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Incident Date
29 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4390
Location
اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
In a massive incident, up to 14 civilians including up to four children, six women and a health worker were reported killed and between 35 and 71 also including children, women and health personnel injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib, Syria in the night between January 29th and…
Summary
Published
29 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
6–14
Civilians reported injured
35–71
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2020
Incident Code
YS085
Location
عفرين, Afrin , Aleppo, Syria
One child was killed and thirteen civilians, all adult males, were injured in alleged YPG artillery strikes on residential areas of the city of Afrin, Aleppo governorate, on January 29th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence reported the death of 13-year-old Ahmed Tammam Qatayerji. They listed the names of 13 injured men.…
Summary
Published
29 January 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
29 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4388
Location
كفرلاتة, Kafarlata, Idlib, Syria
Up to 19 civilians, including at least four children and two women, were killed and more than 20 civilians reported injured after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Kafar Lata on January 29th, 2020, according to local sources. The initial death toll was put at five killed civilians by the Syrian…
Summary
Published
29 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10–21
Civilians reported injured
17–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4386
Location
البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria
One civilian male was wounded in an alleged regime or Russian airstrike and/or artillery strike on Al Bara. Ariha Today reported that "at 10:52, a regime warplane targeted the area around the town of Al-Bara. At 11:18, a helicopter raid targeted the Al-Bara town, targeting a bakery and a mosque in the town, wounding a civilian man."…
Summary
Published
28 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4380
Location
عنجارة, Ainjara, Aleppo, Syria
One girl died and her mother and up to four siblings were wounded in alleged Russia or regime airstrikes on Ainjara village, according to local media. All but one source (the Step News Agency) blamed solely Russia for the strikes and associated civilian harm. The Smart News Agency reported: "A girl was killed and others,…
Summary
Published
28 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4381
Location
بشنطرة, Bashantra, Aleppo, Syria
One person died and an unspecified number of others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strikes on Bashranta on January 28, 2020, according to local media. The Violations Documentation Center whether the person killed was a civilian. Both the Shahba Press and Zaiton Agency released reports of multiple civilians killed due…
Summary
Published
28 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
2
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
28 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4382
Location
خان السبل, Khan Al Subl, Idlib, Syria
Two Syrian Civil Defence volunteers were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Khan Al Subl, Idlib governorate, on January 28th, 2020, according to local sources. SMART News Agency reported that the Syrian regime and Russia carried out air and artillery strikes on several cities and towns in Idlib governorate,…
Summary
Published
28 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4383
Location
كفرلاته, Kafarlata, Idlib, Syria
Two brothers were killed and others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Kafarlata, Idlib governorate, on January 28th, 2020, according to local sources. Step Agency reported that "two civilians were killed and others wounded due to artillery shelling by the Syrian regime forces targeting the village of Kafarlata…
Summary
Published
28 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4384
Location
حاس, Hass, Idlib, Syria
Between three and six civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Hass, Idlib governorate, on January 28th, 2020, according to local sources. According to a tweet from @JennRollins1002, three to six men were killed in the town of Hass by regime helicopters that dropped barrel bombs on the town. The Syrian…
Summary
Published
28 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4385
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
Up to four civilians, including a child, were injured in several alleged Syrian regime and Russian airstrikes and/or artillery strikes on an international road near Saraqib, Idlib governorate on January 28th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that four civilians were injured in alleged Syrian regime airstrikes "targeting the international road near Saraqib…
Summary
Published
28 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4372
Location
شنان, Shannan, Idlib, Syria
Two men were killed and others injured following alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the village of Shannan, Idlib governorate, on January 27th, 2020, according to local media reports. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that "Wael al Jisr and Mustafa al Deeb were killed as fixed-wing warplanes fired…
Summary
Published
27 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4373
Location
مرديخ, Mardikh, Idlib, Syria
A child and her mother were killed and another child was wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike in the village of Mardikh, Idlib governorate on January 27th, 2020, according to local media. SN4HR reported: "Mrs. Fteim Mahmoud a Shbib was killed along with her girl as fixed-wing warplanes we believe were Russian…
Summary
Published
27 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4374
Location
سراقب,, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
One man was killed and three civilians, including a girl, were injured after alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the city of Saraqib, Idlib governorate on January 27th, 2020, according to local media. The Palestine News Network reported: "Russian warplanes raided residential neighborhoods in the city of Saraqib, using high-explosive missiles,…
Summary
Published
27 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4375
Location
الزربة, Al Zorba, Idlib, Syria
One member of the Syrian Civil Defense was injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Zorba, Idlib governorate, on January 27th, 2020, according to local media reports. Russian warplanes carried out strikes against the western outskirts of the town resulting in the injury of a civil defense volunteer, according…
Summary
Published
27 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27–28 January, 2020
Incident Code
RS4376
Location
في الطريق إلى سرجة, on the way to Sarja, Idlib, Syria
One member of the Syrian Civil Defense was killed, and two more injured, by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Sarja, Idlib governorate between January the 27th and 28th 2020, according to local media reports. The unit of volunteers was reportedly on its way to the aftermath of another bombing when…
Summary
Published
27 January 2020
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
27 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4377
Location
سرجة, Sarja, Idlib, Syria
