Civilian Casualties

Agriculture

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition denied social media claims of having caused civilian casualties at Tal Afar. According to the June report, “22. April 3, 2017, near Tal Afar, Iraq, via social media: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties.”

Summary

0–1

US-led Coalition

خان شيخون, khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians was wounded in an airstrike with cluster munition on the outskirts of Khan Sheikhoun, according to local sources. Shaam News reported that Russian warplanes stepped up raids on a number of towns and villages in Idlib in Hama, targeting several civilian areas. Local source Khan Sheikhoun Lens however, blamed the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Named victims

1 named

Перехрестя вул ул. Героев труда и ул. Гвардейцев Широнинцев, Intersection of Heroiv Truda Streeet and Guardeitsev Shironintsev Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Two to three civilians were reportedly killed as a result of Russian forces shelling on Saltovka, a residential area in Kharkiv oblast, on February 26th 2022. The incident was reported to have taken place at the intersection of Heroe Truda Street and Guardeitsev Shironintsev Street. Kharkiv Today was the source which provided most in-depth detail:

Summary

2 – 3

Провулок 23-го Серпня, 23-ho Serpnya Lane, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

At least one and up to four civilians – including / or a whole family and one child – were reportedly killed when 23 August Lane, in Pavlv Pole in Kharkiv was hit on February 28th 2022 by an alleged Russian “Smerch” anti-aircraft missile system. At least 16 people were reported injured. According to Amnesty,

Summary

Water station

1 – 4

(1 child)

Russian Military

Exact location (via Airwars)

вул Академіка Проскури, Akademika Proskury Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

A 16 year old boy was killed by alleged Russian shelling of a market in the village of Zhukovsky on March 9, 2022. Suspilne Media reported that a 16 year old boy was killed by shelling of the market located at 5/7 Akademika Proskury Street in the village of Zhukovsky. Market Director Maryna Volobuyeva stated

Summary

Marketplace

(1 child)

Xaradheere, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

Between two and 47 alleged al-Shabaab militants were killed by declared US airstrikes or drone strikes near Xaradheere, Somalia approximately 396 km northeast of Mogadishu on January 23, 2023. There are no known reports of civilian casualties. US AFRICOM released a statement that “at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia and in support of

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2–47

مديرا, Madera, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

In this single-source event, Step News Agency reported that the Syrian regime in cooperation with Russia, continued its aerial shelling of eastern Ghouta, including in Madera. While the report made no specific mentioning of civilian harm, it is assessed that at least two civilians were wounded as it was noted how the shelling “resulted in general

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الشحيل, Al Shahil, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was injured during a declared raid carried out by CENTCOM and partner forces in Al Shahil on January 21, 2023. Up to three alleged ISIS members were also arrested during the raid. CENTCOM released a statement that “US Central Command forces conducted a partnered helicopter and ground assault raid in eastern Syria, Jan. 21,

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

قرب مدرسه الفتح بمنطقة الحصون بمديريه الوادي, near Al fateh School, Al-Hosen region, Wadi Abeda district, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

On February 27th 2023, a reported US drone strike hit a house near Al-Fateh School, in the Al-Hosen region of Wadi Abeda district in Marib, Yemen. According to local sources, two to three people were killed and up to one person was seriously injured. It was widely reported that the men killed and injured were

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported injured

2–3

0–1

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In a previously unknown allegation, the Coalition denied involvement in an incident that they said was reported on social media. In their July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition wrote: “May 4, 2017, near Ar Rutbah, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the

Summary

0–1

US-led Coalition

Барвінкове, Barvinkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

An elderly woman was killed by confirmed Russian airstrikes on the town of Barvinkove in Izium district around 1:15am on April 22, 2022. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office posted on Telegram that at around 1:15am, Russian forces fired aviation weapon launchers at the town of Barvinkove in Izium district, destroying more than 10 residential buildings.

Summary

(1 woman)

شيا عفرين, Shya, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a private report, the Kurdish Red Crescent named the following one civilian as wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Shya, Syria: ‘Hassan Suleiman Omar, 60, a shrapnel in the eye’ No further details are currently available.

Summary

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On April 26th 2022, Russia allegedly fired artillery on the city of Zolochiv injuring three civilians. The Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Oleg Sinegubov reported on Telegram the event as part of multiple Russian attacks in the region: “Today, as a result of shelling in Kharkiv, 3 people died, 7 were injured. 3 people were

Summary

Ocновянський, Osnovianskyi , Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On 16th April 2022, at 11:45 am, the Russian army allegedly launched Kalibr long-range cruise missiles at the Kharkiv region, hitting the districts of Sloboda and Osnovianskyi. Maksym Khoustov, director of the regional Department of Health, reported 18 injured. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, confirmed that the 18 wounded were being

Summary

Marketplace

18–30

Russian Military

Exact location (via Airwars)

قسطل جاندو, Qastal Jando, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Local media named two boys as wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Qastal Jando, Syria. However, these two boys were also named as wounded in event 107 at Kotana. There is, therefore, currently confusion over the location in which the boys were wounded.

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

حمص, Homs, Syria

On April 29th 2023 the Israeli military reportedly launched missiles which Syrian air defence systems reportedly shot down around 12:55 am in the city of Homs, Syria. There were discrepancies in the accounts of the incident, with some sources reported that three civilians were injured while other reported that four Syrian soldiers were injured. Local

Summary

Gas facility

0–3

Belligerents reported injured

0–4

Ali Fuuto, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

44 al-Shabaab militants were killed during operations carried out by Somalia government forces and ‘international partners’ in the Ali Fuuto area in Lower Shabelle on May 13, 2023. Voice of America quoted Somalia’s deputy information minister, Abdirahman Al-Adala, who said that the intelligence unit, with the support of international partners, killed 44 al-Shabab militants in

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces

لمدرسة المهدي بن بركة, Al Mahdi Bin Barka School, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Various sources reported indiscriminate shelling on the Al Hadaba Al Badri neighbourhood of Tripoli damaging several houses. One source reported injured civilians. February TV said: “Operation Volcano of Anger: 3 citizens were injured in the Hadra al-Badri area after a shell hit the Haftar militia on their house.” Other sources only reported damage to residential

Summary

Libyan National Army

الزربة, Zerba, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local media, a 21-year-old civilian was wounded followed an alleged Turkish air and or artillery strike on the village of Zerba. It was reported that his wounds were critical and that as many as four other civilians were wounded, including critical cases. Sources reported that Turkish warplanes bombed the centre of Shirawa and

Summary

1–4

النيرب, Al Nairab, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An elderly civilian was injured by alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling of the town of Al Nairab on June 25, 2023. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that an elderly civilian was slightly injured by Syrian regime and Russian forces shelling of the town of Al Nairab, adding that the White Helmets took him to the

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

near Afmadow, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Between 10 and 40 militants were killed by declared US airstrikes near Afmadow in Lower Juba on July 8, 2023. AFRICOM announced on July 9, 2023 that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted three collective self-defense airstrikes overnight in a remote area near Afmadow, approximately 105 kilometers north

Summary

10–40

مصنع سرايو العوديه, Sarayo Alwadiya factory, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 10th 2023, at least four firefighters were reportedly injured by an Israeli airstrike in an industrial zone located in the Gaza Strip whilst extinguishing fires in the area. The firefighters were reportedly extinguishing fires at a cleaning supplies factory. A Facebook post from the Palestinian Civil Defense reports that the crew experienced various

Summary

4–5

Impact

Israeli Military

Exact location (other)

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Eight people were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab. Al Bab News and the ISIS-affiliated outlet Al A’amaq said that most of the wounded were women and children. There are currently no further details available.

Summary

Turkish Military

in the Bisig Adde settlement of Buurhakabe district, Bay, Somalia

LOCATION

Mepa News reported that US airstrikes on the Bisig Adde settlement of Buurhakabe district on July 24, 2023 bombarded civilian areas, resulting in the death of 5 civilians, including children, and the injury of 10 civilians. Images posted by the source show multiple injured civilians being treated. No other sources reported on this incident.

Summary

(2 children)

بالقرب ملعب اليرموك, Vicinity of Yarmouk Stadium, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and another injured when an alleged Israeli bomb hit a three-storey residential house belonging to Rajab al-Radhi’a al-Masri on October 12th 2023. The building was reportedly near the Yarmouk Stadium, in the Beit Lahiya neighborhood, in the center of Gaza City. Multiple sources describe there being a number of

Summary

Residential building

1 – 2

(1 woman)

1–2

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Israeli Military

Named victims

Nearby landmark

مدينة البصيرة, city of Al-Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Ongoing clashes between the SDF and the Arab clans led to between four and six civilians, including a woman, being injured on September 2, 2023. These civilian injuries have been attributed to snipers of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operating in Al-Basira, by local sources. Nahr Media reported that six civilians were injured (one woman

Summary

4–6

Small arms and light weapons

YPG

سااكوو, Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

According to a Freedom of Information response obtained by journalist Joshua Eaton in May 2019, this previously unknown confirmed US strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somalia against an unspecified “al-Shabaab Named Objective”. This incident was not previously publicly known. No further details are currently available.

Summary

شارع العودة, Al Awda Street, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the afternoon of October 12th 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit several houses in Jabalia in northern Gaza, killing between 55 and 63 civilians, including up to 24 children, and injuring at least six others, including a child. One Islamic Jihad leader was also reportedly killed, and many of the other individuals killed in

Summary

Residential building

55 – 63

(24 children)

50 named, 1 familiy identified

Suspected target

Palestinian Forces

Named victims

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (via Airwars)