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Incident Date

8 September 2018

Incident Code

RS3530

Location

عابدين القريبة, Vicinity of Abdin, Idlib, Syria
Up to six civilians including a girl and a woman were killed and five others including up to three children and a woman injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin town in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018. The time of the incident remains unclear as some sources said it happened in…

Summary

Published
8 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

1 August 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr177-C

Location

الروضة, Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen
A US drone strike reportedly targeted a house in the Al Rawda area of Marib governorate on August 1st 2018, killing four and wounding others. One source, The Yemen, indicating that those killed were civilians: "Today, Wednesday, local sources said that four civilians were killed and others wounded, following a US air strike on a…

Summary

Published
1 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30 July 2018

Incident Code

RS3513

Location

كويا, Kuya, Daraa, Syria
Between six and nine civilians, including women and children, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) in the town of Kuya, Dara'a governorate, on July 30th, 2018, according to local sources. Dozens were wounded. Smart News Agency reported that, according to activists,…

Summary

Published
30 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
6–9
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 July 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr174-C

Location

الروضة, Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen
At least three alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed, and another injured, by a US drone strike against a house in Al Rawda, Marib governorate, on the evening of July 22nd 2018. A few social media sources at the time suggested that the strike had instead killed civilians. A later US Central Command statement indicated…

Summary

Published
22 July 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
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

30 June 2018

Incident Code

RS3492

Location

السهوة, Al-Sahwah, Daraa, Syria
19 civilians including five women, five women, and three Lebanese nationals were reported killed in alleged Russian forces, Iranian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on al-Sahwah in Daraa on June 30th, 2018. Dara'a Martyrs reported that "the warplanes of the regime forces targeted Al-Sahwah town in the eastern countryside of Daraa with several raids. Also…

Summary

Published
30 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
15–19
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 June 2018

Incident Code

RS3467

Location

الطيبة, Tayba, Daraa, Syria
Local sources reported that up to 13 civilians including at least four children were killed and four others including children were injured in Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Tayba in Dara'a on June 27th, 2018. Daraa Martyrs Documentation Office said that ten of the victims were from the same family. SMART News…

Summary

Published
27 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10–13
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7–8 June, 2018

Incident Code

RS3428

Location

زردنا, Zardana, Idlib, Syria
Up to 52 civilians were reported killed and 100 others, many of whom are in a critical situation, were injured in alleged Russian forces airstrikes on Zardana village in Idlib, Syria, on June 7th, 2018, according to local sources. Among those killed are up to 11 women and 11 children and a health worker. Most…

Summary

Published
7 June 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, Healthcare (Clinic), Religious (Mosque)
Civilians reported killed
12–52
Civilians reported injured
50–100
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

29 April 2018

Incident Code

RS3409

Location

معرزيتا ومخيم للنازحين بلقرب منها, Marzita and an IDP camp nearby, Idlib, Syria
A male civilian was reported killed and seven others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike or Syrian regime shelling of the al-Walid IDP camp near the town of Marzita in southern Idlib countryside. The rockets came at night, striking a two-room school and many of the inhabited tents, according to Shaam News. The town of…

Summary

Published
29 April 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential, Education, IDP or Refugee Camp, Religious (Mosque)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
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

26 December 2017

Incident Code

RS2817

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were killed, including a Civil Defense volunteer, in airstrikes that struck civilian housing and a popular market in Khan Sheikhoun, according to local media. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime for the strikes. Many didn't name a culprit but pointed only to "military aircraft" and "helicopters". Footage published by the Syrian…

Summary

Published
26 December 2017
Infrastructure
Agriculture, Residential, Commerce (Market)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

14–15 December, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr124-C

Location

يكلا‎, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
At least two women, and possibly two children, all from the same family, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike on a house in Yakla, in the Wald Rabi area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of December 15th 2017. Mwatana later named the two women victims as "Hajera Ahmed Saleh Al Taisi, about…

Summary

Published
15 December 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2
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

