Civilian Casualties

معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On January 15th, 2020 several civilians were wounded in Maarat Numan following an alleged Russian bombing raid. Shaam News reported only that many civilians were wounded in the bombing raid but did not announce any deaths or a specific number of wounded. Local sources detailed the target as a residential neighborhood without military significance. AlarabyTV

Summary

Russian Military

البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported killed and four to six others were injured (two children and two women) in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes with rockets on Al Bara in Idlib on January 21st, 2020. SMART said warplanes fired vacuum missiles. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that “At least two civilians were killed

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

2–6

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named

0–1

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a young man, was killed and as many as four civilians, including a child, were wounded when Russian or Syrian regime warplanes bombed the city of Saraqib, Idlib Governorate, on January 26 th 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) said that “Amer al Khader was killed as

Summary

(1 man)

2–4

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

1 named

درنة‎, Derna, Darnah, Libya

LOCATION

According to local sources and the Egyptian government, Cairo carried out four ‘retaliatory’ air raids in Derna. Babak Taghvaee reported the Egyptian Air Force had targeted the “al Qaeda affiliated Shura Council” in Derna. The Egyptian Foreign Minister confirmed strikes, reporting it had targeted “terrorist organizations in Derna” – in response to the killing of

Summary

Egyptian Military

طرابلس‎: مستشفى رويال التخصصي, Tripoli: Royal Clinic, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between two and three civilians were allegedly killed and four more allegedly injured because of LNA shelling on the Al Shok neighbourhood of Tripoli. Hona Souq Al-Khmies posted that a shell fell on the house of the Al-Batnouni family, killing one of their neighbour’s sons. Al Wasat said: “The ambulance and emergency services announced the

Summary

2 – 3

(1 child2 men)

3–4

LOCATION

بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Libya

Saraya Media posted a video of what it describes as a Air Tractor 802U targeting a residential neighbourhood in Ganfouda. Alnabaa reported 40 LNA airstrikes on Ganfouda as well as a UAE drone flying in the area without engaging in the strikes. Other sources also reported LNA strikes in Ganfouda. The alleged terrorist Siraj Alkerkna,

Summary

أرناز, Arnaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a child, was reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes and/or artillery shelling on the village of Arnaz in the western countryside of Aleppo on February 2-3, 2020. Regarding civilian harm, SCD Aleppo and Eyad.alasmar444 stated on February 2 that a child was injured as a result of an aerial bombardment

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الشيخ بركة, Sheikh Baraka, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilian were injured in airstrikes which struck the village of Sheikh Baraka. Sources all blamed Russia for the strikes. “Um Muwaylat refugee camp, the villages of Sara’a, Sheikh Baraka and Ramleh” were all “targeted” in the raids. EdlibEMC1 described the raids as “heavy”, however there were no reports of civilian deaths.

Summary

Russian Military

الوضيع, Wadi'a district, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple sources suggested that, on the afternoon of March 2nd 2017, a US airstrike targeted a car in farmland surrounding the Wadea district of Abyan province, reportedly killing five AQAP militants – including a regional militant leader in Dar Saad Aden. There were no reported civilian casualties. Multiple sources named the AQAP leader as Osama

Summary

درنة‎, port, Darnah, Libya

LOCATION

Local sources reported that the LNA bombed a boat carrying ‘gunmen and weapons’ near Derna. There were, however, no reports of civilian harm. According to Ashoruq, “A plane belonging to the Libyan air force at the Tobruk base bombed a boat carrying gunmen and ammunition off the port of Derna, Libya’s central gate reported Friday.

Summary

حصن سعيد, Fort Saeed, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Some sources reported that US forces were involved in a beach landing operation on Nakheela beach, on the al-Maraqisha coast, Abyan governorate, in the region of or near the village of Mogan, at dawn on March 2nd 2017. This raid allegedly took place in tandem with a reported combined arms operation, with which the US

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Drone Strike, Naval bombardment

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

ميناء درنه, Derna Port, Darnah, Libya

LOCATION

According to local media, up to 10 civilians, including three children, were reported injured following an alleged LNA airstrike in the port area. According to Arab Organization for Human Rights Libya, the apartment belonging to the Tamer Al Ergig family was struck. The wife was severely injured in the leg, while the children Aya and

Summary

3–10

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Farsooley, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

“Multiple civilians” were alleged killed in a claimed US airstrike on Farsooley, according to reports which appeared to have originated with al Shabaab. AFRICOM publicly rejected the claim a year later. Hussein Mohamed, a local journalist stringing for the New York Times and others, tweeted on May 10th that “Al Shabab media reported that US

Summary

معرشورين, Ma'ar Shoreen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian airstrikes wounded two civilians in the city of Ma’ar Shoreen, Idlib, local media reported. Orient News reported was among sources reporting that a strike on “the road between Ma’ar Shoreen and Ma’ar Shamsha” resulted in the injury of two civilians. All known sources pointed to Russia as the culprit.

