The Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCCSY) reported that one civilian was killed by alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces in the village of Al Maliha, Damascus governorate, on March 20th, 2018.
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In a major civilian harm incident, at least 53 named civilians, including 14 children and six women, were killed in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Douma on March 20th, 2018, according to local sources.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “at least 54 civilians, including 14 children and 6 women, killed in intensive shelling by Syrian regime and Russian forces on Douma city in Eastern Ghouta, east of Damascus suburbs governorate, on March 20, 2018.”
The Syrian Civil Defence and Violations Documentation Centre of Syria (VDC-SY) listed the names of in total 53 killed victims, among which 14 children and six women. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported a death toll of 64. @waelwanne reported “hundreds of wounded”.
Shaam News Agency reported that neighbourhoods of the city were targeted by warplanes and helicopters with rockets and explosive barrels and caused dozens of injuries.
Shaam wrote that Syrian Civil Defence teams worked to recover the bodies of those killed and help wounded to medical points, adding that “activists fear that the number of martyrs will increase due to the seriousness of the injuries of some of the wounded, in light of the continued heavy shelling amidst a shortage of medical materials and cadres due to the siege imposed on Ghouta years ago.”
@M_H_ALmasri reported that his son Hamza Al Masri had been slightly injured in the airstrikes, blaming Russia.
An Orient News correspondent stated that “regime forces targeted residential neighbourhoods in the city of Douma by about 70 airstrikes with guided missiles, in addition to the bombing by barrel bombs by warplanes”. Douma Revolution reported the use of cluster bombs.
@Tawfiq_Suhaib tweeted that the survivors were unable to bury the victims in Douma, due to the ongoing shelling.
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At least nine civilians, including two children, were killed in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the city of Harasta on March 20th, 2018, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights suggested that the death toll could be as high as 20, including 16 children and four women. An unknown number of civilians was injured.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights initially reported the death of nine civilians, including two children, before noon on March 20th, adding that some injured civilians were in critical condition. Later, the SOHR monitored the deaths of 20 civilians, including 16 children and four women due to the result of Russian airstrikes.
Harasta city posted the names of eight killed victims, Harasta Jaree7a later added the name of another killed man to the list.
@HossamDamascene reported that “Russian aviation targeted residential neighbourhoods in Harasta city in Eastern Ghouta with four airstrikes loaded with internationally prohibited incendiary phosphorus missiles.” @N_workMediaHoms spoke of many injured civilians in more than 13 Russian air raids and dozens of artillery shells.
Whereas most sources blamed Russia for the incident, the Local Coordination Committees of Syria pointed at both Russia and the Syrian regime.
The incident occured in the morning.
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At least four civilians were injured in an alleged Russian forces airstrike on Al Zouf Refugee Camp in Idlib on the borders with Turkey, on March 19th, 2018 According to local sources.
Edlib Media Center (EMC) said that four civilians were injured after a rocket carrying cluster bombs was launched from a Russian battleship Mediterranean on Al Zouf Refugee camp.
Sources including 7al.net and Ain Al Baida Media Center reported that three Turkish soldiers or four were injured as a result of the strike.
@wateen_media and @HalabTodayTV blamed the Syrian regime forces, while 7al.net blamed the Russian warships in the Mediterranean for the attack.
7al said: “Three Turkish border guards were wounded Monday night when a ballistic missile landed near a point in Zuf village of western Idlib countryside on the Syrian-Turkish border.” “A surface-to-surface missile carrying cluster bombs originating from the Russian battleships, landed at 11:00 Tuesday night in the vicinity of the village of Zouf, located between the city of Jisr al-Shughour and the Syrian-Turkish border.”
The incident occured at approximately 11:00 pm local time.
Two or three civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces airstrike/artillery strikes on Harasta, March 19th, 2018, according to local media sources.
Sham Network reported that “Harasta was fired on by land to- land missiles and artillery shells, which led to the fall of two martyrs and the wounded.”
