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Incident Date
28 January 2025
Incident Code
USSOM453a
Location
Sixna area, rural Qandala district , Puntland, Somalia
Four civilians, two women and two children, were killed and at least one other, a child, and up to six others were injured by an alleged US drone/air strike in the Sixna area of the Qandala district of Puntland on 28 January, 2025. Those killed were from the Reer Yusuf Mohamud Salah family; amongst them…
Summary
Published
28 January 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
29 November 2024
Incident Code
RS4929
Location
مدجنة على أطراف مدينة بنش, poultry farm in the eastern outskirts of Binnish, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Shortly before 1:30 PM on Friday, 29th November 2024, two civilians were injured by an aerial bombardment reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military on a poultry farm located on the eastern outskirts of Binnish city, east of Idlib, Syria. The Syrian Civil Defense (also known as “White Helmets”) reported the…
Summary
Published
23 May 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2024
Incident Code
ISSY039
Location
جنوب دمشق, areas of Aqraba and Zainabiya in the vicinity of the city of Sayyida Zeinab, Damascus, Damascus, Syria
On Monday, 29th January 2024, at approximately 1:00 pm, a number of civilians, including a civilian man, Ahmar Mahmoud Qaq, were killed and a number of others were injured as a result of an alleged airstrike by the Israeli military and/or the Syrian regime forces on a farm between the towns of Aqraba and Zainabiya…
Summary
Published
30 December 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
28 November 2023
Incident Code
RS4868
Location
كتيان, Kitian, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
On Tuesday, November 28th, 2023, four members of the same family: a father, a mother and their two children, were injured as a result of an alleged artillery strike with guided missiles by the Syrian regime and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military on the Katyan-Zardana road, north of Idlib, Syria. Conflicting information was…
Summary
Published
13 December 2024
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
0–6
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
,
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
4 November 2023
Incident Code
ISPT0884
Location
بالقرب من مستشفى النجار، حي الجنينة، رفح, Vicinity of Al-Najjar Hospital, Al-Geneina neighbourhood, Rafah, Rafah, Palestinian territories
Shortly before 18:47 on Saturday, November 4, 2023, three workers on a poultry farm in the vicinity of the Al-Najjar Hospital in Al-Geneina neighbourhood east of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip were killed and one was injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the farm facility. The workers killed were named by…
Summary
Published
29 March 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
6 October 2023
Incident Code
RS4830
Location
قرية الشخيب بالقرب من بلدة الزعينية, a poultry farm in the village of Al-Shukhayb near the town of Al-Zeiniyah, west of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Two females, a 13-year-old and a 25-year-old, were wounded and bruised near a poultry farm in the village of Al-Shukhayb near the town of Al-Zeiniyah, west of Idlib, Syria, in an airstrike allegedly carried out by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces on Friday, October 6, 2023, around 9:21 in the morning. The airstrike…
Summary
Published
6 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 August 2023
Incident Code
RS4797
Location
بين بلدتي الشيخ بحر ومعرة مصري, between the towns of Sheikh Baher and Maaret, Misrin, Idlib, Syria
On August 22, 2023, at least four civilians were killed—and up to seven others were injured—in a series of alleged Russian airstrikes between the towns of Sheikh Baher and Maaret Misrin in Idlib, Syria. Sources conflict about the precise number of civilians killed and injured by these strikes. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that…
Summary
Published
22 August 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Military actors reported killed
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 January 2023
Incident Code
RS4753
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was injured, and one later died, from alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime shelling of a poultry farm on the outskirts of the city of Darat Izza on January 21, 2023. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a civilian was injured by Syrian regime and Russian artillery shelling of a poultry farm on the outskirts of…
Summary
Published
21 January 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
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
8 September 2022
Incident Code
RS4721
Location
الغفر, Al Ghafir, Idlib, Syria
An alleged Russian air raid injured five civilians using surface-to-surface missiles loaded with cluster bombs in Al Ghafar in Idlib province on September 8th, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) reported that five civilians were injured and that the strikes killed dozens of goats and sheep owned by a local shepherd and farmer. The strikes…
Summary
Published
8 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
RS4704
Location
الجديدة, Al Jadida, Idlib, Syria
Up to eight civilians, including four to five children, were killed and up to 17 civilians, including between eight and nine children and a woman, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the outskirts of Al-Jadida village and the outskirts of Al-Janoudia village on July 22, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) tweeted that seven…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
,
Residential
,
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
Vehicle
(
Motorcycle
)
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
13–17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 May 2022
Incident Code
RS4699
Location
outskirts of Mantef village, Idlib, Syria
At least one civilian, a young man, was injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Jabal Al-Arba'een area on May 12, 2022. According to Baladi News, a civilian was wounded and a large number of poultry were killed by Russian strikes on a poultry farm located in the Jabal Al-Arba'een area in the southern countryside…
Summary
Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 January 2022
Incident Code
RS4687
Location
بين أرمناز و كفرتخاريم, between Armanaz and Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria
Between two and five civilians, including a woman and up to three children, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes between the town of Armanaz and the city of Kafr Takharim on January 3, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a woman and her child were injured when Russian warplanes bombed two poultry farms on…
Summary
Published
3 January 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
Residential
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 December 2021
Incident Code
RS4684
Location
كفردريان, Kafr Dariyan, Idlib, Syria
At least two civilians were killed and five other civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm on the outskirts of Kafr Dariyan in the Idlib Governorate of Syria on December 31, 2021. According to Syria TV, two people were killed and others were injured in Russian airstrikes on a farm on the…
Summary
