A
barrel bomb is a type of
improvised explosive device used extensively by the
Syrian Air Force during the
Syrian civil war. They are usually made from a
barrel that has been filled with
High Explosives, along with
shrapnel and/or
oil. In Syria, they are typically dropped from a
helicopter.[1] Due to the large amount of explosives that can be packed into a barrel the resulting detonation can be devastating.[2][3] The Syrian military often dropped these bombs in civilian areas leading to multiple civilian deaths. The BBC reported that between January 2014 and May 2015, only 1% of those killed by barrel bombs were rebel fighters.[4] By the end of 2017, over 97% of barrel bomb deaths were civilians, and more than 25% were children.[5][6] According to the UK-based
Syrian Network for Human Rights, since the start of the war through to December 2017, at least 68,334 barrel bombs have been used.[7]
Key:
= chemical attack involved
2012
In August 2012, report of a barrel bomb being dropped on the Hamidiya neighborhood of
Homs.[8]
In August 2012, report of barrel bombs being dropped on
Al-Qusayr.[9]
In September 2012, a large number of people were killed and wounded when a barrel bomb was dropped on a residential district in
Aleppo.[10]
2013
In late August 2013, barrel bombs were dropped on at least two areas of
Aleppo, including over a public park in
Bab al-Nairab.[2]
On 8 October 2013, a barrel bomb was dropped on the village of Bizabur, Idlib, just south of
Ariha.[11]
On 30 November 2013, a barrel bomb killed at least 26 people in
al-Bab, Aleppo.[12][13][14]
On 1 December 2013, a barrel bomb killed at least 20 people in al-Bab, Aleppo.[13][14]
From 15–24 December 2013, barrel bombs killed more than 300 people (and as many as more than 650 according to the Syrian National Council)[15] in several districts of Aleppo.[16][17]
On 26 December 2013, a barrel bomb killed at least 15 people in
Azaz.[18]
On 29 December 2013, a barrel bomb killed at least 25 people in Aleppo.[19]
2014
January
On 7 January 2014, barrel bombs killed an unspecified number of civilians in the
Damascus suburb of Douma.[20]
On 12 January 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people in
Al-Bab, Aleppo.[21]
On 14 January 2014, barrel bombs killed an unspecified number of people in
Darayya,
Arbin and
Zabadani.[22]
On 14 January 2014, a barrel bomb was dropped on the village of
Inkhil in Deraa province.[22]
On 18 January 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 60 people in Aleppo.[23]
On 22 January 2014, barrel bombs were dropped in the central
Hama province.[24]
On 24 January 2014, barrel bombs were dropped on
Darayya.[25]
On 25 January 2014, barrel bombs killed 10 people when dropped on Aleppo's outlying industrial city and the
Sheikh Najjar districts.[25]
On 28 January 2014, a barrel bomb killed 22 people in Aleppo.[26]
On 29 January 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 62 people in the Maadi and Salhin districts of south Aleppo.[27]
On 30 January 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Darayya.[28]
February
From 1–5 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 246 people in Aleppo.[29]
On 8 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people in
Aleppo,[30] and an unspecified number of people in
Darayya.[30]
On 9 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Aleppo.[31]
On 11 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people in
Aleppo.[32]
On 12 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 38 people in
Aleppo, while 31 people were killed in
Daraa - mostly by barrel bombs.[33]
On 17 February 2014, a barrel bomb was dropped on Masaken Hanano,
Aleppo.[35]
On 18 February 2014, barrel bombs were dropped in several parts of Syria, while a barrel bomb killed at least 18 people when dropped on the Palestinian refugee camp in
Deraa.[36]
On 23 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 12 people in
Aleppo.[37]
March
On 4 March 2014, barrel bombs were dropped on
Yabroud.[38]
On 5 March 2014, barrel bombs killed a number of people in Aleppo,
Yabroud and
Daraya.[39]
On 6 March 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 13 people after being dropped on Aleppo and
Yabroud.[40][41]
On 7 March 2014, barrel bombs killed a number of people in
Yabroud.[42]
On 8 March 2014, barrel bombs destroyed many buildings including a mosque in Aleppo.[43]
On 9 March 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 8 people, including a Canadian freelance photographer, after being dropped on Aleppo.[44]
On 15 March 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 6 people after being dropped on Ras al-Maara and
Yabroud.[45][46]
On 26 March 2014, barrel bombs killed 20 people and wounded 40 others in the
Anadan region of Aleppo.[49]
On 27 March 2014, barrel bombs were dropped on
Observatory 45, as well as
Flitah, near the Lebanon border, where it killed 8 rebels.[50][51]
On 31 March 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 31 people after being dropped on the Aleppo town of
Maaret al-Artiq.[52]
April
On 2 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people after being dropped across the province of Aleppo and Deraa.[53][54]
On 4 April 2014, barrel bombs killed about 50 people after being dropped on the
Dalati Mosque and
Dar al-Shifa Hospital of the Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo during peak times.[55]
On 6 April 2014, barrel bombs caused much destruction in the Andana district of Aleppo.[56]
On 10 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 88 people in the northern neighborhood of Aleppo.[57]
On 12 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in the
Anadan and Hrytan region of Aleppo.[59][60]
On 20 April 2014, barrel bombs killed 59 people in Aleppo Province.[61]
On 22 April 2014, 38 barrel bombs were dropped on rebel-controlled east Aleppo neighborhoods.[62]
