Civilian Casualties

الصناعية, Sina'iya , Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two to seven civilians were injured in airstrikes which hit an industrial area in Sina’iya, according to local media. Sources all attributed the blame to Moscow. Rockets ad missiles allegedly “targeted” the vicinity, however there were no civilian deaths. Three women and three children were included in the number of wounded. There are no other

Summary

2–7

Russian Military

الريحانية, Al Rihaniya, Hattai, Syria

LOCATION

The News of Syrians in Turkey reported that “two missiles hit the city of Rihaniyah and that there were injuries.” According to @Reyhanli3131, “two rockets were shot into the city of Afrin and hit the city center. Two civilians were slightly injured.” However, Hürriyet News did not report any casualties. It said: “According to the

Summary

YPG

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In the first out of a series of three intensive raids in Idlib on the 29th, as many as 14 civilians were killed, and up to 25 were injured, in an attack on a potato market, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for these strikes. Euphrates Post reported that

Summary

7 – 14

(1 woman2–13 men)

10–25

15 named

معرةالنعمان, Ma'arat Nu'man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and seven civilians were killed, and dozens were injured, in airstrikes on Ma’arat Nu’man, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the raids. Many blamed Russia, while some media reported that the Syrian regime were responsible. Sources reported that C5 missiles struck the residential homes in

Summary

5 – 7

(2 children3 women1 man)

10–24

5 named

راحو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that six civilian males were injured – some seriously – in the Rajo area of Afrin Canton. In a report seen by Airwars six civilians were named as injured – see list below. Ta3oob_11 reported that “Turkish aircraft heavily bombarded civilian homes in the areas of Raju and Jenders, resulting

Summary

كفرنبل, Kafr Nabil, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two raids killed as many as two civilians in Kafr Nabil, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to Russia, while Violations Documentation Centre amongst others blame the Syrian regime. According to media, as many as ten civilians were also injured in the raids, including three

Summary

1 – 2

1 named

كفرزيتا, al Sayyad street. Kafr Zeita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A woman was killed and several others were injured in airstrikes on Kafr Zeita, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russian for the raids. Step reported that “A woman was killed and a number of people were injured as a result of Russian air strikes targeting the town of Kafr

Summary

(1 woman)

1 named

مصطفى الشيخ, Mustafa Sheikh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

As many as two civilians were killed and others were injured in airstrikes on Mustafa Sheikh, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russia for the raids. There is confusion over whether one adult male died or one child. No sources point to two civilian deaths, however some sources differed while

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

1 named

حج خليل, Haj Khalil village, Rajo district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two or more civilians died in an alleged Turkish shelling of Haj Khalil village, according to local media. A number of sources referred to the event as “a horrific massacre”. Rumaf reported that “children and elderly” were targeted in the attack. According to Military Council for Manbij and surrounding area [SDF], which published graphic images

Summary

(2 men)

بلبلة, Bulbula, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Military Council for Manbij [SDF] reported that a “Turkish aircraft targeted Bulbula this morning which resulted in the death and injury of civilians in the town”. Kobanidil also reported that an unspecified number of civilians were killed and wounded in the attack. Afrin Now named a 60 year old male victim, however The Kurdish

Summary

كوبلة, Kobla village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between fourteen and seventeen named civilians from one family died in alleged Turkish airstrike on Kobla village, according to local media. A further seven or more people were injured. Afrin Now published a very graphic video depicting “cruel scenes of the victims of the massacre of the village of Kobla in the countryside of Afrin,

Summary

14 – 17

(6 children5 women1 man)

7–25

البحري, Al Bahri, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed at least one alleged AQAP militant in Marib governorate, according to some local language social media accounts, though others suggested that he was an officer in the Yemen army. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Most sources indicated that Muhammad Talib Saleh Al-Faqir was killed in

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Unknown

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported killed

1–3

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Nine civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, in airstrikes which hit a residential neighbourhood in Saraqeb in the morning, according to local media. Sources blamed both the Syrian regime and Russian warplanes for the airstrikes. According to sources, warplanes and helicopters hit the vicinity with more than 40 raids, with four explosive barrels.

Summary

6 – 9

(2 children6 men)

16–20

9 named

ميدان اكبس, Midan Ikbiss, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Afrin Now reported “the martyrdom of the civilian A’ref Sheikh Ismail Zadeh after being sniped by the Turkish army in the village of Midan Ikbiss in the countryside of Afrin.” No further details are currently available.

Summary

الريحانية, Al Rihaniya, Hattai, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civlians were wounded in an alleged rocket attack by YPG forces in Al Rihaniya, according to local media. A child was reported harmed “by a shell fired by PYD terrorists from the Syrian town of Afrin on the border town of Rihaniyah,” according to The News of Syrians in Turkey. The site

Summary

1–5

YPG

جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that nine civilians were injured in the Jinderes area of Afrin Canton. In a report shared with Airwars, nine injured civilians were named – listed below. The source Rodi Sad reported that a Turkish warplane struck a mosque in Jinderes. It published images showing destruction of the building but made

Summary

راحو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that six adult male civilians were injured in the Rajo area of Afrin Canton. In a report shared with Airwars, six adults were named as injured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it also “monitored the continued Turkish forces shelling in areas of Afrin countryside. The bombing focused

Summary

LOCATION

Unknown, Syria

Free Afrin published a picture of a dead man, reporting that “this image is the result of the bombing of the Turkish occupation”. However, an image search showed this photo was first published on the Syrian Media Organisation on a November Facebook post [archived] on November 27th 2017. Airwars has therefore discounted the event as

Summary

البغدادي , Al Baghdadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Eight people including a woman and six police officers were reported killed and 20 others including two women severely injured in an alleged US-led Coalition strike on Al Baghdadi, west of Anbar province on January 27th, 2018, according to multiple local sources. Reports said that the strike “mistakenly struck a gathering of local security forces”,

Summary

7 – 8

11–20

27 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

5–8

معبطلي, Ma'abatli village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and nine civilians from one family died in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Ma’abatli village, according to sources on the ground. The family were reportedly from the city of Idlib. Local media said that three of them remained under the rubble. The story of the family’s death formed the basis of an article

Summary

8 – 9

(4 children3 women)

المصينعه, Al Mushainaah, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Five civilians and two off duty Yemen soldiers from two local families, all men, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in or near Al Mushainaah village, in the Saeed district of Shabwa governorate, at around midnight between January 26th-27th 2018. At the time of the strike, the men were reportedly searching for a

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

5 – 7

(7 men)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

7 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

البحرة, Al Bahra village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Thirty civilians allegedly died in Coalition airstrikes on Al Bahra village in the Deir Ezzor countryside, according to local sources. The original source for these claims appeared to be ISIS. @7UFCmSxd0IUBffH and other sources said that there were “more than 30 martyrs, most of them women and children, and injured civilians, in US air strikes

Summary

US-led Coalition

راجو, Rajo village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to nine civilians died and dozens more were reportedly injured in alleged Turkish air and artillery strikes in Rajo village, according to local media. Reports from Free Afrin said that a family was struck by a reported Turkish strike – killing one civilian and injuring two more. While most sources initially reported the victims

Summary

1 – 9

5–24

الكنايس أو الكنائس, Kanayes or Kana'es, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A man and a woman were killed, and one other was injured in airstrikes which hit the vicinity of Kanayes or Kana’es, according to local media. Sources all blamed Russian warplanes for the raids. The bombardement ‘targeted the village of churches” in Kanayes or Kana’es with napalm bombs, and RPG’s – according to local media.

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported the death of one man and the injuring of six additional civilians in the vicinity of Jinderes. According to a report shared with Airwars, six additional persons were injured – they are listed below. According to the Smart News Agency, “The centre of the city of Jenderi cam under an

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راحو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that one 18 year old civilian male died in the Rajo area. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

جنديرس, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that one civilian boy died in the Jenderes area. A second man was reported injured. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

(1 child)

LOCATION

البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US airstrike targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate on January 25th 2018, a US Central Command spokesperson later told the Long War Journal. Our Arabic-language researchers found no local reports of a US strike on that day, and there were no known claims of civilian harm.

Summary

Unknown

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

ديرجمال, Deir Jamal, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

RuMaf reported “shelling by the Turkish occupation aimed at the town of Deir Jamal, resulting in the damage to civilian property and the wounding of a civilian with shrapnel. He is in a critical condition. We are not publishing the photo as it’s too ugly.” Both Jin News and the Syrian Observatory reported on the

Summary

Turkish Military