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Incident Date
18 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2135
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Up to seven civilian including women and children were wounded in as many as ten alleged Russian airstrikes on Darat Izza, according to sources on the ground. EduRights Foundation said that a school was struck. It reported: "This morning [April 18th], a school in the city of Dara Azza in the countryside of western Aleppo was…
Summary
Published
18 April 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 April 2017
Incident Code
LQ040
Location
بنغازي, Sabri, Benghazi, Libya
Various local sources reported heavy joint LNA and UAE air raids on “terrorist targets” in multiple Benghazi neighbourhoods near Sabri, the fish market and Sidi Akhribesh. The 18 UAE strikes were reportedly conducted by aircraft including an AT-802U. There were no public reports of civilian harm at the time.
Summary
Published
18 April 2017
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
18 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2133
Location
البشيري,, al Bsheiriya, Jisr al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that an unspecified number of civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on al Bsheiriya, Jisr al Shoughour.
Summary
Published
18 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2130
Location
حور, Hour, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died and others were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hour, local media said. Smart News Agency reported: "A civilian was killed and others wounded on Tuesday after an air strike likely to have been carried out by Russian warplanes over a city and a town in western Aleppo, northern Syria, according…
Summary
Published
18 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2131
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma Al-Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians from one family died in an alleged Russia or Assad regime airstrike on Urma Al-Kubra, according to sources on the ground. Aljazeera and the Step News Agency were among sources pointing to Russia. However, the Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed "Syrian-Russian alliance warplanes" - putting the death toll at "five civilians from the…
Summary
Published
18 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17–18 April, 2017
Incident Code
RS2128
Location
معرة حرمة, Ma’arat Hurma, Idlib, Syria
Ten civilians - a grandmother and her nine grandchildren from the Al Nabo family - died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ma’arat Hurma, according to local media. Up to another 13 civilians were reportedly wounded. Sources added that prior to the "massacre" killing the family, warplanes carried out two other strikes on the outskirts of…
Summary
Published
17 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
9–10
Civilians reported injured
5–13
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 April 2017
Incident Code
CS700
Location
الثورة, Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
Six civilians reportedly died and 11 were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Tabaqa, according to local media. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition bombed areas in the second and third neighborhoods of the town of Tabaqa in the western Rif Al Rigga. No casualties…
Summary
Published
17 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 April 2017
Incident Code
CS702
Location
الموحسن, Al Muhsin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two children were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Muhsin, according to local sources. Step News Agency reported the injury of two children and blamed the Coalition. Other sources also pointed to the Coalition reporting casualties, but didn’t specify the number. The injuries were said to have occurred in the Al Labad area…
Summary
Published
17 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 April 2017
Incident Code
CS704
Location
العبارة, Al 'Abbara, Raqqa, Syria
One man died and dozens of other civilians were reportedly wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of Al 'Abbara, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently were among sources reporting that a Coalition raid struck the village school, killing one man and wounding…
Summary
Published
17 April 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2017
Incident Code
CS697
Location
هنيدة, Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria
Two children died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a school in Hunayda, according to local sources. According to Syrian Mirror, “Field activists said a coalition combat aircraft launched air raids on Hindah town in the western Ar Raqqah countryside, targeting one of the village’s rural schools, killing two children and injuring others.”
Summary
Published
16 April 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2017
Incident Code
CS698
Location
كبش, Kabish, Raqqa, Syria
At least one man died – along with perhaps two families – in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Kabish, according to local sources. One man was named as a victim of a Coalition strike by Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. RFS Media put the death toll at two – also blaming the Coalition. However according…
Summary
Published
16 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 April 2017
Incident Code
CS699
Location
الثورة, Tabaqa, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Alexandria in Tabaqa, according to local sources. Ahmad-Alshibli named two victims – killed by unidentified “warplanes and heavy machine guns”. The victims were additionally named by Q_Alenzy and Step News Agency, which also blamed the Coalition.
Summary
Published
16 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 April 2017
Incident Code
CI640
Location
ريحانة, Rayhana, Al Anbar, Iraq
Two local sources reported that nine civilians were killed and others injured after Coalition airstrikes allegedly hit Rayhana village near Anah, in Anbar province. The exact number of wounded was not determined. Yaqein placed the village 210 km west of Ramadi.
Summary
Published
15 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 April 2017
Incident Code
CS694
Location
مزرعة يعرب, Mazra'at Yarub, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians from the same family died and two others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit homes in the village of Mazra’at Yarub, according to local sources which all blamed the Coalition. According to Smart News, “Five civilians from one family were killed in most likely coalition air strike on a village…
Summary
Published
15 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2120
Location
معرة النعمان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
One adult-male civilian died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat al Numan, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. The Smart News Agency reported "warplanes that are likely to be Russian launched raids on the towns of Ma'arat al-Nu'man, Jisr al-Shughur, Kafr Nabal, Bara, Kafr Safra, and al-Barajithi villages, resulting in injuries."
