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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1527
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Between two and three civilians, including one woman and one child, were killed and up to six others were wounded by airstrikes fired on Urma Al Kubra town. Russian warplanes were identified as responsible for the airstrikes by most local media sources, including Local Coordination Committees, @ShahbaPress and Syrian Network for Human Rights. However, Muslm…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1526
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Between one and four civilians, including a child, were killed and up to nine more were injured from two aerial bombings of the city of Al Atarib. The strikes reportedly struck a bakery, a hospital, and several civilian houses, causing damage extensive enough to shut the hospital down. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
3–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1525
Location
كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians were killed and several more were wounded, including children, in airstrikes on Kafr Naha, according to local media - though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Many sources did not attribute blame to any belligerent. Syria News Desk quoted media opposition activist, Mohamed Nur, who…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1524
Location
معرة مصرين, Maarat Misrin, Idlib, Syria
Four civilians died and between four and ten were wounded after a series of three cluster missile attacks were carried out against the city of Maarat Misrin, according to local media. The majority of sources have assigned responsibility to Syrian regime planes but LCCSY and Syria Idlib Today alleged that Russian warplanes carried out the…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4–10
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1523
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
Between two and 18 civilians including one child and up to four women died and as many as 50 others were wounded in airstrikes on Saraqib, according to sources on the ground - though it was unclear from reports whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame for the event. The lowest estimate of…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–18
Civilians reported injured
10–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1522
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between two and three civilians were killed and dozens injured by airstrikes with thermobaric missiles in Douma city, local sources reported - though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. According to LCCSY, Russia was allegedly responsible for the airstrikes. However, The Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 November 2016
Incident Code
RS1521
Location
تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and six civilians died after remnants of a cluster bomb allegedly dropped by Russian warplanes exploded in Taqad, according to local media. AMC, HNN and Spm-Syria were among sources blaming Russia. They put the death toll at three civilians. However, Al Souria reported that six civilians died. There are no other details at this…
Summary
Published
2 November 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1518
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
The Step News Agency said that two civilians died and one was wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Darat Izza, while according to Paldf, “a number of people were injured as a result of renewed Russian raids”. @alnateq2 reported that “Mohammed al-Mousa was killed by an explosive device in the city of Darat Izza”.…
Summary
Published
31 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1520
Location
Arbin, Damascus, Syria
A number of civilians were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes or regime artillery shelling on Arbin, according to sources on the ground – though specific casualty figures were not given. LCCSY reported that Russia conducted “two airstrikes with thermobaric missiles on the neighborhoods in #Arbin city” alongside regime artillery shelling, resulting in an unspecified number…
Summary
Published
31 October 2016
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1519
Location
Al Sheikh Ali, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians died and up to three more, including children, were wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on Al Sheikh Ali town, according to sources on the ground. The White Helmets reported: “Russian warplanes targeted the town of al Sheikh Ali in the western Aleppo countryside with vacuum missiles which led to the death of…
Summary
Published
31 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 October 2016
Incident Code
CS354
Location
الرقة, Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
Multiple sources, including Halab Today TV and Al Amawi News, reported the death of a child and the injuring of this father in a coalition raid on the al Mashlab neighborhood east of Raqqa. Smart News reported strikes in Raqqa targeting ISIL, which it said killed four militants. It said the death of the child…
Summary
Published
30 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 October 2016
Incident Code
CS353
Location
العريمة, Al `A'rīma, Aleppo, Syria
One person was killed by coalition raids, according to a single local source.
