Civilian Casualties

YPG

ضمان, Daman, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians, including a child, were killed during a raid by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the village of Daman on August 30, 2023. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that four people were killed during a pre-dawn raid of their homes when the civilians refused to follow the SDF’s orders

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child2 men)

YPG

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الصنور, Al Sanour, Abo Hama, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 30th, 2023, during clashes in Abo Hama between SDF forces and tribal fighters, Youssef Al-Ibrahim Al-Abdullah, 15 years old, and young man Bashar Al-Abd Al-Ali, were killed and 10 other civilians were injured, according to reports from multiple news agencies and the boy’s family. Sada Al Sharqieh was the sole report found within

Summary

1 – 2

الجرذي, Al Jarthi, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 30th 2023, an alleged shooting by SDF military patrols hit civilians leaving a mosque in the town of Al-Jarthi al-Sharqi in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, Syria, killing between one and three civilians and injuring between eight and 12 civilians, including two children. Sources report different accounts of the toll on civilians.

Summary

Religious Institution

1 – 3

(1 man)

8–12

العزبة, Al Ezba, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 29, 2023, several sources reported that an SDF bombardment of the Syrian city of Al-Ezba killed a child and injured numerous civilians, with most putting the number of injured between two and three. There are no sources that mention death of belligerents, and all accounts that offer specifics beyond “civilians killed and injured”

Summary

2–3

الحصين, Al Haseen, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A young girl was killed during clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Deir Ezzor Military Council in the village of Al Haseen on August 29, 2023. @DeirEzzore tweeted that a seven year old girl was killed by a stray bullet during clashes in the town of Al Haseen. @nahermedia identified the little

Summary

جديد عكيدات, Jadid Akidat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 29th, 2023, up to three civilians were reportedly killed as a result of ongoing clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Deir Ezzor military council in the town of Jadid Akidat, east of Deir Ezzor. Sources @DeirEzzore, @nahermedia, @OrientNews and Mhmad Alseed only reported on the death of Basil Muhammed Al-Salem (Basil

Summary

1 – 3

(0–1 children0–1 men)

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two children were killed and at least four other civilians were injured, including up to three children and two women, in artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces during the afternoon on August 26th, 2023 in Kansafra, Idlib. The two children were siblings and have been identified by the Syrian Civil

Summary

School

(2 children)

4–6

2 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية البركة, Al Baraka village, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

On 25 August 2023, a man and wife and their child were reportedly injured by a ‘terrorist’ mortar missile in the village of Al-Baraka, located in the north-western Hama countryside. A Facebook post by a correspondent for Al Ghab valley in Hama reported that the injured child is 6 months old and that the family

Summary

3–1

قرية جورين, Jurin and Na'orat Jurin villages, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

On August 25th, 2023 at least two women were injured and a young woman and child later died due to injuries sustained in a Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) perpetrated assault on Jurin and Na’orat Jurin Villages in Northwest Hama. The woman, Taryaq Rustom and child, Maher Abbas, died four days after the attack after receiving

Summary

Artillery, Ground operation

(1 child1 woman)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

1–3

Causes of injury / death

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Village

أحسم, Ihsim, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Tuesday morning, August 22nd 2023, three civilians were injured, including one child, as a result of artillery shelling allegedly by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russia on the town of Ihsim in Jabal Al-Zawiya, in the countryside of Idlib. Many local sources including @SyriaCivilDefe and SY-24 news also reported that a fire broke out

Summary

School

محطة مياه عري في بلدة عين شيب, Urri water station in Ain Shib town, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two people were killed, an elderly man and an 18-year-old boy, and between three and five people were seriously injured, including a woman, a male child and a female child, when alleged Russian bombs hit a disused water station, near the villages of Urri and Ain Shib, west of Idlib, around midnight on

Summary

Agriculture, Water station

(2 men)

3–5

Russian Military

Buk Akable settlement, Hiiraan, Somalia

LOCATION

Mepa News reported that according to local sources, US airstrikes on the Buk Akable settlement resulted in the death of three civilians, including women and children, and the injury of seven others. The source stated that Somalia government media was claiming that those killed were members of al-Shabaab and that AFRICOM has not released a

Summary

(1–2 children1–2 women)

راس العين , Ras Al Ayn, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

On the 16th of August, 2023, at least four civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured in an outbreak of violence between two reportedly Turkish backed armed factions in the Al Mahatta neighborhood of the city of Ras Al Ayn, in Syria’s Al Hasakah Governorate. The clashes allegedly began after raids carried out

Summary

Artillery, Ground operation

4–5

Belligerents reported injured

Bandar Jadiid and Fanoole villages in the town of Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Four civilians, three women and a child, were killed and four other civilians, one woman and three children, were injured by alleged Kenyan airstrikes on Jilib on August 15, 2023. Somali journalist Mahamuud Hassan (@xuquuqda1) reported that Kenyan airstrikes on Bandar Jadiid and Fanoole villages in the town of Jilib resulted in the death of

Summary

(1 child3 women)