Summary

Russian Military

الصعيد, Said, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported that, at dawn on March 4th 2017, one or more US strikes targeted alleged AQAP militants in the Said district, Shabwa governorate. Some reports indicated that the strikes killed or wounded AQAP members. According to several social media sources, a US drone strike targeted a car carrying suspected AQAP militants in the

Summary

1–3

الرواجح, Al Rawajeh, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Five civilians from one family were allegedly killed by a Turkish drone strike on Castelverde. Akhbar Libya 24 said: “The Libyan National Army confirmed the killing of an entire family of five people as a result of an airstrike launched by a Turkish plane on the Al-Rawajeh area near Qarah Bulli, east of the capital,

Summary

(3 children1 woman1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

جورين, Jourin, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that two civilians were killed when pro-Turkey militants launched artillery on Jorin in Hama, Syria on March 2nd, 2020. The victims are a child and a woman. Seven civilians are reported injured in the attack. “A woman and a child were martyred while seven civilians were injured in

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

Turkish Military

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A US airstrike targeted Al Shabaab in Jilib, according to local reporting. Radio Kulmiye said: “Suspected US airstrikes targeted to Al-shabaab compounds in southern Somalia. The attacks destroyed vehicles, camps and killed militants. According to Somali intelligence officials, the airstrikes carried by unidentified military planes targeted Jilib, Sakow and Bu’ale towns of Middle Jubba region,

Summary

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

باب بن غشير, Bab Ben Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Two children were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on the Bab Ben Gashir neighburhood of Tripoli. Libya Alahrar TV reported: “The mayor of Abu Salim Abd Al-Rahman Al-Hamedi assures Al-Ahrar that two children were injured as a result of the fall of shell on their apartment.” The GNA-led Burkan Al Ghadab operation posted pictures of

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طرابلس‎: مشروع الهضبة, Tripoli: Hadaba project, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Several civilians were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on the Hadaba project area of Tripoli. The Libya Observer said: Several civilians, including children, were injured in unprovoked firing and shelling by Haftar’s militias on the Hadhaba area, south of Tripoli, on Friday, Mayor of Abu Salim, Abdul Rahman Al-Hamidi has said.” Libya Alaharar TV reported:

Summary

2–5

شبوة‎, Shabwa province, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Two to three middle-ranking Al Qaeda affiliates were killed and another was injured due to a US drone strike, originally targeting US-born cleric Anwar al Awlaki in the province of Shabwa in the morning of May 5th, 2011. In one of the first recorded US attack using remotely piloted drones since 2002, during Yemen’s Arab

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2–3

طرابلس‎: الفرناج, Tripoli: Al Fornaj, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed and two policemen injured by LNA shelling on the Al Fornaj area of Tripoli. Ambulance Services Libya only reported one injury. Hona Souq Al-Khmies reported: “5 rockets land on the university dormitory where the displaced people live, wounding 2 members of the police, and the killing of the citizen Hamza

Summary

(1 man)

العين, Loder village, Al Ain, Lawdar district, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

On the evening of Wednesday April 11th 2012, an airstrike allegedly by Yemeni forces or US drone strikes which hit a car with suspected Al Qaeda militants killed between two and fourteen militants and injuring between seven and 10 others, near the town of Lawder in the Abyan governorate, an area on a key highway

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

2–14

7–10

مديرية الصومعة, Al Suma'a District, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed an alleged AQAP militant on a motorbike in Sama’a district, in Bayda governorate, on the evening of January 16th 2018. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Both @demolinari and @AdenNowNews reported that Akram Al-Adeni was killed by a US strike in Sama’a on that day; according

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جعار, Desert road between Ja'ar and Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

On June 7th 2012, there were reports that Yemeni or US warplanes conducted an airstrike against a vehicle carrying suspected Al Qaeda militants on the desert road between Ja’ar and Zinjibar in Abyan province. According to anonymous officials and an anonymous military source speaking to local and international media, three to five of the passengers

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

3–5

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, Smart News, reported that “IS members were killed and civilians injured on Thursday, in aerial bombardment likely to be by the international coalition which targeted an IS vehicle east of the city of Raqqa, according to witnesses and medical sources.” No further details are currently available.

Summary

US-led Coalition

الحداد, Al Haddad, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One woman was reported killed and nine other civilians including four women were injured in alleged LNA shelling on the Al Haddad area in Tripoli, Libya on May 12th, 2020 according to local sources. Tk Yahrouq Kl shy posted “A shell landed on the Haddad area, on the Al Haddad Al Hadaba, which led to

Summary

(1 woman)

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Abida, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

On January 19th 2013, between 7 and 10:30 pm, the first of three alleged US drone strikes in the Wadi Abidah region in al-Hatik in Marib struck an orange farm in the populated Al-Masil area in Al Dsaleel, Ra’ed Fadi Abdullah. There were no reported casualties, civilian or militant but according to eyewitnesses, the strike

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Agriculture

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area