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Incident Date
23 November 2019
Incident Code
YS076
Location
اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria
Two or three civilians were reported injured in an alleged YPG artillery attack on Azaz, Aleppo governorate in Syria, on November 23rd, 2019, according to local sources.
Summary
Published
23 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
23 November 2019
Incident Code
TS398
Location
الملالي, Al Malali, Raqqa, Syria
Five civilians were reported killed and between three and 22 others including a child injured in alleged Turkish forces mortar, gunfire and drone strikes on Al Malali village in Ayn Issa - Syria on November 23rd 2019, according to local sources. ANF said that three civilians were injured when a Free Burma Rangers health team…
Summary
Published
23 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3–22
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4194
Location
قرية الصافي, al-Safi village, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria
Three women from the same family and a child were reported killed, and a man and his son injured when their vehicle was hit by a Russian armored military vehicle in Al Safi village in Manbej, Aleppo governorate in Syria, on November 23rd 2019 according to local sources. Local sources stated that the accident occured…
Summary
Published
23 November 2019
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Accidents related to conflict
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4195
Location
كفرنبل, Kafrnabl, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians were reported killed and between three and ten others including at least one woman and one child were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafar Nubul in Idlib, Syria on November 23rd 2019, according to local sources. While SMART Agency, Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), IdlibPlus and Macro Media Center (MMC)…
Summary
Published
23 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4196
Location
قرية الشيخ بحر, al-Sheikh Bahr village, Syria
Three civilians were reported injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Sheikh Bahr village in Idlib, Syria on November 23rd, 2019 according to local sources. IdlibPlus reported that "three people were also injured in the village of Sheikh Al- Bahr west of Idlib as a result of being targeted by four raids by Russian aircraft"…
Summary
Published
23 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4192
Location
مرعيان, Mareyan, Idlib, Syria
A child and his father were reported killed, while his mother injured in an alleged Russian forces airstrike on Mareyan in Eastern Idlib, Syria on November 22nd, 2019. The Syrian Human Rights Committee identified the names the two victims as Basel Hazarini and Talha Basel Hazarini (his son). The wife of Basel and mother of…
Summary
Published
22 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4193
Location
Fatira village, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed and others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Fatira village in Idlib, Syria, on November 22nd 2019 at approximately 7:45 local time, according to local sources. The two deaths were identified as Abdullah Ibrahim Abu Alkhish and Kinan Abdeljoud Khalouf on multiple sources on Twitter and Facebook. The Step…
Summary
Published
22 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 November 2019
Incident Code
CS1937
Location
حي اللطوة, Latwa neighbourhood, Dhiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian male was killed and one woman and five children from the same family injured after an alleged Coalition airstrike targeted their home in Al Latwa neighbourhood of the town of Dhiban, Deir Ezzor governorate, on November 22nd, 2019, according to local sources. Two members of the SDF were also reported killed and another…
Summary
Published
22 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–6
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 November 2019
Incident Code
YS074
Location
قرب قرية الحمدانية, near Al Hamdaniya village, Al Hassakah, Syria
One civilian was injured with YPG fires as they tried to disperse a demonstration near al Hamdaniya village in Hasaka, Syria on November 21st, 2019, according to local sources.
