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Incident Date
17 February 2020
Incident Code
RS4468
Location
مستشفيا الكنانة والفردوس - دار عزة, Al Firdous and Al Kinana hospitals - Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian and a number of medical personnel were injured when Russian forces or Syrian regime forces allegedly targeted Al Kinana and Al Fardous hospitals in Dar Ezza in Aleppo with airstrikes on February 17th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that "fixed- wing warplanes we believe were Russian…
Summary
Published
17 February 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 February 2020
Incident Code
RS4441
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and five other civilians, including a child and two women, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the city of Darat Izza, Aleppo countryside, on February 11th, 2020, according to local sources. @ShahbaPress reported that "five civilians from one family were wounded, including a child and two women, as…
Summary
Published
11 February 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 February 2020
Incident Code
RS4411
Location
تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria
The town of Taftanaz was struck by an alleged Russian airstrike on February 4th, 2020, resulting in up to five injuries to civilians, including a woman and two children. Two tweets from@EyadHoms20 claimed that “Russian occupation aircraft” struck residential areas within Taftanaz “with several missiles”. The Baladi Network supported the use of missiles upon the…
Summary
Published
3 February 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4390
Location
اريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
In a massive incident, up to 14 civilians including up to four children, six women and a health worker were reported killed and between 35 and 71 also including children, women and health personnel injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ariha in Idlib, Syria in the night between January 29th and…
Summary
Published
29 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
6–14
Civilians reported injured
35–71
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4370
Location
مشفى الإيمان في قرية سرجة, Al Iman Hospital in Sarja village, Idlib, Syria
Civilians were injured, including one man, when Russian airstrikes targeted the Al-Iman Hospital in the village of Sarja, Idlib Governorate on January 26th, 2020, according to local media reports. The sources claim the bombing forced the closure of the hospital which served up to 50,000 civilians from the surrounding area. Sham News quoted the Free…
Summary
Published
26 January 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4142
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Up to two civilians were killed and seven to eight were wounded by alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jisr al Shughour, Idlib governorate, on November 6th, 2019, according to local sources. A geolocation of the incident was provided by @john_marquee. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that Al Tharaya Mosque was…
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
7–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2019
Incident Code
RS4143
Location
قرية شنان, Shannan village, Jabal Zawiya, Idlib, Syria
Between one and five hospital staff were wounded in two alleged Russian airstrikes on Ikhlas Hospital for women and children in Shannan village, Jabal Zawiya, at dawn on November 6, 2019, local media reported. The New York Times later geolocated the event. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, "fixed-wing warplanes we believe were…
Summary
Published
6 November 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 October 2019
Incident Code
LC218
Location
Yarmouk camp, قصر بن غشير, Tarabulus, Libya
On Sunday, October 13, 2019, serveral medical personnel were reported killed by an alleged Libyan National Army airstrike near the Yarmouk camp in Qasr Bin Gashir. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "Hafter warplanes bombard a field hospital in Khallet Al Furjan, leaving dead and wounded. The field commander in the axis of the airport road, Mohammed…
Summary
Published
13 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
31 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4099
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma al-Kubrah, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and six other civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes against the Al-Iman Hospital in the town of Urma Al-Kubra on August 31, 2019. Russian airstrikes allegedly struck the Al-Iman Hospital for children and women in the town of Urma Al-Kubra in western Aleppo in the middle…
Summary
Published
31 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
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
21 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4063
Location
تل منس, Tal Mnes, Idlib, Syria
One to three civilians were reported killed, and one to five wounded, in three to four airstrikes on Al Rahman hospital in Tal Mnes village, Idlib, on August 21st, 2019. Of the civilians killed, one may have been a child - according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which identified those killed in Tal Mnes…
Summary
Published
21 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3896
Location
أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria
Alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes struck the cities of Idlib, Ma`ra al-Nu'man and Ariha in the north of Idlib, killing a combined total of six civilians including three children and two women and wounding up to 40. According to Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed the Syrian regime and reported that their warplanes fired…
Summary
Published
12 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
15–40
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3893
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Civilian homes and shops in the Al Shamali neighbourhood of the city of Jisr Al Shaghour, Idlib governorate, were struck by alleged Russian or Syrian missiles in what was described "a massacre", killing up to eight civilians and wounding at least 14, According to Edlib Media Center, at least three people were killed in the…
Summary
Published
11 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
6–8
Civilians reported injured
14–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3885
Location
Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria
Up to 10 civilians, including at least four children, were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib governorate, on July 10th, 2019. Around 10 civilians were injured. @AJArabic tweeted: "Six civilians were killed and 10 others were wounded, most of them women and children, by Russian-Syrian airstrikes on…
Summary
Published
10 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
5–10
Civilians reported injured
9–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 July 2019
Incident Code
RS3882
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma’ret Al Nu’man, Idlib, Syria
Two people were wounded by alleged Russian or Syrian shelling on the city of Ma’ret Al Nu’man South Idlib. Local reports did not specify whether the victims were civilians. @HadiAlabdallah said that the shelling led to rendering Ma'aret Al-Nu'man main hospital out of service. @Step_Agency said that Russian warplanes targeted the area with vacuum rockets.…
Summary
Published
10 July 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 June 2019
Incident Code
RS3844
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
Two volunteers for the Syria Civil Defense were reported killed, and four to five others injured, in the second of a "double tap" airstrike allegedly perpetrated by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces on the Al Beira neighborhood in the east of Khan Sheikoun city, Idlib, Syria, on June 26th, 2019. The strike allegedly…
