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Incident Date
23 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1328
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
Four or five civilians were killed in alleged Russian raids on the Kafr Hamra neighborhood of Aleppo. Four civilians were named by HNN, including two children and a woman. The first three civilians were also mentioned by name by @NewsFlashAleppo. Microsyria said that attacks by Russian planes “martyred three civilians from one family.” @HalabTodayTV, tweeting…
Summary
Published
23 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 September 2016
Incident Code
LQ034a
Location
بنغازي, Benghazi: Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
A UAE reportedly targeted a residential area in Benghazi. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "Al-Saraya Media Center: a foreign aircraft without a pilot targeted a house inhabited by a family in Ganfouda in Benghazi." Nosa posted on Twitter that "so far four air raids have been launched by the UAE UAV on Ganfouda and the Chinese…
Summary
Published
23 September 2016
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
23 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1318
Location
حي المرجة, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that five or six civilians from the same family were killed by Russian warplanes in al Marja, Aleppo. Halab News reported identified four fatalities by name and added that an unidentified baby also was among the casualties. Multiple sources claimed that the dead were from the same family, including @ShahbaPress, @shbabRevolution, @ALAMAWI, @HNMNEWS,…
Summary
Published
23 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1321
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
According to local sources, one woman was killed in Russian raids on the Bustan al Qasr neighbourhood of Aleppo. HNN’s list of martyrs included, “an unidentified woman, following Russian aggression raids on Bustan al Qasr neighbourhood, civilian.” @RadioAlKul tweeted, “an apartment building in the neighbourhood of Bustan al Qasr was destroyed by Russian air raids…
Summary
Published
23 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1322
Location
الأنصاري, Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A Russian aircraft struck a White Helmets building in Aleppo’s al Ansari neighbourhood, killing eight people, according to local sources. The strike reportedly occurred in conjunction with other strikes on White Helmets buildings in Alhaidariya and Hanano, Alsouria News said. The White Helmets posted a YouTube video showing the extent of the destruction. A large…
Summary
Published
23 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1297
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A young girl named Qamar was killed by alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes in the al Ferdos neighborhood of Aleppo, according to local media. Sources also reported further civilians trapped under the rubble. Qasioun and Halab news blamed Russia, but most others were silent on the identity of those responsible. @Shahed_alep tweeted, “warplanes aimed…
Summary
Published
21 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2016
Incident Code
LC042
Location
مشروع نينا الزّراعي, Ninah Agricultural Project, Al Jufrah, Libya
Seven civilians were reportedly killed in an airstrike in the vicinity of Ninah Agricultural Project near Sokna. Multiple outlets including the Libyan Observer reported seven dead and at least four wounded. Alsdaa Alibya listed six women and one child among the victims, naming them in a Facebook post. The sources claim that the strike came…
Summary
Published
20 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
3–20
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
20 September 2016
Incident Code
CI290
Location
الدواسة والحدباء والنبي شيت والجوسق وكراج الشمال, Mosul, Hadba and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
Up to seven civilians were reported killed and 47 injured after the Coalition allegedly carried out dawn airstrikes on Mosul. According to Yaqein, areas targeted included Ghazlani and Nabi Sheet. Citing a local source it said locals were quick to evacuate the injured to nearby hospitals and the dead bodies to the morgue. Mosul Eye…
Summary
Published
20 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
47
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1284
Location
جنات السلامة, Janat al Salama, Aleppo, Syria
Russian warplanes struck the village of Janat al Salama in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, killing four civilians, including two women, from the same family, local sources reported. Most sources used similar language to Shahed-ayan, which stated “warplanes targeted the town of Janat al Salama near the Dayr Hafir, causing the martyrdom of four people,…
Summary
Published
19 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 September 2016
Incident Code
CS316
Location
الثورة, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria
A reported drone strike at al Tabaqa “led to the martyrdom of Ibrahim Mahmoud al Said and the injury of a woman and two children,” according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered. ISIL claimed the drone was American. VDC also named the victim, though said the aircraft as ‘unidentified’. The Syrian Network reported that “Fixed-wing international…
Summary
Published
17 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1282
Location
الصالحية, Al Salhiye, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between three and four civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the road outside al Salhiye, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. Step News Agency – who put the death toll at one – stated that “Russian military warplanes launched several raids.” Other outlets, such as @DeirElzor24 and @so_ria98, did not name the responsible party,…
Summary
Published
17 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 September 2016
Incident Code
CI285
Location
تلول الباج, Telul al-Baj, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources claimed the Coalition targeted civilian homes at Telul Al Baj, to the south of Mosul, which resulted in several deaths and injuries including among women and children. Yaqein said several raids hit the town which killed and injured two or more civilians. And the Iraqi Spring Media Centre reported that The coalition air…
Summary
Published
16 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 September 2016
Incident Code
LC041
Location
الجغبوب, Jaghbub, Al Butnan, Libya
In an incident dated no later than September 16th, Alwasat reported that three young men from Al-Bayda were killed in an Egyptian airstrike after crossing the border coming from a fishing trip near Jaghbub. The journal named the victims as Mu’taz Salem Ali Bhohelasiya, 19 years old, Hussam al-Gilani, 27 years old, and Salem Hussein…
Summary
Published
16 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
16 September 2016
Incident Code
CI288
Location
عكاشات, Akashat or Saada, Al Anbar, Iraq
An alleged Coalition airstrike in the al Qaim area resulted in the deaths of five civilians including two named children, according to reports. Yaqein placed the incident on the evening of Saturday 17th. Picture of two unnamed boys emerged the same day, whose deaths were blamed on the Coalition. Two other civilians named as were among…
Summary
Published
16 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1275
Location
دير حافر, Dayr Hafir, Aleppo, Syria
