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Incident Date
15 August 2016
Incident Code
CS294
Location
خلوف الضعيف, Khalouf al Daeef, Al Hassakah, Syria
One adult civilian male named as Naji Ismail al Khalouf was reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike at the village of Khalouf al Daeef in Hassakah. A woman and child were also said to have been ‘seriously’ injured. According to the Syrian Observatory, “aircraft believed to be from the international Coalition carried out several…
Summary
Published
15 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
13 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1151
Location
معراته, Maratah, Idlib, Syria
A child and a woman were reportedly killed and up to 10 more civilians injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maratah, local media said. According to LCCSY, “Russian warplanes raided the El Shaheed Farooq school for basic education in the town of Maratah in the south-west countryside of Gabal al-Zawiah. Idlib. The raid led…
Summary
Published
13 August 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1136
Location
كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and six civilians were killed and at least an additional six civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on August 12th, which reportedly struck a vegetable market in Kafr Naha town in the Western part of Aleppo governorate. Despite the numbers of civilian casualties reported, only one adult male was named by the…
Summary
Published
12 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1132
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Seven named civilians died and up to 50 more were wounded in multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on Raqqa, according to local media. According to @lebanon4_com, 30 civilians died in the Russian strikes, though the Violations Documentation Center put the number at seven. @DoumaRevolution added that 50 more civilians were wounded in 12 raids.
Summary
Published
12 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–30
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 August 2016
Incident Code
LC039a
Location
بالقرب مدرسة خليج التحدي, Vicinity of Gulf Challenge School, Surt, Libya
Various sources reported the death of Mohammed al-Qadhafi as a result of a US airstrike on his family home in Sirte. Tek burns everything said on Facebook: "Mohammed al-Qadhafi, from Farajan of the family of Alwasa name of his mother, Haniyeh Faraj, lives in outside the planned district next to the Gulf Challenge School. Today,…
Summary
Published
12 August 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
11 August 2016
Incident Codes
CS292 RS1127
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
In a major civilian casualty event, between 13 and 30 civilians were killed and up to 70 more injured from airstrikes from either a Russian or a Coalition strike on al Idkhar neighbourhood in Raqqa City. Both belligerents report bombing in the area. Raqaa is Being Slaughtered initially reported on the morning of August 11th:…
Summary
Published
11 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
13–30
Civilians reported injured
13–70
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1117
Location
تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was killed by warplane rockets, according to Halab Today and VDS-SY. A further two civilians were also injured in the attack, according to the Smart News Agency. Sources attributed the attack to Russian warplanes, and reported that fires broke out in civilian homes. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
9 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1113
Location
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Russian warplanes bombed the city of Al Bab in eastern Aleppo and while casualties were reported, according to local media. However, reports didn’t provide specific casualty figures. There were no estimates of the number. Both @SRG_Syria and LCCSY blamed Russia – though the majority of sources referred only to “warplanes”.
Summary
Published
8 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1107
Location
مديرة, Madira, Damascus, Syria
An entire family was killed in an alleged "rocket attack" in the town of Madira in an aerial bombardment according to local media. Sources reported that cluster bombs and rockets were used in the airstrike. All sources reported that Russian aircraft was to blame for this incident. These included Al Jazeera, Jisrtv, Halab Today and…
Summary
Published
5 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–9
Civilians reported injured
36
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1101
Location
كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians died, including a woman and two children, in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Naha. According to Ara News, the warplanes launched strikes on the neighbourhood, “in an attempt to prevent the arrival of a new military Maazrat Army conquest of the region”. LCCSY reported that rockets were fired over the…
Summary
Published
4 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 August 2016
Incident Code
CI274
Location
بعويزة, Mosul, Baweiza, Nineveh, Iraq
An alleged Coalition airstrike in the Baoizh area of Mosul (or Bo’weza) reportedly killed a female child and injured four other civilians. According to NRN News, a Coalition strike killed a number of Daesh militants but also killed a number of civilians, including a little girl who died under the rubble.