30 November 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr123-C

Location

صرار الجشم, Sirar Jusham, Al Bayda, Yemen
Up to eight civilians and three militants, variously alleged to be ISIS or AQAP, were reportedly killed by a series of US drone strikes in or near to Sirar Jusham, Qayfa area of Al Bayda governorate, on the afternoon of November 30th 2017. A Yemeni government source told Anatolia Agency that three of four overall…

Summary

Published
30 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Ambulance), Agriculture, Residential, Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

25 November 2017

Incident Code

RS2762

Location

السيال, al-Sayyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, at least 11 but and as many as 21 civilians, including 12 children and three women, were killed as alleged Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes on a camp for displaced people in al-Sayyal, Deir Ezzor. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that "suspected Russian warplanes fired missiles on gathering…

Summary

Published
25 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
11–21
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

15 November 2017

Incident Code

RS2737

Location

محكان, Mahkan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Seven civilians from the same family were killed, and 20 to 24 others were wounded when Russian warplanes allegedly struck IDP tents in Mahkan on November 15, 2017, according to local media. Sources all blamed Russia for the raids. The victims included four children and three women, all from the same family. There are no…

Summary

Published
15 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
20–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

14 November 2017

Incident Code

RS2733

Location

العوينة, Al-A'waina, Idlib, Syria
Five children were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on a gathering of IDP tents in al-A'waina, Syria, on November 14, 2017 local media reported. Syrian Network for Human Rights blamed Russia for the raids. Initially Syrian Network for Human Rights reported the death of one child, however this rose to five later on. Tents were…

Summary

Published
14 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5–7 November, 2017

Incident Code

RS2688

Location

فيضة الجب, Faidat Al-Jib, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Six civilians, three women and three children, were reportedly killed and 13 others, including children, were wounded in airstrikes which struck an IDP camp in Faidat al-Jib. Sources blamed Russian warplanes, according to local media. Initial reporting suggested two had been killed - a mother and son. Later on local media reported that the toll…

Summary

Published
7 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

29 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2568

Location

البوليل, Al-Boleil, Deir Ezzor, Syria
As a result of multiple air raids over the town of al-Boulil on September 29th, 20 civilians were killed and dozens were wounded, according to local sources. The raids were reportedly carried out by the Russian military. Most of the deceased were seated in a bus when a rocket exploded close to it, wrecking the…

Summary

Published
29 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, Vehicle (Bus)
Civilians reported killed
19–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2554

Location

التمانعة, Al-Taman'a, Idlib, Syria
Four civilians were reportedly injured by an airstrike, likely to be Russian, on the town of al Tamana’a in Idlib on September 27th, 2017,  according to local media. Sources all blamed Russian C25 planes for the raids. According to "Al Tamana’a, the Free media office of the town", there were more than 18 Russian raids…

Summary

Published
27 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2485

Location

الصهرية, al-Sahariya, Hama, Syria
Two civilians, a woman and her daughter, were killed and at least two others, children, were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes against the village of al-Sahariya in the northern Hama countryside, according to local sources. Reporters Without Borders said that the airstrikes caused the destruction of a house and the victims of…

Summary

Published
20 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential (House)
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

14 September 2017

Incident Codes

CS1480 RS2448

Location

مخيم للنازحين قرب جديد عكيدات, IDP camp near Jadid Akeidat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A major civilian casualty incident allegedly took place at an IDP camp near Jadid Akeidat, Eastern Deir Ezzor countryside. Al Yaqeen reported about 100 displaced people were killed, mostly women and children, following an alleged aerial bombardment by the US-led Coalition at the camp. However this was contested – with Euphrates Post asserting that this…

Summary

Published
14 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
100–120
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2433

Location

عقيربات, Vicinity of Akeirbat, Hama, Syria
Up to four civilians, including one woman, were killed and five others were injured when warplanes bombed an internally displaced persons camp in the al-Atheeb Valley near Akeirbat, in Hama Governorate. This attack on 10th September 2017 was suspected to have been carried out by Russian aircrafts. One of the survivors told RFS Media Office…

