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Incident Date
3–6 December, 2018
Incident Code
CS1869
Location
البوبدران, All Soussa: Al-Boubdaran (al Salam neighbourhood), Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that a named civilian man from Al-Salam neighborhood in Al-Boubdaran district, was killed by an alleged Coalition airstrike. Euphrates Post for example reported that "Ahmed Ramadan Al-Baghouz, a civilian from the town of Al-Soussa / Al-Salam neighborhood / Al-Boubdaran district, was killed by a Coaltion air strike." Sources reported on the incident…
Summary
Published
3 December 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
29 November 2018
Incident Code
LC099
Location
العوينات, Al Uwaynat, Ghat, Libya
Eleven civilians were reported killed as a result of a US airstrike near Al Uwaynat. The event marks the biggest single allegation of civilian harm against the United States in Libya so far. Initial reports had indicated that the US had targeted Al Qaeda members with a precision strike near the town in the south…
Summary
Published
29 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–11
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1861
Location
الشعفة, Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local sources, an alleged Coalition airstrike targeted Al Sha'afa and killed one civilian man. The Youth of al Soussa reported that Ali Jassim Mohammed Al Furaiji died in "treacherous raids" on the town, though did not specify a culprit. Hajin News and the Syrian Observatory blamed the US-led Coalition. According to the Syrian Network,…
Summary
Published
28 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
24–25 November, 2018
Incident Code
CS1857
Location
هجين, Hajin , Deir Ezzor, Syria
A named male civilian was reported killed in a confirmed Coalition air or artillery strike on Hijan when it struck his home. All sources blamed the Coalition for the event. Some sources reported that the incident was on November 24th and others on the 25th. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the Coalition…
Summary
Published
24 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1846
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike that targeted the souk (market area) in Hajin, killed between 14 and 20 civilians according to local media, in what was described as "another massacre". The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that at least 19 people were killed, including five ISIS fighters and 14 civilians, including five children and three women.…
Summary
Published
22 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
14–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21–22 November, 2018
Incident Code
CS1848
Location
الحصية في الشعفة, Al Sha'afa: Al Hassiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Six civilians from the same family were reported killed as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike in Al Hassiya, Al Sha'afa. The date of the incident appears to range between November 21st and 22nd. Local media reported that among the victims were one man, four children and one woman, who were originally displaced from al…
Summary
Published
21 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
19 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1842
Location
قرية الحنة, Al Hanna village, Al Hassakah, Syria
According to local sources, people took to the streets in demonstration after one man was killed and his two children injured or killed when shells hit their house in Al-Hanna. Jisr TV reported it was a total of 14 shells that caused the killing of the man and the injuries of his children. According to…
Summary
Published
19 November 2018
Strike Type
Artillery
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1838
Location
الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition night time airstrike killed "a number of civilians" and injured others, according to local media. Several sources including the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported the deaths of two civilian brothers. According to sources including Zaman Al Wasl, Al Soussa News, Al Shaafa News and the Syrian Unified Observatory, the injured…
Summary
Published
16 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
15 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1836
Location
البوبدران, Al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted a residential area and reportedly killed between eight and 23 civilians, in what local sources described as "a massacre". According to Sana News, 23 civilians died as a result of the airstrike. Step News and Euphrates Post reported that a total of 20 people died. Step added that 17 belonged…
Summary
Published
15 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8–23
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
14 November 2018
Incident Code
TI019
Location
عمادية, Amadiyah, Duhok, Iraq
At least three civilian men were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes targeting the Kurdish district of Amadiyah, Dohuk. No sources mentioned the number of wounded. Several sources identified three victims by name. Ramadan Rikani, a local official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) added that the victims were "sons of one village, two of them…
Summary
Published
14 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1816
Location
البوبدران, Al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In what local media referred to as a “massacre”, five civilians including a woman and two or three children were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the house of Rajab al-Hassan in the area of Al Boubadran, a village near al Soussa said to be under ISIS control. The victims were named by multiple…
Summary
Published
27 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
12 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1808
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A named adult civilian male was reported killed by Coalition shellling at al Soussa, in an attack which also was said to have killed five ISIS fighters. Radio al Kul and a number of other sources noted only the deaths of the ISIS fighters. According to Syrian PC one of them was a high value…
Summary
Published
12 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
30 September 2018
Incident Code
CS1801
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian died after being hit by “SDF artillery” in al Soussa, according to local media. It is Airwars’ understanding however that only the Coalition had access to artillery in the near region at that time. On October 1st, Boukamlna reported that “Nuri Rifai Al Ali Al Dagher died in Damascus yesterday [Sept 30th] from…
Summary
Published
30 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 September 2018
Incident Code
LC096
Location
طرابلس, Tripoli: Airport road, Tarabulus, Libya
Four civilians, all of them from the Bin Zakri family, were reported killed because of if indiscriminate artillery shelling on their house near the Airport road in Tripoli. Dr Suad Diab, a well-known doctor from Tripoli, her husband Ali Eltaher Bin Zakri and their two children Mohammed Ali Bin Zakri and Riham Ali Ben Zakri…
Summary
Published
23 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
7th Brigade
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Incident Date
20 September 2018
Incident Code
LC092
Location
وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya
Three civilians were reported killed in Tajoura because of indiscriminate artillery shelling. Wagak Original said on Twitter that three initially unidentified bodies were found in the Al Khala area and sent to the Tripoli Medical Hospital. They were then “identified as Khairi Bizik and his brother Karim Bizik and Hamza Goma.” The source added that…
Summary
Published
20 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
7th Brigade
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
20 September 2018
Incident Code
LC091
Location
طرابلس, Tripoli: Marble Factory, Tarabulus, Libya
Between one and three civilians were reported killed due to indiscriminate artillery shelling in the Al Sabaa neighbourhood of Tripoli. Libya Alaan wrote on Facebook that "a shell just has landed on a marble factory in the Al Sabaa area and killed one and injured three." Libya 24 reported that the man was Sudanese and…
Summary
Published
20 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
7th Brigade
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
19 September 2018
Incident Code
CS1800
Location
الباغوز, Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported the death of an adult civilian male, Hussein al-Humeidahin al Bagouz. There was however a discrepancy in the reports. While some local sources attributed the civilian’s death to (SDF) artillery shelling, one source claimed that he was killed by a sniper. Euphrates Post reported for example the “martyrdom of Hussein al-Humeidah after…
Summary
Published
19 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
18 September 2018
Incident Code
USYEMTr180-C
Location
العشار, Al Ashar, Al Bayda, Yemen
Two Yemeni National Army soldiers, including a Colonel, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Ashar, Yakla area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of September 18th 2018, according to multiple sources. Some however instead variously indicated that the strike killed two AQAP members, or two civilians. In a later press release,…
Summary
Published
18 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
9 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3538
Location
كفر زيتا, Kfar Zeita, Hama, Syria
One civilian was reported killed and others including his brother injured in Kafar Zeita in Hama on September 9th, 2018 after Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes targeted the town with several barrel bombs, according to local sources. @SyriaCivilDefe identified the victim as Aref al-Hamada and tweeted "The body of the young man Aref al-Hamada was…
Summary
Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3535
Location
قلعة المضيق, Qalaat al-Madiq, Hama, Syria
Up to three civilians were reported killed and others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime artillery shelling on Qalaat al-Madiq in Hama on Saturday, September 8th, 2018 according to local sources. Two of the victims were identified as Naser Hashoum and Muhammad al-Sheikh. Albasaer newspaper said that one of the victims died as…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3532
Location
خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria
A woman was reported killed, and a Syrian Civil Defence photographer and a volunteer got injured when Russian forces or Syrian regime forces targeted a center for White Helmets in Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018, according to local sources. Step News said that "The Russian warplanes launched several air raids on the…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3531
Location
الهلبة, Al-Halba, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was killed and six others injured when Russian forces or Syrian regime forces attacked with explosive barrels Al-Halba village in Idlib on September 8th, 2018 according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence said "A civilian martyred, and six others wounded, as a result of helicopter bombing that targeted the village of Al-Halba…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3530
Location
عابدين القريبة, Vicinity of Abdin, Idlib, Syria
Up to six civilians including a girl and a woman were killed and five others including up to three children and a woman injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Abdin town in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018. The time of the incident remains unclear as some sources said it happened in…
Summary
Published
8 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3525
Location
بيدر شمسو, Baidar Shamso, Idlib, Syria
One woman was reportedly killed and several civilians, including three women, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Baidar Shamso, Idlib governorate, on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a civilian woman had been killed in airstrikes on Baidar Shamso. @SyriaCivilDefe reported that…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3522
Location
فريكة, Furaykah, Idlib, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed, and another injured in Furaykah town in Idlib, as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. Syrian TV reported that "a civilian was killed and his son was seriously wounded in Russian air strikes on the village of Furaykah in Idlib countryside." Macro…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3521
Location
محمبل, Mhambel, Idlib, Syria
Up to eight civilians including at least two women from the same family were reported killed and many others injured including two children in alleged Russian airstrikes on a market, and on Baidarshmso village in Mhambel in Idlib, Syria on September 4th, 2018. @SyriaCivilDefe tweeted: "Three women were killed, and a man and two children…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Civilians reported injured
6–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 September 2018
Incident Code
LC087
Location
الفلاح, Al Falah, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and four people were reported killed because of artillery shelling on a refugee camp in Tripoli. Libya Alaan said that "two were killed and five wounded on Sunday after a shell fell on the Tawergha camp." Alkhal Altawerghi named the victims as Abu Bakr Mohammed Masoud Al Zamirli and his brother Khaled. Libya's…
Summary
Published
2 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
5–15
Military Actor
7th Brigade
,
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
26 August 2018
Incident Code
CS1793
Location
Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
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
Published
26 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
18–20
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20–26 August, 2018
Incident Code
USSOM141-C
Location
Basra, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
An investigation by journalist Amanda Sperber identified a possible US airstrike near Basra around the time of Eid in August 2018, which allegedly killed between 10 and 12 members of the same family. Airwars has provided a relatively wide date range for this event, based on limited reporting. The investigation, published by The Nation in…
Summary
Published
20 August 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
10–12
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
10 August 2018
Incident Code
RS3516
Location
أورم الكبرى, Urma Al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria
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
Published
10 August 2018
Civilians reported killed
43–44
Civilians reported injured
6–70
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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