Four civilians, including a man and his two sons, were killed and up to three civilians were injured by alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Sarja, Idlib governorate on January 27th, 2020, according to local media reports. Step News said: "The reporter of the Step News Agency in Idlib, Hassan Al-Muhammad,…
Summary
Published
27 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4371
Location
بينين, Benin, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed and another one injured by an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on the village of Benin, Idlib Governorate on January 26th, 2020, according to local media reports. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria posted: "18:18 A regime's warplane raid targeting the village of Benin. Resulting in the death of a…
Summary
Published
26 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
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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Incident Date
26 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4367
Location
بزابور, Bazabour, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians, including a woman and her husband, were killed and others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Bazabour in Idlib Governorate, Syria on January 26 th 2020. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said “Syrian regime killed a man & his wife in Bazabour village in Idlib:…
Summary
Published
26 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4368
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
One civilian, a young man, was killed and as many as four civilians, including a child, were wounded when Russian or Syrian regime warplanes bombed the city of Saraqib, Idlib Governorate, on January 26 th 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) said that “Amer al Khader was killed as…
Summary
Published
26 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4369
Location
مرديخ, Mardiekh, Idlib, Syria
One man was killed and a woman was injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on the village of Mardiekh, Idlib Governorate, on January 26th, 2020, according to local media. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported: "16:02 A regime's Sukhoi 22 warplane raid targets the outskirts of Mardikh village and resulted in…
Summary
Published
26 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
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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Incident Date
25 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4364
Location
كفر البطيخ, Kafar Albatiekh, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed and others were wounded on January 25th 2020 due to an air raid by Assad regime or Russian warplanes against the village of Kafar Albatiekh. Media Idlib reported that one man was killed and homes were destroyed in Kafar Albatiekh. Civil Defense confirmed the death and the recovery of the body,…
Summary
Published
25 January 2020
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
25 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4362
Location
تل منس, Tal Menes, Idlib, Syria
Three or four Syrian Civil Defense ‘White Helmets’ volunteers were reported lightly wounded when Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes targeted their center in Tal Menes in Idlib, Syria on January 25th, 2020, according to local sources. Syrian Civil Defense said in a FB post that “Saleh Ihrahim, Ihab Hashash, and Abdul Qadir Al-Sulaiman, three volunteers…
Summary
Published
25 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4365
Location
بنين,, Benin, Aleppo, Syria
One man was wounded by an alleged Russian or regime airstrike against the village of Benin on January 25th 2020. Local residents reported that two air raids struck Benin. Baladi News reported that Benin was one village that was a target of over 200 airstrikes carried out by the Assad regime. Ariha Today noted one…
Summary
Published
25 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4360
Location
بلدات متعددة,, Several towns in Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Shaam Network reported that “Russian and Assad warplanes and helicopters launched airstrikes in the midst of artillery and missile shelling that targeted the points of clashes, cities and towns, villages of Kafr Hamra, Al Atareb, Huritan, Khan Toman, Khan al-Asal, scientific research, Mansoura, Zorba, al-Kamari, Zaitan, al-Artyq, al-Barqum, the halls of Lermoun, Khalsa, al-Eis, al-Rashideen,…
Summary
Published
25 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4358
Location
بلدات متعددة, several towns, Aleppo, Syria
An unknown number of civilians were wounded in alleged Russian and Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on several cities and towns in Aleppo governorate on January 23rd, 2020, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that the Kafar Hamra, Khan Al Asal, Khalsa, Khan Toman, Al Zorba, Zaitan, Al Hamira, Shwayneh, Lirmoun, Kafar…
Summary
Published
23 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4359
Location
دار عزة, Dar Ezza, Aleppo, Syria
Six children and a man were reported injured as a result of the explosion of a cluster bomb remnant of an alleged previous Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Dar Ezza in Aleppo, Syria, on January 23rd, 2020. SMART said: “Six children and a young man were injured Thursday, as a result of the explosion…
Summary
Published
23 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4348
Location
الحميرة, Al Humaira, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died and two or three more were wounded in alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strikes on Al Humaira, according to local media. The Step News Agency and other local sources reported one civilian killed and the injury of three more; they all blamed “Russian airstrikes”. But Smart said that regime artillery…
Summary
Published
22 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4351
Location
كفرناها, Kafar Naha, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian, an adult male, was wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike in Kafar Naha, according to local sources on January 22nd 2020. The White Helmets reported: “A person was injured as a result of the bombing of a factory in the town of Kafr Nanaha, in the western countryside of Aleppo. Our…
Summary
Published
22 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4352
Location
معردبسة, Ma’ardibsa, Idlib, Syria
One civilian reportedly died and two more - a woman and a child - were wounded in an alleged regime or Russian air or artillery strikes on Ma’ardibsa on January 22nd 2020. @yahya_kadaa reported however, that the death toll was nine. Local Coordination Committees if Syria reported: “At 15:46 a regime's MiG-23 warplane raid targeted…
Summary
Published
22 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4354
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma Al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was killed in alleged Russian or regime shelling of Urma Al Kubra on January 22, 2020. According to @mhnalshikh, Syrian regime and Russian planes bombed Urma Al Kubra, among other cities in the western countryside of Aleppo that were affected by the bombing campaign. Shaam News identified one man as being…
Summary
Published
22 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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