Four civilians of whom between two or four were children died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Dayr Hafer, Aleppo, local media reported. Halab News said that the four victims were from the family of Hussein al Allawi al Kiyari. According to LCCSY, “warplanes, believed to be Russian, launched several airstrikes on Abu Souseh village, which…
Summary
Published
16 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1273
Location
Tabara Kalash, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and nine civilians including two children and one man died and more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tabara Kalash village, according to local media. LCCSY “documented the deaths of nine people in Aleppo killed in a Russian air raid using cluster bombs on the village of Tabara Kalah and in…
Summary
Published
15 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–9
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 September 2016
Incident Code
CS311
Location
الصالحية, Al Salhiya [exact location], Deir Ezzor, Syria
Heavy airstrikes were reported, with Step News noting that “Coalition planes bombed al Salhiya near al Bukamal, targeting a bridge that links the area of al Duweir with other areas of Deir Ezzor. They also targeted al Ashayer village east of Deir Ezzor.” No mention was made of casualties. Beloved Al Salhiya also posted a…
Summary
Published
14 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 September 2016
Incident Code
CS312
Location
معيزيلة, M’eizileh, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between two and four civilians including a child died when a water tanker was struck in Coalition strikes at M’eizileh, according to multiple reports. VDC named two of the victims who it said died as a result of warplane shelling by international forces. The reported fatalities may have been confused with reports at nearby al…
Summary
Published
14 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 September 2016
Incident Code
CS310
Location
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
Three civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a civilian vehicle near Shadadah. According to the Syrian Observatory, “A man and a woman [were] killed by coalition airstrikes in Shadadi countryside.” Al Jisr TV reported “martrys and wounded following the targeting by Coalition planes of a car carrying them south of the…
Summary
Published
13 September 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1270
Location
Al Sakhina, Homs, Syria
Six civilians including women and children died in an alleged Russia airstrike on a refugee camp in the al Sakhuna area, south of Palymyra, local media reported. According to the Step News Agency, “Russia’s military aircraft committed a new massacre against people in a camp for the displaced from the towns of Palmyra and al…
Summary
Published
13 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 September 2016
Incident Code
CS309
Location
الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria
In a previously unknown civilian casualty incident, CENTCOM reported on September 13th that civilians may have been killed or injured after a non-ISIL vehicle strayed into a strike kill box. “On Sep. 12, near Ash Shaddadah, Syria, during a strike against an ISIL target, what appeared to be a non-military vehicle drove into the target…
Summary
Published
12 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1263
Location
Umm Jeene, Aleppo, Syria
According to Qasioun, “three civilians were killed and others wounded due to Russian warplanes shelling in both Um Jeene and Al-Hootah villages in the western countryside of Aleppo.” The Step News Agency also put the death toll at three and blamed Russia.
Summary
Published
11 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1264
Location
الحامدية, Al Hamdiya, Idlib, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Hamdiya village, sources on the ground reported. According to Shahba, “Many civilians were wounded due to Russian warplanes shelling in Al-Hamediya village in southern Idlib”. Step News added that “Russian planes targeted the edges of al Hamdiya village south of Maarat al…
Summary
Published
11 September 2016
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
CS307
Location
المزيونة, Mazyoneh, Aleppo, Syria
The VDC listed a 33 year old civilian male as a victim of alleged coalition warplane shelling. His name was given as Taha al Afara. According to Manbij Mother of all the World, Tahal al Afara was killed and “his two brothers Khalaf and Hassan wounded in a coalition strike on his brother’s home in…
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1257
Location
كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and seven civilians including three children and a woman died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Naha, according to local media. The source Shahed-ayan reported that there had been five raids on the town. The minimum death count of four civilians – three children and a woman – was given by Alamawi and…
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1260
Location
حي المرجة, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between two and fifteen civilians including one woman died and 43 more were reportedly wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on Marja, according to local media. Alamawi, Jisrtv, LCCSY all blamed Russia. In a video published by Piepers Umran (see below), a man says that Russian planes “targeted civilians as there are no militants in…
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–15
Civilians reported injured
43
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1252
Location
عين دارة, Ainjara, Aleppo, Syria
One woman died and several more civilians were injured in alleged Russia airstrikes on Anjara town in western Aleppo, sources on the ground reported. According to Ahmadhamaher, “Russian warplanes targeted Anjara in the western countryside of Aleppo with two raids and missiles. LCCSY added that a woman died and other civilians were wounded in Russian…
Summary
Published
10 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1248
Location
بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria
A female child was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike which struck Fatima Al-Zahra’a Mosque in Binnish, Idlib, 9th September 2016, according to sources on the ground. Most sources blamed Russian warplanes fort he alleged raid, but others do not name a belligerent at all. According to sources such as SN4HR, 6-7 civilians were injured…
Summary
Published
9 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1249
Location
كفر ناها, Shamico, near Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
Up to two civilians died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on a mosque in Shamico near Kafr Naha, according to local media. Sources reported that cluster bombs were used in the attack and that civilian homes were destroyed. The majority of sources referred only to “warplanes”, though Smart and Syria…
Summary
Published
9 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2016
Incident Code
RS1247
Location
التح, al Tah, Idlib, Syria
One child died and six or seven other civilians were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bennesh in Idlib, according to local media. Sources reported that the strike hit Fatima Al-Zahra mosque. The Shaam News Network reported that the mosque was destroyed in the attack – while reports put the number on non-combatants wounded…
Summary
Published
9 September 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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