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Incident Date
26 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1058
Location
Al Sokhna, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, the Shaam News Network, reported that “in the eastern countryside Russian planes launched raids targeting the town of al Sokhna and various positions around it, which led to civilian martyrs and wounded.” There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
26 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1053
Location
ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, LCCSY, reported that “Russian warplanes targeted Deir Hafer, Haritan and Anadan cities and Kafr Hamra and Maarat Arteeq towns in the northern suburbs [of Aleppo] with vacuum and cluster missiles, which led to casualties among civilians.” No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
25 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1040
Location
الهلّك, Halak, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that Russia shelled Hayak with cluster bombs, however, only once source (LCCSY) alleged that there had been a civilian casualty. It said that one civilian had died. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1032
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A 10 year-old child named Jamil Mustafa was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Aleppo’s Al Ferdos neighbourhood, according to LCCSY. Despite this claim, a pro-regime Twitter page reported that “Syrian warplanes targeted armed groups in Ferdos and Kallaseh neighbourhoods and injured some armed members.” Step News reported sighting helicopters which threw explosive barrels…
Summary
Published
22 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1033
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
A single source, LCCSY, said that there were: “#Hama martyrs and wounded reported due to targeting the township of #Aqrabiyat and the village of #Soha in the eastern suburbs with 5 Russian airstrikes.” However, further research indicated that there were no civilian casualties in Akeirbat, but up to seven in Soha on July 22nd (see…
Summary
Published
22 July 2016
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 July 2016
Incident Code
CS275
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
A report on August 5th 2016 by local blogger Hathifa al Yaman Abu al Majd claimed that approximately 15 civilians had died in a Coalition strike two weeks earlier, with their bodies still buried under rubble. “American Alliance planes – around 15 days ago – committed a massacre against three families opposite al Fatah mosque near…
Summary
Published
20 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS271
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
A single source reported the deaths of three named young children and the injuring of five more family members, in a fresh alleged Coalition casualty event at Manbij. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as "non-credible",…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 July 2016
Incident Code
TI005
Location
الفاضلية, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
A local MP complained that a number of civilians had been killed and injured in fresh Turkish shelling of Fadhiliya village. Salim Juma told NRN News that artillery strikes from a nearby Turkish base at Bashiqa “killed and injured a number of civilians, including women and children.” The MP called on the regional Kurdish government…
Summary
Published
17 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1019
Location
الخالدية, Khalidiya, Aleppo, Syria
According to a single source, LCCSY, two civilians died in three alleged Russian strikes in Aleppo’s Al Khalidiya neighbourhood. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
17 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1012
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
According to LCCSY, “two martyrs, including a child, and several wounded were reported due to Russian airstrikes on Anadan city”. The Shaam News Network reported that Russia carried out raids on ” Anadan, Hraytan, Kafr Hamra, Mallah, Hayyan and Baleirmoon” but made no mention of civilian casualties.
Summary
Published
16 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 July 2016
Incident Code
CS264
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
According to a single source, four civilians from one family were killed and 13 additional civilians injured following a Coalition airstrike. The Syria News Desk reported that “Coalition aircraft launched more than a dozen raids on Manbej, affected some national hospital west of the city perimeter, four of which targeted residential sites in the middle…
Summary
Published
15 July 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 July 2016
Incident Code
RS0996
Location
زارع, Zara, Hama, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians died in an airstrike on a power station in Zara, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Ara News reported that “Russian warplane shelling with missiles and cluster bombs in Al-Zara and Harbnafsa killed a number of…
Summary
Published
12 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 July 2016
Incident Code
RS0997
Location
قبر الأنكليزي, Kabr al Inglizi, Aleppo, Syria
A man named was killed in an an alleged Russian airstrike on Qabr Inglisi, according to local media. LCCSY and Smart News blamed Russia. Smart News reported the death of two people in this raid, but the other has victim has not been identified. There is no other information on this raid.
