Civilian Casualties

YPG

قرب الصرف الصحي الفاصل بين الطيانة وذيبان, near the sewer pipe between Al Thayana and Dhiban, east of Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, September 6, 2023, a child was injured by the bullets allegedly coming from an SDF checkpoint near the sewer pipe separating the towns of Al-Tayana and Dhiban, east of Deir Ezzor. The incident was reported by multiple local sources indicating that the child was from the town of Al-Tayana. Where sources identified the

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

YPG

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, al Nabablah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians in an even near Tabqah, Syira. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS fighting position, it was assessed that two civilians in an adjacent building were unintentionally injured when the target was

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

جل آغا, Chil Agha/Çil Axa, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed in an alleged Turkish forces attack on Chil Agha in Hassakah governorate on October 14th, 2019 according to the Kurdish Red Crescent. Shivan Abdulbari Eliko, male, 26 years old, lost his life as a result of injury caused by fragments lodged in his body.

Summary

(1 man)

حي صوفان, Sofan, Sana'a, Yemen

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured by an alleged US-UK strike on the Sofan neighborhood of Sana’a on February 24, 2024. Abdullah Ahmad Obaidi Al Rabi’i posted on Facebook that “on my way back home in the Sofan neighborhood, I encountered this missile strike by the American-British aggression occurring dozens of meters away in a densely populated

Summary

التوامة , Al Tawame, Aleppo, Syria

US Forces, UK Military

LOCATION

Alleged Russian airstrikes wounded civilians Al Tawame, in the countryside of western Aleppo, local sources reported. According to the Step News Agency, “Russian aircraft launched several air strikes with vacuum missiles targeting the vicinity of the town”.

Summary

Russian Military, Unknown

رأس العين, Ras Al Ayn, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed in an alleged Turkish forces and/or Turkey-backed militants’ attack in Zirqan district, Hasaka, Syria on November 3rd, 2019. ANHA reported that Seyîd Hewaş, who was a security guard in the tomb of Sheikh Hisên in the village of Lazqe in Zirgan district was killed.

Summary

(1 man)

Turkish Military, Free Syrian Army

1 named

تل الهوى, Tal al Hawa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 18th 2023, between five and seven members of the al-Halaw family, including at least three children and at least one woman were killed, and a large number of civilians were injured in an alleged airstrike by the Israeli military on the al-Halaw home, on Street 8 in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood near the

Summary

(1–3 children1 woman3 men)

5 – 7

12–24

5 named

Neighbourhood/area

بلدة بسقلا, Bsaqla, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child was killed and at least one woman injured in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the village of Bsaqla on November 11th 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights identified the victim as child Mustafa Yaser al Hasan from Ma’ar Zita village. Step News agency put the number

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 child)

1–3

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

قرية جلبية/, M4 international road, 45km southeast from the city of Kobani, near Jalabiya (Kharab Ashk) village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At 10:45 in the morning on Thursday, 5th October 2023, Turkish drone strikes allegedly killed two civilian men riding a motorcycle on the M4 international road, 45 km southeast from the city of Kobani, and injured up to two other civilians. According to the local sources, the incident happened near the village of Jalabiya (Kharab

Summary

(2 men)

LOCATION

Somalia

Responding to allegations that it had conducted a November 18th airstrike on a radio station in Jilib, AFRICOM informed local media via Twitter that “it has not conducted an airstrike in Somalia since Nov. 3.” There were no publicly reported strikes on this date, and Airwars has reached out to AFRICOM for clarification. U.S. Africa

Summary

الحكر, دير البلح, Al Hakar area, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of Wednesday, October 11th 2023, at least 14 civilian members of the Al-Kurd family, including five women and six children, were killed and at least 16 family members were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Kurd family house located in the Al Hakar area in the city of Deir al-Balah

Summary

(6 children5 women3 men)

31 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

زملكا, Zamalaka, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were wounded following air and artillery strikes on the residential neighbourhood of Zamalaka, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, with some sources attributing blame to Russia while others blamed the Syrian regime. Douma.Revolution published a video showing a man who was trapped under the rubble

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

خانصور, Khanasor, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that a Turkish drone attacked areas in Shingal region in Iraq on November 19th, 2019 causing deaths and injuries among civilians and YPG fighters. @murad_ismael reported “Another Turkish airstrike today [Nov 19th] on town of Khanesor. Reportedly there are civilian victims which are yet to be confirmed.” @ameddicleT added that “Turkish armed

Summary

Turkish Military

1 named, 2 families identified

نبل و الزهراء, Nubl and Zahra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 7th, 2023, between thirteen and more than thirty civilians, including seven children, were injured by an alleged artillery attack by groups linked to the Turkish army (Al-Fateh Al-Mubin, Faylaq al-Sham, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham). The reported attack damaged civilian homes in the cities of Nubl and Al-Zahraa in the northern Aleppo countryside, reportedly

