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Incident Date

28 November 2024

Incident Code

RS4925

Location

دارة عزة, main market, Sheikh Mohammad mosque and residential houses in Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Shortly before 8:56 AM on Thursday, 28 November 2024, four civilian men were killed and 21 civilians, among them children, were injured as a result of the series of airstrikes with the reported use of cluster and vacuum munitions allegedly launched by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces on the main market, a mosque…

Summary

Published
3 April 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Religious (Mosque), Residential, Commerce (Market)
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
21
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 November 2024

Incident Code

RS4926

Location

فليون, Falyoun, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
Shortly before 3:43 PM on Thursday, November 28th, 2024, missile strikes carrying cluster bombs with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military and/or Iranian-backed militant groups in the town of Falyoun, in the southern Idlib countryside, Syria, injured at least one civilian, a child. Al Moherer in a post via Facebook…

Summary

Published
3 April 2025
Strike Type
Artillery
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 November 2024

Incident Code

RS4921

Location

دارة عزة, Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria
Shortly before 10:19 AM on Wednesday, 27 November 2024, a girl and a man were injured in Daret Izza, west of Aleppo, Syria, by an artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly launched by the Syrian regime along with Russian airstrikes during violent clashes between Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham members and the Syrian regime forces. Though the…

Summary

Published
28 March 2025
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 November 2024

Incident Code

RS4923

Location

مخيم القرى (وادي عباس) بالقرب من بابسقا وباب الهوى, Al-Qura camp (Wadi Abbas) near Babsqa and Bab al-Hawa, Idlib, Idlib, Syria
On Wednesday, November 27th, 2024, by missile strikes carrying cluster bombs with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military, a young boy was killed and between three and five civilians, including at least two children and a woman, were injured in Al-Qura camp (Wadi Abbas) near Babsqa and Bab…

Summary

Published
28 March 2025
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp, Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 November 2024

Incident Code

RS4920

Location

الأتارب, residential buildings and market at Al Atareb city, west of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
On the evening of Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 11 civilians, including five children and two women, most of whom were from one family, were injured when artillery and rocket shelling allegedly carried out by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military struck Al Atareb city, west of Aleppo, Syria. The attack, which reportedly involved 300mm 9M55K…

Summary

Published
9 April 2025
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Residential, Commerce (Market)
Civilians reported injured
11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 July 2024

Incident Code

RS4902

Location

أرض زراعية  على أطراف بلدة بداما في ريف إدلب الغربي, agricultural land on the outskirts of the town of Badama (Bdama), west of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
An explosion of a cluster bomb remnant reportedly left from previous shelling by the Russian military and/or the Syrian regime forces and/or the Nusayri regime militias affiliated with the Syrian regime resulted in the killing of a young civilian man on the agricultural land in the outskirts of Badama (Bdama) town located in the western…

Summary

Published
27 July 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

18 November 2023

Incident Code

RS4864

Location

قباسين, village of Al-Kandarliya, north of Al-Massa camp, city of Qabaseen area, eastern countryside of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Shortly before 4:37 PM  on Saturday, November 18, 2023, one child was killed and three children were injured, two of them seriously, from a Shoabo 0.5 cluster bomb explosion that had been left over from a previous bombing allegedly perpetrated by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces to the north of Al-Massa camp in…

Summary

Published
18 November 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

RS4836

Location

الأتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria
Shortly before 3:37 AM on Saturday, October 7th, 2023, a civilian man was killed and a number of civilians were reportedly injured due to an artillery strike with the contested responsibility - allededly perpetrated by the Syrian regime and/or Russian or Iranian military in the city of Al Atareb in the western countryside of Aleppo,…

Summary

Published
7 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
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

6–7 October, 2023

Incident Code

RS4835

Location

ترمانين, town of Termanin, north of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
From the evening of Friday, 6th October 2023, and into the morning of Saturday, October 7th, 2023, artillery strikes, with the use of “Uragan” missiles and cluster ammunition, allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian and/or Iranian military, hit residential neighborhoods and a medical facility in the town of Termanin, north of Idlib,…

Summary

Published
6 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
9–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 September 2023