On 24 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 24 people when dropped on a vegetable market in
Atareb, Aleppo.[63]
On 26 April 2014, a barrel bomb killed at least 6 people in the town of
Sarmeen,
Idlib,[64] and at least 10 people in
Lataminah,
Hama.[65]
On 30 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 25 children, after being dropped on an elementary school in Aleppo.[66]
May
On 1 May 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 40 people in a busy market in Aleppo[67] and a barrel bomb killed 1 Syrian refugee and wounded four others in the remote border village of
Tfail in east
Lebanon.[68]
On 10 May 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 46 people in eastern areas of Aleppo city.[69]
On 11 May 2014, opposition forces accused the government of contaminating a water supply in Aleppo after a barrel bomb struck a pumping station, one of two in the city.[70]
On 21 May, barrel bombs destroyed many houses and claimed many lives in the town of
Maaret al-Artik, Aleppo.[71]
On 22 May, the Army had finally broken the siege of
Aleppo prison[72][73][74] after more than 100 barrel bombs were dropped during the final push to reach the prison.[75]
On 27 May 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 43 people in Aleppo.[76]
On 29 May 2014, barrel bombs claimed many lives in
Darat Izza, Aleppo province.[77]
On 30 May 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people in Aleppo's
Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood.[78]
June
On 2 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 22 people in Aleppo.[79]
On 4 June 2014, barrel bombs targeted Aleppo, the town of
Khan al-Shih, south of Damascus, several areas of Idlib province, and
Morek, in Hama province.[81]
On 5 June 2014, a mosque was hit by a barrel bomb at
Qadi Askar district in Aleppo.[82]
On 8 June 2014, a barrel bomb killed at least 7 people in the neighborhood of
Tariq al-Bab, Aleppo.[83]
On 14 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 8 people in
Mayadin, Aleppo,[84] 13 people in
Anadan, Aleppo province,[85] and destroyed a mosque in Aleppo.[86]
On 16 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 37 and up to 68 people in the
Sukkari and
Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo, and at least 3 people in a number of rural areas of
Deraa province.[87][88]
On 18 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 20 and injured at least 80 people, many seriously, in the
refugee camp in the village of
Shajra, 2 km (1 mile) from the Jordanian border.[89]
On 21 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people near the Ghouta district of Damascus.[90]
On 22 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 9 people in the neighborhoods of
Halak and
Bab al-Nasr in Aleppo.[91]
On 26 June 2014, barrel bombs killed as many as 49 people in areas in Aleppo and Hama province.[92]
July
On 6 July 2014, barrel bombs killed 8 members of a single family in
Da'el,
Deraa province.[93]
On 6 July 2014, barrel bombs on the al-Shaar neighborhood on July 9 killed approximately 20 civilians.[88]
On 11 July 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people in Aleppo.[94]
On 16 and 17 July 2014, barrel bombs were dropped on the central town of Morek.[95]
On 21 July 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people in Al-Ansari neighborhood of Aleppo.[96]
On 28 July 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 9 people in the Shaar district of Aleppo.[97]
On 30 November 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 12 people in
Jasim, Daraa Governorate.[131]
December
Notably, on 28 November 2014, a huge explosion occurred at the
Syrian military airbase outside
Hama. This was attributed to the complete destruction of the entire barrel-bomb making building on the airfield.[132]
From 21–26 December 2014, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Syrian government dropped 193 barrel bombs across Syria.[134]
On 25 December 2014, barrel bombs killed about 40 people in al-Bab and
Qabaseen, near Aleppo.[135]
2015
January
In late January, the Syrian air force stepped up its daily airstrikes, including hundreds of barrel bombs,[136] after poor weather conditions earlier in the month restricted its movements.[137]
On 14 January 2015, barrel bombs killed 2 people and wounded 10 others in
Kafr Zita.[138]
On 20 January 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 65 people and wounded 150 others in a market in
Al-Hasakah.[139][140]
On 21 January 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 13 people in
Houla.[141]
On 23 January 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 42 people in the village of
Hamoriyah, eastern
Ghouta, and at least 4 people in
Houla, when residents started to leave the mosques after Friday prayers.[137][143]
On 29 January 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 6 children and wounded 15 others, along with killing more than 100 animals, when dropped on the tents of Bedouins in
Hama.[145]
On 5 February 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 47 people in a crowded square in the
Baidin neighborhood of
Aleppo.[149]
From 9–10 February 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 18 people in
Douma, Syria.[150]
On 21 February 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 8 people in
Aleppo,[151] while it was reported that a barrel bomb containing a noxious gas had been dropped on
Hayan, northwest of Aleppo, severely injuring 3 people who inhaled the gas.[152]
March
On 5 March 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 22 people in a public square in the
Qadi Askar neighborhood of
Aleppo.[153]
On 9 March 2015, barrel bombs, including ones alleged to contain chlorine gas, killed at least 7 people in the village of
Mzeireb,
Daraa Governorate.[154]
On 10 March 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 8 people near
Homs.[155]