Shaam Network and ShahbaPress blamed both the Syrian regime and the Russian forces for the attack, while Salamtk2011 and @HalabTodayTV reported that Russian warplanes did the attack.
According to Harasta city page on Facebook, more than 30 raids targeted Harasta on that day, killing two civilians. However, the Violations Documentation Center in Syria (VDC) said there were three fatalities.
Qudspress mentioned the use of rockets in Harasta and Douma.
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Between 17 and 28 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air, artillery, and rocket strikes on Erbeen in Eastern Ghouta on March 19th, according to local media sources. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 15 children and two women were killed in the attack.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “17 children and a woman were killed and tens of others were injured in a massacre after targeting a shelter under a school in Arbin city in the Eastern Ghouta.”
The airstrike targeted a building that civilians turned into a shelter in Erbeen. Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) said on its Facebook page that among the dead were 15 children and two women who died as a result of aerial bombardment, believed to be by the regime warplanes which targeted a shelter that housed several families.
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCCSY) blamed Russian warplanes, while the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) blamed the Syrian and/or Russian forces for the attack.
According to an initial report by SN4HR, “7 civilians (5 children and 2 women)” died; however SN4HR later revised its estimate to “17 (15 children and 2 women)” killed.
The London-based Telegraph reported: “Rescuers in Syria are searching for survivors of an air strike in besieged Eastern Ghouta which killed 15 children who had been hiding in the basement of a school.
The children, and two women who were also killed, had been hiding below ground in the Arbin neighbourhood to escape Syrian and Russian strikes which have pummelled the area for weeks.
The opposition National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces alleged that the shelter had been deliberately targeted by Russian aircraft, and that they were responsible for a ‘massacre’.”
Damascus countryside White Helmets raised the death toll to 28 saying “Arbeen: The number of martyrs reached 28 martyrs yesterday, including 20 martyrs after targeting one of the shelters that house civilians in the city after dozens of raids and barrels of warplanes and helicopters, in addition to dozens of missiles and rockets on the residential neighborhoods in the city.”
@radwanalbasha reported “17 air strikes, 10 explosive barrels and artillery and rocket shelling”.
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At least seven civilians, including a child and two women, were killed in air and/or artillery strikes on the city of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, March 19th 2018, as reported by local sources. Reports blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the incident.
The Violations Documentation Center (VDC) of Syria documented the names of seven victims. Step News Agency stated that Russian warplanes launched more than forty airstrikes in the morning and that the death toll had risen to nine civilians.
The Syrian Civil Defence spoke of more than 50 airstrikes, in addition to artillery and missile shelling. The number of injured is unclear. Several sources reported the use of white phosphorus. @Omar_Madaniah, for example, published footage of alleged white phosphorus use after the strike. @MediaCenterfr mentioned the use of explosive barrels from helicopters.
@SyriaCiviDefe tweeted that “civil defence teams were able to recover a woman alive from the rubble of her destroyed house by airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods in Douma, Eastern Ghouta.” The SCD also reported that their teams were directly targeted by artillery shells when trying to evacuate a number of wounded due to earlier air and artillery strikes.
Two White Helmets volunteers were reportedly injured when the roof of a house collapsed on them when they were searching for survivors.
The incident occured in the morning.
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Seven or eight people, including two women and two children, were killed in air and artillery strikes on the city of Harasta on March 18th, 2018, according to several sources. The belligerent remains contested, with sources pointing both at Russia and the Syrian regime.
Syriahr reported the incident occurred in the evening, as warplanes carried out “several raids on areas in Harasta city”, which “coincided with the launch of more than 35 missiles believed to be ground-to-ground by the regime forces.”
While the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned four casualties, Harasta City and the Violations Documentation Centre Syria reported the names of seven victims, including two women and two children. One female victim reported by Harasta City remained unidentified, which makes it a possibility that this woman’s name was later published by the VDC.
@HalabTodayTV tweeted that “two children and two women are martyred due to shelling with surface-to-surface missiles on Harasta city.”
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