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Incident Date
22 April 2020
Incident Code
LC362
Location
سوق الجمعة, Souq Al Jumaa, Tarabulus, Libya
An unknown number of civilians was reportedly killed and 11 civilians were injured in alleged LNA artillery attacks on several areas in Souq Al Jumaa in Tripoli on April 22nd, 2020, according to local sources. Souq Al Khamis initially reported that the shelling wounded two civilians, one critically. Later, it reported civilian fatalities but did…
Summary
Published
22 April 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
18 April 2020
Incident Code
LC356
Location
الرواجح, Al Rawajeh, Tarabulus, Libya
A woman was reportedly killed in shelling by an unknown belligerent on Al Rawajeh near Castelverde, Tripoli district on April 18th, 2020, according to Tk Yahrouq Ki Shy. Tk Yahrouq Ki Shy wrote on Facebook that Ahlam Ali Hamid was killed after a shell landed on her house in Al Rawajeh on April 18th. Currently,…
Summary
Published
18 April 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
17 April 2020
Incident Code
LC349
Location
طرابلس: طريق الشوك, Tripoli: Al Shok, Tarabulus, Libya
One child was allegedly killed and three more injured by alleged LNA shelling on the Al Shok area of Tripoli. Hona Souq Al-Khmies reported: "The child, Abd al-Ghaffar bin Ayyad, 16 years old, moved to the mercy of God. Tareeq Al Shok, behind the Carnaval wedding hall." In a different post it added that 13…
Summary
Published
17 April 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
17 April 2020
Incident Code
LC352
Location
صيدلية بن فضل, Bin Fadl pharmacy, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was killed and four other injured by alleged LNA shelling on the Souq Al Jumaa neighbourhood of Tripoli. Tk Yahroug Kl shy reported that "Naji Al-Badiri passed away and a daughter was injured as a result of the fall of a shell in the Al-Hajrasa area of Souq Al Jumaa." The Libya Observer…
Summary
Published
17 April 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
15 April 2020
Incident Code
TI034
Location
مخيم مخمور للاجئين, Makhmur Refugee Camp, Erbil, Iraq
Three women were killed alleged Turkish drone strikes on Makhmour refugee camp, Erbil province, on April 15th 2020, according to local sources. Four civilians were injured. Bewar Amin, head of Makhmour Camp's media department, told Rudaw English that "three civilian women were killed by the Turkish airstrike today near Makhmour camp. Two women were killed…
Summary
Published
15 April 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 April 2020
Incident Code
LC345
Location
الدبلوماسي, Adduplomasi, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was allegedly killed by LNA shelling on the Al-Hay Adduplomasi neighbourhood of Ain Zara. The Libya Observer said: "Meanwhile, a woman was also killed after suffering injuries of Haftar's rocket attacks on Al-Hay Al-Diplomasi in Abu Salim." Hona Souq Al-Khmies reported that she underwent surgery in the hospital four five hours and then…
Summary
Published
15 April 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
12 April 2020
Incident Code
LC342
Location
عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya
One child was allegedly killed and four more family member injured by indiscriminate shelling on Ain Zara. Hona Souq Al-Khmies reported: "Four missiles landed in Ain Zara on the family home of Mr. Karim Al-Izmrli, a 9-year-old child died and the rest of the family members are in the intensive care" Tk Yahroug Kl shy…
Summary
Published
12 April 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
6 April 2020
Incident Code
USSOM305-C
Location
جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia
Three civilians were killed and one child injured by a US airstrike near Jilib, according to a number of local sources. Mareeg said that at least two civilians had been killed. Halgan Media claimed the following: "Suspected US drones launched a series of strikes overnight bombing the Al Shabaab controlled town of Jilib in the…
Summary
Published
6 April 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 April 2020
Incident Code
LC334
Location
المستشفى الجامعي طرابلس, Tripoli University Hospital, Tarabulus, Libya
Two civilians were allegedly injured by LNA shelling near the Tripoli Unversity Hospital. The Field Medicine and Support Center wrote: "Today, Saturday 4-4-2020, the Monitoring and Follow-up Team of the Field Medicine and Support Center monitored the injury of Mr. Aseel Al-Aswad, 35, who is a member of the Ministry of Interior and Citizenship, Hala…
Summary
Published
3 April 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
1 April 2020
Incident Code
TS426
Location
ربيعات, Rabiaat, Al Hassakah, Syria
Four civilians were injured in artillery strikes on the village of Rabiaat, near Abu Rasin/Zarkan area on April 1st, 2020. Local sources blamed Turkish forces and/or Turkish-backed factions. Hawar News reported that "the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries returned to shelling Zarkan area and its countryside with missiles and rockets intensively this evening", resulting in…
Summary
Published
1 April 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
31 March 2020
Incident Code
LC331
Location
