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Incident Date

1 October 2018

Incident Code

USSOM147

Location

Jamaame, Lower Juba, Somalia
US forces carried out a strike approximately 40 kilometres northeast of Kismayo after al Shabaab fighters attacked Somali forces, according to a US Africa Command press release. Nine al Shabaab fighters were allegedly killed and another injured, the US command claimed. The press release said AFRICOM had assessed that no civilians were killed or injured…

Summary

Published
1 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 October 2018

Incident Code

IRS002

Location

Between the town of Hajin and the village of Abu al Hassan, Deir Ezzor, Syria
هجين
At least five and as many as eight people – either civilians or ISIS fighters – were killed in an Iranian missile and air strike near Hajin. According to local site Jarf News, at least five civilians were killed and more than 10 others were wounded between Hajin and the neighboring village of Abu al-Hassan,…

Summary

Published
1 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date

1 October 2018

Incident Code

LQ069

Location

Tripoli: Mitiga International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎: مطار معيتيقة
Various local sources reported artillery shelling on Tripoli Mitiga Airport leading to a temporary suspension of flights. 218 TV said: "The international airport of Mitiga announced the suspension of its flights until further notice, due to the repeated exposure to indiscriminate missiles by unknown parties who haven’t as yet revealed their identity." Libya Alahrar TV…

Summary

Published
1 October 2018
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

30 September 2018

Incident Code

CS1801

Location

Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
السوسة
One civilian died after being hit by “SDF artillery” in al Soussa, according to local media. It is Airwars’ understanding however that only the Coalition had access to artillery in the near region at that time. On October 1st, Boukamlna reported that “Nuri Rifai Al Ali Al Dagher died in Damascus yesterday [Sept 30th] from…

Summary

Published
30 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

30 September 2018

Incident Code

CS1801a

Location

Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of one civilian in an event near Al Sousah. In its February 2019 report, the Coalition noted the following: " Coalition aircraft engaged multiple ISIS vehicles, including a machine-gun equipped pick-up truck engaging friendly forces with machine gun fire. The ISIS…

Summary

Published
30 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

24 September–1 October, 2018

Incident Code

LQ068

Location

Derna, Darnah, Libya
درنة
Heavy artillery shelling from the LNA was reported in Derna between September 28th and October 1st. The Libya Observer wrote: "Derna in eastern Libya has been the scene for fierce clashes since Sunday between Derna Protection Force and the self-styled army forces led by Khalifa Haftar. Eyewitnesses said clashes renewed in Wasit Al-Blad neighborhood, where…

Summary

Published
24 September 2018
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date

23–24 September, 2018

Incident Code

LC097

Location

Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, Libya
خلة الفرجان
One civilian was reported killed and another one was reported missing, probably due to indiscriminate artillery shelling in Tripoli. Alaraby wrote: "The clashes continued sporadically, southeast of the capital Tripoli, on Monday, amid the continued shelling on civilians, while the government of reconciliation is silent about the situation. The sounds of rockets and missiles, which…

Summary

Published
23 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
0–21
Military Actor
Government of National Accord, 7th Brigade
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Incident Date

23 September 2018

Incident Code

LC096

Location

Tripoli: Airport road, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎
Four civilians, all of them from the Bin Zakri family, were reported killed because of if indiscriminate artillery shelling on their house near the Airport road in Tripoli. Dr Suad Diab, a well-known doctor from Tripoli, her husband Ali Eltaher Bin Zakri and their two children Mohammed Ali Bin Zakri and Riham Ali Ben Zakri…

Summary

Published
23 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
4
Military Actor
7th Brigade
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Incident Date

23 September 2018

Incident Code

LC095

Location

Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, Libya
خلة الفرجان
One elderly man from Syria was reportedly injured because of indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Khallet Al Furjan neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Tripoli Wounded Affairs Administration posted details and pictures on the incident on Facebook: "The field hospital of the Department of Wounded Affairs received on Sunday, September 23, 2018 an injured elderly man from…

Summary

Published
23 September 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

22 September 2018

Incident Code

LC094

Location

Shurfat Al Malaha, Tarabulus, Libya
شرفة الملاحة
One civilian was reported injured due to indiscriminate artillery shelling near the Airport road in Tripoli. Libya Akhbar wrote: "The spokesman for the ambulance and emergency agency, Osama Ali, reported the injury of a civilian as a result of random shelling on the market Friday morning. Ali said in a statement on Saturday, that nearly…

