Civilian Casualties

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

درنة‎, port, Darnah, Libya

An aircraft reportedly struck a boat allegedly belonging to the local militia Saraya Al-Dajjal off the coast of Derna. The status of any civilian crew on board is currently unknown.

Summary

Kyyivsʹkyy, Nemyshlyansʹkyy, Moskovsʹkyy districts, Київський, Немишлянський, Московський райони, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a woman, was killed and up to four others were injured in alleged Russian shelling of the Kyivskyi, Saltivskyi, and Nemyshlyanskyi districts of Kharkiv on April 28, 2022. Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, originally reported that one person was killed and two others were injured in one

Summary

1 – 2

(1 woman)

2–4

اجدابيا, Ajdabia, Al Wahat, Libya

LOCATION

The LNA self-reported helicopter strikes in Ajdabiya between 04:00 and 07:00 near Al-Jelaydah. It said that cars, tanks and ammunition stores were targeted. Local sources added that two boats northeast of Ajdabiya near Zuwetina were targeted. Two sources also reported that Al Qaeda senior figure Ibrahim al-Sheikh and five of his companions were killed by

Summary

Хроли, Khroly, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration reported that one person was wounded by alleged Russian shelling in Khroly on April 28, 2022. No other details are available at this time. This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR56709.

Summary

بنغازي‎, Nairouz family resort, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

LNA strikes reportedly targeted alleged terrorists in Benghazi in the Sabri, and fish market areas and at Marissa port. Al Arabiya accompanied a helicopter that took part in the raids with a camera. According to Rihab, “the Libyan air force on Sunday evening [Nov 8th] bombed sites belonging to the organisation of ISIS in the

Summary

ترمانين, Termanin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of March 30th, 2023, several sources reported alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime artillery shelling near Termanin, north of Idlib resulting in the injury of between one and two civilians. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and other sources report that one civilian was wounded while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and

Summary

IDP or refugee camp

1–2

Russian Military

كوباني, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least 3 civilians were injured in an alleged Turkish drone strike killed two Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters by a petrol station near the southern entrance of Kobani at 11:55am on June 12, 2023. The North Press quoted a medical source at the al-Amal Hospital in Kobani city who reported that 22 year old

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

3–5

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

LOCATION

Lower Shabelle, Somalia

US air support was potentially involved in an operation to retake areas of the Lower Shabelle region which killed 15 al Shabaab fighters, Radio Shabelle reported. Colonel Mohamed Abdullahi Arale confirmed to state media that the Somali National Army had retaken Yaaqbari Weyne, MadaxMarodi and Lego villages. Colonel Arale reportedly said that his troops had

Summary

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Known belligerent

Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

عزمارين, Azmarin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On 22nd July 2023, two civilians were reportedly injured by gunfire from Turkish border forces on the Syrian-Turkish border near the village of Azmarin, Harem in Western Idlib. The North Press reported that both Manaf Azaddin and Yamen al-Sufarani were injured when attempting to cross the border, one in the morning and the other in

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

كصنفرة , Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were reported injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kansafra, Idlib, on August 14th. Macro Media Center reported that “civilians [were] wounded as a result of the shelling by Russian warplanes with vacuum missiles on the residential neighborhoods of Kansafra town in the southern countryside of Idlib.” Edlib Media Center also reported that “civilians were

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected target

معربليت, Ma’arbelet, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On August 1st 2023, Syrian regime and/or Russian forces reportedly shelled the village of Ma’arbelet, south of Idlib, resulting in the injury of at least one civilian, a child. @SyriaCivilDefe stated that the child was in critical condition. Local sources including @RadioAlKul reported that a number of civilians were wounded by artillery shelling, but did

Summary

1–2

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

قرية الحويجة, Al-Hawija village, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A male civilian was injured in a bombing suspected to have been carried out by the Turkish military during the night of September 5, 2023 in Al-Hawija village in Ain Issa district. A Hawar News correspondent named the injured civilian as 23 year old Khalil Ibrahim Al-Hamad who was taken to the National Hospital in

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

حي الزهراء, Mosul, Sheshan and Zahrah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Airwars researcher met the three injured named kids at the evacuation centre in Goggali frontline east of Mosul after they submitted to Unknown fire in Sheshan and Zahrah neighbourhoods east of Mosul. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as

Summary

US-led Coalition

3 named, 1 familiy identified

عامودا, Qamishlo-Amuda road, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and eight civilians were injured by alleged Turkish drone strikes on Ali Faro Road between Qamishlo and Amuda on September 17, 2023. Up to four militants were killed and three others were injured in the original strike, while the civilians were injured in a double tap strike as they tried to help the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2–8

