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Incident Date
27 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0199
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Wadi al Ahmar, Homs, Syria
One adult male civilian was reported killed – VDC named the victim – following multiple alleged Russian airstrikes at Al Wadi Al Ahmar, east of Palmyra, according to local monitors. Activists said the historic city’s archaeological campus was badly damaged as a result of one of the raids, and that other strikes hit different parts…
Summary
Published
27 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0201
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians, including one to two children, were reported killed and six injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Azaz, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that three non-combatants, including one child, died when Russian warplanes launched several rockets targeting the road leading to the border crossing point with…
Summary
Published
27 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0200
Location
السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
Six or more civilians were reported killed including up to four women when Russian warplanes allegedly shelled As Sukhna. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, one of the rockets targeted two houses, “which killed six civilians including a child and three women.” The VDC has named the six victims that were killed during…
Summary
Published
27 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–7
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0192
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
On November 26, 2015, five adult male civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the main street of Maarat Al Nu’man in the Idlib governorate of Syria. Orient News interviewed three witnesses to the attack (featured below). “The Russians carried out five raids, killing around six people and injuring many. They were all…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0193
Location
سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
According to Zaitonmag, Russian aircraft carried out a raid on Sarmada on the Turkish border, “targeting a garage of relief trucks which has led to anonymous martyrs and two people slightly injured.“ The Syrian Network also reported the event, saying the attack by warplanes destroyed eight trucks and a water tank and killed one person.…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0191
Location
حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians were reported killed and five injured – including children – in an alleged Russian airstrike on Baghdad Street in Hraytan, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. According to Smart News “Russian warplanes carried out four raids with rockets on the town which left three dead and seven wounded, including a woman,…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
CI147
Location
جامع خالد بن الوليد, Fallujah, near Khalid Bin Al Waleed mosque, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local sources in Fallujah alleged that Coalition aircraft bombed a house with three families inside near Khalid Bin Al Waleed mosque, killing at least 12 and wounding six more – mostly children and women. The reported 11.30pm airstrike caused multiple casualties, with many victims buried under a collapsed building. The Baghdad Centre for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
12–17
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0190
Location
أعزاز, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria
Eight non-combatants including a child were reported killed in alleged Russian warplanes targeted trucks in the town of Azaz. Russian planes launched several rockets on a civilian area, hitting freight trucks 2km from Bab Al Salameh on the Syrian-Turkish border. The Syrian Network said the vehicles specialised in transporting foodstuff to and from the crossing,…
Summary
Published
25 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 November 2015
Incident Code
LQ018
Location
درنة, port, Darnah, Libya
LNA helicopters reportedly targeted a boat loaded with weapons off the coast of Derna belonging to the Shura Council. Alarabiya said that the captain of the boat initially claimed it was carrying humanitarian aid. Sources reported that the strike killed Ansar Al Sharia leader Hamid Alshaari. According to Alshorook, "Ansar al-Sharia, the so-called Shura Council of Mujahideen…
Summary
Published
25 November 2015
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
24 November 2015
Incident Code
LC021
Location
مسلاتة, Msallata, Marqab, Libya
Five civilians died, and up to 16 more were wounded in an airstrike or artillery attack on a checkpoint in Msallata near Khoms, local media reported. According to Reda Issa, “Misurata Central Hospital received the bodies of five martyrs who were killed by the treacherous bombing Tuesday morning at the Maslata gate.” Abdulwahab Mlitan also reported…
Summary
Published
24 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
24 November 2015
Incident Code
CI145
Location
أبو جربوعة, Abu Jarbua, Nineveh, Iraq
According to Iraqi MP Salim Jumah, five civilians from the Shabakian tribe were killed including three children and a woman, after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed their house in Abu Jarbua village in Bashiqa, east of Mosul. Speaking to NRN News, the local Shabak Party MP called for compensation for those killed and naming them. In…
Summary
Published
24 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 November 2015
Incident Code
CS150
Location
العريشة, Al`Arishah, Al Hassakah, Syria
There were reports that two civilians named as Awwad Bandar Al Hamidi and his son (age presently unknown) Mahmoud Awwad Al Hamidi died after their vehicle was targeted by alleged Coalition aircraft on the road to Al Arisheh. Another source said the pair were on their way to the local cattle market when they died.…
Summary
Published
24 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0182
Location
خان السبل, Khan Subul, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including two women and two children, were killed in alleged Russian evening airstrikes that targeted Khan Subul. Step TV later interviewed an eyewitness, an unnamed boy who notes: “A plane hit here and hit our neighbour’s home, so they were martyred. This is where it happened; it was Russian planes.” The…
Summary
Published
21 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0186
Location
حي طريق السد, Tareeq al Sadd, Daraa, Syria
Ten non-combatants, including five women and four children, were killed in an airstrike on the Tareeq al Sadd (Dam Road) neighborhood in Dara’a, according to multiple reports. The Union of Hama Rebels stated that one child, Limar Mirzo al-Teani, was killed in the alleged raid, while Shaam News Network posted a video depicting the dead bodies of a…
Summary
Published
21 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0187
Location
حي القصيلة, Qosaileh, Aleppo, Syria
Between four and six non-combatants, including two or more children, were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qosaileh, according to The White Helmets and the Violations Documentation Center. The Halab News Network posted a video showing the destruction of houses and other buildings, as a team of White Helmets searched for survivors. VDC has…
