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21–23 April, 2019

Incident Code

RS3612

Location

Badiyah of Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
بادية ريف ديرالزور الغربي
Local media reported that a child died of her injuries on April 25th after alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Badiyah (the desert) in the western Deir Ezzor countryside several days earlier. @DeirEzzor24 tweeted: "The child Sumaya Saleh Al Bayram died of injuries she received several days ago in aerial bombardment by #Russia on the Badiyah…

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23 April 2019
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Incident Date

23 April 2019

Incident Code

RS3613

Location

Khan Sheikoun, Idlib, Syria
خان شيخون
Shelling on residential neighbourhoods in Khan Sheikhoun killed nine named civilians and wounded as many as dozens more on April 23rd, 2019, local media reported. Up to 64 rocket and artillery shells were used in the raid, according to the Syrian Civil Defense. While @abuhuzaifa_ reported an initial toll of five civilian fatalities but in…

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Published
23 April 2019
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Incident Date

19 April 2019

Incident Code

RS3611

Location

Khan Sheikoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
خان شيخون, ‏خان شيخون‬
Two men were reported wounded when rockets and/or artillery struck the Al Rahman Mosque in Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, partially destroying the building. Sources reported the use of rocket-propelled grenades. Smart News Agency reported there were "two wounded in a rocket attack on the city of Khan Sheikun south of Idlib from the Russian forces…

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Published
19 April 2019
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Incident Date

17 April 2019

Incident Code

RS3610

Location

Abu Habba, Idlib, Syria
أبو حبّة
A number of civilians were killed and wounded when artillery and rockets struck the Al Zohour Primary School and civilian homes in Abu Habba village in Deir Ezzor, partially destroying the school building and fence, according to sources on the ground. The Macro Media Center reported that one civilian was killed and several children injured.…

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Published
17 April 2019
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Incident Date

15 April 2019

Incident Code

CS1918

Location

Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الشعفة
Ali al-Muhammed al-Furaiji and his two wives were killed in the morning of April 15th, when their house was hit by an alleged Coalition airstrike, multiple local sources reported - though there was also a claim that the deaths had been caused by an explosion of an ISIS-planted mine. @alhasensaleem tweeted that "a whole family"…

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Published
15 April 2019
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Incident Date

13–14 April, 2019

Incident Code

RS3609

Location

Urma Al Jouz, Idlib, Syria
أورم الجوز
Alleged Russian airstrikes struck the town of Urma Al Jouz, in the western countryside of Idlib, around midnight between April 13th and 14th, wounding a family of five, according to local media. Over a dozen missile strikes were reportedly fired from three Russian planes. The strikes were described as rocket attacks, or more specifically as…

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Published
13 April 2019
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Incident Date

13 April 2019

Incident Code

CS1917

Location

Al Takihi, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الطكيحي
Between midnight and 5 am on the morning of April 13th five people were reportedly killed in what was described as a "landing operation" by the US-led Coalition in Al-Takihi village. According to Jisir TV, the operation was carried out by several Apache helicopters and Hummer vehicles. It was, however, unclear who killed the victims (whose…

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Published
13 April 2019
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Incident Date

13 April 2019

Incident Code

ISSY-120419

Location

Massyaf, Hama, Syria
مصياف
At least one belligerent was killed and between six and 17 were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on the town of Massyaf in the Hama Countryside between April 12th and April 13th, 2019. Arab News quoted Syrian Arab News Agency as stating "an Israeli airstrike on a military position in central Syria early Saturday wounded…

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Published
13 April 2019
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Incident Date

6 April 2019

Incident Code

RS3607

Location

Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
جسر الشغور
Local sources reported that long-range high-explosive ballistic missiles struck the city of Jisr al-Shughour. Step News specified that ten missiles struck residential buildings and infrastructure in the city. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the strikes struck an area near the Mamoun Haj Yahya School in al Shamali al Sharqi neighborhood, severely destroying…

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Published
8 April 2019
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Incident Date

7 April 2018

Incident Code

RS3385

Location

Douma, Damascus, Syria
دوما
A family was among seven civilians killed as Russian and regime forces reportedly struck the city of Douma. Civil Defense teams said warplanes and helicopters bombed the city with more than 100 raids and an explosive barrel, in addition to rocket and artillery shelling. Sources also reported the use of cluster munitions.