Summary

13–31

Turkish Military

Vicinity of Baladul-Rahma and Geeshaan, near Basraa, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In a major Amnesty International report on civilian harm in Somalia, published in March 2019, the NGO made passing reference to a civilian harm event on August 14th the previous year in the vicinity of Baladul-Rahma and Geeshaan, near Basraa. According to the report, “on 14 August 2018, the US military conducted additional air strikes

Summary

بلوك 4 ,البريج , Block 4, Al Bureij, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early morning of Sunday October 22nd 2023, at least 11 civilians – including at least one woman and seven children – were killed after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the family home of Fayek Muhammad Awadallah and Nasser Muhammed Awadallah in Block 4 of the Bureij Camp, in the Gaza Strip. 53-year old

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(7 children1 woman1 man)

11 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

بزابور, Bzabour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One child was killed and eight civilians, including between three to seven children and between one to five women, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Bzabour, Idlib governorate, on December 4th, 2019, according to local sources. All of the named victims appear to come from the same family.

Summary

School

(1 child)

6–8

Unknown, Syrian Regime

5 named, 1 familiy identified

النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, October 29th 2023, eight members of the al-Nuwairi family, including a pregnant woman and children, were reportedly killed and two family members were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit their home to the west of Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. Alaa H. Al-Nuwairi, a family member of those killed, wrote

Summary

(3 children3 women2 men)

Impact

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Local reports claimed that a pair of airstrikes by unknown intertnational powers – presumably either the United States or Kenya – had targeted al Shabaab fighters in the towns of Jamaame and Buaale. According to Radio Kulmiye, “Another airstrikes were reported [on Octoberr 25th] from Middle Jubba region, highly controlled by Al-Shabaab. Witnesses said that

Summary

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

Belligerents reported injured

حي معان, Ma’an area, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Late on Tuesday, October 24th 2023 or in the early hours of Wednesday 25th, four civilians, including a journalist and a young child, were reportedly killed and at least two others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Faqawi family home. The home was in the Tahlia and Ma’an areas, south-east of Khan

Summary

(1 child1 woman2 men)

2–4

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

رأس العين, Ras Al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Th Kurdish Red Crescent reported that a child aged 11 was injured in the head in Ras Al Ain, Syria on October 12th, 2019 as a result of the Turkey operation. No further details available.

Summary

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of October 24th, 2023, a civilian, 28-year-old Samir Ziad Kamal Al-Qudra, also known as Abu Ziad, was reportedly killed as a result of an alleged Israeli bombing on his house in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. The Palestinian press agency, Safa, reported on October 25th that Samir was killed in “the bombing of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(1 man)

1 named

City

كفروما, Kafrouma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one person died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Kafrouma in Idlib on December 24, 2019, according to local media. Local sources were conflicted as to whether the victims were civilians or militants. Sources reported that the Russian strikes targeted members of the Ahrar al-Sham movement. According to the Step News

Summary

0 – 1

Belligerents reported killed

Russian Military

2–3

Belligerents reported injured

مخيم أهل سراقب في قرية الحمامة, Ahel Saraqeb camp in Al-Hamamah village, Jisr-al-Shoughour, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Tuesday, October 24, 2023, an alleged Russian airstrike reportedly killed six civilians, including three women, one of whom was pregnant, and at least two children, and injured up to 10 civilians in the Ahel Saraqeb camp for displaced people located on the outskirts of the village of Al-Hamamah in the Jisr

Summary

IDP or refugee camp

(2 children3 women)

5–10

Russian Military

10 named, 1 familiy identified

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were reported injured alongside ISIS fighters, after Coalition aircraft disrupted a public execution by ISIS in Abu Kamal’s Fayhaa Square. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “the Coalition carried out airstrikes and targeted an Islamic State headquarters in al-Bokamal city on the border with Iraq. The bombing killed at

Summary

11–20

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians including seven children and two women were reported killed, and 16 others including three children and three women – one of whom was pregnant – were injured in an alleged Russian, Iranian forces or Syrian regime shelling with a cluster missile or a rocket carrying cluster bombs on ‘Martyr Abdou al

Summary

School

(4–7 children1–2 women2 men)

7 – 11

15–16

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected targets

Assad regime, Iranian military

11 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم بدر غربي مدينة رفح, Badr Camp, west of Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the 23rd of October 2023, the Abu Jazar family home, located in the Badr Camp, west of Rafah, was allegedly bombed by an Israeli airstrike, killing 11 people, all of whom were women and children. 42-year-old Sherine Kamal Abu Jazar was reportedly killed with her seven children, however sources provided eight names of her

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(5–9 children2–6 women)

11 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied involvement in an alleged incident that was previously unknown to Airwars. In the report, the Coalition wrote: “May 13, 2017, near Tabqah, Syria, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties. The

Summary

US-led Coalition