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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS296
Location
Tirbe-Sipi, Eastern Qamishli, Al Hassakah, Syria
One civilian died and up to 10 more were injured in alleged Turkish shelling on Tirbe-Sipi, Eastern Qamishli, according to local media. @NPA_SY reported one civilian death - and the injury of six more. Other sources put the number of wounded at four or five. Yehya Ibrahim Aljasem, 25-years-old, was named as killed. Buyerpress noted…
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS297
Location
al-Basheriyah, Qamishli, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to three civilians including a woman were reported killed and many more wounded in alleged Turkish shelling of a Christian neighbourhood in al-Basheriyah, Qamishli, sources said. Reports claimed that the shells landed on civilian homes and fires broke out. Multiple reports published graphic images of casualties. @NPA_SY said that a Kurdish civilian died and…
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
9–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS298
Location
Se Girka, Qamishli, Al Hassakah, Syria
A child aged six was reported injured or killed in an alleged Turkish forces artillery strike on Se Girka village in Qamishli countryside, October 9th 2019, according to local media sources. ANF news also reported that "in the same area, the Turkish forces attacked a vehicle belonging to civilians." @twkiedisqueen and @RojavaNetwork said the child…
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS300C
Location
بوشيوخ, Beshioukh, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was reported injured in an alleged Turkish forces airstrike and/or artillery strike on Beshioukh village, Kobane in Aleppo Governorate on October 9th, 2019, according to the local sources. The injured civilian was named as Mohammad Ahmad Aljasm, age 22. No other information available to Airwars. No further details are currently available.
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS300A
Location
جل آغا, Jal Agha/Çil Axa, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians were reported injured in an alleged Turkish forces airstrike and/or artillery strike on Jal Agha Village - Hassakah Governorate, on October 9th 2019, according to local sources. The injured civilians, both reported injured with shrapnel in the arm, were named as Ahmad Othman, 24 years old and Alih ALhassafi Saeed, 32 years old.…
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS300B
Location
القامشلي, Qamishli, Al Hassakah, Syria
Two civilians were reported injured in an alleged Turkish forces airstrike or artillery strike on Qamishli's Western Neighborhoud, on October 9th, 2019 according to local sources. Dalil Mousa (Delil Mousa), male, 32 years old and Yousef Mohammad Alih Anz, male, 28 years old were named by the Kurdish Red Crescent as the injured civilians. No further…
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS298A
Location
حي جرنك, Jarnak Neighbourhood, Al Hassakah, Syria
One civilian, named as Akram Yousef, was reported killed in an alleged Turkish forces airstrike or artillery strike on Hai Jarnak in Qamishli city, on October 9th, 2019 according to local media sources. Sources said that he was married with three children.
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS292
Location
Mishrafa village, Al Hassakah, Syria
In the first civilian casualty incident for "Operation Peace Spring" - Turkey's offensive on Kurdish-led militias in northeast Syria - one or two civilians were killed and a further two injured in Mishrafa village, according to various sources on the ground. All known sources attributed responsibility to Turkish airstrikes and reported that two civilians were…
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS293
Location
Ras al-Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria
One civilian died and at least five more were wounded in alleged Turkish shelling in the vicinity of Ras al-Ain, local media reported. @NPA_SY tweeted: "Five civilians were injured,and taken to Lekirin hospital in Tal-Tamr west of Hasakah, after being hit by Turkish artillery shelling on the city of Ras al-Ain and surrounding villages." According…
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–13
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS294
Location
Mabrouka IDP camp, Ras al-Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria
@NPA_SY tweeted: that the SDF Press Office said "a child lost his life in Mabrouka IDP camp, Ras al-Ain, due to the difficulty of moving him to hospital following Turkish indiscriminate shelling". Hawar news agency also reported the death of a child.
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 October 2019
Incident Code
TS295
Location
Mitkalta village, Tal Abyad, Raqqa, Syria
Two or three civilians from the same family - a father, mother, and their child - died in an alleged Turkish strike on Matkalat village in the countryside of Tal Abyad area in the northern countryside of Al-Raqqah, according to local media. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that "three people, a man, his…
Summary
Published
9 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 October 2019
Incident Code
RS4108
Location
تل الأغر والبليصة, Tal Al Aghar and Al Balisa, Idlib, Syria
Alleged Russian warplanes launched six airstrikes on the towns of Tal Al Aghar and Al Balisa, Idlib governorate, on October 5th 2019. One source, Step Agency, reported that civilians were killed and wounded. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the alleged Russian airstrikes were targeting the the jihadi organisations Hurras Al Din and…
Summary
Published
5 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
1 October 2019
Incident Code
LC206
Location
طريق الاصفاح, Al Asfah road, Tarabulus, Libya
An ambulance driver was allegedly injured by supposed LNA shelling on Al-Swani. Libya Alahrar TV said, referring to the GNA: "Burkan Al Ghadab: An ambulance driver was injured after Haftar gunmen targeted his car in Al-Sawani area directly." In a different article it quoted the Field Medicine and Support Center: "The Center for Field Medicine…
Summary
Published
1 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
23 September 2019
Incident Code
LC203
Location
وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya
Two civilians were injured because of an air or artillery strike in Wadi al Rabie in Tajoura. The Ambulance Services Libya reported: "Miloud Rashed and Sifaoy Al Mzughi of the Tajoura rescue team were injured due to aerial bombardment in Al Habayebiyah area in Wadi al Rabie." Tk Yahrouq Kl shy only reported indiscriminate shelling…
Summary
Published
23 September 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
13 September 2019
Incident Code
RS4106
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians, a man and a woman, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime cluster bombings of Kafr Nabl, south of Idlib, on September 13, 2019. @baladinetwork identified "Two martyrs were killed by a missile strike by the regime forces on the city of Kafr Nabl in the southern countryside of…
Summary
Published
13 September 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
13 September 2019
Incident Code
RS4104
Location
معرة النعمان, Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, Syria
