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Incident Date
26 October 2019
Incident Code
RS4120
Location
تقاد, Tiqad village, Aleppo, Syria
One to two civilians were injured by alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm in the village of Fiqad, Aleppo countryside, on October 26th, 2019, according to local sources. The Smart News agency reported: "A civilian was injured on Saturday by Russian air strikes on a village west of Aleppo in northern Syria." Local activists told…
Summary
Published
26 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 October 2019
Incident Code
TS366
Location
Rajm/Recman, Raqqa, Syria
Up to six civilians of the same family, including three or four children aged between four and 10, were reported injured in an alleged Turkish forces artillery attack on Rajm village, north of Ayn Issa in Raqqa Governorate, on October 25th, 2019, according to local sources. ANF said the family which was attacked consists of…
Summary
Published
25 October 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 October 2019
Incident Code
TS367
Location
Menacîr, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians were reported injured in an alleged Turkish forces attack on Menacîr, Ras Al Ain in Hassakah Governorate on October 25th, 2019, according to local sources.
Summary
Published
25 October 2019
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 October 2019
Incident Code
YS065
Location
كفيفة, Kfayfeh, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was killed in alleged SDF/PYD/PKK/YPG shooting in the village of Kfayfeh, Raqqa governorate, according to multiple local sources. One source reported wounded as well. According to Justice Organization, "Syrian Kurdish Democratic Forces infiltrated the village and threw bombs on civilian houses at night". Other sources, such as Suriye.u.a.d, blamed the YPG, PKK and/or…
Summary
Published
25 October 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
24 October 2019
Incident Code
LC226
Location
صلاح الدين, Salaheddin, Tarabulus, Libya
One paramedic was allegedly killed in an LNA or Emirati airstrike on a field hospital in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Tripoli. Afrigate News said: "One of the members of the ambulance and emergency department centre was killed by aerial bombardment in the Salaheddin area south of Tripoli. The centre said that one of the members…
Summary
Published
24 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2019
Incident Code
LC227
Location
وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya
A nurse was reportedly injured in an LNA airstrike on a field hospital in Wadi al Rabie. Al Wasat reported: "The media office of Operation Volcano of Wrath announced that a nurse was injured in an aerial bombardment that targeted the field hospital in Wadi al Rabie axis south of the capital Tripoli. The office…
Summary
Published
24 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
24 October 2019
Incident Code
TS365
Location
السلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
One health worker and two nurses working for Al Suluk hospital - Tal Abyad in Raqqa were reported kidnapped then killed allegedly by Turkey-backed militants (FSA/SNA) on October 24th, 2019, according to local media sources. ANHA and ANF named one of the victims as Mihemed Bozan Seîdî. ANHA said the members of Al Nusra kidnapped…
Summary
Published
24 October 2019
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2019
Incident Code
TS365a
Location
تل تمر, Tal Tamr, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, one civilian aged 58 was injured in an alleged Turkish forces attack on Tal Tamr in Hasaka governorate - Syria on October 24th, 2019. No more details currently available. @DrMWilk reported that "four seriously injured people" were brought to the hospital in Tal Tamr.
