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Incident Date
17 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0162
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Russian vacuum missiles allegedly targeted a key bakery in Al Atarib, taking it completely out of service. Reports said the bakery served more than 100,000 people (apparently confirmed by activists). There were no reports of casualties, but the Syrian Network for Human Rights said the bakery was the “greatest in the western region of Aleppo suburbs“,…
Summary
Published
17 November 2015
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0151
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
News media reported that three or four children were killed – and more than 20 injured in Russian warplanes allegedly struck the Abu Alaa Al Ma’ari Elementary School for Boys in Ma’art Al-Nu’man. One video appears to show Russian aircraft over the city that day. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the warplanes…
Summary
Published
15 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0152
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria
Five non-combatants – including a woman and child – were reported killed and more than five people injured in an alleged Russian airstrike targeting the town of Khan Shaikhoun. The Shaam News Network said three civilians were killed in the raid, while the Union of Hamas rebels reported that four people died. The VDC put…
Summary
Published
15 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0153
Location
التمانعة, At Tamani'ah, Idlib, Syria
One woman was killed, and two men travelling with her badly injured when alleged Russian warplanes struck a car carrying displaced people on the road leading to Al Tamaanah in Idlib governorate. One of the men may later have died. Smart News has published an interview with an eyewitness: “At 09:30 this morning exactly an…
Summary
Published
15 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
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
15 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0150
Location
الميسر, Myassar, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians were killed – an uncle and nephew – and two or more people injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Myassar neighbourhood of Aleppo. Local media activist Hassan al Ahmad posted an image of the dead boy with the comment: “This is how Syria’s children are being killed as if their blood is…
Summary
Published
15 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0148
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
According to the Violations Documentation Center and The Syrian Network for Human Rights, five or six civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in Kafr Hamra. SN4HR reported that Russian warplanes shelled the neighbourhood of Jamye’at Al Sabbath. Additionally, they stated that a tailoring factory belonging to the Syrian Organization of Human Care and…
Summary
Published
14 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0142
Location
كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
One civilian man was reported killed when Russian warplanes allegedly launched several airstrikes using vacuum missiles. The Union of Hama Rebels later claimed there were 15 Russian raids on the town that morning.
Summary
Published
12 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0143
Location
بينين, Benin, Idlib, Syria
Up to four non-combatants, including two children, were killed and 10 injured in alleged Russian nighttime airstrikes on Benin. The Syrian Network for Human Rights stated that phosphorous weapons may have been used in two strikes, which burned 500m of agricultural land. Additional strikes then targeted an olive pressing facility and a bakery in Bayneen.…
Summary
Published
12 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 November 2015
Incident Code
CS143
Location
البوثة, Bootha, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to nine civilians from two families were killed in an alleged Coalition dawn strike at the small village of al Bootha – near to the Tishreen oilfield, and close to the scene of fierce clashes between Kurdish ground forces and Daesh. The Union of Hassakah Youth initially attributed the attack to the Forces for…
Summary
Published
10 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0138
Location
كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center reported one male child has a following an alleged strike by Russian warplanes. Local reporters and activists also reported that Russia had attacked the town.
Summary
Published
10 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0141
Location
حي الحلوانية, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that one 13-year-old child was killed – and five other non-combatants injured – when Russian warplanes allegedly launched rockets on the Tareeq Al Bab neighbourhood in Aleppo. According to the Network, relief warehouses for the Muslim Youth Commission were destroyed in the raid. The Aleppo Media Centre reported…
Summary
Published
10 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0131
Location
أم صحريج, Umm Sahrij, Hama, Syria
One female non-combatant was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on a mosque in Umm Sahrij, according to the Coordination of Syrian Revolution in Eastern Hama, and The Union of Hama Revolutionaries [links presently disabled.] All4Syria also reported that “The village of Umm Sahreej in the eastern Hama countryside suffered a Russian airstrike which…
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0133
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
According to multiple sources, at least ten non-combatants died, and 30 were injured by alleged Russian warplanes struck the popular market in the centre of Ma’arat Al Numan. The Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the regime for the alleged raids, but a member of The White Helmets, who came to the scene, told SN4HR Russian…
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0132
Location
البوابية, Bawabiyah, Aleppo, Syria
According to multiple sources, one man was killed and at least five non-combatants were injured by alleged Russian warplanes targeted the village of Buwaybiyah in southern Aleppo countryside.