Summary

Published
10 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 August 2017

Incident Code

RS2412

Location

رويضة, Ruweida, Akeirabat, Hama, Syria
In what has been described by local media as a "massacre", 50 - 70 civilians were killed, following airstrikes which reportedly struck an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Ruweida, Akeirabat in Hama. Sources were conflicted as to whom was to blame. Some sourced blamed the Syrian regime for the raids, while most blamed Russian…

Summary

Published
22 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
50–70
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 June 2017

Incident Code

RS2300

Location

محيمدة, Muheimeda, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Sources on the ground reported that as many as 17 civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, following airstrikes on Muheimeda in the early hours of the morning. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. The majority of sources attributed blame to the Syrian regime, others pointed to Russian warplanes, however there…

Summary

Published
23 June 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
10–17
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 May 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr084-C

Location

النجاد العذلان, Al Nijad Al Adhlan, Ma'rib, Yemen
Up to five civilians, including a fifteen-year-old boy and man over the age of 70, were reportedly killed in a US special forces ground operation in Al Khthala village, in the Al Jubah area of Marib governorate, beginning at around 1am on May 23rd 2017, though official US accounts of the raid claimed that there…

Summary

Published
23 May 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
2–12
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Military actors reported killed
4–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

15 March 2017

Incident Code

RS1963

Location

القصور, Al Qusour neighbourhood, Idlib city, Idlib, Syria
At least 39 civilians were killed, including 25 children and six women, and dozens more were injured, following a raid which hit residential housing in the al-Qusour neighbourhood, Idlib city, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some attributing blame to Russia and others to the Syrian regime. Various…

Summary

Published
15 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential (Apartment Building)
Civilians reported killed
39
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr012-C

Location

منطقة ‎‎ال عتيق, Al Ateeq area, Shabwa, Yemen
Several sources reported that US airstrikes targeted AQAP militants in Wadi Yashbum, Shabwa province, at dawn on March 2nd 2017. Some local language Twitter sources reported that three areas of the Yashbum Valley had been targeted by US strikes simultaneously.  There were some allegations of civilian harm from the wider US campaign in the area,…

Summary

Published
2 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Religious (Prayer Space), Residential
Civilians reported killed
8
Military actors reported killed
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

2–3 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr025-C

Location

وادي يشبم, Yashbum Valley, Shabwa, Yemen
Several sources reported that US airstrikes and ground forces targeted AQAP militants, including alleged leader Saad Atef, in the Yashbum Valley of al-Saeed district in Shabwa province, overnight from March 2nd-3rd 2017, following airstrikes in the same area early on March 2nd. There were multiple allegations of civilian harm as a result of heavy munitions…

Summary

Published
2 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Infrastructure
Agriculture (Factory), Residential, Resources (Gas Facility)
Civilians reported killed
10–14
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
7–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

2–3 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr026-C

Location

يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
Multiple sources suggested that US airstrikes targeted alleged AQAP militants in al-Ghail village and in the broader Yakla area of Qaifa, Bayda governorate, overnight from March 2nd to March 3rd, killing at least three alleged militants. Some sources reported that there was an unspecified number of civilian casualties. Local sources reported that the overnight strikes…

Summary

Published
2 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

16 February 2017

Incident Code

RS1888

Location

النقير والركايا, An IDP camp, Idlib, Syria
According to Shaam News Network, "Russian warplanes used rockets loaded with cluster bombs on the towns of al Nakir and al Rakaya, targeting a camp of IDPs in the area and leaving a number of wounded among the IDPs amidst continuous shelling of the area for the last two days." Mozmjr0 and Alikrarkaralso blamed Russia…

Summary

Published
16 February 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential
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 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr006-C

Location

الغيل, al Ghayil, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
At least 15 civilians, including at least 10 children and four women, were reportedly killed in a US Navy special forces operation in al-Ghayil village, Yakla region of Bayda province - though the reported civilian toll varied considerably. The US military has to date conceded 12 deaths. A force of US Navy SEALs engaged in…

Summary

Published
29 January 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
15–56
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Military actors reported killed
4–42
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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