Civilian Casualties

Чугуїв, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On April 4th, one civilian was killed when confirmed Russian forces opened fire and shelled an enterprise building in the Chuhuiv section of Kharkiv. The Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office posted on Telegram and Facebook that they had carried out a pre-trial investigation for violations of the rules of war according to Part 2, article 438

Summary

(1 man)

LOCATION

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “76. March 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: The report contained insufficient information on the time,

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Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On Sunday, April 3rd 2022, three civilians were killed and seven injured by alleged Russian shells hit the residential sector of the city of Dergachi in the Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine. Sources including Suspilne and Hromadske unanimously account for three civilians being killed and seven being injured in various degrees of severity. 2day.kh reported on

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الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that six civilians from the same family were killed in an assault on the New Mosul district in the western half of the city. Sayed Al Bajari reported on Facebook: “Six civilians of a single family were killed in Mosul, west of Mosul, after being bombed 40 minutes ago”

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Салтівка, Saltivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and up to three others were injured in alleged Russian shelling of Saltivka district of the city of Kharkiv the evening of April 27, 2022. Oleksandr Skoryk, deputy of the Kharkiv Regional Council, told Espresso.tv that in Kharkiv there was one death and three wounded from shelling. The deputy also added

Summary

2–3

Russian Military

Exact location (via Airwars)

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition strike on Al Mayadin, according to local sources. Euphrates Post reported that “international Coalition raids targeted the refineries in the desert of the city [Al Mayadeen] injuring several civilians.” Alamawi also blamed the Coalition, while Omran_mo reported that Coalition jets destroyed a number of

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جورين, Jourin, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured by shelling allegedly carried out by the factions of the “Al-Fateh Al-Mubin” operations room, a Turkish sponsored militia, in Jourin in the Al-Ghab Plain region on June 27, 2023. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that two civilians were injured to varying degrees by shrapnel from rocket shells launched by

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Харківський район, Kharkivskyi district, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On May 8th 2022, late afternoon, the Russian armed forces allegedly shelled the Kharkiv district of the Kharkiv region. The Kharkiv Regional Military Administration reported that one person was killed and two were wounded. There were no pictures published or additional details. This incident has reference to ACLED code UKR76983.

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المشاهدة, Mosul, Al-Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Locals said that up to 60 civilians were killed after residential houses in the Mashahda area in old Mosul were accidentally struck. Coalition airstrikes, an Iraqi missile and artillery were all blamed. Iraqyoon reported that 12 civilians were killed in a “mistaken air strike” that destroyed four homes. Al Jazeera put the death toll at

Summary

10 – 60

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

مديرية بروم ميفع, 60 km west of Mukkala, Brom Mayfa district, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Between four and seven Al Qaeda militants were killed in an alleged US drone strike conducted against a car travelling on a coastal road between the towns of Azzan and Mukalla in the Brom Mayfa district in Hadhramout governorate on the 28th of May, 2012. Mareb Press reported that “a U.S. drone killed five Al

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Naval bombardment

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

4–7

Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

A report of alleged Russian shells struck the village of Derhachi on May 12th, killing two civilians and wounding two others. Hromadske and RBC News reported a shelling of Derhachi by Russian forces that left one civilian dead and three wounded. Writing for RBC News, author Maria Kucheryavets quoted Kharkiv Regional State Administrator Oleg Sinegubov

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

Russian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

الموصل: الثورة, Mosul, Thawra, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single local sources reported that the wife of professor Hussein Qassem Al-Fakhri was killed in an airstrike on Al Thawra neighborhood in West Mosul. No additional details are presently known. While the Coalition would later confirm two civilian casualty events in Mosul that day, the nearest was 2.5km from Al Thawra.

Summary

(1 woman)

صرار قيفة, Sarar Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Confirmed US drones or jets killed between 11 and 14 civilians, including up to three women (one pregnant woman) and three children, in a botched attack on an alleged senior militant in the village of Al Saboul in Bayda province at 4pm on September 2, 2012. Up to 11 other civilians were wounded. Al Masdar

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

11 – 14

(3 children3 women8 men)

4–11

Known belligerent

US Forces

14 named, 2 families identified

Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

One senior al-Shabaab militant was injured by declared US AFRICOM airstrikes on Jilib, Somalia on May 20, 2023. Somali National News Agency’s Twitter account @SONNALIVE first announced that “In a joint operation with international allies, the armed forces launched an airstrike on #Jilib city, the headquarters of #AlShabab terrorists. The enemy suffered losses in terms

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Belligerents reported injured

كسرة الفرج, Kasrat Faraj, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two people – possibly civilians – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit the car they were traveling in at Kasrat Faraj, according to local media. Step News noted “a dawn raid by Coalition forces today which targeted a car carrying two people in the village of Kasrat Faraj south of the city, which

