Civilian Casualties

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

(1 woman1 man)

Cause of injury / death

حي المثنى, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources and relatives of victims said that Coalition airstrikes targeted a family house in Muthanna neighborhood northeast of Mosul. The raids reportedly killed a named civilian (53) with his mother (81) who could not leave her house due to her sickness while the son refused to abandon her. Alaraby named Omar Abdel-Hamid al-Hamdani and

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

هتاش, Hattash, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported killed and two others injured following an alleged Coalition strike on Hattash. According to Euphrates Post, “Coalition aircraft caused the deaths of four other [civilians] last night, a result of four air raids targeting the village of Hattash which is under the control of Islamic state in eastern Raqqa, which also

Summary

4 – 5

(1 woman)

الحابوسة, Al Haboussah, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed in an alleged aerial bombardment of Al Haboussah, Aleppo. Sources either blamed Russian warplanes for the raid, or did not attribute any blame. Despite the Violations Documentation Centre listing the victim as an adult male, an image of a child was published alongside a Facebook status, naming the victim. We are therefore

Summary

(0–1 children0–1 men)

حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes that targeted an ISIL member in a civilian vehicle, in the Hadbah neihbourhood in the northeast of Mosul.

Summary

الموصل‎, Mosul, East Side, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local reports say that the streets in eastern Mosul were covered by the bodies of dozens of civilians – their deaths caused by Coalition airstrikes and heavy artillery. Fighting was particularly intense in the Sugar Hill and Muthanna neighborhoods. Alaraby reported that fighting and airstrikes by the Coalition forces and Iraqi forces killed and wounded

Summary

(1–2 men)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

2 named, 1 familiy identified

حي السكر, Mosul, Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local reports indicated that shelling struck civilian homes in Sukkar, Talla and Mufthana neighborhoods in eastern Mosul, “resulting in the burying of dozens of civilians under the rubble,” according to an account in a report by Iraqi Spring Media Center. Ajel el Mosul later released a video it said related to the incident, claiming that

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown

1 named

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured due to Coalition airstrikes on Rashad and Riad regions Sunday evening in Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk. Only once source, News of Iraq, claimed there were civilian casualties.

Summary

0 – 1

كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition drone strike on Kasret al Sheikh Kom’a. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, the attack “targeted a car belonging to a leader in Daesh whose name is Hussein Abu Zeid. He was on crutches.” Shaam News said five civilians died in the attack. According

Summary

4 – 5

(1 child1 woman)

Gaduud, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

In the last declared Somalia strike of Barack Obama’s presidency, the US conducted a “self-defence strike” against al Shabaab on January 7th, according to a US Africa Command press release published on January 10th. The strike was conducted “in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, Somali partner forces, African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 19 civilians died following reported Coalition airstrikes on an oil market in central Khisham. The Euphrates Post initially reported six civilian deaths though later raised this to 14 civilians killed: “Coalition aircraft targeted the oil market in the town today with several raids. The first raid – at dawn – did not

Summary

5 – 19

2–12

Known belligerent

LOCATION

رسم العبد, Hama, Syria

It was reported by a single source that one adult male died following alleged Russian shelling. It does not specifically say where he was killed, however, it does report that he was from in Rasem al Abd in Hama. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

(1 man)

مدينة الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and six civilians including one child died and several others were wounded in alleged Turkish air or artillery strikes on Al Bab, Syria, local media reported. Al Raed La Ykazeb Ahlahu cited the IS media agency Al A’amaq, reporting that there had been “18 Turkish raids on Al Bab and more than 100 artillery

Summary

3 – 6

(1 child2 men)

السوا, Sawa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and 40 civilians reportedly died following a Coalition airstrike at al Sa’wa, according to local sources. The Coalition later confirmed killing just two civilians. According to Step News, “international coalition planes targeted last night oil terminal wells near the town of Al Sa’awa in the western countryside with dozens of air strikes, killing

Summary

5 – 40

2–15

الموصل‎, Mosul, Dargizliya, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A UN report on the protection of civilians in context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: “In the morning of 7 January, 15 civilians, including two women and three children, were alleged to have been killed in an airstrike targeting ISIL vehicles at the Hamameel roundabout in the Dargizliya neighbourhood of eastern

Summary

(3 children2 women)

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians were reported killed and 16 more injured because of Turkish shelling of Al Bab, Syria, according to a single source. Syria News Desk wrote: “Six civilians were killed and 16 others wounded last night after Turkish artillery targeted residential areas near the Al Manshiya roundabout in the city centre of Al Bab in

Summary

Turkish Military

حي سومر, Mosul, Sumer, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said civilians were killed and injured after Coalition Apache helicopters targeted a market in Sumer neighborhood, southeast of Mosul, with machine guns. On the same day, a young man named as Mostafa al Lahibi was reported killed by unspecified shells in the same neighbourhood.

