Civilian Casualties

اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian neighbourhood was targeted in Ltamenah – allegedly by Russia – which killed approximately 10 civilians. According to Shaam “10 civilians (three of them from one family) were killed, and five wounded, as a result of Russian aircraft targeting civilian homes with vacuum missiles.” Violations Documentation Center later named Khaled Abdulhameed al-Jahem as having

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(2 children1 man)

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Al A’maq agency (linked to so-called Islamic State) produced multiple reports on alleged Russian airstrikes which targeted the city of Maskaneh. They stated that two raids hit a popular market in the city, killing 25 civilians, injuring 33 (including 10 in critical condition) and causing destruction of property. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights

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(2–3 children2 women6 men)

24 – 25

30–35

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

10 named, 2 families identified

معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Ma’adan, Raqqa, local sources reported. Euphrates Post and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently identified the victim by name. Al Ragga Truth reported that a total of 15 strikes took place and several sources shared images of some of the destruction – which included the

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سقبا وحموريه, Between Saqba and Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians were killed including four children – and dozens of people injured – following an alleged Russian or Assad regime air raid on neighbourhoods in an area linking the towns of Saqba and Hamouriya. The White Helmets and Radio Al Kul blamed Russia, while VDC and the Syrian Free Army said the attack was

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(4 children2 women1 man)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

7 named

الموصل: غرب, Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Several local sources reported that a family of five was killed and one of the sons – a 4-year-old boy – severely injured after alleged Coalition airstrikes on their house in West Mosul (exact location presently unknown). Iraqi Spring Media Center quoted MP Riabar Taha of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), who reported the

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تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

One unidentified civilian male was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Activists told Shaam News Network that Russian warplanes targeted a bus carrying passengers from Damascus to Deir ez-Zor “near the third stop near Palmyra, which led to the death of one civilian and several wounded.” Syriapost1

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الدشيشة, Al Dashaisha, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One or two civilians died and four were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Dashasisha village, according to local sources. Baladi – blaming the Coalition – put the death toll at one, with more wounded. According to Zaman Alwasl, “Coalition aircraft bombed an Islamic State prison in the town of Dashaisha east of

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1 – 2

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

الهزيمة, Al Hazimah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died at midday on June 18th, after incurring injuries from alleged Russian airstrikes on Hazima village, northern Ar Raqqah, local media reported. Baladi News said that the man died, “as a result of military aviation targeting al Hazima village” in the midst of “great destruction in the region”. Though Baladi did not specify that the

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منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed and nine injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Manbij, according to Al A’maq News and Shaam News Network. SNN reported that the raid came as other areas in the countryside of eastern Aleppo (Maskaneh, Deir Hafer and Al Bab) faced Russian shelling but noted that despite these cities being under IS control the

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LOCATION

Two civilians were reportedly killed and several others injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes or artillery fire, according to local sources. The victims identified were reportedly from the same family as others who were injured, which was said to be displaced from Palmyra.

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(1 woman)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

غرناطة, Garnata, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Center reported that two adult male civilians, Ahmad al-Kurdi and Yehya al-Omar, were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Garnata. The Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies lists just al-Omar as a victim in Garnata, reporting that he was “killed by indiscriminate” Russian shelling. In a dispatch, Al Jisr TV reported that Garnata

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(0–1 children0–1 women2–1 men)

2 – 4

الميدان, Al Maydan, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A number of local sources reported that 300 civilians were killed and 400 more were wounded – said to be mostly women and children – following alleged Coalition and Iraqi government airstrikes in the Al Maydan neighbourhood of Mosul. All four sources who reported the deaths alleged that both the Coalition and the Iraqi government

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300

400

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

أم القرى, Um al Qura, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male civilian, Ali Al Akhras, was killed in an airstrike on Um Al Qura town, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. SN4HR reported that he died when Russian warplanes allegedly fired missiles on Um Al Qura. The Violations Documentation Center listed him as killed “due to Russian air forces shelling” but did

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Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

LOCATION

A female identified as the daughter of Khalil Ibrahim al Khalif was killed following “shelling of the city” of Raqqa, local sources reported. All three sources did not specify what type of shelling took place. The slain victim was reportedly displaced from Al Abu Amer in the eastern outskirts of Deir Ezzor, before coming to

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(1 woman)

الحيدرية, Haidariya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, a woman and child, were reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the northern roundabout area in Al Haidariya . The Syrian Observatory reported a number of unspecified casualties, while Halab News named the same woman and child killed as VDC, attributing their deaths to “a Russian Air Force bombing attack on

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(1 child1 woman)

LOCATION

An elderly male was killed following alleged aerial bombardment of Raqqa, according to local media. There are no other details available at this time.

