Civilian Casualties

(3 men)

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

Suspected target

LNA

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians including seven children and two women were reported killed, and 16 others including three children and three women – one of whom was pregnant – were injured in an alleged Russian, Iranian forces or Syrian regime shelling with a cluster missile or a rocket carrying cluster bombs on ‘Martyr Abdou al

Summary

School

(4–7 children1–2 women2 men)

7 – 11

15–16

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected targets

Assad regime, Iranian military

11 named, 1 familiy identified

تل أبيض, Tal Abyad, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, named as Ammar Alhaji, was reportedly shot dead by members of the al Majd Brigade of the Syrian National Army. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, the man was “shot dead while he was trying to prevent fighters of Turkish-backed Al-Majd Legion from stealing his car.”. Euphrates Post reported that the victim was

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Small arms and light weapons

مشروع الهضبة, Hadaba project, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed and three others including a 70-year-old woman were injured by shrapnel in alleged LNA shelling on the Hadaba Project area in Tripoli, Libya on January 1st, 2020, according to local sources. The fatality was identified as Issam Wanis Al-Drou’i Al-Warfalli and sources reported that the four civilians might belong to the

Summary

معرة النعمان, Maarat Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and up to four civilians were wounded in initial reports about a Russian bombing raid upon the village of Maarat Numan on December 30th. Local sources reported that Russian helicopters dropped barrel bombs, and there were early reports of four wounded civilians, the death of a child, and the

Summary

2 – 3

(1 child1 man)

2–4

شارع ولي العهد, Wali Al Ahed street, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One child (14) and a young man (18) were injured in alleged Libyan National Army shelling on Wali Al Ahed street in Abo Salim area of Tripoli on December 30th, 2019, according to local sources. Tk Yahrouq Kul Shy posted on Facebook that “a random shell landed in Wali Al Ahed street in front of

Summary

شرفة الملاحة, Shurfat Al Malaha, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Airstrikes by the LNA and/or UAE on the Shurfat Al Malaha residential area, in the vicinity of Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport, reportedly killed an elderly woman and injured several more civilians including a child. Libya al Ahrar named the elderly victim as Al-Haja Zahra Al-Tamtam. Burkan al Ghadab said that two persons “from the expatriate labor

Summary

(1 woman)

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

LOCATION

Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia

In retaliatory actions against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total.This entry relates to one of two strikes in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow in Lower Shabelle. Al Shabaab itself

Summary

0 – 2

Belligerents reported killed

صيدلية أوكسجين, Oxygen Pharmacy O2, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and eight injured after LNA and/or UAE aircraft hit a pharmacy, a car and other civilian targets in Zawiya. The target of the LNA strikes was initially assumed to be the headquarters of the GNA’s Al Farouq battalion. However reports soon made clear that multiple nearby civilian objects had

Summary

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

Suspected target

GNA

2 named, 1 familiy identified

منطقة بـئر الأسطى ميـلاد, Vicinity of Bi’r Al Austa Milad road, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

On Tuesday, December 24, 2019, drone or artillery strikes, reportedly conducted by the Libyan National Army or the United Arab Emirates in the vicinity of Bi’r Al Austa Milad road, Tajoura, Libya, killed up to four civilians including two women and injured 12 other non-combatants according to local reports. A vegetable market and civilian cars

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery, Drone Strike

Marketplace

(0–1 children2 women0–1 men)

3 – 4

Impact

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

15 named, 2 families identified

جوباس, Joubas, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between eight and 12 civilians including five children and two women were reported killed and seven others injured in Joubas, Idlib in Syria on December 24th, 2019 when Russian warplanes attacked a school building that is used as a shelter for displaced people in the village. A Syrian Civil Defence statement said that “Russian warplanes

Summary

School

(5–6 children2–3 women1 man)

8 – 10

Russian Military

10 named, 2 families identified

معرة النعمان , International road to Ma'arat Al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and seven civilians were killed as the result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on a convoy with displaced people on the international road to Ma’arat Al Numan on December 22nd, 2019, according to local sources. On December 28th, a local source reported that one of the victims died of his injuries

Summary

4 – 8

(2 children4 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

بداما , Badama, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was killed and his father, mother, and brother were injured as the result of an alleged Russian or regime drone strikes on the town of Badama, Idlib governorate, on December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. In total, up to five injuries were reported by local sources. A Syrian Civil Defence source told

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–5

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الدير شرقي, Deir al Sharqi, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two men and one woman were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Deir al Sharqi, Idlib governorate, on December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. An unknown number of civilians was wounded. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that “a man, an elderly man and a woman” were

Summary

3 – 4

(1 woman2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

سراقب , Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Seven or eight civilians, including four children and between one and three women, were reportedly killed and more than twenty civilians, including women and children, were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on a popular market in the city of Saraqib on December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for

Summary

(4 children1–3 women2–5 men)