Two to three civilians, one of which was a child, were killed and five or six other civilians, including two women and a child, were injured in airstrikes on the city of Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib on September 13, 2019. A tweet by @anasanas84 named the child killed as Islam Muhammad Al-Sader. Justice organization named…
Summary
Published
13 September 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 September 2019
Incident Code
RS4105
Location
بانص, Banes, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was injured on September 13, 2019 after the explosion of a cluster bomb that was allegedly dropped by Russian or regime warplanes on the village of Banes, Aleppo governorate, according to local sources. A tweet from @SyriaCivilDefe reported "A civilian was injured due to the detonation of a cluster bomb remnants…
Summary
Published
13 September 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 September 2019
Incident Code
LC193
Location
العربان, Al Urban, Marqab, Libya
Two civilians were allegedly killed in a GNA airstrike on Al Urban. Al Mashhad reported: "Two civilians were killed by indiscriminate shelling of the Al Wefaq government forces in Al Urban, 30 km southeast of Gheryan, local sources said. The sources said that the young Issa ibn al-Hadi al-Jaafari was seriously injured by indiscriminate shelling…
Summary
Published
11 September 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
8 September 2019
Incident Code
LC190
Location
عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya
Three people were allegedly injured in a possible LNA strike on an ambulance in Ain Zara. 218TV reported: "The Center for Field Medicine and Support in Tripoli announced the injury of 3 people (2 paramedics and the driver), due to the targeting of an ambulance belonging to the center in the area of Ain Zara,…
Summary
Published
8 September 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
31 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4099
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma al-Kubrah, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and six other civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes against the Al-Iman Hospital in the town of Urma Al-Kubra on August 31, 2019. Russian airstrikes allegedly struck the Al-Iman Hospital for children and women in the town of Urma Al-Kubra in western Aleppo in the middle…
Summary
Published
31 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4100
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria
At lease one civilian was killed and another wounded due to artillery and rocket shelling by the Syrian regime and Russian forces on residential neighborhoods in Kafr Nabil, struck from camp in Al-Nimr hill near Khan Sheikhoun. Baladi News reported "a civilian was killed and another wounded due to artillery and rocket shelling by the…
Summary
Published
31 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
31 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4098
Location
جبالا, Jbala, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were alleged killed and others injured by Syrian or Russian airstrikes or artillery on Jbala village in Idlib. The two victims were identified as Ismail Ahmed Qteish from the village of Maarzita, and Mahdi Salah Al-Naddaf from Jabala. According to Macro Media Center and the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Syrian regime forces shelled Jbala…
Summary
Published
31 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4097
Location
كفرنبل, Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians died and others were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime shelling of Kafar Nabil, according to local media. Macro Media Center (MMC) blamed Russian and Syrian regime forces for the shelling, while the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) attributed blame to the Syrian regime forces alone. SN4HR identified one civilian, while…
Summary
Published
30 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4090
Location
معصران, Ma’saran, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians - a man and a woman - died and up to five people were injured in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Ma’saran on August 28, 2019, according to local media. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: "Ali Mustafa Sa'do and the girl Bayan Mohammad Matar were killed as Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4091
Location
التمانعة, Al Tamani’a, Idlib, Syria
One civilian reportedly died and another was injured in an alleged Russian strike on al-Tamani’a. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, " a civilian was killed due to a Russian bombardment that targeted the farms of al-Taman’aa town south of Idlib". Edlib Media Centre said that a man died in a Russian airstrike.…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
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
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4093
Location
جرجناز, Jarjanaz, Idlib, Syria
Local media reported that one civilian died in an alleged regime airstrike on Jarjanaz on August 28, 2019. Tweets from @MasarPressNet and @jisrtv both identified one civilian as being killed in the airstrikes. According to a tweet from @baladinetwork, "the regime's helicopters and warplanes bomb with six vacuum missiles and two explosive barrels, the town…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4089
Location
تلمنس, Telmans, Idlib, Syria
The Step News agency reported the death of one civilian in an alleged Russia or regime air or artillery strike on Telmans on August 28, 2019. Step News identified one civil as being killed while Smart reported that there were wounded civilians in a regime strike. A tweet by @alhariri58 described vacuum missiles as being…
Summary
Published
28 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
LC186
Location
الاصابعة, Asabi'ah, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya
Between four and six civilians allegedly died as a result of a Turkish or GNA airstrike on Gheryan. Afrigate reported: "Turkish air strikes brought by the Wefaq government bombed Al Asabi’a on Tuesday, the Karama [LNA] Operations Room said. The chamber added that the bombing resulted in the martyrdom of four civil servants who were…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
GNA/Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4085
Location
كفر نبل,, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria
One civilian died and "many" more were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Kafar Nabil on August 27, 2019, local media reported. @Abuhuzaifa_ tweeted an image with the caption: "A 90-year-old father takes the last glimpses of his remaining child, who was martyred by shrapnel from the shelling of the Russian occupation." According…
Summary
Published
27 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 August 2019
Incident Code
RS4080
Location
كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria
Up to five civilians died and others were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strike on Kafar Nabil, local media reported on August 26, 2019. Smart reported: "The media activist in the city Baha Sweden said that Russian aircraft launched missile strikes on residential neighborhoods coinciding with artillery and rocket shelling…
Summary
Published
26 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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