western Idlib in Syria on December 2nd 2019. A local…
Summary
Published
2 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
13–28
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4219
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was reported killed, and five others injured in an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrike that targeted Al Hal Market in Saraqib, Idlib in Syria on December 2nd 2019 according to local sources. Jesr Press reported that Nashaat Al-Ahmad, aged 25, died of his injuries before arrival to hospital. According to…
Summary
Published
2 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4214
Location
الكنائس, Al Kana’es, Idlib, Syria
According to local sources, Hussein Khreimi was reported killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces airstrike in Al-Kanayes village, on the outskirts of the villages of Tal Kresyan and Al-Bara in the eastern Idlib countryside, Syria on December 2nd 2019. According to @sraqeb123, this raid happened at 9.56am.
Summary
Published
2 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4215
Location
الصرمان, Al Sarman, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that one civilian, a woman, was killed and at least six others were injured, apparently her children, in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces airstrike on Al Sarman in Idlib, Syria on December 2nd 2019. A local social media user, ammar.kat, posted on Facebook that this raid happened by a MiG-21…
Summary
Published
3 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4220
Location
الغدفة, Al Ghadfa, Idlib, Syria
A woman and a man were reported injured in an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrike in Al Gadfa in the countryside of Maarat al-Numan Idlib, Syria on December 2nd, 2019, according to local sources, apparently targeting a civilian home. The "young" man was identified as Hudhayfa Al-Hamoud by local sources. According to…
Summary
Published
2 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2019
Incident Code
TS399
Location
تل رفعت, Tal Rifat, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 11 civilians - 10 of whom were named - including eight children aged between three and 15, a woman and an elderly man were reported killed, and 12 others - most of them are children - seriously injured in an alleged Turkish artillery attack on Tal Rifaat, in Aleppo governorate, Syria on December…
Summary
Published
2 December 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4216
Location
بلدات متعددة,, Several towns in Idlib, Syria
The Shaam News Network reported that Russian and regime warplanes carried out strikes across numerous towns in Idlib, leading to wounding "dozens" of civilians. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
2 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4212
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabl, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly injured in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike or artillery attack on the Joni neighborhood of Kafr Nabl in Idlib, Syria, on the morning of December 1st, 2019. The injured civilians were identified as “Ali Qamar al-Obeido,” “Omar Muhammad Khair al-Obeido” and “Aboudi Maher al-Obeido” by a number of sources. KMC…
Summary
Published
1 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4213
Location
حاس, Hass, Idlib, Syria
Between five and ten civilians, including two children and two women, were reported injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Hass in Idlib, Syria, on December 1st 2019 according to local sources. A local source, Wasim Alkhalf, reported that this incident happened at 3.15pm. The source also identified four of those injured…
Summary
Published
1 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2019
Incident Code
YS078
Location
العزيزية, Al Aziziya, Al Hassakah, Syria
One civilian was reported executed by YPG in Hai Al Aziziya in Hasakah on December 1st 2019, according to local sources. It was reported that Abdulwahed Khalil Al Kalash was shot dead when he tried to prevent YPG from demolishing his house that they deemed illegal and without a license. Minbar Al Hasakah said that…
Summary
Published
1 December 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
1 December 2019
Incident Code
RS4211
Location
بلدة تل كرسيان, Tal Karseean, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed in an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrike on Tal Karseean in Idlib, Syria on December 1st 2019 according to local sources. According to multiple sources including Syrian Network for Human Rights, Ibrahim Mohammad al Hussein and his nephew, Sayyed Hasan al Hussein, were killed in the attack. Syrianpc…
Summary
Published
1 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2019
Incident Code
LC250
Location
جسر السواني, Al Swani Bridge, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and five civilians were reportedly killed in an LNA or Emirati airstrike on Al-Swani. Libya Observer put the death toll at two: "Foreign aircraft backing up Khalifa Haftar's forces have carried out airstrikes on civilian houses in Al-Sawani, killing two people and injuring ten others, Volcano of Rage Operation's media office said on…
Summary
Published
1 December 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
10–13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
1 December 2019
Incident Code
YS079
Location
أبو راسين, Abo Rasin, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported that the civilian Abdul Hamid Al-Abdullah from Al Arada village was executed by YPG/SDF forces on a checkpoint in Abu Rasin in Hasakah on December 1st, 2019. No more details are available.
