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Incident Date

13 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0734

Location

كفرنبل‎, Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria
One adult male civilian may have died in an airstrike on Kafr Nabil, according to two local sources. The VDC listed Jameel al Ekel as a victim of a Russian strike but says the victim is from Kafr Nabil, and doesn’t state where he was killed. Fresh News reports the same victim killed  “in warplane…

Summary

Published
13 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

13 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0736

Location

السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
Between seven and eight civilians including three children and one or two women died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sukhna, according to local sources. Shaam News reported that eight civilians including were killed and more than 10 others injured on alleged Russian raids on Sukhna. SNN added: “The co-ordinating city of Palmyra said that in…

Summary

Published
13 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

13 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0737

Location

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
At least one child was killed in Douma according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was a Russian airstrike or the result of regime artillery. Shaam News, reported: “Russian planes carried out raids on Douma neighbourhoods which was preceeded by artillery shelling. One civilian was killed and others were…

Summary

Published
13 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

13 March 2016

Incident Codes

CS190 RS0738

Location

أبو قلقل, Abu Qalqal, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed in an airstrike on the town of Abu Kalkal. Opinion was split as to whether the attack was Russian, Coalition or Syrian regime in origin. Daesh-linked Al A’amaq Media, the Syrian Observatory, the Syrian Network, the Syrian Human Rights Committee, Shaam News and al Hall Media all said the attack…

Summary

Published
13 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0732

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
The Violations Documentation Center listed one unidentified woman as a victim of an alleged Russian airstrikes on Palmyra. No further details are currently available.  

Summary

Published
12 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

12 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0733

Location

ماضي, Maadi, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians including one woman died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Maadi, Aleppo, according to local sources. Ana Press reported that a Russian strike “resulted in casualties and injuries among civilians and massive destruction of the residential buildings”. The victims were also named by Syrian Human Rights Committee and other sources.  

Summary

Published
12 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

12 March 2016

Incident Code

CS189

Location

Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria
According to Al A’amaq Media – linked to Daesh – “A child and his father were killed in a raid by an unmanned American plane on the outskirts of Raqqa city.” No other sources in the city reported civilian casualties. However Raqqa is Being Slaughtered did note that “An unmanned plane targets a Daesh pickup…

Summary

Published
12 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0724

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
One 14-year-old girl, Nour Ahmad al Abdulla ‘al Najm’, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hazm farms, according to the Violations Documentation Center. No further details are currently available.  

Summary

Published
11 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0731

Location

السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria
Between 15 and 19 civilians died in an alleged airstrikes on a public bus in Palmyra,  according to local sources. According to Alarby, Homs Media Center and Shaam News, 15 died and 20 more were injured when Russian warplanes targeted a bus on the road from Palmyra to Raqqa. Eldorar reported that Russia continued to…

Summary

Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
15–19
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0725

Location

كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria
A woman and her teenage son died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Naha, according to local sources. The victims were named by Halab News – who blamed Russia – as Anas Ahmad Khatib and Fatima Khatib. Two additional sources, Allairamon Today and Anas Naif, also named them and said that Russia was responsible…

Summary

Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0726

Location

الصالحين, Salheen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Seven civilians died and at least 10 others were injured in airstrikes on the Salheen neighborhood of Aleppo. While three sources alleged that Russia was responsible, a fourth said this was the work of Assad regime warplanes. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was “informed that no less than 5 people were killed…

Summary

Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0727

Location

أبو دالية, Abu Dalia, Hama, Syria
Three civilians including two women died in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Abu Dalia, according to local sources. Baladi News reported: “One male and two females were killed in warplane raid targeted center of Abu-Dalyeh town in Eastern countryside of Hama.” The Shaam News Network said: “In the eastern countryside Russian enemy planes…

Summary

Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0728

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Several civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to local sources. Al Jazeera reported that “a number of people were killed, including women and children, as a result of dozens of continuous Russian air raids days ago on residential neighborhoods and archaeological city. others were injured in the city of Palmyra in…

Summary

Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0729

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
According to the Shaam News Network: “four people were killed when Russian enemy planes targeted a civilian transport vehicle on the road from Palmyra to Deir Ezzor.” The Syrian Network for Human Rights also reported that “four people were killed from the same family when the Russian warplane targeted their truck (which is a refrigerated…

Summary

Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0730

Location

الجنينة, Al Jneina, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Between two and six civilians including one woman and one girl died when the remains of a bombed exploded in the village of Al Jneina. The Violations Documentation Center listed two unidentified adult male victims, and said that they died from an explosion of remnants of a cluster bombed that had been dropped by Russia.…

Summary

Published
11 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

10 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0722

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
One woman and her child died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to multiple sources. Shaam News Network reported that a girl was killed and several others injured in dozens of alleged Russian airstrikes on Palmyra. It published a video showing bombing on neighbourhoods – though it is not clear whether this is…

Summary

Published
10 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

10 March 2016

Incident Codes

CS188 RS0723

Location

خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least two civilians including a girl and a woman died in airstrikes on the town of Khusham. While the majority of the sources allege that this was a Coalition incident, other reports say Russia was responsible. According to Free Deir Ezzor, Russian raids targeting oil fields in Khusham killed two civilians displaced from Qaryatain,…

Summary

Published
10 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2–20
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

9 March 2016

Incident Code

LC026

Location

الزعفران, Zaafran, Surt, Libya
Two female children and their mother from Hamad Hamed Al-Sayah Hambali were among up to eight victims who died in airstrikes on the area of Zafaran and the power station in Sirte, local media reported. The daughters were named as Isra and Wafaa. According to Mahmoud Mohamed Salem on March 9th, “there were frequent reports of…

Summary

Published
9 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

9 March 2016

Incident Code

LQ026

Location

بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
The LNA reported that it destroyed two sea vessels West of Benghazi near Al Jawhara resort. The statement says that the boats belonged to the Derna Shura Council and were carrying ‘fighters and ammunition’. In addition, the LNA launched strikes on reported positions of the terrorist militias in Qawarsheh and the perimeter of the cement factory…

Summary

Published
9 March 2016
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

9 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0721

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
At least three civilians died and dozens more were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Palmyra, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched more than 150 raids targeting neighbourhoods in Palmyra, resulting in the dozens of civilians being killed and injured “as well as significant damage and the outbreak of…

Summary

Published
9 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3–12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 March 2016

Incident Code

CI200

Location

العصرية, Asriya, Al Anbar, Iraq
In a major mass casualty incident, 69 civilians were reported killed and 100 injured after alleged Coalition or possibly Iraq government aircraft allegedly struck the village of Asriyah. All of the victims were said to be from the Al Bojaber tribe. According to al Rafidain and other sources, fifteen of those killed were said to…

Summary

Published
9 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
69
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0720

Location

الجنينة, Al Jneina, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One adult male civilian died in an explosion from the remains of a cluster bomb in Jneina, Deir Ezzor, allegedly dropped by a Russian warplane, according to multiple sources. Four sources named the civilian as 45-year-old Sawadi Salloum, all saying he was killed in a cluster bomb explosion following a raid that morning.  

Summary

Published
8 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2016

Incident Code

USSOM046

Location

Awdheegle, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
At least 19 alleged militants were killed in a joint operation between US and Somali forces in the village of Awdhegle. US attack helicopters supported US and Somali Special Forces who attacked an al Shabaab target in southern Somalia, the Pentagon and Somali officials said. The assault took place overnight. The soldiers flew on US…

Summary

Published
8 March 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
19
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons, Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

7 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0717

Location

أبو الظهور, Abu al Duhur, Idlib, Syria
Between 15 and 23 civilians died and up to 132 were injured in airstrikes on Abu al Duhur, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. There were claims of a ‘double tap’ strike – with aircraft returning to attack rescuers. In a series…

Summary

Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
15–23
Civilians reported injured
30–132
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0718

Location

أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
Six civilians including two to three children and one woman died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Orm al Kubra according to multiple local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported a “massacre due to suspected Russian forces shelling on regime forces shelling in Owrm Al Kubra town in Aleppo governorate in March 7“. It said…

Summary

Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0719

Location

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Two civilians – one woman and a child – died in an airstrike on Palmyra according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. Shaam News Network reported: “Russian planes supported Assad’s forces by bombing clash points. They targeted the city of Palmyra with…

Summary

Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2016

Incident Code

CI198

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq
According to a local source, six civilians from the same family were killed after two missiles by allegedly Coalition jets struck their home in the Shura district south of Mosul. According to Yaqen News, the local Mosul source who reported the deaths also added that “indiscriminate bombardment by Coalition aircraft operations has increased dramatically recently,…

Summary

Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

7 March 2016

Incident Code

CI199

Location

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq
Twelve civilians reportedly died when their homes were struck in alleged Coalition airstrikes at Hit – although no strikes were publicly declared in the near vicinity. According to local media, among those killed ‘in Coalition strikes’ were Hadi Hassan Jihad, Bashar Hadi Jihad and five other family members with several more wounded, near the secondary…

Summary

Published
7 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0716

Location

شنهصة, Shahnasa village, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians died in an alleged Russian strike on the village of Shahnasa, according to local sources. HNN named Karim Hussein al-Abdullah as a victim and said three more unidentified people were killed in a Russian strike. DCHRS also named Karim Hussein al-Abdullah and added that three unidentified victims died. It too blamed…

Summary

Published
6 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 March 2016

Incident Code

RS0713

Location

فيخة, Fikha village, Aleppo, Syria
Three non-combatants including a child died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Fikha, according to local sources. Syriashuhada said three unidentified civilians died in a Russian strike. HNN also put the death toll at three, attributing the incident to Russia. According to Alamwai a child was among the three fatalities, though didn’t say who carried…

Summary

Published
6 March 2016
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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