Civilian Casualties

US-led Coalition

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

Libyan National Army

Named victims

قنفودة, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

According to many local sources, one child was reported killed in an alleged LNA airstrike on the Ganfouda neighbourhood of Benghazi. Alwasat wrote: The house of the brother of MP Amal Muhammad Baiou was shelled in the Ganfouda area, killing Hassan Salah Mohammed Baiou and the house completely collapsed. His family announced that the funeral

Summary

(1 child)

Kuday, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

At least eight civilians were killed and as many as eight were wounded when fighter jets attacked the Somali village of Kudah, 160 kilometres southwest of Kismayo, a woman who had fled the village following the attack told the Kenyan group Journalists for Justice. According to the NGO: “Kudah, June 23, 2014. An elderly woman

Summary

Known belligerent

Amisom Military Forces

ميناء منطقة رأس الهلال, Ras al Helal Port, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Local sources reported that the LNA targeted one or two boats off the coast of Ras al Helal. The boat was said to have been completely destroyed and five civilians injured. According to Libya News, five civilians were wounded, ranging from medium to light injuries, following an aerial bombardment of a marine boat in Ras

Summary

Libyan National Army

معمل أسمنت بنغازي, Benghazi Cement Factory, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians were reported killed in an alleged LNA airstrike on the cement factory in Benghazi. Almasry Alyoum wrote: An Egyptian worker named, 35-years-old, from the village of Habalsa, a member of the Al Qusiya centre in Assiut, was killed on Monday afternoon in a bombing of a cement factory in Benghazi,

Summary

1 – 5

(1 man)

قسم الهندسة الميكانيكية, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

One or three civilians were wounded in three alleged LNA airstrikes in Benghazi, local media reported. Sources reported that strikes hit the following locations: Palace of the Crown in the Garyounis area. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – previously called the Naji Infunas Comprehensive Institute. The February 17 camp in Qawarsheh GNA 204 battalion in Al

Summary

1–3

Libyan National Army

Farigow, 3 km west of Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians, including women and children, were killed as the Farigow leper colony near Jilib, Middle Jubba was struck by unknown warplanes, international media reported. A woman living near the settlement told the Kenyan group Journalists for Justice that the colony was struck by jets by “mid 2014”, killing one person and

Summary

(1–2 children1–2 women0–1 men)

1 – 5

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Haway, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Two civilian children were reported killed and their father severely injured when a US military drone strike attack seemingly directed at nine al Shabaab members struck Hawai, Lower Shabelle, international and local media reported. The strike was said to have targeted and failed to kill Ahmed Abdi Godane. While there initially were no reports of

Summary

(2 children)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

1–9

قويرة المال, Qweira al Mal, Sabha, Libya

LOCATION

Two children were reportedly killed in an air or artillery strike in Sabha in the south of Libya. A pro-Gaddafi page on Facebook identified the victims as the 14-year-old and a 17-years-old, and another victim at 14 years old, who lost his leg. It added that they were killed in the Hey al Hijara neighbourhood.

Summary

General National Congress (GNC)

Named victims

3 named

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Five children from a single family were killed in the town of Jilib, in Somalia’s Middle Juba region, when their house was razed by aerial bombardment from an unknown belligerent (possibly Kenya), according to residents interviewed by the group Journalists for Justice. According to the report, “A third set of strikes took place a few

Summary

(5 children)

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Dhaytubako, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

At least two people, both reportedly al-Shabaab affiliated, were killed in a US drone strike on a vehicle in Jilib, Middle Juba region, international media reported. As of now, there are no reports about civilian harm. Senior al Shabaab commander Ibrahim Ali Abdi (aka Anta Anta) was killed in the attack, according to Abu Mohamed,

Summary

Baraawe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

At least one and as many as seven al Shabaab militants were killed in a naval raid carried out by US forces in Barawe, Lower Shabelle, international media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. It was not at first clear who was the target of the raid. Reports varied from an unnamed Chechen;

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Small arms and light weapons

1–7

الظهي, Al Dahir, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Wissam Salem reported on Twitter that four people were killed and 15 more injured in an airstrike near Sirte. Salem didn’t elaborate if the victims were civilians or combattants. However, other sources claimed that the casualties resulted either from a car bomb or mortars. Wady Dynar reported that the explosions heard in Al Dahir in

Summary

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Drones and helicopters reportedly attacked outside the town of Jilib, in Somalia’s Middle Juba region, killing three people and seriously wounding seven, according to locals interviewed by the Kenyan group Journalists for Justice. Of the three people killed, two were women and one an elderly man, and of those wounded, three were reportedly children. As

Summary

(2 women1 man)

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Kol, near Bula Xawa, Gedo, Somalia

