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Incident Date
21 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2493
Location
رسم الطويل, Rasim al Taweel, Hama, Syria
According to the Smart News Agency, there were "dead and wounded as a result of a Russian air bombardment on the village of Rasim al Taweel, east of Hama". No other sources civilian harm, but they said that the regime had taken control of the village.
Summary
Published
21 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1513
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Three civilian males died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa, according to local media. Multiple sources named the victims. The deaths of Mr Al Khatib and his son were reported by Page of Palymyra’s Dead, reflecting where the IDPs had originally come from.
Summary
Published
21 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2491
Location
بلدة الهبيط, al Habeet, Idlib, Syria
At least three civilians, including a woman and two children, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes against the town of al Habeet in southern Idlib according to a local source. The White Helmets tweeted a video showing the rescue of a child, who was found alive, in the ruins of her home. There are no…
Summary
Published
21 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2492
Location
لطمين, Latmeen, Hama, Syria
One woman was injured in alleged Russia airstrikes against the village of Latmeen in the northern countryside of Hama, according to multiple local sources.
Summary
Published
21 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2494
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Nine civilians, including four women and four children, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes against the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib on September 21, 2017. The civilians that were killed were from the same family, with Smart News Agency reporting that they were a mother, father, and child.…
Summary
Published
21 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2495
Location
قلعة المضيق, Kala'at al Madeeq, Hama, Syria
Between two and three civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and nine others, including children, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the town of Kala'at al Madeeq in northwestern Hama, according to local sources. The initial estimate of two civilians killed was reported by Smart News Agency while…
Summary
Published
21 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2482
Location
معرة حرمة, Maraat Harma, Idlib, Syria
At least two civilians were wounded and some possibly died as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes against the village of Maarat Harma in southern Idlib according to local media. Smart News Agency identified Russian planes as responsible but did not give an estimate of how many civilians were injured, only indicating that it was…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
TI009
Location
شمال العراق, North of Iraq, Erbil, Iraq
Local media reported that the Turkish air force had bombed sites belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party in north Iraq - though there was no information available on civilian harm as a result of these actions. RT reported that "the Turkish army said on Thursday that the shelling hit targets in the mountainous regions of…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2488
Location
كفرنبودة, Kafr Nbooda, Hama, Syria
An elderly man was killed in Kfar Nbouda as more than seven rocket attacks bombarded the town, local sources reported. A house collapsed killing the 75-year-old while his wife’s leg later required amputation. The Syrian Network for Human Rights also reported a second death in the town. They were the only media outlet to cite…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2489
Location
Jarjanaz, Idlib, Syria
A mother and four children were killed in their home as alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces struck the town of Jarjanaz. The death of a sixth civilian was also reported. Those killed included the woman’s grandson, according to local sources. At least five others were injured. Three “space rockets” hit the town through the…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
CI852
Location
Karabla, Al Anbar, Iraq
Local press said a number of civilians were killed following airstrikes on Karabla in Qaem district, west of Anbar province. It was alleged by sources that the strikes killed a number of owners of car maintenance shops after they targeted the industrial district. The US-led Coalition was not blamed for the attack, however, nor were…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1512
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Local media named four civilians as killed in Raqqa by “aerial bombardment and artillery”. The culprit was not identified, though Airwars understands that only the Coalition has access to artillery at Raqqa, and was conducting airstrikes on the city at the time. The date of the incident is yet to be confirmed. Sources reported the…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2483
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Khan Shikhoun, local sources reported. The injured included a young girl and a woman, according to Zaman Al Wasl.