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Published
7 April 2019
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Incident Date

7–8 April, 2019

Incident Code

RS3608

Location

Kafr Zeita, Hama, Syria
كفرزيتا
Local sources reported that an elderly man was killed when multiple Russian airstrikes allegedly struck several neighbourhoods in the city of Kafr Zeita. Local news outlet Baladi News reported that the Russian Airforce conducted eight airstrikes with high-explosive rockets on residential neighbourhoods in the town. According to Step News, the Russian planes launched a total…

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Published
7 April 2019
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Incident Date

6 April 2019

Incident Code

RS3606

Location

Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria
كفرنبل
A child and a woman were reportedly killed and more than a dozen civilians were injured in shelling on the town of Kafr Nabl in Idlib, according to sources on the ground. In an initial post, Smart News blamed the Russian forces but later blamed the Syrian regime instead. Other local sources blamed the Syrian regime…

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Published
6 April 2019
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Incident Date

1 April 2019

Incident Code

RS3605

Location

Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria
كفرزيتا
One adult male civilian died and up to four other civilians (including a father and his two children) were wounded in an alleged Assad regime or Russian artillery bombardment of Kafar Zeita on the afternoon of April 1st, local sources reported. According to Smart News, Russian forces conducted heavy artillery shelling on the cities of…

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Published
1 April 2019
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Incident Date

28 March 2019

Incident Code

RS3603

Location

Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
معرة النعمان
Local media reported that four civilians including a woman were wounded when a cluster bomb that was dropped in a previous strike (the date unknown) exploded in Ma'aret al-Nu'man on March 28th. Sources were conflicted on whether the cluster bomb had originally been dropped by regime or Russian forces.  

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Published
28 March 2019
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Incident Date

28 March 2019

Incident Code

RS3604

Location

Khan Sheikhoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
خان شيخون
One woman was injured in an alleged regime or Russian artillery strike on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. On March 28th, the Syrian Observatory said "that it had monitored more violations in the areas of the Russian-Turkish truce and surrounding areas" It added that it had "monitored intensive bombardment by regime forces with more than…

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Published
28 March 2019
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Incident Date

27 March 2019

Incident Code

RS3602

Location

Al-Lataminah, Hama, Syria
اللطامنة
One adult male civilian was wounded in alleged regime or Russian artillery shelling of Al-Lataminah, according to local media. The Smart News Agency, citing activists as its source, reported: "A civilian was wounded as a result of artillery shelling on the town of Al-Lataminah, north of Hama, the source of the Russian forces camp in…

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Published
27 March 2019
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Incident Date

27–28 March, 2019

Incident Code

ISSY-270319

Location

Al sheikh Najar and near Aleppo airport, Aleppo, Syria
الشيخ نجار وقرب مطار حلب الدولي
Between seven and 10 belligerents, specifically member of the Iranian forces and their loyal militias, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Israeli strikes on Al sheikh Najar and near Aleppo airport around midnight between March 27/28, 2019. Euphrates Post reported "Israeli planes targeted midnight on Wednesday with violent raids in the vicinity of…

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Published
27 March 2019
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Incident Date

24 March 2019

Incident Code

CI878

Location

Rutba, Al Anbar, Iraq
الرطبة
A girl was reported killed and a man injured when an airstrike was carried on a house in Al-Oudan district, north of Rutba, Anbar province, Iraq. The airstrikes were believed to be carried out by American forces. The other members of the family were reportedly arrested but the reason remains unknown. In July 2019 the…

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Published
24 March 2019
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Incident Date

22 March 2019

Incident Code

RS3601

Location

Kafriya and Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria
كفريا والفوعة
In a major civilian casualty incident on March 22, 2019, 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 the towns of Kafriya and Al Fou’a in Idlib. According to Baladi, Russia launched "more than 15 successive…

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Published
22 March 2019
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Incident Date

15–21 March, 2019

Incident Code

CS1915

Location

Al-Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
مخيم الباغوز
Local sources reported that a family of five including three children were killed in alleged Coalition bombing in Al-Baghouz camp days several days before March 20th. The exact date they were killed remains unknown. Ahmad Abd Al Rzzaq said: "My cousin Louay Abdel Wahab Al-Hamad Al-Ibrahim Al-Abdullah and his wife Nadra Abdul Aziz Al Thabet…

