Israeli Military in Syria & the Gaza Strip

A child uses his mobile device in the ruins of a building in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip on May 26th 2021. © Mohamed Zaanoun

Belligerent
Country
Syria
start date
end date
Civilian Harm Status
Belligerent Assessment
Declassified Documents
Infrastructure

Incident date

February 16, 2018

Incident Code

TS205

LOCATION

شيه,عفرين , Sheya, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

According to two local reports, two civilians were killed and one injured following an alleged Turkish shelling on Sheya, Afrin. Additionally, The Kurdish Red Crescent named the two civilians women. Rumaf reported that 48, was wounded in the knee in an alleged Turkish shelling on Sheya, Afrin. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

First published
February 16, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
(2 women)
Civilians reported injured
1
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
3 named
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Incident date

February 16, 2018

Incident Code

TS206

LOCATION

بلانقور,عفرين , Blakqoor, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Local media reported the death of two civilians in an alleged Turkish bombing of Blakqoor. The Kurdish Red Crescent then named a third victim. According to Dilsoz dildar, he was killed by shrapnel in the abdomen. ROK added that two civilians, including a child, were wounded by artillery and rocket attacks in a violent and indiscriminate

Summary

First published
February 16, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1 – 2
(2 men)
Civilians reported injured
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
3 named
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Incident date

February 15, 2018

Incident Code

TS199

LOCATION

خوتانة, Khoutana village, Bilbileh district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

The Kurdish Red Crescent named one child was wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Khoutana. The victim was named as 10-year-old Mohemmed Noury Ibrahim, who reportedly sustained bruising to his head. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

First published
February 15, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
1
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
1 named
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Incident date

February 15, 2018

Incident Code

TS200

LOCATION

شيا عفرين, Shya, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

The Kurdish Red Crescent named one civilian was wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling of Shya, Syria. The male victim was named at 21, who reportedly was wounded by shrapnel in the foot. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

First published
February 15, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
1
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
1 named
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Incident date

February 15, 2018

Incident Code

TS201

LOCATION

جنديرس,عفرين , Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, two civilians were wounded with various shrapnel injuries in an alleged Turkish shelling of Jindires, Syria. The victims were identified by names and age. No additional details are presently known.  

Summary

First published
February 15, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
2 named
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Incident date

February 15, 2018

Incident Code

RS3026

LOCATION

الموزرة, al-Mozara, Idlib, Syria

Alleged Russian warplanes struck the village of al-Mazara, Idlib, and wounded up to five civilians, including a woman, while leaving parts of the village completely destroyed, local media reported. Smart News Agency reported that “warplanes believed to be Russian” wounded five civilians, including a woman, and added that three houses were destroyed, as the village

Summary

First published
February 15, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
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Incident date

February 15, 2018

Incident Code

RS3025

LOCATION

ترملا, Tarmala, Idlib, Syria

Up to six civilians, including two Civil Defence members, were killed, and as many as five were wounded as alleged Russian warplanes struck Tarmala, Idlib, local media reported. Smart News Agency, who cited local activists, said that a Russian missile targeted the Civil Defense team as they were approaching a military headquarters in the village

Summary

First published
February 15, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1 – 6
(2 men)
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Named victims
2 named
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Incident date

February 15, 2018

Incident Code

TS198

LOCATION

معملا, Mamli, Rajo district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

According to multiple reports, one named civilian killed, and an unidentified number of injured among civilians followed an alleged Turkish shelling of Mamli, Syria. ANF news named a 55-years-old, as a victim. Please note that the name on the card in the photo is Mahmood Barazi, but the source claims his name was Mohammed Hassan.

Summary

First published
February 15, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
(1 man)
Civilians reported injured
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
2 named
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Incident date

February 14, 2018

Incident Code

RS3023

LOCATION

معرة حرمة, Ma’arat Harma, Idlib, Syria

Up to four civilians, including as many as three children, were killed and as many as ten more people were wounded as alleged Russian warplanes struck the town of Ma’arat Harma, Idlib, local media reported. In this event, described by many as a “massacre”, residential buildings were struck and left in complete rubble with numerous

Summary

First published
February 14, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2 – 4
(2–3 children)
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Named victims
3 named, 1 familiy identified
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Incident date

February 14, 2018

Incident Code

RS3024

LOCATION

حاس, Haas, Idlib, Syria

Alleged Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes in Haas, Idlib, killing up to three civilians, including one child, as well as wounding several more, local media reported. The aerial shelling struck the Sham Surgical Hospital, rendering it inoperable. Al-Adiya’s correspondent reported that the hospital was left “completely out of service after three consecutive Russian raids targeting

