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Incident Date
29 August 2019
Incident Code
TI027
Location
شران, Sherane, Duhok, Iraq
One civilian was reportedly injured in a Turkish airstrike on Sherane. ANF said: "Turkish fighter jets shelled the village of Sherane in Duhok’s Amadiya district in South Kurdistan today noon. The bombardment has reportedly left a civilian wounded." RojNews wrote: "On Thursday, Turkish warplanes bombed an area belonging to the Amedi (Amadiyah) district of Dohuk…
Summary
Published
29 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
29 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4095
Location
التح, Al Tah, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians - a woman and her two sons (one of whom was a child) died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Tah the first hours of dawn on August 29, 2019, local media reported. According to the Shaam News Network, "Russian warplanes targeted al-Tah town in the southern countryside of Idlib, leaving three…
Summary
Published
29 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4096
Location
معرشمشة, Ma’arshamsha, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that four civilians were killed and six others injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Ma’arshamsha, Syria on August 29, 2019. According to the Shaam News Network, "a civilian vehicle for IDPs in the village of Maarshamsheh" was struck, killing three people - two women and a child. Step…
Summary
Published
29 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28–29 August, 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr208
Location
مارب, Ma'rib, Yemen
One local-language social-media source, @HAlwlaqi, suggested that at least one US drone strike had targeted "Islah terrorist militia" camps in Marib, including in the "third regional command", apparently overnight from August 28th-29th 2019. Another, @muneeffaisal1, stated at around the same time that a US drone had targeted a "military convoy" in Marib, possibly referring to…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
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Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4092
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, Syria
In what local media described as "a massacre", as many as 15 civilians including up to five children and two women died and another 34 were wounded, including women and children, in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Ma’aret Al Nu’man after sunset on August 28, 2019. According to the Smart News Agency, 47 civilians…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9–14
Civilians reported injured
12–40
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4090
Location
معصران, Ma’saran, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians - a man and a woman - died and up to five people were injured in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Ma’saran on August 28, 2019, according to local media. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: "Ali Mustafa Sa'do and the girl Bayan Mohammad Matar were killed as Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4091
Location
التمانعة, Al Tamani’a, Idlib, Syria
One civilian reportedly died and another was injured in an alleged Russian strike on al-Tamani’a. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, " a civilian was killed due to a Russian bombardment that targeted the farms of al-Taman’aa town south of Idlib". Edlib Media Centre said that a man died in a Russian airstrike.…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4093
Location
جرجناز, Jarjanaz, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that one civilian died in an alleged regime airstrike on Jarjanaz on August 28, 2019. Tweets from @MasarPressNet and @jisrtv both identified one civilian as being killed in the airstrikes. According to a tweet from @baladinetwork, "the regime's helicopters and warplanes bomb with six vacuum missiles and two explosive barrels, the town…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4089
Location
تلمنس, Telmans, Idlib, Syria
The Step News agency reported the death of one civilian in an alleged Russia or regime air or artillery strike on Telmans on August 28, 2019. Step News identified one civil as being killed while Smart reported that there were wounded civilians in a regime strike. A tweet by @alhariri58 described vacuum missiles as being…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4094
Location
سراقب,, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
Eight civilians were wounded, including a woman, in an alleged regime or Russian airstrike on a market in Saraqib on August 28, 2019, local media said. According to Smart, "On August 28, 2019, eight civilians were injured when regime warplanes bombarded the city of Saraqeb near Idlib in northern Syria. A medical source in the…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr207
Location
الحوطة, Al Houta, Shabwa, Yemen
One local-language social media source, @wael_shaifan, suggested late on August 27th 2019 that at least one US drone strike had targeted gatherings of alleged AQAP militants in Al Houta town, Shabwa governorate. Three other social media sources further indicated that US strikes had taken place in Shabwa that evening, but did not offer specific information.…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4085
Location
كفر نبل,, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria
One civilian died and "many" more were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Kafar Nabil on August 27, 2019, local media reported. @Abuhuzaifa_ tweeted an image with the caption: "A 90-year-old father takes the last glimpses of his remaining child, who was martyred by shrapnel from the shelling of the Russian occupation." According…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4086
Location
معرشورين,, Ma'ar Shourin, Idlib, Syria
Up to four civilians, including a child and one to two women, died and seven others were injured in alleged Russia or regime raids on Ma'ar Shourin on August 27, 2019. The majority of sources pointed to the use of barrel bombs. A Facebook post by Nabed Maarshourin listed the names of those killed: Wael Abdulaziz Al-Qaddour, Abdul…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
7–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4087
Location
تل منس, Tal Mans, Idlib, Syria
One civilian died and others injured in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on TalMans, according to local media. Step reported: "Russian warplanes and helicopters targeted all the towns of the southern and south eastern Idlib countryside with barrels, killing...one civilian in Tal Mnes". Justice Organisation blamed the regime for the death of Abdul Ilah…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4088
Location
الغدفة, Al Ghadafa, Idlib, Syria
Several civilians were wounded in an alleged Russia or regime airstrike on a hospital in Al Ghadafa, according to sources on the ground. Smart reported: "two guards are still trapped under the rubble of the hospital targeted by Russia vacuum missiles, noting that civil defense teams are trying to reach the scene of the bombing to…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
LC186
Location
الاصابعة, Asabi'ah, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya
Between four and six civilians allegedly died as a result of a Turkish or GNA airstrike on Gheryan. Afrigate reported: "Turkish air strikes brought by the Wefaq government bombed Al Asabi’a on Tuesday, the Karama [LNA] Operations Room said. The chamber added that the bombing resulted in the martyrdom of four civil servants who were…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
GNA/Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
LC187
Location
العزيزية, Aziziya, Al Jafarah, Libya
One civilian was reportedly killed in an LNA airstrike on Aziziya. Libya Alahrar TV wrote that one person was injured in the attack. The Libya Observer said: "Breaking News: A drone belonging to warlord Khalifa Haftar destroys an ambulance for the field hospital in Aziziya region, south Tripoli, killing its driver." Hona Souq Al-Khmies reported…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
26 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4079
Location
كفرسجنة, Kafar Sijna, Idlib, Syria
Two civilian males died and others were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafar Sijna on August 26, 2019, according to local media. The Step News Agency reported: "Russian warplanes targeted the town of Kafar Sijnain in the southern countryside of Idlib with missiles, killing two people as a toll and injuring a number…
Summary
Published
26 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
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
26 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4080
Location
كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria
Up to five civilians died and others were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strike on Kafar Nabil, local media reported on August 26, 2019. Smart reported: "The media activist in the city Baha Sweden said that Russian aircraft launched missile strikes on residential neighborhoods coinciding with artillery and rocket shelling…
Summary
Published
26 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4081
Location
احسم, Ahsem, Idlib, Syria
Five or six civilians including two children were reportedly wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Ahsem. Sources said that both a secondary school and a mosque were struck. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "Fixed- wing warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on Ihsem Secondary School in Ihsem…
Summary
Published
26 August 2019
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4082
Location
Abdita, Idlib, Syria
Two children and their mother were reported killed, and others injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdita in Idlib on August 26th, 2019. Local sources identified the three victims as Jad Mahmoud Al-Ismail (child), Ahmed Mahmoud Al-Ismail (child) and Dalia Ahmed Fadl (most likely their mother). The Syrian Network for Human Rights…
Summary
Published
26 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4083
Location
كفرعويد, Kafr Aouid, Idlib, Syria
Between two and three civilians died and 12 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Kafr Aouid, local media reported. Most sources blamed the regime, though there was also a report that Russia had been active over the area and a tweet from @ahmaad_yosef identified Russian planes as being responsible. According…
Summary
Published
26 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 August 2019
Incident Code
LC185a
Location
الكليبة, Kalipa, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya
One civilian was reportedly killed by mortar shelling in Kalipa. Tk Yahrouq Kl shy said: "A mortar falls on the house of Moftah Salem Taroum in Kalipa area which led to his death (he is father to 6 children)." The same source also posted a video showing the bodies of various people, possibly also militants…
Summary
Published
26 August 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
26 August 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr206
Location
القوز, Al Qawz, Abyan, Yemen
At least one US drone strike reportedly targeted a convoy of alleged AQAP militants near the town of Al Qawz, in the Mudiyah district of Abyan governorate, late on August 26th 2019. There was no known available information on casualties, and no known associated reports of civilian harm. A local source told Al-Masdar Online that…
Summary
Published
26 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
25 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4074
Location
Tal Mnes, Idlib, Syria
Up to six civilians including women and children died in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Tal Mnes on August 25, 2019, according to local media. Smart reported: "Three children and two women were killed and 10 civilians were taken to nearby field hospitals as a result of the regime's warplanes shelling residential neighborhoods in…
Summary
Published
25 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
1–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4075
Location
معرشورين, Ma'ar Shourin, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported between one and two civilians killed and an unspecified number wounded in an alleged Russia or regime airstrike on Ma'ar Shourin in August 25, 2019. A tweet by @omar_alhalaby alleged that "Russian warplanes target civilians' cars while they are fleeing the town as a result of the violent bombardment on them, which…
Summary
Published
25 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4076
Location
الهلبة, Al Halba, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported one civilian killed and an unspecified number wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Al Halba on August 25, 2019. Horrya News reported that one civilian was killed in "Russian-Assadi aggression." Orient News also identified one man killed in Al Halba. Syrian Network for Human Rights also named Jamal Abdul…
Summary
Published
25 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25–26 August, 2019
Incident Code
RS4077
Location
بسقلا, Bsaqla, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that at least three civilians including a woman and a girl were killed and many were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bsaqla on the morning of August 25, 2019. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "at least three civilians, including a girl and her mother, were killed as…
Summary
Published
25 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25–26 August, 2019
Incident Code
RS4078
Location
معرة حرمة, Ma`arat Horma, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and at least two civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes against the village of Ma’aret Harma in Idlib governorate on August 25, 2019. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "Fadi Turki al Athab was killed as fixed- wing warplanes we believe were Russian fired missiles on…
Summary
Published
25 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 August 2019
Incident Code
USYEMTr205
Location
عقبة القنذع, Aqaba Al Qandha, Al Bayda, Yemen
One local-language social media source, @tlaal661, reported on August 24th 2019 that two US airstrikes had targeted alleged AQAP militants in the Aqaba Al Qandha area "between Al-Bayda and Shabwa" governorates. There were no known further public reports of a strike, and no information about alleged casualties was available. The report came a few days…
Summary
Published
24 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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