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Incident Date
7 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3182
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Four named civilian civilians were killed in airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods in Arbeen, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. According to @Dmcpress_ar, "warplanes with rockets carrying cluster bombs struck the residential neighbourhood in the city of Arbeen". The Violations Documentation Centre, who blamed "Syrian government and affiliated…
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3168
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Two to 12 civilians were killed, including two Palestinians, due to airstrikes on Douma, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. The Syrian Network for Human Rights was the only source to report that "12 civilians from the same family, including six children and four women" were killed…
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–12
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
RS3169
Location
عين ترما, Ain Tarma, Damascus, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in air and artillery strikes on Ain Tarma, local media reported. Sources all blamed Russian warplanes. Alaraby reported: "According to media loyal to the regime, the warplanes bombed several times, targeting in the towns of Haza and Ein Tarma, in Kafarbatna, Harasta and Arbine in the…
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
RS3176
Location
كفر بطنا, Kafar Batna, Damascus, Syria
Between seven and ten civilians were killed in airstrikes on the residential neighbourhood of Kafar Batna, local media reported. Sources were contested as to which belligerent was to blame, with some blaming Russia while others blamed the Syrian regime. Barrel bombs were dropped onto the vicinity in conjunction with heavy shelling, according to @SiegeWatch. Sources…
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
12–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 March 2018
Incident Code
TS254
Location
no name of village yet, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According to multiple sources, two civilians women were wounded following an alleged Turkish shelling on civilian houses in Jindires, Afrin. ANHA reported that Jindires was targeted by "dozens of missiles and air raids", attributing blame to Turkey, like the rest of the known sources. Several sources including ANHA, ANF and Afrin now facebook published the injured victims by names. The victims…
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
7 March 2018
Incident Code
TS255
Location
قرية مسكة فوقاني, Miska Jorin, Aleppo, Syria
At least four or five civilians died in an alleged Turkish shelling of Miska Jorin village, according to sources on the ground in Syria. Afrin Now reported the death of four civilians, three of whom were still under the rubble. Other sources also put the death toll at four. ANHA was among several sources publishing…
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
7 March 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr154-C
Location
الهدي, Al Hudhi, Hadramaut, Yemen
One civilian was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Hudhi, Hadhramout, at around 5pm on March 7th 2018, "a member of his family and independent observers" told The Intercept. Saleh al-Wuhair was reportedly killed as he stood on a hill in the area, looking for a mobile phone signal. No other known…
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
7 March 2018
Incident Code
TS256
Location
ميدانكي,عفرين, Medankii district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
According to several local reports, at least five civilians were wounded followed an alleged Turkish airstrike on the Medankii district in Afrin, Syria. Many media outlet posted picture and videos that reveal the civilians injured being treated at the medical centre following the incident. Multiple sources have published the name and age of the victims.
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
7 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3180
Location
الغسانية, Al Ghassaniya, Idlib, Syria
Up to four civilians were killed, and dozens more were injured in up to three airstrikes and/ or artillery strikes on Al Ghassaniya, 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…
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
2–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3166
Location
Harasta, Damascus, Syria
Between two and four civilians were killed and dozens more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Harasta, local media reported. Sources attributed blamed to both Russia and the Syrian regime. @KumaitAgency reported that "Many civilians were injured by Russian raids and a missile and artillery bombardment of the Assad forces on the town…
Summary
Published
7 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
LC079
Location
سبها, Sabha, Sabha, Libya
Three civilians were killed and at least 10 more wounded by shrapnel resulting from LNA fighting a Tebu militia in Sebha, according to local reports. Fezzan Libya, citing the Sebha Medical Centre, reported that 3 people were killed – including one child – and 12 were injured – including 3 children – as a result of…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
10–12
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
CS1736
Location
الشفعة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four families of Tajik nationality were reportedly killed as a result of airstrikes on the town of Al Sha’afa, according to local sources. All reports stated that the non combatant victims were related to members of so-called Islamic State. Although the sources implied that women and children were harmed by the bombardments, no names, photos…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
12–16
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3164
Location
جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
Between six and nine civilians including three children were killed, and dozens more were wounded, in airstrikes on Jisreen, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. Most sources attributed the blame to the Syrian regime; however, the Violations Documentation Centre, who named six fatalities, blamed "Syrian government and…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
CS1737
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to three sources, a married couple was killed in an alleged March 6th Coalition airstrike on Hajin. According to the reports, the couple originally came from the town of Mushin, Deir Ezzor. Reports did not overtly specify whether both casualties were non-combatant civilians. However, they did mention the “martyrdom” of the couple. Deir Ezzor 24…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
TS249
Location
جنديرس,عفرين, Jindires, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian – a nurse or doctor – died and three more were wounded in an alleged Turkish bombing of Jindires, according to IC Afrin Resistance. Afrin Now reported “the martyrdom of the nurse working at Afrin hospital, Shyar Haji Abdo, while trying to rescue civilians in Jandairis region as a result of the continuous…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3161
Location
حزة, Hazza, Damascus, Syria
One to five civilians, including a girl, were killed, and several others were injured in air and artillery strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Hazza. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. Qasioun News reported on "artillery shelling by the regime's forces" in the residential area. There were as many as…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
