Civilian Casualties

تل هادية, Tal Hadya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least nine civilians were reported killed – including five children and two women – in an alleged Russian strike on the town of Tal Hayda. Early reports claimed the strike involved cluster munitions. Aleppo White Helmets noted at the time “Civil defence teams pulled out… 11 martyrs from Tal Hadya and dozens of injured.”

Summary

(4–5 children2 women1 man)

9 – 11

Unknown

9 named, 2 families identified

سنجار, Sinjar, Um Al Theban, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Eleven civilians were reportedly killed at Um Al Theban while crossing between Syria and Iraq, in what was claimed to be a Coalition airstrike. The incident is presently poorly reported. In its July 2017 report, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of having conducted no strikes in the vicinity: “Nov. 2,

Summary

حاج علي, Haj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians were allegedly killed in a reported Coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Qayyarah. According to the Iraqi Revolution site, the 11 died at Haj Ali, also the scene of a major incident the previous day. However, no additional information is presently known. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement

Summary

Abeen Saba'an, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded in an airstrike on Abeen Saba’an, according to local media – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. Step News Agency, Syrian News Desk, Taha_Alhlo, and the Syrian Network for Human Rights all attributed the

Summary

3 – 11

(2 children2 women2 men)

2 named

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

11 civilians including five women and two children were killed and nearly 35 injured in airstrikes on Douma, according to multiple sources. While most sources allege Russia was responsible, one blamed the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that 10 non-combatants died following raids by Russian warplanes, which also caused considerable damage to residential buildings. The Syrian

Summary

(2 children5 women4 men)

10 named, 1 familiy identified

القيارة, Qayyarah, Al Shuhadaa, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local news service Al Sumaria claimed that “11 civilians from one family” died after coalition airstrikes hit the village of al Qayyarah south of Mosul on the morning of August 24th. Other sources, placing the death count slightly lower at 8-9 killed, reported that the attack had been carried out by a helicopter, possibly a

Summary

8 – 11

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

البدو, Al Badou, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians, including four children and two women, reportedly died following alleged US-led Coalition air strikes on al Badou neighbourhood, Raqqah city. Details of the death toll were initially provided by one source only, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, which blamed the Coalition. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered also referred to air raids carried out

Summary

(4–7 children2 women2 men)

7 – 11

17 تموز, Mosul, July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single source, the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, reported that 11 civilians from one family died in a Coalition airstrike on Tammuz 17. Iraqi military intelligence issued a statement saying the Coalition had targeted senior ISIL leaders in the area: “The US-led coalition led by the United States killed three senior leaders of the

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

الرقة, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eleven civilians were reported killed and “dozens” injured following alleged US-led Coalition attacks on the city of Raqqa – though these were general numbers for civilian casualties and there was the possibility that the figure could include other casualty events. Local sources described the event as an “aerial bombardment” in which the Coalition “launched raids

Summary

7 – 11

أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and 11 civilians including women and children were killed, and up to 30 more injured by airstrikes on the town of Orme al Kubra, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were to blame for the casualties. The Syrian Network for Human Rights gave conflicting

Summary

2 – 11

(2 children)

5–30

مكحول, Makhul, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

Reports alleged that a Coalition strike killed 11 civilians “including elderly people,” and injured 18 more. According to an activist Facebook page, “Coalition planes bombed the market in the village of Makhul, which was full of displaced people.” Another site attributed alleged civilian fatality estimates to the police, though said the airstrike responsible was by

Summary

الرميلة, Ar Raqqah: Rumaila neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least six civilians from one family reportedly died in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Rumaila neighbourhood, Raqqah city. Marsad Al Hasaka named six of the victims and listed the mother of the victims listed belowand another unknown child. Quoting Al-Shibli, Al Fayha reported that “the shelling focused on the “expansionist and Bedouin neighborhoods”

Summary

6 – 11

(1–5 children1 woman)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

القاطرجي, Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians including three children died and 15 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike which destroyed a four-story residential building in Aleppo’s Al Qaterji neighbourhood, local media reported. According to BNN, earth missiles and cluster bombs were both used in the airstrike. Smart News blamed Russian warplanes for

Summary

6 – 11

(3 children2 men)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

6 named, 1 familiy identified

‏الهدهد‬, Al Hadhad, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Ten civilians from the same family were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Al Hadhad, as fierce fighting continued to evict so-called Islamic State forces from areas around Manbij. The Syrian Human Rights Committee also named some of the dead. “Based on the available information, Amnesty International is concerned that

Summary

10 – 11

(2 children4 women)

15 named, 3 families identified

حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

It was reported that 11 civilians died in a Coalition airstrike at Tanak in western Mosul. The Coalition later admitted a US strike in the near area, noting in their April 2017 civilian casualty report that “During a strike on an ISIS weapons manufacturing facility, it was assessed that one civilian in the building was

Summary

1 – 11

(2 children2 women2 men)

Known belligerent

2 named, 1 familiy identified

المأمون, Mosul, Mamoon, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local and press sources said that eleven civilians were killed, including three kids, and dozens others were injured in Coalition airstrikes targeting their houses in Mamoon neighborhood, at the west side of Mosul.