Summary
Published
1 December 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
30 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4209
Location
الغدفة, Ghadafa, Idlib, Syria
A woman and a man were reportedly injured by alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Ghadafa in Idlib, Syria on November 30th, 2019, at noon. According to Eldor News quoting an Al-Durar Al-Shamiya Network correspondent, the two civilians had only been lightly injured. A Baladi correspondent claimed that the civilians had been seriously wounded…
Summary
Published
30 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4210
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria
At least woman was reportedly injured by an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike or artillery attack on Kafr Nabl in Idlib, Syria, on November 30th 2019. The media source Kefranbell.com identified the victim as the wife of the "martyr" Waheb al-Obeidu. A number of sources claimed that several civilians had been injured without specifying the…
Summary
Published
30 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 November 2019
Incident Code
USSOM258
Location
جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia
The US military reported on the same day that it had carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Jilib against al Shabaab fighters. It was not clear which of two locally reported targets - or indeed both - were struck. Unusually, AFRICOM made no mention of the number of militant fighters it believed had…
Summary
Published
30 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
0–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 November 2019
Incident Code
LC249
Location
أم الأرانب: الشركة الصينية, Umm Al Aranib: Chinese company, Murzuq, Libya
Up to eleven civilians were allegedly killed by an LNA or Emirati airstrike on Umm Al Aranib. The Libya Observer said: "The Congress of Libya's Tebu tribespeople has condemned in a statement the airstrikes of Khalifa Haftar's forces on Um Al-Aranib on Thursday, killing a whole family - mother and her six children." Ummm Al…
Summary
Published
28 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
6–11
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4208
Location
بكفلا أو النهر الأبيض, Bkafla or Al Naher Al Abyad, near Jisr Ash Shughour, Idlib, Syria
One young male civilian was reportedly killed and at least nine others, including one woman and at least four members of the Syrian Civil Defense, were reportedly wounded in an alleged Russia and/or Syrian regime forces artillery strike on Bkafla or Al Naher Al Abyad, near Jisr Ash Shughour in the evening of November 27th…
Summary
Published
27 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
9–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2019
Incident Code
YS077
Location
اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria
Three or four civilians including two women were reportedly wounded by alleged YPG artillery attacks in southern neighbourhoods of Azaz city, Aleppo governorate, on November 27th, 2019, according to local sources. The Euphrates Post reported that "the YPG targeted the southern neighbourhoods of Azaz with more than six rocket-propelled grenades shortly before, wounding three civilians". @ShahbaPress…
Summary
Published
27 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
27 November 2019
Incident Code
CS1939a
Location
قرب قرية الميلبية على طريق الشدادي, near Al Milbiya village on Al Shadadi road, Al Hassakah, Syria
SANA reported: "A number of civilians were injured when a convoy for US occupation forces hit a microbus on al-Shadadi road in Hasaka southern countryside. The SANA reporter said that a convoy for US occupation forces on Wednesday [Nov 25th] afternoon hit a microbus carrying civilians near al-Milbiyah village on al-Shadadi- Hasaka road in the…
Summary
Published
27 November 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4204
Location
كرسعة, Karsa’a, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians, including a child, were killed and several others were wounded in an alleged Russia or Assad regime airstrike on Karsa’a, according to local media. Idlib Plus said two men were killed, and civilian homes were damaged. Zaiton Mag pointed out that the strikes occurred in residential neighborhoods. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
26 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4205
Location
الفطيرة,, Al Fatira, Idlib, Syria
Two or three civilians were wounded in an alleged regime or Russian airstrike on al-Fatira town, local media reported. @ShahbaPress tweeted: "A child and a woman were injured in shelling by Assad helicopters with explosive barrels on al-Fatira town of southern Idlib countryside." Other sources put the wounded toll at three. According to the White…
Summary
Published
26 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4203
Location
ابلين, Iblin, Idlib, Syria
One man was wounded in an alleged Russia or regime airstrike on Iblin in Jabal Al-Zawiya on the morning of November 26th, 2019, according to local media. The White Helmets reported that "explosive barrels by helicopters belonging to Assad forces" hit "the outskirts of Iblin village in Idlib countryside." Several sources reported that a total of…
Summary
Published
26 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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