Published
31 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 December 2021
Incident Code
RS4682
Location
معرة مصرين, Ma'arat Misrin, Idlib, Syria
At least three civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian strikes on a poultry farm and IDP camp outside of Ma'arat Misrin on December 27, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that three workers, including a child, were injured in Russian airstrikes on a poultry farm outside of Ma'arat Misrin. @thiqanewsagency also tweeted…
Summary
Published
27 December 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4666
Location
أطراف معرة مصرين, vicinity of Ma'aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
At least five civilians, including three children and a woman, were killed and six others, including two children, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on a home for displaced people in Ma'aret Misrin on November 11, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, five civilians, including three children and a woman, were killed and six…
Summary
Published
11 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 November 2021
Incident Code
RS4665
Location
شادرني, Shaderni, Idlib, Syria
A least one civilian man was injured in alleged Russian strikes on the Shaderni area, Syria, on November 6, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a civilian was seriously injured and a number of cows were killed when Russian planes bombed a farm in the Shaderni area. The White Helmets rescued the injured and…
Summary
Published
6 November 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 September 2021
Incident Code
RS4644
Location
محيط بلدة الزرزور, Al Zarzour town, Idlib, Syria
One child was killed and three other civilians, two children and a woman, were injured in eight alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Zarzour on September 15, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a woman and three children were injured when eight airstrikes by Russian planes struck a poultry farm between Zarzour and…
Summary
Published
15 September 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 March 2020
Incident Code
RS4516
Location
معرة مصرين, Ma’aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
Up to 16 civilians, including between two and five children and five to seven women, were killed, and up to 35 civilians, including two women and four children, were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Ma’aret Misrin, Idlib governorate, on March 5th, 2020, according to local sources. @seerij80 tweeted…
Summary
Published
5 March 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
9–16
Civilians reported injured
12–35
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 February 2020
Incident Code
RS4417
Location
أطراف مدينة إدلب قرب قرية قميناس, outskirts of Idlib near Qminas village, Idlib, Syria
Three civilians were reported to be killed by an air raid upon the village of Quminas on the outskirts of Idlib on February 5th. Ahmed Sheikho, media director for the Syrian Civil Defense, told Smart News that “a Russian plane targeted two cow farms near the village of Quminas, killing three people”. A tweet from…
Summary
Published
5 February 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 January 2020
Incident Code
RS4303
Location
الزربة, Al Zurba, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was reported wounded as a result of Russian forces attack with rockets, or Syrian regime forces attack with machine guns on Al Zurba town in Aleppo, Syria, on January 5th, 2020, according to local sources. The Zurba Media office announced that Mahmoud Abdel Fattah Hammoud was wounded. The individual was an…
Summary
Published
5 January 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3638
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
According to local sources, Russian "fixed-wing warplanes" struck what was described as a "bird shack" on the eastern outskirts of the town of Kansafra in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib, killing up to four members of the same family. The Syrian Network for Human Rights described the location as a poultry farm that displaced persons…
Summary
Published
2 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 January 2019
Incident Code
RS3559
Location
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Around 11 pm during the night of January 4th, 2018, alleged Russian airstrikes hit the village of Darat Izza, and up to three civilians of the Qadili family were killed, including a father and son, while several more civilians were reportedly wounded. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the suspected Russian planes "fired missiles near…
Summary
Published
4 January 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 January 2018
Incident Code
RS2907
Location
معردبسي, Ma'ar Debsi, Idlib, Syria
Up to six civilians were wounded, including between two and four children, in airstrikes which hit the vicinity of Ma'ar Debsi on January 18, 2018, according to local media. All sources reported that Russian warplanes were to blame. Jorf News reported that farms were "targeted". In addition, Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "Russian…
Summary
Published
18 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
),
Residential
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7–8 January, 2018
Incident Code
RS2863
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
As many as six civilians were killed - including a family of four - and others were wounded, following alleged Russian airstrikes on a poultry farm in Kansafra. Although most sources attributed the blame to Russian warplanes, some sources blamed "warplanes". One even reported the use of an explosive barrel, indicating Syrian regime participation, making…
Summary
Published
7 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
2–14
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 September 2017
Incident Code
RS2509
Location
كفرحلب, Kafr Halab, Aleppo , Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and two to eight others were injured in four airstrikes against the village of Kafr Halab in southwest Aleppo, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing the blame to Russia while others, such as Aleppo24, blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime.…
Summary
Published
24 September 2017
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 November 2015
Incident Code
RS0160
Location
كفر حلب, Kafr Halab, Aleppo, Syria
A seven-year-old boy was reported killed and five of his family members injured, following an alleged Russian airstrike at Kafr Halab or nearby. A second child may also have died. Location reporting for this event remains confused. Chicken sheds were reported destroyed and civilian deaths alleged at Kafr Halab; near Kafr Daryan; and in the…
Summary
Published
17 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 October 2015
Incident Code
RS0014
Location
إحسم, Ihsem, Idlib, Syria
Russian aircraft reportedly bombed the town of Ihsem in Idlib, killing five members of one family – four of whom were young girls. The victims were later named. The White Helmets civil defence force tried to reach the dead and injured, but were subjected to a "double tap’"strike which killed one of their rescuers and…
Summary
Published
3 October 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
6–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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