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Incident Date
8 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1790
Location
البوبدران, Medical clinic in Al Bubadran area between Al Soussa and Al Sha'afa villages, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians died and an unspecified number more were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on a medical clinic between Al Sousse and Al Shaafa, according to local media. The Step News Agency, Shaam News Network and Sound were among sources reporting that a medical clinic was struck, along with other sites, as the Coalition reportedly…
Summary
Published
8 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
7 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1789
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Soussa, local media reported. The strike also reportedly killed an ISIS leader. According to the Step News Agency, “the International Coalition conducted a raid on the town of Soussa east of Deir al-Zour and there are reports of civilian casualties”. Zaman al Wasl reported that…
Summary
Published
7 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1787
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa (possibly east of village), Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the village of al Sha’afa, local sources reported. According to Sound and Picture, “vehicles carrying displaced civilians” were struck by Coalition aircraft, resulting in “a number of wounded”. This was reiterated by Marsad al Hassaka. The Al Sha’afa Facebook page was the only source that…
Summary
Published
3 August 2018
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 August 2018
Incident Code
USSOM138-C
Location
Gobanle (Gobaale), Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Three civilians were reportedly killed in a US strike in Gobanle village, according to Amnesty International - though US Africa Command claimed that only four "terrorists" were killed. However an AFRICOM declassified assessment of the event published in July 2019 indicated that the US itself was unaware of the identities of those in the vehicle…
Summary
Published
2 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Military actors reported killed
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
27 July 2018
Incident Code
CS1785
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Multiple sources reported that two brothers were killed by alleged Coalition strikes on al Soussa. Most local sources identified the two civilians as Saleh Khalif al-Hassan and Falih Khalif al-Hassan. Most sources also identified the Coalition as the culprit and noted that the airstrikes had struck the brothers’ house. Baladi News mentioned that other civilians…
Summary
Published
27 July 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 July 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr174-C
Location
الروضة, Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen
At least three alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed, and another injured, by a US drone strike against a house in Al Rawda, Marib governorate, on the evening of July 22nd 2018. A few social media sources at the time suggested that the strike had instead killed civilians. A later US Central Command statement indicated…
Summary
Published
22 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
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Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
3–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
21 July 2018
Incident Code
CS1782
Location
بين بلدة السوسة والظهرة في البادية, Al Soussa/al Dahra, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that up to thirty civilians were killed and injured when Coalition airstrikes allegedly targeted several locations between al Soussa and al Dahra. Most sources stated that the civilians were struck when they were trying to escape the village of al Soussa and move towards the al Dahra area in al Badia, rural…
Summary
Published
21 July 2018
Civilians reported killed
24–30
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 July 2018
Incident Code
CS1781
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Ten or thirteen civilians, including women and children, were killed when the village of al Baghouz was targeted by alleged Coalition airstrikes, two local sources said. According to Sound and Picture, Coalition aircraft targeted a “civilian gathering” on the morning of July 16th and reported an initial toll of “10 martyrs from one family, mostly…
Summary
Published
16 July 2018
Civilians reported killed
10–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3503
Location
عقربا, A’kraba, Daraa, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on A’kraba, Dara'a governorate on July 16th, 2018, according to local sources. An unknown number of civilians was injured. According to the Smart News Agency, “activists said three civilians were killed and others injured in an airstrike with rockets likely to be on the town of…
Summary
Published
16 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 July 2018
Incident Code
CS1779
Location
السوسة و الباغوز, Ice factory, between Al Soussa and al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that between 28 and 58 civilians were killed and up to 45 injured as a result of alleged Coalition or associated Iraqi strikes on an “ice factory” in the Deir Ezzor countryside. According to a correspondent for Step News, Coalition aircraft “launched five successive air strikes”, hitting an ice processing plant called…
Summary
Published
12 July 2018
Civilians reported killed
28–58
Civilians reported injured
25–45
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3502
Location
أم المياذن, Um Al Mayadhen, Daraa, Syria
Up to three civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Um Al Mayadhen, Dara'a governorate, on July 8th, 2018, according to local sources. An unknown number of people was injured. @omar_hariri_dr wrote: "Two martyrs up to this moment and a large number of wounded by the Russian airstrikes on the town of Um Al…
Summary
Published
8 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 July 2018
Incident Code
CS1778
Location
تل الشاير, Road near Tal al Shayer, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources said that three brothers from the same family - reportedly civilians - were killed and one other was injured in a Coalition airstrike near the town of Tal al Shayer. Most sources stated that the three “martyrs” were all from the same family and in a “civilian car” when they were targeted. Many…
Summary
Published
2 July 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3474
Location
نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria
Up to 13 civilians were reported killed and dozens including women and children critically injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on residential areas and a convoy of displaced people who were heading from Nawa to Qunaitera in Daraa on June 28th, 2018 according to reports from local sources. @HalabTodayTV said that Russian warplanes targeted a convoy…
Summary
Published
28 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–13
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3475
Location
داعل, Da'el, Daraa, Syria
Local sources reported that up to five civilians were killed and 15 others injured in alleged Russian raids with four rockets on Da'el in Daraa on June 28th, 2018. SMART reported that "Four civilians, including two women, were killed and others wounded as a result of raids by Russian planes on residential neighborhoods in the…
Summary
Published
28 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3476
Location