Summary
Published
21 November 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
21 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4191
Location
معرة النعمان, Maarat Numan, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians, including two children, were reported killed and a number of others were wounded by a mortar or a cluster bomb from the remnants of previous strikes by Russian Forces or the Syrian regime forces on Ma'arat Al Numan in Idlib, on November 21st, 2019, according to local sources. A tweet from @oulaalassaad named three…
Summary
Published
21 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4186
Location
بابيلا,, Babila, Idlib, Syria
Two men were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on the town of Babila in the southern countryside of Idlib on November 20, 2019. HalabTodayTv stated that the two civilians were injured and that material was damaged, due to the alleged airstrike in Babila by the Russian Armed forces. Several local sources reported that civilian…
Summary
Published
20 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4188
Location
جبالا, Jabala, Idlib, Syria
One civilian, a man, was killed and one to two civilians, including a man, were injured in a suspected airstrike by the Russian Armed Forces in Jabala, Idlib on November 20, 2019. Jesrpress stated that reportedly a man was killed and another civilian injured as a result of airstrikes conducted by the Russian Armed forces,…
Summary
Published
20 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4189
Location
بلدات متعددة,, several towns in Idlib, Idlib, Syria
The Shaam News Network reported wounded civilians across Idlib. The Shaam reported said: "Russian warplanes and helicopter gunships carried out dozens of airstrikes accompanied by very heavy artillery and rocket shelling targeting the cities of Maarat al-Numan, Kafrnabel, the towns and villages of al-Saraj, Musharrafa, Jabalha, Bara, Barba, Helba, Umm Jalal, Tall Dum, Sahal, Umm…
Summary
Published
20 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2019
Incident Code
TS397
Location
قرنفل, Qaranfil, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed and three others injured in an alleged Turkish drone attack on a vehicle including five civilians in Qaranfil village in Tal Abyad - Raqqa in Syria on November 20th, 2019, according to local sources. The victims are all from the same family and moved to a hospital in Kobane. The…
Summary
Published
20 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2019
Incident Codes
IRS003 RS4190
Location
مخيم قاح, Qah refugee camp, near Syrian-Turkish border, Idlib, Syria
Between 16-30 civilians, including at least seven children and at least six women, were killed and up to 46 others, most of them children, were wounded in an airstrike with the use of cluster bombs which struck attack Qah refugee camp and was allegedly carried out by Russian, Syrian regime or Iranian forces at 7:30…
Summary
Published
20 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
16–30
Civilians reported injured
15–46
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2019
Incident Code
TS396
Location
تل رفعت, Tal Rifat , Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Turkish airstrikes on Tel Rifat, according to ANF News. Further information is currently unavailable.
Summary
Published
20 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 November 2019
Incident Code
LC248
Location
منتزه هابي لاند بارك, HappyLand Park, Tarabulus, Libya
Several civilians were allegedly injured by LNA artillery shelling on Ain Zara. Libya Alahrar TV posted pictures of the aftermath, saying: "Photos showing some of the effects of the destruction of houses and their properties in the area of Ain Zara behind the areas of clashes due to the indiscriminate shelling of Hafter gunmen, which…
Summary
Published
20 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
20 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4187
Location
معرة النعمان, Maarat Nu’man, Idlib, Syria
Six civilians were killed in reported Russian airstrikes in the town of Maarat al Numan in southern Idlib on the evening of November 20th 2019. Multiple sources alleged that at least five casualties were members of the same family, including four children and their mother. The strikes occurred on “World Children’s Day”. Between 11 and…
Summary
Published
20 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
11–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19–20 November, 2019
Incident Code
ISSY005
Location
بيت سابر, Beit Sabir, Damascus, Syria
Two civilians, including a woman, were killed and at least one child was injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Beit Sabir, Damascus governorate, around 1:30 AM on November 20th, 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported "the death of a Syrian civilian and his wife after they were pulled from…
Summary
Published
19 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military actors reported killed
0–23
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
19–20 November, 2019
Incident Code
ISSY006
Location
الجزيرة الثالثة, قدسيا, Block Three, Qudsaya, Damascus, Syria
Up to two children and a woman were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Qudsaya suburb in Damascus on November 20th, 2019, according to local sources. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, "a young woman was injured by shrapnel due to the Israeli shelling in Qudsaya suburb". Reportedly, explosions were heard in the…
Summary
Published
