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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI629
Location
الرسالة, Mosul, Resala, Nineveh, Iraq
A single source reported that two people were killed and nine others were injured due to unidentified shelling on Al-Resala neighborhood in West Mosul. Presently no further details are known.
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2110
Location
بداما, Bdama, Idlib, Syria
Between two and six civilians including a child died and up to eight more were wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on the road between Bdama and Hambushiyah in the countryside of Idlib, according to local media. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "a child and a man were killed and eight others were injured…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
3–8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CS683
Location
هنيدة, Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria
One man was killed when an alleged Coalition strike hit the motorcycle he was on in Hunayda, according to multiple local sources. However, it is unclear whether the victim was a civilian or militant. Raqqa Post reported that an unmanned drone targeted the victim, while Mohab Nasser, a media activist from Tabaqa, said reported he…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017–12 April 2019
Incident Code
RS2111
Location
كفركرمين, Kafr Karmin, Aleppo, Syria
One child - a six-year-old girl - died and up to six more civilians including another child and two women were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Kafr Karmin on the night of April 11th-12th, according to local media. Qasioun reported: "A girl was killed and others were wounded early today [April 12th],…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CS684
Location
مفرق مدينة الطبقة, Tabaqah Junction, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tabaqa Junction, according to local sources. @Mohab_Naser and other sources reported that he was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a Coalition warplane. But according to Al Raqqa Truth and @Q_Alenezy, a Coalition raid hit the car he was in while he was driving another…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI630
Location
اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that 13 civilians from two families were killed and 17 others injured in Coalition airstrikes on houses in Yarmouk neighbourhood, which had been liberated by Iraqi forces the previous day. Today Egypt News quoted Captain Yazen Abdul-Ilah al-Dubardani of the Iraqi Air Force, saying that “Coalition aircraft launched an air strike on…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
17
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI631
Location
حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that nine people from the same family died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their house in Al-Farouk Street, in Farouk neighbourhood in West Mosul, at midnight. Local Facebook page Sawlf Ateka reported that Tarek al-Sanjari, his five sons and two daughters died. Reportedly, a large explosion blew off the roof of…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
7–9
Civilians reported injured
11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
11 April 2017
Incident Code
CI632
Location
سحاب, Mosul, al-Sahab, Nineveh, Iraq
A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 11 April, an airstrike reportedly killed a civilian man and wounded seven other civilians, including a woman, in the ISIL-controlled al-Siha neighbourhood of western Mosul. At the time of the incident, the…
Summary
Published
11 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CI624
Location
دور موظفي السكك, Mosul, Sekak, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources said that three named civilians were killed including a child, after an airstrike struck their house in Sekak neighborhood in West Mosul. The Coalition later accepted responsibility for the event, publishing an assessment in December 2018 that stated: "On Apr. 10, 2017, near Sekak (Mosul), Iraq, via Airwars report. The Coalition aircraft engaged…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CI625
Location
Mosul, Sekak, Iraq
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on November 30th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” by Human Rights Watch. According to the Coalition report, “April 10, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via Human Rights Watch organization: After a review of available information and…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2105
Location
عويجل, Ouweijal, Aleppo, Syria
According to sources, multiple airstrikes struck the towns of Ouweijal and Kafr Naha in western Aleppo wounding an unspecified number of civilians. All sources attributed the blame to Russian warplanes. Most sources alleged that phosphorus and cluster munitions were used. Multiple civilians were reported wounded and fires were caused. There are no other details at…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CS680
Location
شعيب الذكر, دبسي فرج, Sho'aib Al Zakir and Dibsi Faraj , Raqqa, Syria
Between six and ten civilians including two children and one woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Shoeib Al Zakar and Dibsi Faraj, according to local sources. The Smart News Agency reported that the Coalition carried out five raids, killing six non-combatants including two children and a woman as well as…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
6–10
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CS681
Location
الرقة, Al Idkar, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian died and seven others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Idkhar at Raqqa according to Alaraby, Sadasham and the Smart News Agency. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Coalition carried out strikes in Raqqa on “the former Political Security building” used as a headquarters by ISIL. It…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2096
Location
تل_الدهب, Tal Al Dahab, Idlib, Syria
Two members of the civil defence were reported wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on Tal Al Dahab. The Smart News Agency reported: "The media official of the civil defence in the Jisr Al-Shughour district, Duraid Haj Hammoud, told the Smart's correspondent that the raid targeted the village of Tal Dahab, wounding a civil defence member…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2097
Location
دارة عزة, Dira’t Izza, Aleppo, Syria
