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Incident Date
4 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3154
Location
Douma, Damascus, Syria
Three to four civilians were killed due to injuries sustained in an earlier shelling on Douma, according to local media. Sources attributed this strike to both Russia and the Syrian regime. According to SHRC.arabic, "three people affected by the impact of a previous air strike that targeted the city of Douma in the province of…
Summary
Published
4 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3140
Location
Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
Three to four civilians were killed and others were wounded in airstrikes on Mesraba, according to local media. Sources are conflicted as to who was to blame, with some blaming Russia while others blamed the Syrian regime. Misraba Now reported that "three explosive barrels of helicopters, in addition to several missiles and rocket launchers. A…
Summary
Published
4 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3134
Location
حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria
Two to four civilians were killed and several others were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Harasta, according to local media. Sources blamed both Russian and Syrian regime warplanes for the raids. Mohamad Al Shaar, who named the civilians, reported that Ibrahim Far’oun (Al Harb), aged 18, was Al Mujahed (fighter). This suggests he…
Summary
Published
3 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3135
Location
مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
An entire family was reportedly burned to death due to a napalm bomb attack on Mesraba, according to local media. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime. Sky News reported on "injury to civilians [including] burns and wounds, and that the shelling of the town occurred at midnight and repeated in the morning". @Dmcpress_ar …
Summary
Published
3 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3138
Location
مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
A family of five was killed and an unspecified number of others were wounded, in an airstrike which hit the residential neighbourhood of Mesraba. Sources blamed both Russian warplanes and Syrian regime helicopters. @aboarab28176261 reported "The martyrdom of the whole family and the injury of several civilians, including women and children, by the bombing of…
Summary
Published
3 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3131
Location
المحمدية, Al Muhammadiya , Damascus, Syria
Up to five civilians were killed and others were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Al Muhammadiya, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russian for the raids. Barrel bombs, helicopters and artillery targeted a residential neighbourhood, according to local media. According to local media, a child and three adult…
Summary
Published
3 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3139
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between seven and 15 civilians were killed including three children and a woman, and nine others were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime helicopters and Russian warplanes for the strikes. As well as the seven named victims below, the Violations Documentation Centre (VDC)…
Summary
Published
3 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6–15
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3132
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Between two and 15 civilians were killed, and several others were wounded, in airstrikes on Hamouriya, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. As many as "30 Syrian shells" were fired on the vicinity, according to Sky News. Rockets and barrel bombs coming from helicopters targeted the…
Summary
Published
3 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–15
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3133
Location
بيت سوى, Beit Sawa, Damascus, Syria
As many as eight civilians were killed in airstrikes on Beit Sawa, according to local media. Although most sources reported that only one girl (aged five) and four men died, the highest death toll was given as eight. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. Rockets and explosive barrels from helicopters…
Summary
Published
3 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
CS1734
Location
قرية عفرة, Afra Al Barjari Village, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported that up to two civilians were killed and between one to four seriously injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Afra al Barjari, on the evening of March 2nd. Multiple sources identified some of the adult male victims. The civilians were said to have been in their car when…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3122
Location
الحويجة, Al Hwaija, Hama, Syria
As many as three civilians were killed - including a pregnant woman - and three others were wounded, in airstrikes on Al Hwaija, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the strikes. A man and a pregnant woman were included in the death toll. However, the man named by…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3123
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Between one and two civilians were killed and "others" were wounded, in airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. The named civilian was reported to have been displaced. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3129
Location
بيت سوى, Beit Sawa, Damascus, Syria
As many as four civilians were reported as killed, and others injured, due to air and artillery strikes in Beit Sawa, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. The raids struck a residential area, and killed as many as three children. The Syrian Civil Defence reported "three…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3124
Location
مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
Between one and two civilians were killed, and others were wounded, in napalm bomb strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Mesraba, local media reported. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the strikes, however the majority of source attributed blame to the Syrian regime. Huge fires were caused as a result of the…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
S1537a
Location
الشعفة, al-Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Deaths and injuries were reported when the US-led Coalition allegedly struck a field hospital in Al-Shaf'a in Deir Ezzor on March 2nd, 2018. The hospital attacked was named by local sources as Nabd Al-Hayat. Syriamap reported "Airstrikes by the International Coalition to Defeat ISIS put the hospital completely out of service leading to several deaths…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3126
Location