19 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military actors reported killed
0–23
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
19 November 2019
Incident Code
TI031
Location
خانصور, Khanasor, Nineveh, Iraq
Local sources reported that a Turkish drone attacked areas in Shingal region in Iraq on November 19th, 2019 causing deaths and injuries among civilians and YPG fighters. @murad_ismael reported "Another Turkish airstrike today [Nov 19th] on town of Khanesor. Reportedly there are civilian victims which are yet to be confirmed." @ameddicleT added that "Turkish armed…
Summary
Published
19 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 November 2019
Incident Code
YS071
Location
جرن الحاج صالح - تل أبيض, Jarn Hajj Salih, Raqqa, Syria
Two female children were reported killed and ten other civilians injured in an alleged YPG artillery attack with a Grad rocket on a school building turned into a shelter for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Jern Al Haj Salih in Tal Abyad, Raqqa governorate in Syria, on November 19th, 2019 according to local sources. The…
Summary
Published
19 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
19 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4185
Location
Several towns in Idlib, Idlib, Syria
A single source, the Shaam News Network, reported: "Russian warplanes and helicopter gunships carried out air strikes with rockets and explosive barrels on the city of Kafrnabal, the towns of Verkia, Kafar Sijna Shanan, Maarat China, Kerasa, Jabalya, Naji, Musharrafa, Kafr Fasnajah, on the roofs of the monastery, in Termla, Hazarin, Dar al-Kabira and Ma'arzita.…
Summary
Published
13 November 2019
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 November 2019
Incident Code
YS073
Location
عريضة, Aridha, Raqqa, Syria
A child was reported killed and his family members injured in an alleged YPG artillery attack on Aridha village in Raqqa governorate, Syria on November 19th, 2019 according to local sources. The child killed was identified as Ezzeddine Al Sayyad and he is between 3 or 4 years old.
Summary
Published
19 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
19 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4184
Location
بلدات متعددة, Several towns in Idlib, Idlib, Syria
An unspecified number of civilian casualties were recorded by a single source, as a result of airstrikes on multiple villages in Idlib province on November 19th 2019. Airwars is presently unable to provide more specific detail. Airstrikes by “Russian warplanes and helicopter gunships” were reported by local news source Shaam News to have hit eight…
Summary
Published
19 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Incendiary
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 November 2019
Incident Code
USSOM257-C
Location
حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia
The US military reported on the same day that it had carried out an airstrike near Qunyo Barrow that killed one "terrorist." However al Shabaab insisted the victim was a local civilian businessman named Ismail Issa Bhutan. AFRICOM later insisted the target "was both an al-Shabaab leader and weapons supplier." According to a press release…
Summary
Published
19 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
18 November 2019
Incident Code
TS394
Location
معراتة, Maabatli, Aleppo, Syria
A 23-year-old woman and a member of the Difa Al Civil (Civil Defense) were killed by alleged Turkey-backed militants in the city of Afrin, Aleppo governorate, on November 18th, 2019, according to Hawar News Agency. Hawar News Agency stated that Nircis Dawoudi and Ali Al Shaqur had just received their salaries when they were blocked…
Summary
Published
18 November 2019
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
18 November 2019
Incident Code
LC245
Location
مصنع السنبلة للبسكويت, Sunbulah biscuit factory, Tarabulus, Libya
Between seven and ten civilians were reportedly killed in an LNA or Emirati airstrike on a biscuit factory in Wadi al Rabie. Reuters said: "At least seven workers were killed and another 35 wounded in an air strike that hit a biscuit factory on Monday in a southern suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, emergency…
Summary
Published
18 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
15–35
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
18 November 2019
Incident Codes
TS395 RS4183
Location
تيري, Tayri, Aleppo, Syria
At least one young woman was reported injured in eastern Kobane, after allegedly being hit by a Turkish-Russian patrol vehicle during on-going protests by locals against the presence of foreign forces in the area. ANF reported that “the people protested against the patrol by throwing stones. A young woman was hit by a vehicle of…
Summary
Published
18 November 2019
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Use of objects and other means
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
18 November 2019
Incident Code
LC246
Location
طرابلس: مشروع الهضبة, Tripoli: Hadaba project, Tarabulus, Libya
One child was allegedly killed by indiscriminate shelling on the Hadaba project in Tripoli. Tk Yahrough Kl shy said: "The death of Khaled Mohammed Muftah Al-Mashay as a result of an indiscriminate shell landing last night on his house in line 6 in Hadaba project area." Hona Souq Al-Khmies published a similar report. Local reports…
Summary
Published
18 November 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
,
Government of National Accord
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