Incident date
April 24, 2017
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الرحيات, Al Rahiat, Raqqa, SyriaOne woman died and several other civilians were wounded in an incident in Al Rahiyat, according to local media – though it was unclear whether the Coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces or ISIL were responsible. Shaam News Network was the only source that named the Coalition as the culprit. Step News Agency instead blamed artillery
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June 4, 2017
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طهماز , Tahmaz, Hama, SyriaAn internally displaced man was killed due to airstrikes on Tahmaz, according to local media. Some sources reported that Russian warplanes were responsible for the airstrike, while others reported it was attributable to the Syrian regime. Hosain Obaid al-Asaad had fled from Akeirbat. Some other civilians were allegedly wounded. There are no other details at
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November 20, 2016
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الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, SyriaA child was reportedly killed and 12 more people injured as a result of Turkish artillery shelling in Al Bab. The ISIS-affiliated media outlet Al A’amaq reported: “A child was killed and 12 people injured by Turkish artillery on the neighbourhoods of Al Bab northeast of Aleppo.“ Ajal posted a similar report on Twitter, though
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June 2, 2017
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السباهية, Al Sabahiya, Raqqa, SyriaAl Raqqa Truth and the Syrian Network for Human Rights named one victim of a reported Coalition airstrike on the Al Sabahiya area of Raqqa. The victim was also named by Raqqa24 which blamed the Coalition. However, RFS reported that artillery had led to the death of an unspecified number of civilians. It didn’t identify
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June 7, 2017
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حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zinjili, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition confirmed the death of a civilian in an incident near Mosul in June 2017. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on ISIS fighters engaging partner forces from a fighting position, it was assessed that one civilian, not observed near the target
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November 2, 2015
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مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, SyriaOne woman, Mrs Zahra Hajj Khamees, was reported killed and more than 20 people injured after an alleged Russian airstrike on the traders’ market in the town of Maarat al Numan. Video footage showed extreme damage to shops and houses in the vicinity. Most sources blamed Russia. However, the Damascus Centre and the Syrian Network
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Incident date
August 2, 2017
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الفردوس, near Raqqa, Syria, Raqqa, SyriaIn an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian near Raqqa. In its February 2019 report, the Coalition noted the following: “the Coalition conducted one artillery strike on ISIS defensive fighting positions. Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally killed as a result of this strike” It was later
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November 20, 2015
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaA number of sources reported that an adult woman from Soran in Hama governorate was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqah. Violations Documentation has published the name & photo of the victim which as said he was killed due to the coalition air force’s shelling. In their January 2020 civilian casualty assessment, the US-led
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June 28, 2017
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ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA civilian male was killed following a cluster bomb attack on Al Mayadin, Euphrates Post reported. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition and reported that the attack was carried out after midnight. The source added that the man died from his injuries. No further details are available.
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December 13, 2015
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حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, SyriaThree adult males (one named as Othman al-Shayta aka Abu Omar possibly a civilian), were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Harasta. The same dead were listed by the White Helmets who said that six air raids and artillery bombing on civilian neighbourhoods in Harasta had led to the deaths of three people, the injuring of
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July 13, 2017
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حارة ﺟﺎﻣﻊ ﺍﻟﺒﺼﺮﺍﻭﻱ, al Basrawo mosque area, Raqqa, SyriaA civilian male was killed by a declared Coalition bombing of the Al Basrawo neighbourhood of Raqqa on July 13, 2017, local sources reported. Most sources who reported the incident alleged that the US-backed SDF militias were responsible. But there was confusion: Alraqqa Ahluna initially said the victim died in an “SDF bombing”, but subsequently
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Incident date
December 31, 2015
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الهداج, Hedaj, Hama, SyriaOne adult male civilian, Shayesh Hamdo al-Ahmad, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hedaj, according to the Violations Documentation Center. No additional details are presently known.
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January 11, 2016
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaOne female child named as Aamne Hsain al Waw (pictured) was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ar Raqqah, according to the Violations Documentation Center. No further details are currently available.
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July 28, 2017
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حي الثكنة, Al Thakana, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian male died in Raqqa’s Al Thaakan neigbourhood – though it was unclear whether Coalition artillery or an SDF mortar were to blame. Ahmad Al Rfaai posted in the on Documentary of victims of Ar Raqqa Facebook group, saying that Haj Ahmad Lyla Salim al-Ali was his grandfather and died in his home after
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August 1, 2017
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الرقة, Raqqa, SyriaOne civilian male was named as killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike by multiple local sources. According to Palmyra Revolution Coordination Committee, “Mr. Abdul Razzaq Ali Kanawi, displaced from the city of Palmyra, was killed when his house was targeted by aircraft of the international coalition in the city of Raqqa yesterday. Some of his
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January 26, 2016
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دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOne adult male civilian, died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Deir-ez Zor, according to the Violations Documentation Centre and the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
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February 2, 2016
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غرناطة, Garnata, Homs, SyriaShaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes allegedly carried out raids “on the town of Al Rastan and the villages of Um Sharshouh and Ghirnata as well as the village of Burj Kai“. It said one civilian was killed and “several” others wounded in Garnata. Smart News reported that “Russian warplanes launched two raids on the village of
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February 10, 2016
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كفر لاها, Kafr Laha, Homs, SyriaOne adult female civilian, Amineh Mesheal, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Laha, according to the Violations Documentation Center. No further details are currently available.
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April 12, 2016
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دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, SyriaThe Violations Documentations Center named Abdulhameed Ghassan al Afeif (also known as Hamadah) as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike. However according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, he died when regime warplanes fired missiles on the Al Hamidiyeh neighborhood.
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June 27, 2016
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سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, SyriaOne civilian died and another eight were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Saraqib, local sources on the ground reported. According to Baladi, “Warplanes launched two raids targeting residential neighborhoods in the city with Saraqib, resulting in martyrs and eight wounded, White Helmets teams went to the place and worked to dig out one the
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September 4, 2016
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سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, SyriaOne civilian died and several others were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike with cluster bombs on Sarmin in Idlib governorate, according to local media. Alamawi, Rozana FM, Derynews, LCCSY and the Syrian Network for Human Rights all attributed the event to Russia, with many sources reporting the use of cluster bombs.
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April 12, 2018
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تل هواش الحميرات, Tal Hwash and Al Hmairat, Hama, SyriaA man was killed and at least four injured as Russian forces reportedly attacked the villages of Tal Hwash and Al Hmairat in central Syria. Basel Mohammad Suleiman al Ali, age 22, was named as the victim by the Syrian Network for Human Rights. The wounded totalled six, according to Fidaa news, including three women,
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February 18, 2015
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الشدادي, Al Maryajib crossroads, in area 47, Al Hassakah, SyriaIt was reported that one civilian male was killed in a coalition airstrike at al Shadadi. According to Thiqah he was in the area by chance when coalition aircraft struck: “One civilian was killed and others wounded yesterday (Thursday), when coalition aircraft bombed several areas of the rural southern city of Al-Hasakah.” Activists in the
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July 25, 2015
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البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, reported that Ahmad al Awad had died in what was described as a Coalition strike at Bukamal. While single source, a Coalition attack was confirmed in the vicinity in daily reports at the time. In its civilian casualty report for October 2019 – published on
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April 29, 2018
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معرزيتا ومخيم للنازحين بلقرب منها, Marzita and an IDP camp nearby, Idlib, SyriaUp to two civilians were reported killed and seven others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike or Syrian regime shelling of the Al Walid IDP camp near the town of Marzita in southern Idlib countryside. The rockets came at night, striking a two-room school and many of the inhabited tents, according to Shaam News. Marzita
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January 18, 2016
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الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, SyriaAccording to the Union of Hassakah Youth, an adult male non-combatant named as Ammar Al Khayran was killed in a Coalition strke on Raqqah. According to the group, the victim “came from Mabrouka in the western countryside of Rass Al Ain.” Other sites also reported his death, which was additionally claimed for both January 17th
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July 16, 2019
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اللطامنة, Al Latamina, Hama, SyriaOne man was reported killed in airstrikes on Al Latamina, Hama, on July 16th. Kafr Zeta TV documented “the martyrdom of “Badr Haitham Al-Mahmoud” nick name (Al Kateb), 25, as a result of Russian air strikes of the city of Latamina in the northern suburbs of Hama.” Two other sources reported the attack, but did not
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July 24, 2016
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منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaOne or more civilian was killed and two injured in an alleged Coalition strike on the al Sarib neighbourhood of Manbij. Local blogger Hathifa al Yaman Abu al Majd reported: “Saif the son of Moussa al Hamdoush died due to being hit by shrapnel from raids that targeted al Sarib neighbourhood with ten missiles, targeting
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Incident date
December 2, 2018
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البوبدران, Al Soussa: al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOne child from the town of Abu Kamal died of his injuries according to multiple sources, following shrapnel injuries to the head received at some point in an air or artillery strike between December 2nd and 4th. Abdul Aziz Maher Jamal Al-Khabour died in the village of al Boubadran near al Soussa. Smart News said that
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October 5, 2016
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ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, SyriaAccording to a Coalition report issued in December 2016, on “(11.) Oct. 5, 2016, near Aleppo, Syria: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographical area.” Airwars researchers have so far identified no known public allegations of civilians killed or injured in Aleppo governorate on this date.