Summary
Published
24 October 2019
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 October 2019
Incident Code
LC227a
Location
مطار الكفرة, Kufra Airport, Al Kufrah, Libya
One civilian was reported killed and one or two reported injured by an explosive remnant of war in Kufra. Al Wasat said: "Two youths were injured when a shell exploded in the airport neighborhood in the southeastern city of Kufra on Thursday evening, local sources said. The sources said that the shell was a remnant…
Summary
Published
24 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
23 October 2019
Incident Code
LC224
Location
شارع الأصفاح, Al Asfah Road, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and three civilians were allegedly killed in an LNA airstrike on Al-Swani or the Ramla neighbourhood of Tripoli. Anadolu Agency reported: "Two civilians were killed and three others wounded in a bombardment of warplanes in support of retired Major General Khalifa Hafter, targeting the Al-Swani neighbourhood south of Tripoli, the GNA announced on…
Summary
Published
23 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
23 October 2019
Incident Code
LC225
Location
مسجد المقداد بن عمرو, Miqdad bin Amr Mosque, Tarabulus, Libya
One paramedic was reportedly killed by an LNA airstrike on the Khallet Al Furjan neighbourhood of Tripoli. Hona Souq Al-Khmies initially reported an air raid in the area and later said that they "targeted a field hospital of Khallet Al Furjan and the killed of one of the paramedics." The Libya Observer later said: "The…
Summary
Published
23 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
22 October 2019
Incident Code
TS362
Location
رأس العين, Ras Al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians were wounded in alleged Turkish sniper fire in Ras Al Ain. Rojava Information Center tweeted: "Last night two refugee civilians in Til Temir tried to travel back into Sere Kaniye to check on their shop, now in the hands of Turkish-backed jihadi forces. A sniper opened fire on them and they came off…
Summary
Published
22 October 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 October 2019
Incident Code
LC222
Location
صلاح الدين, Salaheddin, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and three children were killed in an LNA artillery strike on the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Tripoli. Al Wasat reported: "Amin al-Hashemi, media advisor to the Ministry of Health in the government of Al-Wefaq, announced the death of two children and the injury of a child from the Zlitni family in an artillery shelling…
Summary
Published
22 October 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
22 October 2019
Incident Code
YS063
Location
قرية الجلبة, Al Jalba village , Al Hassakah, Syria
At least one woman was killed and another woman injured in an alleged YPG/SDF/PKK artillery attack on the village of Al Jalaba, west of Tal Abyad, on October 22nd, 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that "Mrs. Zalkha Hamad al Abbou, from Ein al Arous village which is administratively…
Summary
Published
22 October 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
21 October 2019
Incident Code
TS361
Location
دادات, Dadat, Raqqa, Syria
Multiple sources reported that Turkish forces committed a "massacre" in Dadat village. According to RonahiTV, "The Turkish occupation and its mercenaries committed a massacre against civilians in the village of Dadat". Adarpress noted that "sources confirmed that Turkish occupation forces killed a number of civilians and buried them in the village, and established a prison…
Summary
Published
21 October 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Unknown
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
21 October 2019
Incident Code
YS062
Location
السوسة, Al Sousa , Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two male civilians were reportedly shot by YPG forces in the countryside of al-Sousa. Euphrates Post reported: "The bodies of the two young men were found n the village of al-Jarzi this morning: Meshaan al-Hamoud Al Ghadab was born in 1992 and his brother-in-law Musleh Khabur al-Saleh was born in 1983 The youths were civilians…
Summary
Published
21 October 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
20 October 2019
Incident Code
RS4115
Location
Idlib governorate, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed and another wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes targeting the perimeter of the villages of Kafrnabal, Amreya, Kafarsijnah, Maarat Harmah, Ma'rzita, Mukha and Sheikh Dams in Idlib governorate, according to local sources. @SyrianCoalition wrote that 11 airstrikes targeted 9 areas in Southern Idlib, in addition to 55 artillery shells.
Summary
Published
20 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or 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
20 October 2019
Incident Code
TS361a
Location
Zormixar, Aleppo, Syria
The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that one civilian was killed and seven others were injured in an alleged Turkish forces attack on Zormixar west of Kobani/Ain Al Arab in Aleppo- Syria on October 20th, 2019.
Summary
Published
20 October 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 October 2019
Incident Code
YS058
Location
راس العين, Ras Al Ayn, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to local sources in Ras Al Ayn, Syria, on October 20th, 2019, the SDF executed seven civilians in the northern countryside of al-Hasakah on charges of collaborating with Operation Spring forces. The victims included three men from the same family. Local sources identified three of the victims as Muhamad Ali Al Khalaf, Ismail Ali…
Summary
Published
20 October 2019
Civilians reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Unknown
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
20 October 2019
Incident Code
YS059
Location
أورطاسو, Ortasu, Sirnak, Türkiye
Between four and six civilians were wounded in an alleged YPG attack in Uludere, Şırnak, Turkey, according to local media. aa.com reported: "Four villagers were injured in Turkey's southeastern province of şırnak, on Sunday, when they were targeted by terrorists of the separatist organization PKK. According to information obtained by Anadoulu, the four villagers were…
Summary
Published
20 October 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Unknown
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
20 October 2019
Incident Code
YS060
Location
راس العين, Ras Al Ayn, Al Hassakah, Syria
Three civilian men from the same family were reportedly shot in the street by YPG forces "after the National Army advanced in Ras al-Ain", local media said. According to Mohamad.alothman.1291, the victims were found in a street and handcuffed. "They were shot several times in the head, days after their arrest, by #PYD militia on…
Summary
Published
20 October 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
20 October 2019
Incident Code
YS061
Location
باب الخير شمال راس العين, Bab Al kheer, northen Ras Al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria
One civilian was reportedly killed by YPG forces in Bab Al kheer, northen Ras Al Ain. Suriye.u.a.d reported: "The gangs of #PYD_YPG_PKK assassinate the civilian Ismail Mohammed Mulla Matar on charges of dealing with the Syrian National Army in the village of Bab al-Khair east # Ras_alain".