On 16 March 2015, chlorine-filled barrel bombs killed at least 6 people and hospitalised about 70 more in the town of
Sarmin.[157][158]
On 23 March 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least killed 5 children from the same family in
Tafas.[159]
On 24 March 2015, chlorine-filled barrel bombs wounded about 30 people in the village of
Binnish.[160]
On 26 March 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 22 people, with many of the wounded in critical condition, in
Deraa al-Balad, in the city of
Daraa.[161]
On 3 April 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 10 people in the
Firdous neighborhood of
Aleppo.[163]
From 4—8 April 2015, more than 30 barrel bombs have been dropped on the Palestinian refugee
Yarmouk Camp, including on the only functioning hospital inside Yarmouk.[164]
On 6 April 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 7 people in
Bosra.[165]
On 12 April 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 9 people in
Aleppo.[166]
On 14 April 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 12 people at a shelter in
Saraqeb and 10 people in
Daraa Governorate.[167]
On 16 April 2015, 4 chemical barrel bombs were dropped near
Sarmin and
Korin villages,
Idlib Governorate, suffocating 20 people, who were then taken to field hospitals for treatment.[168]
On 8 June 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 4 people in
Tell Rifaat.[187]
On 9 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people and injured around 40 more in
Aleppo.[188]
On 17 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 36 people in
Douma.[189]
On 19 June 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 5 people and injured 15 others in the
Maadi neighbourhood of
Aleppo.[190]
On 21 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 14 people and injured 20 others in two neighborhoods of
Aleppo, in an increase in such attacks since the beginning of
Ramadan.[191]
On 22 June 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 10 people in a mosque during evening prayers in the district of
Ansari,
Aleppo.[192]
On 27 June 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 13 people, including a family of nine, and injured dozens in
Daraa.[194]
On 28 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 7 people in
Aleppo.[195]
On 30 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people in the neighborhood of
Salihin,
Aleppo,[196] at least 10 people in the
Jabal al-Zawiya area, and at least 10 people in
Douma. Overall, at least 80 people were injured.[197]
July
On 1 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people and injured at least 25 in
al-Salihiya district of
Aleppo,[198] and killed 5 people in
Tafas.[199]
On 8 July 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 15 people, during
iftar, in the neighbourhood of
Karam al-Beik,
Aleppo.[200]
On 11 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 28 people in
Aleppo and 7 people from one family, during iftar, in
Al-Harra.[201]
On 13 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 35 people and injured at least 50 in
Al-Bab.[202]
On 15 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 5 people in the village of
Taduf, northeast
Aleppo Governorate.[203]
On 16 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Al-Bab.[204]
On 17 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people and injured 20 others in
Urum al-Jawz.[205]
On 18 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 5 people in
Aysheh village, near
Al-Bab, and 28 barrel bombs were dropped in the
Zabadani area.[206]
On 20 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 3 people and injured 35 in the
Arbil district of Damascus.[207]
On 22 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 18 people in
Al-Bureij, near
Al-Bab.[208]
On 22 August 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 50 people and injured at least 100 in
Douma.[214]
On 24 August 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 9 people in
Douma and 14 in
al-Bara, with dozens more injured.[215]
September
On 6 September 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 3 people and injured dozens in
Ariha.[216]
On 16 September 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 45 people in the
al-Mashhad neighborhood of
Aleppo.[217]
On 17 September 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 21 people in
Bosra.[218]
On 26 September 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 5 people in
Taftanaz.[219]
October
On 2 October 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 100 people in
Aleppo.[220]
On 4 and 6 October 2015, barrel bombs were dropped on a school run by the
UNRWA for Palestinian refugees, as well as other areas, in
Yarmouk Camp.[221]
On 19 October 2015, barrel bombs injured at least 5 people in
Moadamiyeh, near
Damascus.[222]
On 27 October 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 1 woman in
Darayya.[223]
November
On 9 November 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 1 person in
Darayya.[224]
On 19 November 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 25 farmers in
Al-Shaykh Maskin.[225]
On 28 November 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 7 people and injured 47 in a hospital in
Zafarana, a town in northern
Homs.[226]
On 29 November 2015, 50 barrel bombs were dropped on
Darayya alone.[227]
December
On 23 December 2015, more than 40 barrel bombs were dropped on the town of
Muadamiyat al-Sham and its surrounding areas, including ones containing an unidentified toxic gas, killing at least 5 people.[228][229]
On 29 December 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 20 people in
Al-Ghantu.[230]
2016
January
On 12 January 2016, 26 barrel bombs were dropped on
Darayya.[231]
During January, 1,428 barrel bombs were dropped—1,123 of them were dropped in rural areas of Damascus.[232]
February
On 4 February 2016, barrel bombs were dropped on a hospital in
