Civilian Casualties

(2 children2 men)

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

4 named, 1 familiy identified

المحفد, Al Mahfed, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

On 21 September, 2011, alleged US airstrikes on the town of Al-Mahfad were said to have killed four suspected AQAP militants, according to numerous sources. Initial claims that high-profile Al Qaeda officials such as Anwar al-Awlaki, Fahd al-Quso and Said al-Shihri may have been present and killed in the strike were later proven false. There

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Suspected target

Geolocation

Village

Belligerents reported killed

حمام العليل, Hamam al Alil, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

On the second day of the offensive to recapture Mosul, Coalition strikes reportedly damaged a medical center in the south of the city leaving several dead, including at least three children. Al Rafidain Network for Human Rights reported that “American” bombings targeted a health center in Hamam al-Alil, south of Mosul. Ahmed Mashal posted that

Summary

(3 children)

الجزيرة الثالثة, قدسيا‎, Block Three, Qudsaya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two children and a woman were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Qudsaya suburb in Damascus on November 20th, 2019, according to local sources. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “a young woman was injured by shrapnel due to the Israeli shelling in Qudsaya suburb”. Reportedly, explosions were heard in the

Summary

2–3

Assad regime, Iranian military

Known belligerent

Israeli Military

Known targets

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported killed

0–23

الموصل‎, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to local sources, three members of a family, as well as a father and son, were killed by mortar fire in eastern Mosul. Mosul Eye reported that mortars fell on apartment buildings, and killed a family of 3. Mosul Kadema named the two victims and published their pictures.

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

2 named

أبو نيتولة, Abu Naytulah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of Abo Naitola village on July 21, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two civilians were injured when alleged Turkish artillery shells hit Abo Naitola village in the Raqqa countryside. Both Xeber24 and the Media Office of North Syria reported that Turkish forces were

Summary

Turkish Military

الموصل‎, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A father told the Norwegian Refugee Council that 3 family members were killed and mother and 2 children were badly burnt when their home in Eastern Mosul was shelled. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

تقل بقل, Takil Bakil, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, four people were killed and four to five civilians were injured in Turkish airstrikes in Takil Bakil village in the Derik countryside, in northeastern Syria on February 1st 2022 at 9pm in the evening by two missiles. The Syrian Democratic Forces identified the four people killed as being fighters. According to

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

4–5

Belligerents reported killed

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two named cousins died in a reported Coalition airstrike on the vicinity of Raqqa. Deir Hafer al Hadath said that the men died when unsidentified warplanes targeted a ‘refugee camp’ near Raqqa.

Summary

(2 men)

بنكي, Banke village, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Two Iraqi tourists were killed in an alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) IED or Turkish air or artillery strike near the village of Banke, Batifa sub-district on August 20th, 2021, according to local sources. Their bodies were missing until Kurdish and Iraqi security forces found them on August 22nd. The security source told Shafaq News

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2 men)

Turkish Military, YPG

LOCATION

Al Ashwa, Nineveh, Iraq

A Coalition or Iraq government airstrike on a vehicle killed one civilian and injured others, according to a Human Rights Watch investigation. According to HRW a strike on a vehicle at al Ashwa, 80 kilometres from Mosul in December 2016 killed one civilian named and wounded 11 others. It said the apparently unlawful attack, in

Summary

(1 man)

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

1 named

Al Rihanyia, Ras Al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Three women were wounded in alleged YPG mortar fire in Al Rihanyia, Ras Al Ain, lcoal media reported. According to Suriye.u.a.d, “Three women injured by mortar shells fired by gangs #PYD_YPG_PKK on Rihaniya village south of # Ras_alain”. Shaam News Network reported: “SDF militias bombed civilians in the liberated village of Rihaniya, south of Ras

Summary

YPG

Mosul, Ma’moon, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

As many as 22 civilians were reported killed, and 29 injured, in airstrikes by an unspecified party in eastern Mosul according to local media. Citing a local source, Shafaaq reported that five people were killed and four others wounded after an “unidentified warplane” opened fire from it’s “machine gun” in southeast Mosul. One relative posted

Summary

15 – 22

(2 children2 women1 man)

العلوات, Al Alwat, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged shelling by the Syrian Democratic Forces on the village of “Al-Alwat” in the northern countryside of Manbij on September 7, 2021. Baladi News was the only source to report on this incident. No other information is available at this time.

