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Incident Date
23 March 2022
Incident Code
YS128
Location
اعزاز, A'zaaz, Aleppo, Syria
At least one male civilian was killed and up to nine others were injured, including a child and a woman, in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces' shelling of the city of A'zaaz on March 23, 2022. Euphrates Post reported that Syrian Defense Forces shelled the city of A'zaaz with more than 15 rockets, which resulted in…
Summary
Published
23 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
23 March 2022
Incident Code
RS4697
Location
بلدتي معارة النعسان و كفرنوران, between Maaret Al Nassan and Kafar Nuran, Idlib, Syria
At least two civilians, farmers, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling between the towns of Maarat Al-Naasan and Kafr Nuran on March 23, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two farmers were injured in artillery shelling by Syrian regime and Russian forces on agricultural fields between the towns of Maarat Al-Naasan and Kafr…
Summary
Published
23 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 March 2022
Incident Code
RS4696
Location
معارة النعسان, Miznaz, Maarat Al-Naasan, Idlib, Syria
Mustafa Haidar, aged 11, was injured while grazing sheep, when a Russian or Syrian regime forces shell hit him on March 16th 2022, in the town of Miznaz, on the outskirts of Maarat al-Naasan, in the northeastern countryside of Idlib. The Syrian Civil Defense said that they inspected the site that was bombed and made…
Summary
Published
16 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 March 2022
Incident Code
TS496
Location
قرية الجات, Al Jat village, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on Al-Jat village on March 15, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a drone struck Al-Jat village in the northeast of Manbij city with several bombs, injuring two civilians. A Facebook post from Hawar News quoted the media center of the Manbij Military…
Summary
Published
16 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
7 March 2022
Incident Code
ISSY021
Location
محيط دمشق, The vicinity of Damascus, Damascus, Syria
At least two civilians were killed in alleged Israeli strikes in the vicinity of Damascus on March 7, 2022. In addition, up to four militants were also killed and up to six others were injured. Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), a Syrian regime-controlled news agency, reported that two civilians were killed by Israeli strikes in…
Summary
Published
7 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2022
Incident Code
YS127
Location
جرابلس, Jarablus, Aleppo, Syria
According to many sources, one "young" civilian was reported injured by a mortar shell attributed to the PKK/YPG or the Syrian Democratic Forces in the city of Jarablus, east of Aleppo, on March 1st 2022. According to @SOHEB2019, their Al-Khabour correspondent said that the damage was limited to material damage, indicating that there was no…
Summary
Published
1 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
28 February 2022
Incident Code
TS495
Location
قرية التوخار, Al Tafkhar village, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Al Tafkhar on February 28, 2022. Hawar News reported that a civilian was injured by Turkish shelling on the village of Al Tafkhar. The media center of the Manbij Military Council said that the Turkish forces struck at exactly 8:00 this…
Summary
Published
28 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2022
Incident Code
YS126
Location
المشفى الوطني في اعزاز, National hospital, A'zaaz, Aleppo, Syria
According to local sources, YPG/PKK targeted the National Hospital in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, with heavy artillery, on February 27th 2022. At least one civilian was wounded by the mortar shelling, including among the medical staff and one of the patients. Almost all sources attributed this attack to the YPG/PKK although Xeber…
Summary
Published
27 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
27 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4695
Location
اّفس, Afes, Idlib, Syria
Up to two civilians were killed and between two and four other civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the town of Afes on February 27, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two civilians were killed and two others were injured when the regime forces and Russian forces bombed a…
Summary
Published
27 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 February 2022
Incident Code
TS494
Location
أم الخير, Umm Al Khair, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least one civilian, a woman, was injured in alleged Turkish bombardment of the village of Umm Al 36.654235&lon=40.372868Khair in the countryside of Tal Tamr district on February 27, 2022. According to Hawar News, a woman was injured as a result of Turkish forces bombing of the countryside of Tal Tamr district. Turkish forces bombed…
Summary
Published
27 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2022
Incident Code
TS493
Location
الطريق بين القامشلي وعامودا, Road between Qamishli and Amouda, Al Hassakah, Syria
Four civilians, including three women and their driver, were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on the Qamishlo-Amouda road on February 24, 2022. According to Hawar News, a car was struck by a Turkish drone, resulting of the injury of four people, including three women. The car was traveling on the Qamishlo-Amouda road, east of…
Summary
Published
24 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4694
Location
عدوان, Adwan, Idlib, Syria
On February 22nd 2022, two children were seriously injured, according to local reports, as a result of the explosion of previously unexploded ordnance left from previous Syrian regime or Russian airstrikes in the village of Adwan, west of Idlib, Syria. One of those children was reported to have died from his injuries the next day,…
Summary
Published
22 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2022
Incident Code
CS1979
Location
الدحلة, Al Dahla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian, named in local sources as Ibrahim Khalif Ali Al-Ammar, aged 52, was reportedly killed during a Syrian Democratic Forces and US-led Coalition raid on the village of Al-Dahla, in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, at dawn on February 22nd 2022. According to local sources, he was shot at dawn when his house was…
Summary
Published
22 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4692
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughur, Idlib, Syria
Three children were injured by an unexploded ordinance belonging to Russian and/or Syrian regime forces on February 21, 2022. According to Baladi News, three children were seriously injured when an unexploded ordnance from a previous bombing by the Syrian regime and Russian forces exploded in the city of Jisr Al Shughur. All other sources reported…
Summary
Published
21 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4693
Location
دركوش, Darkoush, Idlib, Syria
One girl was injured when an unexploded ordnance from a previous bombing by Russian or regime forces exploded in Darkoush on February 21, 2022. Syrian Civil Defense reported that a girl was injured when an unexploded ordnance exploded in her home after she was collecting firewood with her family in the outskirts of Darkoush. White…
Summary
Published
21 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4691
Location
تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Syria
Two children were injured, with one reportedly dying of their injuries, when an unexploded cluster bomb from a previous bombing by the regime or Russian forces exploded in the town of Tadef, Syria, on February 20, 2022. According to a tweet from @Almohrar1, two children were injured, one of whom had his hand amputated, due…
