Civilian Casualties

Gaddafi Forces

Libyan rebel forces

Belligerents reported injured

0–25

0–70

Gobanle, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US reported that it had conducted a “self-defense strike” against al Shabaab in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia in a press release published on September 7th. It said the strike hit near Gobanale and had resulted in the deaths of two al Shabaab militants. The press release reported that during a Somali-led

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

سااكوو, Sakow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Several Al Shabaab militants were reported killed at Sakow in a military strike which several local sources claimed was a US drone action. However AFRICOM explicitly denied this in an email to Airwars, insisting that “U.S. Africa Command’s last airstrike in Somalia was conducted Jan. 19, 2021.” Geesguud initially reported: “Residents in Middle Jubba reported

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

6–12

LOCATION

مصراتة, Misrata, Libya

On July 5th, 2011, at least 11 were killed and 57 were wounded in bombings on Misurata by Gaddafi forces. It was unclear how many were Libyan rebel forces and how many were civilians, and no detailed information were provided on the casualties. BBC wrote that “Libyan opposition sources said that at least 11 people

Summary

0 – 11

0–57

Gaddafi Forces

Belligerents reported injured

5–11

0–57

24 miles southwest of Bosaso, Bari, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) in July 2018 that it had carried out two strikes in early June – one previously undisclosed. The second took place on June 3rd, and targeted members of al Shabaab approximately 24 miles southwest of Bosasso, according to AFRICOM. “We currently assess no terrorists and

Summary

باب العزيزية, Bab Al Aziziya Prison, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

At least 25 prisoners were killed in Bab Al-Aziziyah prison on August 21, 2011 by Gaddafi forces according to Facebook posts from Al Mashashiya Youth and Shahd Omar. According to Al Mashashiya youth’s post, Ezz Al-Din Muhammad Hassan Al-Mashay, who was killed, and his father were arrested and detained for more than 20 days the

Summary

(1 man)

Baqdaad, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command reported that the day previously, it had “conducted two airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Baqdaad, Somalia, on January 7, 2019.” AFRICOM stated that “At this time we assess no civilians were injured or killed in these airstrikes.” According to AFRICOM “four militants” were killed in the strikes. AFRICOM added

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

قرب قاعدة حسين الجويفل في الشحات, Near Hussein Al Jaweifi Military Base, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya

LOCATION

On February 18th, 2011, Amnesty International reported that two civilians were reported killed at the protests in the Hussein al-Jaweifi military base in Shahat, from soldiers who fired at the protestors. Ruqayya al-Mabrok al-Hassi, an 11 year old girl, was killed as a result of a stray bullet. Amnesty quotes “A bullet fired from the

Summary

(2 children)

Vicinity of Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Tortoroow, according to a press release from US Africa Command issued the following day. AFRICOM asserted that three al Shabaab fighters were killed, and that it currently assessed that no civilians were harmed in the action. It further noted that the precision airstrike was

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

مبروكة‎, Mabrouka countryside, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

At least one named man, whose status as a civilian or belligerent presently remains contested, was killed and a civilian was injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes (or possibly an IED attack) near the city of Ras Al-Ain in the Al Hassaka countryside on April 4th 2021. The UK declared a Reaper drone strike in the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Ground operation

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

0–1

بليون, Balioun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one man was killed and another civilian was wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Balioun villiage on June 7, 2021. Sources are contested as to whether the man killed was a civilian, with one source referring to him as a fighter. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “a man

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Assad regime

0–1

LOCATION

هرور, Hiror, Duhok, Iraq

Between one and two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Harur on July 7, 2021. A security source told Shafaq News Agency, “Turkish warplanes bombed the vicinity of Harour village in Kani Masi district in Al-Amadiyah district in Dohuk governorate. The aerial bombardment resulted in the injury of a citizen and

Summary

1–2

Turkish Military

LOCATION

هرور, Hiror, Duhok, Iraq

A least one civilian, an elderly man, was injured in alleged Turkish strikes on Kani Masi on June 1, 2021. A report from the Christian Peacemaker Teams identified “on June 1, when Turkish forces fired artillery at Ramazan Ali, a 70 year old farmer, injuring him as he was irrigating his fields in Hirure”. The mayor

Summary

سنكسر, Sinksar, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

Two civilians, or members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Sinksar, Sulaymaniyah governorate on July 30, 2021, according to local media reports. Mawazin News reported that the director of the Snaksar district in Sulaymaniyah, Nehru Abdullah, said in a press statement “During the past 24

Summary

Turkish Military

LOCATION

Netaim, Central, Israel

One civilian died whilst taking shelter during a rocket attack allegedly fired by Hamas militants in the village of Neta’im, south of Tel Aviv on May 11th, 2021, according to local reports. According to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Orly Liron, 52, fell and was subsequently taken to hospital where she died two days later