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces

رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including a mother and daughter were reported killed in an alleged Coalition morning strike on Raqqa al Samra, east of Raqqa city. Euphrates Post cited local civilian sources as saying that “Coalition aircraft targeted with highly explosive rockets residential homes in Raqqa al Samra which caused the deaths of four civilians, including a

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

3–7

كوباني, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians, including a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes or drone strikes on Kobani on January 8, 2022. According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in total one civilian was killed and 12 other civilians, including women and children, were wounded in incidents across Kobani. The injuries varied

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

4–5

Turkish Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

حي النجار, Mosul, Al-Najjar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that up to 14 people, mostly from one family, were killed when a Coalition airstrike targeted the house of Khalil Ekrb at 3pm in Al-Najjar neighborhood, near Hawi, in the northwest of Mosul. Iraqyoon said the raids had targeted ISIL members in front of the house, but that the bombing “did not

Summary

(6 children4 women)

دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, three from the same family, were injured by a a double tap shelling carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces against the city of Darat Izza on October 28, 2022. According to the @SyriaCivilDefe, four civilians, three of them from the same family, were wounded when two cars were hit by

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously known to Airwars researchers, the Coalition reported on March 4th that it was assessing an event at Mosul. According to the release “Currently, 19 reports of civilian casualties are still being assessed… Jan. 31, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report.” No additional details are presently known.

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0 – 1

0–1

تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was wounded by alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling of the village of Tadel on November 22, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a civilian was wounded by artillery shelling carried out by the Syrian regime forces and Russian forces on residential neighborhoods in the village of Tadel. A tweet from @AsharqNewsSYR pointed out

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

معمل طحين العكلات, Mosul, Aeklam flour mill near Shaam Gate, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that up 16 persons were killed and ten others injured after Coalition airstrikes targeted the ‘Aeklat’ flour mill at the right side of Mosul. Iraqi Spring reported that the raids took place close to Sham Gate. Ajel Al Mosul said that the “airstrike that targeted a house in a flour mill at

Summary

14 – 16

(3 children3 women1 man)

بابتو, Babto, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed in an airstrike on a grain storage center and a mill in the village of Babbto in the countryside of western Aleppo, according to sources on the ground. Images posted by Thiqa News and a video posted by AlBouAzezi show the damage to the grain storage structure that ultimately led to

Summary

0–3

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition said in June 2017 that an airstrike near Raqqa had not caused civilian harm – despite claims on social media. According to the report, “14. Feb. 20, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via social media report: After a review of available information and strike video it

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Чугуїв, Chuhuyiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

One woman was killed by alleged Russian shelling of the city of Chuhuyiv on March 8, 2022. A tweet from @SerhiiZhorzh reported that a female Russian citizen was killed when Russian shelling hit her home in the city of Chuhuyiv, and that she had been living in Ukraine since 2012. Status Quo News attributed the

Summary

(1 woman)

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the grain silos area in Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Front of Raqqa Revolution and Sounandpicture said that the two victims were workers at the silos. All sources alleged that this was a Coalition strike.

Summary

قرية خليفان, Khalifan village, Erbil, Iraq

LOCATION

Two children were injured when Turkish forces allegedly shot them in the village of Khalifan on January 13, 2022. Alyaum TV reported that two children were injured while grazing cattle in the “Khalifan” area of the “Sidkan” district when Turkish forces shot them. Hawar News (quoting Roj News Agency) added that the children were shot

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Agriculture

Small arms and light weapons

Turkish Military

Індустріальний район, Industrial District, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

At least five civilians, including a boy, an elderly woman, and a man, were reported killed in the Industrial District after alleged Russian night shelling of Kharkiv from March 19th to March 20th, 2022. The five civilians, identified as residents of the Industrial District by Kharkiv Today, were reported “killed by shelling” according to Vyacheslav

Summary

(1 child1 woman1 man)

حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A local source told Airwars’ Iraq-based field researcher that three of his family members died in the Farouk neighbourhood of Mosul, after Coalition airstrikes allegedly targeted their house at 3pm in the afternoon while they were praying. The family member provided Airwars with the names of the casualties, his father and his two brothers.

Summary

(3 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Харківська Державна Зооветеринарна Академія, Kharkiv State Zoological and Veterinary Academy, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On February 25th 2022 one civilian, a child, was reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Russian shell which hit the “Zoovet Academy”, a veterinary academy on Akademichna Street in Mala Danylivka, Kharkiv. According to Harkiv.noyyny news site, Proliska humanitarian mission recieved a request for the evacuation of the area. This assessment has reference

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