Civilian Casualties

7 – 25

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الخريطة, Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilian men were reported by a number of sources as having been killed in a coalition airstrike.

Summary

(2 men)

البوبدران, Al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In what local media referred to as a “massacre”, five civilians including a woman and two or three children were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the house of Rajab al-Hassan in the area of Al Boubadran, a village near al Soussa said to be under ISIS control. The victims were named by multiple

Summary

(2–3 children1 woman2 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الطيانة, Tayyani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An adult civilian male, was reported by a number of sources as killed in a coalition airstrike on his neighbourhood.

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown

1 named

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, one man and one woman, were killed and others were wounded in airstrikes on the town of Palmyra in the eastern Homs countryside. According to @journalhader and the Local Coordination Committee of Syria, the airstrikes were carried out by Russian warplanes. The two air raids reportedly struck the main square and

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

Russian Military

الموصل‎, Mosul, Algiers, Al Faisaliah, flowers, and July neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Sources in Mosul claimed that Coalition airstrikes hit a residential neighbourhood in the city, “killing 17 civilians, including six children, and wounded another 23 who were taken to hospitals in Mosul.” According to BasNews, Daesh/ Islamic State appeared to have recently shifted its headquarters and military positions “into residential neighborhoods,” a move which had likely

Summary

16 – 24

(6 children)

23–24

Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military and the Somali government announced they were investigating reports that ten civilians, including three children, were killed during an operation on a farm in Bariire, in Somalia’s southern Lower Shabelle region. However, on November 28th 2017, the US published a press release concluding that only “armed enemy combatants” were killed. Earlier that

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(3 children1 woman6–10 men)

Small arms and light weapons

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

0–6

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’ joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, 11 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes 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 by Amnesty/Airwars stated that

Summary

(4 children1 woman2 men)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a casualty incident later confirmed by the US, its aircraft targeted a vehicle in the vicinity of Al Shefa Hospital in Raqaa, wounding seven civilians in the process. No fatalities were initially reported, but the hospital was reportedly damaged. In a Facebook posting marking the event, locals insisted that all of those injured were

Summary

الزر, Al Zer, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two unidentified men were killed by an alleged drone strike from the International Coalition in the morning of September 19th, according to local sources. It is unclear whether these were civilians. Several sources claimed the men were masked and riding a motorcycle when they were hit by an airstrike, which Euphrates Post believed to have

Summary

0 – 2

0–2

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A young adult male civilian was reported killed in an afternoon airstrike by the Coalition in Raqqah. He was named on a Facebook memorial page as Mut’ib Khamees Al Jarbou’. No further details were given of how he had died. In its monthly civilian casualty assessment for October 2019 – published on December 5th of

Summary

خلة الفرجان, Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One child has reportedly been killed in clashes in Tripoli. Rahaf Mabrouk Ghoma was killed in the Khallet Al Furjan neighbourhood, according to Only Libya. Other sources reported similar accounts. It is unclear whether she was killed by an airstrike or gunfire. Fighting occured between GNA and LNA in the area at the time of

Summary

(1 child)

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

1 named

يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Several sources reported that brothers Ahmad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged twelve, and Muhammad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged ten, were killed by a US strike in Yakla, in the Qifah area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 5th to March 6th. According to Hunaradaa, local residents said that an older brother, Omar, survived the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2 – 7

(2 children)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

2 named, 1 familiy identified

0–5

سنجار, Sinjar, Um Al Theban, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Eleven civilians were reportedly killed at Um Al Theban while crossing between Syria and Iraq, in what was claimed to be a Coalition airstrike. The incident is presently poorly reported. In its July 2017 report, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of having conducted no strikes in the vicinity: “Nov. 2,

Summary

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, four civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes 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. According to the Amnesty and Airwars’s

Summary

(1 child2 men)

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Three professors from the University of Mosul were among four civilians and a Daesh official reported killed in an alleged Coaliton airstrike. According to the National Iraqi News Agency, Salah Mohammed Afri, responsible for student affairs, “was killed along with two [or three] professors appointed by Daesh to the Faculty of Dentistry at the University