Incident Code

USSOM405

Location

Wajid District, Bakool, Somalia
The militant organization Al-Shabaab claimed that U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) had conducted an airstrike against the terrorist network on 22nd of September, 2023. The group alleged that the airstrike, carried out in the Wajid district of Bakool in southwestern Somalia, had reportedly killed eight civilians, including six children. However, the Somalia government declared their responsibility…

Summary

Published
22 September 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8
Military actors reported killed
1–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

20 November 2022

Incident Code

RS4744

Location

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughur, Idlib, Syria
A child was killed when an unexploded cluster bomb originally launched by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces exploded in agricultural land on the outskirts of the city of Jisr Al Shughur on November 20, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a child was killed when a cluster bomb from a previous bombing, attributed to the…

Summary

Published
20 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 November 2022

Incident Codes

IRS014 RS4741

Location

مخيم مرام, Maram Refugee Camp, Idlib, Syria
Between six and 11 civilians, including up to four children, an elderly woman and a pregnant woman, were killed and up to 77 others, including a woman and five children, were injured by alleged Russian, Syrian regime, or Iranian militia missile attacks with cluster bombs against Maram refugee camp and other refugee camps closeby on…

Summary

Published
6 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
6–11
Civilians reported injured
40–77
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, Iranian Military
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Incident Date

3 November 2022

Incident Code

RS4736

Location

خربة الناطور, Kharebt Al Natour, Idlib, Syria
On November 3rd 2022, two to three civilians, including two young men and a woman, were reportedly olive picking when they were injured by a land to ground missile, loaded with "internationally prohibited cluster bombs" as a result of alleged Syrian regime or Russian action.  The attack happened on forests and farms on the Khirbet…

Summary

Published
3 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery, Naval bombardment
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
2–3
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

15 August 2022

Incident Code

RS4712

Location

بلدة قسطون جنوبي ,ادلب, Qastoun, Idlib, Syria
An eleven-year-old boy called Abdul-Wahhab Ibn Hassan Al-Hanawi was reportedly killed as a result of the explosion of the remnants of a cluster bomb in the town of Qastoun, west of Hama, on August 15th, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, the killing of Abdul-Wahab marks the second death through unexploded remnants within three…

Summary

Published
15 August 2022
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

28 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK155

Location

Котляри, Kotliary, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Russian forces allegedly shelled the city of Kotliary on April 28, 2022, killing a 53 year old man and wounding a woman. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and Suspilne Kharkiv via Telegram both stated that the shelling lasted roughly twelve hours. Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office announced that a criminal investigation had been launched into the…

Summary

Published
28 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
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

17 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK128

Location

центр Харкова, Київський та Шевченківський райони міста, the center of Kharkiv, Kyivsyy and Shevchenkivskyy districts of the city, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On the afternoon of April 17th 2022, Russia allegedly fired artillery in the city center of Kharkiv, killing at least five civilians and injuring at least 10 civilians, including a woman. Despite the preliminary estimates, most reports set the number of civilian deaths at 5 and of injured at 13, while others reported up to…

Summary

Published
17 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK124

Location

Нововодолазька, Nova Vodolaga, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Three demining employees were killed and four other employees were injured - all men - by the explosion of munitions, including cluster munitions, near Nova Vodolaga in Kharkiv on April 16, 2022. The Novovodolazka council announced on Facebook that three employees of the Interregional Center for Humanitarian Demining and Rapid Response of the State Emergency…

Summary

Published
16 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

13 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK116

Location

Немишлянський район, Nemyshlyanskyy District, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Local sources reported on a shelling of Kharkiv on April 13th, 2022 was allegedly conducted by Russian forces, resulting in three civilians killed, including a woman and two men, and four others wounded, including a child. According to the Helsinki.org.ua, the bombing began during the day when many people were out buying food or receiving…

Summary

Published
13 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

12 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK115

Location

Бабаї, Babai, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A collection of local news outlets reported that suspected Russian shells struck the village of Babai, killing one male civilian and wounding two other civilians on April 12, 2022. Initial reports from Suspline Media and Helsinki Report detailed the strike, saying that the bombing occurred at 2pm, killing a thirty-seven year old man. The shelling…

Summary

Published
12 April 2022
Strike Type
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

