Civilian Casualties

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including three children, were killed and two other civilians, including a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on the town of Ain Issa on August 4, 2021. According to a statement from the Syrian Democratic Forces, “the occupation army bombed with tank shells at exactly three o’clock

Summary

(3 children1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

أريحا, residential neighborhoods of the city of Ariha (Jericho), Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 9:14 PM on Sunday, October 22, 2023, a missile strike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian and/or Iranian military injured four to five civilians, including two women and at least one child, in the residential neighborhoods of the city of Ariha (Jericho) located in the southern countryside of

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Healthcare facility, Residential building, School

4–5

Impact

Iranian Military, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الهبيط, Al-Habit, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One source reported the injury of a member of Syrian Civil Defense in airstrikes on Madaya, Idlib, June 6th. Syrian Network for Human Rights stated that “Ahmad Dab’an, a member of Syria Civil Defense was injured in his foot as warplanes, we believe were Russian, fired missiles in Madaya village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on June

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عسقلان, Ashkelon, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

One Israeli civilian was killed and as many as seven injured when alleged Hamas militants fired a rocket struck the city of Ashkelon southern Israel on the 11th May, 2021, according to local reports. Nella Gurevitz (between 52 and 57 years old) was killed and her husband injured, when a rocket reportedly fired by Hamas

Summary

(1 woman)

Known belligerent

Palestinian Militants

2 named, 1 familiy identified

خربة العدس, Kirbet al-Adas, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday, May 12th 2024, 30-year-old Abdelrahman Fouad Ahmad Madi was killed by gunfire from an alleged Israeli quadcopter in the Khirbet al-Adas area of the Gaza Strip. The day of the alleged Israeli attack, Facebook user Mohamed Awad and Twitter/X user @khalidalmaktari reported that “since morning, four martyrs and a number of injuries have

Summary

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, al Nabablah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians in an even near Tabqah, Syira. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS fighting position, it was assessed that two civilians in an adjacent building were unintentionally injured when the target was

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

شارع الجميزة, ال القرا, Gemmayzeh Street, Al Qaraa, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

One man was injured in a missile or drone strike allegedly carried out by Israeli forces on Saturday 15 May 2021 in Gemmayzeh Street, Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. There are multiple reports of a young man being moderately injured in a missile strike while riding a

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الزكاة, Al Zakat, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported that an unknown number of civilians were wounded when Russian and Syrian regime forces carried out airstrikes on the town of Al Zakat, Hama governorate, on June 14th, 2019. Step News wrote that “Russian and Syrian regime aircraft, with more than 15 airstrikes, targeted the cities of Al Latamina, Kafr Zita,

Summary

Suspected target

عيادة الرمال، الرمال, Al Remal Clinic, Al Remal, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A man and his infant daughter were reported killed and Dr Majed Salha was critically injured as were a further four other civilians, due to an an airstrike allegedly carried out by the Israeli Armed Forces that hit the Al-Shawwa building on May 17th, 2021. The missiles reportedly damaged adjacent buildings such as the Al

Summary

(1 child1 man)

حي معان ,خان يونس, Ma’an neighborhood, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between three and four civilians, including two children, were injured when an unexploded missile landed in a home east of Ma’an on May 20, 2021. According to Al Mezan, Israeli missiles struck the home of brothers Muhammad and Munis Muhareb, in the customs police area east of Ma’an. However, the missile did not explode and

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

3–4

Causes of injury / death

Israeli Military

زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At least 30 and as many as 71 civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces airstrike on Zamalka on March 17th, 2018, according to local media sources. Al Modon news said “The massacre occurred as hundreds of civilians flocked from the city of Zamalka to the city of Hamouriya, which

Summary

30 – 71

(1 child2 women27 men)

20–100

5 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم قاديا, Qadia Camp, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Two children were killed and three to four others, including two children and an elderly man, were injured – all from the same family – when an alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) or Turkish IED exploded in Qadiya refugee camp. According to the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK), “in the late evening hours of August

Summary

(2 children)

3–4

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

YPG, Turkish Military

الخالدية, Al Khalidiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a young man, was injured in alleged Turkish bombing of the village of Al-Khalidiya on September 6, 2021. According to North Press Agency (NPA), a 28 year old man named Yasser Youssef Hajo was injured by shrapnel when Turkish forces bombed the village of Al-Khalidiya. A medical source in Ain Issa

