Civilian Casualties

تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed in alleged Russian or regime shelling of the village of Tadel in the western countryside of Aleppo on July 15, 2021. @HalabTodayTV reported that according to the Syrian Civil Defense, “a civilian was killed by artillery shelling by the regime forces and Russia targeting the village of Tadel in the western

Summary

(1 man)

1 named

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and eight civilians, including four children and two women, were injured in alleged SDF or regime strikes on Afrin on July 25, 2021. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “Civilians injured and SCD center damaged in SDF shelling of Afrin city in Aleppo suburbs on July 25. Syrian Democratic Forces used a

Summary

6–8

Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Regime

7 named, 1 familiy identified

جعار, North of the town Ja'ar, Khanfir district, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Between 10 and 15 militants linked to Al Qaeda were killed in an alleged Yemeni airstrike or US drone strike just north of the town of Jaar on the 2nd of May, 2012. Whilst Xinhua stated a local resident had claimed that 10 militants in total had been killed in the airstrike, CNN reported that

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

10–15

بلدة عبسان الكبرى شرق خان يونس, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A man was killed and one to two civilians were injured in an Israeli airstrike which targeted a group of people in a town east of Khan Younis, multiple sources reported. The man killed was identified as a member of the Islamic Jihad Movement. The man killed was identified as 23-year-old Walid Zuhair Mohammed Abu

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–2

Israeli Military

مخيم الشاطئ, ِAl Shati camp, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Eight children and two women were killed in the early hours of Saturday 15 May when Israeli airstrikes struck a three-storey house in the Al Shati ‘Beach’ refugee camp, to the west of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. Various sources have reported that two mothers, who were sisters-in-law, died in the strike, with each

Summary

(8 children2 women)

11 named, 1 familiy identified

بلشون, Balshoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A least one man was killed and one to two other civilians were killed in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Balshoun on August 16, 2021. Sources are contested as to whether the man killed was a civilian or a belligerent. The correspondent for @HalabTodayTV reported that a civilian was killed in

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

1–2

Al Qaeda/HTS

1 named, 1 familiy identified

0–1

LOCATION

طفس, Tafas, Daraa, Syria

Four people were reported killed in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Taffas in Dara’a, Syria on July 1st, 2018. Violations Documentation Center in Syria said that Jihad Qaseem al-Horani, Moaz Jaber al-Rebdawi, Hosain Ali al-Bardan and Mohammad Ahmad al-Natoura, all civilians from Tafas, were killed in Russian forces or Syrian regime and

Summary

(4 men)

شقة سكنية, Al Shahada Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were reported killed when an alleged Israeli forces’ airstrike hit the Zarab building, Al Saraya junction, Gaza, at approximately 3am on May 19th 2021. According to some sources, as many as three other civilians were also injured. The building was an apartment in the vicinity of Al-Shahada Street in the Al-Rimal

Summary

3 – 4

(0–1 children3–4 men)

1–3

Israeli Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

سقبا, Saqba, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Between eight and 10 civilians died in an alleged Russia or regime airstrike on Saqba, according to sources on the ground. Eight civilian fatalities were named, though Harak Al ghoutani said “more than 10 civilians” died. Most sources blamed Russia; however, there were also reports of barrel bombing, meaning that the regime can’t be ruled

Summary

8 – 10

(8 men)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم الزوف, Al Zof camp, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians were injured in an alleged Russian forces airstrike on Al Zouf Refugee Camp in Idlib on the borders with Turkey, on March 19th, 2018 According to local sources. Edlib Media Center (EMC) said that four civilians were injured after a rocket carrying cluster bombs was launched from a Russian battleship Mediterranean

Summary

0–4

Belligerents reported injured

3–4

مرعيان, Marayan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one woman was killed and one to five others, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a home and medical facility in Marayan on September 8, 2021. According to @HadiAlabdallah, Russian airstrikes hit Marian Medical Center, the last medical center in Jabal Al-Zawiya, and killed one woman and

Summary

1 – 2

(1 woman)

1–5

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

سيدان, Sidan, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

Two to three people, including a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on the village of Saydani on October 4, 2021. Local sources were conflicted as to whether those injured were civilians or members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). According to Rudaw News, a 24-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man were injured

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

0–2

Turkish Military

Belligerents reported injured

Other

0–3

عالية, Alia, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were possibly killed and wounded in alleged Russian or and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Alia, Idlib governorate, on March 27th, 2018, according to Shaam News Network. Activists told Smart News Agency that Syrian regime helicopters dropped explosive barrels on the villages of Mhambel and Al Alia, but that there was

Summary

كفرنوان , Kafr Noran, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, a child and his mother, were killed and four to five others, including three to four other children and a man, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the village of Kafar Noran on November 15, 2021. According to Hasakah News, a woman and her child were killed

