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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1040
Location
الهلّك, Halak, Aleppo, Syria
Local media reported that Russia shelled Hayak with cluster bombs, however, only once source (LCCSY) alleged that there had been a civilian casualty. It said that one civilian had died. There are no other details at this time.
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1041
Location
سوحا, Souha, Hama, Syria
Six civilians from one family, including a woman and four children, died in an airstrike on Souha in Hama, according to local media. Only one of the two sources (LCCSY), alleged that Russia was to blame. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights referred only to “warplanes”.
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1042
Location
غوطة دمشق, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria
Eastern Ghouta was bombarded with raids on July 23rd damaging many small residential towns within the district and killing between two and nine civilians, according to sources on the ground. Both Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Smart News reported that the Assad regime struck the area with jets and warplanes. Shaam News Network, however,…
Summary
Published
23 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1034
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed and nine more were injured in an airstrike by alleged Russian warplanes on Jisr al Shoughour, according to local media. Jisrtv reported that the attack occurred between 1.00 and 1.06. All reports claimed to sight Russian warplanes, who reportedly carried out cluster missile attacks on Jisr al Shoughour. According to Smart…
Summary
Published
22 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
9
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1032
Location
الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
A 10 year-old child named Jamil Mustafa was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Aleppo’s Al Ferdos neighbourhood, according to LCCSY. Despite this claim, a pro-regime Twitter page reported that “Syrian warplanes targeted armed groups in Ferdos and Kallaseh neighbourhoods and injured some armed members.” Step News reported sighting helicopters which threw explosive barrels…
Summary
Published
22 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1033
Location
عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
A single source, LCCSY, said that there were: “#Hama martyrs and wounded reported due to targeting the township of #Aqrabiyat and the village of #Soha in the eastern suburbs with 5 Russian airstrikes.” However, further research indicated that there were no civilian casualties in Akeirbat, but up to seven in Soha on July 22nd (see…
Summary
Published
22 July 2016
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1035
Location
سوحا, Soha, Hama, Syria
Syrian Press Center claimed that five airstrikes were carried out in Soha village killing and injuring civilians. Multiple sources including Alamawi and SMO News reported that it was Russian warplanes which attacked Soha village. However, both Radio AlKul and LCCSY blamed the Assad regime for the raids. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Smart News both…
Summary
Published
22 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1036
Location
بني زيد, Bani Zeid, Aleppo, Syria
A woman named Hasna’a Ali Danon, aged 55, was killed on July 22nd by alleged Russian and Assad regime warplanes in Bani Zeid, sources on the ground reported. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Assad regime for “artillery shelling” and “warplane shelling” on the neighbourhood. The reports claimed it caused destruction to buildings with no civilian…
Summary
Published
22 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 July 2016
Incident Code
CS277
Location
الحمر الشرقية, Hamr ar Shaqiya, Aleppo, Syria
A number of sources reported the deaths of three civilians in an alleged Coalition event, with two alleged victims named as Abu Shaman and his father. However a local Facebook site insisted the claims were “totally untrue… Everything is normal and nothing is happening.” According to Shaam News, “In the eastern countryside, battles are at…
Summary
Published
21 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1029
Location
الطيبة, Al Tiba (Al Taibah), Homs, Syria
Local media reported that five civilians died – a woman and her four children – in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Al Tiba village, Homs. Although there were only two sources reporting this incident on July 21st 2016, they are both credible. LCCSY reported “#Homs a woman and her four children were martyred…
Summary
Published
21 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1030
Location
حي المشهد, Al Mashad (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Between six and nine civilians died in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on Aleppo’s Al Mashhad neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. The majority of reports, including Al Jazeera, Buraq Media and Syrian PC, blamed the Assad regime for the airstrikes. According to reports, there was both shelling and the use of explosive barrels…
Summary
Published
21 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
20–25
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1031
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Russian and Assad regime warplanes continued to attack Idlib on July 21st, killing up to another six civilians, according to sources on the ground. The Smart News called the bombardment a massacre and also commented that the raids began in the night continuing on from the 20th of July. Images published by the Shaam News…
Summary
Published
21 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 July 2016
Incident Code
CS275
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
A report on August 5th 2016 by local blogger Hathifa al Yaman Abu al Majd claimed that approximately 15 civilians had died in a Coalition strike two weeks earlier, with their bodies still buried under rubble. “American Alliance planes – around 15 days ago – committed a massacre against three families opposite al Fatah mosque near…
Summary
Published
20 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 July 2016
Incident Code
CS276
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
In an incident which may relate to the previous report – or was unknown to Airwars – the Coalition announced in January 2017 that it was investigating a possible civilian casualty event near Manbij almost six months earlier. According to the initial statement “five reports of civilian casualties received in November are still being assessed……
Summary
Published
20 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1025
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
In a major civilian casualty event, 23 named civilians died and up to 50 more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on an industrial area in Al Atareb, Aleppo. There were no allegations against the Assad regime. Death counts rose as reports emerged. Jisrtv reported seven killed, while Enab Baladi put the figure at “more…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
23
Civilians reported injured
20–50
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1026
Location
حي باب النيرب, Bab al Nayrab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
What has been described as a ‘bombardment’ on Bab al Nairab reportedly killed six civilians, including an unborn child. – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. Qasioun filmed as an explosive barrel was thrown on the neighbourhood, which is also located very close to an airport.…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1024
Location
دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Four civilians died in an airstrike on Deir Ezzor, according to local reports. There was, however, only one source (LCCSY) that pointed to possible Russian involvement. The Syrian Human Rights Committee published the names of four victims killed by “warplanes” in Deir Ezzor on July 19th, these are listed below.