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0 – 2

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A suspected US drone strike in Wadi Obeida, Ma’rib governorate on January 19th 2013 between 11 o’clock at night and midnight killed up to four civilians, with conflicting reports that in fact up to six Al Qaeda militants were killed. According to Mareb Press, the strike hit and destroyed a vehicle that Al Qaeda seized

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

0 – 4

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Neighbourhood/area

4–6

حمرة غانم, Hamra Ghanem, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of one civilians “as a result of a raid by international coalition aircraft on the town of Hamra Ghanem”. Local news source Sharaf News also reported a few days later that “Activists from Raqqa said that international coalition aircraft targeted the house of Bashir Yusuf al-Sultan in

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1 – 4

(1 woman)

2–6

ديرسنبل, , Deir Sinbul, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one woman suffered a psychological injury following alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime shelling of the village of Deir Sinbul on August 18, 2023. The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) reported that a woman suffered a nervous breakdown after artillery shelling reportedly carried out by the Syrian regime and Russian forces struck the village of

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Al-Tanak, Zanjili, Farouk, Rifai, Old City and other neighborhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that airstrikes of the Coalition and the Iraqi airforce on several neighbourhoods in Old Mosul, as well as artillery shelling, led to the deaths of 18 civilians. It was also reported that more than 41 civilians were injured. Correspondences Team and Al Rafidain reported 17 dead and more than 30 wounded in

Summary

17 – 18

30–41

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

city of Al-Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A young man, Ahmed al-Attiyah, was killed and others injured by shells in an attack allegedly perpetrated by the SDF during the early morning of September 3rd, 2023 in the city of Al-Basira, in the Deir Ezzor eastern countryside. Sources are conflicted as to whether Ahmed was a civilian or a militant with the tribal

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

1–2

YPG

Suspected target

Tribal Forces

0–1

الفلاحة, Felaha, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male was killed in an airstrike on the Felaha area behind Rabia’a school in Raqqa, according to local sources. R.Tahrir.Alsham and the Shaam News Network reported that a “bulldozer” or “trucks” were struck by “a military drone” killing the driver. The sources didn’t identify the culprit or say whether the driver was a

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0 – 1

(1 man)

قرب أبراج الكرامة, Vicinity of Al Karama Towers, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 11, 2023, two civilians were reportedly killed and two paramedics injured when an ambulance evacuating injured people near to Al Karama Towers was struck by alleged Israeli strikes. Sources did not provide the names or identities of the victims. A report published by Al Mezan Center for Human Rights claimed that a number

Summary

Healthcare facility

Impact

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Al Qaryah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A family was reportedly killed in continued air raids, alleged to be carried out by the Coalition, on the city of Tabaqa. Mohab Nasser named the victims. The victims were also named by Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently who blamed the Coalition. The source said that the raid was “on a residential home behind al

Summary

(1 child)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

مدرسة الفاخورة, Al-Fakhoura school, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 8th 2023, Israeli military aircraft were reported to have carried out an airstrike on the Al-Najjar family home in the Al-Fakhoura area of the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza, killing an unknown number of people and injuring at least four people. The Shehab Agency tweeted that there were “injuries as the [Israeli]

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, a young man died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Mansoura. Raqqa Post reported he died when his car was targeted. There is no additional information at present.

Summary

(1 man)

جوار مسجد عبد العزام, Vicinity of Abdel Azzam Mosque, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 8th 2023, at around 12:30pm, the Al Zaneen family house located near Abdel Azzam Mosque in Izbet Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by an Israeli warplane. At least 21 members of the large Al Zaneen family were killed across three generations: 66-year old Jamil Hassan Muhammad Al Zaneen

Summary

Residential building

(12 children5 women4–5 men)

21 – 22

Israeli Military

22 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (via Airwars)

مساكن الادخار, Masaken al Idkar, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and seven others were injured in airstrikes “likely” carried out by the Coalition in Masaken al Iskhar neighbourhood, in Raqqa city, a local source told Smart News Agency. The victims were reportedly taken to Raqqa National Hospital. No further details are currently available.

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بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday October 11th 2023, seven members of the Naseer family, including one child, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike that destroyed the Naseer family house in the town of Beit Lahia in the North Gaza Governorate. Four people were reported injured in this airstrike that occurred without prior warning, causing two buildings to

Summary

Residential building

3 – 6

(1 child2–5 men)

Israeli Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Town

1–4

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Eight people were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab. Al Bab News and the ISIS-affiliated outlet Al A’amaq said that most of the wounded were women and children. There are currently no further details available.

Summary

Turkish Military