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Incident Date

9 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3194

Location

سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Saqba, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for raids. Heavy explosions caused mass destruction on the vicinity. Baladi reported that "The towns and cities of Saqba, Harasta, Arbeen, Masraba, Madara and Duma witnessed heavy aerial and artillery…

Summary

Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3195

Location

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
A single source reported that both Russian and Syrian regime warplanes fired heavy air and artillery strikes on Hamouriya, causing an unspecified number of injured civilians. The Shaam News Network said: "Russian warplanes and the Assad helicopters launched fierce air raids accompanied by artillery bombardment and a very violent missile strikes, resulting in a terrible…

Summary

Published
9 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

YS025

Location

Kaljabrin, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian died and several more were wounded in an alleged Kurdish artillery shelling of Kaljabrin, according to local media. 7al reported that “the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the killing and wounding of civilians as a result of the bombing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (“SDF”).” The Shaam News Network was among other…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

YS026

Location

Mare, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians were wounded in an alleged artillery shelling by the SDF and YPG on Mar’e, according to local media. Smart News reported that “on Thursday [March 8th] , two civilians were wounded by artillery shelling of the “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) on the town of Mar’e, north of Aleppo.” According to Marea.News, there were…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3188

Location

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
One child was killed and an unspecified number more civilians wounded in alleged Russian and regime air and artillery strikes on Arbeen, according to local media. @eg_nawras tweeted an image of a dead child, though he was not identified, and the source did not say which belligerent was responsible for this death. The Step News…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3190

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between nine and 11 civilians were killed and others were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Douma, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russian warplanes and the Syrian regime for the raids. There were between four and 15 raids on the vicinity, with more than 20 artillery shells fired onto the residential neighbourhood. As…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
9–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3186

Location

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Several civilians including a woman were wounded in "renewed" airstrikes on Hamouriya, according to local media. The Smart News Agency said that one civilian was wounded in a Russia raid. @KumaitAgency tweeted that "Several civilians, including women, were injured in the renewed aerial bombardment of an air strike with more than one rocket on the…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3191

Location

زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria
Between nine and 17 civilians were killed, and an unspecified number of others were wounded in airstrikes on Zamalka, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. The lowest death toll was given as nine by the Syrian Network for Human Rights. But other sources put it higher. According…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9–17
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

CS1738

Location

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two local sources reported “several civilian casualties” including fatalities as a result of alleged Coalition airstrikes on ISIS at Hajin. According to 7al the bombardment had targeted an ISIS HQ “killing six elements inside three of them Moroccan nationals,” later adding that the same shelling had caused civilian casualties near “the entrance of the city”.…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

CS1739

Location

.السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source reported on the shelling of Al Soussa on March 8th, which allegedly resulted in “a number of civilian casualties”. According to 7al, the same shelling that targeted Hajin had also struck al Soussa in the countryside of Abu Kamal, killing or injuring a number of civilians. The site noted the following: "The…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3187

Location

عين ترما, Ein Tarma, Damascus, Syria
One civilian male, named as Hazzae al-Saed, was killed in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Ein Tarma, local media reported. Both Russia and the Syrian regime were blamed for the raids. According to Daraa Martyrs, the victim "was killed after he was hit by a military air strike on the town of Ein…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3184

Location

اللطامنة, Al Lataminah, Hama, Syria
"A civilian was wounded in bombing by warplanes likely to be Russian on the city of Al Latamina", according to the Smart News Agency. Halab Today noted "artillery shelling on the city of Latamna and its surroundings in the northern countryside of Hama", but made no mention of civilian harm.

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3192

Location

منطقة الفروع, Al Foru’ area, Homs, Syria
Three civilians were killed and members of the Bani Khaled tribe were injured in airstrikes on the Al Foru’ area. Sources blamed Russian raids for the civilian casualties. 7al reported that "the area of ​​the Al Foru’ Badia Al Alyania has been subjected to more than five Russian raids. All the residents of the region…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3183

Location

حزة, Hazza, Damascus, Syria
Between eight and ten civilians including two or three women were killed in air and artillery strikes on Hazza, local media reported. Sources blamed the Syrian regime and Russian alliance for the strikes. Out of the ten named victims, three adult males were reported as unidentified. Dozens of civilians reportedly were wounded in the raids.…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
8–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3185

Location

جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
@SYR_REV_NEWS tweeted that "dozens of civilian casualties occurred as a result of the targeting of residential areas in the town of Jisreen by several air strikes". The source did not attribute blame. However, according to Local Coordination Committees Syria, there was "the fall of a large number of martyrs and wounded civilians as a result…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8–9 March, 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr155-C

