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Incident Date
10 March 2018
Incident Code
TS261
Location
عنابكي, A'nabki, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According to two local sources, two civilians were wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling on the village Annabeki, part of Shara East of Afrin, Syria. Afrin Qalb Al-Hadath, identified the two males civilians who were injured in the incident, accusing the Turkish military of the shelling. Xeber24 also named the two victims. There are no other…
Summary
Published
10 March 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
10 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3202
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Nine civilians were killed and dozens more were reported missing and wounded in the aftermath of air and artillery strikes on Arbeen, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. The residential vicinity was hit with both missiles, internationally banned phosphorous bombs and napalm, according to local media.…
Summary
Published
10 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–9
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 March 2018
Incident Code
TS262
Location
خربة حياة, شيروا, عفرين, Kharbat Hayat village, Shirwa district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According to a single source, one civilian was killed followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Kharbat Hayat village, Shirwa district, Afrin Rumaf revealed the name of a 62-year-old male who was killed, adding a 60-year-old male was also injured. There is a photograph published in the same post of a young boy who appears to be…
Summary
Published
10 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
10 March 2018
Incident Code
TS263
Location
إبين, عفرين, village of Abyan, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According to a single source, an unidentified number of civilians wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling on the village of Abyan, Afrin, Syria. Rumaf, indicates that Turkish army targeted the village of Abyan with artillery and the fall of dozens of missiles near the regime HQ in Abyan, which led to several civilians being wounded. No further details…
Summary
Published
10 March 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
10 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3206
Location
اللطامنة, Al Lataminah, Hama, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and five more were wounded, reportedly from one family, in air and artillery strikes on Al Lataminah, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. There were as many as two raids on the vicinity. SCD HAMA reported that "a civilian was killed…
Summary
Published
10 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3203
Location
جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
One adult male was killed and an unspecified number of civilians were wounded in airstrikes which hit Jisreen, according to local media. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. According to the Step news agency, "Russian aircraft and helicopters launched several air strikes with rockets and explosive barrels targeting the city…
Summary
Published
10 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3204
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
In what has been described by local media as a "genocide" between 20 and 37 civilians were reportedly killed, including an entire family of 16, and dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian and Syrian regime raids on Douma. Sources mostly reported that it was a join Russian and Syrian regime attack on the residential…
Summary
Published
10 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
20–37
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3205
Location
عربين, Harasta, Damascus, Syria
As many as ten civilians were killed and dozens were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Harasta, according to local media. Sources attributed blame to both the Syrian regime and Russia. Smart, who only reported on one civilian death, added that Harasta was hit by "70 Russian air strikes, 15 military jets, 20 barrels…
Summary
Published
10 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3197
Location
جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
Between five and seven civilians including a child were killed and dozens more were wounded in multiple air and artillery strikes on Jisreen, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. High-explosive missiles were used in conjunction with cluster bombs with as many as 13 raids on the residential neighbourhood…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3194
Location
سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Saqba, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for raids. Heavy explosions caused mass destruction on the vicinity. Baladi reported that "The towns and cities of Saqba, Harasta, Arbeen, Masraba, Madara and Duma witnessed heavy aerial and artillery…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3195
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
A single source reported that both Russian and Syrian regime warplanes fired heavy air and artillery strikes on Hamouriya, causing an unspecified number of injured civilians. The Shaam News Network said: "Russian warplanes and the Assad helicopters launched fierce air raids accompanied by artillery bombardment and a very violent missile strikes, resulting in a terrible…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3200
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Local media reported that both Russian and Syrian regime warplanes fired heavy air and artillery strikes on Arbeen, causing an unspecified number of injured civilians. According to the Shaam News Network, "Russian warplanes and the Assad helicopters launched fierce air raids accompanied by artillery bombardment and very violent missile strikes, resulting in a terrible massacre…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3196
Location
مديرا, Madera, Damascus, Syria
A single source reported that both Russian and Syrian regime warplanes fired heavy air and artillery strikes on Madera, causing an unspecified number of injured civilians. According to the Shaam News Network, "Russian warplanes and the Assad helicopters launched fierce air raids accompanied by artillery bombardment and very violent missile strikes, resulting in a terrible…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3198
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between 12 and 17 civilians including six children and five women from several families were killed and dozens more wounded in multiple air and artillery strikes on Douma, local media reported. Sources attributed blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. Arab 24 reported that "the airstrikes targeted Douma and Jisreen ahead of the convoy…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
12–17
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
YS027
Location
Ma'rsteh, Aleppo, Syria
On March 9th, The Smart News Agency reported: “a woman and her child were wounded on Friday by an artillery bombardment of the Kurdish “People’s Protection Units” on the village of Ma’rsteh al-Khan (21 km north of Aleppo) in northern Syria. The correspondent of Smart quoted a military source that a 120mm mortar shell was…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3193
