Civilian Casualties

5 – 11

(4–5 children)

5 named

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources shared images and videos documenting an alleged white phosphorous bombardment of Raqqa by the Coalition and reported that a “several” civilians were wounded and killed. Eldorar News claimed that up to 20 civilian were killed, but was the only source to go into further detail about civilian casualties. Hadi Al Abdullah

Summary

5 – 20

5–10

قرية سنجق خليل, Sanjak Khalil village in the district of Amouda, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

On Sunday, January 14th, 2024, two workers of the Abdullah Derbas (Al-Khairat) mill in the village of Sanjak Khalil in the district of Amouda (Amoda) on the road to the city of Hassakah in northeastern Syria were injured in a drone strike allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military. Orkes FM posted the images of the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Civilian infrastructure

Agriculture

Unknown

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

Impact

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male, Yehya Abdulrazzaq Hamdan “al-Kerbaa”, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Fresh Syria said Russian aircraft had targeted the city’s industrial district.

Summary

الميادين شارع الاربعين, Al Mayadin, Al-Arba’eeb street, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five or six civilians died in airstrikes on Al-Arba’eeb street in Al Mayadin, local media said – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the US-led Coalition, of Russia or the Syrian regime. Step News Agency, Almayadeen, Syrianpc and Radioalkul were among the sources that pointed towards the Coalition. Almayadeen

Summary

5 – 6

12–24

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

سرمين, Sarmeen [Sarmin], Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Sunday, November 19th, 2023, two civilians, including at least one child, were injured as a result of an alleged missile strike by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military in residential neighborhoods of the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Syria. One of the children was reportedly injured after falling from a high

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilian infrastructure

Residential building

Unknown

Causes of injury / death

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male, named by the Violations Documentation Center as media activist Yousef Abo Bilal, (aka Abu al-Homsi Joshua) was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike. While the VDC lists Hamidiya neighbourhood in Homs, Yousef Abo Bilal actually died in Palmyra. His non-combatant status is also questioned. As Enabbaladi notes: “Activists from the city of Homs

Summary

0 – 1

1 named

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians died in alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes on Raqqa, according to local media. @abumuazalraqqa and Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that a Coalition airstrike was responsible for the death of Fathi al-Nusan. Initially the name ‘Haj Ahmed Laila Salim Ali’ was also reported in connection to this incident, but the name

Summary

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were reported killed and five injured – including children – in an alleged Russian airstrike on Baghdad Street in Hraytan, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. According to Smart News “Russian warplanes carried out four raids with rockets on the town which left three dead and seven wounded, including a woman,

Summary

(3 men)

5–7

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male died in a Coalition artillery bombardment or a mortar strike by the SDF in Raqqa, according to local media. Ar Raqqa Al a’ahlya reported that the victim bled to death from a shrapnel wound. Most sources blamed artillery for the man’s death. Airwars understands that only the Coalition has access to artillery

Summary

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

The White Helmets reported that three children were killed in the countryside near Damascus following a ‘Russian airstrike.’ Al Etihad said the aircraft was a Russian Air Force Su-24. VDC named the children without specifying which nation’s aircraft were responsible. . However Shaam News described the attack as having been the work of the Syrian

Summary

(3 children)

3 named

جميعة الأطباء, Jam’iyet al Atteba, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported killed in alleged US-led Coalition strikes on Raqqa city. Sources stated that ‘artillery shelling’ was responsible. Airwars understands that only the Coalition has access to artillery at Raqqa. The Syrian Network for Human Rights gave moe details of the two medics slain: Dr Fouad Bashir al Ajili was born in 1955

Summary

(2 men)

عنجارة, Anjara, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 15 and 30 civilians including six women and at least five children were killed – and dozens more people injured – in alleged Russian airstrikes targeting schools in Anjara, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that warplanes believed to be Russian struck the Mustafa Ruston elementary school in the

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

(5–12 children5–6 women8 men)

15 – 30

15 named, 1 familiy identified

صبيخان, Subikhan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources said that up to six civilians were killed and up to ten more wounded in airstrikes on the town of Subikhan in the countryside of Eastern Deir Ezzor. It was unclear which party was culpable for this civilian casualty event. At present, two out of sixteen sources hold the US-led Coalition responsible, two

Summary

3 – 6

2–10

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime, Russian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four to five civilians including two children were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Hayyan, according to the Shaam News Network and the Violations Documentation Centre. SNN reported that five non-combatants were killed, while the Violations Documentation Centre named four victims.

