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Incident Date
23 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4661
Location
دير سنبل, Deir Sunbol, Idlib, Syria
Several injuries were reported after Russian or Syrian regime forces' targeted a olive harvest with "heavy" artillery and missiles in the outskirts of the village of Deir Sunbal, south of Idlib, Syria. Syria Civil Defense said that "artillery of the regime and Russia targeted workers while harvesting the olive crop on the outskits of Dersanbel"…
Summary
Published
23 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4662
Location
معرة مصرين, Ma'aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
An 11-year-old child was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Ma'aret Misrin, Syria, on October 23, 2021. Alaraby News quoted the Syrian Civil Defense, who reported that an 11-year-old was injured when Russian and regime forces bombed a "fodder depot and a sawmill in the southern farms of the city of Maarat Misrin"…
Summary
Published
23 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
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Storage
,
Equipment / Machinery
,
Agricultural Land
),
Residential
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4660
Location
دارة عزة, Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians, including a woman and two of her children were injured, as a result of Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling on residential neighbourhoods in the city of Darat Izza, west of Aleppo, Syria, on October 23rd 2021.
Summary
Published
23 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4659
Location
اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
In what was widely referred to as a "massacre", at least 13 civilians were killed and over 30 wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike on a marketplace in Ariha on October 20th 2021. Most sources said that as many as four children were killed in the strike that took place in the…
Summary
Published
20 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Commerce
(
Market
)
Civilians reported killed
13–14
Civilians reported injured
30–63
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4658
Location
قوقفين, Qouqfin, Idlib, Syria
On 19th October 2021, one person was reportedly killed and several others were injured when a Russian or Syrian regime forces' attacked Qaqafin, in the "de-escalation zone", in southern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Multiple sources indicated that the attack was artillery shelling, using "several laser-guided Krasnopol missiles." There were reports that the number of civilians…
Summary
Published
19 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4656
Location
سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
At least four people were killed and up to 23 others wounded in the first of two Syrian or Russian artillery or airstrikes in one of the most populated cities in Idlib, Sarmada, on October 16th 2021. One of those killed was reported to be police chief Saad Eddin Berri; sources said it was likely…
Summary
Published
16 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
13–23
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4657
Location
الطريق بين باب الهوى وسرمدا, Road between Bab Al Hawa and Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
Ten civilians were injured in the second incident of a strike on the Sarmada, reportedly carried out by Russian or Syrian regime forces, on October 16th, 2021. The strike represents a significant escalation of violence observed in the past month. Details of the first incident are archived under incident R4402 on the Airwars site. Syria…
Summary
Published
16 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4655
Location
كفر عمة, Kafr Amma, Aleppo, Syria
At least five children were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling in Kafr Anna, Syria on October 12th 2021. Two sources mentioned another civilian was also injured; one source mentioned that a woman and a man were injured alongside four children. The names of the children were widely reported as: Mahmoud Khalil, 10…
Summary
Published
12 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4654
Location
التفاحية, Al Tuffahiya, Idlib, Syria
At least three civilians were killed and others were injured, one seriously, in alleged Russian or regime strikes with Kornet missiles and/or thermal missiles on the village of Al-Tuffahiya on October 11, 2021. Zaman Al Wasl reported that three civilians were killed and another one was wounded in regime and Russian militia strikes with a "Kornet"…
Summary
Published
11 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4653
Location
معارة النعسان, Maarat al-Naasan, Idlib, Syria
Between three and four civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime shelling of the town of Maarat al-Naasan on October 8, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, three civilians were injured, one critically, in shelling on the town of Maarat al-Naasan by the regime and Russia. They added that their volunteers inspected the area…
Summary
Published
8 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4651
Location
مخيم في قرية باتنته, Refugee camp near Batinta, Idlib, Syria
At least one woman was killed and two other civilians, a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a refugee camp near the village of Batinta on October 1, 2021. Al Mashreq Agency reported that a woman was killed and two other civilians, including a woman and a child,…
Summary
Published
1 October 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4652
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Between one and two women were injured in alleged regime or Russian shelling on the city of Jisr al-Shughur on October 1, 2021. According to @MMCSYR, two women were injured in regime and Russian shelling on Jisr al-Shughur. Al Mashreq Agency also reported that two women were wounded. A tweet from @rahhalahmad06 provided the casualty…
Summary
Published
1 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 October 2021
Incident Code
RS4650
Location
أم الريش, Umm Al Reesh, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Umm Al Reesh on October 1, 2021. Al Mashreq Agency reported that a child was wounded in shelling on the village of Umm Al Reesh. Both @itsnotsuhad and @mzmgr941 also identified one child as being injured. Both Al Mashreq Agency…
Summary
Published
1 October 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4649
Location
مجدليا, Majdliya, Idlib, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian and regime artillery shelling of the town of Majdlaya on September 27, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported that at least one civilian, a child, was injured in shelling of the town of Majdlaya and the child was taken to the hospital for…
Summary
Published
27 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 September 2021
Incident Codes
IRS013 RS4648
Location
كفرنوران, Kafar Noran, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and five civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian artillery shelling and machine gun fire on the village of Kafr Noran on September 27, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, five civilians, including a woman, were wounded in mortar shelling by the Russian and regime forces…
Summary
Published
27 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4646
Location
الكفير, Al Kafir, Idlib, Syria