Summary

Published
22 September 2018
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

21 September 2018

Incident Code

USSOM146

Location

50 km northwest of Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
US forces carried out a 'self-defence strike' against al Shabaab on September 21st approximately 50 km northwest of Kismayo and killing 18 al Shabaab members, according to a press release from US Africa Command. According to AFRICOM "The U.S. airstrike was conducted against militants after U.S. and partner forces came under attack. We currently assess…

Summary

Published
21 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
18–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

20 September 2018

Incident Code

LC092

Location

Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya
وادي الربيع
Three civilians were reported killed in Tajoura because of indiscriminate artillery shelling. Wagak Original said on Twitter that three initially unidentified bodies were found in the Al Khala area and sent to the Tripoli Medical Hospital. They were then “identified as Khairi Bizik and his brother Karim Bizik and Hamza Goma.” The source added that…

Summary

Published
20 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

20 September 2018

Incident Code

LC091

Location

Tripoli: Marble Factory, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎
Between one and three civilians were reported killed due to indiscriminate artillery shelling in the Al Sabaa neighbourhood of Tripoli. Libya Alaan wrote on Facebook that "a shell just has landed on a marble factory in the Al Sabaa area and killed one and injured three." Libya 24 reported that the man was Sudanese and…

Summary

Published
20 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

19 September 2018

Incident Code

USSOM145-C

Location

Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
سااكوو
At least three children were killed as up to 12 al Shabaab members were targeted and killed by a night time airstrike, local and international media reported - though it was unclear who was behind the attack. Several senior al Shabaab officials were killed or wounded in an airstrike, Somalia intelligence officials reportedly said. The…

Summary

Published
19 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
3
Military actors reported killed
12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

19 September 2018

Incident Code

RS3546

Location

Khan Sheikhoun, Ma'arat al-Numan, Syria
خان شيخون
A child was killed and four other children injured when a cluster bomb exploded in Khan Sheikhoun on September 19th, 2018, according to local sources. The victim was identified as Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Salmu. @24Idlib tweeted "The child Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Salmu was killed and four other children were wounded by a bomb explosion from the remnants…

Summary

Published
19 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 September 2018

Incident Code

CS1800

Location

Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
Local sources reported the death of an adult civilian male, Hussein al-Humeidahin al Bagouz. There was however a discrepancy in the reports. While some local sources attributed the civilian’s death to (SDF) artillery shelling, one source claimed that he was killed by a sniper. Euphrates Post reported for example the “martyrdom of Hussein al-Humeidah after…

Summary

Published
19 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

18 September 2018

Incident Code

LC090

Location

Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya
عين زارة
One civilian was reported killed in renewed militia clashes in the Ain Zara neighbourhood of Tripoli. Alnabaa TV posted on Twitter: "Spokesman for Ambulance and Emergency Department Osama Ali to #Alnabaa: One civilian killed in renewed #Tripoli clashes." Other sources, such as the Libya Observer, also reported deaths but did not elaborate if they were…

Summary

Published
18 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
0–5
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

18 September 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr180-C

Location

Al Ashar, Al Bayda, Yemen
العشار
Two Yemeni National Army soldiers, including a Colonel, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Ashar, Yakla area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of September 18th 2018, according to multiple sources. Some however instead variously indicated that the strike killed two AQAP members, or two civilians. In a later press release,…

Summary

Published
18 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

16 September 2018

Incident Code

CS1799

Location

Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
It was claimed by a single source that the US-led Coalition had killed and wounded an unspecified number of civilians in Al Bagouz Fawqani. Step News Agency reported: “The International Alliance aircraft targeted the town of Al-Bagouz Foqani and the outskirts of the town of Al-Shifa in the eastern suburb of Deir Al-Azur in several…

Summary

Published
16 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

14 September 2018

Incident Code

LC089

Location

Kouri Bougoudi, Murzuq, Libya
كورى بوقودى
Two civilians were reported killed in an alleged Chadian helicopter strike on an illegal gold mine in Kouri Bougoudi at the Libyan-Chadian border. Reuters wrote: "Chadian army helicopters killed two civilians in bombing runs over a gold mining town along the Libyan border, where government forces have clashed with a fledgeling rebel movement, a family…