Location

على الحدود بين مديرية خب و الشعف و مديرية العبر, At the border between Khab wa Ash Sha'f the and the Al Abr district , Hadramaut, Yemen
Six civilians, including a teenage boy, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike while driving in the border region between Al-Jawf and Hadramout governorates, at around 3pm on March 8th 2018. The Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, Mohamed Askar, condemned the attack as "extrajudicial killings". A US Central Command spokesperson later told the Long…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

TS257

Location

قرية ترندة, Tarnada villlage, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
At least three of four children from the same family died, and their mother was wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Tarnada village near the city of Afrin, according to local media. Reports said that their home was struck. Afrin Now reported: The death of three children and the injury of a child and…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3189

Location

سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria
Two civilians - a child and a member of the White Helmets - were killed and others were wounded in air and artillery and missile strikes on Saqba, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. @HalabTodayTV tweeted the "demolition of residential areas by air, artillery and missile attacks".…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2018

Incident Code

TS258

Location

سري كانية, عفرين, Siri Kanaida, Syrian-Turkish border, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that three civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish mortar attack in Siri Kanai on the Syrian-Turkish border. The victims were reportedly taken to hospital where they were in a stable condition. According to Hawar, three people were injured in Sri Kanaia as a result of the Turkish occupation army launched mortar…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3170

Location

مديرا, Madera, Damascus, Syria
One civilian was killed and an unspecified number wounded in air and/or artillery strikes on Madera, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. Helicopters reportedly dropped explosive barrels on the residential neighbourhood. According to @abo_mosab32, "Many civilians were killed and wounded by heavy and continuous shelling targeting town…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3177

Location

Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
Between three and 11 civilians were killed and several others were injured in multiple airstrikes on the residential neighbourhood of Jisreen, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. Sources gave varied reports on the number of civilians deaths. With many reporting that three had been killed, Jsreen.media.office named…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–11
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3178

Location

مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria
Between five and six civilians were killed and several others were wounded in air and/or artillery strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Mesraba, local media reported. Sources blamed both the Russian and Syrian regime raids. Alaraby News reported that "The Syrian Civil Defence in the countryside of Damascus [reported that a] woman was killed and…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
21
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3171

Location

العالية, Al Alia, Idlib, Syria
One to three civilians were killed, and dozens more were injured in airstrikes on AAl Alia, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. Three raids directly struck the town, with media reporting that both Russian RPG's and explosive barrel bombs were used on the vicinity. Idlib Plus tweeted…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3172

Location

كفر يدين, Kafa Yadin, Idlib, Syria
One to three civilians were killed, and dozens more were injured in airstrikes on Kafa Yadin, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. Three raids directly struck the town, with media reporting that both Russian RPG's and explosive barrel bombs were used on the vicinity. Jisr Media Centre…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3173

Location

زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria
A civilian was killed and dozens more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Zamalka, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. According to Syrian Civil Defence "a number of civilians were injured in the attack on the residential areas by cluster bombs and barrel bombs". They…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3179

Location

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Between seven and 60 civilians were killed and dozens more were wounded in a suspected chemical weapon attack followed by bombing on Hamouriya, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime. The initial bombing from the air was blamed on Russia; however, sources said that this was followed by a chemical attack…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–60
Civilians reported injured
12–124
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3174

Location

الشيفونية, Al Shifonya, Damascus, Syria
A civilian was killed due to air or artillery shelling on Al Shifonya, local media reported. Of the two sources which reported on this incident, one of them blamed both Russia and the regime while the other did not attribute blame. Smart News Agency reported that the death came "as a result of artillery, air…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3181

Location

الغوطة الشرقية, Al Ghouta Al Sharqiya, Damascus, Syria
Three named adult males - members of the White Helmets - were killed and five others were wounded when an airstrike hit a Syrian Civil Defence ambulance in either Al Ghouta or Al Sharqiya, Eastern Ghouta, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raid. There is some confusion from…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3175

Location

بيت سوى, Beit Sawa, Damascus, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and an unspecified number of others were wounded in airstrikes on Beit Sawa, local media reported. Sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raids. @KumaitAgency reported that helicopters struck the vicinity with an explosive barrel. Meanwhile, Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported: "Martyrs and wounded civilians in Russian air force…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
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

7 March 2018

Incident Code

RS3167

Location

Saqba, Damascus, Syria
Nineteen named civilians were killed and dozens more were wounded in a suspected chemical wepaon attack on Saqba, local media reported. Sources blamed the Russian and Syrian regime alliance. @SiegeWatch, who published a video documenting the strike, tweeted that "Multiple chemical attacks reported, with a very strong chlorine smell." Sources reported that dozens of wounded…

Summary

Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–19
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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