Summary
Published
12 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 July 2016
Incident Code
RS0986
Location
Castello Road, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, LCCSY, reported that “Russian warplanes launched heavy airstrikes on the outskirts of Castillo Road which led to the martyrdom of four civilians we they were attempting to get out of the city.” According to LCCSY this falls in the same context as the airstrikes on “Kafarnaha and Bashantra towns in the Western…
Summary
Published
10 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 July 2016
Incident Code
CS248
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
The Islamic State-controlled media agency Al A’Amaq reported that a woman was killed and her young daughter injured in a Coalition drone strike on central Manbij. No other sources are presently known. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in…
Summary
Published
6 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 June 2016
Incident Code
CI256
Location
الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
One local source, Mosul Eye, reported that eight civilian detainees of Daesh were killed after the coalition allegedly targeted a Daesh convoy which was transferring the prisoners to court. Mosul Eye reported: The source explained to Mousliyn, that elements of the organisation brought a group of prisoners by bus for their ‘trial, but international Coalition…
Summary
Published
25 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 June 2016
Incident Code
RS0912
Location
ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, Shaam News Network, reported civilians killed and wounded following alleged Russian airstrikes on various locations in Aleppo. The report stated, “In the stricken city of Aleppo Russian aircraft and Assad’s helicopters have carried out raids on the neighborhoods of al Maysar, Bani Zeid, Altarab, Bab al-Nairab, Alsakhur, Hanano residences, Al Hawooz roundabout,…
Summary
Published
16 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 June 2016
Incident Code
CI255
Location
تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq
One local source, Iraqi Revolution, said six civilians including four children were killed after the Coalition allegedly targeted the Aleiadiayah region north of Tel-Afar west of Mosul. No further details are currently available. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm…
Summary
Published
16 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 June 2016
Incident Code
RS0903
Location
Various locations in Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, the Shaam News Network, reported that “Russian planes launched raids on the villages of Zeitan, al Zirba, Al Karassi, Khan Tuman, Al I’ss, Jib Kass and Aleppo – Damascus road – leading the fall of civilian martyrs and wounded.” No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
14 June 2016
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 June 2016
Incident Code
CI248
Location
سومر و العربي والزهور ودنه دان, Mosul, East neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq
A local source said 20 civilians were killed or injured along with three Daesh fighters after Coalition jets allegedly targeted four neighbourhoods in central Mosul. A single source, Yaqein, said the strikes took place in the evening. Among those targeted was a Daesh ’emir’ from Morocco, whose white Hyundai was destroyed. But civilian casualties were…
Summary
Published
7 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–20
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 June 2016
Incident Code
RS0864
Location
ذيبان, Ziban, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On June 8th, a single source, Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently, reported that a civilian died from wounds sustained in an alleged Russian strike a few days previously. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
6 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 June 2016
Incident Code
RS0862
Location
الموحسن, Muhassan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Shaam News Network reported that several civilians had been killed and wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Mohassan in Deir ez-Zor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that “warplanes” had carried out raids in the area, but neither identified them nor provided casualty figures.
Summary
Published
5 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 June 2016
Incident Code
CS224b
Location
western Raqqa countryside, Raqqa, Syria
A single source, Al Araby al Jaddid , reported that "Coalition aircraft launched air raids on the area of Abu Qubea in the western Raqqa countryside, killing two civilians and wounding ten others". No further details are currently available. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they…
Summary
Published
5 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 June 2016
Incident Code
CS224
Location
صوران, Sawran, Aleppo, Syria
Three named civilians includng a woman and her daughter were killed in a reported Coalition airstrike at Sawran. According to the Syria Network: “Fixed-wing international coalition forces used heavy machine guns to target a civilian car on the road between Souran town and Ihtemlat town which resulted in the killing of three individuals including a…
Summary
Published
3 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 June 2016
Incident Code
LC031
Location
بنغازي, Al Qawarishah, Benghazi, Libya
An LNA MiG-21 carried out a series of airstrikes in Al-Shajar Street and hit one target near the Gwaresh buildings according to its social media. A single Twitter source added that LNA forces had hit a civilian house with barrel bombs, claiming that “Haftar Air targets more civilian houses with explosive barrels.” There were no…
Summary
Published
2 June 2016
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
1 June 2016
Incident Code
CS222
Location
السكاوية, Al Sakkawya, Aleppo, Syria
One adult civilian male named as Saif Al Din Mohammad Al Sheikh was reported killed by a single source. According to the Syrian Network, “Fixed-wing international coalition forces warplanes fired a missile that targeted residential houses in Al Sakkawya village, affiliated to Manbej city in the eastern suburbs of Aleppo, which resulted in the killing…
Summary
Published
1 June 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
31 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0827
Location
السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
A single source, LCCSY, reported that nine civilians were killed in Homs – “most of them in Russian airstrikes on Sukhnah city”. No further details are presently known.
Summary
Published
31 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0823
Location
منظومة شام الإسعافية, Sham Aiding system Idlib, Idlib, Syria
A single source, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, reported that “alleged Russian fixed-wing warplanes targeted the Sham Aiding system in Idlib city. As a result one civilian was killed and four vehicles belonging to Sham aiding system were damaged in addition to damages to the nearby buildings.” AH Relief – which published pictures of…
Summary
Published
30 May 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 May 2016
Incident Code
CS219
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A single source – the Local Coordination Committees for Syria – reported that “four civilians were killed in Raqqa city, during airstrikes by international coalition warplanes.” The Coalition has confirmed carrying out strikes on the city that day. But the Syrian Observatory noted: “[Unspecified] Warplanes targeted al-Raqqa city and its outskirts, no reports of losses.”…
Summary
Published
28 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 May 2016
Incident Code
RS0813
Location
كلجبرين, Kaljibrin, Aleppo, Syria
A single source, Halab Today TV, reported that one child was killed and two other civilians were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kaljabrin. At 0’21” in the footage an eyewitness, Ayman Al Hindawi says: “On Thursday May 26th, we woke up to noises of clashes in the village which were taking place between…
Summary
Published
27 May 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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