An alleged airstrike hit the village of Dira’t Izza causing severe destruction. Some sources attributed the strike to Russian warplanes, whereas others alleged they were conducted by the Syrian regime. One civilian was reportedly killed. A total of 15 other civilians were reportedly injured. According to the Syrian Civil Defence team, they managed to pull…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CS682
Location
هنيدة, Hunayda, Raqqa, Syria
According to a single source, Smart News Agency, four civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hunayda. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2106
Location
كفرناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
Multiple airstrikes struck the towns of Ouweijal and Kafr Naha in western Aleppo, causing an unspecified number of wounded civilians. All sources attributed the strike to Russian warplanes. Some sources alleged that phosphorus and cluster munitions were used. Multiple civilians were reported wounded and fires were caused. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
CI626
Location
اليرموك, Mosul, Yarmouk, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported a major incident in Yarmouk neighbourhood, West Mosul, where airstrikes allegedly killed more than thirty civilians. The local Facebook group Sawlf Ateka named the victims as: “Imad Abdul Ghani Al-Rashdi and his mother, his wife, four daughters, the daughter of his brother Iyad and five other families after they fled to their…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
28–30
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2098
Location
السخنة, Al-Sukhna, Homs, Syria
Smart News reported that an airstrike struck the village of Al-Sukhna, causing the deaths of three people and wounding others. The strikes were thought to be conducted by Russian warplanes. One of those killed was a woman and another was reportedly a member of ISIS, although it is not clear whether or not this person…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2099
Location
قسطون, Qastoun village, Hama, Syria
One civilian was reported injured in airstrikes, thought to be Russian, on Qastoun village in Hama. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2100
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
Local sources reported that heavy shelling on Akeirbat in Hama killed as many as 34 civilians. One source attributed the airstrikes to Russian warplanes, while the other blamed the Syrian regime. The reports varied significantly, as one source reported 34 civilians were killed, including 11 children, while another source only reported that multiple civilians were…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
34
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2101
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al-Shoughour, Idlib, Syria
Sources reported the Syrian Civil Defence were struck in a suspected Russian airstrike during raids on the outskirts of Jisr Al-Shoughour in western Idlib. Three civilians were reportedly injured, including a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer. One source alleged the use of phosphorus bombs. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2102
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Two consecutive airstrikes in Idlib city, believed to be executed by Russian warplanes, allegedly wounded two civilian women and caused significant damage to property and infrastructure. The Idlib governorate had seen an intensification of bombardments in the days before, despite the announced truce previous December. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2103
Location
قرية اللج, Al Laj village, Homs, Syria
Activists of Smart News Agency reported that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in an air bombardment on the village of Al Laj. The source added that it was "thought to be Russian". Al Laj is a village in the eastern Homs countryside, and was controlled by Islamic State. There are no…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2104
Location
بلدة حور, Hour village, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported on the killing of a shepherd and his daughter due to multiple airstrikes in the village of Hour in western Aleppo. Sources reported that the strikes were likely Russian, although some sources alleged they were launched by the Syrian regime. Most sources reported the use of cluster bombs. "Multiple" civilians were wounded…
Summary
Published
10 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
CS679
Location
مزرعة تشرين, Tishreen farm, Raqqa, Syria
Local media reported the death of two families in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Tishreen Farms area. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, four non-combatants including a woman and her child died at the hands of the Coalition. Other sources put the number of dead at six, again pointing to Coalition warplanes…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
4–10
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2091
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria
Two children were wounded in an airstrike in Kafr Zita, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Whilst most sources attribute responsibility to Russia, a tweet from @B.Alhamwi, stated that "Assad's gangs" had struck Kafr Zita and wounded two children. Activists who spoke…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2092
Location
داعل, Dael, Daraa, Syria
One civilian was killed and three injured in an airstrike in Dael, Dara'a, according to local media sources - though it was unclear whether Russia or Assad's regime were responsible. The strike hit the field hospital "Nabd Houran", which according to Alaraby provided medical services to over 100,000 people. One nurse was killed in the…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2093
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were killed and three others injured in an airstrike in Ma'arat Al-Nu'man, Idlib, according to local media sources - though it was not clear whether the Assad regime or Russia were responsible. All of the known sources that reported on this attack, aside from RFS Media Office, attributed responsibility to Russian forces. Halab…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 April 2017
Incident Code
RS2094
Location
سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
Up to two civilians were killed and four injured in an alleged Russian airstrike in Sarmin, Idlib, according to local media sources. The head of the Centre for Civil Defense reportedly told Smart News that the Russians bombed the city with rockets using the "Sukhoi 35" aircraft, killing a woman and wounding four civilians, including…
Summary
Published
9 April 2017
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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