Summary
Published
4 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1095
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
Alleged Russian shelling killed two civilians in Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, according to sources on the ground. According to Baladi News, a rocket was reportedly seen in the vicinity. Further to this, Smart News said that it was specifically a missile strike which killed two civilians and wounded six others. A number of sources didn’t identify…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
CS288
Location
الراطونية, Al Ratouniya, Aleppo, Syria
A reported Coalition strike in the Jazeera roundabout area of al Ratouniya village was said to have killed a 27-year old local named as Ziab the son of Obeid al Ziab. According to the Manbij Documentation Agency the body was recovered three days later: “The young man Ziab the son of Obeid al Ziab from…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1098
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that six civilians including two children died and up to 30 more non-combatants were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Atareb, which reportedly struck an aid convoy and several nearby camps for displaced people. On August 3rd 2016, Syrian News Desk reported that “Six civilians killed most of them are truck…
Summary
Published
3 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
5–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
USYEM269
Location
مديرية الوضيع، أبين, Al-Wadiah District, Abyan, Yemen
At least three children were killed and their parents were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a family home in the village of Al-Shemil in the district of Al-Wadiah, Yemen on August 2, 2016. Spanish news agency EFE reported that "at least three children died and their parents were wounded in an air strike on…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
LC037
Location
السيدة خديجة, Sayeda Khadija, Darnah, Libya
Two civilians were injured when the LNA bombed an ammunition depot in Derna, according to local sources. Ean Libya reported that two civilians were wounded – and two houses destroyed – in airstrikes in Derna. Almmlka reported that the LNA targeted weapons caches and that the attack also injured civilians. It named the injured as…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
2 August 2016
Incident Code
RS1088
Location
بداما, Bdama, Idlib, Syria
One person died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bdama, according to local media. Photographic evidence from the Syrian Civil Defence showed the examination of what appears to be a Russian ballistic missile, containing cluster bombs.The director of the Civil Defence in Bdama reported that “the Russian barges struck Alchgrh village with a ballistic missile,…
Summary
Published
2 August 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 July 2016
Incident Code
CI270
Location
كلية العلوم الاسلامية, Mosul, Faculty of Islamic Sciences at the University of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
According to multiple reports, alleged night time or dawn Coalition strikes on homes in the vicinity of the Technical Institute and the Faculty of Islamic Sciences at the University of Mosul resulted in nearly 20 civilian fatalities. NRN said many civilian casualties from the brutal strikes came when fragments of the destroyed buildings struck nearby bystanders…
Summary
Published
31 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–19
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1078
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
Five civilians died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maarat al Numan, according to local sources. Syrian Press Center, Smart News Agency, Zakaria Nassani, Eldorar, Iraqsunahnews, RFS, EMC and LCCSY all blamed Russia. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
30 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1070
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
In a major casualty event, up to 25 civilians including as many as 16 children died and dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Atarib in Aleppo according to local media. Many sources – who published extremely graphic mages of victims – didn’t identify the warplanes responsible, however, a large number pointed…
Summary
Published
29 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
17–25
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1074
Location
بداما, Bdama, Idlib, Syria
Step News Agency, Jisrtv and Syriapost1 reported that one person died and five were wounded after a rocket was fired from a Russian warship toward Bdama, Idlib. According to the Shaam News Network, “Russian warships targeted at night the town of Bdama in the countryside Western Jisr al shoughour in the Idlib countryside with a…
Summary
Published
29 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 July 2016
Incident Code
CS286
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
Five or more civilians including three women were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike in the al Rabita street area of Manbij town, scene of fierce ground clashes between ISIL occupiers and assaulting SDF forces. According to al Tokhar al Kabil, “members of the Karissli family have been martyred. They are Firyal Karissli and…
Summary
Published
28 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1062
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that an unidentified child died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Anadan. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
27 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1060
Location
حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hayan, according to local sources. Alaraby and LCCSY blamed Russia, however, most sources referred only to “warplanes”. Halab Today named one victim, but did not apportion blame.
Summary
Published
26 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 July 2016
Incident Code
CS283
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians was reported killed and injured, after Coalition aircraft allegedly struck a four storey building. According to Manbij Direct “Today the house of, Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Naimi was bombed. It is on al Bizar road near Omar Hajjo school, the former HQ for the al Karama battalion. A remarkable thing happened according…
Summary
Published
26 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1061
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that one child was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Adadan, July 26th 2016. Thiqa News Agency released footage showing the use of cluster bombs in the raid. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the airstrikes. According to Anadan Media "Civil defense forces try to rescue the wounded due to Russian…
Summary
Published
26 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 July 2016
Incident Code
CS284
Location
جقل, Al Jaql (Al-Kabirah), Aleppo, Syria
A child was killed and two or more civilians injured in an alleged Coalition strike on the village of al Jafil (or less likely al Hakal.) According to Shaam News “One child was martyred and others wounded when the same planes [as the previous event] bombed the village of al Hakal in the western countryside…
Summary
Published
26 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 July 2016
Incident Code
CS281
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
One or more civilian was killed and two injured in an alleged Coalition strike on the al Sarib neighbourhood of Manbij. Local blogger Hathifa al Yaman Abu al Majd reported: “Saif the son of Moussa al Hamdoush died due to being hit by shrapnel from raids that targeted al Sarib neighbourhood with ten missiles, targeting…
Summary
Published
24 July 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
CS279
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
One adult civilian male was reported killed in a fresh Coalition strike on the besieged city. According to Manbij Direct, “Mohammad bin Ahmad Khaled al Othman died in coalition raids a few hours ago inside the city of Manbij. He is a civilian who doesn’t belong to any faction. Today the city of manbij has…
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1034
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed and nine more were injured in an airstrike by alleged Russian warplanes on Jisr al Shoughour, according to local media. Jisrtv reported that the attack occurred between 1.00 and 1.06. All reports claimed to sight Russian warplanes, who reportedly carried out cluster missile attacks on Jisr al Shoughour. According to Smart…
Summary
Published
22 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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