Civilian Casualties

Syrian Democratic Forces, US-led Coalition

Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 23 civilian non combatants – including 18 women who were reportedly the wives of ISIS fighters on external missions – died along with seven ISIS guards in an alleged Coalition airstrike on an ISIS-held house (and perhaps others) in al Sha’afa, according to sources on the ground. One source added that a child

Summary

18 – 20

(1 child18 women1 man)

Leego, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Local reporters alleged that US and Somali forces had killed four civilians including a mother and child, during an operation in Leego. Caasimada alleged that the civilians were killed around midnight, by Somali troops accompanied by ‘white US officers’, and claimed that the attacking forces had flown there from a military base to the north.

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Small arms and light weapons

Known belligerent

US Forces

Belligerents reported killed

Somali Military Forces

Known target

Al-Shabaab

3–4

أورم الكبرى, Urma Al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a major civilian casualty incident, up to 44 civilians, including five to 25 children, were reportedly killed in three consecutive airstrikes on the town of Urma Al Kubra. In total, sources recorded the names of 43 killed civilians. Multiple sources reported many injured, with estimates ranging between dozens to 70, with one earlier report

Summary

(5–25 children1–7 women2 men)

43 – 44

6–70

45 named, 10 families identified

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One child was killed and her mother was wounded in an airstrike on Al Sousse, local media said. Most sources blamed the US-led Coalition, though there was one allegation against the regime. According to the Syrian National Movement, “a female child was killed and her mother was injured by the International Alliance shelling the town

Summary

1–3

Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

كويا, Kuya, Daraa, Syria

Between six and nine civilians, including women and children, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) in the town of Kuya, Dara’a governorate, on July 30th, 2018, according to local sources. Dozens were wounded. Smart News Agency reported that, according to activists,

Summary

6 – 9

(2 children2 women1 man)

12–24

6 named, 2 families identified

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources three to four civilians were killed by artillery or airstrikes, injuring up to 18 others near the sheep market of al Soussa. Al Soussa Youth reported “a very violent bombardment of rocket launchers” on the sheep market and nearby houses. According to the report, “more than ten missiles” resulted in large

Summary

3 – 7

(0–1 children)

2–18

3 named, 1 familiy identified

بين بلدة السوسة والظهرة في البادية, Al Soussa/al Dahra, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that up to thirty civilians were killed and injured when Coalition airstrikes allegedly targeted several locations between al Soussa and al Dahra. Most sources stated that the civilians were struck when they were trying to escape the village of al Soussa and move towards the al Dahra area in al Badia, rural

Summary

24 – 30

(2 children2 women)

تسيل, Tasil, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including a child and a woman were reported killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Tasil in Dara’a on July 21st, 2018, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said ” At least four civilians, including a girl, were killed as Syrian/Russian regime warplanes fired missiles on

Summary

الشجرة, Al Sahajara, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 15 civilians were killed including women and children and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Al Sahajara in Dara’a on July 20th, 2018. Sanabka Ahrar reported that the area was the target of more than 40 raids with missiles and rockets what caused severe destruction to buildings.

Summary

3 – 15

(1 child2 men)

2–5

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria

Local sources reported that more than 19 people including women and children were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime air and/or artillery strikes on Nawa in Dara’a governorate on July 17th, 2018. Local sources reported that the attacks on Nawa happened with dozens of raids with explosive barrels, cluster bombs and rocket attacks. For

Summary

Healthcare facility

(2 children3–7 women4 men)

12 – 20

8 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported killed

عين التينة, Ein al Teena, Quneitra, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 15 civilians including four women and five children were reported killed and others injured when Russian forces or Syrian regime forces attacked with airstrikes a school used as a shelter for IDPs in Ein al Teena in Quneitra, Syria on July 17th, 2018. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said ” At least

Summary

School

7 – 15

(3–5 children2–4 women)

الباغوز, Al Baghouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Ten or thirteen civilians, including women and children, were killed when the village of al Baghouz was targeted by alleged Coalition airstrikes, two local sources said. According to Sound and Picture, Coalition aircraft targeted a “civilian gathering” on the morning of July 16th and reported an initial toll of “10 martyrs from one family, mostly

Summary

10 – 13

(3 children3 women)

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to thirteen civilians were allegedly killed when Coalition aircraft struck two or more houses in al Soussa, local sources reported. In September 2019, the Coalition’s monthly civilian casualty report noted: “In Deir ez-Zor, Syria, via self-report. Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against a Daesh explosive factory. Regrettably, two civilians were unintentionally killed as a

Summary

8 – 13

11 named, 2 families identified

السوسة و الباغوز, Ice factory, between Al Soussa and al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that between 28 and 58 civilians were killed and up to 45 injured as a result of alleged Coalition or associated Iraqi strikes on an “ice factory” in the Deir Ezzor countryside. According to a correspondent for Step News, Coalition aircraft “launched five successive air strikes”, hitting an ice processing plant called

