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Incident Date
21 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0808
Location
صلاح القرية, Salah al Qariya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Five to six civilians including two children and two to three women died in airstrikes on Salah al Qariya area, in Albu Umar according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. LCCSY reported the death of four civilians in what they…
Summary
Published
21 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0807
Location
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died and between five and ten were injured in strikes on Hraytan, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network said that one civilian was killed and five were wounded in Russian strikes, “noting that…
Summary
Published
20 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 May 2016
Incident Code
CS214
Location
الحمرات, Al Hamrat, Raqqa, Syria
A family was reported killed in a contested airstrike at Al Hamrat in Raqqa governorate. Shaam News blamed the US-led Coalition: “Activists said that aircraft believed to be from the international coalition bombed Al Hamrat in the eastern Raqqa countryside this morning, leading to the martyrdom of the family of Abdul Al Hadi Hassan Al…
Summary
Published
19 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 May 2016
Incident Code
CI238
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq
According to local sources, up to six civilians including four children were killed and 13 people injured in an alleged Coalition or Iraqi government strike on Fallujah. According to Yaqein, “four civilians including a child were killed and 12 others wounded mostly children and women. Most of them were seriously injured as a result of…
Summary
Published
19 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 May 2016
Incident Codes
CS214 RS0806
Location
الحمرات, Al Hamrat (Ar Raqqah), Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians (from the same family) including three children and one woman died in airstrikes on Al Hamrat according to local sources – though reports were confused with conflicting allegations that Russian, the regime or the Coalition had carried out the attacks. Qasioun said a Russian fighter targeted residential neighborhoods in the village, resulting in…
Summary
Published
19 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0805
Location
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria
Fifteen people or more, including up to ten children and seven women, were killed in airstrikes on Ar-Rastan during a second day of bombings on the town. Some sources blamed the Assad regime, with others only aying ‘warp[lanes’ were responsible. Multiple sources said that 13 people from the Turkmani family had died in the raids.…
Summary
Published
18 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–17
Civilians reported injured
27
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0804
Location
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria
At least three civilians including one child died in airstrikes on Ar-Rastan according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. According to LCCSY, “several” Russian raids killed five civilians and wounded more. Syria7ra also blamed Russia on Twitter. However, many other sources said the Syrian…
Summary
Published
17 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0801
Location
بابيص, Babis, Aleppo, Syria
Multiple local sources reported that two civilians were killed and up to seven people were wounded following alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the village of Babis in the countryside of Aleppo. While most sources blamed Russia, some said the Syrian regime was responsible, and again others did not identify who carried out the raids.…
Summary
Published
14 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0799
Location
الشحيل, Al Shaheel, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to 15 civilians including four children died and up to 20 were injured in an airstrike on a health facility at Al Shaheel town, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that amid intensive…
Summary
Published
11 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
12–15
Civilians reported injured
11–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0800
Location
Ibn Khaldoun (Ar Raqqahh), Raqqa, Syria
Four or five civilians including three children and one women died in airstrikes on the Ibn Khaldoun neighborhood of Ar Raqqa, according to local sources which also said that a school was targeted – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network…
Summary
Published
11 May 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0797
Location
تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, Syria
According to multiple local sources, three children died when the remains of a cluster bomb – allegedly earlier dropped by Russia – exploded in the town of Taqad. However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, which also said three children died, blamed the regime for originally dropping the cluster bomb. Alarab News reported that “a…
Summary
Published
10 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0798
Location
بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria
Between 10 and 14 civilians including two to three children and one woman died in an airstrike on Binnish which struck a mosque, a market and houses, according to multiple local sources. The majority of reports point to this being the work of the Assad regime, though others, like LCCSY, alleged that Russia was responsible. Some sources…
Summary
Published
10 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–14
Civilians reported injured
12–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0794
Location
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians died and between eight and ten were injured in airstrikes on Hraytan, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Activists told Shaam News Network that Russian warplanes targeted the city centre with vacuum missiles, killing two civilians and…
Summary
Published
3 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
8–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0795
Location
حي البلليرمون, Al Baleirmoon neighbourhood (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that up to six people, including two women and two children, had died in shelling on Al Baleirmoon neighbourhood. Reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime was responsible. Egypt News said that “a man, a woman and her daughter were killed due to warplane shelling in Al Baleirmoon.” Multiple…
Summary
Published
3 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
6–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0793
Location
ياقد العدس, Yaqid al Adas, Aleppo, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that three civilians from the same family including one woman and one child died in “suspected” Russian shelling on Yaqid al Adas. Multiple other sources also reported that a man and his wife were killed. Some said that the child was seriously injured, others put the death toll at three:…
Summary
Published
3 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 May 2016
Incident Codes
CS207 RS0792
