Civilian Casualties

دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and four civilians including a child were alleged killed in a Coalition airstrike on Debsi Afnan, according to some local sources. Al Natek reported that four non-combatants died in a Coalition strike. And the Syrian Network said “at least two civilians including a child died in International Coalition warplanes missiles fired on Debsi

Summary

2 – 4

(1 child)

1–4

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A young man was killed when alleged Russian shelling struck “militants” in a sugar factory and a farm in Maskanah, Aleppo, local media reported. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raids. There were no reports of wounded civilians. According to @fathi_1999, three raids struck the town. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

(1 man)

بلدة حور, Hor, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One unidentified civilian was killed – and others were wounded – in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hor, Aleppo, local media reported. All sources attributed the blame to Russian warplanes. There are no other details at this time.

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1 – 2

بابيص, Babis, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An unidentified man was killed following an alleged Russian airstrike on Babis, Aleppo, local media reported. According to one source, a woman was wounded, and most other sources reported several were wounded. The majority of sources didn’t attribute blame, however several pointed to Russian warplanes. Sources reported the alleged use of rockets and vacuum missiles. There

Summary

(1 man)

بنغازي‎, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Alnabaa TV reported that a foreign aircraft conducted airstrikes in Ganfouda. Its source in the Benghazi Shura Council didn’t confirm any casualties. According to Alnabaa, Ganfouda has also been hit by artillery shelling in the early morning hours and civilian infrastructure was heavily targeted in the strike. Alnabaa suspected civilians in the buildings but couldn’t confirm

Summary

Unknown

Unknown

تفتناز, Taftanaz, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were killed in alleged Russian, Syrian regime, and or US led Coalition airstrikes on Taftanaz. Sources are conflicted as to who was to blame. Most sources blame Russia and the Syrian regime, however there were also two allegations against the Coalition. As many as four civilians were also wounded – according to

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0 – 4

(0–3 men)

Russian Military, US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

2 named

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In a previously unknown incident or incidents, the Coalition concluded after self-reporting by personnel that no civilians had been killed or injured in Coalition strikes on Mosul on January 10th. According to a March 4th statement, two separate incidents of concern occurred. In the first it was assessed that “no civilians were harmed in this

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0 – 1

0–1

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

LOCATION

Local sources reported that unspecified air raids targeted Hadbah neighborhood, northeast of Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center said that “three raids targeted the densely populated neighborhood of Hadbah on the left side of Mosul.” It did not say how many people died. Mosul Ateka said that Sinan Abdel-Islam was killed in the raids, with a

Summary

(1 man)

الشخ علي, Al Sheikh Ali, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and seven civilians were wounded following an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Sheikh Ali, Aleppo. Most sources blamed Russia for the raids, with some attributing no blame. It was reported that despite their being no deaths, two of the victims were seriously injured, and were transferred to hospitals in Turkey. According to Syria News

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2–7

الباب , Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Seven or eight civilians died including one child and as many as 30 more were injured in alleged Turkish air and artillery strikes on Al Bab, Syria, according to sources on the ground. Ameer Alabaad put the death toll at six civilians with 12 more wounded – “mostly children and women” – in a “Turkish

Summary

7 – 8

(1 child1 man)

10–30

كبش, Kabish, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians died during a battle for control of Kabish. While most sources blamed SDF artillery, one claimed that the US-led Coalition was responsible for the deaths. A single source, Eldorar, reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coalition strike on Kabish. However according to Raqqa Post, one victim, Sadeq Qassem, was

Summary

1 – 3

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

1 named

Mosul, Baladiyat / Al Sukkar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of two civilians in an event in northeast Mosul. The event was later confirmed as a British airstrike. In its May 2018 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: “During a strike which destroyed Daesh vehicle-borne improvised explosive device used to attack

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

حرملة, Harmala, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported killed and two others injured following an alleged Coalition strike on Harmala. The Shaam News Network reported that “international coalition planes launched air raids near Harmala village north west of Raqqa which led to the deaths of four martyrs and a number of wounded.” All other sources, including the Syrian Observatory

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رقة السمرة, Raqqa al Samra, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including a mother and daughter were reported killed in an alleged Coalition morning strike on Raqqa al Samra, east of Raqqa city. Euphrates Post cited local civilian sources as saying that “Coalition aircraft targeted with highly explosive rockets residential homes in Raqqa al Samra which caused the deaths of four civilians, including a

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

3–7

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)

حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that three named civilians were killed after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted near a medical centre in the Officers neighbourhood near the Fourth Bridge. Mosul Ateka named Dr. Mohammed Tayyip ِِAl Leyla, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and his wife, Dr. Fatima Alhyial and their young daughter as victims of the

Summary

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

تدمر‎, Palmyra , Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were killed and wounded following an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes. Although no sources reported on a specific number of casualties, most sources reported that there were killed and wounded civilians at the scene. Reportedly, a car of displaced civilians fleeing their town as a result

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0 – 2

0–2

بزاعة , Baza’a town, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and three civilians including a child and a woman died and 12 others were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Baza’a town in the eastern Aleppo countryside, Syria, sources on the ground reported. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “two civilians (a child and a woman) died in a Der’ Al

Summary

2 – 3

(1 child1 woman1 man)

Turkish Military

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.

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0 – 1

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

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

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(0–1 children0–1 men)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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