Civilian Casualties

1–3

Small arms and light weapons

قرية المحسنلي بريف منبج, village of Al-Mohsenli, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On 7th September 2023, one civilian was killed and up to five others were injured by a reported missile strike by the Syrian Democratic Forces in the village of Al-Mohsenli in the Manbij countryside. An initial Twitter post of the event, from user @Step_agency, identified four civilian injuries from the strike. Simultaneously, a tweet from

Summary

1–5

مخيم جرابلس, Jarabulus , Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, including one to three children, were injured in alleged SDF or PKK artillery strikes on Jarabulus city/camp in the night of October 14/15th 2019, according to several local sources. @ShahbaPress tweeted that Jarabulus camp was targeted by SDF forces after midnight. The Syrian Civil Defence however wrote in a Facebook post on October

Summary

أبو راسين, Abo Rasin, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that the civilian Abdul Hamid Al-Abdullah from Al Arada village was executed by YPG/SDF forces on a checkpoint in Abu Rasin in Hasakah on December 1st, 2019. No more details are available.

Summary

(1 man)

LOCATION

Between five and eight civilians, including four to five children, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces strikes on Afrin on August 30, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported that seven civilians, including four children, were injured in missile shelling carried out by the alleged Syrian Democratic Forces. The “Zaman Al-Wasl” correspondent also put the toll at

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

5–8

Syrian Democratic Forces

6 named, 1 familiy identified

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians, including a child and a woman, from the same family, were injured on August 4th 2022, when missile strikes hit a residential neighbourhood in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo as a result of contested Syrian regime forces or Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) action. @Almohar1 tweeted that three civilians were

Summary

3–4

Syrian Regime, YPG

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

City

ذيبان, Thiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A young child was seriously wounded when alleged-SDF mortar shells struck the town of Thiban, in the countryside of Deir Ezzor on August 31st or September 1st, 2023. Euphrates Post, who described the child as an infant, claimed the injury occurred when shells hit the child’s home. Multiple sources corroborate the SDF as the perpetrators,

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الحوايج, Al Hawayj, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A woman, Shahnaz Ayed al-Hussein al-Sayyid Haiba, was killed allegedly by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on September 25th, 2023 in Al Hawayj, in eastern Deir Ezzor. Local reporter Abdulmuain Aldandal claimed she was killed by shell fragments while trying to escape with her children. Another local source (@DeirEzzor24) also stated the casualty was caused by

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

(1 woman)

Causes of injury / death

راس العين, Ras Al Ayn, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources in Ras Al Ayn, Syria, on October 20th, 2019, the SDF executed seven civilians in the northern countryside of al-Hasakah on charges of collaborating with Operation Spring forces. The victims included three men from the same family. Local sources identified three of the victims as Muhamad Ali Al Khalaf, Ismail Ali

Summary

(3 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Up to three civilians were reported injured in alleged YPG shelling on Afrin city in Aleppo, Syria on March 6th, 2020, according to local sources. @Step_Agency said that “two civilians were wounded due to the artillery shelling that targeted the city of Afrin, north of Aleppo, from the militia points of Qasd surrounding the area.”

Summary

1–3

مريمين, Maryamin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One woman, Mrs. Fatoum Ghazi Al Lour, was killed allegedly by a Syrian Democratic Forces or Syrian regime missile in Maryamin village, Afrin, in the northern part of Aleppo on January 20th 2022 according to local sources and media. Mrs. Ghazi Al Lour was travelling in a vehicle which was targeted. Sources reported “a number”

Summary

(1 woman)

0–3

Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Regime

Belligerents reported injured

1 named

0–3

Karkamış, Gaziantep, Turkey

LOCATION

Two to three civilians were reportedly killed, and six to ten others were injured, two seriously, as a result of alleged PKK/YPG counterfire rocket artillery fire which hit Karkamış, Gaziantep, in Turkey on November 15th 2022. @ConflictTR reported that the Minister of Interior for Turkey, Suleyman Soylu, said that one civilian that was killed was

Summary

2 – 3

(1 child1 woman)

6–10

بلدة الحوايج, Al Hawaij, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple civilians — including a family — were injured in Al Hawaij, Deir Ezor after an alleged strike by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on September 4, 2023. Various local media outlets reported that civilian casualties resulted from the attack, but the number of wounded or dead was not specified. A family was injured after

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تل ابيض, Tal Abyad , Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed in the Tal Abyad countryside due to shelling by alleged YPG/SDF forces on October 29th, 2019, according to local sources. The Raqqa Observatory for Human Rights reported mortars killed civilians Mahmoud Al Sayyad and Ibrahim Al Hassan. The Syrian Human Rights Committee published the same names, and blamed ‘shelling of the

Summary

(2 men)

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and two others, including a woman, were injured in alleged Kurdish or regime strikes on Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo on May 2, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported “the killing of the child “Alia Rahim, 5 years old, and the wounding of a woman

