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Incident Date

13 October 2018

Incident Code

CS1809

Location

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to five civilians were reported killed in air and/or artillery strikes on the town of al Soussa during ongoing heavy fighting. Most sources described a Coalition air or artillery strike on one of the town’s bakeries, which reportedly killed four non combatants. Al Alam News for example reported that “US Coalition forces targeted the…

Summary

Published
13 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 October 2018

Incident Code

RS3549

Location

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria
A child was killed in the explosion of the remnants of a cluster bomb from earlier alleged Russian airstrikes on the city of Adanan, Aleppo governorate, on October 12th, 2018, according to local sources. It is unclear when the raid took place. @MasarPressNet tweeted that "a child was martyred when a cluster bomb exploded from the…

Summary

Published
12 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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

12 October 2018

Incident Code

USSOM151

Location

Jowle, Mudug, Somalia
At least 60 and as many as 117 al Shabaab fighters were killed in a US strike on October 12th, it was reported. The location appears to have been a training camp, according to Voice of America, which noted: "A Somali official says the strike happened near the village of Jowle, about 20 kilometers southwest…

Summary

Published
12 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
60–117
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

10 October 2018

Incident Code

CS1806

Location

الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to four civilians including a child were reported killed in Coalition airstrikes on al Sha’afa, according to a number of sources. The victims were described as internally displaced people (IDPs) by al Sha’afa town’s Facebook page, which noted “Confirmation of the killing of four civilians in Al-Sha’afa in the recent raids on the town.…

Summary

Published
10 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

10 October 2018

Incident Code

CS1807

Location

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source alleged that several dozen prisoners being held by Islamic State were killed when their prison was struck by the US-led Coalition or its allies the SDF. The Facebook site Exiles of the Euphrates claimed the following: “An old and sly policy of Daesh – when you want to lose a village or…

Summary

Published
10 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

8 October 2018

Incident Code

CS1805

Location

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A civilian house was reported destroyed in a Coalition airstrike on al Soussa. Two media reports said that non-combatants died. A tweet by @ashameree199 described “A raid by the International Coalition against the house and shops of Mr. Rafie al-Ghannam, which is inhabited by the families of fighters of the organization’ [IS]  with Iraqi nationality,…

Summary

Published
8 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

6 October 2018

Incident Code

RS3548

Location

الحميدية, Al-Hamidiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians were killed and others were wounded in airstrikes on Al-Hamidiya, local media reported. Sources attributed the blame to both Russia and the Syrian regime. A man and his son were killed. One source suggests that the victims were killed in a strike on Al Ashara water crossing, about 60KM away from Al Hamidiya…

Summary

Published
6 October 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 October 2018

Incident Code

USSOM150

Location

حرمك, Kunyo Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
AFRICOM reported that the day previously it had "conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab militant in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia, on October 6, 2018." It added: "We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike." However, AFRICOM claimed that the action killed "(1) terrorist". In a subsequent FOIA response obtained…

Summary

Published
6 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

4 October 2018

Incident Code

CS1804

Location

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
According to local reports, a Coalition drone or air strike – or possibly a mortar strike by local US proxies the SDF – killed a woman and her two children in the town of Hajin in Deir Ezzor governorate. Euphrates Post named the victims as the wife of Khaled Al-Hajij and her two daughters [named as Ruqayya and Noura Khaled al Hjeij by the…

Summary

Published
4 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

4 October 2018

Incident Code

USSOM149-C

Location

Ceel Gadde, El Adde, Gedo, Somalia
One woman and several children were wounded by an alleged US drone strike in El Adde town, Gedo, as up to ten al Shabaab members were targeted and killed, local media reported. Somali media site Mareeg reported that a US drone strike had injured women and children. Anonymous sources said the victims had been been…

Summary

Published
4 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Military actors reported killed
10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

3 October 2018

Incident Code

CS1803

Location

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Up to four civilians from the same family including a baby girl (named as the daughter of Hamad Mussah Shahab) died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a civilian home on Al Soussa, according to sources on the ground. Sources reported that the Coalition carried out several strikes on the area amid violent clashes between the SDF…

Summary

Published
3 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

3 October 2018

Incident Code

RS3547

Location

تل باجر, Tal Bajir, Aleppo , Aleppo, Syria
Two boys were injured when an unexploded cluster bomb of a previous alleged Russian air raid exploded in the village of Tal Bajir, Aleppo governorate, on October 3rd, 2018, according to local sources. The bomb was reportedly fired a year before it exploded. @neoIRT wrote that "two children were injured when a cluster bomb exploded…

Summary

Published
3 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2–3 October, 2018

Incident Code

USSOM148

Location

Baasra, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
According to a single source, an airstrike by an unknown party hit the strategic village of Basra in Middle Shebelle. Goobjoog News stated that "Reports indicate that Airstrikes hit last night at Basra village in the Middle Shabelle Somalia. Residents of Basra village told Goobjoog News there were heavy attacks in the village amid reports…

