Incident date
August 30, 2023
LOCATION
عطالة, Attale, Al Hassakah, SyriaTwo civilian men, Ahmed Fathi al-Roudhan and Ahmed Ibrahim al-Okla, were killed when their car was reportedly struck with gunfire allegedly from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the village of Attale, in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah, at dawn on Wednesday August 30th 2023. Ninesixthree reported the incident took place at the al-Arisha SDF
Summary
Incident date
August 29, 2023
LOCATION
العزبة, Al Ezba, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOn August 29, 2023, several sources reported that an SDF bombardment of the Syrian city of Al-Ezba killed a child and injured numerous civilians, with most putting the number of injured between two and three. There are no sources that mention death of belligerents, and all accounts that offer specifics beyond “civilians killed and injured”
Summary
Incident date
August 29, 2023
LOCATION
العزبة, Al Ezba, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOn 29 August 2023, at least one civilian was reportedly killed by sniper fire from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Al Ezba, located in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor. According to a tweet from an activist from the local area, Saleh Al-Muhya Al-Atiq was allegedly killed by SDF snipers stationed in Al Ezba.
Summary
Incident date
August 29, 2023
LOCATION
الحصين, Al Haseen, Deir Ezzor, SyriaA young girl was killed during clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Deir Ezzor Military Council in the village of Al Haseen on August 29, 2023. @DeirEzzore tweeted that a seven year old girl was killed by a stray bullet during clashes in the town of Al Haseen. @nahermedia identified the little
Summary
Incident date
August 29, 2023
LOCATION
جديد عكيدات, Jadid Akidat, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOn August 29th, 2023, up to three civilians were reportedly killed as a result of ongoing clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Deir Ezzor military council in the town of Jadid Akidat, east of Deir Ezzor. Sources @DeirEzzore, @nahermedia, @OrientNews and Mhmad Alseed only reported on the death of Basil Muhammed Al-Salem (Basil
Summary
Incident date
August 29, 2023
LOCATION
زغير جزيرة, Zaghir Jazira, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOne civilian was injured as part of a violent clash between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Deir Ezzor Military Council in Zaghir Jazira on August 29, 2023. Both gender and name are unknown, while no other identifying information about the civilian casualty has been reported in the sources. The clash took place on 29
Summary
Incident date
August 29, 2023
LOCATION
الشيفية في غرانيج, Al Shayfiyyah in Granij, Deir Ezzor, SyriaUp to three civilians were injured in crossfire allegedly between the SDF and Deir Ezzor Military Council on August 29th, 2023 in the Al-Shafiyyah area of Granij, a town east of Deir Ezzor. Naher Media (@nahermedia) stated the injured were farmers, with Euphrates Post (@euphratspost) identifying one as Ibrahim al-Hamid al-Abd al-Hay, a young man.