Turkish Military

Suspected target

YPG/SDF

Belligerents reported injured

2–4

قرب أبراج الندى, Vicinity of Al Nada towers, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 11, 2023, three male paramedics belonging to the Palestinian Red Crescent were killed while carrying out humanitarian work in the Al-Nada Towers vicinity area after the ambulance vehicle was directly hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike. The victims – Khalil Al-Sharif (28 years old), Ahmad Dahman (33 years old), and Yisri Al-Masri (58

Summary

Healthcare facility

(3 men)

Impact

3 named

Exact location (via Airwars)

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had “conducted two (2) airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab militants near Jilib, Middle Juba Region, Somalia, on January 23, 2019.” It also asserted that “at this time we assess no civilians were injured or killed in these airstrikes.” AFRICOM gave no figures on the number of belligerents killed. Associated Press

Summary

الطيانة, Al Tayyana, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One or two people were killed in airstrikes on the town of Al Tayyana, Deir Ezzor governorate, in the night of October 2nd 2019. Nedaa and Deirezzor24 reported that international coalition forces launched raids and searches in cooperation with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A reporter of Deir Ezzor 24 noted that an airdrop operation

Summary

1 – 2

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

مديرية العبر, Al Abr District, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

Up to four alleged AQAP militants, including a leadership figure, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Zamakh and Manakh, in the Al Abr district of Hadramout governorate, between the evening of March 4th-5th 2018. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Late on March 5th, local language sources including @SkyNewsArabia_B

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

2–4

مبنى البلدية القديم, Old municipality building, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 9th 2023, an alleged strike by the Israeli military resulted in the destruction of the old municipality building of Khan Yunis and the surrounding area. At least four civilians were killed in this attack. Through various social media posts, they were identified as Hani Ghassan Qudyah (19 years old), Ahmed Shehdeh Abu Teir

Summary

4 – 5

(1 child4 men)

5 named

Exact location (via Airwars)

Ministerial Building, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Three young sisters were reportedly killed by an LNA airstrike on the Fornaj neighbourhood of Tripoli. Reuters reported: “Three children, all sisters, were killed, and their mother and a fourth sister wounded in an air strike that hit a house near a military intelligence camp in Libya’s capital on Monday, a Reuters reporter and health

Summary

3 – 4

(3–4 children)

2–9

5 named, 1 familiy identified

جنوب غزة, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 7th 2023, a young man was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike south of Gaza city. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) identified him as Amir Abdullah al-Khor, aged 19, further noting that he was just passing by the area when he was killed in the bombing. A relative of the

Summary

(1 man)

علي باجلية, Baciliye/El-Elî Baciliye, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported killed and four others injured in an alleged Turkish forces airstrike on Baciliye village in Tal Abyad on October 10th 2019, according to local media sources. @PLisboaab said the attack occurred at 18:50 local time.

Summary

Turkish Military

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

LOCATION

In the afternoon/evening of Wednesday, October 11th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on a residential house located in Ma’an, east of the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, killed a young woman and a child and injured between four and 10 other civilians, including the woman’s husband. Initially Amad news reported that one

Summary

Residential building

(1 child1 woman)

4–10

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

صلاح الدين, Salaheddin, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between two and three children were killed in an LNA artillery strike on the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Tripoli. Al Wasat reported: “Amin al-Hashemi, media advisor to the Ministry of Health in the government of Al-Wefaq, announced the death of two children and the injury of a child from the Zlitni family in an artillery shelling

Summary

2 – 3

(2–3 children)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Thursday, October 12, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Aqal family home located in the Nuseirat camp, central Gaza Strip, resulted in the death of one civilian. Al-Mayadeen news covered the incident, stating that a “martyr was recovered from the home of the Aqal family”, with Wattan news reporting that

Summary

Residential building

Town

مسجد المقداد بن عمرو, Miqdad bin Amr Mosque, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One paramedic was reportedly killed by an LNA airstrike on the Khallet Al Furjan neighbourhood of Tripoli. Hona Souq Al-Khmies initially reported an air raid in the area and later said that they “targeted a field hospital of Khallet Al Furjan and the killed of one of the paramedics.” The Libya Observer later said: “The

Summary

المغراقة, Al Maghraqa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Tuesday, October 10th 2023, between 13 and 14 members of the al-Hasanat family, including at least two women and five children of whom one was a 9 month old infant, were reportedly killed, and several others were injured after an alleged Israeli bombing of the home of the al-Hasanat family in the center of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Residential building

(5–6 children2 women6 men)

13 – 14

2–3

13 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

دار الكبيرة, Dar Al Kabira, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Dar Al Kabira, Idlib countryside, on October 28th, 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence reported on Facebook that civilian homes were targeted. All three sources attributed the strikes to Russia. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Russian Military