Civilian Casualties

بنغازي‎, Omar al-Mukhtar mausoleum, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Local sources reported airstrikes in multiple areas of Benghazi – including Sabri, the fish market area at the tomb of Omar al-Mukhtar, the municipal hotel, the Republic Hospital and the Al-Nuran Hotel. According to a report in Akhbar Alaan, the LNA announced ten strikes on militants in the city. Other sources put the number of

Summary

Libyan National Army, Egyptian Military

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

LOCATION

El Erîde, Raqqa, Syria

Two civilians were reported executed allegedly by Turkey forces and/or Turkey-backed militants in El Eride, Ain Issa in Raqqa governorate on October 28th 2019, according to local sources. ANHA and Politika identified the two victims as Mehmûd Zahêr (60 years old) and Berho Elo (65 years old). @Karl_hakon tweeted: “Turkish military and their mercenaries continue

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

Turkish Military, Free Syrian Army

2 named

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

On December 2nd, Mohamed Lajnef posted pictures of two injured children on Facebook, saying they had been liberated from ISIS. On December 5th Libya’s Channel reported Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous rescued over a hundred children and women from ISIS, some of the children severely injured. It showed pictures of two children: one is the same depicted in

Summary

0–2

Government of National Accord, US Forces

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, six civilians were injured in an alleged Turkish forces attack on Manbij in Aleppo governorate in Syria on October 21st, 2019. The civilians injured include three children aged between 1 and 10, and three women.

Summary

الوشكة, Al-Wushka, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

According to various local sources a GNA/Misurata Air Force airstrike hit a car while targeting ISIS forces. Two members of the al-Mazoughi family, a man and his wife, were reportedly severely injured. The incident took place near the villages Al-Washka, Al-Qadihah and Zamzam. In addition, ten ISIS members were reported killed in the strike, including

Summary

Government of National Accord

Suspected target

ISIS - Libya

القنطري, Al Qenteri, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One woman was reported injured in an alleged Turkish forces and/or Turkey-backed militants’ attack on Qenteri village, Tal Abyad in Raqqa – Syria. The attack happened on November 6th 2019, according to local sources. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

Turkish Military, Free Syrian Army

جبل شاعر, Jabal Sha'er, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian warplanes carried out air raids in Jabal Shaer, a mountain area near Homs, and wounded several civilians, local media reported. According to @fawaaaa4, Russian airstrikes allegedly hit “the mountains of Shaer and Jazel”. This source who also added that the strikes had hit Beduin communities. Both sources mentioned that the raids had caused

Summary

Russian Military

درنة الفتايح, Derna: Al Fatayah, Darnah, Libya

LOCATION

Local sources reported heavy LNA shelling on populated areas in Derna. Mohamed Alshiki posted on Twitter: “Heavy shelling by the Libyan air force now by using warplanes and vertical combat The shelling also included the valleys in Derna.” Ramaa_el_gd reported, “bombing by Haftar which hit three residential neighbourhoods, led to burning farms and the some

Summary

Libyan National Army

أم الشعفة, Um Shuayfa, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Three journalists were reported injured as a result of an alleged Turkish artillery attack on the village of Um Shuayfa, north of the city of Tal Tamr, on November 9th, 2019 according to local sources. The journalist reported injured is Fadel Hammad, a reporter for the al-Akhbariya TV channel, and he was injured in the

Summary

Turkish Military

Belligerents reported injured

3 named

بنغازي‎, Bu Jazirah, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

According to multiple local sources, airstrikes from an unknown belligerent reportedly hit Benghazi University and the February 17 camp targeting Ansar al-Sharia, which were described by some sources as “terrorist sites”. Entisar Shinib reported that some civilians houses have affected by the strike, however, no civilian harms are reported. There were no known reports of civilian

Summary

Beled Amin South, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A total of 11 al Shabaab militants were killed as US forces conducted two airstrikes in the vicinity of Beled Amin South on December 19th, a US Africa Command press release claimed. According to AFRICOM, no civilians were harmed. The strike referenced here killed three militants and the second strike killed eight militants, the US

Summary

معارة النعسان, Maarat Naasan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians, including a child, were reported killed and up to five others injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Ma’arat AlNaasan in Idlib, on November 24th 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defense said the six civilians are from one family and named the killed ones: Reema Ramadan, aged 60, Mohamed Omar Ramadan aged

Summary

(1 child1 woman1 man)

3–5

6 named, 1 familiy identified

الغدفة, Al Ghadfa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A woman and a man were reported injured in an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrike in Al Gadfa in the countryside of Maarat al-Numan Idlib, Syria on December 2nd, 2019, according to local sources, apparently targeting a civilian home. The “young” man was identified as Hudhayfa Al-Hamoud by local sources. According to

