Civilian Casualties

Infrastructure

Water

7–10

Impact

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

7 named

سرمين, Outskirts of Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the evening of September 23, 2023, a missile strike killed two civilians (one elderly man and one woman) and injured two others (a child in critical condition and a man) in a displacement camp in the outskirts of Sarmin, east of the city of Idlib in northwest Syria. In a Facebook post by the

Summary

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

(1 woman1 man)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Wajid District, Bakool, Somalia

LOCATION

The militant organization Al-Shabaab claimed that U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) had conducted an airstrike against the terrorist network on 22nd of September, 2023. The group alleged that the airstrike, carried out in the Wajid district of Bakool in southwestern Somalia, had reportedly killed eight civilians, including six children. However, the Somalia government declared their responsibility

Summary

(6 children2 women)

Somali Military Forces, US Forces

Al-Shabaab

8 named, 1 familiy identified

1–8

LOCATION

آفس, Afes, Idlib, Syria

A woman was left injured in Afes, Idlib by artillery shelling allegedly fired by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military on September 13, 2023. The woman had fainted after being struck by shrapnel, according to Shaam News — who labeled the Syrian regime as the perpetrator. Some other sources, including Al Mohrar, said the shelling

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Ground operation

LOCATION

Oodweyn, Mudug, Somalia

Up to seven civilians, including up to five children and a woman, were killed and up to five others, including children, were injured during an operation that has been declared by the Somali government. The US has denied directly participating in the operation despite accusations of US drone/air strikes, while the Somali government has denied

Summary

Infrastructure

Agriculture

1 – 7

(3–5 children1 woman)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

1–5

Causes of injury / death

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Village

2–3

مدينة قباسين, Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On 4 September 2023, at least two civilians were injured by a missile attack in the city of Qabasin. Sources attribute the incident to the Syrian regime forces and/or the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The shelling bombardment in this area resulted in many displacements of families in the city of Qabasin. The Syrian Civil Defense

Summary

2–5

YPG, Syrian Regime

مدينة هجين, city of Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On September 2nd 2023, several sources reported that the Syrian Democratic Force (SDF) had carried out an alleged ‘bombardment’ of the city of Hajin, east of Deir Ezzor in Syria. At least two civilians, a woman and her child were killed during the incident, and up to 14 civilians were injured. All sources agree that

Summary

2 – 3

(1 child1–2 women)

4–14

YPG

5 named, 1 familiy identified

أطراف قرية دويرة قرب قباسين، في ريف حلب الشرقي, the outskirts of the village of Douira, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least three people, a man, a woman and a male child from the same family, were injured by artillery shelling allegedly carried out by the SDF and/or the Syrian regime in a makeshift camp for displaced people on the outskirts of the village of Douira, near the town of Qabasin, in the eastern countryside

Summary

YPG, Syrian Regime

قرية العجمي شرق بزاعة, village of Al-Ajami, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A woman was injured in shelling in the village of Al-Ajami, east of the town of Bazaa, in the eastern countryside of Aleppo on Saturday, September 2nd 2023.Orient News and @AsharqNewsSYR reported the Syrian Democratic Forces carried out the shelling. However, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the shelling was from regime forces.

Summary

YPG, Syrian Regime

عرب حسن, Arab Hassan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One woman was killed and another injured due to shelling and attacks in the village of Arab Hassan in the Jarabulus countryside, east of Aleppo on 2 of September, 2023. This attack was attributed to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Russian forces and the Syrian regime as the area is said to be under

Summary

(1 woman)

YPG, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

مدينة البصيرة, city of Al-Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Ongoing clashes between the SDF and the Arab clans led to between four and six civilians, including a woman, being injured on September 2, 2023. These civilian injuries have been attributed to snipers of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operating in Al-Basira, by local sources. Nahr Media reported that six civilians were injured (one woman

Summary

4–6

Small arms and light weapons

YPG

المحسنلي, Al-Mohsenli, countryside of Manbij, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Friday, September 1, 2023, an artillery shelling and/or airstrikes with contested responsibility allegedly carried out by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces and/or the Syrian Democratic forces and/or Turkish military on the village of al-Mohsenli in the countryside of Manbij, Aleppo, killed the entire family consisting of six civilians, including

Summary

(3–5 children1 man)

6–8

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Syrian Democratic Forces, Turkish Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

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

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

(2 children)

4–6

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

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

طريق علي فرو, Ali Faro Road, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

On the afternoon of August 23, 2023, a man was killed and at least one person, a female journalist, was injured in an alleged Turkish drone strike on the Qamishli-Amuda road in Northeast Syria. The man, Najm al-Din Faisal, worked for woman-run channel JIN TV, and was driving fellow channel employees. Dalila Akid, a journalist,

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 man)

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

(2 men)

3–5

Russian Military

بين بلدتي الشيخ بحر ومعرة مصري, between the towns of Sheikh Baher and Maaret, Misrin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On August 22, 2023, at least four civilians were killed—and up to seven others were injured—in a series of alleged Russian airstrikes between the towns of Sheikh Baher and Maaret Misrin in Idlib, Syria. Sources conflict about the precise number of civilians killed and injured by these strikes. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that

Summary

4 – 5

5–7

Russian Military

Al Qaeda/HTS

Belligerents reported injured

3–6

4–9

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)

ديرسنبل, , Deir Sinbul, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one woman suffered a psychological injury following alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime shelling of the village of Deir Sinbul on August 18, 2023. The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) reported that a woman suffered a nervous breakdown after artillery shelling reportedly carried out by the Syrian regime and Russian forces struck the village of

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one woman was injured in a residential area on the western outskirts of the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, because of alleged shelling by Syrian Regime and/or Russian forces in the evening of Wednesday August 16th 2023. The Syrian Civil Defence and Baladi News reported that civilian property was damaged, a number

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

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)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

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

(1 man)

5–7

Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Regime

3 named, 1 familiy identified

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

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

(1 child1 woman1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Al Qaeda/HTS

10 named, 2 families identified

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