Israeli Military in Syria & the Gaza Strip

10 – 30

العرضي, Al A'radi, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and 30 civilians, including two to four women and two to five children, were killed and between 20 and 30 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the Al A’radi neighborhood of Deir Ezzor city, local media reported. At the time of reporting seven civilian

Summary

(2–5 children2–4 women2–4 men)

4 – 30

20–30

10 named

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One male civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike Raqqa, according to local sources. Other reports (apparently drawn from the same source) said as many as 30 prisoners died. All reports blamed the Coalition and said that the victim – who was being detained by IS – died when an IS prison was struck.

Summary

1 – 30

(1 man)

القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

At least 24 civilians were reported killed and a dozen injured in alleged evening Russian airstrikes on a centre for the distribution of bread in the town of Qaryatain in Homs province. According to Shaam News Network, 16 people died when Russian planes carried out two raids. Activists stressed that the raids targeted a bakery

Summary

23 – 30

(3 children2 women1 man)

Unknown

30 named, 1 familiy identified

Bizza Square and Bab Maqam, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two attacks reportedly occurred in Bab Maqam, Old Aleppo within moments of one another. The first incident took place specifically in Bizza Square, and the other in another part of Bab Maqam. Two sources reported that all together, in both incidents, 30 people were killed in Bab Maqam. LCCSY said that “Assad forces intensive shelling

Summary

25 – 30

(1 child)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

1 named

LOCATION

إدلب, Idlib, Syria

A major airstrike on Idlib city killed up to 30 civilians and injured up to 300 more. Reports blamed both Russia and the US-led Coalition for the attack. The Coalition has expressly denied any involvement – though a unilateral US action remains possible. The attack – which reportedly involved both airstrikes and missiles – caused

Summary

(12–15 children10–11 women)

5 – 30

12–300

US-led Coalition, Unknown, Russian Military

24 named, 4 families identified

حي الحميدية , Al Hamidiya neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor city, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In a major civilian casualty incident, up to 30 civilians – many of them named – died and as many as 40 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on a vegetable market in the Al Hamidiya neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor city. According to Deir Ezzor and Raqqa Legal Network, around five members

Summary

25 – 30

(3–6 children)

15–40

27 named, 3 families identified

البحرة, Al Bahra village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported the death of eleven civilians and seven or more wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Bahra village, northwest of the town of Hajin. A tweet from @BassamJaara was the only source with an estimated tally of more than 30 casualties, claiming that: “More than 30 people, mostly children and women,

Summary

11 – 30

7–24

US-led Coalition

Mu'awiya school/Mal'ab Al-Aswad area, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Thirty civilians including up to 13 children and three women from three families died and dozens more were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling on Raqqa, according to local sources. Reports said that the entire Al-Sayer Al-Enezi family died in the strike – along with multiple members of other families. There was, however,

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

(4–13 children2–3 women3 men)

12–36

US-led Coalition

22 named, 3 families identified

Al Hadlat camp, near Al Hammad, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the airstrikes on Al Hadlat camp for displaced persons which reportedly killed up to 30 civilians. The camp is on the border near Al Hammad, in the Hammad Desert. Saeed Seif, a media activist in Badiyat Sham (Sham Desert), reported that there were more than seven raids on the camp,

Summary

10 – 30

(2 children2 women)

10–50

الشفعة, Al Sha'afa: Al-Kashma district, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between 10 and 30 civilians were reported killed and “dozens” injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Sha’afa. Most sources stressed that many of the victims were women and children. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 22 civilians, including 9 children and 7 women and stressed that

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

10 – 30

(2–9 children2–7 women)

العشارة, Al-A'shara, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least three and as many as 30 civilians, including one child and woman, were killed in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on the town of Al-A’shara, Deir Ezzor, located media said. Several sources reported the death of three named civilians, one child and two adult siblings, one man and one woman. Multiple other

Summary

3 – 30

(1 child1 woman1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A major US airstrike on an al Nusra Front headquarters – a unilateral action – killed a significant number of militants. However, up to 26 Free Syrian Army prisoners held in the building were also reported killed, along with three children. The US admitted responsibility for just one civilian death three years later. Fatah al

Summary

(3 children)

وادي النسيم, Wadi Al Nasim, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unidentified explosion rocked the neighbourhood of Wadi Al Nasim in the city of Idlib, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring up to 150, local sources said. Zeiton News said 12 women and seven children were among 29 killed by a long-range ballistic missile launched from Russian battleships. Additional sources, including a military observatory

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1–7 children12–13 women)

10 – 29

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

50–154

Causes of injury / death

الشفعة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to local reports by Euphrates Post, alleged Coalition air raids targeted “a residential complex in district 24” of the town of Al Sha’afa. The sources stated that there were civilian casualties as a result, but did not specify a specific number. These sources were apparent carbon copies of each other. However, according to two Sana

