Civilian Casualties

(3 women)

2–24

US-led Coalition

معرزيتا, Ma'arzita, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to ten civilians, among them five children and a woman, were killed in airstrikes on the town of Ma’arzita in rural Idlib, according to local sources. Sources reported that the airstrikes were likely carried out by Russian warplanes. One of the alleged Russian airstrikes targeted a shelter, reportedly killing at least five civilians from

Summary

(3–5 children1 woman1 man)

6 – 10

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Bulcida Macalinka (northeast), Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Five civilians were reportedly killed in a US and/or Somali-waged ground operation – possibly also involving airpower – in the Lower Shabelle region, local and international media reported. The US denied allegations of harm on several occasions. The raid was reportedly carried out by Somalia commandos, with the US saying American troops supported the mission

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(5 men)

Small arms and light weapons

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Known belligerents

Belligerents reported killed

3–5

Belligerents reported injured

الكسوة, Al Kiswah, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, a man and a woman, were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Al Kisswa on May 8, 2018. According to Euphrates Post, Israeli forces targeted positions of the Assad regime in Al Kisswa on May 8, 2018. They also posted a video from a surveillance cameras of one of the commercial

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

النقير, Al Naqir, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three civilians were killed and several more were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Al Naqir in Idlib Governorate on May 8th 2018. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that three of those killed were children, who according to the Syrian Network, were from the same family. Sources

Summary

1 – 3

(1–3 children)

بلدة حيان, Hayan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two children were locally reported killed when a bomb exploded in the town of Hayan, Aleppo Governorate. According to the Syrian Civil Defence, the cluster bomb that exploded was allegedly a remnant of earlier airstrikes, for which multiple sources blame Russian warplanes. The victims, two young brothers, were named as Firas Amor Orso and Amor

Summary

(2 children)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Three or four civilians were killed and several others were wounded by airstrikes on the town of Jisr al Shoughour in Idlib Governorate on May 6th 2018. Women and children were reportedly among the casualties. A Baladi News correspondent added that civil defence teams rushed to the site after the strikes to rescue the injured

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child1–2 women)

6–24

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Airstrikes allegedly conducted by Russian forces reportedly killed three civilians in the village of Al Baghouz on the Syrian-Iraqi border in Deir Ezzor Governorate. The strikes took place on May 4th 2018. Smart news was the only source to report these strikes, and cited in its summary that it received information from “a local source”

Summary

قرية النقير, Al Naqir, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

The village of Al Naqir in Idlib Governorate was hit by airstrikes on May 4th 2018, killing between four and six civilians, and wounding between two and 24 others, local media reported. The list of casualties included women and children. Sources said that Russian forces were likely responsible for the strikes. The Syrian Network for

Summary

(1–2 children1 woman1 man)

4 – 6

2–24

أرينبة, Arinba, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were killed and as many as five more – including three women – were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Arinba in Idlib Governorate on May 4th 2017, local media reported. The Smart News Agency reported: “A civilian was killed and five others injured on Saturday night May

Summary

1 – 4

(1 child1 man)

2–5

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One child was killed and two others were injured when the remnants of a cluster bomb earlier dropped on Saraqeb, Idlib exploded. Local sources alleged that the bomb was a remnant of an earlier airstrike allegedly conducted by Russian forces over the city. Idlib Media Centre for example noted “A martyr and two wounded by

Summary

(1 child)

كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly killed and ‘multiple’ others were injured in airstrikes allegedly conducted by Russian forces on the town of Kafr Zita in Hama Governorate on May 2nd 2018. Multiple sources reported that a hospital in the centre of the town had been hit and destroyed, and that one staff member had been killed

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Healthcare facility

(1 woman)

مشمشان, Mishmshan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian airstrikes killed between five and eight civilians, including women and children, in the village of Mishmshan in rural Idlib Governorate on May 3rd 2018, according to sources on the ground. Up to a further ten civilians were reportedly injured. Radio Kul and the Syrian Network for Human Rights instead accused the Syrian regime

Summary

(2 children2–4 women1 man)

5 – 8

2–10

Suspected target

Unknown

5 named, 1 familiy identified

كفرزيتا, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One woman was reported killed and several other civilians injured, all believed to be medical staff, in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Zita Specialized Hospital in Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria on May 2nd, 2018 according to local sources. Baladi News said the hospital was targeted with four raids. SMART News reported that “Russian warplanes bombed

Summary

Healthcare facility

(1 woman)

القصر, Al Qasr village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, at least 13 and up to 30 civilians were killed and “tens of others” were injured in airstrikes on al Qasr village, also known as al Fadel, near the Syrian-Iraqi border in the Tal al Jayer area of al Hassaka governorate. Reports identified both the Coalition and the Iraqi air force

Summary

(5–14 children3–5 women7 men)

24 – 30

10–20

US-led Coalition

31 named, 5 families identified

LOCATION

شبوة, Shabwa, Yemen

An investigator indicated to the UK legal charity Reprieve that two men were killed by a US strike in Shabwa during early May 2018. No other known sources reported the strike. Reprieve shared its information on this reported strike with Airwars. According to the investigator, both men were mediating a tribal dispute in the area

