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Incident Date

20–21 October, 2019

Incident Code

SOM170b

Location

Jamaame, Middle Juba, Somalia
Local media reported a pair of alleged international airstrikes targeting the al Shabaab held towns of Jilib and Jamaame. Unusually the culprit was alleged to be France according to vague ‘sources’. However reporting remains poor. According to Mareeg News, “A suspected French military fighter jet has carried out airstrikes against al Shabab, an al Qaeda …

Summary

Published
20 October 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
40 – 50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
French Military, Unknown, EU Military
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Incident Date

19 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1916

Location

Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
Two local sources reported that two named civilians – Shaimaa Walid Al Turki and Rahaf Darwish – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz camp. According to revo.palmyra3, the two victimns were displaced from Palmyra and died “as a result of the daily bombardment of aircraft”. Palmyra and Al Sukhna group noted that …

Summary

Published
19 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2
Actor
U.S.-led Coalition, French Military
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Incident Date

18–19 March, 2019

Incident Code

CS1912

Location

Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
As the SDF sought to take control of Al-Baghouz, the last ISIS territorial stronghold in Syria, local sources reported on what was referred to as a significant “massacre” in which between 160 and 300 civilians including 45 children were alleged killed by Coalition airstrikes according to local sources. However, Central Command has only admitted to …

Summary

Published
18 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4 – 300
Civilians reported injured
8
Military actors reported killed
16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
U.S.-led Coalition, French Military
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Incident Date

17 March 2019

Incident Code

CS1911

Location

Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
مخيم الباغوز
Local sources reported that US-Coalition air-and artillery strikes resumed after 24-hours of calm and struck Al-Baghouz camp in the evening of March 17th. According to Syrian regime affiliated news outlet SANA, the Coalition shelled the camp and its surroundings. Step News added that the shelling was conducted by “French artillery and SDF militia” which targeted …

Summary

Published
17 March 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
10 – 12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
U.S.-led Coalition, French Military
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Research and Investigations

Toolkit launch: Operationalising the declaration on civilian harm from explosive weapons in populated areas
21 Nov, 2025
Policy

Toolkit launch: Operationalising the declaration on civilian harm from explosive weapons in populated areas

Airwars and Article 36 launch new practical implementation resource for the EWIPA declaration.
Civilian harm in the campaign against ISIS: An updated transparency audit
24 Oct, 2025
Policy
Iraq, Syria

Civilian harm in the campaign against ISIS: An updated transparency audit

Airwars' policy volunteer Jessica Garlasco reviews current transparency mechanisms in major militaries
Civilian harm fell in 2021, Airwars annual report finds
10 May, 2022
Update
Iraq, Israel, Libya, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Syria, Türkiye, Yemen

Civilian harm fell in 2021, Airwars annual report finds

Civilian harm dropped across most of the major conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa in 2021, Airwars’ annual report has found . The number of allegations of civilians killed by nearly all belligerents monitored by Airwars fell in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, though there was an escalation in the Israel-Palestinian conflict …