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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
TS273
Location
نبل, Nubl town, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According 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.…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
TS274
Location
عفرين, Afrin city centre, Aleppo, Syria
Between 5 and 11 civilians including up to four children died and up to 25 more were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling (airstrikes and artillery) of Afrin city centre, according to local media in Syria. Massoud Mohammad, a self-described journalist from Qamishli for Rojava, produced numerous reports on the event on Twitter. He put…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Civilians reported injured
12–44
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3252
Location
حفسرجة, Hafsarja, Idlib, Syria
The Smart news agency reported: "According to the civil defence, Russian warplanes targeted the village of Hafsarja (30 km north-west of the city of Idlib) with a raid that led to the killing of a civilian and wounding of four others, including a woman. The civil defence helped them to medical points." @ab_jarah tweeted: "A…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3253
Location
Kafar Batna, Damascus, Syria
Between two and four civilians have been killed and as many as ten others, including children, were injured, in air and artillery strikes on Kafar Batna, according to local media. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. Barrel bombing was reported in these strikes. Members of the Syrian Civil Defence teams…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3254
Location
قلعة المضيق, Qal’et Al Madik, Hama, Syria
Four civilians from one family were killed, including a man, a woman and two children, and others were injured, in alleged Russian airstrikes on Qal’et Al Madik, local media reported. @bokraahla1984 tweeted: "Today, [March 14th] a good resident was killed with his wife, child and daughter, leaving in this life his eldest son, who did…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3255
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Local media reported between eight and 12 civilians were killed in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Arbeen. Sources reported barrel bombing by the regime and airstrikes by Russia. The lowest death count was given as two. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that "two civilians were martyred due to rocket shelling in areas…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8–12
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3245
Location
Harasta, Damascus, Syria
Three civilian males died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Harasta, according to local media. The Violations Documentation Centre listed three unidentified adult male civilians as killed by warplanes belonging to "Syrian government and affiliated militias".
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3246
Location
زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria
One civilian died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Zamalka, according to local media. @QUSAY_NOOR_reported: "The town of Zalmalka was targeted with several high-explosive barrels on residential areas and many civilians were injured". @Doumarevolutio1 reported four raids. According to the Step News Agency, "many civilians were killed and injured by a Russian air strike on…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3256
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
In a major incident, between 12 and 15 civilians including multiple members from several families were reported killed in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Hamourya. There were also reports of the use of "toxic gases" in the attacks. @Baraa_Abdul tweeted: The regime is targeting the town of Hamourya with toxic gases…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
14–15
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3247
Location
سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
Local media reported that four adult male civilians died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Saqba. @ragga_shkeir tweeted that there were "Russian air strikes with guided missiles and missiles loaded with internationally prohibited cluster bombs". According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "at least 4 civilians were killed as Syrian/Russian warplanes fired missiles…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3250
Location
كفر سجنة, Kafar Sijna, Idlib, Syria
One civilian, a 17-year-old male, named Mohammed Saif Al-Din Qassoum Al-Issa died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Kafar Sijna, according to local media. Sources said that several other civilians were wounded.
Summary
Published
9 September 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3248
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Local media reported that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in Douma. No civilian victims were named, though a non-civilian, Hothaifa al-Tout, was reported killed in "clashes with Assad". No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3249
Location
جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
Two named civilian males died in an alleged regime or Russian air or artillery shelling of Jisreen, according to local media.