Summary

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Five civilians were reported killed, including three children and two women in raids in West Mosul. Shafaaq reported that strikes of unknown origin had that “wrongly” targeted displaced people west of Mosul.

Summary

(3 children2 women)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

الموصل‎, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local and medical sources said that 15 civilians were killed and many others injured and children displaced, in an alleged Coalition airstrike. Al Jazeera said that as many as 27 civilians were killed on Saturday in an airstrike by the international coalition in the east of Mosul. A medical source, D. Raed Ahmed al-Hamdani, had

Summary

ابن الهيثم, Mosul, ibn El Haithem new area, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local and medical sources said that 12 civilians were killed and many others injured, mostly displaced women and children, in the locality of Ibn al-Haytham – new area of Mosul (the valley of the eye) due to Coalition airstrikes southeast of Mosul. Al Jazeera said that the Coalition strikes hit the area “where displaced families

Summary

الغضبان, Al Ghadban, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians died in a reported Coalition airstrike on al Ghadban in support of SDF ground forces. According to the Syrian Network, “four civilians, including two children, died when International Coalition warplanes missiles fired on Al Ghadban village.” LCCSY said six died. Baladi and Egypt Today were among all other sources who blamed

Summary

4 – 6

(2 children)

حي الزراعي, Mosul, Agricultural, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources and relatives of victims said that more than 20 civilians from three families were killed, including children and women, after Coalition airstrikes targeted their houses in front of Saddam mosque at the entrance of Farms district, north of Mosul. Mosul Ateka reported that “18 people were killed in the Farms district after three

Summary

(2–4 children2–7 women1 man)

17 – 20

العمادية, Al A’mya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and eight civilians including two children died in artillery and/or air strikes on the Syrian village of Al A’mya in the eastern Aleppo countryside, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Turkey or the Syrian regime. Halhos1 was among sources blaming Turkey. It

Summary

3 – 8

(2 children)

Turkish Military, Syrian Regime

تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A reported unilateral US airstrike targeted and possibly killed Sheikh Yones Shoaib, aka Abu Hassan Taftanaz – a key leader of Fatah al-Sham. However his 15-year old son Hasan Younes Shoeaib also reportedly died, along with at least one other relative. The Syrian Observatory later questioned whether Sheikh Yones Shoaib in fact died. In June

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 child)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Up to eighteen people were killed and 24 injured – mostly women and children – in government and Coalition airstrikes, in Al Qaim, Anbar province. Yaqein reported the incident and added – quoting local sources – that “the raids focused on the areas of Karabila and Saada east of the city, and resulted in the

Summary

(2 children2 women)

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

حي الزراعي, Mosul: Agricultural District, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources initially said that a family of three children and their grandmother were killed after their house was hit by a missile during Coalition raids on the Agricultural residential neighbourhood in central Mosul area, which at the time was under ISIS control. The New York Times later put the overall death toll at 16.

Summary

(3 children1 woman)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

3–6

Cause of injury / death

Known belligerent

22 named, 4 families identified

سويدية كبيرة, Sowaiydiya Kabira, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least eight civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Sowaydiya, as the US-led Coalition and its SDF ground proxies continued to battle ISIL in Raqqa governorate. According to Raqqah is Being Slaughtered, there were “nine martyrs and three injured in a massacre at the village of al Sowaydiya Kabira following targeting

Summary

5 – 12

(6 children1–2 women)

10–24

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الضبعان, Dabaan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed in a reported Coalition airstrike on Dabban village in Raqqa governorate. According to the Syrian Observatory, “the international coalition’s warplanes bombed places in Dabaan area in the countryside of Al-Raqqah, and confirmed information about the death of two people.” ISIL also said that “two people were killed in an

Summary

3 – 6

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and ten civilians died and up to 30 more were wounded in alleged Turkish air and artillery strikes on Al Bab, Syria, local media reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least six civilians died and others were wounded – including children – in Turkish strikes on Al Bab –

Summary

6 – 10

13–30

Turkish Military