Israeli Military in Syria & the Gaza Strip

حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians and as many as three were killed following airstrikes on Hatla in Deir Ezzor. However it was not clear who was responsible. Three sources alleged that Russian warplanes were responsible. Meanwhile five sources reported the airstrike without apportioning blame, and so the Coalition could not be definitively ruled out. Free Deir

Summary

3 – 5

(1–3 children)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

3 named

شارع المنصور, Al Mansour Street, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A young man was reported killed in artillery shelling on Al Mansour Street in Raqqa, according to local media. Sharqiya Voice blamed the SDF, though Airwars understands that only the Coalition has deployed artillery on Raqqa. In February 2019, the Coalition assessed this event to be non-credible. Their report noted: “After review of all available

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ميادين, Al Mayadin, al Arabaeen street and other areas, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least ten civilians – including at least one woman and two children – were killed and dozens more were wounded following airstrikes near two schools in the city of Al Mayadeen. However, local sources were conflicted as to who was responsible. Both Russia and the US-led Coalition were reportedly responsible. Syrian Network for Human

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(2–4 children1 woman1 man)

12–24

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

10 named, 2 families identified

الجميلي, Ar Raqqah: Jumaili neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A father and a son were reported killed in the Al Jumeila neighbourhood of Raqqa, with sources indicating that Coalition artillery fire was likely responsible. Four sources – Raqqa Ahluna, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Baladi News and @Soheb1700 – alleged that SDF artillery fire was responsible. However Airwars is aware that the SDF

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(1 child1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One woman died in an alleged Coalition air or artillery strike on Raqqa, local media reported. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, A civilian female was killed after Coalition warplanes allegedly “fired missiles” into the city of Raqqa, However, Lwaa Usod Al Kalamon referred to her as “a daughter of the city of

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(1 woman)

قرية الكشمة, Al Kasham, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Ten civilians were reported injured in airstrikes on Al Kasham village according to local media – though it was unclear who was responsible, with allegations against the Coalition, Russia and the Syrian regime. According to Euphrates Post, one male also died in a Russian strike on the village. The source also named the following two civilians

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2–10

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Al Hawaji, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including two women and three children, died in airstrikes carried out by unknown aircraft on the al Hawaij village in Deir Ezzor Governorate, alleged local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Euphrates Post listed those killed. The US-led Coalition was not attributed to the attack; sources referred to “bombing by

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(3 children2 women)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

فردوس, Ar Raqqah: west of Fardous mosque, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In September 2017, it was reported that 7 civilians were killed in the Al Fardous neighbourhood in Raqqa, following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes. Alraqqa Ahlna identified three of the victims and said that an additional “three young men and one woman” were killed but they remained unidentified as the bodies were still under rubble. A

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5 – 7

(1 woman5 men)

مظلوم, Masloum Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian woman died with her two children in an aerial attack on the the village of Mazloum Tahtani (12km east of Deir Ezzor), close to the primary school and the mosque, according to local media. Step News however, out the death toll as high as five. Shabha also referred to civilians wounded in the event,

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

3 – 5

(2 children1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

3 named, 1 familiy identified

كرمازة, Kormaza village, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that civilians were killed after unidentified aircraft targeted Kormaza village, Tal Abiyad countryside, Raqqa. Marsad al Hassaka alleged that a vehicle was struck by “unknown aircraft”, and that the car was a “civilian pick-up” according to the source, with civilians reportedly inside. Soheb1199 released a carbon-copy of the Marsad al Hassaka report.

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التوسعية, Al Tawassoy’ia neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

On January 30th several sources reported the exhumation of a whole family from under the ruins of their own house in Al Tawassoy’ia neighbourhood of Raqqah city. According to all reports, Mohammed Anwar al-Jabeen, his wife and four children, “Bashar, Abboud, Bushra, Ibrahim” died as a result of bombing by the US-led Coalition. The date

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Unknown

التوسعية, Ar Raqqah: Tawwassoui'ya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians died in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Tawaswiya neighbourhood, according to local media. The citizen journalist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently documented: Omar Al-Ashqar, Yasser Bakour, Khalid Al Hussein and a girl whose name was not mentioned, as the victims. News of their death came amidst reports of considerable aerial bombardment

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(1 child3 men)

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Fourteen civilians were allegedly killed on the 8th of October by Coalition airstrikes near the Old Mosque in Raqqa. On December 14th, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported “the bodies of the martyrs Mohammed Hassan Aarouni and Alaa Mohammed Aarouni were found with his family and Ibrahim Mohammed Aarouni and his family under the rubble

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5 – 13

(7 children3 women2 men)