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
TI010
Location
دهوك, Dohuk, Duhok, Iraq
The Kurdistan Regional Government said that seven civilians were killed by Turkish airstrikes on Dohuk village. Skyiraq reported: "The air strikes launched by the Turkish warplanes targeted areas in the province of Dohuk and killed seven civilians." The government said in a statement that while the citizens were going to do their work on their…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
7
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2484
Location
سرجة, Sarja, Idlib, Syria
Between zero and three civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the town of Sarja in southern Idlib, according to local sources. Some sources, including Step News Agency, reported that the airstrikes struck the local headquarters of Ahrar Al Sham and three of those injured were militants. Other…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Civilians reported injured
0–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2485
Location
الصهرية, al-Sahariya, Hama, Syria
Two civilians, a woman and her daughter, were killed and at least two others, children, were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the village of al-Sahariya in the northern Hama countryside, according to local sources. Reporters Without Borders said that the airstrikes caused the destruction of a house and the victims of…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
(
House
)
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
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2486
Location
الفطيرة كرسعة, al Fatira and Karsa'a, Idlib, Syria
At least two civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes against the towns of al Fatira and Karsa'a in Idlib governorate. RFS media office reported: "Russian and Regime air force planes also renewed their air raids on the towns and villages of Al-Fataira, Benin near ariha, Abdin and the southern suburb of…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2487
Location
قلعة المضيق, Kala'at al Madeeq, Hama, Syria
Between six and 12 civilians, including between two and three children and two women, were killed and between five and 37 others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the town of Kala'at al Madeeq in central Syria according to local sources. Smart News initially reported that eight civilians were killed but…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–12
Civilians reported injured
8–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2490
Location
خشام, Khisham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians, members of the same family, were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes against the town of Khisham in the eastern suburbs of Deir Ezzor according to a local source. Step News Agency was the only source to report on the civilian harm and they identified Russian planes as responsible for carrying out the airstrikes.…
Summary
Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2478
Location
عطشان, A'tshan, Hama, Syria
Two nurses died following intensive strikes on the Shamna medical organisation in the village of A'tshan, according to local sources. The attacks were attributed to both Russian and Syrian forces by different media outlets. Both nurses were killed when bombs struck an ambulance near the village, activists told Smart News.
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2479
Location
الهبيط, Al-Habeet, Idlib, Syria
A man died during alleged Russian or Syrian shelling on the town of Al-Habeet in rural Idlib, local sources reported. Salah Ahmad Al-Jamili had come to the city from Helfaya, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2017
Incident Code
CS1511
Location
Al Nahda neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria
Two women died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqah’s Al Nahda neighbourhood, according to local media. The victims were named by multiple sources. Palmyra Media Centre reported the rest of the family were presently unaccounted for. In June 2019 the Coalition announced that it had assessed this allegation of civilian harm to be non-credible,…
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 September 2017
Incident Code
CI851
Location
Huwaija, Sina'iya area, Kirkuk, Iraq
According to two local sources, some civilians killed following an alleged Coalition airstrike targeted the residential neighbourhoods in Huwaija. Al Rafdain said that a number of civilians were killed and others wounded in an aerial bombardment, with a press source reportedly adding that aircraft bombed three sites in the Sina’iya area in Hawija, resulting in deaths…
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2475
Location
البوليل, Al Bouleil, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least two civilians were killed as alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces bombed the town of Al Bouleil in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Azur, local sources reported. Russian aircraft conducted the raids on residential areas, according to Alitihad Press, who said a total of five civilians died. Smart News reported the use…
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2477
Location
معرزيتا, Ma’arzita, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians were allegedly killed as planes bombed a primary school in the village of Ma’arzita. Khaled Rzouq Qattish was named dead by local sources alongside two women. Al Jazeera reported two members of the civil defence forces were among those killed. The perpetrator of the attack is unclear with reports of both Russian and Syrian…
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2476
Location
الطوب, Al Toub, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two civilians were killed in air raids on the village of Al Toub, local sources reported. Jisir TV attributed the deaths to Russian warplanes, however, Syrian air strikes and snipers were reported in the area by Smart News Agency. No other details are currently known.
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2480
Location
قرية التح, Al Tah, Idlib, Syria
Between one and three civilians including two women died while working at an obstetrics hospital in Al Tah as alleged Russian and Syrian warplanes bombarded the countryside of southern Idlib, local sources reported. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported one death; it stated: "Suspected Russian warplanes fired a missile on the al Rahman Charity…
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2481
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria
A child was injured in the city of Kafr Nabl as missiles struck a hospital, a local council building, and a civil defence centre, local sources reported. The city was hit by three separate attacks with both Russian and Syrian forces reported to be involved. Flight analysis by the Syrian Archive identified a number of…
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 September–10 October, 2017
Incident Code
CS1636
Location
Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Up to five civilians, including one child and three women, were reportedly killed by an alleged Coalition strike at some point during the Raqqa Campaign, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) and Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report "War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality" reported. The first report was made by RBSS who reported…
Summary
Published
19 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2472
Location
ﺣﻄﻠﺔ, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four members of one family were killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian air/ artillery or rocket strike on the village of Hatla in the eastern countryside, according to local sources. Hajj Attallah al-Assaf was the only individual named. Syrian East Agency attributed the “heavy artillery and rocket launchers” to Syrian forces, however most sources…
Summary
Published
18 September 2017
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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