Al-Ghariya al-Gharbiya, a town ten kilometers northeast of
Daraa.[233]
From 24–25 February 2016, over a 24-hour period, at least 50 barrel bombs were dropped on
Darayya;[235] on 26 February 2016, dozens more barrel bombs were dropped on Darayya.[236]
On 28 February 2016, 5 barrel bombs were dropped on the village of
Najiya and an unspecified number dropped on the nearby village of
Kinda,
Idlib province.[237][238]
On 19 May 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Houla.[243]
On 20 May 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 7 people and injured 32 in
Khan al-Asal and
Anadan.[244]
On 27 May 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 4 people in an eastern district of
Aleppo.[245]
June
On 5 June 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 9 people in the Qaterji neighbourhood of
Aleppo.[246]
On 8 June 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people and injured 20 when dropped on an area containing a hospital and marketplace in the
Shaar neighbourhood of
Aleppo.[247]
On 17 June 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people and injured dozens when dropped on the
Katirci and
Tarik el-Bab neighbourhoods of
Aleppo.[248]
On 19 June 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people and injured 35 when dropped on
Raqqa.[249]
July
On 11 July 2016, a barrel bomb killed 1 person in Al-Jalloum neighbourhood of
Aleppo.[250]
On 23 July 2016, barrel bombs killed 2 people in northern
Aleppo city.[251]
On 25 July 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 24 people in Al-Mashhad neighbourhood of
Aleppo,[252] and dozens were dropped on
Douma.[253]
On 26 July 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 6 people in
Aleppo.[254]
August
On 1 August 2016, barrel bombs containing chlorine gas asphyxiated at least 33 people in
Saraqib.[255]
On 10 August 2016, barrel bombs containing a gas, likely chlorine, killed at least 4 people and injured 55 in the Seif al Dawla and Zubdiya neighbourhoods of
Aleppo.[256]
On 19 August 2016, barrel bombs destroyed the only hospital in
Darayya.[257]
On 20 August 2016, a barrel bomb killed a mother and her 6 children in al-Jaloum district of
Aleppo.[258]
On 25 August 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 15 people from the same family and injured 18 in
Bab al-Nairab,
Aleppo.[259]
On 27 August 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 25 people when hitting a funeral procession (for victims of the 25 August barrel bomb attacks) and the rescue workers that followed in
Bab al-Nairab.[260]
September
On 4 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 3 people and injured 20 in
Aleppo.[261]
On 6 September 2016, a barrel bomb containing chlorine gas killed at least 2 people and injured at least 120 in the al-Sukkari district of
Aleppo.[262]
On 7 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people in the al-Sukkari district of
Aleppo.[262]
On 10 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people in
Aleppo.[263]
On 18 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people and injured many in
Da'el.[264][265]
On 21 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 4 people and injured 11 in the Al-Sukkari neighborhood
Aleppo.[266]
On 25 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 6 children in
Aleppo.[267]
October
On 1 October 2016, barrel bombs struck the largest hospital in rebel-held
Aleppo.[268]
Between 4–9 October 2016, more than 50 barrel bombs struck in and around the outskirts of the Palestinian refugee camp
Khan al-Shih.[269]
On 25 October 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 2 and wounded 5 opposition fighters in a village near
Akhtarin.[271]
November
On 14 November 2016, over 15 barrel bombs containing chlorine gas targeted
Khan al-Shih refugee camp.[272]
On 15 November 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 1 person and wounded 5 in
Aleppo.[273]
On 16 November 2016, barrel bombs damaged the children's hospital and the only blood bank in
besieged eastern Aleppo.[274]
On 17 November 2016, a barrel bomb damaged the
Bab al-Nairab water plant.[275]
On 20 November 2016, a barrel bomb laced with chlorine gas suffocated to death a family of 4 children and their parents in the
Sakhour district of
Aleppo.[276]
On 24 November 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 1 person in
Bab al-Nairab.[277]
On 29 November 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 25 people in
Aleppo.[278]
December
On 4 December 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 6 members of the same family, including 4 children, in
Al-Tamanah.[279][280]
On 9 December 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 4 members of one family in
Aleppo.[283]
On 26 December 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 14 people and injured dozens in
Wadi Barada, a town northwest of
Damascus.[284]
2017
January
On 5 January 2017, a barrel bomb suffocated some civilians in
Wadi Barada, northwest of
Damascus.[285]
February
On 16 February 2017, barrel bombs killed a woman and three of her children and severely wounded 7 others in
Hbit.[286][287]
March
On 25 March 2017, barrel bombs containing a chemical agent dropped on a surgical hospital killed one of the hospital's doctors and another person in
Al-Lataminah.[288]
April
Between 7–11 April 2017, 125 barrel bombs were dropped in Daraa, 23 in Hama, four in Idlib and five apiece in Aleppo and Homs.[289]
On 30 April 2017, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Daraa.[290]
May
On 6 May 2017, at least 10 barrel bombs were dropped on
Al-Lataminah and its surroundings.[291]
On 24 May 2017, at least 9 barrel bombs were dropped on
Daraa.[292]
June
On 4 June 2017, at least 37 barrel bombs were dropped on
Daraa.[293]
On 15 June 2017, a barrel bomb killed at least 1 person and injured 11 in
Daraa.[294]
On 20 June 2017, at least 38 barrel bombs were dropped on