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Codes
CS273a RS1027
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
In what has been described as a massacre, committed by both Russian and Assad regime and coalition warplanes, between 10 and 23 civilians were killed and as many as 35 more wounded on July 19th in Idlib city. Other sources claimed that the Coalition was involved in the incident. According to Shaam News Network the…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
10–23
Civilians reported injured
30–35
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1028
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Raids continued overnight from the 19th to the 20th of July in Idlib, and Idlib City, killing up to 23 civilians, according to sources on the ground. Alamawi reported that missiles were continually fired throughout the night and into the next morning. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported sighting helicopters dropping explosive barrels after midnight on…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
9–23
Civilians reported injured
30
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
CS273
Location
التوخار كبير, Tokhar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria
In what may have been the single greatest loss of life from a Coalition action in the first two years of its war against Daesh, between 78 and 203 civilians were reported killed in a catastrophic event at the village of Tokhar – the scene of a number of other recent civilian fatalities from alleged…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
78–203
Civilians reported injured
30
Military actors reported killed
85
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
CI268
Location
الشرقاط, Al Shirqat, Salah Al Din, Iraq
One woman was reported killed and at least half a dozen civilians injured in an alleged Iraqi government or Coalition airstrike at Sharqat. The casualties were said to have occurred when a Daesh headquarters was bombed in the late morning. Al Samarra TV reported that three families were injured and one woman killed… after inaccurate…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 July 2016
Incident Code
CS274
Location
ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
A report on August 5th 2016 by local blogger Hathifa al Yaman Abu al Majd claimed that approximately 15 civilians had died in a Coalition strike two weeks earlier, with their bodies still buried under rubble. “American Alliance planes – around 15 days ago – committed a massacre against three families opposite al Fatah mosque…
Summary
Published
19 July 2016
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1022
Location
كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria
Various sources reported that airstrikes on a residential area in Kafr Hama, Aleppo, killed up to three civilians, including one boy. BBC Arabic filed a report which read, “according to opposition source, Russian warplanes launched extensive shelling in Kafr Hamra”. Meanwhile, al Jazeera reported that both Russian and Assad regime warplanes were launching missiles in the…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1023
Location
Al Maysar, Aleppo, Syria
In multiple alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes which struck residential buildings, in Aleppo’s Al Maysar neighbourhood, a family of five and an elderly man were reportedly killed. BBC reported that “according to opposition source, Russian warplanes launched extensive shelling in Kafr hamra and Al-Maysar.” AMC News blamed the Assad regime for the strike, while…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS269
Location
التوخار كبير, Tokhar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria
Up to sixteen civilians including two or more children were reported killed in an alleged noon Coalition airstrike on Al Tokhar, a village near Manbij in northern Aleppo governorate. In its own report on the event the Syrian Network noted: “Fixed-wing international coalition forces warplanes fired a missile that targeted a residential house that is…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
8–16
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS270
Location
حيمر لابدة, Haymar Labda, Aleppo, Syria
Four or more civilians were reported killed and others injured in what were described as heavy Coalition airstrikes on the village of Haymar Labda, as the battle to capture nearby Manbij intensified. ISIL’s media wing also issued a statement claiming “dead and injured and great destruction as a result of Coalition raids on the village…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
4–12
Civilians reported injured
14–40
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS271
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
A single source reported the deaths of three named young children and the injuring of five more family members, in a fresh alleged Coalition casualty event at Manbij. In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as "non-credible",…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
CS272
Location
منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
The Manbij Documentation Agency initially claimed that “Sabr the son of Abdallah al Saidi and his family [7 people] were killed in coalition raids on his house near the education department behind his father’s building.” That claim was robustly denied by Manbij Mother of All Worlds: “We totally deny what some pages published yesterday about…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
0–7
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 July 2016
Incident Code
RS1021
Location
القاطرجي, Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Up to 11 civilians including three children died and 15 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike which destroyed a four-story residential building in Aleppo’s Al Qaterji neighbourhood, local media reported. According to BNN, earth missiles and cluster bombs were both used in the airstrike. Smart News blamed Russian warplanes for…
Summary
Published
18 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
6–11
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 July 2016
Incident Code
TI005
Location
الفاضلية, Fadhiliya, Nineveh, Iraq
A local MP complained that a number of civilians had been killed and injured in fresh Turkish shelling of Fadhiliya village. Salim Juma told NRN News that artillery strikes from a nearby Turkish base at Bashiqa “killed and injured a number of civilians, including women and children.” The MP called on the regional Kurdish government…
Summary
Published
17 July 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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