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
CI136
Location
القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq
Locals claimed that up to 13 civilians were killed – including six children – and another five injured after the Coalition allegedly bombed a residential neighborhood in Qayyarah in Mosul. DPA also said four Daesh fighters were killed in the attack, which "destroyed about 18 tankers loaded with oil in an attack on an ISIL-occupied…
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
11–13
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0134
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
According to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least one civilian was killed and 10 injured, in dozens of alleged airstrikes by Russian warplanes. The Observatory said it expected the death toll to rise, as some people were left in a critical condition. A victim was later named by the VDC. The Syrian Network…
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0135
Location
الصوانة, Al Sawana, Homs, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that three civilians, including two children, were killed in an alleged raid by Russian warplanes. According to the Network, the non-combatants were targeted as they were leaving the town of Maheen in Homs, leading to some reporting confusion with the following incident. The SNHR released the three victim…
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0136
Location
مهين, Mahin, Homs, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center reported the death of four non-combatants, including three children, following alleged shelling by Russian warplanes, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that three civilians including two children died in the strike. VDC has published the four victims by names.
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 November 2015
Incident Code
LQ017
Location
بنغازي, Nairouz family resort, Benghazi, Libya
LNA strikes reportedly targeted alleged terrorists in Benghazi in the Sabri, and fish market areas and at Marissa port. Al Arabiya accompanied a helicopter that took part in the raids with a camera. According to Rihab, “the Libyan air force on Sunday evening [Nov 8th] bombed sites belonging to the organisation of ISIS in the…
Summary
Published
8 November 2015
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0119
Location
القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
An adult male civilian Abd al-Kareem al-Alawi (also known as Abo Moseab) was named as killed after an alleged strike on Qaryatain by Russian warplanes. According to Radio Al Kul, Mr al-Alawi was one of two civilians who died: “The two martyrs are displaced from the neighbouring town of Maheen.“
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0121
Location
البوكمال, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that 71 civilians including nine or more children killed – and more than 100 people injured – when alleged Russian warplanes launched two airstrikes on the market in Al Bukamal. It added that more than 20 shops were destroyed and that a mosque, park and school were damaged…
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
48–71
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0116
Location
حي المشهد, Al Mashad (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Alleged Russian airstrikes reportedly killed at least three non-combatants and injured at least ten in the neighbourhood of Al Mashhad, according to the White Helmets. The group said they recovered three bodies from the rubble and rescued ten people, transferring them to nearby field hospitals. Local media activist Mansour Hussain told Al Araby al Jadeed…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0115
Location
الأنصاري, Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A vacuum missile, allegedly fired by Russian warplanes killed eleven non-combatants and injured about 20 in the Ansari neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to reports. Several homes have destroyed. Four of those killed were brothers and sisters from one family, who died alongside their father. The raid was one of several in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, including an…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0117
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Up to 34 civilians were reported killed including a woman and a child, and 50 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes, according to multiple sources. Al A’maq [close to Daesh] claimed there were 26 strikes by Russian warplanes which caused 10 deaths, including two women. They claimed that the city’s general hospital was targeted, along with…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
27–34
Civilians reported injured
50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0114
Location
حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Local sources that claimed the death of between six and eight civilians including three children and injury of 12 more in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bustan al Qasr. Several houses were also reportedly destroyed. VDC released the names of 8 people that killed, including three children as result of the strike. Additionally, the Violations Documentation…
Summary
Published
3 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0112
Location
القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria
30 civilians were reported killed and a dozen injured in alleged evening Russian airstrikes on a centre for the distribution of bread in the town of Qaryatain in Homs province. According to Shaam News Network, 16 people died when Russian planes carried out two raids. Activists stressed that the raids targeted a bakery in the…
Summary
Published
2 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Commerce
(
Bakery
)
Civilians reported killed
30
Civilians reported injured
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
Incident Code
RS0105
Location
Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria
The White Helmets and others reported a very intense raid in the early hours of November 1st, allegedly by Russian warplanes, on Hraytan. The Al Haramees area was targetted with four strikes reportedly using vacuum missiles, which led to the death of 45-year old Mohammad Ismail Rustum and the wounding of two others, as well…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0110
Location
أم صحريج, Um Sirij, Hama, Syria
Two to five children and their mother were reported killed and four more people injured along with up to three civilian adults, after an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Umm Sirij. Shaam News cited local civil defence as saying that a home had been razed in the attack, with other houses damaged. And…
Summary
Published
1 November 2015
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0103
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
The White Helmets were among those reporting multiple civilian fatalities after a series of alleged Russian airstrikes on Douma. “Since the morning until now, more than 15 strikes,” the civil defence group posted. Syria Reporter published what it said was an image of two Russian aircraft operating over the city that day. The dead were…
Summary
Published
31 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0094
Location
ابديتا, Ibdita, Idlib, Syria
One civilian man named as Ahmed Murr was reported killed and 10 people injured in an alleged Russian morning airstrike on the village of Ibdita. His two sons were also critically wounded in the attack. In a later news feature, Shaam News reported: “Samer was taken to the hospital in Ma’arat, where his body was…
Summary
Published
30 October 2015
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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