11 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK113

Location

Салтiвка, Saltivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Multiple sources alleged that a 16 story residential building in Saltivka was hit by reported Russian shelling during the day on 11 April 2022, killing at least one civilian, a 2 year old child, and injuring up to 13 others, including a child. Sources including Aktyvna Gromada, Korrespondent and Glavcom account for a two year…

Summary

Published
11 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
10–13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK093

Location

Слобідський, Slobidskyi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 3rd 2022, three to seven civilians were killed and 30 to 42 injured, including two to three children, possibly aged between 3, 5 and 17, when alleged Russian forces shelled Heroiv Stalinhradu Avenue in the Slodifskyi district of Kharkiv. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office announced that they were investigating an incident in the…

Summary

Published
3 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
30–42
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

17 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK066

Location

Рынок Барабашова, Barabashovo market complex, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 17 2022, shortly before 14:00, a missile allegedly fired by a Russia BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher system hit Barabashovo market on Akademika Pavlova Street in Kharkiv, killing one rescue worker and injuring another rescue worker and a woman. One Telegram channel with a clear pro-Russian stance source accused the Ukrainian military of intentionally…

Summary

Published
17 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Commerce (Market)
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

17 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK063

Location

Козача Лопань, Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Between four and six civilians, including an elderly woman, were killed and at least two others, including a child, were wounded by alleged Russian or Ukrainian shelling of Kozacha Lopan in Kharkiv on March 17, 2022. The head of the Dergachev community Vyacheslav Zadorenko announced on Facebook that Russian forces used cluster bombs and "as…

Summary

Published
17 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Ukrainian Military, Russian Military
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Incident Date

13–14 March, 2022

Incident Code

RUK057

Location

Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
At least one to two civilians, including a child, were killed and at least one civilian, a woman, was injured in an alleged Russian shelling of the suburb of Derhachi in Kharkiv. According to the Kharkiv Human Rights Group, the shelling of Derhachi occurred from 23:00 on March 13th, 2022 to the morning of March…

Summary

Published
14 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

10 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK047

Location

Селекційне, Selektsiyne, Kharkiv, Ukraine
An elderly woman was killed by alleged Russian cluster bomb airstrikes on the village of Selektsiyne on March 10, 2022. Suspilne Media reported that the Russian military carried out an airstrike with cluster bombs in the village of Selektsiyne that resulted in the death of a 73 year old woman. Serhii Bolvinov, Head of the…

Summary

Published
10 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK036

Location

вул. Каштанова & Дергачёвский лицей № 3, Kashtanova Street & Dergachev Lyceum No. 3, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 7th, at 9:30 am, Russian troops allegedly begun shelling the town of Dergachi with artillery, specifically cluster munitions. There were also reports that the troops shot at the town. Vyacheslav Zadorenko, chairman of the Dergachi commune, reported that the munitions hit Dergachi Lyceum No. 3, and other residential parts, killing at least three…

Summary

Published
7 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Resources (Power Station, Gas Facility), Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK030

Location

вул. Залізнодорожна, Zaliznychna Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 4th 2022, one civilian, a 41 year old man, was reportedly injured by a cluster munition while buying groceries on Zaliznychna Street, in the Mala-Danylivka district of Kharkiv, according to Amnesty International's report, the ACLED dataset, and Kharkiv Life Telegram channel. The injured man told Amnesty International “We found some food, and we…

Summary

Published
4 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK027

Location

вул. Мироносицька; вул. Академіка Павлова, Mironositskaya Street; Akademika Pavlova Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Three people were killed by alleged Russian shelling of street. Mironositskaya No. 32, 34, 36, Akademika Pavlova Street, 289, and Kyivskyi in Kharkiv on March 3, 2022. Pravda News reported that a Russian shell hit a garage cooperative on Akademika Pavlova, 289, killing three people. No other sources reported on casualties in this specific location.…

Summary

Published
3 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 February 2022

Incident Code

RS4691

Location

تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Syria
Two children were injured, with one reportedly dying of their injuries, when an unexploded cluster bomb from a previous bombing by the regime or Russian forces exploded in the town of Tadef, Syria, on February 20, 2022. According to a tweet from @Almohrar1, two children were injured, one of whom had his hand amputated, due…

Summary

Published
20 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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