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Incident Date
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…
Summary
Published
23 April 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
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…
Summary
Published
23 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
19 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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.…
Summary
Published
17 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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"…
Summary
Published
15 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
13 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
13 April 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
8
Military actors reported killed
0–4
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
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…
Summary
Published
13 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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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…
Summary
Published
8 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
,
Naval bombardment
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
12–14
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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.
Summary
Published
7 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
7 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
6 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
10–22
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
1 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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.
Summary
Published
28 March 2019
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
28 March 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
27 March 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
27 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
7–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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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…
Summary
Published
24 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
22 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Commerce
(
Market
),
Agriculture
,
Religious
(
Mosque
)
Civilians reported killed
9–28
Civilians reported injured
20–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
21 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
21 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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.
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
20 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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…
Summary
Published
19 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
18 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–300
Civilians reported injured
8
Military actors reported killed
16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
17 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
16 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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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…
Summary
Published
14 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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