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Incident Date
28 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3970
Location
تحتايا, Tahtaya, Idlib, Syria
Two men were reportedly injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Tahtaya, Idlib governorate, on July 28th, 2019, according to local sources. Idlib Plus reported that "two men were wounded because of the targeting of the town of Tahtaya by a Russian airstrike." @alahmed_nasser tweeted: "The War Air Force launches raids on the…
Summary
Published
28 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
USSOM240
Location
Golis Mountains, Noogal, Somalia
The US military conducted a fresh airstrike on so-called Islamic State in Somaliland, reporting the next day that they had killed one senior member of the terrorist group in the Golis Mountains region. "At this time, it is assessed the airstrike killed one (1) terrorist who played a key role in facilitation for the group,…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
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
27 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3965
Location
الحلوبة, Al Halouba, Idlib, Syria
A child was killed in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Al Halouba, Idlib governorate, on July 27th, 2019, according to local sources. Edlib Media Center reported "the death of a child and the injury of a child as a result of an airstrike by the military regime on the town…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
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
27 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3966
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Up to 13 civilians were reportedly killed and at least 22 others were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib, on July 27th, 2019 according to local sources. The airstrikes hit the western neighborhood and a popular market, and France 24 reported that the airstrikes hit two residential buildings. Members…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Commerce
(
Market
)
Civilians reported killed
11–13
Civilians reported injured
22–41
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3967
Location
كفرعويد, Kafar Aouid, Idlib, Syria
At least two girls were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Kafar Aouid, Idlib countryside, on July 27th, 2019, according to local sources. @baladinetwork tweeted: "The regime's warplanes bomb the village of Kafar Aouid in the southern countryside of Idlib." According to @IdlibPlus, civilian homes were targeted. According to…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3964
Location
تلة الخضر, Telt Al Khouder, Latakia, Syria
A single source reported that two civilians were killed and that two others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Telt Al Khouder, Latakia governorate, on July 27th, 2019. Smart News Agency documented "two killed and two wounded by the shelling of Russian warplanes on Tel Al Khouder north of Latakia." Currently, further information is…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
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
27 July 2019
Incident Code
LC172
Location
طرابلس, Tripoli: Airport road, Tarabulus, Libya
Between four and five civilians were allegedly killed in an LNA airstrike on a hospital in the south of Tripoli. Al Wasat and 218 TV said four people were killed and named the victims. Al Jazeera wrote: "An air attack by forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar near the Libyan capital killed five…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
7–8
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
27 July 2019
Incident Code
LC173
Location
الهضبة البدري, Al Hadaba Al Badri, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and three civilians were reported killed resulting from indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Al Hadba Al Badri neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Libya Observer reported: "The National Safety Authority says two people died as a result of a shell falling on their home in Al Hadaba Al Badri area south of Tripoli." Libya Al…
Summary
Published
27 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
26 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3963
Location
البوابية, Al Baouabiya, Aleppo, Syria
Local sources alleged that Russian or Syrian airstrikes or missile strikes targeted Al Baouabiya in Aleppo on July 26th, killing up to three civilians and wounding three others including a woman. Sources said that the attacks started in the morning and continued through the afternoon. One of the victims Sari Al-Taleb, aged 27, used to…
Summary
Published
26 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3961
Location
سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that alleged Syrian or Russian airstrikes struck the Al Hal Market in Saraqib, Idlib governorate in the morning of July 26th, 2019, killing up to two civilians and wounding up to 10. According to Step News Agency, one civilian was killed while Shaam News Network reported two killed civilians. Smart News Agency…
Summary
Published
26 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3957
Location
كفروما, Kafarouma, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians, including at least one child, were reported killed and 10 others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on civilian homes in the town of Kafarouma, Idlib governorate, on July 25th, 2019, according to local sources. Edlib Media Center reported that "three people were killed and several wounded when…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3956
Location
الاتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that up to five civilians were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Al Atarib, Aleppo countryside, on July 25th, 2019. At least three others were injured. @SyriaCivilDefe tweeted: "A man and a woman were killed and three others were wounded, as a result of the warplanes…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
3–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3958
Location
البوابية, Al Bawabiya, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians including two children were reported killed, and up to five including children and women were wounded, in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes and/or artillery attacks on Al Bawabiya in Aleppo's southern countryside in Syria on July 25th, 2019. Three of the victims and two of the injured belong to…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3959
Location
اللطامنة, Al Latamina, Hama, Syria
One to three civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on al Latamina, Hama, on July 25th, 2019. @jisirtv tweeted that barrel bombs were used in the attack. Syrian Network for Human Rights named one fatality as "Abdul Hakim Ahmad al Sayyed", "killed as warplanes we believe were Russian fired several missiles on al Latamina town…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military actors reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3954
Location
لحايا, Lahaya, Hama, Syria
One civilian was reported killed in Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Lahaya, Hama, on July 25th. @HalabTodayTV said that "a civilian was killed by Russian airstrikes on the village of Lahaya in the northern Hama countryside However, @shabablatamni accused the Syrian regime of responsibility for this incident and tweeted "Regime helicopters bombard with…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3960
