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Incident Date
16–17 June, 2023
Incident Codes
USSOM391 KS002
Location
Salagle, Middle Juba, Somalia
Two civilian women were killed and two children were injured by alleged Kenyan or United Arab Emirates or US airstrikes on Salagle in Middle Jubba on June 16, 2023. The Horn Observer reported that two civilians, a mother and her child, were killed and two other children sustained injuries from airstrikes on Salagle. A tweet …
Summary
Published
16 June 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Drone Strike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
U.S. Forces
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United Arab Emirates Military
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Kenyan Military Forces
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Incident Date
16–17 June, 2023
Incident Codes
USSOM390 KS001
Location
Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
A civilian was injured by alleged Kenyan or United Arab Emirates or US airstrike on Saakow in Middle Jubba on June 16/17, 2023. Horn Observer reported that a civilian was injured by airstrikes in Saakow, possibly carried out by Kenya, the United Arab Emirates, or the US. Hormuud, Somalia’s largest telecom provider, also announced that …
Summary
Published
16 June 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Drone Strike
Infrastructure
Resources
,
Power Station
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
Kenyan Military Forces
,
United Arab Emirates Military
,
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2–3 June, 2021
Incident Code
USSOM338-C
Location
Ceel-Cadde, Gedo, Somalia
At least one civilian, a woman, was killed and up to seven other civilians, including five children, were injured alleged US drone strikes or Kenyan airstrikes on the town of Ceel-Cadde in the Gedo region on June 2-3, 2021. Halgan Media reported that suspected US drones or Kenyan fighter jets carried out strikes on a …
Summary
Published
2 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Drone Strike
Civilians reported killed
1 – 2
Civilians reported injured
4 – 7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
Kenyan Military Forces
,
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 April 2021
Incident Code
USSOM337
Location
Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Clashes between Somali government forces, Al-Shabaab forces, and unknown airstrikes resulted in the reported deaths of up to 47 government soldiers and the injury of 11 other government soldiers, as well as the claimed death of 77 Al-Shabaab fighters in Bariire on April 3, 2021. Hussein Mohamed, a journalist for the New York Times in …
Summary
Published
3 April 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Ground operation
Military actors reported killed
86 – 124
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Kenyan Military Forces
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Research and Investigations
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.