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

4–5

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الزيادية, Al Zyadiya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

The Shaam News Network reported: “Russian and Regime warplanes launched dozens of very violent air raids on the cities and towns of Idlib, causing dozens of martyrs and wounded civilians…There were a number of wounded in Khan Shekhun, Mhambel,Al Naqir, Al habit, Mukah, Al Taman’a ,Al Khwain and Sefwhen in the southern countryside, Jisr al-Shaghoor,

Summary

النهر الأبيض, Al Naher Al Abyad, Jisr Al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On New Years Day, three to four civilians, three children and a woman, were allegedly killed and ten others, including six children, were allegedly injured, by Russian air strikes just after midnight. The incident was reported to have taken place in the early hours of January 1st 2022 at 2.30am, in the Al-Nahr Al-Abyad area

Summary

3 – 4

(2–3 children1 woman)

Russian Military

12 named, 2 families identified

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On February 15th 2022, missile shelling targeted the city of Azaz in the northern countryside of Aleppo and reportedly killed three to six civilians and wounded between four and 12 others, including one to three children. The shelling was alleged PKK/YPG or attributed to the Syrian regime. Two students, Saeed Al-Haji and Akram Al-Hassan, in

Summary

3 – 6

(0–1 women3 men)

4–12

قرية تل طويله, Tel Tawel village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was severely injured in alleged Turkish shelling of Tel Tawel village on April 16, 2022. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activists reported “the severe injury of a Christian leading to the amputation of his leg, due to artillery shelling by Turkish forces on Tel Tawel village”. A source in the Tel Tamr Military Council

Summary

Turkish Military

الزعينية, Al Zayniyeh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were possibly killed or injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Zayniyeh on December 31st, 2018, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights wrote that there were possible casualties in alleged airstrikes after midnight on the former headquarters of factions near the towns of Mar’and and Al Zayniyeh.

Summary

تل أبيض, Tal Abyad, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and four civilians were killed and up to 12 others were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces airstrikes/drone strikes/shelling of Tal Abyad on June 1, 2022. @DeirEzzorNow tweeted the names of the victims: two brothers “Wassim and Bashar Al-Barhou“, Hajj “Abdi Al-Hamran”, Khaled Al-Halisi 34 years old, adding that in addition “several” were

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery, Drone Strike

2 – 4

(1–2 children1–2 men)

6–12

YPG

4 named

0–1

مريمين, Marimeen, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two civilians were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or Syrian regime artillery shelling of the town of Marimeen on July 13, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that a civilian was injured when artillery shells struck the town of Marimeen and that their volunteers rushed the injured civilian to the hospital. Shaam

Summary

0–2

شارع السكلات, Hit, Alscalt Street, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

It was reported by several sources that the Coalition struck Hit city, resulting in the injury of eight civilians including three children and two women. According to the local site Hit News, an airstrike struck a militant vehicle carrying weapons, ammunition and food, injuring civilians in the immediate vicinity. The Coalition has confirmed targeting an

Summary

US-led Coalition

تل رفعت, Tel Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Seven to nine people, including up to seven children, were “seriously” injured by an alleged Turrkish drone strike in Tel Rifaat city centre, in the Aleppo countryside on August 4th 2022. Hawar News also reported that this attack “resulted in injuries” but did not state how many. ANHA reported that the names of the nine

Summary

7–9

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

الأبزمو, Al Abzimo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured by alleged Syrian regime or Russian artillery shelling of Al Abzimo on October 6, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a civilian was injured by artillery shelling launched by the Syrian regime and Russian forces. @HalabTodayTV referred to “civilians” as being wounded without specifying how many while @alaskari_media reported that

Summary

1–2

درنة, Derna, Darnah, Libya

LOCATION

Various local sources reported joint airstrikes by the LNA and an unknown pro-LNA actor on Derna. Alnabaa TV reported: “The correspondent added, Friday, that a random shell fell on the central district of the city, causing damage to buildings without causing civilian harm.” Libya 24 TV reported that an ammunition store was destroyed in the

Summary

Unknown, Libyan National Army

LOCATION

جورين, Hama, Syria

One child, a boy, and a woman, his mother, were injured as a result of Turkish-backed militant action, from factions of the “Al-Fateh Al-Mubin”. The actions were reported to include artillery shells hitting the town of Jourin on November 20th 2022. The woman and child were reportedly transferred to the Suqaylabiyah National Hospital for treatment.

Summary

Turkish Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Village

LOCATION

بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Libya

Various sources reported about 18 airstrikes and artillery shelling near the Sabri and fish market areas of Benghazi. Some sources named the UAE as the belligerent, others the LNA. There were no public reports of civilian harm at the time.

Summary

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military