Daraa.[295]
A
barrel bomb is a type of
improvised explosive device used extensively by the
Syrian Air Force during the
Syrian civil war. They are usually made from a
barrel that has been filled with
High Explosives, along with
shrapnel and/or
oil. In Syria, they are typically dropped from a
helicopter.[1] Due to the large amount of explosives that can be packed into a barrel the resulting detonation can be devastating.[2][3] The Syrian military often dropped these bombs in civilian areas leading to multiple civilian deaths. The BBC reported that between January 2014 and May 2015, only 1% of those killed by barrel bombs were rebel fighters.[4] By the end of 2017, over 97% of barrel bomb deaths were civilians, and more than 25% were children.[5][6] According to the UK-based
Syrian Network for Human Rights, since the start of the war through to December 2017, at least 68,334 barrel bombs have been used.[7]
Key:
= chemical attack involved
2012
In August 2012, report of a barrel bomb being dropped on the Hamidiya neighborhood of
Homs.[8]
In August 2012, report of barrel bombs being dropped on
Al-Qusayr.[9]
In September 2012, a large number of people were killed and wounded when a barrel bomb was dropped on a residential district in
Aleppo.[10]
2013
In late August 2013, barrel bombs were dropped on at least two areas of
Aleppo, including over a public park in
Bab al-Nairab.[2]
On 8 October 2013, a barrel bomb was dropped on the village of Bizabur, Idlib, just south of
Ariha.[11]
On 30 November 2013, a barrel bomb killed at least 26 people in
al-Bab, Aleppo.[12][13][14]
On 1 December 2013, a barrel bomb killed at least 20 people in al-Bab, Aleppo.[13][14]
From 15–24 December 2013, barrel bombs killed more than 300 people (and as many as more than 650 according to the Syrian National Council)[15] in several districts of Aleppo.[16][17]
On 26 December 2013, a barrel bomb killed at least 15 people in
Azaz.[18]
On 29 December 2013, a barrel bomb killed at least 25 people in Aleppo.[19]
2014
January
On 7 January 2014, barrel bombs killed an unspecified number of civilians in the
Damascus suburb of Douma.[20]
On 12 January 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people in
Al-Bab, Aleppo.[21]
On 14 January 2014, barrel bombs killed an unspecified number of people in
Darayya,
Arbin and
Zabadani.[22]
On 14 January 2014, a barrel bomb was dropped on the village of
Inkhil in Deraa province.[22]
On 18 January 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 60 people in Aleppo.[23]
On 22 January 2014, barrel bombs were dropped in the central
Hama province.[24]
On 24 January 2014, barrel bombs were dropped on
Darayya.[25]
On 25 January 2014, barrel bombs killed 10 people when dropped on Aleppo's outlying industrial city and the
Sheikh Najjar districts.[25]
On 28 January 2014, a barrel bomb killed 22 people in Aleppo.[26]
On 29 January 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 62 people in the Maadi and Salhin districts of south Aleppo.[27]
On 30 January 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Darayya.[28]
February
From 1–5 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 246 people in Aleppo.[29]
On 8 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people in
Aleppo,[30] and an unspecified number of people in
Darayya.[30]
On 9 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Aleppo.[31]
On 11 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people in
Aleppo.[32]
On 12 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 38 people in
Aleppo, while 31 people were killed in
Daraa - mostly by barrel bombs.[33]
On 17 February 2014, a barrel bomb was dropped on Masaken Hanano,
Aleppo.[35]
On 18 February 2014, barrel bombs were dropped in several parts of Syria, while a barrel bomb killed at least 18 people when dropped on the Palestinian refugee camp in
Deraa.[36]
On 23 February 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 12 people in
Aleppo.[37]
March
On 4 March 2014, barrel bombs were dropped on
Yabroud.[38]
On 5 March 2014, barrel bombs killed a number of people in Aleppo,
Yabroud and
Daraya.[39]
On 6 March 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 13 people after being dropped on Aleppo and
Yabroud.[40][41]
On 7 March 2014, barrel bombs killed a number of people in
Yabroud.[42]
On 8 March 2014, barrel bombs destroyed many buildings including a mosque in Aleppo.[43]
On 9 March 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 8 people, including a Canadian freelance photographer, after being dropped on Aleppo.[44]
On 15 March 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 6 people after being dropped on Ras al-Maara and
Yabroud.[45][46]
On 26 March 2014, barrel bombs killed 20 people and wounded 40 others in the
Anadan region of Aleppo.[49]
On 27 March 2014, barrel bombs were dropped on
Observatory 45, as well as
Flitah, near the Lebanon border, where it killed 8 rebels.[50][51]
On 31 March 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 31 people after being dropped on the Aleppo town of
Maaret al-Artiq.[52]
April
On 2 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people after being dropped across the province of Aleppo and Deraa.[53][54]
On 4 April 2014, barrel bombs killed about 50 people after being dropped on the
Dalati Mosque and
Dar al-Shifa Hospital of the Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo during peak times.[55]
On 6 April 2014, barrel bombs caused much destruction in the Andana district of Aleppo.[56]
On 10 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 88 people in the northern neighborhood of Aleppo.[57]
On 12 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in the
Anadan and Hrytan region of Aleppo.[59][60]
On 20 April 2014, barrel bombs killed 59 people in Aleppo Province.[61]
On 22 April 2014, 38 barrel bombs were dropped on rebel-controlled east Aleppo neighborhoods.[62]
