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Incident Date
10 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1122
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
At least five and as many as 11 civilians, including three children were killed by air raids carried out on August 10th in Maarat al Numan, local media reported. Additionally, ten to 30 other civilians were wounded from the air raids.The Shaam News Network identified the planes as being Russian warplanes. However, Alsouria and @Maaramc12…
Summary
Published
10 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–11
Civilians reported injured
10–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1123
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
At least three airstrikes on Ariha killed between up to six civilians and wounded up to 20 more including five women, according to local media. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and Smart News Agency attributed the shelling to regime warplanes. The Smart News agency reported that “regime warplanes launched three raids on the city…
Summary
Published
10 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1124
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
At least one male civilian was killed and between 3 and 10 were wounded by airstrikes on the town of Saraqib, according to local media. There are however multiple reports of the death of a female child too - she was not named. Multiple sources, including The Shaam News Network (SNN), identified both regime and…
Summary
Published
10 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1125
Location
معرة مصرين, Maraat Misrin, Idlib, Syria
Three air strikes with cluster bombs stuck the residential neighbourhood of Maarat Misrin and killed four named civilians including two children. According to Elfgr News, up to nine civilians were wounded, "some of whom were ministered to the hospital Al-Bab-Hawa border crossing". According to the Shaam News Network, “warplane strikes” carried out by “Assad’s and…
Summary
Published
10 August 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1119
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Between two and 11 civilians including women and children were killed, and up to 30 more injured by airstrikes on the town of Orme al Kubra, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame for the casualties. The Syrian Network for Human Rights gave conflicting…
Summary
Published
10 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–11
Civilians reported injured
5–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1120
Location
حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
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…
Summary
Published
10 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–10
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1121
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Reports estimated that between 11 and 23 civilians were killed and between 30 and 70 more were injured airstrikes on Idlib City – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. Responsibility for the strikes was attributed to both regime and Russian warplanes by the Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
10 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–23
Civilians reported injured
30–70
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1118
Location
Mheimidiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between 15 and 30 civilians were killed, including three children and four women, and between 20 to 40 wounded – some critically – by an aerial bombardment of the town of Mahimideh, local media reported. The majority of sources attributed the event to the Assad regime. However, four airstrikes were conducted by planes that were…
Summary
Published
9 August 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
15–30
Civilians reported injured
20–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1112
Location
خان الشيح, Khan al Sheikh, Damascus, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and three to five were wounded, including women and children, from vacuum missile, cluster bomb or artillery strikes on a Palestinian refugee camp in Khan al Sheikh, according to local media. Five or more raids were carried out by warplanes, with most sources attributing the attacks to Russia. However,…
Summary
Published
8 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1115
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
At least seven civilians including two women and two children were killed and up to 40 more wounded in alleged long-range ballistic missiles (Scud) strikes launched from battleships in the Mediterranean. But sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or Syrian regime.The majority of sources attributed the attacks to Russian…
Summary
Published
8 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
17–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1114
Location
حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between one and six civilians were killed and between three and four more were injured from an alleged barrel and missile bombing of a market in the neighborhood of Sukkari. Reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or Syrian regime were responsible. While the majority of sources reported deaths and injuries as a result of…
Summary
Published
8 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1116
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Multiple sources reported that between four and five civilians including two women died and up to 12 others were injured in four raids on Idlib City – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The majority of sources attribute the raids to Russia. However, The…
Summary
Published
8 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
10–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1111
Location
حي المشهد, Al Mashad (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and at least one more was injured, including a child, from bombing of the Al Mashhad neighborhood in Aleppo, local media reported – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. According to multiple sources, warplanes dropped internationally-prohibited phosphorus bombs. Both LCCSY…
Summary
Published
7 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1109
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between one and four civilians died in an airstrike on the al Zabadiya and Bustan al Qasr neighbourhoods in Aleppo, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. LCCSY was among several sources blaming Russia. It put the death toll at four civilians.…
Summary
Published
6 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1110
Location
ملس, Malas, Idlib, Syria
Thirteen civilians, including three to five children and two women, were killed and up to 30 more were wounded is missile strikes on Malas town, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. Reports said that two of the four to six strikes…
Summary
