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Incident Date
13 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2446
Location
قرية الجنينة, Genina, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Sources on the ground reported that six civilians were killed and a further 10 were injured in an airstrike allegedly conducted by Russian forces on the village of Genina on September 13th 2017. According to the Smart News Agency, "Witnesses confirmed the killing of six civilians and wounding ten people this morning, air bomb likely…
Summary
Published
13 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1475
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians, father and son died following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa city – or as a result of ISIS actions in the city. Discrepancies in the sources show Revolutionary Command Council in the city of Palmyra and Death page suspected the the men were executed by members of the so-called Islamic State organization.…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2441
Location
قرية المسرب, Al-Masrab, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Warplanes conducted airstrikes on an internally displaced persons camp by the Euphrates river in the village of Al-Masrab on September 12th 2017. Euphrates Post was the only source to report this event. The source reported civilian casualties, but the identities or number of those killed or wounded is unknown. No belligerent was directly blamed by…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1476 RS2439
Location
Khisham town, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local reports documented four civilians killed in airstrikes on Khisham town,13 kilometres east of Deir Ghaza, eastern Deir Ezzor. Euphrates Post referred to “warplanes” and alleged that they targeted “the house of Awad al-Azar in the town of Khisham, opposite the divider, killing four people and wounding many civilians yesterday evening”, though they did not…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Codes
CS1477 RS2440
Location
Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two adult male civilians, one child and one woman were killed in airstrikes on Hatla, according to local media, though sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or Russia were to blame. The majority of sources, however, pointed to Russia. Munitions recovered at the scene appear to be Russian in origin. The Syrian Observatory…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2443
Location
بلدة ذيبان, Dhiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians were killed allegedly by warplanes in the town of Dhiban in eastern Deir Ezzor Governorate at around 2am on 12th September 2017. Multiple sources confirmed that one man, Hassan al-Mazal, and one girl were killed in this airstrike. The girl was reported as the daughter of either Thamer al-Frikhan or Thamer al-Khalif al-Sari.…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2435
Location
معبار حطلة, Hatla Crossing, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian, Mousa 'Abd al-Salam al-Kharabah, was killed in an airstrike on the Hatla crossing in Deir Ezzor governorate on September 11th 2017, according to local media. It is unclear who was responsible for the strikes. The Violation Documentation Centre in Syria blamed the ‘Syrian government and its militias’, but does not directly identify the…
Summary
Published
11 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2436
Location
بلدة الطريف, bank of the Euphrates, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian was killed and others were injured when warplanes bombed the bank of the Euphrates in al Tareef in western Deir Ezzor Governorate on 12th September 2017, local media reported. Multiple sources, including the Syrian Human Rights Committee, identified the martyr as Ahmad Al Salama Al-Hamad. It is unclear which belligerent was responsible for…
Summary
Published
12 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2438
Location
قرية الحوايج, al-Hawaij river crossing, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes at al-Hawaij river crossing in Deir Ezzor killed between seven and 26 civilians and wounded between two and 24 others, according to sources on the ground. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime. The civilians were reported to have been crossing from one side of the Euphrates to…
Summary
Published
11 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–30
Civilians reported injured
2–76
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2434
Location
الخريطة, Al-Kharita, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four to six civilians were killed and several others were injured in an ‘aerial bombardment’ on the town of al-Kharita in Deir Ezzor Governorate on September 11th 2017. Sources claimed warplanes belonging either to Russian forces or the Syrian regime conducted these air raids on a camp for internally displaced people that was set up…
Summary
Published
11 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2017
Incident Code
CI843
Location
Al Qaim, Al Anbar, Iraq
According to a number of sources, civilian casualties were occurred following alleged Coalition actions at Al Qaim – although reporting was confused. A number of sources reported government attacks on Anah and Rawah, coupled with Coalition air or possible guided missile strikes at Al Qaim, western Anbar province. According to a subsequent report by Yaqin,…
Summary
Published
10 September 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1468
Location
نزلة شحادة, Nazlah Shahadah/Furat neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported on major numbers of civilian casualties following alleged US-led Coalition strikes on Raqqa city’s Nazlat Shahada area during an SDF offensive. Baladi News said people who have just left the city of Raqqa alleged “more than 400 bodies” under the rubble of buildings, “mostly in the Nazlah Shahada and the industrial” area.…
Summary
Published
10 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
24–400
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2431
Location
ابو الظهور باريسا, Barissa village west of Abual Duhur, Idlib, Syria
A ballistic missile landed on the village of Barissa in the Idlib countryside, injuring six civilians, according to sources on the ground. Reports were conflicted as to whether the missile was fired by Russia or the Assad regime. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that this was part of a series of explosions in…
Summary
Published
9 September 2017
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1453
Location
Bokros Tahtani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that “a leader of the Islamic State, and his son were killed in a raid by the Washington-led international coalition aircraft” al Laayadh area, near the river crossing, بقرص تحتاني Bokros Tahtani, Eastern Deir Ezzor. According to Euphrates Post among other sources, he was “coming from the town of Al-Shuhail on a…
Summary
Published
7 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 September 2017
Incident Code
CI840
Location
Rawah, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local media reported that an unidentified aircraft carried out an airstrike on a residential district in Rawa, killing up to seven civilians and wounding three more. Yaqin was the only source to attribute responsibility, blaming Iraqi forces, There was shelling by government aircraft targeting residential areas in the district of Rawa, west of Anbar, killing…
Summary
Published
7 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1452
Location