On 24 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 24 people when dropped on a vegetable market in
Atareb, Aleppo.[63]
On 26 April 2014, a barrel bomb killed at least 6 people in the town of
Sarmeen,
Idlib,[64] and at least 10 people in
Lataminah,
Hama.[65]
On 30 April 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 25 children, after being dropped on an elementary school in Aleppo.[66]
May
On 1 May 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 40 people in a busy market in Aleppo[67] and a barrel bomb killed 1 Syrian refugee and wounded four others in the remote border village of
Tfail in east
Lebanon.[68]
On 10 May 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 46 people in eastern areas of Aleppo city.[69]
On 11 May 2014, opposition forces accused the government of contaminating a water supply in Aleppo after a barrel bomb struck a pumping station, one of two in the city.[70]
On 21 May, barrel bombs destroyed many houses and claimed many lives in the town of
Maaret al-Artik, Aleppo.[71]
On 22 May, the Army had finally broken the siege of
Aleppo prison[72][73][74] after more than 100 barrel bombs were dropped during the final push to reach the prison.[75]
On 27 May 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 43 people in Aleppo.[76]
On 29 May 2014, barrel bombs claimed many lives in
Darat Izza, Aleppo province.[77]
On 30 May 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people in Aleppo's
Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood.[78]
June
On 2 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 22 people in Aleppo.[79]
On 4 June 2014, barrel bombs targeted Aleppo, the town of
Khan al-Shih, south of Damascus, several areas of Idlib province, and
Morek, in Hama province.[81]
On 5 June 2014, a mosque was hit by a barrel bomb at
Qadi Askar district in Aleppo.[82]
On 8 June 2014, a barrel bomb killed at least 7 people in the neighborhood of
Tariq al-Bab, Aleppo.[83]
On 14 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 8 people in
Mayadin, Aleppo,[84] 13 people in
Anadan, Aleppo province,[85] and destroyed a mosque in Aleppo.[86]
On 16 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 37 and up to 68 people in the
Sukkari and
Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo, and at least 3 people in a number of rural areas of
Deraa province.[87][88]
On 18 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 20 and injured at least 80 people, many seriously, in the
refugee camp in the village of
Shajra, 2 km (1 mile) from the Jordanian border.[89]
On 21 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people near the Ghouta district of Damascus.[90]
On 22 June 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 9 people in the neighborhoods of
Halak and
Bab al-Nasr in Aleppo.[91]
On 26 June 2014, barrel bombs killed as many as 49 people in areas in Aleppo and Hama province.[92]
July
On 6 July 2014, barrel bombs killed 8 members of a single family in
Da'el,
Deraa province.[93]
On 6 July 2014, barrel bombs on the al-Shaar neighborhood on July 9 killed approximately 20 civilians.[88]
On 11 July 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people in Aleppo.[94]
On 16 and 17 July 2014, barrel bombs were dropped on the central town of Morek.[95]
On 21 July 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people in Al-Ansari neighborhood of Aleppo.[96]
On 28 July 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 9 people in the Shaar district of Aleppo.[97]
On 30 November 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 12 people in
Jasim, Daraa Governorate.[131]
December
Notably, on 28 November 2014, a huge explosion occurred at the
Syrian military airbase outside
Hama. This was attributed to the complete destruction of the entire barrel-bomb making building on the airfield.[132]
From 21–26 December 2014, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Syrian government dropped 193 barrel bombs across Syria.[134]
On 25 December 2014, barrel bombs killed about 40 people in al-Bab and
Qabaseen, near Aleppo.[135]
2015
January
In late January, the Syrian air force stepped up its daily airstrikes, including hundreds of barrel bombs,[136] after poor weather conditions earlier in the month restricted its movements.[137]
On 14 January 2015, barrel bombs killed 2 people and wounded 10 others in
Kafr Zita.[138]
On 20 January 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 65 people and wounded 150 others in a market in
Al-Hasakah.[139][140]
On 21 January 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 13 people in
Houla.[141]
On 23 January 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 42 people in the village of
Hamoriyah, eastern
Ghouta, and at least 4 people in
Houla, when residents started to leave the mosques after Friday prayers.[137][143]
On 29 January 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 6 children and wounded 15 others, along with killing more than 100 animals, when dropped on the tents of Bedouins in
Hama.[145]
On 5 February 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 47 people in a crowded square in the
Baidin neighborhood of
Aleppo.[149]
From 9–10 February 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 18 people in
Douma, Syria.[150]
On 21 February 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 8 people in
Aleppo,[151] while it was reported that a barrel bomb containing a noxious gas had been dropped on
Hayan, northwest of Aleppo, severely injuring 3 people who inhaled the gas.[152]
March
On 5 March 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 22 people in a public square in the
Qadi Askar neighborhood of
Aleppo.[153]
On 9 March 2015, barrel bombs, including ones alleged to contain chlorine gas, killed at least 7 people in the village of
Mzeireb,
Daraa Governorate.[154]
On 10 March 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 8 people near
Homs.[155]