13 named, 2 families identified

الصبحة, Al Subha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including two brothers died in airstrikes on al Subha, local media said – though it was unclear who was responsible. Sources attributed blame to both Russia and the US-led Coalition. According to Al Sharq News “intense” raids by the Coalition were occurring in the area. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights

Summary

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Near al Shaafa village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to Eldorar, “sources pointed out that Coalition aircraft targeted a car carrying civilians on Wednesday, which resulted in the death of a number of them, including children and women. The international coalition aircraft had targeted the town of Al-Shaafa, yesterday evening, amid the movement of large-scale displacement of civilians towards neighboring villages.” Baladi produced

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(1 child1 woman)

الباب, Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Al Bab 24 named Hassan Mohammad al Hussein al Assfour as killed in “Turkish shelling” in Al Bab, Syria. On January 14th, both Amna Alali and Halab Today reported the “death of 12 civilians and wounding of 18 more as a result of a Turkish air and artillery yesterday [Jan 13th] on the town of

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ظهرة العلواني, Zahret Al Alwni, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that 10 to 25 civilians had been killed and dozens wounded as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Zahret Al Alwni – an IDP camp located between Al Sousse and Al Sha’afa. Most sources reported that 16 non combatants had died. According to most reports, the victims of the airstrike

Summary

10 – 25

(7 children6 women)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

12–24

Cause of injury / death

4 named, 3 families identified

تل الجاير, Tal al Jayer area, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported the death of a male civilian as a result of an alleged Coalition military action in the vicinity of Tal al Jayer, east of the city of Shaddadi in the southern countryside of Hasakah governorate. An Al-Khabour correspondent stated that helicopters engaged in a “landing operation” near the Al Sheikh fuel station,

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3 named, 1 familiy identified

ام حوش, Um Hawsh village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two men were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Umm Hawsh in Aleppo, local media reported. According to SDF Press, “Ahmed Hussein Hamdoun, aged 20, and Mu’taz al-Hussein, aged 15, were wounded in various parts of their bodies by shrapnel from the shells that fell near them while they were traveling from

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تل الجاير, Tal al Jair, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to Marsad al Hassaka and An Eye on al Hassaka, two young men were killed and three others were injured (two severely) in a mortar shelling on the village of Tal al Jair by “Kurdish units”. According to both sources, all five civilians harmed were from the same family. It is important to note

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(2 men)

Syrian Democratic Forces, US-led Coalition

جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed at Jisr al Shughour. However, the cause was contested. While VDC blamed the attack on Russian forces, Radio al Kul, SOHR and Qasioun blamed the death on “regime heavy artillery.”

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الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 11 and 42 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on a popular market in Al Atarib, according to local media. Most sources blamed Russia, though there was some confusion in the reporting with the Syrian Network for Human Rights pointing to both Moscow and then the regime. Some other sources

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11 – 42

(4–5 children1 woman)

12–24

11 named

كفر تخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A reported Russian airstrike on an empty school complex allegedly killed up to a dozen people, according to reports. Reporting from Sarmin, Orient News reporter Abu Mahmoud described the event: “Russian occupation forces targeted the town of Sarmeen with steric missiles. The target was a children’s school.. they are two schools next to each other,

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

Russian Military

حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to ten civilians were killed, including “a woman and her four daughters“, and 20 more injured in airstrikes on the town of Halta, according to sources on the ground – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Both The Shaam News Network (SNN) and

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0 – 10

(0–1 women)

جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians – among them three children and an adult male – were reported killed in an alleged air and ground assault on Jisr al Shughour, according to a number of sources. The Syrian Network later named the dead. Shaam News reported that “Russian warplanes carried out two raids with rockets on the

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4 – 5

(3 children1 man)

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Three named civilians including a baby girl died and several more were wounded in a strike on Talbissa, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. The Shaam News Network reported that “a baby girl died as a result of warplanes carrying out

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(2 children1 woman)

دير حافر‎, Dayr Hafir, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A series of massive airstrikes on Dayr Hafir – allegedly by both Assad regime and Russian forces – led to some civilian casualties according to reports. According to Shaam News, “Dayr Hafer was hit with more than 40 rockets launched by rocket launchers and more than ten air strikes in addition to helicopters throwing their

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Unknown, Syrian Regime

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians including a child died and several more were injured in airstrikes on Arbin, according to sources on the ground. The majority of the sources blamed the Assad regime for the attack; none of the reports explicitly pointed to Russia, though a number didn’t identify the culprit. Smart reported that “regime warplanes

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1 – 4

(1 child1 man)

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Russian vacuum missiles allegedly targeted a key bakery in Al Atarib, taking it completely out of service. Reports said the bakery served more than 100,000 people (apparently confirmed by activists). There were no reports of casualties, but the Syrian Network for Human Rights said the bakery was the “greatest in the western region of Aleppo suburbs“,

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