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Incident Date
16–17 February, 2021
Incident Code
LC424
Location
Vicinity of Al Namla Market, Sabha, Libya
سوق النملة
A child was reported killed and up to 30 others including children injured when a shell landed in a square in the Mansheya area of Sabha where a group of people were celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Libyan revolution on February 16th/17th. Some of those injured remain in a critical condition. Sabha News reported…
Summary
Published
16 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
9–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
10–14 February, 2021
Incident Code
TI056
Location
Mount Gara, Duhok, Iraq
جبل غارا
Thirteen Turkish nationals being held captive by the PKK in a location close to village Siyane in the Gare/Gara region in northern Iraq were killed - either during an alleged Turkish airstrike, or executed by the PKK, according to conflicting Kurdish and Turkish sources. There was however broad agreement that some of those killed were…
Summary
Published
14 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
7–13
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
YPG
,
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
11 February 2021
Incident Code
USSOM335
Location
Salagle, Middle Juba, Somalia
Several Al Shabaab militants were reported killed at Salagle in a military strike which two local sources claimed was a US drone action. However AFRICOM explicitly denied this in an email to Airwars, insisting that "U.S. Africa Command's last airstrike in Somalia was conducted Jan. 19, 2021." Intelligence Briefs said: "A number of Al-Shabaab operatives…
Summary
Published
11 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
6–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
11 February 2021
Incident Code
USSOM334
Location
Sakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
سااكوو
Several Al Shabaab militants were reported killed at Sakow in a military strike which several local sources claimed was a US drone action. However AFRICOM explicitly denied this in an email to Airwars, insisting that "U.S. Africa Command's last airstrike in Somalia was conducted Jan. 19, 2021." Geesguud initially reported: "Residents in Middle Jubba reported…
Summary
Published
11 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
6–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
10 February 2021
Incident Code
TS465
Location
Al Darisha, Al Hassakah, Syria
الدشيشة
A number of civilians including a 6-year-old child were reported injured in Turkish or pro-Turkey forces shelling on residential areas in Tal Tamr in Hasakah, Syria on February 10th, 2021. @baze_kurd said the child was seriously injured. The child was identified by local sources as Yazan Mohammad Ali, while one source had a different variation…
Summary
Published
10 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 February 2021
Incident Code
RS4549
Location
Tarhin, Aleppo, Syria
ترحين
Between two and five civilians were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the village of Tarhin, Aleppo governorate, on February 9th, 2021, according to local sources. Up to 10 civilians, including children, were injured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported: "SOHR activists say that five people, including three unidentified, were…
Summary
Published
9 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2021
Incident Code
YS097
Location
Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
الباب
One child was killed and nine civilians injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime artillery shelling on the city of Al Bab, Aleppo governorate on February the 8th. At the start, local sources reported that at least nine civilians, including at least four children and three women, were injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
8 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
9–14
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
8 February 2021
Incident Code
YS098
Location
Um Raotha, Aleppo, Syria
أم روثة
A woman and a man were reported injured as a result of YPG artillery shelling on Um Raotha in Jarablus, Aleppo on February 8th, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense said that "a man and a woman were wounded, today, Monday, February 8th, as a result of artillery shelling of the Syrian Democratic Forces on civilian…
Summary
Published
8 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
2 February 2021
Incident Code
RS4548
Location
Qurqania, Idlib, Syria
قورقانيا
Two people were seriously injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on a mountainous area in Qurqania, north of Idlib on February 2nd, 2021. @SuheylAli said that vacuum missiles were used in the attack. This wasn't the only attack that took place on the day, as local sources reported similar attacks on Harbanoush, Kafr Arrouq and…
Summary
Published
2 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2021
Incident Code
TI055
Location
Shene, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
شێنێ
A woman was injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Shene in Halsho sub-district, Sulaymaniyah governorate, on February 2nd, 2021, according to local sources. NRT English reported that "a 40-year-old civilian woman was wounded when Turkish warplanes bombed the outskirts of the village of Shene in the Raparin administration’s Halsho sub-district late on Tuesday…
Summary
Published
2 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
29 January 2021
Incident Code
USSOM333
Location
Ma'moodow, Bakool, Somalia
According to Somali official and media sources, an airstrike targeted a group of al Shabaab fighters in the vicinity of Ma'moodow town in Bakool province on January 29th. According to an official statement from the Security Ministry of South West State, the attack was conducted by "friends of Somalia." Following requests for clarification, AFRICOM publicly…
Summary
Published
29 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 January 2021
Incident Code
TS464
Location
Tal Rifa'at, Aleppo, Syria
تل رفعت
Up to five civilians including a mother and her two children were reported killed, and eleven others injured as a result of a alleged Turkish shelling, or pro-Turkey militants on Tal Rifat town in Aleppo's northern countryside, Syria on January 23rd, 2021. The shelling also reportedly caused material damage to the locals houses, the private…
Summary
Published
23 January 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7–11
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2021
Incident Code
ISSY015
Location
Kazo neighborhood, Hama, Syria
حي كازو
Four civilians from the same family including two children were reported killed and four others including an infant were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes, or Syrian regime rockets launched to respond to Israeli airstrikes in Kazo neighborhood in Hama on January 22nd, 2021. The family is displaced from Idlib, and it seems that one of…
Summary
Published
22 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
60
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2021
Incident Code
TS463
Location
Memitê, Aleppo, Syria
A number of civilians were injured as a result of alleged Turkish drone attack on a house in Memitê neighborhood in Kobanê on January 22nd, 2021, according to local sources. One of the wounded is a 37 year old man who was injured with shrapnel and moved to hospital. His situation later was described as…
Summary
Published
22 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2021
Incident Code
TI054
Location
Amadiya, Duhok, Iraq
العمادية
Three civilians were injured when alleged Turkish airstrikes struck an alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) vehicle in Amadiya district in Dohuk governorate in the afternoon of January 22nd, 2021, according to local sources. Director of Jumanki Aland Amir told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that “the Turkish airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the village (Kari) of…
Summary
Published
22 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2021
Incident Code
TI053A
Location
Gri, Duhok, Iraq
كري
Two children were reported injured and hundreds of sheep killed as a result of alleged Turkish bombing of three areas in Kurdistan on January 22nd, 2021. The first bombed area was Gri in Duhok’s Chamanke district, at the foot of Gara mountain near the border with Turkey. Mohammed Sheikhzade, a villager there whose two brothers…
Summary
Published
22 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 June 2021
Incident Code
TI038B
Location
Sidan, Duhok, Iraq
سيدان
Three civilians were reported killed in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sidan village, Amedi district on June 19 th 2020, according to local media reports. Darkamazi.net named the three victims as Aazad Mahdi Shji, Damhat Omar Ormari and Mukhlis Adam Kukri. The source said that "on Friday, June 19th, 2020, the warplanes of the occupying Turkish state…
Summary
Published
19 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Military actors reported killed
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 August 2021
Incident Code
RS4633
Location
Kafr Nabl, Idlib, Syria
كفرنبل
Up to five civilians including a child were reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafr Nabl in Idlib on August 24th, 2019. @oHA8k9FRkEve1LK reported the Syrian Civil Defence saying "Five people, including a child, were injured as a result of two air strikes by warplanes targeting 3 residential neighbourhoods and a…
Summary
Published
24 August 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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