Civilian Casualties

(1 child1 woman)

Unknown, US-led Coalition

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Military aircraft – which some sources described as the Coalition’s – reportedly killed five civilians in a Christmas Day strike. According to Al Rafidain the attack could have been the work either of the Iraq Army or the Coalition, noting that “army aviation commander Hamid al-Maliki also confirmed that army helicopters carried out a raid

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, General hospital, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Fallujah’s General Hospital was cited as reporting that seven people were killed – including five children and one woman – following an alleged Coalition airstrike. Three women and a child were also said to have been injured. However, the Iraqi Spring Media Center did not attribute the incident to any party. And artillery sheling of

Summary

(5 children1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

أم القرى, Um al Qura, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male civilian, Ali Al Akhras, was killed in an airstrike on Um Al Qura town, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. SN4HR reported that he died when Russian warplanes allegedly fired missiles on Um Al Qura. The Violations Documentation Center listed him as killed “due to Russian air forces shelling” but did

Summary

(1 man)

كفر داعل, Kafr Da'el, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including two children were killed and several other children injured in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike which hit an elementary school in Kafr Da’el in the countryside west of Aleppo. According to the Shaam News Network which blamed Russia, local activists said those killed were a teacher (or possibly school superintendent)

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

(2 children)

حي الوحدة, Mosul, Wahida, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In the second of three claimed incidents in Mosul on this date, it was reported that 17 civilians – including four women and five children – were killed in an alleged Coalition strike in the Wehda and Methak neighbourhoods east of Mosul. However, there was some doubt regarding the incident, with NRN News reportedly denying

Summary

(5 children4 women)

Suspected belligerent

US-led Coalition

الشيخ مقصود, Sheikh Maqsod (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two or three civilians were reported killed and nine injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sheikh Maqsod, according to the Shaam News Network. SNN reported that Russian warplanes launched several raids which came after the signing of a ceasefire between rebels and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units. However all other sources blamed the Assad regime.

Summary

(1 woman)

9–10

2 named

الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Seventeen non-combatants including eight women and nine children were killed in airstrikes on Najieh near Jisr al Shughour according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Thirteen of those killed as well as an unborn child came from one family, the

Summary

(9 children8 women)

18 named, 2 families identified

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and nine civilians were reported killed and 2 to 25 injured in an airstrike on Al Bab, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime shelling or Russian warplanes were responsible for the attacks. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that four non-combatants were killed and several others injured when warplanes

Summary

4 – 9

2–25

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

21 civilians were killed including two women and four children and 11 wounded in airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods in the centre and north and south of the city of Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime or Russian warplanes or shelling by the Assad regime were responsible for the casualties. According to

Summary

(4 children2 women)

13 named, 2 families identified

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Eight people were reported killed and 40 wounded in three alleged Russian night time airstrikes on Al Bab according to multiple sources. Though the ISIL-lnked news agency Al A’maq claimed the deaths were “as a result of the Russian strikes” VDC blamed the fatalities on “the regime air forces’ shelling with explosive barrels on a

Summary

(1 child2 women6 men)

8 named

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including two children were killed in airstrikes on the Fardous neighbourhood, Aleppo, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime or Russian warplanes were responsible for the attacks. The Shaam News Network reported that three non-combatants were killed in Russian airstrikes. But the White Helmets suggested that the Assad regime may have

Summary

(2 children)

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

26 to 30 civilians including five women were killed and dozens injured in airstrikes on Maskaneh, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian aircraft committed an “appalling massacre” when warplanes targeted Maskaneh’s popular market

Summary

26 – 30

(5 women21 men)

26 named, 4 families identified

معارة النعسان, Ma'arat Al Nu'ssan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between 16 and 34 civilians were killed and more than 100 injured in airstrikes on a fuel market in Ma’arat Al Nu’ssan, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched cluster bombs on

Summary

16 – 34

100

حي المرجة, Al Murja, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and seven civilians including one woman and one child were killed – and many injured – in airstrikes on the Al Murja neighbourhood in Aleppo – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes using cluster