Summary

First published
February 14, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian infrastructure
Healthcare facility
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1 – 3
(1 child)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Named victims
1 named
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Incident date

February 14, 2018

Incident Code

TS197

LOCATION

قرية بيكه، عفرين, Beeka village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Rumaf sent a private report to Airwars alleging that that two civilians were wounded in Turkish shelling of Beeka village.  Amina Rasheed Sidou, aged 42, from the village of Bibaku in the town of Bulbulah, expressed her deep anger over the targeting of the village by the Turkish occupation army. She confirmed that she did

Summary

First published
February 14, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
2 named
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Incident date

February 13, 2018

Incident Code

RS3022

LOCATION

عيناتا , Enata, Idlib, Syria

Up to three civilians, including up to two children and one woman, were killed while as many as six civilians were wounded following alleged Russian shelling of Enata, western Idlib, local media reported. In this event, several sources reported that Russian warplanes had carried out airstrikes in Enata. The twitter account Hassan Darwisho mentioned that

Summary

First published
February 13, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2 – 3
(1–2 children1 woman)
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
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Incident date

February 13, 2018

Incident Code

TS191

LOCATION

عفرين, city of Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Up to five civilians including one woman died and as many as ten others were wounded, including children, followed an alleged Turkish shelling of the city of Afrin, according to local media. Reports said that the Turkish army carried out heavy artillery shelling on Tuesday evening February 13, 2018, targeting both the neighbourhoods of Ashrafieh

Summary

First published
February 13, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1 – 5
(1 woman2–3 men)
Civilians reported injured
6–10
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
8 named
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Incident date

February 13, 2018

Incident Code

TS192

LOCATION

جنديرس , Heikja, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

As many as three civilians – including two woman and a man – were killed, and six others were wounded in an alleged Trukish airstrike on Heikja village, according to local media. One source claimed that an unspecific number of children were also killed. The two female victims were named as two women. The Kurdish Red Crescent

Summary

First published
February 13, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2 – 3
(0–2 children2 women1 man)
Civilians reported injured
6
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
8 named
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Incident date

February 13, 2018

Incident Code

TS193

LOCATION

قوطا شرقية,بلبل , Qota Sharqiya, Bulbul district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

According to two sources, some civilians were injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling on Qota Sharqiya, Bulbul district. The Kurdish Red Crescent reported three civilians were injured followed an alleged Turkish shelling of Qota Sharqiya, Afrin. The Smart News Agency also reported three wounded civilians but cited the Kurdish Red Crescent report. One of the

Summary

First published
February 13, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
3
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
3 named
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Incident date

February 13, 2018

Incident Code

TS194

LOCATION

بعدينو٫شيخ بلو٫ راجو , Ba'adino, Sheikh Billo, Rajo district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

At least two civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Sheikh Billo in Afrin’s Rajo district. The Kurdish Red Crescent reported two injured in an intensive shelling by allegedly the Turk on Sheikh Billo in Afrin’s Rajo district. A private report from KRC reported the names and type of injury of the two adult

Summary

First published
February 13, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
2 named
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Incident date

February 13, 2018

Incident Code

TS195

LOCATION

سعرنجكة٫شران , Sa'arnajka, Sharan district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Two civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Sa’arnajka, according to the Kurdish Red Crescent. The Smart News Agency also reported two wounded civilians but cited the Kurdish Red Crescent report. Please note, some of the images from TS193 and TS194 are also reported for this incident. We are unable to determine which

Summary

First published
February 13, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
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Incident date

February 13, 2018

Incident Code

TS196

LOCATION

قرية بيكه، عفرين, Shara, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

One man has been killed, and two have wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Shara. The Kurdish Red Crescent identified the victims by names and ages. The weapon used has not been reported. No additional details are presently known.  

Summary

First published
February 13, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Civilians reported injured
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
3 named
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Incident date

February 12, 2018

Incident Code

RS3021

LOCATION

قرية قرب اريحة, Village near Ariha, Idlib, Syria

In this single-source event, Smart News Agency reported that alleged Russian warplanes had carried out aerial shelling in a village near Jericho, 15 km south of Idlib, killing one child and one woman, as well as wounding six others. Smart News Agency cited activists on the ground who believed that the warplanes had launched four

Summary

First published
February 12, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Strike type
Airstrike
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
(1 child1 woman)
Civilians reported injured
6
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
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Incident date

February 12, 2018

Incident Code

TS189

LOCATION

هيكجة, Heikja, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Afrin Now reported the injury of one civilian, “Hussein Suleiman, 37 years old, from the village of Heikja, Shih district” in an alleged Turkish shelling near his home in Heikja village. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

First published
February 12, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
1
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
1 named
View Incident