Summary

(2 men)

قرية الكشمة, Al Kashma village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Four women were killed and others injured as Russian forces struck the headquarters of the Islamic State in Al Kashma village, according to local sources. Smart News said a French citizen named Maria was among the dead, the wife of one of ISIS Moroccan legal experts currently detained by IS after he split away. The

Summary

1 – 4

(1–4 women)

قرية الزعفرانة, Al Zafarana village, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

A hospital guard was killed in Al Zafarana as Russian and Syrian forces reportedly launched raids on the Homs village. Syrian helicopters hit the local hospital with barrel bombs, according to Smart News, injuring an additional four civilians. An activist loyal to the regime told the news agency that the hospital was targeted to remove

Summary

Healthcare facility

3–4

قرية دير فول, Deir Fool village, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was killed and three others injured in an attack on the village of Deir Fool, local sources reported. Smart News reported the involvement of both Syrian and Russian forces in the strike. The news agency said the attack broke a truce negotiated for the northern Homs countryside. Eight planes conducted at least 60

Summary

معرزيتا ومخيم للنازحين بلقرب منها, Marzita and an IDP camp nearby, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two civilians were reported killed and seven others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike or Syrian regime shelling of the Al Walid IDP camp near the town of Marzita in southern Idlib countryside. The rockets came at night, striking a two-room school and many of the inhabited tents, according to Shaam News. Marzita

Summary

School

0 – 2

(1 man)

2–7

وادي رفض, Wadi Rafd, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

An alleged AQAP militant was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in the Rafd area, in the Al Said district of Shabwa governorate, on the evening of April 26th 2018. A US strike took place in Shabwa on that day, a CENTCOM spokesperson later told the Long War Journal. Since there were no other

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Unknown

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

Belligerents reported killed

الهبيط , كفرسجنة, كفرنبل ,أرينبة, Al Habit , Kafar Sijna , Arinba and Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians died as an aerial bombardment on villages across southern Idlib decimated schools and hospitals, local sources reported. Al Habit was one of the hardest hit by sustained heavy artillery fire, killing a man and woman. Two children were injured in Kafr Nabil, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as warplanes struck

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Healthcare facility, School

(1 woman1 man)

2–5

شارع عطا الزين في مخيم اليرموك, Ata Al Zein street in Al Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to seven civilians including a woman and her husband were reported killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Al Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria on April 24th, 2018 according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that “six civilians, including three women were killed as Syrian/Russian warplanes

Summary

2 – 7

(1–3 women)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم اليرموك ,الحجر الأسود , التضامن ,القدم, Al Yarmouk refugee camp , Al Hajar Al Aswad , Al Kadam and Al Tadamn, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Syrian warplanes reportedly carried out 160 air raids on Al Yarmouk refugee camp, as well as the neighborhoods of Al Hajar Al Aswad , Al Kadam and Al Tadamn. More than 40 land-to-surface missiles were launched alongside 35 bombs from helicopters, according to Douma Revolution. Syrian forces also delivered hundreds of rocket-propelled grenades. The shelling

Summary

Unknown

مفقه ,الحزم, Mafqa, Al Hazma, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Two young men, who pro-AQAP feeds indicated may have been civilians, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Hazm, in the Beihan area on the borders of Shabwa and Bayda governorates, overnight from April 22nd-23rd 2018. It was later suggested that they were instead killed by a Houthi landmine. Local language news

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

(2 men)

Causes of injury / death

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

Belligerents reported killed

2 named

مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians were reported killed in alleged Syrian regime or Russian forces airstrikes on Al Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus Syria ffor the third consecutive day on April 22nd, 2018. Marsad Hasaka said that Anas Bassam Amouri , Haj Saleh Mahmoud, Muhannad Saleh Mahmoud and Jamal Samih Hamid ‘Abu Khaled’ were killed in

Summary

1 – 5

(1–5 men)

2–3

5 named

مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported killed and others injured in alleged Syrian regime and Russian forces airstrikes on Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria on April 21st, 2018 according to local sources. Step News Agency said that a Palestinian family of three was among four killed as Syrian forces attacked Al Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. “Mahmud

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

3 – 4

(1 child1 woman1–2 men)

2–3

4 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم اليرموك, Al Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported killed and several others wounded in alleged Syrian regime or Russian forces airstrikes on Al Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria on April 20th, 2018, according to local sources. Imad al-Rayyan and Safwan al-Sabbagh were named as the victims on social media. Step Agency reported that “civilians were killed and others

Summary

(2 men)

2 named

قرية أباد, Abad village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A child was reported killed in Abad village in Aleppo, Syria on April 20th, 2018 after a cluster bomb allegedly from previous Russian forces airstrikes exploded in the village. Shaam Network reported that “a child was killed in the village of Abad in the southern countryside after a cluster bomb remnant of previous Russian airstrike

Summary

(1 child)

Russian Military

حارة البدو, Al Badou neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that two civilians were killed as a result of SDF shelling on the town of Al Soussa at night. A number of sources identified the two casualties who, according to a tweet by Deir Ezzor 24, were hit by “missile shelling” from SDF forces stationed at “the Omar oil field”. A tweet

Summary