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Incident Date
28–29 March, 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr047
Location
القوز, Al Quoz, Abyan, Yemen
Multiple sources reported that a US drone strike took place in Al Quoz village, in the Mudiyah district of Abyan governorate, overnight from March 28th to March 29th, killing four alleged AQAP militants in a vehicle. There are no known associated reports of civilian harm. According to Reuters, local residents said that the strike took…
Summary
Published
28 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Artillery
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28–29 March, 2017
Incident Code
USYEMTr048
Location
وادي النسيل, Wadi Al Naseel, Abyan, Yemen
Several sources reported that three US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP sites in Wadi al-Naseel, in the Wadea area of Abyan governorate, overnight from March 28th to March 29th. There are no known associated reports of civilian or militant harm. According to Reuters, local residents said that they had heard missile strikes on a "suspected al…
Summary
Published
28 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2030
Location
الفطيرة, Al Fatira, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and at least two others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes against Al Fatira village in southern Idlib. All sources that named a culprit identified Russia as responsible while @EdlibNN did not blame anyone for the airstrikes. Hamoud Al Awad described the victim of the airstrikes, Abdullah Fayez al…
Summary
Published
28 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 March 2017
Incident Code
CS626a
Location
Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of three civilians and the injury of another in an incident near Idlib, Syria. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: "Coalition aircraft conducted a strike against a Daesh vehicle. Regrettably, three civilians were unintentionally killed and one…
Summary
Published
27 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2027
Location
درعا, Dara'a, Daraa, Syria
Between one and two civilians were killed and others were wounded in airstrikes against the city of Dara'a on March 17, 2017, local media reported. Local sources gave conflicting reports of who was responsible for the airstrikes. The majority of sources, including Syria News Desk and Smart News, attributed the airstrikes to Russian planes. However,…
Summary
Published
27 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
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
27 March 2017
Incident Code
CS626
Location
سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians were killed on the road between Sarmada and Kafr Daryan when their nearby motorcycle was hit in what appears to have been a unilateral US strike targeting members of Ahrar al Sham. The Coalition later admitted to the strike and reported that three civilians were killed and two were injured. According…
Summary
Published
27 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2028
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes against Douma in the Damascus countryside, according to sources on the ground. Conflicting reports were given as to who was responsible for the airstrikes. The majority of sources, including @Omar_Madaniah and @ahmadalqalmone, identified Russian planes…
Summary
Published
27 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2029
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisir Al-Shoghour, Idlib, Syria
Between one and five civilians, including a woman and two children, were killed and between four and eight others, including women and children, were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes against the town of Jisr al Shoughour in the western suburbs of Idlib, local media reported. At the time of reporting one civilian death,…
Summary
Published
27 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
5–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2026
Location
حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria
One baby girl was killed and up to nine were wounded as alleged Russian warplanes struck Harasta, Damascus, with airstrikes and artillery, local media reported. SOHR reported that "warplanes carried out in the evening of today four raids on places in Harasta city in the Eastern Ghouta, which killed a child and injured 9 other…
Summary
Published
26 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 March 2017
Incident Code
CI579
Location
الطوافة, Mosul, Tawafa, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that that dozens of civilians were killed or injured, including 19 members from one family, in Tawafa area west of Mosul by airstrikes. Local sources told Iraqyoon that “the aircraft bombed sites in the neighborhood of the Tawafa on the right side, which led to the deaths of dozens of civilians, including…
Summary
Published
26 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
20–24
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 March 2017
Incident Code
CI580
Location
باب سنجار, Mosul, Bab Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that an unspecified number of civilians were killed or injured after airstrikes targeted Bab al-Sinjar neighbourhood, in west Mosul. Two sources blamed the Coalition, while others did not identify who was responsible.