Summary

(3 children)

الأنصاري, Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A vacuum missile, allegedly fired by Russian warplanes killed eleven non-combatants and injured about 20 in the Ansari neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to reports. Several homes have destroyed. Four of those killed were brothers and sisters from one family, who died alongside their father. The raid was one of several in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, including an

Summary

(5 children)

حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, at least four and as many as 11 civilians were killed, with dozens more wounded, in alleged Russia or Assad regime airstrikes on the al Sukkari neighborhood in Aleppo. Some sources attributed the strikes to regime helicopters, while others accused Russian aircraft. Al Sukkari had been bombed relentlessly over the prior week,

Summary

4 – 11

(1 woman3 men)

30–37

مراط, Mrat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an airstrike which hit Mrat, as many as 11 civilians were killed – including six from one family – and dozens more were wounded, according to local media. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Most attributed blame to the Syrian regime, while Souriyati, blamed the Coalition. Others also blamed Russian warplanes

Summary

6 – 11

(4 children1 woman1 man)

Russian Military, US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

6 named, 1 familiy identified

البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to sources, an entire family of seven was killed overnight in their home in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Bulial. However some reports allege the death toll to be as high as ten. Several reports said that “the warplanes targeted the Ayed Al-Jaloud house in Ruwayda neighbourhood east of the city.”

Summary

(2–3 children3 women4 men)

10 – 11

10–20

11 named, 1 familiy identified

الحولة, Al Hola, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and 11 civilians died in shelling on Al Hola in Homs, according to sources on the ground. The majority of sources blamed artillery and mortar shelling by the regime, however, one report attributed the civilian harm to Russian airstrikes. Multiple reports said that an agricultural tractor carrying displaced people was struck in the attack.

Summary

4 – 11

الدرعية, Ar Raqqah: Dar’iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eleven named civilians from two families died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqah’s al Diri’ya neighbourhood, according to local media. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: “11 civilians, including 5 children and 3 women, IDPs from Deir Ez-Zour city, killed in International Coalition warplanes fired missiles on al Der’iya neighborhood west of Raqqa

Summary

(5 children3 women)

9 named, 2 families identified

العمال, Al Omal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Ten named civilians died and up to dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on the Nour bakery in the Al Omal neighbourhood, local media reported. The majority of sources blamed Russia – though several pointed to the Assad regime. LCCSY, the Shaam News Network and Syrian Press Center were among local outlets attributing the event

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

2–24

10 named

مديرية الكهرباء, Vicinity of power directorate in Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Ten civilians including four children and three women died in alleged Russian airstrikes on the power directorate in Raqqa city, according to local sources. Syrian News Desk also blamed Russia, but did not say how many died. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “alleged Russian warplanes shelled the vicinity of the Power Directorate

Summary

(4 children3 women)

10 named, 2 families identified

ترملا, Tarmala, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and 10 civilians were killed and up to 30 others were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes against the village of Tarmala in the southern suburbs of Idlib, local media reported. It should be noted that it was widely reported that militants from Ahrar al Sham were killed in this strike –

Summary

1 – 10

(3 men)

2–30

3 named

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Around dawn, a “rocket-propelled grenade attack” struck a cave on a farm near the town of Khan Sheikhoun, killing up to ten displaced civilians from Al Latamina whilst they were asleep. @SyrianCoalition blamed the Syrian regime for what it described as a massacre and claimed that two families were murdered, including two men, two women

Summary

(4–6 children2 women2 men)

8 – 10

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Suspected target

Unknown

10 named, 2 families identified

حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Between eight and ten civilians, among them children and women, were killed (including four from one family and three others were injured in airstrikes on Harasta, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russian warplanes and the Syrian regime for the strikes. There were reportedly as many as ten raids, and burning napalm was also used,

Summary

8 – 10

(3 children2 women4 men)

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN), Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Causes of injury / death

10 named

ميزناز, Miznaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between eight and 10 civilians, including seven children and one woman, were killed and at least 12 were wounded from thermobaric missile airstrikes targeting the village of Minaz. However, local sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the airstrikes. Syrian Network for Human Rights attributed Syrian regime planes to blame, while most other

Summary

8 – 10

(3–7 children1 woman)

2–24