Summary

Published
2 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 October 2018

Incident Code

IRS002

Location

هجين, Between the town of Hajin and the village of Abu al Hassan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least five and as many as eight people – either civilians or ISIS fighters – were killed in an Iranian missile and air strike near Hajin. According to local site Jarf News, at least five civilians were killed and more than 10 others were wounded between Hajin and the neighboring village of Abu al-Hassan,…

Summary

Published
1 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date

1 October 2018

Incident Code

CS1802

Location

مسجد الهشيم السوسة, Al Soussa: al Hashim mosque, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local media reported that the US-led Coalition bombed the al Hashim mosque in al Soussa. However, it was unclear whether the 29 to 33 people reported killed were civilians or members of ISIS. The Step News Agency said that the strike was carried out at dawn on October 1st, while the Syrian Network for Human…

Summary

Published
1 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
0–33
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

1 October 2018

Incident Code

USSOM147

Location

Jamaame, Lower Juba, Somalia
US forces carried out a strike approximately 40 kilometres northeast of Kismayo after al Shabaab fighters attacked Somali forces, according to a US Africa Command press release. Nine al Shabaab fighters were allegedly killed and another injured, the US command claimed. The press release said AFRICOM had assessed that no civilians were killed or injured…

Summary

Published
1 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 October 2018

Incident Code

LQ069

Location

طرابلس‎: مطار معيتيقة, Tripoli: Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
Various local sources reported artillery shelling on Tripoli Mitiga Airport leading to a temporary suspension of flights. 218 TV said: "The international airport of Mitiga announced the suspension of its flights until further notice, due to the repeated exposure to indiscriminate missiles by unknown parties who haven’t as yet revealed their identity." Libya Alahrar TV…

Summary

Published
1 October 2018
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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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

30 September 2018

Incident Code

CS1801a

Location

Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian in an event near Al Sousah. In its February 2019 report, the Coalition noted the following: " Coalition aircraft engaged multiple ISIS vehicles, including a machine-gun equipped pick-up truck engaging friendly forces with machine gun fire. The ISIS…

Summary

Published
30 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 September–1 October, 2018

Incident Code

LQ068

Location

درنة, Derna, Darnah, Libya
Heavy artillery shelling from the LNA was reported in Derna between September 28th and October 1st. The Libya Observer wrote: "Derna in eastern Libya has been the scene for fierce clashes since Sunday between Derna Protection Force and the self-styled army forces led by Khalifa Haftar. Eyewitnesses said clashes renewed in Wasit Al-Blad neighborhood, where…

Summary

Published
24 September 2018
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

23 September 2018

Incident Code

LC095

Location

خلة الفرجان, Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, Libya
One elderly man from Syria was reportedly injured because of indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Khallet Al Furjan neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Tripoli Wounded Affairs Administration posted details and pictures on the incident on Facebook: "The field hospital of the Department of Wounded Affairs received on Sunday, September 23, 2018 an injured elderly man from…

Summary

Published
23 September 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

23–24 September, 2018

Incident Code

LC097

Location

خلة الفرجان, Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was reported killed and another one was reported missing, probably due to indiscriminate artillery shelling in Tripoli. Alaraby wrote: "The clashes continued sporadically, southeast of the capital Tripoli, on Monday, amid the continued shelling on civilians, while the government of reconciliation is silent about the situation. The sounds of rockets and missiles, which…

Summary

Published
23 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
0–21
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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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

22 September 2018

Incident Code

LC094

Location

شرفة الملاحة, Shurfat Al Malaha, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was reported injured due to indiscriminate artillery shelling near the Airport road in Tripoli. Libya Akhbar wrote: "The spokesman for the ambulance and emergency agency, Osama Ali, reported the injury of a civilian as a result of random shelling on the market Friday morning. Ali said in a statement on Saturday, that nearly…

Summary

Published
22 September 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

21 September 2018

Incident Code

USSOM146

Location

50 km northwest of Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
US forces carried out a 'self-defence strike' against al Shabaab on September 21st approximately 50 km northwest of Kismayo and killing 18 al Shabaab members, according to a press release from US Africa Command. According to AFRICOM "The U.S. airstrike was conducted against militants after U.S. and partner forces came under attack. We currently assess…

Summary

Published
21 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
18–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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

RS3546

Location

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
A child was killed and four other children injured when a cluster bomb exploded in Khan Sheikhoun on September 19th, 2018, according to local sources. The victim was identified as Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Salmu. @24Idlib tweeted "The child Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Salmu was killed and four other children were wounded by a bomb explosion from the remnants…

Summary

Published
19 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 September 2018

Incident Code

USSOM145-C

Location

سااكوو, Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
At least three children were killed as up to 12 al Shabaab members were targeted and killed by a night time airstrike, local and international media reported - though it was unclear who was behind the attack. Several senior al Shabaab officials were killed or wounded in an airstrike, Somalia intelligence officials reportedly said. The…

Summary

Published
19 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Military actors reported killed
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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