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معارة الارتيق, Maarat al Arteek, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians including one unnamed woman and a member of the White Helmets were killed – and 10 others injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes on Maarat al Arteek, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported that a woman died when Russian warplanes targeted the town in several spatial missile strikes. They said

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(1 woman1 man)

LOCATION

Four civilians died in air and artillery or mortar shelling in Raqqa, according to local sources. Alraqqa Ahlna listed two civilians as killed by air and artillery strikes. Mohammed Ali Swaid was named as dead “after being hit by a mortar shell from SDF militia on al Thakana”, according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. Airwars

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3 – 4

(1 child1 woman2 men)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

4 named, 1 familiy identified

قباسين, Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a news roundup, a single source, the Shaam News Network, reported that four civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Qabasein. LCCSY also put the death toll at four with more wounded but did not say who was responsible, while Shahba said that there had been Russian strikes in the town but didn’t

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حمرة بويتية, Hamra Buweitiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources have reported that on August 4, 2017, between three and six civilians were reportedly killed in an aerial bombardment on Al-Buweitaya in the western suburb of Deir Ezzor. Some sources have alleged that the US-led Coalition was responsible, however, other sources attributed the attack to the regime, and some to Russia. According to

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3 – 6

(1 child1 woman1 man)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

كفر كلبين‎, Kafr Kalbeen, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and 20 civilians including one child died in airstrikes on Kafr Kalbeen, according to local sources – though they are conflicted or unclear as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Shaam News Network said there had been “a systematic campaign of shelling Aleppo, where aircraft Russian aggression

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1 – 20

(1 child)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

البجري, Al Barji and other areas, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Summarising a 48 hour period, local sources said that 47 civilians were killed and 50 injured in alleged airstrikes on the city of Raqqa. Two of the eight sources specifically blamed the US-led Coalition for the civilian casualty incidents. Activists told Smart News that “the city had been hit by more than 43 airstrikes, in

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US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

LOCATION

طلف, Talaf, Hama, Syria

Up to ten non-combatants were reported killed and a number wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Talaf in the Hama countryside, according to local sources. Fatality claims ranged widely, from one to ten civilians killed. The local Hama Media Centre later issued a video report in which it interviewed local activist Abu Rayan: “Rayan: The

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1 – 10

3–5

Al Jazza'a, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

In a major civilian casualty incident, between 15 and 41 people reportedly died following an alleged US-led Coalition strike on Al Jazza’a [or al-Helo] village. The civilians were leaving Asr prayer at the village mosque when they were hit, local media sources reported. According to Hasaka Rasd and multiple other sources, “the village was not

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21 – 41

(3 children2 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

12–24

Cause of injury / death

11 named, 3 families identified

الغنطو, Al Ghantu, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Between 14 and 16 civilians died including one woman and up to four children in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Ghantu, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network reported “an appalling massacre” in Al Ghantu, which killed 16 non-combatants including members of the civil defence who rushed to the location of the first raid

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(4 children1 woman13 men)

14 – 16

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

A civilian male was killed in alleged US-led Coalition strikes on Raqqa. At present there is no further information on this incident: the entry will be updated when new details arise.

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دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians were killed and 25 others injured when cluster bombs were allegedly fired on Douma, according to the White Helmets and the Shaam News Network. The White Helmets did not say who was responsible for the attack, but reported that “the number of martyrs today in Douma has risen to 4 following the bombing with

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(1 child4 men)

National hospital, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eighteen civilians were reported killed and many others wounded following airstrikes on the National Hospital in the besieged city of Raqqa. According to Syrianpc the civilians were subject to both “aerial bombardment” and “artillery” whilst inside the hospital. Al Hassaka Marsad said “hundreds” were injured; due to “monitoring of the armed Kurdish units” people were

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18 – 20