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December 1, 2015
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مهين, Mahin, Homs, SyriaThree civilians, including two women and one child, were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maheen according to the Violations Documentation Center.
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September 12, 2016
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إدلب, Idlib, SyriaA mother and her two female children were killed and several more civilians wounded in airstrikes on western neighbourhoods of Idlib city, local media said. All but two sources blamed Russia. Baladi and MapnewsAR reported Regime warplanes were responsible. According to MapnewsAR, as many as ten civilians died in the strikes. According to the Shaam
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December 25, 2015
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أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, SyriaThree civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on A’zaz, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that four Russian airstrikes struck the city. Activists told SNN that the raids targeted a field hospital and a women’s and children’s hospital, causing severe damage and huge fires which the White Helmets attempted to extinguish. They stated that
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January 6, 2016
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نوى, Nawa, Daraa, SyriaThree non-combatants were killed and several others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Nawa, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Smart News reported that “Russian warplanes launched four raids on residential neighborhoods in the city, leaving three dead and several wounded including women and children (some of them critical), who were taken to
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October 4, 2018
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هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAccording to local reports, a Coalition drone or air strike – or possibly a mortar strike by local US proxies the SDF – killed a woman and her two children in the town of Hajin in Deir Ezzor governorate. Euphrates Post named the victims as the wife of Khaled Al-Hajij and her two daughters [named as Ruqayya and Noura Khaled al Hjeij by the
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February 8, 2016
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معارة الارتيق, Maarat al Arteek, Aleppo, SyriaUp to three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat al Arteek, according to local sources. In a news roundup, Shaam News Network reported deaths in the town as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes: “Russian planes launched intense air raids using cluster bombs on the towns of Anadan, Hraytan, al Tamoura, Mang,
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February 17, 2016
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الشيخ علي, Sheikh Ali, Aleppo, SyriaThree civilians including one child died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Sheikh Ali, according to local sources. Al-Arabiya blamed Russia, reporting an “unspecified number of dead including children“. Shahba Press also put the death toll at three, including a child – and also attributed the incident to Russia. According to a 40-minute programme by
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November 9, 2016
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الجانودية, Al Janoudia, Idlib, SyriaBetween one to three civilians were killed and at least three others were injured in airstrikes launched against the town of Al Janoudia in western Jisr Al Shoughour. According to local sources, including Step News Agency and @SMARTNewsAgency, Russian warplanes were responsible for the series of airstrikes on the town. An image of the alleged
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June 1, 2016
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حي خان العسل, Khan Al Assal (Aleppo), Aleppo, SyriaThree civilians including one child died and five more were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Khan Assal, according to local sources. Orient News put the death toll at three and said that one of those killed was a child. It blamed Russia. Step News Agency also said that Russia was responsible, while SRG
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June 3, 2015
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أم حجرة, Umm Hajarah, Al Hassakah, SyriaThree civilian men were reported killed in a combined ground and air assault on the village of Umm Hajra. The Hassakah Youth Union blamed the attack jointly on Kurdish ground forces – which it said had mortared the town – as well as Coalition airstrikes: “This is even though the village is free from the
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July 11, 2016
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منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaIn a second alleged Coalition civilian casualty event in Manbij for July 11th, up to three civilians were reported killed.
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August 7, 2016
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منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaAs the battle for Manbij reached its final stages, so-called Islamic State claimed that Coalition aircraft had committed a ‘massacre’ of civilians in the town. However, most sources reported that ISIL was forcibly trapping civilians in the town, and using them as human shields. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed
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July 28, 2017
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مراط, Mrat, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree civilians were killed and an unspecified number were wounded following alleged Russian airstrikes on Mrat town in Deir Ezzor countryside, local media reported. Only two sources attributed their blame to Russia, while others did not attribute blame. One named “military aircraft”. The strikes “targeted the house of Denous al-Besha’an” causing three civilian deaths, according
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September 24, 2017
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خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, SyriaBetween two and three civilians were killed, including a man and a pregnant woman, and five others, including three women and two children, were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes in the agricultural vicinity of Khan Sheikhoun in southern Idlib, according to local sources. A correspondent from the Civil Defence Centre Anas Diab told Smart News
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October 10, 2017
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الظافرية, Al-Zaferiya village, Hama, SyriaMultiple media reported that three civilians, including two women, were killed and up to ten more were wounded following aerial shelling of the village of al-Zafriya, Hama, though it was unclear among the sources who carried out the strikes. Multiple sources reported from the incident, echoing the same thing; namely that three civilians were killed
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November 14, 2017
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الحوايج, Al Jawaij, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThree civilians died in an airstrike on al Jawaij town, according to local media – though it was unclear who was to blame. Deir Ezzor noted “clashes between the forces of SDF and the organization [IS] in the town of Hawayj”. That suggested that any airstrikes may have been by the Coalition. Additionally, Smart News
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October 13, 2015
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تحتايا, Tahtaya, Idlib, SyriaTwo young sisters named were reported by the Violations Documentation Center as having been killed in a Russian attack on Tahtaya in Idlib. A third fatality, an adult man, was later added to the list.