Summary

1 named

LOCATION

Buusaar, Gedo, Somalia

Local sources alleged that a night time airstrike by an unknown party had targeted al Shabaab at Buusaar in Gedo. According to Ilwared, “Reports reaching us from Gedo region in southern Somalia say that military planes carried out airstrikes last night as residents told Radio Kulmiye. The planes were reportedly targeting Al-Shabaab bases in Buusar, Gedo

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

تل الورد غربي, Tal Al Ward, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, one civilian was reported killed when Turkish forces or Turkey-backed forces launched an artillery attack on Tal Al Ward in Tal Tamr town of Hasakah in Syria, on December 9th, 2019. No further details are available at the moment.

Summary

منطقة بـئر الأسطى ميـلاد, Vicinity of Bi’r Al Austa Milad road, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

On Tuesday, December 24, 2019, drone or artillery strikes, reportedly conducted by the Libyan National Army or the United Arab Emirates in the vicinity of Bi’r Al Austa Milad road, Tajoura, Libya, killed up to four civilians including two women and injured 12 other non-combatants according to local reports. A vegetable market and civilian cars

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery, Drone Strike

Civilian infrastructure

Marketplace

(0–1 children2 women0–1 men)

3 – 4

Impact

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

15 named, 2 families identified

مطار بغداد الدولي‎, Baghdad International Aiport, Baghdad, Iraq

LOCATION

Possibly one civilian was killed and an unknown number of civilians injured in a confirmed U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian national Qassam Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, on Baghdad International Airport at January 3rd, 2020. The New York Times reported that an “American MQ-9 Reaper drone fired missiles into a convoy that was leaving

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

0 – 1

Known belligerent

US Forces

11–13

LOCATION

حاس, Hass, Idlib, Syria

A young man was killed and at least one other civilian was wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Hass, Idlib governorate, on January 15th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the 22-year-old Muhammad Hasan al Da’if was killed in “a strike carried

Summary

1–2

1 named

معردبسة, Ma’ar Dibsa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and 11 civilians died and an unspecified number more were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Ma’ar Dibsa, according to local media. There were also reports that between five and nine combatants died. Live ua reported: “Four civilians were killed and others wounded as a result of air strikes on the

Summary

4 – 11

Russian Military

1 named

5–9

مرديخ, Mardiekh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One man was killed and a woman was injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on the village of Mardiekh, Idlib Governorate, on January 26th, 2020, according to local media. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported: “16:02 A regime’s Sukhoi 22 warplane raid targets the outskirts of Mardikh village and resulted in

Summary

Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command declared on the same day that it had conducted an airstrike “in the vicinity of Jilib” which it said had killed “one (1) terrorist.” However local reports said that one young woman was killed and two or three other women injured in the event in Jilib town, which AFRICOM later acknowledged. According

Summary

(1 child)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that long-range high-explosive ballistic missiles struck the city of Jisr al-Shughour. Step News specified that ten missiles struck residential buildings and infrastructure in the city. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the strikes struck an area near the Mamoun Haj Yahya School in al Shamali al Sharqi neighborhood, severely destroying

Summary

Artillery, Naval bombardment

Civilian infrastructure

School

12–14

12 named, 4 families identified

الباب, Al Bab , Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One man was reportedly killed and at least six civilians had been reportedly injured in an alleged Syrian regime artillery attack on Al Bab, Aleppo, on February 1st, 2020. While most sources only reported that six civilians had been injured, EMC reported that the attack also killed one man. According to Baladi News, the civilians were

Summary

2–6

Syrian Regime

رملة, Ramla, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were injured in a continuation of blanket airstrikes Idlib, which struck Ramla. Sources blamed either Russia or the Syrian regime for the raids. “Um Muwaylat refugee camp, the villages of Sara’a, Sheikh Baraka and Ramleh in the eastern countryside” were all targeted in the raid. There are no details of

Summary

Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an “NGO report”. According to the Coalition report: “80. Feb. 24, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information and strike

Summary

US-led Coalition

الاتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

From multiple incidents in the same day, three civilians including a child were reported killed and more than 25 others, including a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Atarib in Aleppo, Syria on February 10th 2020, via local sources. A Facebook post from Anastracey identified two

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 child2 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

قرية الكفير,, al Kfir village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Idlib Media Centre reported that there were “two wounded following Russian occupation raids on al Kfir village near Jisr al Shoughour in the Idlib countryside.” According to Shaban Abukhaled, “Russian warplanes launched missile attacks on rural villages and towns of Jisir Al Shoghour in idlib countryside” – but the source made no mention of civilian harm.

Summary

Russian Military