TS250
Location
الاشرفية, Al Ashrafiya neighbourhood, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Two female children were wounded in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling of Afrin city’s al Ashrafiyeh neighbourhood, local media reported. According to ANHA, “the shells fell in the Ashrafieh neighbourhood of Afrin city, injuring two children, Hanan Nazal 10, Amal Hassan,14. The two children were taken to Afrin Hospital for treatment. Medical staff said that…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3162
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
An unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in air and artillery strikes on civilian homes in Douma, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. @EuphratesPost reported on the "effects of the great destruction that hit the residential areas in the city of Douma as a result…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
TS251
Location
ميركان, Mirkan villages, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
One named civilian died and a second was wounded in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling or Mirkan villages, local media reported. According to ANHA, Turkish strikes targeted the villages Mirkan and Kakhera of Mobata district, which in the case of Mirkan, killed one adult man and wounding another. The wounded man was reportedly recovering following…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
TS252
Location
كوهارة, Kokhra village, Mobata, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian, named as 50-year-old Asa’ad Izzat, died in an alleged Turkish shelling of Kokhra village, according to local media. According to ANHA, Turkish strikes targeted the villages Mirkan and Kakhera of Mobata district, which in the case of Mirkan, killed one adult man who was transferred to a hospital in Afrin.
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
TS253
Location
كورتكة, Kortka village, Shara district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians died in an alleged Turkish shelling of Kortka village, according to local media. Rok Online reported: “Our correspondent said that the Turkish artillery bombardment of the village of Kortaka in the Shara district, east of the province, led to the death of one person, amid continuing clashes in the vicinity of Shara between…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3165
Location
عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria
Between three and four civilians were killed, including a 20 day old baby, and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Arbeen, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the raids. A child was trapped under the rubble for an extended period of time due to the collapse of a…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3163
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shougur, Idlib, Syria
A woman and a child were wounded in airstrikes on Jisr Al Shougur, local media reported. According to sources Russia were to blame for the raids. Members of the Syrian Civil Defence aided the wounded in the aftermath. @SyrianCoalition reported that "four air raids from the warplanes on the neighbourhoods of the city of Jisr…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 March 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr153
Location
Al Abr District , Hadramaut, Yemen
News agency Xinhua reported that according to a local security official, a US drone strike had killed four alleged AQAP militants in Al Abr, in Hadhramout governorate, on March 6th 2018. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. A second source, Mosnad News, published on March 6th, also reported that a US strike…
Summary
Published
6 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
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
5 March 2018
Incident Code
TS244
Location
قارة تابه, Qarah Tabah village, Shara district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
One woman was killed and up to 22 more were wounded, including women and children, in alleged Turkish artillery and/or airstrike shelling of Qarah village, Syria, according to local sources. Hawar News reported: “A citizen woman was killed and an elderly man was seriously injured by the Turkish occupation army shelling on the village of…
Summary
Published
5 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–22
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 March 2018
Incident Code
TS245a
Location
بربان, Civilian bus at Barbaneh village, Rajo, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians including an elderly woman died and 24 others including children and women were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of a bus in the village of Barbaneh, Syria. Sources said that victims were wounded by artillery shrapnel and transferred to Afrin hospital. Reports said that three victims later died. They were named as…
Summary
Published
5 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 March 2018
Incident Code
TS247
Location
جنديرس,عفرين, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 15 civilians including two or three children and five women died and up to 32 more were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes in Jindires, Syria, local media said. However, it is possible that reports are referring to several events in Jindires, and may include T131-T133, listed above. Moreover, several sources published images which…
Summary
Published
5 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–13
Civilians reported injured
2–32
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3156
Location
جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria
Twelve named civilians including women and children were killed, and dozens were injured, in air and artillery strikes which hit the residential neighbourhoods in Jisreen. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the airstrikes. One source reported that there were dozens of airstrikes on the vicinity. As many as four children and six…
Summary
Published
5 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
11–12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 March 2018
Incident Code
RS3160
Location
حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria
Between 12 and 23 civilians were killed and dozens more were wounded in a reported chloride attack on Hamouriya, local media reported. Media blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the strikes which reportedly included cluster and barrel bombs, and surface-surface missiles. Twenty civilians were named, however, three additional victims were named as unidentified…
Summary
Published
5 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
12–23
Civilians reported injured
12–36
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 March 2018
Incident Code
TS248
Location
فريرة, Village of Freriye, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Between two and 15 civilians including a three-month-old baby died and up to 10 others were wounded in an alleged Turkish airstrike on the village of Freriye in Jindires, Syria, according to sources on the ground. ANHA reported: “The Turkish occupation air force bombed the village of Freriye in Jindires, where a three-month baby and…
Summary
Published
5 March 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–15
Civilians reported injured
8–11
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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