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3242
Location
حزة, Hazza, Damascus, Syria
Two civilians - a man and a woman, both named - were killed in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes, and an unspecified number more were injured, local media reported. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that "The areas of the town of Haza have been hit by a renewed bombardment of the regime forces by…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3243
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in airstrikes on Hamouriya, local media reported. Sources lamed both Russian and Syrian regime raids for the strikes. There were multiple reports of barrel bombing. Local sources said that cluster and phosphorus rockets were dropped by helicopters. There were as many as eight explosive barrels dropped…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3234
Location
الزعينية, Al Z’ayniya, Damascus, Syria
One civilian was injured during alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Z’ayniya, a single source reported. According to the Smart News Agency, "rocket-propelled grenades of warplanes, likely to be Russian, targeted the village of Zayniyeh, west of Idlib, in the north of the country on Tuesday 13 March 2018, resulting in civilian injury and destruction of…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3235
Location
مركز 103 للدفاع المدني, civil defence center no :103, Damascus, Syria
One member of the White Helmets was killed and three more injured in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on the civil defence centre 103 in Damascus, local media reported. Douma.Revolution and @SiegeWatch reported that one civil defence volunteer, Rifat Idris, was killed, and three more were wounded. The airstrikes that struck the Civil Defence…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3244
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Dozens of civilians were injured in airstrikes and shelling by rockets on Douma, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. According to Yaqeen News, "Russia and Assad renewed raids on the cities and towns of Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday [March 13th]...warplanes launched air raids on cities and towns,…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3231
Location
الريحان, Al Rayhan, Damascus, Syria
A single source reported that "dozens were injured" due to "the bombing campaign of the Russian and Al Assad forces" in Al Rayhan. According to the Shaam News Network, "The bombing campaign by Russian and Al Assad forces continued on civilian houses in Al-Ghouta, where four people were killed in the city of Saqba, five…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3232
Location
حزة, Hazza, Damascus, Syria
Five civilians named civilians including two women were killed and others were injured in air and artillery strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Hazza, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russian and Syrian regime raids. According to @Hazzaalbld, there were "five martyrs in the town of Hazza, Ibrahim Irhem and four people…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13–14 March, 2018
Incident Code
RS3236
Location
بنش, Bnesh, Idlib, Syria
Three or four civilians were injured including women and children, in airstrikes which included as many as four vacuum missiles on Bnesh, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russian and Syrian regime planes. Among the injured were women and children who were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The director of…
Summary
Published
14 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3238
Location
زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria
At least two civilians including a woman were killed, including one member of the Syrian Civil Defence, and three or more wounded in airstrikes on Zamalka, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. According to media, the planes struck an ambulance killing a civil defence volunteer and injuring…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3237
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Four to eight civilians were killed and others were wounded in a suspected napalm attack on the Grand Mosque in Arbeen, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to Russian and Syrian regime raids. Sources reported that helicopters threw as many as 15 explosive barrels on the residential neighbourhood, leaving civilians both dead and wounded. Syria…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
TS269
Location
اشرفية, Ashrafieh neighbourhood, Afrin city, Aleppo, Syria
One child was critically wounded in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Ashrafieh neighbourhood, Afrin city. According to IC Afrin Resistance, the Turkish occupation army planes bombed al-Ashrafieh neighbourhood in the centre of Afrin city at noon today [March 13th], seriously wounding the back of a 14-year-old boy. The child was taken to a hospital in…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
TS270
Location
جنديرس, Road between Jindires and Afrin city, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported the death of two civilians in an alleged Turkish airstrike on the road between Jindires and Afrin city, Syria. The SDF War Media reported: The Martyrdom of two Civilians by Turkish raids on the Jandarsa road. the victims died while trying to escape with their lives from the bombing of Turkey. They…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
TS271
Location
بعدينة, Ba'adina village, Mabeta district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
At least nine civilians died, and more were wounded in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Ba’adina village, Syria, local media reported. Sources said that the bus or motorcade which the victims were travelling in was struck. According to Defend Afrin, "Turkish jets targeted a group of villagers who were returning to their village Bedina of…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3233
Location
كفر بطنا, Kafar Batna, Damascus, Syria
"Many civilians" civilians were injured in airstrikes on Kafar Batna, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. Cluster bombs and phosphorus rockets were reportedly used in the raids. According ZamanAlwasl, "many civilians, including women and children, were injured in a bombing neighborhoods by cluster bombs". Syria Noor reported: "The…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3239
Location
عين ترما, Ain Tarma, Damascus, Syria
At least 17 civilians including a child were killed and an "many" others were injured, in air and artillery strikes on Ain Tarma, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. There were also reports of rocket attacks. HomsNetworkLive reported that the "Syrian Arab Army [began] a military operation…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
17–18
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3240
Location
حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria
Between three and five civilians were killed and "a large number" more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Harasta, according to local media. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. @Wesal_TV and @HalabTodayTV and other sources put the death toll at three. However, the Violations Documentation Centre listed five…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3241
Location
حي القصور, Al Qousour, Idlib, Syria
In what local media referred to as "a massacre", up to nine civilians were killed and as many as 15 were wounded in airstrikes on the residential neighbourhood of Al Qousour, according to local media. Sources attributed the blame to Russia and Syrian regime raids. The bombing caused an entire building to completely collapse, trapping…
Summary
Published
13 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–9
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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