Al Houssainiyah, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian, was killed by alleged airstrikes on the al Houssainiyah village, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. According to local sources, he was killed in “his his home by shrapnel” after the strikes hit. The US-led Coalition were not documented as the culprit however, and nor was any other actor, with only “warplanes” and “airstrikes”…
Summary
Published
6 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1444
Location
Hamda barrier on road to Al-Hool camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that two civilians, an elderly man and woman, were killed following airstrikes in Eastern Deir Ezzor. The civilians killed were displaced from the town of Al-Matarada, Deir Ezzor, and they were travelling in a van toward the Al-Hool refugee camp in the southern countryside. The US-led Coalition was not blamed for the…
Summary
Published
4 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2427
Location
جب الجراح قرية الدرويشية, Al Darwishiyah village, near Jab al Jarrah, 89 km east of Homs city, Homs, Syria
Thirteen civilians - including women and children - were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in Al-Darwishiya in Jab Al-Jarrah, a village under the control of the Islamic State, on September 2nd, according the Smart News Agency. Multiple sources indicated coordination between regime forces and the warplanes. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,…
Summary
Published
2 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1–2 September, 2017
Incident Code
RS2425
Location
Deir Ezzor, Syria
“Russian criminal aircraft” were accused of carrying out between 80 and 100 air raids on Deir Ezzor governorate over the 24 hours prior to September 2nd. Multiple civilian casualties were reported, but the numbers are unclear. Almodon reported that “dozens” of civilians - men, women and children - were killed in the alleged Russian bombardment…
Summary
Published
1 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–24
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 August 2017
Incident Codes
CS1433 RS2422
Location
صغير شامية, Sagheer Shamiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On August 31, 2017, at least three civilians died in an airstrike on Zaghir Shamiya, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition, Russia or the Syrian Regime were responsible for the event. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that between two and three people were killed…
Summary
Published
31 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 August 2017
Incident Code
CS1432
Location
Al Hawaji, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Five civilians, including two women and three children, died in airstrikes carried out by unknown aircraft on the al Hawaij village in Deir Ezzor Governorate, alleged local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Euphrates Post listed those killed. The US-led Coalition was not attributed to the attack; sources referred to “bombing by…
Summary
Published
30 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 August 2017
Incident Code
RS2421
Location
عياش, Aayash, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to two civilians, hereof at least one woman, were killed and several more were wounded, local media reported, following alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes hitting the town of Ayyash, Deir Ezzor. The female victim was identified by name by several sources and @Soheb Al-Haskawi added that she was the wife of Salem Rajwan.…
Summary
Published
29 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2017
Incident Code
CS1426
Location
Tarif, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One named civilian died and others were wounded in airstrikes on Tarif in the western suburbs of Deir Ezzor, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether the Coalition, the Assad regime or Russia were to blame. Step News Agency blamed the Coalition and said that white phosphorous was used. It…
Summary
Published
28 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 August 2017
Incident Code
RS2419
Location
الطريف, Al-Tariff, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian man was killed and several were injured following Russian or Assad-waged airstrikes that hit al-Tariff, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. All sources reported about the death of one civilian, who was identified by name by Step News and @DeirEzzor24. In addition to this, several civilians were reported wounded. Sources described how the strikes inflicted…
Summary
Published
28 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2017
Incident Code
CI835
Location
Eyathia, Tal Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
A major civilian casualty event took place in Tal Afar district, North West of Mosul, following aerial bombardment, local media reported. Dozens were killed according to witnesses, including entire families of mostly women and children. The local media organisation Kurdistan24 said that as many as 59 families had died in an attack it blamed on…
Summary
Published
27 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
40–150
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 August 2017
Incident Codes
CS1412 RS2414
Location
Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A woman was named as killed in an airstrike on Deir ez-Zor, though sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for her death. The majority of sources blamed either Russia or the regime, however, Hasaka Rasd and Euphrates Post did not apportion blame.
Summary
Published
24 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 August 2017
Incident Code
RS2415
Location
دير الزور, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One woman was killed in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Deir Ezzor city, local media reported. The wording of all the sources was exactly the same, reporting "the martyrdom of Mrs. Nawal al-Khadr as a result of the Russian air raids that hit the city of Deir al-Zour." However, half the sources reported that…
Summary
Published
24 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 August 2017
Incident Codes
CS1408 RS2413
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On August 23, 2017, six members of the Lafi family were among up to 11 civilians reported killed in air raids on the city of Mayadin, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether the Coalition, the Syrian regime or even Russia were responsible. Although Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported…
Summary
Published
23 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 August 2017
Incident Code
CS1411
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 16 civilians died and up to 64 were wounded in alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes in Raqqa between August 23rd and 24th, local media reported. It should be noted that these are general numbers and may encompass other casualty events; moreover, locations of these deaths in Raqqa are currently unclear. Euphrates Post…
Summary
Published
23 August 2017
Civilians reported killed
15–16
Civilians reported injured
60–64
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 August 2017
Incident Code
RS2412
Location
رويضة, Ruweida, Akeirabat, Hama, Syria
In what has been described by local media as a "massacre", 50 - 70 civilians were killed, following airstrikes which reportedly struck an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Ruweida, Akeirabat in Hama. Sources were conflicted as to whom was to blame. Some sourced blamed the Syrian regime for the raids, while most blamed Russian…
Summary
Published
22 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
,
Residential
Civilians reported killed
50–70
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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