Summary

(1 child)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Street

حزوان, Hazwan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces strikes on the village of Hazwan on June 18, 2022. According to Shaam News, Syrian Democratic Forces launched a guided missile that struck the home of a civilian in the village of Hazwan, resulting in “the fall of a number of wounded”. Both @ZaitunAgency and @hamza_hindawie tweeted

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زغير جزيرة, Zaghir Jazira, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was injured as part of a violent clash between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Deir Ezzor Military Council in Zaghir Jazira on August 29, 2023. Both gender and name are unknown, while no other identifying information about the civilian casualty has been reported in the sources. The clash took place on 29

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

YPG, Tribal Forces

بالقرب من ذيبان, Euphrates River crossing in the outskirts of Dhiban, east of Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A 12-year-old boy was killed and at least three other civilians were injured while trying to cross the Euphrates river near the town of Dhiban, east of Deir Ezzor, Syria, short before 5:55 PM on Saturday, September 9, 2023. They were allegedly struck by bullets from the SDF and/or PKK militia members stationed near the

Summary

(1 child)

Small arms and light weapons

الراعي , Al Ra'i, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and three civilians were injured after alleged SDF shelling on the outskirts of Al Ra’i city in the northern countryside of Aleppo on October 15th 2019, according to local sources. Justice Organization reported that Fouad Al Mustafa, brother of the head of interim government Abdul Rahman Al Mustafa, was killed.

Summary

(1 man)

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, one woman was reported killed and 15 other civilians including 8 children and 2 women were injured in alleged YPG shelling on Azaz, Aleppo in Syria on December 3rd, 2019. The woman killed was identified as Zalikha Ahmed Kasaiba, 36 years old.

Summary

(1 woman)

الشيخ ناصر, Al Sheikh Nasser, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured and livestock were killed in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or regime artillery shelling of Al Sheikh Nasser village on September 7, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) reported that a civilian was injured in Al Sheikh Nasser village by artillery shells coming from an area controlled by the Syrian

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Regime

مارع, Marea, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed as a result of contested Syrian regime forces or Syrian Democratic Forces action on August 18th 2022 on the outskirts of Marea city, Al Bab, Aleppo. Sham reported that “a number of civilians” were also wounded. Sham reported that the civilian killed was identified as Muhammad Diaa Nasser, and was a

Summary

(1 man)

جديد_بكارة, Jadid Bakara, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A 15 year old child named Raed Muhammad Al-Zaid was killed on the 1st of September 2023, after a rocket propelled grenade was dropped by a drone allegedly controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the village of Jadid Bakara in the Deir Ezzor eastern countryside. Sources across local news and social media corroborated

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

(1 child)

المحسنلي, Al-Mohsenli, countryside of Manbij, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Friday, September 1, 2023, an artillery shelling and/or airstrikes with contested responsibility allegedly carried out by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces and/or the Syrian Democratic forces and/or Turkish military on the village of al-Mohsenli in the countryside of Manbij, Aleppo, killed the entire family consisting of six civilians, including

Summary

(3–5 children1 man)

6–8

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Syrian Democratic Forces, Turkish Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported killed

1–2

أورطاسو, Ortasu, Sirnak, Turkey

LOCATION

Between four and six civilians were wounded in an alleged YPG attack in Uludere, Şırnak, Turkey, according to local media. aa.com reported: “Four villagers were injured in Turkey’s southeastern province of şırnak, on Sunday, when they were targeted by terrorists of the separatist organization PKK. According to information obtained by Anadoulu, the four villagers were

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

4–6

6 named, 2 families identified

LOCATION

Five civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and up to 17 were injured in alleged YPG artillery strikes on a market in Afrin, north of Aleppo, on March 18th, 2020, according to local sources. Ibrahim Abu Al-Laith from the media office of the Syrian Civil Defence told Bawaba Aleppo that “five shells

Summary

(2 children3 men)

7–17

12 named, 2 families identified

المشفى الوطني في اعزاز, National hospital, A'zaaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, YPG/PKK targeted the National Hospital in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, with heavy artillery, on February 27th 2022. At least one civilian was wounded by the mortar shelling, including among the medical staff and one of the patients. Almost all sources attributed this attack to the YPG/PKK although Xeber

Summary

1–2

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Reported artillery shelling on the city of Azaz, in the countryside of Aleppo, Syria, on November 22nd 2022 resulted in between three and five civilians killed, according to @DeirEzzore. The attack hit the market. Five to eight civilians were reported wounded. Whilst most sources reported that this was an SDF strike, some sources mentioned that

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Civilian infrastructure

IDP or refugee camp, Marketplace

3 – 5

(2 children)

5–8

مدينة قباسين, Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On 4 September 2023, at least two civilians were injured by a missile attack in the city of Qabasin. Sources attribute the incident to the Syrian regime forces and/or the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The shelling bombardment in this area resulted in many displacements of families in the city of Qabasin. The Syrian Civil Defense

Summary

2–5

YPG, Syrian Regime