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Incident Date
1 February 2016
Incident Code
RS0520
Location
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
Ten civilians including four children, four women and a rescue worker were killed – and ten to 15 others injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes launched 20 raids with missiles and cluster bombs targeting homes in the city center of Anadan and…
Summary
Published
1 February 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
10–11
Civilians reported injured
10–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0461
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Between one and six civilians including a child died in airstrikes on Raqqa, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime were responsible. The Shaam News Network, reported that several non-combatants were killed and several more injured when warplanes “thought to be Russian” carried out airstrikes on areas within…
Summary
Published
25 January 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0422
Location
Al Qassabiya, Idlib, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights, reported that at least four civilians including a girl and a woman died when “suspected Russian warplanes” fired two missiles on a school in the village of Al Qassabiya. LCCSY said that four civilians from one family died as a result of Russian strikes in Al Qassabiya. Syria2011 also named these victims –…
Summary
Published
20 January 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0371
Location
حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria
Two to four civilians including one to two children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrikes on a school for boys in Hayyan, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that four civilians including two children died when “suspected Russian warplanes fired several missiles near Hayan High School for Boys in Hayan…
Summary
Published
12 January 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 January 2016
Incident Code
RS0366
Location
عنجارة, Anjara, Aleppo, Syria
Between 15 and 30 civilians including six women and at least five children were killed – and dozens more people injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes targeting schools in Anjara, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that warplanes believed to be Russian struck the Mustafa Ruston elementary school in the…
Summary
Published
11 January 2016
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
15–30
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0326
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria
Three to four civilians including one child were killed and dozens injured in airstrikes on Palmyra, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that it was the second day in a row that Russian warplanes killed non-combatants in the city and said that three had died in bombing raids carried out by “tens of Russian aircraft…
Summary
Published
28 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0321
Location
جرجناز, Jarjanaz, Idlib, Syria
Eight civilians including four children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on a school in Jarjanaz, according to the Shaam News Network. SNN reported that a Russian warplane launched four vacuum missiles on the gate of the Thee Qar school while students were leaving the premises to return to their homes. The Network said…
Summary
Published
26 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
8
Civilians reported injured
24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0299
Location
كفر داعل, Kafr Da'el, Aleppo, Syria
Three civilians including two children were killed and several other children injured in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike which hit an elementary school in Kafr Da’el in the countryside west of Aleppo. According to the Shaam News Network which blamed Russia, local activists said those killed were a teacher (or possibly school superintendent)…
Summary
Published
22 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0291
Location
إدلب, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Between 43 and 73 civilians were reported killed and 70-170 injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Idlib, according to multiple sources. Al Jazeera posted a video from the main market on Al Jala’a street in which the reporter said 47 non-combatants were killed and 70 injured, in strikes by Russian warplanes. The correspondent said the street contained two schools,…
Summary
Published
20 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
43–73
Civilians reported injured
70–170
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0272
Location
دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria
Between 42 and 70 civilians, including five women nine to 20 children were killed and between 24 and 250 others wounded in aerial and missile bombardments of Douma and nearby locations in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that shelling by the regime killed 38, including five women and…
Summary
Published
13 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
42–70
Civilians reported injured
24–250
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 December 2015
Incident Code
RS0240
Location
الهلك, Huluk (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians including two women and two children were killed – and dozens injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike targeting Al Huluk School, Aleppo, according to the Shaam News Network. The White Helmets reported that four dead bodies were recovered from the rubble and that 10 injured people were rescued. It said that among…
Summary
Published
7 December 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0203
Location
الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria
Two civilians were killed including one child in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Atarib. There were two events several hours apart. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights and others, one attack struck a school which suffered major damage and was no longer in use. Two victims were named SNHR.
