Civilian Casualties

Turkish Military

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between nine to seventeen civilians were killed, including five to six children, and 26 to 42 others were injured, including eleven children, as a result of missile fire which hit a “crowded” marketplace and residential homes and a school in Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria, on August 19th 2022. The missile fire was an alleged

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

9 – 17

(5–6 children)

26–42

Syrian Regime, YPG

45 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

كفرجنة, Kafr Janna, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian airstrikes in the countryside of Azaz and Afrin, specifically the town of Kafr Jannah and Qatma, resulted in the death and wounding of civilians in addition to the death of up to six militants and the wounding of up to 12 militants. @shaamnews reported that Russian airstrikes hit the countryside of Azaz and

Summary

1 – 2

1–2

Al Qaeda/HTS, Free Syrian Army

Russian Military

Suspected targets

Belligerents reported injured

2–6

8–12

الحمره, Al-Hamra neighborhood in the center of Tal Tamr district, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One young man, Abd al-Rahman Rashid Hassan, aged 17, was injured in a reported Turkish bombardment from a drone which hit the neighbourhood of Al-Hamra, in the centre of Tal Tamr district, Syria, on November 21st 2022. ANHA and other local sources reported that the Turkish drone targeted a car or a military vehicle which

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Рогань, Rohan’, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and another civilian was injured by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Rohan on February 28, 2022. The Kharkiv Human Rights Group reported that in the village of Rohan, a residential building was hit by artillery shelling and caught on fire, resulting in the death of one person and injury

Summary

(1 man)

المدينة القديمة, Mosul, Raqqa, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of three civilians in an event near Mosul, Iraq. Their October 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a Coalition strike that engaged an ISIS tactical unit, it was assessed that three civilians were unintentionally injured.” Coalition officials indicated that this is

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

Малинівка, Malynivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

One person, either a civilian or a militant, was killed by alleged Russian airstrikes and/or artillery shelling on the village of Malynivka in Kharkiv on March 3, 2022. Liveuamap included a link that reported that one person was killed by airstrikes in Malynivka. 2day.kh.ua also reported that military warehouses were hit by airstrikes, and that

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

0 – 1

Russian Military

Village

0–1

جديد عقيدات, Road near Jadid 'Uqaydat village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event near the Jadid ‘Uqaydat village, Deir Ezzor. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured.” Coordinates supplied by officials to

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Five civilians, including two women and a 19 year old boy, were killed and three others were injured in alleged Russian shelling of the village of Zolochiv on March 15, 2022. Zolochiv village head Viktor Kovalenko told Suspilne News “Unfortunately, we have five dead – a 70-year-old grandmother, a 34-year-old woman, a 19-year-old boy and

Summary

(2 women3 men)

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Saraya government building, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported airstrikes on the “Martyrs Affairs Office” – seized by IS- opposite the old Saraya building and “oil burners in Badia Drenge and Tijana” – though no information was given on civilian casualties. Step News Agency, Jisirtv and DPN reported that these were Coalition strikes. Euphrates Post didn’t identify the warplanes responsible, though

Summary

US-led Coalition

Xaradheere, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

Four al-Shabaab militants were killed by declared AFRICOM strikes near Xaradheere on January 25, 2023. AFRICOM released a statement on January 30th that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia and in support of Somali National Army engagements against al-Shabaab, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense strike on Jan. 25, 2023. The strike

Summary

المزرعة, Al Mazra, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

A woman was killed and others were wounded by alleged Israeli airstrikes or Syrian regime anti-aircraft missiles which struck Al Mazra neighborhood in Damascus on February 19, 2023. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a woman was killed at the Al Mazra roundabout in Damascus by Israeli missiles. A tweet from @alhaidar990 reported that

Summary

(1 woman)

Israeli Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

Ocновянський, Osnovianskyi, Kharkiv, Ukraine

One civilian was killed and two others were injured by alleged Russian shelling of Kharkiv the evening of April 16, 2022. Reports of the incident mention that the incident took place in the district of Osnovianskyi. A tweet from BBC News Ukraine (@BBC_ua) reported that Russian troops shelled Kharkiv for the second time in a

Summary

ام المياذن, Um Al Mayathen, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported a number of killed and injured civilians in Um Al Mayathen in Dara’a, Syria on June 29th, 2018 as a result of alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes. Shaam Network said “The Russian military and Assad aircraft and helicopter gunships launched air strikes with rockets and explosive barrels on the

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected target

Барвінкове, Barvinkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On May 2nd 2022, two male civilians were injured after a reported Russian forces artillery shelling hit Barvinkove in Kharkiv. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that “residential buildings and two administrative buildings were damaged” in addition to wounding two men. There is no further information available at this stage. This assessment has reference to ACLED