Summary

Published
14 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Military Actor
Chadian Military
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Incident Date

13 September 2018

Incident Code

CS1798

Location

Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
السوسة
Local sources reported dead and wounded civilians after “artillery and missile shelling” on the outskirts of Al Soussa. Step News Agency reported in full: “Dead and wounded civilians by artillery and and a rocket attack by the Syrian Democratic Forces on the outskirts of the town of Soussa countryside # Deir al-Azur East.” However the…

Summary

Published
13 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

13 September 2018

Incident Code

CS1797

Location

Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوز
Local media reported a “massacre against civilians” after air and artillery strikes in the area of Sheikh Hamad in the town of Al Bagouz Fawqani. A hospital was also reported damaged or destroyed in the action. Orient News reported “a large number of dead and wounded […] as a result of artillery and rocket fire and…

Summary

Published
13 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

12 September 2018

Incident Code

CS1796

Location

Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
الباغوزالباغوز
Local sources reported that one or more civilians were killed and injured in a bombardment on Al Bagouz. One victim was specifically named. Deir Ezzor 24 and the Syrian Network for Human Rights stated that a named adult civilian male Najem Hassan al-Saleem was killed by ‘SDF artillery shelling’ on the village. It is important to…

Summary

Published
12 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

11 September 2018

Incident Code

USSOM144

Location

Mubaraak, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
مبارك
In a US strike in Mubaraak, two al Shabaab militants were killed along with a combatant with US partner forces, a US statement asserted the following day. Members of al Shabaab and the partner forces were also left wounded. US forces carried out a strike during a Somali partner forces-led operation against al­ Shabaab in…

Summary

Published
11 September 2018
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 September 2018

Incident Code

LC088

Location

Abu Salim, Tarabulus, Libya
أبو سليم
Around four civilians were reported injured because of indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Abu Salim neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Municipal Council of Abu Salim posted on Facebook about the events: "Shelling on one of the safe houses behind the health complex in the municipality of Abu Salim, causing panic among the residents and some damage…

Summary

Published
11 September 2018
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
7th Brigade, Government of National Accord
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Incident Date

10 September 2018

Incident Code

RS3545

Location

Kfar Zeita, Hama, Syria
كفر زيتا
Alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kfar Zeita in Hama reportedly led to death and/or injuries among civilians on September 10th, 2018. Shaam Network reported "Assad’s and Russian warplanes and helicopters launched intensive air raids accompanied by heavy artillery and missile attacks on the towns and villages of Latamna, Kfar Zeita, Lufayyat, Al-Obeida,…

Summary

Published
10 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 September 2018

Incident Code

RS3540

Location

Al Zakat, Hama, Syria
الزكاة
Civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the headquarters of militants in the town of Al Zakat, Hama governorate, on September 9th, 2018, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported "a number of wounded in the city of Latamina and the villages of Hassraya, Al Sayyad…

Summary

Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 September 2018

Incident Code

RS3541

Location

Hassraya, Hama, Syria
حصرايا
Civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the town of Hassraya, Hama governorate, on September 9th, 2018, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported “a number of wounded in the city of Latamina and the villages of Hassraya, Al Sayyad and Al Zakat”, as the result…

Summary

Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 September 2018

Incident Code

RS3536

Location

Al Sayyad, Hama, Syria
الصياد
Civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian air or artillery strikes on the village of Al Sayyad, Hama governorate, on September 9th, 2018, according to Shaam News Network. Shaam News Network reported “a number of wounded in the city of Latamina and the villages of Hassraya, Al Sayyad and Al Zakat”, as the result of…

Summary

Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

9 September 2018

Incident Code

RS3542

Location

Abidin , Idlib, Syria
عابدين
Up to five civilians including a child were reported killed and five others injured in alleged Russian forces airstrikes or Syrian regime artillery shelling on Abdin in Idlib, Syria on September 9th, 2018 according to local sources. Local Coordination Committees of Syria said that the Syrian regime conducted the attack with barrel bombs. "Artillery shelling…

Summary

Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Russian Military
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