Summary

3 – 4

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and 12 civilians including women and children died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajin, according to local media. Baladi News reported on five civilian deaths, while most other sources reported on the deaths of seven civilians. There were various reports on the gender and age of the victims. Some sources reported that

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

5 – 12

(3–4 children1–2 women)

7 named, 2 families identified

LOCATION

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

Local sources claimed Coalition airstrikes had struck residential homes in Abu Teban village in Hit, west of Ramadi, resulting in the deaths of eight civilians and the injuring of a further 18 – described as mostly women and children. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement given declared UK strikes between Ramadi and

Summary

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between 12 and 24 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajin, Deir Ezzor. All sources pointed to Coalition artillery and shelling excluding Syrian Unified Observatory – which blamed the Syrian regime for the airstrikes. Sound and Picture called the event an “aerial bombardment” where “dozens” were injured, while Step News reported

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

12 – 24

(1 child)

12–24

الموصل‎, Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to a local source, six civilians from the same family were killed after two missiles by allegedly Coalition jets struck their home in the Shura district south of Mosul. According to Yaqen News, the local Mosul source who reported the deaths also added that “indiscriminate bombardment by Coalition aircraft operations has increased dramatically recently,

Summary

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to several local sources, the “American coalition” bombed the town of Al-Baghouz with several airstrikes, killing two civilians and causing significant material damage. No additional details are known at this time. In its January 2021 monthly civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition determined this event to be ‘non credible’, asserting: “The allegation provided insufficient detail

Summary

تل الجاير, Tall al-Jayer, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A young civilian non-combatant named as Khuder Mohammad Al Assawad was reported by VDC as having died “Due to coalition air force’s shelling of a civilian car in Tel al-Jayer village.” Zaman al Wasl put the death toll higher, noting that “two civilians died as a result of a strike carried out by international Coalition

Summary

1 – 2

معسكر الغزلاني, Mosul, Ghazlani, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single source, Yaqen, claimed that 40 civilians were killed and injured in Coalition airstrikes on Mosul. According to the local news group, “A source said that ‘the bombing targeted areas of the Ghazlai camp project as well as the University of Mosul, and the shelling was followed by another bombing which targeted the same

Summary

10 – 40

10–30

الشيخ بحر, Sheikh Bahar, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were injured as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on Sheikh Bahar, Idlib on August 30th 2020. @baladinetwork reported: “#Baladi: Civilians were wounded by the bombing of Russian warplanes targeting a camp for the displaced near Sheikh Bahr in the northern countryside of Idlib #Syria”. The strike took place in the early hours of

Summary

Unknown

Russian Military

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and 10 others injured following an alleged Coalition airstrike on a transport bus in the Manbij countryside, according to local sources. Shaam News reported: “Battles are still raging between the SDF and IS in which people were killed on both sides amidst intense coalition raids on the eastern and southern entrances

Summary

قرية الجات, Al Jat village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on Al-Jat village on March 15, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a drone struck Al-Jat village in the northeast of Manbij city with several bombs, injuring two civilians. A Facebook post from Hawar News quoted the media center of the Manbij Military

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Unknown

Turkish Military

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a second alleged Coalition civilian casualty event in Manbij for July 11th, up to three civilians were reported killed.

Summary

2 – 3

(1 woman1 man)

مديرية الوضيع, Wadi’a district , Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Initial reports of a US or Yemeni bombing raid upon a police station in Wadi’a district on July 14, 2011 may have resulted in as many as fifty people killed, with as many as thirty civilians among the deceased. Militants were also killed and injured, though there was huge variation in the numbers reported, which

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

8 – 30

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Belligerents reported injured

6–50

10–12

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five or more civilians including three women were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike in the al Rabita street area of Manbij town, scene of fierce ground clashes between ISIL occupiers and assaulting SDF forces. According to al Tokhar al Kabil, “members of the Karissli family have been martyred. They are Firyal Karissli and

Summary

5 – 7

(3 women1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified