Civilian Casualties

1 – 3

Russian Military

LOCATION

إدلب, Idlib, Syria

Between one and seven civilians were reported killed and as many as 90 more wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on Idlib. According to Step News there were “one dead and several injured following three raids by Russian warplanes that targeted the neighbourhoods of the city.” Step News also reported that the Sheikh

Summary

1 – 7

5–90

جسر الشغور, Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and three civilians including a girl died and as many as dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on Jisr al Shoughour, local media reported – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. According to Baladi, “10 people were injured due to regime warplanes shelling with

Summary

2 – 3

(1 child2 men)

17–23

19 named, 2 families identified

Geolocation

City

الهلّك, al Hallak, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and eight civilians including a child and a woman died in alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrikes on Aleppo al Hallak neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. Al Jazeera reported that three civilians died in a strike by regime warplanes. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, who blamed Russia, put the number

Summary

3 – 8

(1 child1 woman)

LOCATION

Al Maysar, Aleppo, Syria

Seven civilians died in an airstrike on Aleppo’s Al Maysar neighbourhood, according to local media. Most sources blamed Russia, though one said that the Syrian regime was active in Aleppo’s skies on this day, meaning its involvement in this casualty event can’t be ruled out. Halab News listed seven unidentified civilians as killed in a

Summary

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians including a woman and a child died in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Douma, according to sources on the ground. A further 20 non-combatants were claimed wounded. Syria News Desk reported: “five civilians: a child, a disabled man, an old man, a woman and a young man children and disabled and elderly

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

5 named

LOCATION

Tarei, Idlib, Syria

In what looks to have been a Syrian regime action, an elderly man and his son were reported killed by an airstrike in Tarei village, Idlib. LCCSY initially appeared to blame Russia, but in a later post attributed the deaths to the Syrian regime. Most other sources also pointed to the regime. According to the

Summary

(0–1 children1–2 men)

سلوك, Suluk, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An internal Coalition report, citing web sources, noted claims that civilian casualties had been alleged at Slouk “on a strike on some grain silos.” The aircraft was likely to have been a US armed drone, due to the Hellfire missile used. An initial investigation concluded that there had been no civilians injured: “The only strike

Summary

جرجناز, Jarjanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and five civilians including one child and three women died in airstrikes on Jarnaz, according to local sources. Five sources alleged that Russia was responsible, but a fifth – the Violations Documentation Center – blamed the Assad regime. Syria 2011 said that four died and a number were wounded when rockets were fired

Summary

4 – 5

(1 child3 women)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In one of the the worst known incidents of mass civilian casualties reportedly caused by coalition bombings, at least 51 non-combatants were killed when aircraft struck an Islamic State local headquarters, which was also being used as a temporary prison. Somewhere between 150 and 400 people were being held by ISIL on petty charges at

Summary

51 – 65

(2–4 women30 men)

الشدادي, Al Maryajib crossroads, in area 47, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

It was reported that one civilian male was killed in a coalition airstrike at al Shadadi. According to Thiqah he was in the area by chance when coalition aircraft struck: “One civilian was killed and others wounded yesterday (Thursday), when coalition aircraft bombed several areas of the rural southern city of Al-Hasakah.” Activists in the

Summary

near Qayyarah-West Airfield, Iraq, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian in an event near Qayyarah-West Airfield, Iraq. The Pentagon later confirmed this as a US action. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: “Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally injured by Coalition small arms fire.” The

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

الرمانة, Roumana, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Four coalition strikes allegedly hit the village of Roumana near al Qaim, in Anbar province. According to the Baghdad Center for Human Rights, an unspecified number of non-combatants died in the event. Islamic State may have been the source for those claims, which it made on one of its websites.

Summary

ميادين, Road between Shadadi and Deir Ezzor (Road 7), Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian non-combatant was reported killed in a Coalition bombing on the road linking Shadadi with Deir az Zawr. The victim came from the town of Mayadeen.

Summary

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five members of one family including three children were killed in a reported 1.30am Coalition strike on the Syria-Iraq border, according to two sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights noted the following: “Suspected US-led coalition warplanes carried out several raids after midnight on places around Aysha hospital and other places around the city of

Summary

(3 children1 woman1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One man was reportedly killed by indiscrimiante shelling on Tajoura. Libyan News Network said that “Abu Bakr al-Ghoriani from the Wadi al Rabie neighborhood” was killed “after being hit by shrapnel.” Local reports of fighting point at the GNA or LNA as the perpetrator of the shelling.

Summary

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

1 named

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

A reported evening airstrike by a drone or other Coalition aircraft at Hawijah was said to have killed five civilians and injured a further seven or more people. Al Amaaq, the media wing of ISIS, reported the “Killing [of] five civilians and wounding of seven others in the bombing by a US aircraft in the

Summary

7–12

حي اللطوة, Latwa neighbourhood, Dhiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male was killed and one woman and five children from the same family injured after an alleged Coalition airstrike targeted their home in Al Latwa neighbourhood of the town of Dhiban, Deir Ezzor governorate, on November 22nd, 2019, according to local sources. Two members of the SDF were also reported killed and another

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

1–6

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported injured

القوسيات, Alqosjat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In what may be a separate incident or confused reporting (see also the Kisik Junction report for this date) there were reports of a family of eight or nine killed at Alqosjat – an event said to have killed a woman and two children. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed

Summary

8 – 9

(2 children1 woman)

الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al Jadida / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

The Coalition admitted responsibility for the deaths of between 105 and 141 civilians in an airstrike on a house in West Mosul’s al Jadida area on March 17th (event CI550). However, locals have claimed that as many as 230 or even 520 civilians were killed in the catastrophic event at al Jadida – though these

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

125 – 370

الهول, Al Hawl, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 47 civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in an alleged US Apache helicopter and fast jet attack on the village of al Khan near al Hawl. Locals were involved in an altercation with Islamic State militants according to McClatchy, with Coalition aircraft attacking a convoy of reinforcements as they entered the

Summary

(19–20 children9 women11 men)

40 – 47

17–30

41 named, 7 families identified

طريق بين عفرين وإعزاز، قريب من تقاطع قيبار, Road between Afrin and A’zaz, close to Qibar Junction, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three people were reported killed – one of whom was said to be a militant leader in the Ahrar al-Sham Movement which is affiliated with the Syrian National Army – in an alleged Coalition drone strike on their car on Afrin- Azaz road in Aleppo, Syria, on December 7th, 2019, according to local sources.

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

0 – 3

(0–3 men)

0–2

1–3

الأحماص او محاص , يكلاء, Al Ahmas or Mahhas area, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Two civilians, including a 14-year old boy, were killed in a US drone strike in Yakla, in the Qayfa area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of November 23rd 2017, according to several reports. In an email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a US Central Command spokesperson confirmed that a strike took place in

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 child1 man)

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple civilian sites in the city were allegedly targeted by Coalition F-16s and F-15Es according to reports, reportedly leading to the deaths of 12 civilians. According to the Damascus Center, “According to field information, the raids were carried out by white and blue/gray fighter planes on civilian areas inhabited by displaced persons from Dayr ez

Summary

طرابلس‎, Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Three journalists were reportedly killed in a NATO airstrike on Tripoli. SBS News tweeted: “Three journalists have reportedly been killed in a NATO air strike while on state television in Libya.” Uruknet wrote: “Libya says three journalists have been killed in a NATO air strike on state television, and that the murder of the rebels’

Summary

كنان سلطان, Kinan Sultan, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian water worker was reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Kinan Sultan. According to Balad News, “A source confirmed that Coalition aircraft targeted drinking water tankers which led to the martyrdom of the citizen Ayman Khader Al Ali, who works on water transport in the southern rural areas Hassakah.” In their February

Summary

خربة عمو, Road between Khirbet Amo and the Allaya neighborhood on the outskirts of Al Qamishli, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One man was killed and three civilians were wounded in clashes between American troops and Syrian regime forces near the village of Khirbet Ammo, Al Hasaka governorate, on February 12th, 2020, according to local sources. It remains unclear if the killed man was a civilian or a member of an armed group. Sana reported that “American

Summary

0 – 1

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

1–3

Causes of injury / death

Belligerents reported injured

0–1

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Many local sources claimed that Coalition aircraft struck civilian homes in a nighttime attack on Tal Afar city west of Mosul, resulting in 17 deaths including 12 children and 3 women. The Coalition has confirmed airstrikes in the city. Later local source named one of the child victims. In the first of their March 2020

Summary

(12 children3 women2 men)

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, a man and a woman, were reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes or artillery shelling in the town of Kansafra in the southern countryside of Idlib on July 14th 2020, according to local sources. All sources reporting on civilian harm from the incident in Kansafra consistently mention that two civilians, a

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

Unknown

Suspected target

Unknown