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Incident Date
23 October 2025
Incident Code
CS2015
Location
Karhouk, Al Hasaka, Al-Hasakah, Syria
كرهوك
On 23 October, 2025, 68-year-old Mahmoud al-Halil al-Shaher al-Shammari was reported killed in Karhouk, Syria by alleged Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) gunfire with the assistance of US-led Coalition forces. Mahmoud’s sons, Ali al-Shaher al-Shammari and Ala’a al-Shaher al-Shammari , were reported injured, as was an unidentified “young girl.” Sources alleged that international “warplanes intervened,” aiding …
Summary
Published
23 October 2025
Strike Type
Ground operation
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
2 – 5
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Actor
U.S. Forces
,
Syrian Democratic Forces
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
5 September 2024
Incident Code
TS710
Location
Al-Jarad Village north of Manbij in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
قرية الجراد
During the early morning of Thursday, 5th September 2024, a drone strike injured a 40-year-old man in the village of Al-Jarad, north of Manbij in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Syria. While several sources alleged the strike was perpetrated by the Turkish military, one source reported that the local “Military Council” shot down a Turkish …
Summary
Published
5 September 2024
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Drone Strike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
Turkish Military
,
Syrian Democratic Forces
,
YPG
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Incident Date
23 August 2024
Incident Code
CS1998
Location
Al Busayra, Deir Ezzor, Syria
البصيرة
On August 23, 2024, Mohammad Ahmad al-Hasan was killed at dawn in a home on 20 or 40 Street in Al Busayra, eastern Deir Ezzor Governorate, Syria. He was the father of two girls, and a nurse at Al Hamadi Specialist Hospital in Al Busayra, with at least one source alleging that he was a …
Summary
Published
3 March 2025
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
Syrian Democratic Forces
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Incident Date
28 April 2024
Incident Code
YS175
Location
Barjaka, Aleppo, Syria
برجكة
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, 28 April 2024, a 20-year-old man named Ahmad Hussein Taha Al-Haboun was killed and his 43-year-old father Hussein Taha Al-Haboun was injured when a guided anti-armor missile which was launched from the area under the joint control of the regime forces and the Kurdish-affiliated militia Syrian Democratic Forces struck the …
Summary
Published
3 January 2025
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Vehicle
,
Car
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Actor
YPG
,
Syrian Democratic Forces
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