On 16 March 2015, chlorine-filled barrel bombs killed at least 6 people and hospitalised about 70 more in the town of
Sarmin.[157][158]
On 23 March 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least killed 5 children from the same family in
Tafas.[159]
On 24 March 2015, chlorine-filled barrel bombs wounded about 30 people in the village of
Binnish.[160]
On 26 March 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 22 people, with many of the wounded in critical condition, in
Deraa al-Balad, in the city of
Daraa.[161]
On 3 April 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 10 people in the
Firdous neighborhood of
Aleppo.[163]
From 4—8 April 2015, more than 30 barrel bombs have been dropped on the Palestinian refugee
Yarmouk Camp, including on the only functioning hospital inside Yarmouk.[164]
On 6 April 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 7 people in
Bosra.[165]
On 12 April 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 9 people in
Aleppo.[166]
On 14 April 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 12 people at a shelter in
Saraqeb and 10 people in
Daraa Governorate.[167]
On 16 April 2015, 4 chemical barrel bombs were dropped near
Sarmin and
Korin villages,
Idlib Governorate, suffocating 20 people, who were then taken to field hospitals for treatment.[168]
On 8 June 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 4 people in
Tell Rifaat.[187]
On 9 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people and injured around 40 more in
Aleppo.[188]
On 17 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 36 people in
Douma.[189]
On 19 June 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 5 people and injured 15 others in the
Maadi neighbourhood of
Aleppo.[190]
On 21 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 14 people and injured 20 others in two neighborhoods of
Aleppo, in an increase in such attacks since the beginning of
Ramadan.[191]
On 22 June 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 10 people in a mosque during evening prayers in the district of
Ansari,
Aleppo.[192]
On 27 June 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 13 people, including a family of nine, and injured dozens in
Daraa.[194]
On 28 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 7 people in
Aleppo.[195]
On 30 June 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people in the neighborhood of
Salihin,
Aleppo,[196] at least 10 people in the
Jabal al-Zawiya area, and at least 10 people in
Douma. Overall, at least 80 people were injured.[197]
July
On 1 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people and injured at least 25 in
al-Salihiya district of
Aleppo,[198] and killed 5 people in
Tafas.[199]
On 8 July 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 15 people, during
iftar, in the neighbourhood of
Karam al-Beik,
Aleppo.[200]
On 11 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 28 people in
Aleppo and 7 people from one family, during iftar, in
Al-Harra.[201]
On 13 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 35 people and injured at least 50 in
Al-Bab.[202]
On 15 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 5 people in the village of
Taduf, northeast
Aleppo Governorate.[203]
On 16 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Al-Bab.[204]
On 17 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people and injured 20 others in
Urum al-Jawz.[205]
On 18 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 5 people in
Aysheh village, near
Al-Bab, and 28 barrel bombs were dropped in the
Zabadani area.[206]
On 20 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 3 people and injured 35 in the
Arbil district of Damascus.[207]
On 22 July 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 18 people in
Al-Bureij, near
Al-Bab.[208]
On 22 August 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 50 people and injured at least 100 in
Douma.[214]
On 24 August 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 9 people in
Douma and 14 in
al-Bara, with dozens more injured.[215]
September
On 6 September 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 3 people and injured dozens in
Ariha.[216]
On 16 September 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 45 people in the
al-Mashhad neighborhood of
Aleppo.[217]
On 17 September 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 21 people in
Bosra.[218]
On 26 September 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 5 people in
Taftanaz.[219]
October
On 2 October 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 100 people in
Aleppo.[220]
On 4 and 6 October 2015, barrel bombs were dropped on a school run by the
UNRWA for Palestinian refugees, as well as other areas, in
Yarmouk Camp.[221]
On 19 October 2015, barrel bombs injured at least 5 people in
Moadamiyeh, near
Damascus.[222]
On 27 October 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 1 woman in
Darayya.[223]
November
On 9 November 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 1 person in
Darayya.[224]
On 19 November 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 25 farmers in
Al-Shaykh Maskin.[225]
On 28 November 2015, barrel bombs killed at least 7 people and injured 47 in a hospital in
Zafarana, a town in northern
Homs.[226]
On 29 November 2015, 50 barrel bombs were dropped on
Darayya alone.[227]
December
On 23 December 2015, more than 40 barrel bombs were dropped on the town of
Muadamiyat al-Sham and its surrounding areas, including ones containing an unidentified toxic gas, killing at least 5 people.[228][229]
On 29 December 2015, a barrel bomb killed at least 20 people in
Al-Ghantu.[230]
2016
January
On 12 January 2016, 26 barrel bombs were dropped on
Darayya.[231]
During January, 1,428 barrel bombs were dropped—1,123 of them were dropped in rural areas of Damascus.[232]
February
On 4 February 2016, barrel bombs were dropped on a hospital in
