Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RS3849

Incident date

June 26, 2019

Location

كفرسجنة, Kafar Sijna, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported that a missile struck near Martyr Wahid al Yousef Primary School in Kafr Sajna village in Idlib, damaging the building and wounding one civilian.

Youmyat rejal shora alleged: “Police officer Abd al-Rahman Hamdaoui, from the Kafr Sijnah al-Hurra police station, was wounded by the air raid of the regime, which targeted the town this evening.”

@syrian191124 said: “Assad militia warplanes bombard the villages of Abdin and Kfarsjna, in the southern countryside of Idlib, in several raids with vacuum missiles.”

While Syrian Network for Human Rights and Smart News blamed the Syrian regime, whereas Shaam News reported that the Russians aircrafts also carried out attacks in the region that day that the forces “launched dozens of air raids accompanied by heavy artillery shelling”.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Abd al-Rahman Hamdaoui
Adult male Police Officer killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3846

Incident date

June 26, 2019

Location

المزارع المحيطة بمدينة ادلب,, farms surrounding the city Idlib, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Local sources reported varying numbers of civilians were killed and wounded when  airstrikes struck the outskirts of Idlib.

According to Macro Media, three civilians were killed in the raid.

Shabab Al Latamina, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Ariha Today reported a higher death toll of four civilian fatalities. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added that they were displaced. According to Ariha Today, three men and a woman were killed and two children and a man were wounded.

Shabab Al Latamina blamed the Syrian regime for the attack, while Step News reported that the air and artillery strikes were carried out by the Russian and Syrian regime combined.

Syria Civil Defence reported: “Four civilians, one of whom was a woman, were killed, two children, and a man were wounded in the western city of Idlib, as a result of five air strikes that targeted civilian farms near the town of Arab Saeed”

Local Coordination Committee of Syria put the death toll at six civilians killed while Syria Liveua Map reported as many as eight civilians were killed.

Several of these sources reported the use of rockets, Orient said they were vacuum missiles.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Zahraa Ahmed Sharif Al Halabi
Age unknown female killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 8
  • (1 woman3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (24) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • Syrian Civil Defense teams at the scene after an airstrike struck Idlib province on June 26th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Syrian Civil Defense teams carrying one of the victims of an airstrike struck Idlib province on June 26th (via Syrian Civil Defense).
  • Syrian Civil Defense teams carrying one of the victims of an airstrike struck Idlib province on June 26th (via Syrian Civil Defense).

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    Syrian Civil Defense teams carrying the body of one of the victims of an airstrike struck Idlib province on June 26th (via Syrian Civil Defense).

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3 – 8
  • (1 woman3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (24) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3840

Incident date

June 22, 2019

Location

اللطامنة, Al Latamina, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

A child was allegedly wounded by Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling on the town of Al Latamina in Hama from the camp of South Halfaya.

Halab Today TV reported: “A child was injured by artillery shelling from the Russian camp on the city of Al-Lataminah in the northern Hama countryside.” The source added in a different post that both Russian and the Syrian regime conducted airstrikes in the area.

Mahmod Haway accused the Syrian regime of condcuting the shelling: “Artillery shelling from the checkpoints of the regime’s militia on the agricultural lands located between the city of Al-Latamina and the village of Latmine.”

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3839

Incident date

June 22, 2019

Location

تل ملح, Tel Melh, Hama, Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian was reported killed in artillery shelling in Tal Melh, Hama, on June 22nd.

Syrian Network for Human Rights named the civilian killed as Ahmad Ibrahim al Hmoud.

Although Step News alleged the death of one civilian in one tweet, naming the Syrian regime as the responsible belligerent, another report by Step News regarding the incident did not document civilian harm, attributing the attack to Russian forces. Syrian Network for Human Rights and Halab Today TV named the Syrian regime as the belligerent responsible for the shelling.