Summary

5 – 7

(1 child1 woman4 men)

2 named

كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five to six non-combatants including one child were reported killed – and several others injured – in airstrikes on Kafr Hamra, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “warplanes believed to be Russian”

Summary

5 – 6

(1 child)

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians including one child were killed in airstrike on Maarat Al Numan, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Both Shaam News Network and Almarra Today reported that the Russians were responsible for firing cluster bombs on the city, while

Summary

(1 child4 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

There were single-source claims that 19 civilians died in a Coalition airstrike on Mosul. Citing local residents, the National Iraqi News Agency claimed that “international coalition aircraft bombed residential compounds in the Hadbah area east of Mosul, killing 19 civilians including six women and four children, and wounding six others.” However Airwars’ own sources in

Summary

(4 children6 women)

Suspected belligerent

US-led Coalition

حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Three adult males (one named as Othman al-Shayta aka Abu Omar possibly a civilian), were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Harasta. The same dead were listed by the White Helmets who said that six air raids and artillery bombing on civilian neighbourhoods in Harasta had led to the deaths of three people, the injuring of

Summary

0 – 1

(3 men)

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Between 42 and 70 civilians, including five women nine to 20 children were killed and between 24 and 250 others wounded in aerial and missile bombardments of Douma and nearby locations in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that shelling by the regime killed 38, including five women and

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

42 – 70

(9–20 children)

24–250

37 named

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Al A’maq agency (linked to so-called Islamic State) produced multiple reports on alleged Russian airstrikes which targeted the city of Maskaneh. They stated that two raids hit a popular market in the city, killing 25 civilians, injuring 33 (including 10 in critical condition) and causing destruction of property. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights

Summary

(2–3 children2 women6 men)

24 – 25

30–35

10 named, 2 families identified

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Twelve civilians – most of which were women and children – were killed and several injured in an airstrike on Al Soussa – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. One source also blames the Coalition. The Shaam News Network initially reported that 10 non-combatants

Summary

(5 children6 women1 man)

12–20

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition

23 named, 1 familiy identified

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 13 and 33 civilians, including three women and nine children, were killed and between 30 and 60 injured in airstrikes on Daesh-occupied Mabij, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The IS news agency Al A’maq reported that

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Healthcare facility

13 – 33

(9 children3 women5 men)

30–60

11 named, 2 families identified

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 14 and 20 civilians, including three women and two children, were killed and between two and 12 injured in airstrikes on Al Atarib, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network initially reported that four non-combatants,

Summary

(2 children3 women13–14 men)

14 – 20

2–12

19 named, 2 families identified

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Two male civilians were reported killed in either a Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Arbeen. The town’s local medical committee reported “Dozens of injured received by the hospital in Arbeen after the outskirts of the town of Arbeen, Zamalka and other eastern Ghouta towns were targeted by warplanes that are still targeting public places

Summary

(2 men)

2 named

القصابية, Al Qassabiya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and eight civilians including three children were killed and more than 20 injured in an airstrike on Al Qassabiya – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes struck a centre for bread distribution in the town and

Summary

4 – 8

(3 children1 man)

15–20

3 named

بزاعة, Baza'a, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including one woman and her two children were killed in an airstrike on Baza’a – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Violations Documentation Centre listed three unidentified non-combatants as killed in Russian shelling. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, however, blamed the regime.

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Three adult males were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Zita. The victims were named by the VDC. While most described the trio as civilians, one tweet said they were rebel fighters with the group Ajnad al Sham. Reporting remains confused, with multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Zita between December 9th

Summary

(3 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الشركة, Ramadi, Sharika, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in an alleged Coalition or Iraqi strike on the centre of Ramadi. According to FaceIraq, the source of the claim appeared to be Sputnik News, which itself reproted that “According to Iraqi security sources, who asked not to be named, a Coalition strike on the ‘Company’ area

Summary

Suspected belligerent

US-led Coalition