Summary
Published
26 June 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
(
Ambulance
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19–20 May, 2019
Incident Code
RS3695
Location
كفرنبل, Kafar Nubul, Idlib, Syria
According to numerous sources, a series of consecutive overnight strikes devastated a neighbourhood of Kafar Nubul from May 19th to 20th, killing 10 to 15 civilians, while injuring two to 20. While the majority of sources held Russia accountable for the bombardment, a minority did not positively attribute blame. Women and children were named by…
Summary
Published
19 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
10–15
Civilians reported injured
2–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3685
Location
كفر نبل, Kafar Nubul, Idlib, Syria
Up to four civilians including a child and one or two women died and as many as 20 other civilians were wounded in shelling on Kafar Nabil, according to local media. Sources blamed surface-to-surface missiles, cluster bombs and rockets for the civilian harm and were conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime were to…
Summary
Published
10 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3664
Location
كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria
Local sources reported that alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes struck northern Kafar Zeita in the night of May 6th to May 7th, 2019. Four civilians were reported killed, including two women and two children of the same family. A man and three children were reported wounded. SyriaTV wrote that "the city of Kafar Zeita…
Summary
Published
6 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3665
Location
مشفى نبض الحياة - حاس, Nabd Al Hayat hospital - Hass, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was reported killed and another injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Nabd Al-Hayat hospital in Hass, on May 6th, 2019. Jamal Al Farhat named Abdullah Khaled Al-Farhat as the victim. Airwars Syria Researcher spoke to a witness to this incident, Abu Abdallah who preferred to use a pseudonym and who was a…
Summary
Published
6 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
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
5 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3656
Location
ترملا, Tarmala, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians including a child and a woman died and as many as 10 more were injured in alleged Russian or regime shelling of Tarmala, local media reported. Several sources reported only one fatality, though it was widely reported that a man and his seven-year-old daughter were killed, and that the rest of…
Summary
Published
5 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3657
Location
كفرنبل, Kafar Nubul , Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians died and up to five more were wounded in an alleged Russia or regime strike on the surgical hospital of Kafar Nubul, according to local media. The New York Times later published audiofile transcripts which it said proved Russia had deliberately targeted the hospital. According to Syria TV at the time:…
Summary
Published
5 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
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
5 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3655
Location
التمانعه, Al Tamani’a, Idlib, Syria
Up to three civilians were reported wounded in an alleged Russian or regime strike on the town of Al Tamani’a in rural Idlib. There was a report that Al Tamani’a hospital was struck by the regime. Other sources pointed to Russia.
Summary
Published
5 May 2019
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3658
Location
ربع الجور, Rab’a Al Jwar, Idlib, Syria
Up to five civilians including two sisters and their mother and possibly their father died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Rab'a al Jwar village located in the northeast of Khan Sheikhoun city in Idlib, local media reported. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that a family of four was killed, including two children…
Summary
Published
5 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3–5
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3649
Location
الهبيط, Al Habit, Idlib, Syria
Alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on the town of Al Habit, Idlib governorate, killed up to four civilians on May 4th, 2019, local media reported. Multiple sources reported the shelling of civilian infrastructure. According to @AishaSapri, the health centre was struck, while the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported damage to…
Summary
Published
4 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Healthcare
,
Education
,
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3630
Location
اللطامنة, Al Latamina, Hama, Syria
Two civilians were reportedly injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on the town of Al Latamina on April 30th, 2019, according to local sources. Kafar Zeita TV reported that two civilians were wounded by rocket fire from Russian helicopters on the outskirts of the town of Al Latamina in the…
Summary
Published
30 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27–28 April, 2019
Incident Code
RS3621
Location
قلعة المضيق, Qal’et Al Madiq in Sahl Al Ghab, Hama, Syria
Between three and seven civilians including up to five women died and as many as 10 more non-combatants were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on different locations in Qal’et Al Madiq in Sahl Al Ghab on the night of April 27th, local media reported. While the majority of sources blamed Russia, one source…
Summary
Published
27 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
,
Education
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
19 April 2019
Incident Code
RS3611
Location
خان شيخون, خان شيخون, Khan Sheikoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
Two men were reported wounded when rockets and/or artillery struck the Al Rahman Mosque in Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, partially destroying the building. Sources reported the use of rocket-propelled grenades. Smart News Agency reported there were "two wounded in a rocket attack on the city of Khan Sheikun south of Idlib from the Russian forces…
Summary
Published
19 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2019
Incident Code
RS3589
Location
سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that one child died and five members of his family were wounded in alleged regime or Russian artillery or airstrikes on Saraqeb. Additionally, an adult male was also reported killed on this day. According to Halab Today TV, "since yesterday [March 9th], the city of Idlib has been subjected to Russian air…
Summary
Published
9 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3518
Location
حاس, Hass, Idlib, Syria
Between one and three medical staff members of the Nabd Al Hayat Hospital or Sham Hospital in the town of Hass were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on September 8th, 2018, according to local sources. @BonnieKipperman reported that the Sham hospital had completely run out of service due to barrel strikes by Syrian…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 July 2018
Incident Code
RS3506
Location
نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria
Local sources reported that more than 19 people including women and children were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on Nawa in Dara'a governorate on July 17th, 2018. Local sources reported that the attacks on Nawa happened with dozens of raids with explosive barrels, cluster bombs and rocket attacks. For…
Summary
Published
17 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
12–20
Civilians reported injured
5–10
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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