Summary
Published
26 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
23
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
26 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2024
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
Local sources reported that an air raid killed up to two civilians, including a child, and wounded several others, as it struck the city of Kafr Zita in Hama, though it was unclear if Russia or the Syrian regime were behind the attack. Two civilians were additionally wounded, and MonKiz Al Khabour reported that one…
Summary
Published
26 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2025
Location
اللطامنة, Al Latamneh, Hama, Syria
The town of al-Latamneh, Hama, was reportedly exposed to chlorine gas attacks which killed two civilians. There were also claims that dozens more civilian were wounded through suffocation. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Orient News reported that helicopters belonging to the Syrian regime had carried out chlorine…
Summary
Published
26 March 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
4–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2022
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
In this major incident, referred to by many sources as "a massacre", alleged Russian or Assad-launched airstrikes on Hamouriya, Damascus killed up to 18 civilians, including women and children, and wounded between 24 and 80 more, local media reported. Residential areas in Hamouriya, eastern Ghouta, Damascus, were reportedly struck by heavy aerial shelling on March…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
12–18
Civilians reported injured
24–80
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
CS623
Location
Hamrat, Raqqa, Syria
In July 2017 the Coalition reported that it had unintentionally injured one civilian in a strike previously unreported by Airwars: “March 25, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS vehicle carrying mortar rounds, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured by a secondary explosion.” Coalition officials told Airwars…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2023
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
Between two and nine civilians, including women and children, were wounded when the village of Ma'arat Al-Nu'man, Idlib, was hit by aerial shelling, local media reported, though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Mustapha al Gharib, a media manager in the civil defence in Maarat al Numan, told Smart that…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2016
Location
معر شورين, Ma'ar Shureen, Idlib, Syria
Between two and four civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on village of Ma'ar Shureen in Idlib, local media reported. According to the Smart News Agency, four civilian were wounded. Other sources put the figure at two. Zamanalwasl said that the strike hit a popular market in the village. While…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2017
Location
ادلب, Idlib City, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians, reportedly women, were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Idlib city, local media reported. All the sources pointed to Russia as the culprit and reported that the incident had wounded two civilians. UAR added that the wounded were women. According to Smart News Agency's correspondent, Russia carried out the strike using vacuum…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2018
Location
الحانوتة, Al-Hanoute, Hama, Syria
In this single-source event, the Smart News Agency reported that an alleged Russian airstrike killed four civilians, including a woman and her child, and wounded another six in village of al-Hanoute in eastern Hama. According to Smart, who cited a activist on the ground, Russian warplanes had launched "a rocket-propelled grenade attack" on the village, which…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2019
Location
ريف ادلب الجنوبي, Southern Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Two sources reported that alleged Russian warplanes struck a camp for displaced people in the southern countryside of Idlib with a phosphorous missile on the night of March 25th, possibly causing civilian harm. Only one source, Smart News Agency, reported that the strike had caused civilian harm, saying that it had resulted in "several" wounded. @amrsyria1 said…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2021
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Up to eight civilians, including two children and two women, were killed and as many as 20 more were wounded in strikes allegedly carried out by either the Syrian regime or Russia in Khan Shakhoun, Idlib, local media reported. Two airstrikes reportedly struck al-Shamali neighbourhood in Khan Shakhoun, killing up to eight civilians, including a family…
Summary
Published
25 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
1–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2013
Location
ادلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
As many as 16 civilians, most of them women and one child, were killed and up to 24 were left wounded, when alleged Assad or Russian airstrikes struck a women's prison in Idlib, local media reported. The attack against the prison, run by the Executive Force of the Syrian Opposition, resulted in at least seven…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
7–16
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2014
Location
اورم الجوز, Urme Al joz, Idlib, Syria
At least one, but more likely two civilians - a woman and her child - were killed and several more wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Urme al-Joz in Idlib, according to sources on the ground. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "one child and his mother died when suspected Russian warplanes…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2010
Location
رسم حميدة, Rasim Hamida, Homs, Syria
Two or three civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Rasim Hamida in Jabr al-Jarrah, Homs, local media reported. An activist who spoke to Smart News said that the airstrikes killed two men and seriously wounded a woman. But according to al-Araby, three civilians died. Both sources pointed to Russia as the…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2015
Location
حلفايا, Halfaya, Hama, Syria
Airstrikes, carried out by either the Syrian regime or Russia, wounded three civilians in the town of Halfaya, local media reported Syrian Mirror said that the strikes led to "casualties", without further specification. The remaining two sources reported that the airstrikes wounded several people. According to Smart News' correspondent, "warplanes launched raids on the town of…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2012
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
On March 24, 2017, one civilian was reportedly killed and up to nine were wounded in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime airstrike on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, local media reported. Ahmed Khatib, a correspondent for the Mirror of Syria in Idlib, said that "warplanes carried out several air raids on the…
Summary
Published
24 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2006
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
One civilian was killed and several wounded as alleged Russian airstrikes struck the town of Kafr Zita, Hama, local media reported. RFS Media Office reported that "the town of Kfar Zeita was targeted by more than 20 raids resulting in the death of a martyr and several wounded." RFS Media Office and Step News Agency…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2007
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
One person died and several were left wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad-waged airstrike that struck Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, local sources reported. All known sources reported one civilian casualty, most likely a woman. AMC Aleppo's reporting hinted that it was a male victim while @alikrarrkar and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights believed it was woman.…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2008
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
Up to two civilians were killed and as many as seven more were wounded following airstrikes that struck the town of Ma'arat al-Nu'man, Idlib, local sources reported - though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Sources said that between one and two civilians were killed in the strikes. Two civilian…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 March 2017
Incident Code
RS2009
Location
ادلب, Idlib City, Idlib, Syria
Several civilians were killed and several more were wounded as airstrikes, allegedly carried out by Russia or the Syrian regime, struck Idlib Electricity Company in the centre of Idlib city, local sources reported. What was described as "heavy air raids" by @shahed_alep reportedly killed up to two civilians and wounded as many as four. @News_truth_ reported that the…
Summary
Published
23 March 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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