Summary

(6–12 children6–12 women2 men)

28 – 58

25–45

3 named, 1 familiy identified

صيدا , Sayda, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians, including four children, of the same family, were reportedly killed in suspected Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Sayda, Dara’a governorate, on July 5th, 2018, according to local sources. Step News reported that “more than 25 Russian airstrikes targeted the town on Thursday morning [July 5th]”, killing the family who was “displaced from

Summary

(4 children2 women)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

أرمناز , Armanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that one child was killed, and another injured as a result of the explosion of remnants of a cluster bomb in Armanaz, northwest Idlib on July 3rd, 2018. The munitions are suspected to be the remnants of Russian or Syrian airstrikes. Smart News stated that “local activists said the bomb exploded while

Summary

غصم, Ghasam, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 22 civilians including children, a woman and a civil defense volunteer were killed and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Ghasam in Dara’a, Syria on June 30th, 2018, according to local sources. The sources also added that it was difficult to count the numbers of those killed and

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

School

1 – 22

(1 child1 woman1 man)

صيدا, Sayda, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, including a child, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Sayda in the eastern suburbs of Dara’a governorate, on June 28th, 2018, according to local sources. An unknown number of civilians was possibly injured. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “at least two

Summary

الغارية الشرقية, Al Ghariya Al Sharqiya, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

At least two men were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Ghariya Al Sharqiya, Dara’a governorate, on June 28th, 2018, according to local sources. Step News reported that “many were dead and wounded, including children.” Step News reported: “Many dead and wounded, including children, killed by the targeting of the town

Summary

2 – 10

(2 children2 men)

LOCATION

نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria

Up to 13 civilians were reported killed and dozens including women and children critically injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on residential areas and a convoy of displaced people who were heading from Nawa to Qunaitera in Dara’a on June 28th, 2018 according to reports from local sources. @HalabTodayTV said that Russian warplanes targeted a convoy

Summary

6 – 13

12–20

المسيفرة, Al Musayfrah, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 70 civilians including women and children were reported killed in Al Musayfrah in Dara’a on June 28th, as a result of alleged multiple Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on a residential building or a group of shelters that host a group of families, according to local sources. Also dozens of civilians were injured

Summary

10 – 70

(5–12 children)

12–38

1 named

داعل, Da'el, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including a woman and three children, were killed and more than 13 others in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Da’el, Dara’a governorate, on June 27th 2018, according to local sources. @SyriaCivilDefe tweeted that “civilians, including a woman and three children, were martyred and more than 13 others were injured

Summary

(3 children1 woman1 man)

13–24

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الطيبة, al Tayba, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that up to 13 civilians including at least three children were killed and others also including children injured in Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Al Taybah in Dara’a on June 27th, 2018. Daraa Martyrs Documentation Office said that ten of the victims are from the same family. SMART News

Summary

(3–6 children3 women3 men)

7 – 13

2–4

10 named, 1 familiy identified

المسيفرة, Al Musifra, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and 20 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Musifra, Dara’a governorate, on June 27th, 2020, according to local sources. A Syrian Civil Defence centre was targeted and destroyed. Horrya’s correspondent Lujain Al Melihan reported “the martyrdom of about 20 civilians, dozens of wounded, most of them women

Summary

2 – 20

(2 children2 women2 men)

12–24

الغارية الشرقية, Al Ghariya Al Sharqiya, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Two children were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Ghariya Al Sharqiya in the suburbs of Dara’a on June 27th 2020, according to local sources. @HalabTodayTV tweeted that there were “two martyrs and many wounded, by aerial bombardment, targeting the eastern town of Ghariya in Dara’a countryside.” @sayaf_kk wrote

Summary

(2 children)

LOCATION

نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria

Eight civilians were reported killed and up to 25 others injured as a result of Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Nawa in Dara’a, south of Syria on June 26th, 2018 according to local sources. Shaam Network said that “Activists confirmed that the Russian warplanes launched air strikes with rockets at the residential

Summary

(2 children2 women4 men)

10–25

الغارية الشرقية, al Ghariya al Sharqiya, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians from the same family were reported killed and other civilians injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces bombing on Al Ghariya Al Sharqiyah in Dara’a on June 26th, 2018. Local sources said the town was attacked with explosive barrels. The two victims were identified as Yasser Muhammad Mousa Al-Hajj Ali who

Summary

(1 child1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الصورة, Al Soura, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians, including a woman, were killed and 10 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Soura on June 25th, 2018, according to local sources. The LLMA wrote on Facebook that “Russian warplanes launched six airstrikes so far on the town of Al

Summary

School

(1 woman2 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified