Civilian Casualties

3 – 6

(2 children)

2–12

4 named

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least five and as many as 11 civilians, including three children were killed by air raids carried out on August 10th in Maarat al Numan, local media reported. Additionally, ten to 30 other civilians were wounded from the air raids.The Shaam News Network identified the planes as being Russian warplanes. However, Alsouria and @Maaramc12

Summary

5 – 11

(3 children)

10–30

4 named

كوباني, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the 5th July 2023, two ambulance crew members were reportedly injured by a Turkish artillery strike in southern Kobani, located in the North of Syria. 30 year-old Sozdar Othman and 25 year-old Muslim Nabi Oso were injured whilst traveling to the area of Newroz Square, which was hit by mortar shells, to evacuate possible

Summary

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Eight civilians including women and children died and up to 20 more were wounded in airstrikes on Douma, local media reported – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. The majority of sources, however, accused the regime. According to Syria News Desk, “about 20 vacuum missiles, cluster

Summary

(2 children2–3 women1 man)

2–20

7 named

حي طريق الباب, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between ten and 18 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the Tareeq al Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo. IranArabSpring also reported the death of one man as a result of cluster bombs and posted a picture of him. LCCSY reported ten civilians dead and others wounded. Syrian Press Center added that

Summary

10 – 18

(2 children)

2–5

4 named

LOCATION

شبوة, Shabwa, Yemen

A Yemeni journalist was reportedly injured in an alleged drone strike while fleeing the site of attacks on an Al Qaeda vehicle on the 1st of June 2012 in Shabwa. Only one source, @narrabyee, reported this incident and further information remains unknown. The drone strike could have been a US or Yemeni strike as similar

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Province/governorate

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A single source alleged that several dozen prisoners being held by Islamic State were killed when their prison was struck by the US-led Coalition or its allies the SDF. The Facebook site Exiles of the Euphrates claimed the following: “An old and sly policy of Daesh – when you want to lose a village or

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces, US-led Coalition

الفرجة, al Farjeh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and six civilians including three children and several women died and up to 20 more were wounded in airstrikes on the al-Farej camp outside of Idlib, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. Qasioun and Syrian Network for Human Rights attributed

Summary

4 – 6

(3 children1–2 women)

2–20

Village

الهشم, Hashim, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were killed when an alleged US drone reportedly fired eight missiles on a residential house with a winery on the ground floor in the village of Hashim in Hadramout. Sources were conflicted as to who was killed, with some reporting that the strike killed up to six Al Qaeda affiliates and

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Agriculture

0 – 4

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

Belligerents reported injured

0–6

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to ten civilians died and as many as 20 more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on Bustan al Qasr, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. According to Shahed-ayan, “warplanes and artillery shelling in Bustan Al-Qaser killed 10 people and

Summary

1 – 10

10–20

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians died in an airstrike on Bustan al Qasr, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The Shaam News Network reported that “Russian enemy planes continued targeting the neighbourhoods of the besieged city of Aleppo with dozens of raids every day,

Summary

Healthcare facility

12–24

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Abida, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

On January 19th 2013, before 11pm, the second of three alleged US drone strikes hit the Al Shabwan Wadi Abidah region of the Marib governorate, killing as many as three militants. Marib Press, Yemen Observer, and Enduring American World View corroborated that one of the reported militants killed was Ismaeel Bin Saeed Bin Jameel and

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Neighbourhood/area

2–3

Tabara Kalash, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and nine civilians including two children and one man died and more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tabara Kalash village, according to local media. LCCSY “documented the deaths of nine people in Aleppo killed in a Russian air raid using cluster bombs on the village of Tabara Kalah and in

Summary

3 – 9

(2 children1 man)

2–10

Russian Military

الفدغمي, Fadghami, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Six male civilians, all cousins were killed in the village of Al Fadghami, Al Hassakah “as a result of Coalition strikes” it was reported. Local activist Siraj al Hasskawi published details of the event on the day: “At 10:30 on Friday morning the Western/Arab alliance jets committed a massacre against six unarmed civilians and wounded

Summary

(6 men)

أحسم, Ihsim, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Tuesday morning, August 22nd 2023, three civilians were injured, including one child, as a result of artillery shelling allegedly by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russia on the town of Ihsim in Jabal Al-Zawiya, in the countryside of Idlib. Many local sources including @SyriaCivilDefe and SY-24 news also reported that a fire broke out

Summary

School

ارض الحمرا, Ard Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and 25 civilians died and up to another 25 were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Ard Hamra neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to local media. HNN named two of the victims, and added that six others were unidentified. All4Syria reported the highest casualty count with 25 saying: “The largest number of victims

Summary

5 – 25

(2 children)

2–25

الشنان, Shanan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that a civilian male died in a coalition airstrike on the village of al Shanan near Dayr az Zawr. He was later named as Rashed Hamdan Al Abd Al Jassem. According to the Facebook page of local activist Abu Mohammad Al Dairi, al Jassem was one of 12 casualties from

Summary

(1 man)

الجرذي, Al Jarthi, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 30th 2023, an alleged shooting by SDF military patrols hit civilians leaving a mosque in the town of Al-Jarthi al-Sharqi in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, Syria, killing between one and three civilians and injuring between eight and 12 civilians, including two children. Sources report different accounts of the toll on civilians.

Summary

Religious Institution

1 – 3

(1 man)

8–12

Small arms and light weapons

مسجد الزوية, Hajin: Al Zawiya mosque, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A Coalition airstrike hit the Al-Zawiya Mosque in Hajin – the fourth reported airstrike on a mosque carried out by the Coalition in the governorate of Deir Ezzor in less than a week. Local sources claimed that at least 7 and up to 16 civilians died in this attack. Free Deir Ezzor said that there

Summary

7 – 16

12–24

US-led Coalition

خزيمة, Aski Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM report identified concerns of civilian fatalities raised by local Nineveh MP Abd al Rahman al-Luwayzi. According to the MP, “Arab families, fleeing the area of Aski Musil were targeted by coalition aircraft, killing or wounding ‘scores of civilians.” The town is situated on the banks of the Tigris River to the north

Summary

US-led Coalition

البريج, Bureij, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 10 at night or on October 11 at dawn, alleged Israeli strikes on civilian homes in Bureij refugee camp, near the Dabas Junction, in central Gaza, killed between 33 to 34 civilians, including at least 14 children*, eight women and 11 men. Among the victims, local sources documented five entire family units allegedly

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(14–15 children8 women11 men)

33 – 34

Impact

Israeli Military

34 named, 8 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

مشفى عائشة الخيري, البوكمال, Abu Kamal, al Aisha Hospital, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five non-combatants including a woman and two infants were reported killed in an alleged 1pm Coalition airstrike on the Aisha hospital in the town of Bukamal. The Violations Documentation Center named one woman as a victim of the strike (described as pregnant by SOHR in an email to Airwars.) Also reported slain were two

Summary

(1–2 children1 woman3 men)

4 – 6

مسجد البراء بن عازب, Al-Baraa Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the 7th October 2023, Nouruddin Ihab Kahil (24 years old), a prominent member of the support committee of the Palestinian Volleyball Union and son to Ihab Kahil, Chairman of the Competitions Committee of the Palestinian Volleyball Federation, was killed as a result of an alleged airstrike by Israeli forces on a residential home occupied by

Summary

(1 man)

Israeli Military

Names matched with MoH IDs

1 named

Nearby landmark

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 injured

3–5

مستشفى الاندونيسي, Indonesian Hospital, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of October 7th 2023, an ambulance was allegedly damaged by an Israeli airstrike, killing two paramedics and injuring two others at the Indonesian hospital located in Jabalia, Gaza Strip. Both paramedics were identified as 39-year-old Tariq Muhammad Ashour and 33-year-old Mahmoud Samih Abu Mashaykh. It has been reported that two other paramedics

Summary

Healthcare facility

(2 men)

Impact

Israeli Military

Names matched with MoH IDs

2 named

Nearby landmark

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition artillery strike in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. The report stated that “Mohammed

Summary

(2 children1 man)

US-led Coalition

3 named, 1 familiy identified

كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A US night time airstrike on a vehicle carrying alleged al-Nusra Front personnel also killed two passing civilian motorcyclists. They were later identified by the Syrian Network for Human Rights as two cousins aged 25 and 30. Both worked in the local shoe industry. In January 2016 CENTCOM confirmed that its airstrike had targeted “a

Summary

(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday October 11 2023, at least one but possibly up to 12 civilians were killed and dozens injured after Israeli forces allegedly bombed the Abu Mustafa family house in the al-Maskar area, west of the town of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. WA105FM stated that “a martyr and a number of injuries arrived

Summary

Residential building

1 – 12

2–24

الشحيل, Al Shahil - possibly Al-Khayasah neighborhood, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that an alleged Coalition airstrike targeted the house of Majid al-Salama in Al Shahil on the night of February 6th-7th. Baladi News blamed “US helicopters from the International Alliance, backed by high-flying jet fighters” for the airstrike. Other sources claim he was killed by gunfire. Three civilians were later admitted to have

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

0–1