Summary

Accidents related to conflict

Palestinian Militants

1 named

طرابلس‎, Tripoli: Salaheddin, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

In the evening of June 12th, an airstrike struck the Customs Authority building in Salaheddin neighbourhood of Tripoli. A source told the The Libya Observer that the airstrike was carried out by “an aircraft belonging to warlord Khalifa Haftar”. According to the source, the explosion caused damage to nearby houses and injured several civilians, among

Summary

Libyan National Army

مخيم الشاطئ, Al Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Two people were reported injured and a large number of fishing vessels were destroyed in an alleged naval bombardment by the Israeli navy on the Al Shati ‘Beach’ refugee camp to the West of Gaza City. Al Jazeera first reported the bombardment around 9.30 a.m. local time on Saturday 15 May 2021, which targeted buildings

Summary

معرة حرمة, Ma’arat Harma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians was wounded in alleged Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes and shelling Ma’arat Harma on June 14th, 2019, according to a single source. Step News Agency reported that civilians were wounded in airstrikes on Ma’arat Harma, but did not specify a belligerent. Other sources did not report civilian harm but reported air

Summary

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians, including a child, were injured in an alleged Israeli forces bombing on a house in Khan Yunis on May 17th, 2021. A local source reported that a girl was asleep in her home in Khan Yunis, and was injured in the attack. The girl was brought to the hospital for

Summary

1–2

Israeli Military

زوهر, بئر السبع, HaZohar street, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

A rocket, reportedly fired by the Al-Qassam Brigade, stuck the city of Be’er Sheva, southern Israel on May 13th 2021, leading to conflicting reports of deaths and injuries among Arabic and Hebrew news sources. Among Arabic media sources, there were reports that as many as 12 people were injured and taken to Barzilai Hospital. Shihab

Summary

(1 woman)

Palestinian Militants

سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians was reportedly killed or injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Saqba on March 17th, 2018, according to local sources. The pro-regime source @addouniatv reported: “Martyrs and wounded residents of Saqba as a result of terrorists targeting civilians as they leave their towns”. Step News Agency, however, stated

Summary

طريق السد, Tareeq Al Sad, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and three civilians, including two men from the same family, were killed and up to four others were wounded in alleged Iranian or regime surface-to-surface missile strikes and artillery shelling on Tareeq al-Sad on August 29, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), two civilians were killed and four others were injured in

Summary

2 – 3

(2 men)

2–4

Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الدبس, Al Dabas, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including a child, were killed and up to three others were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on the village of Al Dabas on September 17, 2021. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), four people, including a child, were killed by Turkish missile shells while digging tunnels for the

Summary

(1 child)

1–3

رام حمدان, Ram Hamdan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians including a child were killed and eight others injured, some of whom are in critical conditions, in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Ram Hamdan in Idlib, Syria on June 10th, 2018 according to local sources. Step News said that victims include a child (girl), a woman and

Summary

1 – 3

(1 child1 woman1 man)

1 named

جمعية شام الخير, Sham Al Khair Assocation, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a child, and up to ten other civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike, during a raid on October 27th 2021, which targeted the Sham Al-Khair village or Domani camp, Termanin, in the northern countryside of Idlib. Whilst Al Souria Network’s correspondent reported that in a

Summary

(1 child)

4–10

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

الدانا, Al Dana, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and four civilians, including a father and his son – reportedly IDPS from al Haymaniya village in Hama governorate – died and several more were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Al Dana according to sources on the ground. @IdlibPlus put the death toll at two, and several sources, including the Violations

Summary

2 – 4

(1 child1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

بنش,, Bennish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child, Nour Al Atrash, ten years old, was killed whilst having breakfast with her family on December 2nd 2021 when Russian or Syrian regime artillery hit their house in Binnish, East Idlib. Five other members of her family were injured, including three of her cousins or brothers, all boys, including Jamal Al Atrash, five

Summary

(1 child)

5–7

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الشجاعي, Al Shujaiya, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 15th an alleged Israeli airstrike killed four civilians identified as Sami Al Khudari (60 years old), his son Nour Al Khudari (19 years old), Hamad Al Khudari, and Mujahed al Khudari and injured many others while they were at their home on Al Nizar street, Al Shujaiya neighborhood in east Gaza. Reports referenced Nour

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Residential building

(4 men)

5–10

Impact

Israeli Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

سجن الصناعة, Al Sina'a Prison, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Between January 20th and January 26th 2022, Islamic State militants (ISIS) attempted to take control of Al-Sina’a prison in Gweran neighbourhood in Al-Hasakah, Syria. The prison, managed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), by some reports held between 3000 to 5000 individuals associated with ISIS, including “hundreds” of so-called ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ – the

Summary

6 – 7

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

1–10

Causes of injury / death

US-led Coalition

Known belligerent

Syrian Democratic Forces

ISIS

Belligerents reported injured

24–374

2–200