A least one civilian, a child, was killed and up to five others, including a woman, were injured in alleged regime or Russian strikes on the town of Al Kafir on September 19, 2021. Firas Al-Khalifa, the media official of the Syrian Civil Defense in Idlib, told Al-Araby News that a 15-year-old boy was killed,…
Summary
Published
19 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4641
Location
مرعيان, Marayan, Idlib, Syria
At least one woman was killed and one to five others, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a home and medical facility in Marayan on September 8, 2021. According to @HadiAlabdallah, Russian airstrikes hit Marian Medical Center, the last medical center in Jabal Al-Zawiya, and killed one woman and…
Summary
Published
8 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
8–9 September, 2021
Incident Code
RS4642
Location
اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Between four and six civilians, including two women, were injured by Russian or regime forces on September 8/9, 2021. According to @ajmurgent, five civilians were wounded, including a woman, in artillery shelling by the regime forces while a tweet from @mhmdfaisel put the injury toll at four. A tweet from @thawrat111 listed the named of…
Summary
Published
8 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2021
Incident Code
YS116
Location
الشيخ ناصر, Al Sheikh Nasser, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was injured and livestock were killed in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or regime artillery shelling of Al Sheikh Nasser village on September 7, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) reported that a civilian was injured in Al Sheikh Nasser village by artillery shells coming from an area controlled by the Syrian…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
7 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4640
Location
ادلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Between four and five civilians, including a child, were reported killed and up to 15 other civilians injured in alleged Syrian regime or Russian artillery attacks in Idlib city, on September 7 2021. Andalou Agency was alone in reporting that the attack was also carried out by Iranian backed militias. This attack was widely noted…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
3–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4638
Location
الكفير, Al Kafir, Idlib, Syria
Between one and four civilians, including one to two women and one child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on al-Kafir on September 7, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), a woman was seriously injured in artillery shelling in al-Kafir @baladinetwork put the injury toll at three injuries from the…
Summary
Published
7 September 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4635
Location
الفريكة, Al Farika, Idlib, Syria
A least one civilian, a 17 year old girl, was killed and one to two others were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Farika village on September 2, 2021. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, a woman named Fatimah Adnan Hussein was killed while other civilians were injured in Syrian regime forces’…
Summary
Published
2 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 August 2021
Incident Codes
TI067 YI002
Location
مخيم قاديا, Qadia Camp, Duhok, Iraq
Two children were killed and three to four others, including two children and an elderly man, were injured - all from the same family - when an alleged Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or Turkish IED exploded in Qadiya refugee camp. According to the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK), "in the late evening hours of August…
Summary
Published
30 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
YPG
,
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
29 August 2021
Incident Code
IRS011
Location
جلين, Jillen, Daraa, Syria
Between one and two civilians, including a woman, were killed and four others, including a woman, were injured in alleged Iranian or regime strikes on Jillin on August 29, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, two civilians were killed and four others were injured in missile and artillery shelling by the regime in the neighborhoods…
Summary
Published
29 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
29 August 2021
Incident Code
IRS012
Location
طريق السد, Tareeq Al Sad, Daraa, Syria
Between two and three civilians, including two men from the same family, were killed and up to four others were wounded in alleged Iranian or regime surface-to-surface missile strikes and artillery shelling on Tareeq al-Sad on August 29, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), two civilians were killed and four others were injured in…
Summary
Published
29 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
24 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4633
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria
Up to five civilians including a child were reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafr Nabl in Idlib on August 24th, 2019. @oHA8k9FRkEve1LK reported the Syrian Civil Defence saying "Five people, including a child, were injured as a result of two air strikes by warplanes targeting 3 residential neighbourhoods and a…
Summary
Published
24 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 August 2021
Incident Codes
IRS010 RS4631
Location
تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, Syria
At least one child was injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian shelling of Taqad on August 23, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a child was injured during artillery shelling of the village of Taqad. All other sources that reported on civilian harm identified one child as being injured in the shelling…
Summary
Published
23 August 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
23 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4632
Location
درعا البلد, Daraa Al Balad, Daraa, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and six other civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian strikes on Daraa Al Balad on August 23, 2021. A tweet from @Almohrar1 reported that the young man Yazn Al-Omari was killed in the strikes on Daraa Al Balad. @omar_alharir added that a number of civilians were…
Summary
Published
23 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
20 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4629
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
At least four children from the same family were killed and their mother and two other men were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian strikes on Kansafra on August 20, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported "four children from one family were killed, and two civilians were injured, this morning, Friday, August 20, by artillery…
Summary
Published
20 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
20 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4630
Location
كفرنوران, Kafr Nouran, Aleppo, Syria
At least one child was killed and her sibling, another child, was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a cemetery in Kafr Nouran on August 20, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two children, Muhammad Subhi Darwish, 9, and his sister, Huda, 8, were injured in the town of Kafr Noran. Both…
Summary
Published
20 August 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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