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Published
21 March 2019
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Incident Date

20–21 March, 2019

Incident Code

RS3599

Location

Al-Faqee, Idlib, Syria
الفقيع
The children Mariam, Fatima, Abdullah and Islam al Mer'e, IDP's from Al Traimsa village in Hama, were killed alongside their father Ismail while their mother was injured, along with five others in what was believed to be a Russian airstrike on a house in al-Faqee in Idlib, according to local media. The airstrike was reportedly…

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Published
21 March 2019
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Incident Date

20–21 March, 2019

Incident Code

RS3598

Location

Bsida village, Idlib, Syria
قرية بسيدا
Local sources reported that six Russian aircrafts carried out airstrikes on a number of villages in rural Idlib including Bsida village. One woman was reported injured in this particular village, while an airstrike on Al Faqee caused a number of fatalities and wounded civilians that Airwars documented in assessment R3397.

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Published
20 March 2019
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Incident Date

20 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1914

Location

Al Baghouz , Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
Local sources reported the death of the young woman "Alaa Mahmoud Al-Shakran" displaced from the city of Palmyra, as a result of alleged Coalition on the town of Al-Baghouz on March 20th. According to a post by Revo.palmyra3, this brings the number of fatalities to four civilians displaced from Palmyra including two women and one…

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Published
20 March 2019
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Incident Date

20 March 2019

Incident Code

CI878a

Location

Anbar, Al Anbar, Iraq
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian and the injury of another near Anbar, Iraq. This was later confirmed to be a US action. As CJTFOIR's June 2019 civilian casualty report noted: "Coalition forces engaged in a small arms fire event. Regrettably, one civilian was…

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Published
20 March 2019
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Incident Date

20 March 2019

Incident Code

RS3600

Location

Several towns in Idlib countryside, Idlib, Syria
بلدات متعددة في ريف إدلب
Local media reported that Russian warplanes carried out strikes on a number of towns and villages in Idlib on March 20th and 21st, resulting in the death of up to five civilians. According to the Step News Agency, "Russia launched several air raids on the towns of Sheikh Mustafa and Basida  and the outskirts of…

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Published
20 March 2019
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Incident Date

19 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1916

Location

Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
Two local sources reported that two named civilians - Shaimaa Walid Al Turki  and Rahaf Darwish - died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz camp. According to revo.palmyra3, the two victimns were displaced from Palmyra and died "as a result of the daily bombardment of aircraft". Palmyra and Al Sukhna group noted that…

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Published
19 March 2019
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Incident Date

18–19 March, 2019

Incident Code

CS1912

Location

Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
As the SDF sought to take control of Al-Baghouz, the last ISIS territorial stronghold in Syria, local sources reported on what was referred to as a significant "massacre" in which between 160 and 300 civilians including 45 children were alleged killed by Coalition airstrikes according to local sources. However, Central Command has only admitted to killing…

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Published
18 March 2019
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Incident Date

17 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1911

Location

Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
مخيم الباغوز
Local sources reported that US-Coalition air-and artillery strikes resumed after 24-hours of calm and struck Al-Baghouz camp in the evening of March 17th. According to Syrian regime affiliated news outlet SANA, the Coalition shelled the camp and its surroundings. Step News added that the shelling was conducted by "French artillery and SDF militia" which targeted…

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Published
17 March 2019
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Incident Date

16 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1910

Location

Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
مخيم الباغوز
Local sources reported that several Coalition airstrikes struck Al Baghouz on March 16th. According to Step News Agency and Marsad Al Hasaka, the airstrikes struck the town, whereas government-affiliated news outlet SANA reported the airstrikes struck Al-Baghouz camp. Step News reported that clashes broke out between ISIS and "the militia" in the vicinity of the…

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Published
16 March 2019
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Incident Date

14 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1909

Location

Al-Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
During intensive air raids, a farm in Al-Baghouz was struck by air- and artillery fire on the outskirts of Al-Baghouz town. Step News was the only source that reported over 20 civilians were killed in the strike. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces while all other sources…

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Published
14 March 2019
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