Al-Ghariya al-Gharbiya, a town ten kilometers northeast of
Daraa.[233]
From 24–25 February 2016, over a 24-hour period, at least 50 barrel bombs were dropped on
Darayya;[235] on 26 February 2016, dozens more barrel bombs were dropped on Darayya.[236]
On 28 February 2016, 5 barrel bombs were dropped on the village of
Najiya and an unspecified number dropped on the nearby village of
Kinda,
Idlib province.[237][238]
On 19 May 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Houla.[243]
On 20 May 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 7 people and injured 32 in
Khan al-Asal and
Anadan.[244]
On 27 May 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 4 people in an eastern district of
Aleppo.[245]
June
On 5 June 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 9 people in the Qaterji neighbourhood of
Aleppo.[246]
On 8 June 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people and injured 20 when dropped on an area containing a hospital and marketplace in the
Shaar neighbourhood of
Aleppo.[247]
On 17 June 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people and injured dozens when dropped on the
Katirci and
Tarik el-Bab neighbourhoods of
Aleppo.[248]
On 19 June 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people and injured 35 when dropped on
Raqqa.[249]
July
On 11 July 2016, a barrel bomb killed 1 person in Al-Jalloum neighbourhood of
Aleppo.[250]
On 23 July 2016, barrel bombs killed 2 people in northern
Aleppo city.[251]
On 25 July 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 24 people in Al-Mashhad neighbourhood of
Aleppo,[252] and dozens were dropped on
Douma.[253]
On 26 July 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 6 people in
Aleppo.[254]
August
On 1 August 2016, barrel bombs containing chlorine gas asphyxiated at least 33 people in
Saraqib.[255]
On 10 August 2016, barrel bombs containing a gas, likely chlorine, killed at least 4 people and injured 55 in the Seif al Dawla and Zubdiya neighbourhoods of
Aleppo.[256]
On 19 August 2016, barrel bombs destroyed the only hospital in
Darayya.[257]
On 20 August 2016, a barrel bomb killed a mother and her 6 children in al-Jaloum district of
Aleppo.[258]
On 25 August 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 15 people from the same family and injured 18 in
Bab al-Nairab,
Aleppo.[259]
On 27 August 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 25 people when hitting a funeral procession (for victims of the 25 August barrel bomb attacks) and the rescue workers that followed in
Bab al-Nairab.[260]
September
On 4 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 3 people and injured 20 in
Aleppo.[261]
On 6 September 2016, a barrel bomb containing chlorine gas killed at least 2 people and injured at least 120 in the al-Sukkari district of
Aleppo.[262]
On 7 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 20 people in the al-Sukkari district of
Aleppo.[262]
On 10 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people in
Aleppo.[263]
On 18 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 10 people and injured many in
Da'el.[264][265]
On 21 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 4 people and injured 11 in the Al-Sukkari neighborhood
Aleppo.[266]
On 25 September 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 6 children in
Aleppo.[267]
October
On 1 October 2016, barrel bombs struck the largest hospital in rebel-held
Aleppo.[268]
Between 4–9 October 2016, more than 50 barrel bombs struck in and around the outskirts of the Palestinian refugee camp
Khan al-Shih.[269]
On 25 October 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 2 and wounded 5 opposition fighters in a village near
Akhtarin.[271]
November
On 14 November 2016, over 15 barrel bombs containing chlorine gas targeted
Khan al-Shih refugee camp.[272]
On 15 November 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 1 person and wounded 5 in
Aleppo.[273]
On 16 November 2016, barrel bombs damaged the children's hospital and the only blood bank in
besieged eastern Aleppo.[274]
On 17 November 2016, a barrel bomb damaged the
Bab al-Nairab water plant.[275]
On 20 November 2016, a barrel bomb laced with chlorine gas suffocated to death a family of 4 children and their parents in the
Sakhour district of
Aleppo.[276]
On 24 November 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 1 person in
Bab al-Nairab.[277]
On 29 November 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 25 people in
Aleppo.[278]
December
On 4 December 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 6 members of the same family, including 4 children, in
Al-Tamanah.[279][280]
On 9 December 2016, a barrel bomb killed at least 4 members of one family in
Aleppo.[283]
On 26 December 2016, barrel bombs killed at least 14 people and injured dozens in
Wadi Barada, a town northwest of
Damascus.[284]
2017
January
On 5 January 2017, a barrel bomb suffocated some civilians in
Wadi Barada, northwest of
Damascus.[285]
February
On 16 February 2017, barrel bombs killed a woman and three of her children and severely wounded 7 others in
Hbit.[286][287]
March
On 25 March 2017, barrel bombs containing a chemical agent dropped on a surgical hospital killed one of the hospital's doctors and another person in
Al-Lataminah.[288]
April
Between 7–11 April 2017, 125 barrel bombs were dropped in Daraa, 23 in Hama, four in Idlib and five apiece in Aleppo and Homs.[289]
On 30 April 2017, barrel bombs killed at least 11 people in
Daraa.[290]
May
On 6 May 2017, at least 10 barrel bombs were dropped on
Al-Lataminah and its surroundings.[291]
On 24 May 2017, at least 9 barrel bombs were dropped on
Daraa.[292]
June
On 4 June 2017, at least 37 barrel bombs were dropped on
Daraa.[293]
On 15 June 2017, a barrel bomb killed at least 1 person and injured 11 in
Daraa.[294]
On 20 June 2017, at least 38 barrel bombs were dropped on
Daraa.[295]