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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Codes
CS159 RS0320
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
The IS-linked agency Al A’maq posted a video showing destruction in the city following reported airstrikes Local monitoring group Raqaa is Being Slaughtered suggested the attack may have been the work of the US-led Coalition: “Warplanes targeted with seven missiles on Friday night the area of February 23rd Street in Raqqa city center. This resulted in…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
CI166
Location
الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq
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
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 December 2015
Incident Code
CI167
Location
الفلوجة, Fallujah, General hospital, Al Anbar, Iraq
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
Published
25 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0307
Location
أم القرى, Um al Qura, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
24 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0299
Location
كفر داعل, Kafr Da'el, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
22 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0296
Location
الشيخ مقصود, Sheikh Maqsod (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
9–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 December 2015
Incident Code
CI162
Location
حي الوحدة, Mosul, Wahida, Nineveh, Iraq
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
Published
21 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
17
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0289
Location
الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria
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
Published
18 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
17
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0284
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
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
Published
17 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
21
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0286
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
17 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–9
Civilians reported injured
2–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0282
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
16 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0279
Location
مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
26–30
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0280
Location
معارة النعسان, Ma'arat Al Nu'ssan, Idlib, Syria
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
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
16–34
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0281
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
15 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0274
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
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
Published
14 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0275
Location
حي المرجة, Al Murja, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
14 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0276
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
14 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0270
Location
مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
24–25
Civilians reported injured
30–35
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
CI158
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
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
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
19
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0272
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
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
Published
13 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
42–70
Civilians reported injured
24–250
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0271
Location
حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria
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
Published
13 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0265
Location
Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
12 December 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
13–33
Civilians reported injured
30–60
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0266
Location
Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
14–20
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0267
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
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
Published
12 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0260
Location
القصابية, Al Qassabiya, Idlib, Syria
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
Published
11 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–8
Civilians reported injured
15–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0259
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
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
Published
11 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0253
Location
كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
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
Published
10 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0254
Location
بزاعة, Baza'a, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
10 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 December 2015
Incident Code
CI153
Location
الشركة, Ramadi, Sharika, Al Anbar, Iraq
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
Published
9 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0247
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Nine civilians including four women and five children were killed in an airstrike on the village of Mraand, 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 said that eight non-combatants died as a result of a Russian missile targeting…
Summary
Published
9 December 2015
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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