LOCATION

Two airstrikes by an unknown belligerent hit the nomadic settlement of Kol, near the city of Bulla-Xama, in southwestern Somalia’s Gedo region, killing a mother and her two children and injuring five others, a young man who fled the settlement following the strike told the Kenyan group Journalists for Justice. According to a report, Black

Summary

(2 children1 woman)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A suspected US drone strike in Wadi Obeida, Ma’rib governorate on January 19th 2013 between 11 o’clock at night and midnight killed up to four civilians, with conflicting reports that in fact up to six Al Qaeda militants were killed. According to Mareb Press, the strike hit and destroyed a vehicle that Al Qaeda seized

Summary

0 – 4

Neighbourhood/area

4–6

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Abida, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

On January 19th 2013, before 11pm, the second of three alleged US drone strikes hit the Al Shabwan Wadi Abidah region of the Marib governorate, killing as many as three militants. Marib Press, Yemen Observer, and Enduring American World View corroborated that one of the reported militants killed was Ismaeel Bin Saeed Bin Jameel and

Summary

Neighbourhood/area

2–3

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

Neighbourhood/area

LOCATION

Bulo Marer, Somalia

French commandos failed to a rescue a French spy held hostage by al Shabaab since 2009. Paris claimed the militants executed the captured secret service agent, known by his alias Denis Allex, during an assault by 50 Special Forces troops. However al Shabaab’s media wing said the hostage survived. Seventeen alleged militants were reportedly killed

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

(2 children2 women3 men)

Causes of injury / death

7 named, 2 families identified

رداع, Rada'a, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

On January 3rd 2013, at least three Al Qaeda militants were allegedly killed by a US or Yemeni airstrike in a “mountainous area” near Rada’a. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Among those who died was Muqbel Abbad Al Zobah, nicknamed Abu Shebab, the news source Akhbar Alyom reported. This was corroborated

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

سائلة الجرّاح, Saila valley/Sa'ilat al Jarrah, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Alleged US missiles hit a 2006 saloon Land Cruiser traveling on the outskirts of al-Manaseh village on December 29, 2012, near Radda, in the fourth strike in a week. At least three alleged al Qaeda members died and two others were injured. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The three victims reportedly

Summary

3–4

شحير, Near the hospital in Shoheer, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

On the evening of December 28, 2012, an alleged US drone strike fired missiles at a moving motorcycle killed between two to four alleged AQAP militants near the town of Shaher, near the site of a strike four days earlier. An investigation by an NGO revealed that a 10 year old child was also wounded.

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Named victims

1 named

2–4

المناسح, Manaseh, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Two suspected Al Qaeda militants were killed and three were injured in an alleged US drone strike which hit a vehicle in Manaseh in al-Bayda province on December 24th, 2012 at 5pm. No civilian harm has been reported. According to Reuters, AFP, and AP, two Al Qaeda militants were killed when a drone strike hit

Summary

ملعب نادي وحدة شحير, Wahid Shoheer Club stadium, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

Three missiles hit motorbikes killing three to five Al Qaeda militants and injuring between one and 15 people including 14 civilians. The alleged US drone strike occurred in Shehr in Hadramout province in the evening on December 24th, 2012. The number of people injured in the strike varies greatly from one to two militants reported

Summary

(0–1 men)

1–14

3–5

1–2

السرين, Sirin, Sana'a, Yemen

LOCATION

An alleged US drone strike killed two to four people, including one civilian (child) and two to three Al Qaeda militants from the AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) branch, and injured one to three other militants in Beit Al Ahmar in the town of Sanhan in the Sana’a Governorate on the November 7th, 2012

Summary

(1 child)

2–3

1–3

حضرموت, Hadramawt, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

Two local sources reported that “Abu al-Baraa al-Sharouri, amir of the Sharia courses” was killed by a US drone strike in Hadramawt on October 29, 2012. @FlashpointIntel added that another “jihadist” called “brother Abu Hussein” was also killed in the strike. No other information was available about this incident.

Summary

Province/governorate

1–2

وادي آل أبو جبارة, Wadi Al Abu Jabarah, Sa'dah, Yemen

LOCATION

On the 28th October 2012 at 10am in the Wadi al Abu Jabara area in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, a suspected US drone conducted three airstrikes against two houses in the area, injuring two civilians, a woman and her son, and killing between three and four alleged Al Qaeda militants and injuring one, according to

Summary

3–4

الحرقان عبيدة, Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

According to local and international media, on October 21st 2012 at around 8pm, a suspected US airstrike struck a Prado car, in the Hami and Al Damashqa area in the Obeida valley around 17km east of the city of Ma’arib, carrying three to four suspected Al Qaeda militants, killing everyone in the car. There are

Summary

3–4