7 – 8

20–25

28 named

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including two children, were killed in an alleged Russian drone strike on the Jisr Al Shughur – Lattakia road near the city of Jisr Al Shughour, on December 20th, 2019, according to local sources. Local activists reported to SMART News Agency that “Russian drones had targeted a gathering of civilians on

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

4 – 8

(2 children2 men)

Russian Military

ديرسنبل, Deir Sunbul, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A teacher and his wife were killed, and a number of civilians were wounded, in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Deir Sunbul, Idlib governorate, in the morning of December 19th, 2019, according to local sources. Some sources, among them Baldi News, reported initially that only one woman had been killed

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

تل مرديخ, Tal Mardikh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reportedly killed, among them a mother and her two children, and up to seventeen civilians, including seven children and seven women, were injured in alleged Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes on the down of Tal Mardikh, Idlib governorate, on December 19th, 2019. Many injured remained in critical condition. The LCCSY reported five

Summary

(2 children1–2 women1 man)

2 – 4

12–17

6 named, 1 familiy identified

الواقعة بين قرية الهلبة ومعر شمارين, area between al Hlubba village and Ma’ar Shamarin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A least one civilian, a journalist, was killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the area between al Hlubba village and Ma’ar Shamarin on December 19, 2019. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Milad Ahmad al Fares, from al Hlubba village in the eastern suburbs of Idlib governorate, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike

Summary

معرة النعمان, Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two children, two women and one man were reportedly killed, and up to 30 other civilians injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces artillery or airstrikes on Ma’arat Al Nu’man in Idlib in the evening of December 19th, 2019, according to local sources. Two other civilians reportedly died from their injuries caused

Summary

(2–3 children2 women1 man)

5 – 8

26–30

31 named, 8 families identified

الغدفة, Ghadafa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One man was reportedly injured and died as a result of his injuries in the aftermath of an alleged regime or Russian airstrike on Ghadafa, southeastern Idlib, on December 18, 2019, during daytime. The man was identified by several sources as Abdel Qader Al Khaled. He was injured during the airstrike and was first transferred

Summary

1 – 2

Causes of injury / death

1 named

معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four men were killed in allegedly Russian and Syrian regime air- and artillery strikes on the city of Ma’arat Al Numan, Idlib governorate, on December 18th, 2019, according to local sources. The four male victims were identified as Muhammad Ziyad Al Abd, Abd Al Razzaq, Yaman Serjawi and Fares Ahmad Al Salloum. The Syrian Civil

Summary

(4 men)

4 named

دير شرقي, Deir Sharqi, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A young man was reportedly killed and another man injured in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Deir Sharqi in the eastern suburbs of Idlib governorate on December 17, 2019. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) identified the deceased victim as Abdul Rahman Khalil Al Jark (18). @MasarPressNet reported that regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on

Summary

1 named

معرشمشة, Ma’ar Shamsha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian reportedly died in an alleged regime or Russian airstrike on Ma’ar Shamsha, southern Idlib countryside, around noon on December 17, 2019. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the victim’s name is Mohammad Abdul Razzaq Al Shahhoud. According to Al Jazeera, the attack had been “carried out by Syrian regime helicopters”. Facebook

Summary

1 named

معصران, Ma’saran, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four to seven people, including a woman, were reportedly killed and between ten and seventeen civilians, including two children, injured after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on a market in the village of Ma’saran in the afternoon of December 17th, 2019, according to local sources. The day was referred to as “Black Tuesday” by the

Summary

4 – 7

(1 woman2–6 men)

10–17

Causes of injury / death

7 named, 1 familiy identified

تلمنس,, Tal Menes, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between six to ten civilians, all belonging to one family, were reportedly killed in what local media described as “a massacre” in Tal Menes in Idlib, in the evening of December 17th, 2019. Among the casualties were reportedly three children and at least three women. Dozens more were reported wounded. The incident was referred to

Summary

(3 children1–4 women3 men)

6 – 10

5–24

9 named, 1 familiy identified

معرشمارين, Ma’ar Shmareen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

As many as five civilians, including two women and a child, were killed and dozens of civilians, mostly women and children, were injured following alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Ma’ar Shmareen, Idlib Governorate on December 16th, 2019, according to multiple sources. The names of those killed and injured indicate several

Summary

School

3 – 5

(1 child2 women)

4–12

7 named, 2 families identified

كفروما, Kafarouma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One person was killed and several civilians wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafarouma, Idlib Governorate on December 16th, 2019, according to local sources. Iskenderun Arabic reported Russian aircraft struck the town four times between 20:38 and 20:55 on December 16th, 2019. According to the source, strikes on Kafarouma and the town

Summary

2–4

صلاح الدين, Salaheddin, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed by LNA artillery shelling on the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Field Medicine and Support Center (FMSC) said: “Salem Al-Nafis Field Hospital, Salah Al-Din, affiliated to the Center for Field Medicine and Support, treated Mr. Ali Ramadan Al-Harak in Salaheddin today, Monday 16-12-2019, who was wounded with shrapnel of shells

Summary