In September 2015 Russian military forces intervened in Syria initially as part of a limited campaign against so-called Islamic State terrorists. This campaign turned into more substantive military support to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in his deadly fight with opposition groups, killing thousands of civilians in rebel-held areas. Operations came to an end with Assad’s fall in December 2024.
Airwars documented thousands of allegations of civilian harm from Russian strikes in Syria and produced research and reports on the conflict.
Locally reported civilian deaths from declared or likely Russian Military actions in Syria for which the reporting was assessed by Airwars as Fair, or have been Confirmed by the Russian Military. These originate from 4,977 separate alleged incidents.
Confirmed civilian deaths, from Russian Military actions in Syria, originating from 0 separate incidents of civilian harm.