Summary
Published
29 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 October 2016
Incident Codes
CS352 TS005f
Location
الجطل, Al Jatal, Aleppo, Syria
At least one person was killed by alleged Coalition raids in the vicinity of al Jatal, according to sparse local reports. However a Turkish assault on the village was also reported at the time. Halab News named one male victim who it also said was a victim of “coalition raids.” The only other specific report…
Summary
Published
29 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1515
Location
سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
A single source, Halab News, reported the deaths of “Abdallah al Hasan al Khalaf and his two children, following the explosion of a cluster bomb left by Russia planes following a bombing of Sarmin in Idlib”. The source added that the victims were from the town of al Eiss. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
28 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1517
Location
Abeen Sama'an, Aleppo, Syria
One child died and several other civilians were wounded in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime strike on Abeen Sama’an, according to sources on the ground. According to the Shaam News Network,”in the evening [of Oct 28th] Russian and Assad enemy planes launched air strikes targeting Aleppo neighborhoods, cities and towns in the western and…
Summary
Published
28 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1516
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
A woman and her unborn child died in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strike on Douma, according to sources on the ground. According to the Step News Agency, “a woman and her foetus were killed and a number of more people wounded when Russian planes targeted residential areas in Douma Eastern…
Summary
Published
28 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 October 2016
Incident Code
CS351
Location
بريهة, Bariha, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least 10 civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded from airstrikes, according to local reports. Shaam News Network cited activists who reported warplanes “thought to belong to the international coalition” launched airstrikes on a house, resulting in “martyrs and wounded among civilians, most of them children.” At the time, it reported five…
Summary
Published
27 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
13–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1514
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Eight named civilians died and up to 30 more were injured in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to sources on the ground. Reports blamed both Russian airstrikes and artillery/ mortar shelling by Syrian regime forces. Some reports also pointed to regime warplanes. Among targets hit was a primary school, prompting the Directorate of…
Summary
Published
27 October 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
12–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 October 2016
Incident Codes
CS350 TS005e
Location
نعمان, Nu'man, Aleppo, Syria
Ten civilians were killed by alleged Turkish or Coalition airstrikes in the vicinity of Nu'man, according to local sources. The US-led alliance later denied conducing strikes in the vicinity on this date. An initial report by ISIS-controlled propaganda unit Al A’amaq said that “10 civilians [were] killed in American raids on a group of fuel…
Summary
Published
26 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
10
Military Actor
Turkish Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1513
Location
بارة, Bara, Idlib, Syria
Three or four civilians included women and children died in an airstrikes on Bara, according to local media. Most sources blamed the Syrian regime; there were no direct allegations against Russia, but a number of sources didn’t identify the warplane responsible. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “three victims including two women died…
Summary
Published
26 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1512
Location
حاس, Haas, Idlib, Syria
In a major casualty incident, which UNICEF called “tragic, shocking, outrageous and a war crime”, 38 named civilians including 18 children and up to six women died in multiple airstrikes on the Martyr Kamal Qal’aji school complex in the village of Haas, which was under the joint control of Armed opposition factions and the Fateh…
Summary
Published
26 October 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
38
Civilians reported injured
12–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1511
Location
الرستن, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria
Colonel Shawqi Ayoub, “commander of the Homs operations room of the Free Syrian Army”, died in an alleged Syrian regime airstrike on Al Rastan, according to local media. According to Qasioun, Ayoub (pictured below) died “while inspecting the field situation in Ain Hussein’s front. The engineer Faisal Awad also died”. Qasioun added that the regime…
Summary
Published
26 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 October 2016
Incident Code
CS349
Location
الحمر الشرقية, Al Hamar al Sharqiya, Aleppo, Syria
Syria News Desk quoted a resident of the twon who said “planes launched more than three raids on the villages of Al Hamar al Sharqiya and al Madoura and Tal Asward… which led to the killing of two civilians and wounding six others in Hamar al Sharquiya.” Another report from a local facebook page said…
Summary
Published
25 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
0–6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CS348
Location
تل أسود, Tall Aswad, Aleppo, Syria
Manbij Mother of All the World initially reported what it said were Coalition strikes on Tal Aswad, targeting a reservoir. In a subsequent report, it said a “massacre” had been committed “against two familes as a result of wrong information from the Kurdish units in the village.” It named four victims. A report by the…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CS347
Location
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria
3 civilians were killed when a garage was bombed by the Coalition, according to a local source. Smart News reported that 3 civilians were killed when a garage belonging to ISIL was struck by the Coalition. According to the account, six cars belonging to ISIL were also destroyed. The report noted other raids on that…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
CS346
Location
الجرنية, Al Jarnia, Raqqa, Syria
Coalition raids in the vicinity of ground fighting left at least 2 civilians dead, according to local sources. Initial reports from ISIS-controlled Al A’amaq Agency blamed the Coalition for the deaths of two civilians. Subsequent reporting echoed that account (they may have been based on Al A’amaq);Al Jarnia and several other outlets named the two…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1510
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Three or four civilians including two girls and one woman died and as many as dozens more were injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Urma al Kubra, according to local media. The White Helmets gave the lowest death count of four civilians. But all other sources put the number at four,…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
8–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1509
Location
Al Hamidiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one civilian died and up to four more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on the al Hamidiya neighborhood in the city of Deir Ezzor, according to sources on the ground. Most sources didn’t specify the number of victims, referring only to “martyrs” and “civilian casualties”. But Euphrates Post…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1508
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria
Between six and eight civilians including a child and two women died and as many as dozens more were wounded in multiple airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The lowest death count was given as one by Halab Today…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2016
Incident Code
RS1507
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between four and 10 civilians including one child and one woman died and as any as 30 more were wounded in air and/or artillery strikes on Douma, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame for the deaths, with sources reporting that both parties carried…
Summary
Published
24 October 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Civilians reported injured
12–30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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