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January 13, 2016
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الزبدية, Zibdiyah (Aleppo), Aleppo, SyriaA children’s nursery was reportedly struck in a Russian airstrike at Zibdiyah – just a day after a similar incident in Damascus governorate. According to Al Jisr, “Russian airforce aggression also targeted a nursery in the Zibdiyah quarter of Aleppo which led to the deaths of 3 children.” Aleppo White Helmets said 20 children were
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October 4, 2016
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Kafr Nassr, Aleppo, SyriaUp to three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Kafr Nasseh outside of Aleppo, according to local media. Halab News listed two additional unidentified victims – and joined all other sources in attributing this event to Russia. Photographic evidence shows that cluster bombs were used.
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November 2, 2016
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كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, SyriaThree civilians were killed and several more were wounded, including children, in airstrikes on Kafr Naha, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Many sources did not attribute blame to any belligerent. Syria News Desk quoted media opposition activist, Mohamed Nur, who
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February 27, 2017
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الهزاني, Al-Hazani, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaThree civilians were killed, and others were wounded, in an alleged air and artillery strike on Al-Hazani, Aleppo. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Two sources reported that Russia was responsible for the raid, whilst others attributed blame to the Syrian regime. SyriaMubasher reported that military aircraft were to blame – therefore not attributing
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November 5, 2014
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دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaAn internal Coalition report noted that “Open source video indicated that three civilians were killed in a deliberate strike on an oil collection point in DeZ.” Airwars researchers have identified what they believe to be the [graphic] video in question, which was posted to YouTube on November 11th 2014. The Coalition was unable to verify
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August 19, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaReports claimed that three civilians (a woman and one or two children) and 8 Daesh fighters were killed following two raids by the Coalition in an area surrounding a sugar factory or grain mill near the city. Local activist Abu Ibrahim Al Raqawi said of the attack on the mill: “Although it is not a
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November 21, 2016
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مزرعة الأسدية, Masra'at al Assadiya, Raqqa, SyriaThree civilians were said to have been killed in a reported Coalition raid on Mazra’at al Assidiya. The Syrian Network reported that “three civilians died due to International Coalition warplanes missiles fired on Mazra’a Al Asadeya village in Raqqa governorate northern suburbs, November 21, 2016.” In what may be a linked incident, the Network also
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August 6, 2019
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لطمين, Latmin, Hama, SyriaThree civilians were reportedly killed and three others injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Latmin, Hama governorate, on August 6th, 2019, according to local sources. One source reported civilian deaths in Latmin. According to Baladi News, “three [civilians] were killed in a Russian bombardment on the town of Latmin in the northern
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June 2, 2017
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حي الرميلة, Rumayla, Raqqa, SyriaThree civilians died and six others were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Rumayla, according to the Smart News Agency. The local news group reported that “warplanes likely to be from the International alliance launched two raids on the Romaniya and Rumayla neighborhoods in the city, killing three civilians and wounding six others in
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August 3, 2017
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Raqqa, SyriaIn the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition artillery strike in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. The report stated that “Mohammed
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May 31, 2019
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الزيادية, Al Ziyadiya, Idlib, SyriaThree men were killed and up to six others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Al Ziyadiya, Idlib governorate, on May 31st, 2019, according to local sources. The village of Ziyadiya was struck by artillery shelling believed to have been carried out by the Syrian regime forces from
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February 9, 2018
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شيخ حديد, Sheikh Hadid, Afrin, Aleppo, SyriaThe Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the occurrence of civilian casualties as a result of the Turkish artillery shelling targeting areas in the Sheikh Hadid area in the western countryside of Afrin. The Observatory later put the number killed in Sheikh Hadid at three. No further details are currently available.
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March 14, 2018
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نبل, Nubl town, Afrin, Aleppo, SyriaAccording to local media, three civilians were killed followed an alleged Turkish airstrike on Nubl town. According to Enabbaladi, the Syrian regime’s media published a statement saying that Turkish planes’ targeted allied positions in Nabal and Zahra, which resulted in a number of civilian martyrs. An image published shows the casualties to be young men.