No other information is known at this time.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ahmad Ibrahim al Hmoud
Adult male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (4) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3838

Incident date

June 22, 2019

Location

معرة النعمان, Ma’ret Al Nu’man, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

Two children, twin brothers, were killed in an airstrike conducted by either the Russian or Syrian regime forces in Ma’arat al-Nu’man, according to local sources. Up to six other civilians were reported wounded.

Orient News said: “Two dead as a result of an air strike by the Russian occupation on Maarat al-Numan, south of Idlib.”

It later added in a more detailed report: “The Orient correspondent said that at least two twin brothers were killed by the Assad militia’s bombing of a car repair workshop on the outskirts of Maarat al-Numan, south of Idlib, with rockets and barrel bombs, and the bombing killed two people each in Khan al-Sobul and Kansafra.

EdlibNN reported: “Two children were killed and five were wounded by the bombing of the Assad militia’s warplanes, the city of Maarat al-Numan in the southern countryside of Idlib.”

Syrian Coalition tweeted: “Two children were killed, and 6 civilians were wounded, including a child, as a result of the terrorism of the Assad regime and Russia, with their aerial bombardment on the outskirts of Maarat al-Numan in the Idlib countryside.”

Syria Civil Defense wrote that “a fire broke out in a store on the outskirts of the city of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib countryside, after it was targeted by an air strike, as the fire was extinguished by firefighting teams.”

According to Step News, the twins were IDP’s from Ma’saram village.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Muhammad Fahd Maho Duha al-Dani
Child male killed
Ahmad Fahd Maho Duha al-Dani
Child male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–6
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (28) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (11) [ collapse]

  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteer putting out the fire caused by an airstrike that struck the city of Ma'arat al-Nu'man on June 22nd (via Macro Media)
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteers at the scene after an airstrike struck the city of Ma'arat al-Nu'man on June 22nd (via Macro Media)
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteer at the scene after an airstrike struck the city of Ma'arat al-Nu'man on June 22nd (via Macro Media)
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteers at the scene after an airstrike struck the city of Ma'arat al-Nu'man on June 22nd (via Macro Media)
  • Cars destroyed by an airstrike that struck the city of Ma'arat al-Nu'man on June 22nd (via Macro Media)
  • A building turned to rubble by an airstrike struck the city of Ma'arat al-Nu'man on June 22nd (via Macro Media)
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteers at the scene after an airstrike struck the city of Ma'arat al-Nu'man on June 22nd (via Macro Media)
  • Destruction caused by an airstrike that struck the city of Ma'arat al-Nu'man on June 22nd (via Macro Media).
  • Syrian Civil Defense volunteers at the scene after an airstrike struck the city of Ma'arat al-Nu'man on June 22nd (via Abdulazez Ketaz)

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–6
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (28) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3841

Incident date

June 22, 2019

Location

خان السبل, Khan Al Subul, Idlib , Syria

Airwars assessment

One civilian was reported killed in airstrikes on Khan Al Subul, Idlib, on June 22nd.

Macro Media Centre and Syria.liveuamap alleged that “one civilian was killed and three others wounded in air raids on the city of Khan Al Subul”, while Edlib Media Centre initially reported that “a man and a woman were injured when a military aircraft targeted the town of Khan al-Subul, south of Idlib, with rockets.”

As understanding of the events unfolded, this same source, Edlib Media Centre documented “the martyrdom of a man who was wounded by a missile attack.”

EdlibNN said that one civilian was killed and six wounded.

Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf reported the same casualty toll and added two raids were conducted by a Su-24 with six missiles. He said a child and a woman were among the wounded.

While four sources did not positively attribute blame for the attack, Shahba Press attributed the airstrike to the Syrian regime, while Step News named both Russian forces and the Syrian regime in reporting the incident.