Summary
Published
15 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 April 2017
Incident Code
CS691
Location
هنيدة, Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria
Local media reported that two civilians died and a third was wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. According to @Newsjorf, the Coalition carried out raids on the grain silos area of Hunaida. Rasd-Sy also mentioned ‘mutual artillery exchanges’ between ISIL and SADF ground forces – though it was unclear whether this specifically refered…
Summary
Published
14 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 April 2017
Incident Code
LC068
Location
درنة الفتايح, Al Fatayah, Darnah, Libya
The LNA reportedly bombed in the Al-Fatayih neighbourhood in Derna near the Faculty of Agriculture, resulting in the death of one six-month-old child. According to Libya Al Khabar, “A child from the eastern Libyan city of Derna died on Friday [April 14th] after falling into a coma after an airstrike close to his family’s home”. Libya…
Summary
Published
14 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
14 April 2017
Incident Code
CS692
Location
مشيرفة, Mushirfa, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians died and eight more were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Mushirfa, according to local media. All sources blamed the Coalition.
Summary
Published
14 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 April 2017
Incident Code
CS693
Location
حمرة غانم, Hamra Ghanem, Raqqa, Syria
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of one civilians "as a result of a raid by international coalition aircraft on the town of Hamra Ghanem”. Local news source Sharaf News also reported a few days later that “Activists from Raqqa said that international coalition aircraft targeted the house of Bashir Yusuf al-Sultan in…
Summary
Published
14 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2116
Location
السخنة, Sokhna, Homs, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were injured in alleged Russia airstrikes on Sokhna, according to two local sources. 2baddiyy tweeted: "The Russian occupation aircraft targeted the city of Sokhna northeast of the city of # Palmyra with several raids causing the destruction of civilian homes and injuring a number of people." Step also reported that an…
Summary
Published
14 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2113
Location
معرة التعمان, Ma’arat Al-Nu’man, Idlib, Syria
One or two civilians died and several others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Ma’arat Al-Nu’man, according to sources on the ground. Step News Agency reported that "two civilians were killed and several wounded as a result of two Russian air raids on residential areas in the town of Ma'ra al-Nu'man in rural Idlib." Other…
Summary
Published
13 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 April 2017
Incident Code
CS685
Location
معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians died and five were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Ma’adan, according to local media. According to Micro Syria, “seven civilians were killed and wounded by a bombardment of warplanes likely belonging to the international coalition”. Al Araby, which also pointed towards the Coalition said that “two civilians were killed and five…
Summary
Published
12 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2112
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al shoughour, Idlib, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were killed and two more wounded in up to 10 Russian strikes on Jisr al shoughour, according to local media. Sources reported the use of phosphorous, napalm, cluster bombs, and rocket-propelled grenades in the attacks. According to Aljazeera, "civilians were killed and others were injured in heavy night raids by…
Summary
Published
12 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CS684
Location
مفرق مدينة الطبقة, Tabaqah Junction, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqa Junction, according to local sources. @Mohab_Naser and other sources reported that he was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a Coalition warplane. But according to Al Raqqa Truth and @Q_Alenezy, a Coalition raid hit the car he was in while he was driving another…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI630
Location
اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that 13 civilians from two families were killed and 17 others injured in Coalition airstrikes on houses in Yarmouk neighbourhood, which had been liberated by Iraqi forces the previous day. Today Egypt News quoted Captain Yazen Abdul-Ilah al-Dubardani of the Iraqi Air Force, saying that “Coalition aircraft launched an air strike on…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI631
Location
حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that nine people from the same family died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their house in Al-Farouk Street, in Farouk neighbourhood in West Mosul, at midnight. Local Facebook page Sawlf Ateka reported that Tarek al-Sanjari, his five sons and two daughters died. Reportedly, a large explosion blew off the roof of…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2108
Location
بزيت, Bezeit village, Jisr al Shoughour countryside, Idlib, Syria
One civilian died and several others were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bezeit village in the Jisr al Shoughour countryside, multiple local sources reported. According to the Step News Agency, "Russian planes launched a phosphorous raid targeting Bezeit in Jisr al Shoughour killing one person and injuring others." Other sources also reported the use…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2110
Location
بداما, Bdama, Idlib, Syria
Between two and six civilians including a child died and up to eight more were wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on the road between Bdama and Hambushiyah in the countryside of Idlib, according to local media. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "a child and a man were killed and eight others were injured…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
3–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CS681
Location
الرقة, Al Idkar, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and seven others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Idkhar at Raqqa according to Alaraby, Sadasham and the Smart News Agency. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Coalition carried out strikes in Raqqa on “the former Political Security building” used as a headquarters by ISIL. It…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2096
Location
تل_الدهب, Tal Al Dahab, Idlib, Syria
Two members of the civil defence were reported wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on Tal Al Dahab. The Smart News Agency reported: "The media official of the civil defence in the Jisr Al-Shughour district, Duraid Haj Hammoud, told the Smart's correspondent that the raid targeted the village of Tal Dahab, wounding a civil defence member…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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