Location
اليعقوبية, Al Yakoubiya, Idlib, Syria
Armin Yaqoub Khalilo, a man from the Christian community, died in the village of Al Yaqoubia in Idlib, on July 25th, 2019, due to the explosion of cluster bomb remnants from an alleged previous Russian or Syrian regime bombing. According to various local sources such as Shaam News Network, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3952
Location
أم الصير, Um Al Sair, Idlib, Syria
Up to six civilians, including children, were reported injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Um Al Sair, Idlib governorate, on July 24th, 2019, according to local sources. A single source reported that the strikes led to a civilian death. Edlib Media Center wrote that "three civilians wounded in raids by Russian occupation aircraft on the…
Summary
Published
24 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3953
Location
خان السبل, Khan Al Sobul, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that 20 civilians, including three children and four women, were injured when Russia and the Syrian regime conducted airstrikes on cities and towns of Khan Sheikhan, Ma'arat al-Nu'man, Deir al-Sharqi and Um al-Sair, Jabal al-Arbaeen, Ma'sibin, al-Qasabiyah, Mar'and, Tannnah and Khan al-Sobull. Baladi News reported that in a special statement, Abdul Rahman…
Summary
Published
24 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3948
Location
تحتايا, Tahtaya, Idlib, Syria
Up to nine civilians were reported killed and other injured, some seriously, by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes or artillery shelling on Tahtaya in Idlib on July 25th, 2019. According to @syrian191124, vacuum missiles were used in the attack. Khaled Mahmoud Al-Hudayri, an adult male, was named as one of the victims by…
Summary
Published
25 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3949
Location
قرية طبيش, Tabish village, Idlib, Syria
In the evening of July 24th, 2019, alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes caused what was described as "a horrific massacre" of an entire family in the village of Tabish near the city of Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib. Local sources reported that the airstrikes struck residential houses in the village of Tabish…
Summary
Published
24 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3950
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Up to 19 civilians, including at least three children and two women, were killed in several air raids by alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime warplanes on July 24th, 2019, according to local sources. Up to 19 others were reported injured. Syrian regime fixed-wing warplanes fired several missiles on a local market in the center of…
Summary
Published
24 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–19
Civilians reported injured
16–19
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3947
Location
محيط قؤسة معركبة, Surrounding Ko`usa Ma`arkba, Hama, Syria
Local sources claimed that two civilians were killed by alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces missile fire on agricultural lands near Ko`usa Ma`arkba, north of Hama from Camp Bardij, on July 24th, 2019. The Syrian Human Rights Committee named the victims as Jihad Ali Al-Naasan and Aryam al-Melhem (other sources named him Oqba Aryan…
Summary
Published
24 July 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3951
Location
محمبل, Muhambel, Idlib, Syria
A mother and her two daughters were killed by alleged Syrian regime or Russian airstrikes on a residential neighbourhood in the town of Muhambel, Idlib governorate, on July 24th, 2019. An unknown number of other civilians were reported wounded. @syrian191124 tweeted: "Three civilians were killed and others were wounded as warplanes targeted the town of…
Summary
Published
24 July 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
23 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3945
Location
جبالا, Jabala, Idlib, Syria
A civilian male was reported killed and two others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Jabala, Idlib governorate, on July 23rd, 2019, as reported by local sources. Step Agency tweeted that "a civilian was killed and others were wounded when an explosive barrage hit the town of Jabala,…
Summary
Published
23 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
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
23 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3946
Location
الحامدية, Al Hamidiya, Idlib, Syria
An unknown number of civilians were reported wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Hamadiya, Idlib governorate, on July 23rd, 2019, according to local sources. @baladinetwork reported that "civilians were wounded by the bombing of warplanes on the town of Al Hamidiya near the city of Ma'arat Al Numan in the southern…
Summary
Published
23 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2019
Incident Code
LC171
Location
سيدي السايح, Sidi as Sa'is, Tarabulus, Libya
A woman and her child were allegedly injured in a GNA airstrike on Sidi as Sa'is. Tripoli Al Izz reported: "The bombing of a military aircraft belonging to the GNA, hit a civilian house in the area of Sidi as Sa'is yesterday night, and wounded a child and a woman." Tarhuna 24 said: "GNA airstrikes…
Summary
Published
23 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
23 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3942
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma`arat Al Nu`man, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was reported killed and up to six others injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on a residential neighborhood including a market in Ma`arat Al Nu`man. Orient News also said that a child went missing as a result of the attack. The Syrian Human Rights Committee named the victim as Ahmad Al-Nassan. …
Summary
Published
23 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3944
Location
ديرسنبل, Deir Sinbul, Idlib, Syria
Up to two civilians, including a child, were reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Deir Sinbul in Idlib governorate on July 23rd, 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that "a child was injured by the targeting of the town of Deir Sinbul in the village…
Summary
Published
23 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3941
Location
بلدات متعددة في أدلب, several towns in Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Shaam News Network reported that Russian forces conducted heavy air raids accompanied with heavy shelling and artillery shelling on the cities and towns of Ma'arat Al Nu'man, Khan Sheikhoun, Tallakan, Kanda, Hamediyah, Deir Snabal, Jabala, Bassamis, Sahihan, Hayish, Najeej and Ma’ar Zeita. The source claimed that one civilian was killed in "all of Ma'arat Al…
Summary
Published
23 July 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
22 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3936
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, Syria
Up to 50 civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, on July 22nd. A further 10 to 100 were allegedly injured in the incident. In December 2019, the New York Times published an investigation into the event, which it said was perpetrated by the Russian Air Force. While initial sources cited…
Summary
Published
22 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
40–51
Civilians reported injured
10–109
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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