Summary

2 – 29

US-led Coalition

الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 12 and 29 civilians including up to five children and five women died in airstrikes on Al Bab, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Turkey or the US-led Coalition. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Summary

(4–5 children5 women4 men)

12 – 29

US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

12 named, 3 families identified

حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 28 civilians died and up to 57 more were wounded in airstrikes on the Sukkari neighbourhood in Aleppo, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. Sources reported three or four raids, with the lowest civilian death toll given as 12

Summary

10 – 28

(5 children3 men)

15–57

10 named

LOCATION

إدلب, Idlib, Syria

Fifteen named civilians were among those killed in multiple airstrikes on Idlib, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible – though the event was referred to as a “horrific massacre” in several reports. Dozens more civilians were said to have been wounded. A popular market, “the

Summary

20 – 28

(5 children)

12–30

15 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Nearby landmark

الشدادي, Al Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Reported airstrikes by the Coalition or possibly Russia on al Shadadi between midnight and dawn struck a bakery in the city killing at least 15 civilians, according to multiple reports. Shaam News and the Syrian Network said the civilians died in a Coalition strike as they queued to buy bread at an auto bakery, although

Summary

(4 children1 woman8–10 men)

15 – 28

15–24

Russian Military, US-led Coalition

10 named

حي باب النيرب, Bab al Nairab neighbourhood, Aleppo [seems to be road between bab al Nayrab and Jib al Qibba], Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a large-scale civilian casualty incident, referred to as “a massacre”, between 17 and 28 civilians, including multiple families, died in alleged Russian or Assad regime air and/or artillery strikes on Aleppo’s Bab al Nairab, on what looks to be road between bab al Nayrab and Jib al Qibba. Multiple sources said that the strikes

Summary

17 – 28

12–40

كفريا والفوعة, Kafriya and Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In a major civilian casualty incident, which several sources referred to as a “massacre”, up to 28 civilians died and as many as 30 more were wounded in multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on he town of Kafriya and Al Fou’a in Idlib. According to Baladi, Russia launched “more than 15 successive airstrikes” on the town

Up to 27 civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on the town of Al Shajra in western Daraa. According to Daraa Martyrs Documentation Center, 32 “mostly civilians” were killed when positions of Jaish Khalid bin Walid, a Salafi jihadist group, were targeted. The report claimed that the Coalition launched a long-range missile, which “targeted the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

17 – 27

(1 man)

US-led Coalition, Israeli Military

Suspected target

Other

Belligerents reported killed

الشعار, Al Shia Ar, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between nine and 27 civilians including six children were reportedly killed and dozens more wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the Al Shia’ar neighbourhood of Aleppo. LCCSF reported the lowest number: “Five martyrs and more than 15 wounded were reported among civilians due to Russian airstrikes targeting Al Shia’ar neighbourhood in the

Summary

9 – 27

(6 children2–4 women)

15–24

9 named, 2 families identified

الشعفة, Al Shaafa town, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition airstrike killed and injured a number of civilians on the morning of December 21st. Although some sources reported that the incident took place on December 20th (when another similar incident occurred) the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights distinguished the two as separate events. Local sources reported the killing of 27 people, mostly

Summary

14 – 27

(8 children)

حي الكلاسة, Al Kalassa (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes in the neighborhood of al Kalassa, Aleppo, killed at least seven members of one family, local sources reported. The death toll may have been as high as 27, with sources reporting at least three children and three women dead, and photographs circulating of a father holding his dead son.

Summary

7 – 27

(3 children3 women1 man)

عربين, Arbin, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

In this event, described by many as a “massacre”, up to 27 civilians, including children and women, were killed and dozens were wounded as the city of Arbeen, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, was subject to heavy aerial shelling, allegedly carried out by either Russia or the Syrian regime. Some sources, including the Syrian Network for Human Rights

Summary

(4–6 children2 women1 man)

19 – 27

2–24

15 named

الحامدية, Al Hamidiya hospital, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In a separate incident from the attacks on the National Hospital and the hospital for women and children (listed above for February 15th), between 13 and 26 civilians including up to seven women and at least two children died in airstrikes on the Médecins Sans Frontière (MSF) hospital at Al Hamidiya, according to multiple sources

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Healthcare facility

(2 children1–7 women22 men)

16 – 26

40 named

حي الشعاكفرنبل , Kafir Nabil, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 26 civilians – 23 of whom were named – died and dozens more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on a popular market in Kafir Nabil, according to sources on the ground. Reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. Aljazeera pointed

Summary

23 – 26

(3–6 children2 women)

12–36

23 named