Summary
Published
21 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0180
Location
العشارة, Ashara, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian girl died “as a result of Russian bombing” at Ashara, according to Deir Ezzor Is Being Slaughtered and others. The Violations Documentation Center named one woman or child as a victim of alleged shelling by Russian warplanes. It lists her as killed in Ashara, Deir Ezzor. Maha had previously been injured in an…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0175
Location
جب القبة, Jib al Qiba (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
According to the Violations Documentation, one adult male civilian (listed as a 25-year-old teacher) was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Jeb el Kibba. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “Alleged Russian warplanes launched a rocket on residential houses on Joub Al Kibba neighbourhood which killed an individual and injured not less…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
CI144
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
In an incident which may relate to incident CI143 – or was unknown to Airwars – the Coalition announced in January 2017 that it was investigating a possible civilian casualty event near Manbij almost 14 months earlier. According to the statement “five reports of civilian casualties received in November are still being assessed… Sept. 20,…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0174
Location
ميدان الغزال, Maydan al Ghazal, Hama, Syria
Up to four civilians were reported killed when missiles were allegedly fired from Russian warships, hitting the village of Maydan Al Ghazal. One eyewitness filmed in the aftermath insists “this was caused by Russian ballistic missiles hitting shepherds and farmers living here. They are not terrorists and they’re not armed.” The Syrian News Desk cited…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0170
Location
كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
Two civilians were killed in an alleged Russian bombing of the town of Kafr Zita, according to multiple sources. Syria News Desk cited local media activist Abdel-Rahman al-Ali was saying that “Russian jets targeted three raids north side of Kafr Zita, killing two people and destroyed four houses.”
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0176
Location
الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria
Up to four children were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Najieh, according to the Violations Documentation Center. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two children died. the Violations Documentation Center (VDC) named two children victims of the strike and another two as unidentified.
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0172
Location
ميادين, Al Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to the Violations Documentation Center one adult male civilian and one woman or girl were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Mayadeen. Local media activist Hussein al Ahmad reported that “One of them targeted Al Quds mosque in the town which led to its destruction.” Photos show a severely damaged building.
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0179
Location
مرعيان, Mareian, Idlib, Syria
Four children were among up to five civilians reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Mareian, according to the Violations Documentation Center and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. The Network stated that two rockets fell on the town and that two houses were completely destroyed. Jisr TV placed the death toll at five,…
Summary
Published
20 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 November 2015
Incident Code
CI143
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
At least ten civilians were reported killed and 13 or more injured, after a Coalition strike at 8.30am which targeted a Daesh IED facility also reportedly hit a next-door dairy factory in Mosul. According to the local Nineveh Reporters’ Network, the attack “killed all elements of the organization [Daesh] who were inside the booby-trapping plant,…
Summary
Published
19 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–13
Civilians reported injured
13–28
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0167
Location
الكركات, Al Karkat, Hama, Syria
The Union of Hamas Rebels reported that one child who was killed – and two or more people injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Karat. The VDC also named the boy, who it said had died “Due to the Russian air forces shelling of Karakat village.” The Syrian News Desk…
Summary
Published
18 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0156
Location
أورم الجوز, Urum Al Joz, Idlib, Syria
According to The Syrian Observatory, Russian warplanes allegedly bombed Orme al Joz killing up to four civilians. While the Observatory reported unspecified casualties, VDC named one adult male fatality. The Syrian News Desk cited local media activist Khaled Al Idilbi as saying “that Russian warplanes targeted with two raids residential sites within the town of…
Summary
Published
17 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0157
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
An alleged Russian midnight raid on Saraqib destroyed a bakery in the town. The Idlib Media Centre complained that “this oven is for baking, it’s not the headquarters of the rebels.” While The Syrian Observatory and Idlib Media Centre reported unspecified casualties, the Syrian News Desk put the toll at one civilian killed, with six…
Summary
Published
17 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0154
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria
The Syrian Observatory reported that four non-combatants were killed and ten people were injured (four seriously) in three alleged Russian airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun. A video filmed in the immediate aftermath shows devastated civilian houses, with at least ten injured adults and children. A second video (below) shows the moment the airstrike hits Khan Sheikhoun.
Summary
Published
17 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0155
Location
قبر الأنكليزي, Kabr al Inglizi, Aleppo, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center reports that one adult male non-combatant was killed in alleged Russian warplane strikes on Qabr al Inglisi. The Free Syrian Army, which also named the victim, said he originally came from Anadan.
Summary
Published
17 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0160
Location
كفر حلب, Kafr Halab, Aleppo, Syria
A seven-year-old boy was reported killed and five of his family members injured, following an alleged Russian airstrike at Kafr Halab or nearby. A second child may also have died. Location reporting for this event remains confused. Chicken sheds were reported destroyed and civilian deaths alleged at Kafr Halab; near Kafr Daryan; and in the…
Summary
Published
17 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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