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Between six and 21 civilians died and up to 50 were injured in multiple night time airstrikes on the city of Raqqa, according to local sources. While most reports alleged that Russia was responsible, others did not identify the aircraft, while one blamed the Assad regime and another said that the Coalition might have carried…
Summary
Published
2 May 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
6–21
Civilians reported injured
20–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0790
Location
حي باب النيرب, Bab al Nayrab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Four non-combatants died in airstrikes on Bab al Nairab, according to local sources. The majority of reports indicated that this was a regime incident, though Shaam News Network also suggested that Russia could also have been responsible. A news roundup blamed both Russian and the regime, reporting “the 9th consecutive day bringing death and destruction…
Summary
Published
30 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0786
Location
المعادي, Al Ma'adi (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Shaam News Network reported that “as usual warplanes and helicopters continue to fly over the city of Aleppo for the 8th consecutive day bringing people death and destruction. Russian and Assad’s planes launched dozens of raids with vacum missiles and barrel bombs“. They recorded one death in Al Ma’adi. In a tweet by TRTalarabeya both…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0788
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported about continued airstrikes in al-Sakhour, Aleppo, that killed up to five civilians, including one child and wounded up to four. Sources were constesting regarding the cultprit, pointing to both the Assad regime and Russia. Shaam News Network, reported “For the eighth day in a row Assad’s and Russian aircraft continue to pour…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0789
Location
القاطرجي, Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to five people, including a woman and child, were killed in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Al Qaterji on April 29th 2016. Shaam News Network, reported “For the eighth day in a row Assad’s and Russian aircraft continue to pour their lava on residential neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo, causing dozens…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
9–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0784
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between six and 12 civilians died in airstrikes on Fardous according to local sources. While most reports said this was the work of the regime, others also alleged possible Russian involvement. Baladi News published a video showing the first scenes of what they said was a strike by the regime. At 1:55 into the video,…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–12
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0785
Location
حي المغاير, Al Maghayer (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between four and seven civilians died in airstrikes on Al Maghayer as part of the ongoing bombardment of Aleppo, according to local sources. The majority of reports point to this being a regime incident, though one other blames the regime and Russia. Zamanalwasel News spoke of raids carried out by regime warplanes “on most of…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0787
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between three and seven civilians including two children died in raids on Bustan al Qasr, according to local sources. All sources but one blamed the regime – though Shaam News Network mentioned Russian and regime warplanes. In a video issued by Shaam News Network a White Helmet member says that “there were four barrels thrown…
Summary
Published
29 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0777
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 20 civilians including four children died in airstrikes on Bustam al Qasr, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The White Helmets initially reported that “more than 20 martyrs and dozens wounded as well as an entire residential…
Summary
Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
9–20
Civilians reported injured
10–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0779
Location
حي الكلاسة, Al Kalassa (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 18 civilians including two children died in airstrikes on Al Kalassa, according to local sources. While most blamed the regime, others alleged that Russia was responsible. At least eight died when “suspected Russian warplanes missiles” fired on the neighborhood, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. In a later report it put…
Summary
Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–18
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0778
Location
حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th, LCCSY said six civilians had died in two strikes on Sukkari. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime, putting the death toll at three. Al-Buraq Media institution also blamed the regime, and said 6 had died in Al-Sukkari. Shaam News Network referred to…
Summary
Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0780
Location
الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th, LCCSY said three civilians had died in two strikes on Sakhour. RFS News also blamed Russia, reporting “a martyr and a number of wounded in Russian shelling by missiles on Al-Sakhur”. However, several other sources blamed the regime instead. According to the Syrian Network,…
Summary
Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0781
Location
باب الحديد, Bab al Hadeed (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Seven people were reported killed in alleged Russian or regime raids on Bab Al-Hadeed, Aleppo. Syria News blamed Russia for “warplane shelling in various areas in Aleppo including Bab Al-Hadeed.” Halab News equally blamed Russia in a YouTube video covering the first moments of shelling. However, Islam Memo said “the regime launched 8 warplane raids in…
Summary
Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0782
Location
جب القبة, Jib al Qiba (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
In a summary of Russian raids carried out on April 28th in Jibb al Qibba, LCCSY said a Russian raid had left people dead and wounded but did not give numbers In a tweet by Maheralhaj425 it was also reported that 6 people died in Jibb al Qibba, although it was not clear who carried out…
Summary
Published
28 April 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 April 2016
Incident Code
RS0775
Location
حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
In a major incident, multiple local sources reported that up to 58 civilians died and between 40 and 90 were injured in airstrikes on the MSF Al Quds hospital in Sukkari. Medical staff were among the casualties. Most reports alleged that Russia was responsible, though the White Helmets pointed towards the regime. The Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
27 April 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
58
Civilians reported injured
40–90
Military Actor
Russian Military
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