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زرزور, Zarzour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Zarzour, Idlib governorate, on March 26th, 2018, reportedly led to injured civilians, according to Shaam News Network. Shaam reported that “Russian aircraft launched fierce air raids on the cities and towns of Ariha, Al Taman’a, Harsh Abidin, Al Naqir and Harsh Al Habit in the southern countryside, and

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Russian Military

دير سنبل, Deir Sunbol, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Several injuries were reported after Russian or Syrian regime forces’ targeted a olive harvest with “heavy” artillery and missiles in the outskirts of the village of Deir Sunbal, south of Idlib, Syria. Syria Civil Defense said that “artillery of the regime and Russia targeted workers while harvesting the olive crop on the outskits of Dersanbel”

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0–5

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

السوسة, Al Sousse , Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A child was reported killed in alleged Russian forces airstrikes or Syrian regime shelling on Al Soussa village in Deir Ezzor, Syria on March 29th, 2018 according to local sources. Suleiman Jamil Al-Safan who is originally from Al Bukamal was killed in the attack. Euphrates page reported on March 31st “The martyrdom of the child

Summary

(1 child)

1 named

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two people, according to local sources, identified as Saber Sinjar Al-Fahd and Sami Dilis Al-Aoun, were killed allegedly by US-led Coalition and Kurdish SDF forces during an airstrike on an ISIS “sleeper cell” or the house of a former member of the oppostion factions in the city of Hajin, east of Deir Ezzor, Syria, on

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

Causes of injury / death

Belligerents reported killed

0–1

آل عوشان, Al Awshan, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one Al Qaeda member was killed by alleged US drone strikes on a house in the Hadba Al-Awshan area on December 15, 2021. Yemen Anbaa News reported that a drone believed to be American killed an emir of Al Qaeda in an abandoned house in the Hadba Al-Awshan area. He was alleged to

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported killed

1–2

الصورة, Al Soura, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians, including a woman, were killed and 10 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Soura on June 25th, 2018, according to local sources. The LLMA wrote on Facebook that “Russian warplanes launched six airstrikes so far on the town of Al

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

(1 woman2 men)

Suspected target

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

اّفس, Afes, Idlib, Syria

Up to two civilians were killed and between two and four other civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the town of Afes on February 27, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two civilians were killed and two others were injured when the regime forces and Russian forces bombed a

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

2–4

4 named

كفرسجنة, Kafar Sijna, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that a missile struck near Martyr Wahid al Yousef Primary School in Kafr Sajna village in Idlib, damaging the building and wounding one civilian. Youmyat rejal shora alleged: “Police officer Abd al-Rahman Hamdaoui, from the Kafr Sijnah al-Hurra police station, was wounded by the air raid of the regime, which targeted the

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

قرية قرطاج, Qartage village, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, four children and a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish artillery shelling of the village of Qartage in Ain Issa countryside on May 17, 2022. Hawar News documented the names of the woman and the four children that were injured in the Turkish artillery shelling on Qartage farm south of Ain Issa. The

Summary

Turkish Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were reported injured alongside ISIS fighters, after Coalition aircraft disrupted a public execution by ISIS in Abu Kamal’s Fayhaa Square. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “the Coalition carried out airstrikes and targeted an Islamic State headquarters in al-Bokamal city on the border with Iraq. The bombing killed at

Summary

11–20

القاهرة, Al Kahira, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Al Kahira on June 16, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that a civilian was wounded when Syrian regime and Russian forces struck his car with a guided missile in the town of Al Kahira in Al-Ghab Plain. A tweet

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الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied involvement in an alleged incident that was previously unknown to Airwars. In the report, the Coalition wrote: “May 13, 2017, near Tabqah, Syria, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties. The

Summary

US-led Coalition

خوتانة, Khoutana village, Bilbileh district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent named one child was wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Khoutana. The victim was named as 10-year-old Mohemmed Noury Ibrahim, who reportedly sustained bruising to his head. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

قرية صيدا, Seyda village, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and one civilian was injured as a result of an attack on July 26th 2022 by an alleged Turkish drone strike struck Seyda village, in the Ain Isa district, Raqqa, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the drone hit a car with a missile. Hawar News reported that

Summary

(1 man)

النيربية, Al Nayribiyah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An elderly woman was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of Al Nayribiyah village on August 19, 2022. Hawar News Agency reported that a woman and a child were injured as a result of Turkish forces bombing the villages of the countryside of Al-Shahba canton, including the villages of Karamel, Hassin, Ain Deqina and Baylouniyah, in

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Raqqah, Tashih, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of a self-reported civilian harm claim “near Raqqa, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, “ 110. May 24, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was

Summary

US-led Coalition