Summary
Incident date
August 26, 2023
LOCATION
جسر الشغور, Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib, SyriaOn the morning of August 26th, artillery shells allegedly fired by the regime forces and Russia hit the city of Jisr al-Shughur, west of Idlib, injuring at least one civilian and causing material damage to residential neighborhoods and the Abdul Rahman Al-Nasser School. The bombardment also fell in the vicinity of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya School
Summary
Incident date
August 26, 2023
LOCATION
in the vicinity of Seiera, Lower Juba, Somalia13 al-Shabaab militants were killed by declared US airstrikes in the vicinity of Seiera in Lower Jubba on August 26, 2023. AFRICOM announced that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense airstrike against al Shabaab terrorists in the vicinity of Seiera, Somalia, approximately 45 kilometers northwest
Summary
Incident date
August 26, 2023
LOCATION
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, SyriaTwo children were killed and at least four other civilians were injured, including up to three children and two women, in artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces during the afternoon on August 26th, 2023 in Kansafra, Idlib. The two children were siblings and have been identified by the Syrian Civil
Summary
Incident date
August 26, 2023
LOCATION
دير سنبل, Deir Sinbol, Idlib, SyriaOn the morning of August 26th 2023, an elderly male civilian was “slightly injured” according to Syrian Civil Defence (@SyriaCivilDefe), during shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces on a residential neighborhood in the village of Deir Sunbul, south Idlib, Syria. The Syrian Civil Defence (@SyriaCivilDefe) reported that their volunteers gave
Summary
Incident date
August 25, 2023
LOCATION
in the vicinity of Basra, between Afgoye and Bal’ad towns, Lower Shabelle, SomaliaFive al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by operations carried out by Somalia government forces and international partners in the vicinity of Basra, between Afgoye and Bal’ad towns on August 25, 2023. @HarunMaruf quoted state media who reported that government forces in collaboration with international partners carried out a second operation that resulted in the killing
Summary
Incident date
August 25, 2023
LOCATION
Sheekhow farm outside Awdhegle town, Lower Shabelle, Somalia27 al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by operations carried out by Somalia government forces and international partners at Sheekhow farm outside Awdhegle town village on August 25, 2023. @HarunMaruf quoted state media who reported that government forces in collaboration with international partners carried out an operation that resulted in the killing of 27 militants. @HarunMaruf pointed
Summary
Incident date
August 25, 2023
LOCATION
قرية البركة, Al Baraka village, Hama, SyriaOn 25 August 2023, a man and wife and their child were reportedly injured by a ‘terrorist’ mortar missile in the village of Al-Baraka, located in the north-western Hama countryside. A Facebook post by a correspondent for Al Ghab valley in Hama reported that the injured child is 6 months old and that the family
Summary
Incident date
August 25, 2023
LOCATION
قرية جورين, Jurin and Na'orat Jurin villages, Hama, SyriaOn August 25th, 2023 at least two women were injured and a young woman and child later died due to injuries sustained in a Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) perpetrated assault on Jurin and Na’orat Jurin Villages in Northwest Hama. The woman, Taryaq Rustom and child, Maher Abbas, died four days after the attack after receiving
Summary
Incident date
August 24, 2023
LOCATION
قرية ميرغمير, village of Mergmir, Erbil, IraqOn the 24th of August 2023, a drone strike is believed to have killed either four civilians or four PKK fighters, two of them in medical roles, in the village of Merg Mir in the Bradost region in Erbil Governorate. According to several news sources, including Roj News, Hawar News Agency and Kurdistan 24, the
Summary
Incident date
August 23, 2023
LOCATION
طريق علي فرو, Ali Faro Road, Al Hassakah, SyriaOn the afternoon of August 23, 2023, a man was killed and at least one person, a female journalist, was injured in an alleged Turkish drone strike on the Qamishli-Amuda road in Northeast Syria. The man, Najm al-Din Faisal, worked for woman-run channel JIN TV, and was driving fellow channel employees. Dalila Akid, a journalist,
Summary
Incident date
August 22, 2023
LOCATION
أحسم, Ihsim, Idlib, SyriaOn Tuesday morning, August 22nd 2023, three civilians were injured, including one child, as a result of artillery shelling allegedly by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russia on the town of Ihsim in Jabal Al-Zawiya, in the countryside of Idlib. Many local sources including @SyriaCivilDefe and SY-24 news also reported that a fire broke out
Summary
Incident date
August 22, 2023
LOCATION