أبو سليم, Abu Salim, Tarabulus, Libya
Between two and three civilians were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on Abu Salim in Tripoli. Tk Yahroug Kl shy posted: "A shell just landed in the Al Shaabiya Abu Salim area, and a woman and a child were wounded by shrapnel from my Lord, who greeted and kept everyone safe." The Libya Observer said:…
Summary
Published
31 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
30 March 2020
Incident Code
TS425
Location
عرب حسن كبير, Arab Hassan Kabir, Aleppo, Syria
A girl was killed and her parents were injured in heavy artillery shelling by alleged Turkey-backed factions on the village of Arab Hasan, Aleppo governorate, on March 30th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it had "monitored this evening [March 3, 2020] heavy artillery shelling by Turkish-backed factions,…
Summary
Published
30 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
28 March 2020
Incident Code
LC329
Location
طريق المنارة, Al Manara Road, Tarabulus, Libya
A woman was allegedly killed and her two sisters injured by a GNA artillery strike on Qasr Bin Gashir. Hona Souq Al-Khmies did not report civilian harm but secondary explosions in the area: "A video showing the rise of smoke from the ammunition store in the companies complex in Qasr Bin Gashir after it was…
Summary
Published
28 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
23 March 2020
Incident Code
LC320
Location
عين زارة: مصحة الكحيلي, Ain Zara: Kahily Clinic, Tarabulus, Libya
Two civilians from the same family were allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Ain Zara. The Field Medicine and Support Center said: "The Ain Zara field hospital, affiliated to the Center for Field Medicine and Support, is today morning assisting a family in the Ain Zara region after a shell fell on their house, which…
Summary
Published
23 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
23 March 2020
Incident Code
LC322
Location
خلة النور, Khalat Al Nour, Tarabulus, Libya
One young woman was allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Ain Zara. The Field Medicine and Support Center said: "The martyr field hospital Ayman al-Haramah, affiliated to the Center for Field Medicine and Support, today, Monday 23/3/2020, helps the girl: Samar Abdul Jalil Al-Sharidi, 20 years old, after a shell fell on her house in…
Summary
Published
23 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
20 March 2020
Incident Code
LC316
Location
المدينة القديمة, Old Town, Tarabulus, Libya
Two civilians, including one child, were reportedly injured by LNA shelling on the Old Town of Tripoli. The Libya Observer said: "A woman and a little girl were wounded and seven houses were damaged in three rocket attacks by warlord Haftar’s militia groups on the Old Town of Tripoli, an ancient walled city dating back…
Summary
Published
20 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
19 March 2020
Incident Code
LC315
Location
أربع شوارع زويته, Zuwaita Junction, Tarabulus, Libya
Four civilians, three of them children, were killed and five more injured by alleged LNA shelling on Ain Zara. UNSMIL tweeted: "Four young women and girls aged between 14-20 killed, and five others, including a 11-year-old child, were injured yesterday in a senseless indiscriminate shelling affecting a civilian neighborhood in Ain Zara, reportedly by LNA…
Summary
Published
19 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
18 March 2020
Incident Code
YS092
Location
عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and up to 17 were injured in alleged YPG artillery strikes on a market in Afrin, north of Aleppo, on March 18th, 2020, according to local sources. Ibrahim Abu Al-Laith from the media office of the Syrian Civil Defence told Bawaba Aleppo that "five shells…
Summary
Published
18 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
7–17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
18 March 2020
Incident Code
LC314
Location
باب بن غشير, Bab Ben Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya
A woman and her daughter and niece were injured because of LNA shelling on the Bab Bin Gashir area of Tripoli. The rival Burkan Al Ghadab operation said: "Citizen Nisreen Bin Hamed dies, and her daughter and niece are injured, as a result of a shell fired by the war criminal militia militia Haftar on…
Summary
Published
18 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
8 March 2020
Incident Code
LC310
Location
مدرسة حليمة السعدية للتعليم الاساسي, Halima Saadia School, Tarabulus, Libya
One woman was killed and four other civilians injured by LNA shelling on the Souq Al Jumaa area of Tripoli. Hona Souq Al-Khmies said: "The outcome of the Grad shelling on the Friday market: The death of two civilians and the injury of Muhammad al-Farajani, his brother, and his cousin, and a child from the…
Summary
Published
8 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
8 March 2020
Incident Code
TS418
Location
عرب حسن, Arab Hassan, Aleppo, Syria
A woman was reported injured in alleged Turkey forces/ pro-Turkey militants shelling of Arab Hassan in Northwest Manbej, Aleppo on March 8th, 2020, according to local sources. @NotWoofers said the village was attacked with six mortars. No further details are available.