Summary
Published
20 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4690
Location
سوق المحروقات بين بلدتي ترمانين والدانا, the fuel market between Tarmanin An Al Dana towns, Idlib, Syria
Between three and four civilians were killed and up to five others were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on February 16, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, four civilians were killed and two others were injured in artillery shelling of a fuel market and the outskirts of the widow camp near…
Summary
Published
16 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 February 2022
Incident Code
TS492
Location
تل رفعت, Tal Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians, including up to four children and a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on Tal Rifaat on February 15, 2022. Hawar News reported that five civilians, including women and children, were injured when Turkish forces bombed Tal Rifaat. North Press Agency put the total number of injuries at four and…
Summary
Published
15 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 February 2022
Incident Code
YS125
Location
اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria
On February 15th 2022, missile shelling targeted the city of Azaz in the northern countryside of Aleppo and reportedly killed three to six civilians and wounded between four and 12 others, including one to three children. The shelling was alleged PKK/YPG or attributed to the Syrian regime. Two students, Saeed Al-Haji and Akram Al-Hassan, in…
Summary
Published
15 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
4–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
12 February 2022
Incident Code
YS124
Location
جرابلس, Jarablus, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and six civilians, including up to four children and a woman, most from the same family, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling of Jarabulus on February 12, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, five civilians, including four from one family - a man, his wife, and two of their children,…
Summary
Published
12 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Syrian Democratic Forces
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Incident Date
12 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4689
Location
معارة النعسان, Maaret al Nassan, Idlib, Syria
According to local sources, a Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling killed five to six civilians from the same family and injured two to seven civilians including one to two children and one woman. Among those killed were reportedly two to three children, two women and two men. The incident happend on February 12th 2022…
Summary
Published
12 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2022
Incident Code
TS491
Location
البهيرة, Bahira, Al Hassakah, Syria
Between one and two children were killed and three others were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on a vehicle in the village of Bahira on February 9, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two children were killed and three others were injured when a Turkish drone struck Bahira village in Al-Hasakah…
Summary
Published
9 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2022
Incident Code
CS1978
Location
البصيرة, Bisira, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and his father was injured in an alleged airdrop operation by the Coalition and the SDF in the city of Bisira on February 8, 2022. A tweet from @DeirEzzorNow reported that the International Coalition and HAT forces carried out a landing operation in the city of Bisira that…
Summary
Published
8 February 2022
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Syrian Democratic Forces
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Incident Date
3 February 2022
Incident Code
CS1977
Location
طمة, دير بلوط, Deir Balout, Atma, Idlib, Syria
Up to thirteen civilians, including six children and four women, were reported killed and at least one child was injured after US forces targeted and subsequently killed the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in Atma, northwest Syria on February 3rd 2022. Local reporting was conflicted as to whether the casualties…
Summary
Published
3 February 2022
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
9–13
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 February 2022
Incident Code
TS488
Location
كوباني, Kolya, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least one civilian, a 30 year old woman, was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Kolya on February 2, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 30 year old woman and a civilian were seriously injured as a result of Turkish artillery shelling on the village of Kolya…
Summary
Published
2 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2022
Incident Code
TS489
Location
تل تمر, Tel Tamr, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least one child was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Tel Tamar on February 2, 2022. A tweet from @me_delal, a Kurdish human right activist, reported that a child was wounded when Turkish forces shelled Tel Tamar. Both @NPA_English and Athr Press also reported that Turkish forces shelled the village of…
Summary
Published
2 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2022
Incident Code
TS490
Location
عنديور, Ain Diwar, Syria
Up to two civilians were injured in Ain Diwar village, in the countryside of Derik in northeast Syria when Turkish shells hit their homes on February 2nd 2022. According to the North Press Agency, "the bombardment also resulted in the destruction of two houses, and the outbreak of fire in five houses." The SDF announced…
Summary
Published
2 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2022
Incident Code
YS123
Location
لباب,, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
According to local sources, the SDF, the Syrian regime, or the Syrian National Army targeted the city of Al-Bab with missiles and artillery, hitting a number of neighbourhoods in the city, located in the northeast of Aleppo, Syria, on February 2nd 2022. Five to ten civilians were reported killed and at least ten and up…
Summary
Published
2 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–10
Civilians reported injured
10–32
Military actors reported killed
0–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Kurdish Forces
,
Syrian Democratic Forces
,
Syrian Regime
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Incident Date
1 February 2022
Incident Code
TS487
Location
تقل بقل, Takil Bakil, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to local sources, four people were killed and four to five civilians were injured in Turkish airstrikes in Takil Bakil village in the Derik countryside, in northeastern Syria on February 1st 2022 at 9pm in the evening by two missiles. The Syrian Democratic Forces identified the four people killed as being fighters. According to…
Summary
Published
1 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2022
Incident Code
TS486
Location
العليمات, Alimat, Raqqa, Syria
Four civilians, two women and two children, were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on the village of Alimat on January 23, 2022. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the intense missile shelling by Turkish forces resulted in the injury of four civilians, two of whom were in serious condition, in the village of…
Summary
Published
23 January 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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