Summary

Покотилівка, Pokotylivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Local sources reported that thirty houses, a school and a school administration building were destroyed in Pokotylivka by alleged Russian shelling on April 28, 2022, killing up to two civilians and wounding up to seven others. Twitter user @HromadskeUA provided information that two men were killed in the shelling. Hromadske News also quoted Nataliya Popova,

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

2–7

Russian Military

Exact location (via Airwars)

near Nungare, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

More than 40 al-Shabaab militants were killed during operations carried out by Somalia government forces and ‘international partners’ near Nungare/ Barire town in Lower Shabelle on May 2, 2023. The National Intelligence & Security Agency (NISA) @HSNQ_NISA tweeted that more than 40 al-Shabaab militants, including leaders and foreigners, were killed during an army operation in

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

Somali Military Forces, International Forces (Unknown)

الاصيلم, Al Asilem, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, including a woman, were injured by an alleged Turkish drone attack on farmland in Al Asilem village, near the M4 road and north of Raqqa on June 3, 2023. Hawar News reported that a 35 year old woman named Houriya Ayed Al-Daher and her 45 year old husband named Hussein Hammoud Al-Muhammad were

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Agriculture

Turkish Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

الأتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On July 10th 2022, Syrian regime and/or Russian forces reportedly shelled the village of Al Atareb in western countryside of Aleppo, resulting in the injury of one elderly woman. Local sources including @SyriaCivilDefe and Baladi News stated that an elderly woman had been injured on the outskirts of Atarib, coinciding with an intense flight of

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

جرجناز, Jarjanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 16 civilians were reported injured in airstrikes on Jarjanaz, Idlib, on August 13th. Halab today stated that “nine people, including four women and two children, were injured in aerial cluster bombardment on Jarjanaz town.” According to Zaman Al Wasel, White Helmets confirmed that three men and four women were wounded by shelling with

Summary

9–16

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected target

قرية عبوش, Aboush village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

On the afternoon of Thursday August 3rd 2023, Aboush village in the countryside of Tal Tamr Hasaka, in Northeastern Syria was reportedly shelled with artillery by Turkish forces and their loyal factions, causing injuries of varying degrees to 5 civilians. ANHA Hawar News Agency reported that the Turkish forces struck civilians of Aboush village with 5

Summary

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the civilian home of the Younis family in Nuseirat refugee camp on the 8th of October 2023 killed six members of the family, five of them civilians, and injured a child. While reports immediately after the strike reported a lower death toll, later reports were agreed that six civilians

Summary

(2 children3 women)

Known belligerent

Israeli Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (via Airwars)

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two children were killed and at least four other civilians were injured, including up to three children and two women, in artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces during the afternoon on August 26th, 2023 in Kansafra, Idlib. The two children were siblings and have been identified by the Syrian Civil

Summary

(2 children)

4–6

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 12th 2023, six members of the Abu Arram family, including four children and one woman, were reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home in Khan Yunis, located in the Gaza Strip. Father Mahmoud Dhaif Allah Abu Arram, and his wife, Doaa Ibrahim Abu Jazar and four of their children

Summary

(4 children1 woman1 man)

Israeli Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

City

الحصان, Al Hassan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A young man, Muhammad al-Olayan, sustained bullet wounds during an alleged-SDF raid on the town of Al Hassan, west of Deir Ezzor, on September 11th, 2023. Naher Media, who identified al-Olayan, stated he had subsequently been transferred to the Al-Furat Hospital, inside the town, for treatment. Shaam News corroborated these findings, and alleged that the

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday October 11 2023, at least one but possibly up to 12 civilians were killed and dozens injured after Israeli forces allegedly bombed the Abu Mustafa family house in the al-Maskar area, west of the town of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. WA105FM stated that “a martyr and a number of injuries arrived

Summary

1 – 12

2–24

منزل لعائلة الدوس في حي الزيتون جنوب مدينة غزة, home of the Al-Dous family in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City., Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An alleged Israeli airstrike using several missiles struck a residential building in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza in the evening of October 7th, 2023. Fifteen members of the Al-Dous family, including seven children, were reportedly killed due to the destruction of their home. Awni Adel Al-Dous and his wife Ibtisam Mohammed Khalil Al-Dous had sons

Summary

(7 children3 women5 men)

Israeli Military

15 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Neighbourhood/area

طرابلس‎: خزانات النفط, Tripoli: Oil tanks, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One child was reportedly injured because of LNA shelling on Tripoli. The GNA Burkan Al Ghadab operation claimed: “The child Osama Mohammed Hamza was injured by shrapnel in the neck as a result of the indiscriminate shelling of the militias of the war criminal Hafter behind oil tanks and was transferred to the field hospital

Summary

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least one person was killed and at least five people injured, one critically, after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Salem residence in the northern city of Beit Lahia around dawn on October 17th, 2023. Safa News Agency reported the state of injuries, stating that “several” people had been injured and one of these

Summary

1 – 2