Summary
Published
8 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
5 March 2020
Incident Code
RS4516
Location
معرة مصرين, Ma’aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
Up to 16 civilians, including between two and five children and five to seven women, were killed, and up to 35 civilians, including two women and four children, were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Ma’aret Misrin, Idlib governorate, on March 5th, 2020, according to local sources. @seerij80 tweeted…
Summary
Published
5 March 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Livestock
)
Civilians reported killed
9–16
Civilians reported injured
12–35
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 March 2020
Incident Code
USSOM287-C
Location
حرمك, Near Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia
Two civilians including a named woman were reported injured by a US airstrike near Kunya Barrow. Halgan Media noted: "A pro militant mouthpiece dubbed Somali Memo claimed a mother of 5 children was wounded in the drone strike, when reigned down on there home overnight. According to Somali Memo, the victim has been identified as…
Summary
Published
5 March 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 March 2020
Incident Code
RS4515
Location
شارع الثلاثين, Al Thalatheen Street, Idlib city, Idlib, Syria
Upto 12 civilians have been killed, up to eight of which were children on top of, up to 21 civilians injured, up to five of which were children in alleged Russian and Assadi regime airstrikes on Al Thalatheen street in Idlib City on March 3rd 2020. Truman.almare posted that that the airstrike took place at…
Summary
Published
3 March 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
9–12
Civilians reported injured
13–21
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 March 2020
Incident Code
RS4514
Location
شلخ, Shalakh, Idlib, Syria
A man has been killed and up to three others have been reported to have been injured, including one women as a result of alleged Russian and Assad airstrikes on the town of Shalakh on March 3rd 2020. Syrian Civil Defense reported: “In the town of Shalakh, a man was killed and 3 people were…
Summary
Published
3 March 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2020
Incident Code
RS4511
Location
الفوعة, Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria
Up to 11 civilians were killed, including at least one child, and 6 to more than 10 others, including a woman, were wounded as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on residential neighborhoods in the town of Al Fu’ah, northeast of Idlib on the evening of March 2nd, 2020 according to local sources and news…
Summary
Published
2 March 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6–11
Civilians reported injured
6–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2020
Incident Code
RS4513
Location
Adwan, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that up to two civilians were killed and two others, including a woman, were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on a secondary school in a camp for displaced people in Adwan in the Idlib province on March 2nd 2020. Multiple sources claimed that two civilians were killed as a result of the…
Summary
Published
2 March 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 March 2020
Incident Code
TS417
Location
جورين, Jourin, Hama, Syria
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that two civilians were killed when pro-Turkey militants launched artillery on Jorin in Hama, Syria on March 2nd, 2020. The victims are a child and a woman. Seven civilians are reported injured in the attack. "A woman and a child were martyred while seven civilians were injured in…
Summary
Published
2 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 March 2020
Incident Code
LC308
Location
طريق الشوك, Al Shok Road, Tarabulus, Libya
A child was killed and three to four more civilians allegedly injured by LNA shelling on Tripoli. Libya Ambulance Services said: "Two shells landed on the house of the Mami family in the Sidra area. A child was martyred and three members of the family were injured, and they were treated at the Independence Hospital…
Summary
Published
1 March 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
1 March 2020
Incident Code
RS4509
Location
باتنتة, Batneta, Idlib, Syria
Two to four civilians, including one child, were killed and five others, including two women, were injured as a result of an alleged Russian or Syrian Regime airstrike on agricultural lands in the vicinity of Batenta village near Idlib on the morning of March 1st 2020 according to local sources. Almost all of the sources…
Summary
Published
1 March 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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