Summary

4 – 5

(2 children2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

البدو, Badou neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a major casualty event, between 18 and 50 civilians reportedly died and up to 56 more were wounded – many of them women and children – as a result of alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa’s Bedo neighbourhood, local media reported. According to Baladi, “20 civilians, including women and children, were killed and dozens of

Summary

(3–19 children1–12 women)

18 – 50

12–56

3 named, 1 familiy identified

el Na'aymeh, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians died and three or more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on el Na’aymeh, according to two local sources. Alyakeen Media published a number of videos showing destruction of the town and the removal of dead and wounded bodies from the rubble. Voiceovers in videos said that the strikes were carried

Summary

(1 woman)

Al Hawaji, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including two women and three children, died in airstrikes carried out by unknown aircraft on the al Hawaij village in Deir Ezzor Governorate, alleged local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Euphrates Post listed those killed. The US-led Coalition was not attributed to the attack; sources referred to “bombing by

Summary

(3 children2 women)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

ياقد العدس, Yaqid al Adas, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported an incident in the town of Yaked al-Abas near Aleppo, that led to the death of up to 13 civilians, including four members of the The White Helmets. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. Aleppo White Helmets reported, “the news of the martyrdom of

Summary

4 – 13

(4 men)

4 named

الحديقة البيضا, Hadika Al Bayda (White Garden), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that three civilians died and several more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Hadika al Baidaa in Raqqah. According to al Hassakah Rasd, “According to local sources, three civilians were killed on Saturday, and others were injured by the bombing of the neighborhoods of the city by coalition aircraft

Summary

حوش نصري, Hosh Nasri, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians including one child were killed in airstrikes on the town of Hosh Nasri, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that “swarms of Russian planes” flew over Eastern Ghouta, targeting towns with several

Summary

(1 child0–3 men)

5 named

مراط, Mrat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died in an airstrike on Mrat, according to local media – though it was unclear who was to blame for this death. According to Syrianoor, “Activists confirmed that more than 100 civilians – mostly children and women – died during four massacres committed by Russian warplanes and international coalition aircraft in the city

Summary

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

1 named

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four internally displaced people were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike at al Mansoura. The Smart News Agency reported that “warplanes likely belonging to the international Coalition launched raids on Mansoura town (27 km west of the city of Raqqa), targeting the Al In’aash building [previously a government medical centre, currently housing displaced persons],

Summary

قریة مظلوم , Mazloum village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Euphrates Post and Marsad Al Hasaka reported “the martyrdom of Mr. Abdullah Aljama and the injury of Ibrahim Abu Darwish as a result of the aerial bombardment of Mazloum village yesterday.” Neither source identified a culprit.

Summary

البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between 10 and 15 non-combatants died and dozens more were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Dallou neighbourhood of Al Buliyal, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network reported on a “new massacre in addition to the daily massacres committed by Russian aircraft against civilians in the countryside of Deir al-Zour and areas under

Summary

10 – 15

(1 child2 women8 men)

9 named, 3 families identified

Al Qaim, plaster factory, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Two sources alleged the US-led Coalition conducted air raids on Al Qaim west of Anbar province, resulting in 87 civilians killed. However, there was some confusion about the status of the vehicles reportedly struck. Local sources who spoke to Yaqein said aircraft targeted an area near the plaster factory in the province. It initially alleged

Summary

النعمان, Al Nu'man, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 15 civilians were killed in an airstrike on Al Nu’man, which all local sources attributed to Russia. Shaam News Network reported that “Russian warplanes carried out raids on the village of Al Nu’man leading to the fall of several martyrs and wounded.” And at 0’13” in a video by Halab Today, the channel

Summary

12 – 15

al Qitar Street north of city centre, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 45 civilians reportedly died and 15 were wounded following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes to the north of Raqqah city, at the outskirts of the al-Tawassiya area. The victims were “gathered around a water well on Qitar (train) street” collecting water “due to the ongoing water cuts in the city for more than three

Summary

13 – 45

(2 children2 women)

14–15

الرستن‬, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

According to multiple local sources, Russian warplanes targeted farmlands in the northern and western suburbs of the town of Ar Rastan with vacuum missiles, leading to the death of one or two civilians and the wounding of several others. Sources spoke of dozens of Russian raids. Ar-Rastan media office said the civilian killed was Siham Ibrahim

Summary

1 – 2

(1 woman)

2–8