Location
حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Harasta, local media reported. Sources attributed blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. The night raids consisted of heavy explosions on the residential neighbourhood. Shaam reported that "Russian warplanes and the Assad helicopters launched fierce air raids accompanied by artillery bombardment and…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3199
Location
مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
Nine or more civilians - mainly women and children - were killed and dozens were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Mesraba, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids on the vicinity. Sources reported that there were as many as 27 barrel bombs, as well as 18…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
9–11
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
TS259
Location
ترميشا, عفرين, Termisha, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died, and another was injured in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Termisha, Syria, according to local media. IC Afrin reported that a 55-years-old civilian was hit and killed by a warplane yesterday night in the village of Çomezna (Mabata district). According to Hawar, another man was wounded. It named him as 48-year-old Mohammed Omar…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2018
Incident Code
TS260
Location
مريمين, Mariamin, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According to local media, at least nine civilians including two or three children and one woman died, and between 10 and 17 or more people were wounded following an alleged Turkish air and artillery bombardment of Mariamin, Syria. Afrin Qalb Al-Hadath reported more than seventeen wounded and nine martyrs, including three civilian children in the…
Summary
Published
9 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–9
Civilians reported injured
10–17
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
CS1738
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two local sources reported “several civilian casualties” including fatalities as a result of alleged Coalition airstrikes on ISIS at Hajin. According to 7al the bombardment had targeted an ISIS HQ “killing six elements inside three of them Moroccan nationals,” later adding that the same shelling had caused civilian casualties near “the entrance of the city”.…
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3184
Location
اللطامنة, Al Lataminah, Hama, Syria
"A civilian was wounded in bombing by warplanes likely to be Russian on the city of Al Latamina", according to the Smart News Agency. Halab Today noted "artillery shelling on the city of Latamna and its surroundings in the northern countryside of Hama", but made no mention of civilian harm.
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
CS1739
Location
.السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source reported on the shelling of Al Soussa on March 8th, which allegedly resulted in “a number of civilian casualties”. According to 7al, the same shelling that targeted Hajin had also struck al Soussa in the countryside of Abu Kamal, killing or injuring a number of civilians. The site noted the following: "The…
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3188
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
One child was killed and an unspecified number more civilians wounded in alleged Russian and regime air and artillery strikes on Arbeen, according to local media. @eg_nawras tweeted an image of a dead child, though he was not identified, and the source did not say which belligerent was responsible for this death. The Step News…
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3185
Location
جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
@SYR_REV_NEWS tweeted that "dozens of civilian casualties occurred as a result of the targeting of residential areas in the town of Jisreen by several air strikes". The source did not attribute blame. However, according to Local Coordination Committees Syria, there was "the fall of a large number of martyrs and wounded civilians as a result…
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3189
Location
سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
Two civilians - a child and a member of the White Helmets - were killed and others were wounded in air and artillery and missile strikes on Saqba, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. @HalabTodayTV tweeted the "demolition of residential areas by air, artillery and missile attacks".…
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
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
8 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3190
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between nine and 11 civilians were killed and others were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Douma, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russian warplanes and the Syrian regime for the raids. There were between four and 15 raids on the vicinity, with more than 20 artillery shells fired onto the residential neighbourhood. As…
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
9–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3186
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Several civilians including a woman were wounded in "renewed" airstrikes on Hamouriya, according to local media. The Smart News Agency said that one civilian was wounded in a Russia raid. @KumaitAgency tweeted that "Several civilians, including women, were injured in the renewed aerial bombardment of an air strike with more than one rocket on the…
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
YS025
Location
Kaljabrin, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died and several more were wounded in an alleged Kurdish artillery shelling of Kaljabrin, according to local media. 7al reported that “the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the killing and wounding of civilians as a result of the bombing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (“SDF”).” The Shaam News Network was among other…
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3183
Location
حزة, Hazza, Damascus, Syria
Between eight and ten civilians including two or three women were killed in air and artillery strikes on Hazza, local media reported. Sources blamed the Syrian regime and Russian alliance for the strikes. Out of the ten named victims, three adult males were reported as unidentified. Dozens of civilians reportedly were wounded in the raids.…
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3191
Location
زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria
Between nine and 17 civilians were killed, and an unspecified number of others were wounded in airstrikes on Zamalka, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. The lowest death toll was given as nine by the Syrian Network for Human Rights. But other sources put it higher. According…
Summary
Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9–17
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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