Incident date

February 12, 2018

Incident Code

TS190

LOCATION

دررويش, Darwish village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Afrin Now reported “the martyrdom of the civilian Haidar Kiuzu from the village of Darwish yesterday, as a result of Turkish shelling.” PYD reported Turkish shelling of the village but made no mention of civilian casualties. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

First published
February 12, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
1 named
View Incident

Incident date

February 12, 2018

Incident Code

YS021

LOCATION

عزاز, Azzaz, Aleppo, Syria

One civilian died and three more were injured in an alleged YPG shelling of Azaz, local media reported. According to the Smart News Agency, “Three civilians were wounded in a rocket attack by Kurdish ‘protection units’ on the city of A’zaz, north of Aleppo, north of Syria. The Kurdish units, the backbone of the Syrian

Summary

First published
February 12, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
YPG
Named victims
1 named
View Incident

Incident date

February 12, 2018

Incident Code

TS187

LOCATION

معبطلي, Ma'abatli village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Six civilians were wounded in an alleged “Turkish bombardment of an olive oil factory”, according to Afrin Now. The victims were named by Afrin Now, Afrin Media Centre and Basnews. According to PYD news, “the Turkish army bombed a factory for the olive industry in Moubata, ‘Maabtli’, which led to the injury of five workers

Summary

First published
February 12, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
6
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
6 named
View Incident

Incident date

February 12, 2018

Incident Code

TS188

LOCATION

بلبلة, Bulbul, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

In a private report to Airwars, the Kurdish Red Crescent named the following one civilian as wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Bulbul: ‘Bashar Youssef, 27, various shrapnel wounds and a head injury’.

Summary

First published
February 12, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
1
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
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Incident date

February 11, 2018

Incident Code

YS020

LOCATION

Kaljabrin, Aleppo, Syria

One child was wounded in an alleged YPG rocket attack on Kaljabrin, local media reported. According to Smart News Agency, “a child [a girl] was wounded by shelling of the Kurdish ‘People’s Protection Units’”. Kaljibrin.alyasamin blamed a rocket-propelled grenade and named the injured child. The source said that she was “rushed to hospital”. @Reefhalab also

Summary

First published
February 11, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
1
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
YPG
Named victims
1 named
View Incident

Incident date

February 11, 2018

Incident Code

TS182

LOCATION

قسطل خضرية, Qastal Khadriya, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Local media reported the death of the civilian Mohammed Rasho, born in 1956, in an alleged Turkish airstrike on the village of Qustal Khadriya. However, Nuce24 (which placed Mr Rasho’s death on February 10th at Berkashi) seemed to suggest that the victim was not a civilian. It reported that “the General Command of the People’s

Summary

First published
February 11, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0 – 1
(0–1 men)
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
1 named
View Incident

Incident date

February 11, 2018

Incident Code

RS3015

LOCATION

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria

Assad or Russian-waged shelling of Arbeen, eastern Ghouta Damascus, both from the ground and air, killed at least one child and one woman, and wounded several others, local media reported. Damascus Media Center reported that 15 airstrikes and five ground-to-ground missiles had struck Arbeen since the morning, targeting residential neighbourhoods. Orient News also reported the

Summary

First published
February 11, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
(1 child1 woman)
Civilians reported injured
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
1 named
View Incident

Incident date

February 11, 2018

Incident Code

TS183

LOCATION

حسية موباتا, Hassiya, Mobata district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Local sources reported that a two-year-old boy was injured when an alleged Turkish artillery shell fell on his house in the village of Husay (Mirkan), in the area of Mubata, Syria. According to Nuce24, “a number of artillery shells landed on the village of Husay (Mirkan) in the area of Mubata, which resulted in the

Summary

First published
February 11, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
1 named
View Incident

Incident date

February 11, 2018

Incident Code

RS3016

LOCATION

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria

At least one male civilian was killed and several other non-combatants wounded following alleged Russian or Assad-waged aerial and artillery shelling Hamouriya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. Orient News’ correspondent described how strikes believe to have been conducted by the regime hit residential areas in the countryside town, killing one person and injuring “others.”

Summary

First published
February 11, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
1 named
View Incident

Incident date

February 11, 2018

Incident Code

TS184

LOCATION

جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

In a private report to Airwars, the Kurdish Red Crescent reported that one civilian, named as 70-year old Mustafa Shkikho was hit by shrapnel in the chest and face as a result of an alleged Turkish shelling of Jindires, Syria. The source did not say whether the man was wounded or died. No further details

Summary

First published
February 11, 2018
Last updated
January 18, 2022
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
0 – 1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Airwars civilian harm grading
Weak
Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
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