The incident occured at 09:23:00 local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–6
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (16) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (17) [ collapse]

  • The aftermath of the airstrikes on Khan Al Subul, Idlib, on June 22nd (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of the airstrikes on Khan Al Subul, Idlib, on June 22nd (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of the airstrikes on Khan Al Subul, Idlib, on June 22nd (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • The aftermath of the airstrikes on Khan Al Subul, Idlib, on June 22nd (via Edlib Media Centre)
  • Aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Car allegedly damaged by Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Blood stain allegedly caused by Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Car allegedly damaged by Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Blood stain allegedly caused by Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Aftermath of Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Victim beng taken into an ambulance after Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)
  • Victim beng taken into an ambulance after Syrian regime or Russian airstrike on Khan Al Subul on June 22nd, 2019 (via Mohammed Mustafa Al Satuf)

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–6
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (16) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3649

Incident date

May 3, 2019

Location

الهبيط, Al Habit, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A male civilian was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Habit, Idlib governorate, on May 3r, 2019, according to local sources. At least one other man was reportedly wounded.

HalabTodayTV reported that a civilian was killed in airstrikes by a warplane, without identifying the belligerent. Al Arabiya reported five regime airstrikes on the town, in conjunction with intensive rocket shelling.

Mohammed Al Dab’an, reportedly a nephew of the victim, wrote on Facebook: “My uncle Deban Al Dab’an in the custody of God as a result of the criminal shelling of the regime and Russia criminals and their helpers.” According to Hama Now, the victim was displaced from the town of Al Mughayir.

According to the Facebook page Al Habit Green, the young man Ahmed Sleiman Alawad had been injured in the strikes. Mahmed Balabass reported “a number of wounded”.

According to the pro-Iran website Al Alam, Al Nusra equipment and vehicles were targeted.

@alhurranews shared a photo of a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer rescuing a cat from underneath the rubble.

Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the regime was to blame, with reports stating that helicopters dropped explosive barrels on the town.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

The victims were named as:

Ahmed Sleiman Alawad
Adult male injured
Dibban al-Dabaan
Age unknown male killed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (45) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (9) [ collapse]

  • Translation: "Moment of shelling by helicopter with explosive barrels on Al Habit town of Idlib countryside" (via Baladi News).
  • Translation: "Al Habit town of Idlib countryside is under the mercy of shelling and explosive barrels" (via Shaam News Network).
  • Translation: "With high-explosive missiles, a warplane unloads its cargo on the town of Al Habit, south of Idlib" (via Step News Agency).
  • Translation: "A man gets killed due to the regime's continuous shelling in Al Habit town of Idlib countryside" (via JisrTV).
  • Translation: "A civilian is killed and others injured in helicopter shelling in Al Habit town south of Idlib - Syria" (via Orient News).

  • This media contains graphic content. Click to unblur.

    Deban Al Dab’an was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Habit, Idlib governorate, on May 3rd, 2019 (via Mohammed Al Dab’an).
  • Translation: "A member of the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) carrying a cat rescued from a building destroyed by shells of the Syrian regime and its allies, in the town of Habit in the countryside of Idlib (Omar Qaddour / AFP)” (via @alhurranews).
  • A Syrian Civil Defence volunteer rescued a cat from a building that was targeted in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Habit, May 3rd (via @alhurranews).
  • Translation: "A martyr and a number of wounded in Al Habit as a result of targeting the explosive barrel of the helicopters of the regime" (via Mahmed Balabass).

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Civilians reported injured
    1–2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (45) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RS3632

Incident date

April 30, 2019

Location

كفرناها, Kafar Naha, Aleppo, Syria

Airwars assessment

Civilians were reported wounded after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Naha on April 30th, 2019, according to local sources.

According to Shaam News Network, Russian jets carried out raids in the area of Khan Al Asal and Kafar Naha. The source reported wounded but did not provide more details. Aletihad Press also reported civilian casualties but did not specify how many civilians were wounded.

@AsadFahaam said that strikes targeted vehicles belonging to Al Nusra front.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • An airstrike hits Kafar Naha, April 30th 2019 (via Aletihadpress)

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Syrian Regime
  • Suspected target
    Other

Sources (11) [ collapse]