اللطامنة, Al Latamna, Hama, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians was wounded and three were killed due to air and artillery strikes on Al Latamna, according to local media. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. Although Smart News reported that the aftermath was limited to material damage, Step News reported that some civilians were wounded…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3127
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafar Zita, Hama, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were wounded due to airstrikes in Kafar Zita. Sources did not attribute blame, however this raid occurred at the same time as the allegedly join Russian and Syrian regime raid on "village of Hawija, west of Hama, Latmeen Village north of Hama, and the cities of Al Latamna and Kafarzita".…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3128
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
In this incident, as many as 14 civilians, including two women, were killed and up to dozens were wounded, as airstrikes allegedly carried out by Russia, the Syrian regime, or both, struck Douma in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, reported local media. Step News Agency reported that "in the morning hours, the military and helicopter gunships launched…
Summary
Published
2 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–14
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3117
Location
بيت سوى, Beit Sawa, Damascus, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly killed along with two wounded as Russian and/or Assad launched airstrikes and artillery shelling in the town of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. All sources reported the death of three civilians. The Violations Documentation Centre (VDC) reported that the three victims were all adult men. Additionally, sources reported…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3118
Location
كفربطنا, Kafr Batna, Damascus, Syria
Three civilians, including a young girl, were killed and dozens were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the town of Kafr Batna, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. @saqbani1972adam, who reported that the strikes hit residential areas, said that three were killed and "dozens" were left wounded. The three victims were identified by…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3119
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Local sources reported the death of three civilian men in the town of Hamouriya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, following airstrikes, either carried out by Russia, the Syrian regime or both. As a part of a larger aerial shelling of eastern Ghouta on March 1st, three civilians, identified by name, were killed in Hamouriya. However, it should…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3120
Location
المرج, al-Marj, Damascus, Syria
Up to five civilians were killed and up to "dozens" were wounded as airstrikes hit al-Marj, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. Three of the victims, Saleh Mohammad Qadeesh, Mohamad Adnan Qadeesh and Nidhal Handhal al-Mehbash were reported by several sources, including Violations Documentation Center (VDC). One of the victims, Abdo Ahmed Hassoun, was only…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3121
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Several civilians were left wounded following alleged Russian airstrikes in Arbeen, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local sources reported. Douma.Revolution, who did not mention civilian harm reported: "since the morning, 12 warplanes have carried out air raids against the cities and towns of Douma, Arbeen, Kafratna, Hamuriya, Beit Siy, Jisreen, Ash'ari and Marj in the eastern Ghouta."…
Summary
Published
1 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3109
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
As many as eight civilians were killed and others were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Douma, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. A child was amongst those killed, as well as one unidentified body. Four others are named. Rockets and barrel bombs were launched into…
Summary
Published
28 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3110
Location
حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria
A child and another civilian were killed and others were wounded in airstrikes on Harasta, local media reported. Sources blame Russian and Syrian regime raids for the strikes. There were as many as 32 raids, with heavy shelling on the residential vicinity. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
28 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3111
Location
أوتايا, Otaya, Damascus, Syria
The head of the Syrian Civil Defence unit in al-Marj was killed whilst carrying out operations, local media reported. Sources blamed the Syrian - Russian alliance for the strikes. LCCSY reported there were heavy raids on the vicinity. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
28 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3112
Location
مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were killed and injured due to airstrikes in Mesraba, local media reported. Sources attributed blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. Mass destruction was caused by heavy shelling. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
28 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3113
Location
الشيفونية, Al Shifonya, Damascus, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were killed and injured due to airstrikes in Al Shifonya, local media reported. Sources attributed blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. Mass destruction was caused by heavy shelling. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
28 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3114
Location
كفربطنا, Kafar Batna, Damascus, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were killed and injured due to airstrikes in Kafar Batna, local media reported. Sources attributed blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. Mass destruction was caused by heavy shelling. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
28 February 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 February 2018
Incident Code
RS3108
Location
بيت سوى, Beit Sawa, Damascus, Syria
Three civilians were killed and others were injured in airstrikes on Beit Sawa, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime. The house of 'Asi' was reportedly struck by alleged Russian warplanes. Two victims were named and one unidentified civilian was named. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
28 February 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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