الغارية الشرقية, Al Ghariya Al Sharqiya, Daraa, Syria
At least two men were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Ghariya Al Sharqiya, Dara'a governorate, on June 28th, 2018, according to local sources. Step News reported that "many were dead and wounded, including children." Step News reported: "Many dead and wounded, including children, killed by the targeting of the town…
Summary
Published
28 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3461
Location
Ibta'a, Daraa, Syria
An unknown number of civilians was reportedly killed and injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Ibta'a, Dara'a governorate, on June 27th, 2018, according to local sources. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported that there were "civilian casualties caused by a Russian air raid on the town of #Ibta'a in the central …
Summary
Published
27 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3465
Location
المسيفرة, Al Musifra, Daraa, Syria
Between two and 20 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Musifra, Dara'a governorate, on June 27th, 2020, according to local sources. A Syrian Civil Defence centre was targeted and destroyed. Horrya's correspondent Lujain Al Melihan reported "the martyrdom of about 20 civilians, dozens of wounded, most of them women…
Summary
Published
27 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3466
Location
صيدا, Saida, Daraa, Syria
One civilian was reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian forces airstrikes on Saida town in Dara'a on June 27th, 2018, according to local sources. @abode125 tweeted that "the young man Basil Muhammad Qaddah, from the town of aheel in the eastern countryside of Daraa, was martyred while he was in Saida town due…
Summary
Published
27 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3449
Location
نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria
Eight civilians were reported killed and up to 25 others injured as a result of Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Nawa in Daraa, south of Syria on June 26th, 2018 according to local sources. Shaam Network said that "Activists confirmed that the Russian warplanes launched air strikes with rockets at the residential…
Summary
Published
26 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
10–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3450
Location
عدوان, Adwan, Daraa, Syria
One civilian was reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Adwan in Daraa on June 26th, 2018 according to local sources. @Horan_now1 tweeted "One man was killed and several wounded, by a Russian air strike, on the residential neighbourhoods of Adwan, west of Daraa." Adwan village posted on Facebook reporting "A raid…
Summary
Published
26 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3451
Location
الصورة, Al-Soura, Daraa, Syria
A civilian was reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al-Soura in Daraa on June 26th, 2018 according to local sources. SMART News Agency said that "A civilian was also killed in the town of Al-Soura in air strikes likely to be Russian warplanes." Local sources reported Russian airstrikes…
Summary
Published
26 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3438
Location
المسفيرة, Al-Musayfrah, Daraa, Syria
Nariman Yasser Kurdi, an infant, was killed in alleged Russian forces airstrikes on the town of Al-Musayfrah in the eastern Daraa countryside. Local sources said that Nariman was wounded in the shelling on June 24th, 2018 and was in a coma for five days until she died of her wounds on June 29th, 2018. Hamza…
Summary
Published
24 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3437
Location
مرعيان, Mar'ayan, Idlib, Syria
Two children were killed when a bomb from a previous Russian bombing exploded in the village of Mar’ayan in Idlib, Syria on June 21st, 2018 according to local sources. Step News Agency tweeted that "Two children were killed in the village of Mar’ayan in Idlib countryside, as a result of an explosion of a bomb…
Summary
Published
21 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1774
Location
الحصية, Al Sha'afa, Al Hassya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, up to eight civilians including four children and two women were killed in a Coalition airstrike on the town of Al Sha’afa. Most sources reported that 17 people were killed overall, including eight civilians and nine or more ISIS fighters. The Syrian Network for Human Rights added that four children and…
Summary
Published
21 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
2–14
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 June 2018
Incident Code
LC083
Location
عيادة رأس لانوف, Ras Lanuf: Clinic, Surt, Libya
Several civilians were reported dead and injured as a result of an LNA airstrike on the residential house of the Kalki family in Ras Lanuf. According to Alnabaa, two children were killed and their mother, father and brother injured. Kaiser Megrahi reported two women dead and posted images of the airstrike. Libya Observer reported three…
Summary
Published
16 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
15 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1772
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians, including women and children, were allegedly killed and several others injured by a Coalition airstrike on Al Soussa. Sound and Picture reported “three martyrs” and several wounded. Smart News quoted local activists who also mentioned a tally of three civilians killed after a Coalition raid targeted the “residential neighbourhoods in the town of…
Summary
Published
15 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1768
Location
الحردان, Al Hardan village (al Shayer hill), Al Hassakah, Syria
Two to four civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of al Hardoun. Marsad al Hassaka stated that the house of Mohammed Ahmed Hardan was targeted at “dawn today”, where he was killed with his three children while his wife was seriously injured. Zaman al Wasl quoted a local activist who…
Summary
Published
13 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1769
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, up to four civilians, including women and children, were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz Foqani. Step News Agency reported that two women and one girl were killed and another person injured. The Syrian Network for Human Rights however stated that in fact two children and one woman…
Summary
Published
13 June 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
6–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 June 2018
Incident Code
CS1767
Location
حسون الباشا, Hassoun al Basha village near Tal al Shayer, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported the death of up to twelve civilians (including at least three children) from the same extended family and up to eight more injured as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Hassoun al Basha near Tal al Shayer. According to a SANA reporter. Coalition bombardments on civilian houses…
Summary
Published
12 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
12–13
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 June 2018
Incident Code
RS3436
Location
التمانعة, Al-Tamana, Idlib, Syria
A child was killed when a cluster bomb from a previous Russian shelling on Al-Tamana in southern Idlib, Syria, exploded on June 12th, 2018. Edlib Media Center reported on Facebook that " A child from the town of Sinjar was killed by a cluster bomb explosion from previous bombing on farms of al-Tamana town in…
Summary
Published
12 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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