Summary
Published
20 October 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Unknown
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
19 October 2019
Incident Code
TS360
Location
سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria
@TurkeyUntold tweeted: "A SOHR [Syrian Observatory for Human Rights] video shows the execution of 4 persons including fighters of the SDF by the Turkey backed gangs in Sluk town, southeast of Girê Spî / Tel Abyad". @zana_medi tweeted the same video, stating that "Turkish forces are seen executing unarmed people". There is, therefore, uncertainty over…
Summary
Published
19 October 2019
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Military actors reported killed
0–4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 October 2019
Incident Code
TS360a
Location
راس العين, Ras Al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed (their details unknown), and three injured in an alleged Turkish forces attack on Ras Al Ain in Hasaka governorate in Syria on October 19th, 2019 according to the Kurdish Red Crescent. KRC identified the three injured civilians including a child aged 13.
Summary
Published
19 October 2019
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 October 2019
Incident Code
YS057a
Location
العامريه, Al-Amrya , Al Hassakah, Syria
Local sources reported that a young man, Abdullah Awaid, was "found dead a week after he was arrested by #PYD_PKK militia near the village of Ameriya south of Ras Al-Ain". Sources said he was arrested by "gangs of PYD_YPG_PKK". No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
19 October 2019
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Unknown
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
19 October 2019
Incident Code
TS350B
Location
راس العين, Ras Al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, four people were reported injured with a bomb fragments, allegedly launched by a Turkish forces attack on Ras Al Ain on October 19th, 2019. Other sources also reported a Turkish attack.
Summary
Published
19 October 2019
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 October 2019
Incident Code
RS4113
Location
معرزيتا, Ma’ar Zieta, Idlib, Syria
Several civilians were wounded and civilian property was significantly damaged in an alleged Russian airstrike on the town of Maarzita, Idlib governorate, on October 19th, 2019, as reported by several local sources. Shaam Network reported that "activists said that Russian warplanes bombed the town of Ma`ar zieta this morning with several raids, recording several wounded…
Summary
Published
19 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 October 2019
Incident Code
TS356
Location
باب الخير, Bab Al Kheir, Al Hassakah, Syria
Local media reported that between five and eight civilians died and up to 24 more were wounded in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Bab Al Kheir village. Aawsat said: "Five civilians were killed in a Turkish raid on a village in northeastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman…
Summary
Published
18 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
20–24
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
18 October 2019
Incident Code
RS4111
Location
الركايا, Rakaya and Naqir, Idlib, Syria
Alleged Russian warplanes launched air and artillery strikes targeting the villages of Rakaya and Naqir, Idlib governorate, on October 18th 2019, as reported by Shaam Network. Step Agency adds that in total 'about 60 rockets and artillery shells' landed in the governorate of Idlib, which left an unspecified amount of 'civilians dead and wounded'. Currently,…
Summary
Published
18 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
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
18 October 2019
Incident Code
TS357
Location
Zirgan, Al Hassakah, Syria
Three civilians died and between eight and 16 more were wounded in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Zirgan, Ras al-Ain, according to sources on the ground. Hawar reported: "Of the 8 civilians injured as a result of the bombing, three of them were killed." @TurkANHA also put the death toll at three civilians, with 12 more…
Summary
Published
18 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
8–16
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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