Published
6 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
10–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1105
Location
حي المرجة, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
In what has been described by reporters as a “massacre”, no less than 11 civilians, including seven children and one woman, died following an aerial bombardment on the residential neighbourhood al Marja. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights however, noted that the numbers were most likely to rise due to the nature of the injures.…
Summary
Published
5 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
13–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1103
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Four civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an aerial bombardment of a school and neighbourhood in Al Atareb, according to sources on the ground – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. Sources reported that Russian warplanes and government helicopters were sighted in the vicinity – and that…
Summary
Published
5 August 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1106
Location
حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between two and seven civilians died in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Tareeq Al Bab, according to sources on the ground. Radio Alkul gave the lowest death count of two with three more wounded – from the same family, blaming Russia. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that four died, including…
Summary
Published
5 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1108
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
One male civilian died and six others were wounded in multiple strikes on Saraqeb, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible for the attacks. According to Syria News Desk, “Russian aviation targeted Saraqeb and its outskirts with 28 raids, killing one civilian and wounding six…
Summary
Published
5 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1104
Location
Ein Tarma, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians died in an airstrike on Ein Tarma, according to sources on the ground – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. SCDrifdimashq also listed this man and said that a second ‘unknown martyr’ died. According to Smart, "a child was injured by regime artillery”.
Summary
Published
5 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1102
Location
معرة الأتارب, Maarat al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and six civilians including two children died and as many as 30 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian Regime airstrike on the two camps for displaced person near the town of Maarat al Atareb. Halab News Network reported there were no less than eight raids, with the use of cluster…
Summary
Published
4 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
10–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1100
Location
حيش, Heesh, Idlib, Syria
One adult male died in an airstrike on Heesh, Idlib, according to local media. According to Amagharib Today, he died on August 5th from injures he sustained in the attack. Only one source, the Violations Documentation Center, blamed Russia for his death. Other sources didn’t apportion blame and there are no other details present at…
Summary
Published
4 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
CI273
Location
الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq
A single source reported the deaths of 10 civilians and the injuring of nine others in alleged Coalition and Iraqi government actions in and around Hawijah. According to Yaqein, international Coalition warplanes targeted, on Wednesday evening, the village of Albrglah and three areas in the district of Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk, killing ten civilians and…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1097
Location
ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and six civilians died in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime airstrike on Aleppo city, according to local media. According to multiple sources, a convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Aleppo was struck. LCCSY reported that “the rebels have made new progress today [Aug 3rd], gaining control of positions in the Aleppo countryside, while…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1099
Location
المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Aleppo, Syria
Six named civilians died in an air or artillery strike on Al Mansoura in the western suburbs of Aleppo, local sources said. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, on “Wednesday evening 3 August 2016, alleged Russian warplanes carried out two airstrikes on the residential homes located in the northwestern areas of Al Mansoura…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1089
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
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…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
11–42
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1090
Location
حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
According to sources, both Russian and Assad regime aircraft carried out missile attacks on Al Sukkari at noon on August 2nd 2016. Sources stated that not only artillery, but rocket launchers, missiles and a vacuum missile were used in the raid on the neighbourhood. Only one source reported that the aircraft was Russian. Multiple sources…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1091
Location
كفرتخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
One woman died in an airstrike on Kafr Tkharim and the surrounding countryside on the August 2nd, according to sources on the ground. Most sources attributed the event to Russia, though one said that barrel bombs had been dropped on the area, meaning that regime involvement can’t be ruled out. LCCSY and Baladi Network both…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1092
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
Russian and Assad regime helicopters allegedly dropped what were reportedly exploding chloride barrels on a residential neighbourhood in Saraqeb in Idlib at 23.20 on Tuesday August 2nd. The Shaam News Network reported that this attack was a “revenge for the killing of a number of Russian officers after their helicopter crashed in the vicinity of…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
10–33
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1093
Location
تل سلطان, Tall Sultan, Idlib, Syria
Following on from the deadly chloride attack on Saraqeb on August 2nd, Tal al Sultan village was also reportedly hit on the same day by alleged Russian and Assad regime warplanes. According to Syria Direct, these raids were part of the same wave of attacks which blanketed Idlib as part of a revenge attack. Al…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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