Kenyan Defense Forces

بنجوين, Penjwin district, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

On August 11, 2023, three civilians, including at least one woman (who may have been under 18), were reportedly killed after being struck by a Turkish drone in the Penjwin district of Sulaymaniyah governorate. According to media coverage of this event, the victims were killed while driving towards the Iranian border. In its coverage of this

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 child1 woman1 man)

مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Wednesday 9 August, 2023, one civilian was reportedly killed and five to seven others, including three children and a woman, were injured by a missile strike on the Kuwait Al Rahma camp for displaced persons in Jabal Teranda, Afrin. The strike reportedly came from areas controlled by the regime forces and

Summary

IDP or refugee camp

(1 man)

5–7

Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Regime

تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On August 9th 2023, a civilian was killed and at least one other civilian, a child, was slightly injured, as a result of artillery shelling by Syrian regime and/or Russia forces on the village of Tadel, west of Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that an elderly civilian was killed and a child

Summary

(1 man)

1–2

1 named

قرية الشركة, Al-Shirka village, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

On 8 August 2023, a woman and two children were killed, and three others, two children and their mother, all from the same family, were reportedly injured by Turkish shelling on their house in the village of Al-Shirka located in the eastern countryside of Ain Issa. According to ANF, 60 year-old grandmother Doza, 10 year

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shogour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On August 5th 2023, between three and four civilian children were injured during shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces on a residential neighborhood in the city of Jisr al-Shughur, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a few days later that one of the children had died from their

Summary

3–4

الطريق الواصل بين عين شيب ومدينة إدلب, the linking road between Idlib and Ain Sheep, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On August 5th, 2023, three civilians were killed and seven injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on residences along a road which links Idlib to the village of Ain Sheeb. The strikes occurred between 11:02 a.m. and 11:11 a.m. local time. According to Syria Civil Defence (SCD), the first strike struck a residential house,

Summary

Agriculture

(1 child1 woman1 man)

Suspected target

Al Qaeda/HTS

10 named, 2 families identified

معربليت, Ma’arbelet, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On August 1st 2023, Syrian regime and/or Russian forces reportedly shelled the village of Ma’arbelet, south of Idlib, resulting in the injury of at least one civilian, a child. @SyriaCivilDefe stated that the child was in critical condition. Local sources including @RadioAlKul reported that a number of civilians were wounded by artillery shelling, but did

Summary

1–2

قرية كالوتة, Kalota village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On July 31st, 2023 Turkish forces allegedly shelled several villages in the Sherawa district, injuring a child and an elderly woman in Kalota village. Both were brought to a nearby medical checkpoint. According to the news outlet NPN, at the time of reporting, their condition was unstable. Local sources Hawar News, ANF, and multiple other

Summary

الذوق الكبير, Al-Zouq Al-Kabeer, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In the evening of July 28 2023, a boy was injured by shelling allegedly carried out by the Turkish-backed National Army factions in Al-Zouq Al-Kabeer village / Kondi Mazen Sherawa Afrin, Aleppo Governorate. According to a Syrian correspondent with Hawar News, the child’s name is Hamad (Muhammad) Khalil, 14 years old. He was brought to

Summary

in the Bisig Adde settlement of Buurhakabe district, Bay, Somalia

LOCATION

Mepa News reported that US airstrikes on the Bisig Adde settlement of Buurhakabe district on July 24, 2023 bombarded civilian areas, resulting in the death of 5 civilians, including children, and the injury of 10 civilians. Images posted by the source show multiple injured civilians being treated. No other sources reported on this incident.

Summary

(2 children)

كفرعمة, Kafar Ammah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was injured as a result of the artillery shelling of the residential villages of Kafar Ammah and Al-Qasr, west of Aleppo, allegedly by Russian and/or Syrian Regime forces on Sunday July 23rd 2023. Local sources @SyriaCivilDefe and @spc_fr only mentioned that a child was injured, with @SyriaCivilDefe reporting that

Summary

1–2

منزل عائلة أبو عامر غربي خان يونس, Abu Amer family home, west of Khan Yunis, Gaza strip, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Safa News reported that one civilian died and seven others were injured after a bombardment on the Abu Amer family home on the 25th of October 2023. No further details were given about the condition of those who were injured, and no identifying factors–including names–have been released. Although other sources also mention the incident, all

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

Israeli Military

Names matched with MoH IDs

1 named

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Around midnight between Sunday July 9th and Monday July 10th 2023, the residential neighborhood of Jisr al-Shughour in west Idlib was reportedly shelled by Syrian regime and/or Russian forces, resulting in the injury of two civilians, father and his daughter. It is unclear if the female victim is a child or an adult woman. Adel

Summary

2 named

البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the morning of July 9, 2023, the town of Al Bara, Syria, was reportedly hit with shelling directed by Russian and/or Syrian government forces. As a result of this, three children were reported wounded, with one, a seven year old boy, subsequently dying due to his injuries. According to local sources, multiple civilian homes

Summary

Syrian Regime