الغزاوية, Al Ghazawiya, Aleppo, SyriaAt least one civilian, a civilian male, was injured on August 22nd after artillery shells – allegedly launched from regions jointly controlled by the regime and Syrian Democratic Forces – struck the village of Al Ghazawiya, in the Afrin countryside north of Aleppo. According to a report from Zamal al Wasl, five shells were launched
Summary
Incident date
August 22, 2023
LOCATION
محطة مياه عري في بلدة عين شيب, Urri water station in Ain Shib town, Idlib, SyriaAt least two people were killed, an elderly man and an 18-year-old boy, and between three and five people were seriously injured, including a woman, a male child and a female child, when alleged Russian bombs hit a disused water station, near the villages of Urri and Ain Shib, west of Idlib, around midnight on
Summary
Incident date
August 22, 2023
LOCATION
بين بلدتي الشيخ بحر ومعرة مصري, between the towns of Sheikh Baher and Maaret, Misrin, Idlib, SyriaOn August 22, 2023, at least four civilians were killed—and up to seven others were injured—in a series of alleged Russian airstrikes between the towns of Sheikh Baher and Maaret Misrin in Idlib, Syria. Sources conflict about the precise number of civilians killed and injured by these strikes. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that
Summary
Incident date
August 20, 2023
LOCATION
Buk Akable settlement, Hiiraan, SomaliaMepa News reported that according to local sources, US airstrikes on the Buk Akable settlement resulted in the death of three civilians, including women and children, and the injury of seven others. The source stated that Somalia government media was claiming that those killed were members of al-Shabaab and that AFRICOM has not released a
Summary
Incident date
August 18, 2023
LOCATION
ديرسنبل, , Deir Sinbul, Idlib, SyriaAt least one woman suffered a psychological injury following alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime shelling of the village of Deir Sinbul on August 18, 2023. The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) reported that a woman suffered a nervous breakdown after artillery shelling reportedly carried out by the Syrian regime and Russian forces struck the village of
Summary
Incident date
August 16, 2023
LOCATION
سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, SyriaAt least one woman was injured in a residential area on the western outskirts of the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, because of alleged shelling by Syrian Regime and/or Russian forces in the evening of Wednesday August 16th 2023. The Syrian Civil Defence and Baladi News reported that civilian property was damaged, a number
Summary
Incident date
August 16, 2023
LOCATION
راس العين , Ras Al Ayn, Al Hassakah, SyriaOn the 16th of August, 2023, at least four civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured in an outbreak of violence between two reportedly Turkish backed armed factions in the Al Mahatta neighborhood of the city of Ras Al Ayn, in Syria’s Al Hasakah Governorate. The clashes allegedly began after raids carried out
Summary
Incident date
August 16, 2023
LOCATION
Maaret Al Nassan, Aleppo, SyriaOn August 16th, 2023, at least one civilian was injured in shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces in the Syrian village of Maarat Al-Nassan. The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) reported that a civilian was injured by artillery shelling carried out by the Syrian regime and Russian forces, adding that their
Summary
Incident date
August 15, 2023
LOCATION
in a remote area near Cali Heele, Galguduud, SomaliaFive al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by declared US airstrikes near Cali Heele in the Galgaduud region on August 15, 2023 AFRICOM released a statement that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense airstrike in a remote area near Cali Heele, approximately 244 kilometers North East
Summary
Incident date
August 15, 2023
LOCATION
Bandar Jadiid and Fanoole villages in the town of Jilib, Middle Juba, SomaliaFour civilians, three women and a child, were killed and four other civilians, one woman and three children, were injured by alleged Kenyan airstrikes on Jilib on August 15, 2023. Somali journalist Mahamuud Hassan (@xuquuqda1) reported that Kenyan airstrikes on Bandar Jadiid and Fanoole villages in the town of Jilib resulted in the death of
Summary
Incident date
August 11, 2023
LOCATION
بنجوين, Penjwin district, Sulaymaniyah, IraqOn August 11, 2023, three civilians, including at least one woman (who may have been under 18), were reportedly killed after being struck by a Turkish drone in the Penjwin district of Sulaymaniyah governorate. According to media coverage of this event, the victims were killed while driving towards the Iranian border. In its coverage of this
Summary
Incident date
August 9, 2023
LOCATION
مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Aleppo, SyriaOn the evening of Wednesday 9 August, 2023, one civilian was reportedly killed and five to seven others, including three children and a woman, were injured by a missile strike on the Kuwait Al Rahma camp for displaced persons in Jabal Teranda, Afrin. The strike reportedly came from areas controlled by the regime forces and