Summary
Published
28 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0199
Location
تدمر, Palmyra, Wadi al Ahmar, Homs, Syria
One adult male civilian was reported killed – VDC named the victim – following multiple alleged Russian airstrikes at Al Wadi Al Ahmar, east of Palmyra, according to local monitors. Activists said the historic city’s archaeological campus was badly damaged as a result of one of the raids, and that other strikes hit different parts…
Summary
Published
27 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0192
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
On November 26, 2015, five adult male civilians were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the main street of Maarat Al Nu’man in the Idlib governorate of Syria. Orient News interviewed three witnesses to the attack (featured below). “The Russians carried out five raids, killing around six people and injuring many. They were all…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
12–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 November 2015
Incident Codes
CS151 RS0196
Location
الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
Five to eight civilians including four children were reported killed, and 10 injured, when Russian warplanes allegedly launched several rockets on Hetten School in Raqqa, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. Ara News also blamed Russia. Syria Press Report (citing the Syrian Observatory) placed the death toll at 12 and said the attack was…
Summary
Published
26 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5–12
Civilians reported injured
10–12
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
25 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0189
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Two to three civilians were reported killed and several others injured (“most of them women and children”) in an alleged Russian air raid with vacuum missiles on the town of Jisr al Shughour, according to Radio Alkul. The local media organisation additionally reported that “The town was also struck by more than 50 rockets from…
Summary
Published
25 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 November 2015
Incident Code
CI146
Location
الموصل, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
A high-ranking officer with the Iraq Army was the reported source for a highly contested claim – most likely Daesh propaganda – that French aircraft had bombed a school in Mosul, allegedly killing 28 pupils. According to German news agency DPA, Brigadier-General Thanon Sabawi from the Second Division of the Iraqi Army claimed that “French…
Summary
Published
25 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
28
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0151
Location
مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria
News media reported that three or four children were killed – and more than 20 injured in Russian warplanes allegedly struck the Abu Alaa Al Ma’ari Elementary School for Boys in Ma’art Al-Nu’man. One video appears to show Russian aircraft over the city that day. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the warplanes…
Summary
Published
15 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0152
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria
Five non-combatants – including a woman and child – were reported killed and more than five people injured in an alleged Russian airstrike targeting the town of Khan Shaikhoun. The Shaam News Network said three civilians were killed in the raid, while the Union of Hamas rebels reported that four people died. The VDC put…
Summary
Published
15 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0144
Location
الغارية, Al Ghariya, Daraa, Syria
Seven non-combatants were reported killed – including one child and a woman – in alleged Russian (or possibly Syrian) airstrikes and Assad ground artillery attacks on Eastern Al Ghariya. Shaam News reported that warplanes hit a school, noting that Assad’s forces also targeted the town with artillery shells following the raids. The Syrian Network blamed…
Summary
Published
12 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0121
Location
البوكمال, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that 71 civilians including nine or more children killed – and more than 100 people injured – when alleged Russian warplanes launched two airstrikes on the market in Al Bukamal. It added that more than 20 shops were destroyed and that a mosque, park and school were damaged…
Summary
Published
5 November 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
48–71
Civilians reported injured
100
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0065
Location
رسم حمام, Rasim al Hammam, Hama, Syria
Three civilians – a woman and two girls – were reported killed and ‘many wounded’ after an alleged Russian airstrike on a former school in which internally displaced civilians were said to be sheltering.
Summary
Published
21 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0063
Location
سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria
On October 20, 2015, the alleged Russian airstrikes killed at least 14 non-combatants, according to multiple accounts. The first strike at 1 p.m. hit near a school and a field hospital in the town of Sarmin run by the Syrian-American Medical Society (SAMS.) A secondary strike, or "double tap" – captured on camera, – showed…
Summary
Published
20 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
(
Hospital
),
Education
Civilians reported killed
14–17
Civilians reported injured
28–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0064
Location
كفر تخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
A reported Russian airstrike on an empty school complex allegedly killed up to a dozen people, according to reports. Reporting from Sarmin, Orient News reporter Abu Mahmoud described the event: “Russian occupation forces targeted the town of Sarmeen with steric missiles. The target was a children’s school.. they are two schools next to each other,…
Summary
Published
20 October 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
12
Civilians reported injured
10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0038
Location
تل سلطان, Tall Sultan, Idlib, Syria
Violations Documentation Center named an adult male from the town of Tel Azzan as having been killed in a Russian airstrike on a school building in nearby Tel Sultan, which also reportedly injured two.
Summary
Published
13 October 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 September 2015
Incident Code
CI102
Location
عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq
The Iraqi Revolution site reported that “NATO planes” [sic] carried out two overnight raids on the town of Ana, which allegedly injured women and children. According to the claims, one of the two strikes targeted a residential neighbourhood. NINA also reported civilian fatalities from a strike in the area, describing the fatalities as occurring when…
Summary
Published
5 September 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 March 2015
Incident Code
CI047
Location
الجمهورية, Fallujah, Jamhouriya, Nineveh, Iraq
Aircraft bombed a primary school and a hospital in the Jamhouriya neighbourhood of Fallujah, reportedly killing up to 12 civilians and injuring 9. Local media reported that children were among the dead, including 11-year old Suhaib Jassem Batawi. According to Arabi21, the attack was the work of the Iraq Air Force and had killed three…
Summary
Published
3 March 2015
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–12
Civilians reported injured
4–9
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30–31 January, 2012
Incident Code
USYEM046-B
Location
الخديرة, Awadh Abd Al Nabi school in the village Al Khadira, Abyan, Yemen
Between three and 15 Al Qaeda members were killed and up to 15 others were injured in confirmed US airstrikes conducted by a mix of drones and manned aircrafts under the US Department of Defence’s control on Awadh Abd Al Nabi school in the village Al Khadira on January 31, 2012. There were no known…
Summary
Published
31 January 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Education
Military actors reported killed
3–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
7 September 2011
Incident Code
USYEM035-B
Location
المحفد, Al Mahfed, Abyan, Yemen
An alleged US Predator drone strike struck a makeshift Al Qaeda checkpoint in Mihfed, Abyan Province killing up to 10 members of Al Qaeda and wounding as many as dozens more. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. AFP reported that a local security official said that the US drone strike had killed…
Summary
Published
7 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Education
Military actors reported killed
3–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 September 2011
Incident Code
USYEM034-C
Location
مدرسة الفاروق الثانوية في جعار, Al-Farouq high school, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and four others, including two children, were injured in the alleged US drone strike or Yemeni airstrike that hit the Al-Farouq High School in Ja´ar Abyan Province on the 5th of September 2011. Wafaa Mohammed Ahmed al-Hamza (8 years old) was killed and her father Mohammed Ahmed…
Summary
Published
5 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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