Civilian Casualties

4–5

شارع الشعف, Al Shafa Street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and three others, including a child, were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on Al-Sha’af Street in the east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood on May 12, 2021. Al Qassam Brigades identified that a combatant was also killed in the strike, a “Mujahid Qassami”. A tweet from @Reemjihad1 identified that “a civilian

Summary

(1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

تل كيف‎, Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Eight members of the same family were killed followed an alleged Coalition strikes, according to local sources. Multiple local outlets reported that 8 civilians – all members of the same family – were killed on October 24th in Tel Kepe, a town less than 15km north of Mosul. Yagen identified the father of the family

Summary

8 – 9

(7 children1 man)

الزر, Al Zer, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two children under the age of 18 were killed during a joint Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces airdrop operation in the village of Al Zer on July 4th, 2022. Sources were conflicted as to whether the two killed were civilians or members of ISIS. Al Khabour posted on Facebook that a young man named “Muhammad Fateh Khalaf

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

0 – 2

(0–2 children)

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

0–2

الرقة‎, Al Safsafa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were killed in coalition strikes, according to local sources. Step News Agency reported that “4 civilians were killed and others injured in an air raid by the international coalition targeting Al Safsafa neighborhood in the city of Raqqa.” Al Mirsad and Al Amawi also reported raids in the neighborhood and said 4 civilians

Summary

الاسدية, Al Asadiya, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, including two children and their father, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of al-Asadiya village in Zarkan district on July 24, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the bombardment resulted in the injury of eight civilians, including a woman and two children, in the area from Abu Rasin (Zarkan) to

Summary

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Turkish Military

Named victims

الحمران, Al Hamran, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A woman and her child were reported killed and five others injured allegedly by YPG missiles on Tuwayjat farm near Al Hamran village on March 14th. The victims were identified as Bakr Shehadeh aged 12, and his mother Ammoun al Muhammad, aged 48. Their bodies were transferred to Jarablus’ hospital by the Syrian Civil Defence.

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

2–5

Syrian Democratic Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Named victims

الرحيات, Al Rahiat, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported killed and between 8 and 12 injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Rahiat. In a detailed report, Syria News said that “two children and their parents were killed and 12 other civilians were injured after midnight, due to international coalition targeting of al Rahiat village under the control of

Summary

(2 children)

8–12

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians including two children were injured in an alleged YPG artillery strike on Afrin city, Aleppo governorate, on March 19th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence in Aleppo reported that the 1-year-old Abdel Halim Hassan and 15-year-old Safa Abu Fras were injured in a missile attack that targeted a

Summary

2–3

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between eleven and 15 civilians were reported killed in a Turkish (or less likely Coalition) action at al Bab. According to LCCSY eleven civilians died, “most of them killed in Coalition raids on al Bab.”However, the source had consistently denied civilian harm from Turkish actions during the al-Bab campaign. Al Bab News reported “more than

Summary

11 – 15

12–24

US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

راس العين, Ras Al Ayn, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources in Ras Al Ayn, Syria, on October 20th, 2019, the SDF executed seven civilians in the northern countryside of al-Hasakah on charges of collaborating with Operation Spring forces. The victims included three men from the same family. Local sources identified three of the victims as Muhamad Ali Al Khalaf, Ismail Ali

Summary

(3 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

YPG

Named victims

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On August 3rd 2022, between three and six people, including up to four women, were reported injured by artillery shelling which hit the city of Azaz, Aleppo, Syria as a result of reported SDF (YPG/PKK) or Syrian regime forces action. The incident was reported to have taken place in the evening. @jabha_sy reported that the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

3–6

جبل الاربعين, Al Arbaeen Mountains, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 20 civilians were killed, and others were wounded, according to reports, following an alleged Russian and or Coalition airstrike on a militant-occupied building in the Al-Arba’een Mountains. Shaam News reported that seven civilians died including “four children and three women in addition in addition to others wounded.” Step News blamed the US-led

Summary

4 – 20

(4 children3 women)

2–24

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

الحوايج, Al Hawaij, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two men were killed in an alleged Coalition and declared Syrian Democratic Forces’ airdrop operation on the village of Al-Hawaij on January 17/18, 2022. One of the men was identified as being a member of ISIS. Euphrates Post reported that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with helicopter support from the Coalition carried out

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Small arms and light weapons

Known belligerent

Syrian Democratic Forces

ابو جدي, Abu Jeddi, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One named civilian died during clashes between Kurdish and ISIL forces at Abu Jeddi. According to the Syrian Observatory, “a man from Abu Jedi village in the northern countryside of Al-Tabaqa west of Al-Raqqah was killed in bombing by warplanes yesterday on the area, it is believed that the warplanes belong to the International Coalition.”

Summary

(1 man)

مقطع حجر كبير, Maqtaa Hajar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two young men were killed when a mine allegedly planted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) exploded in the village of Maqtaa Hajar Kabir on November 13, 2022. According to @nahermedia, two young men named Hassan Al-Junaid and Hamid Ibrahim Al-Dheeb were killed by remnants of a mine that exploded in the village of Maqtaa

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Agriculture

(2 men)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that seven civilians were killed and many others injured after Coalition airstrikes targeted the city of Al Qa’im, in the west of Anbar province. While two sources blamed the Coalition for the raids, Al Mayadeen Alhadath (Facebook) said “planes of [the] Iraqi forces were committing a massacre in the bombing of the

Summary

Known belligerent

Iraq Government Forces

لحج‎, أبين‎, Lahj and Abyan governorates, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

As many as 43 ‘suspected Al Qaeda militants’ were killed and dozens of others were wounded in alleged US drone strikes and/or Yemeni air and artillery strikes in the Al Harur area of Lahj and Abyan governorates between 1-3 April 2012. The strikes were part of continuous raids by joint Yemeni land, sea, and air

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

38–43

12–24

Ali Foldhere, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Up to 40 members of al-Shabaab were killed and others were wounded by Somali forces and “international partner” airstrikes or ground operations near the village of Ali Foldhere on November 30, 2022. Shabelle Media Network quoted the Somali government who announced that an operation carried out by the National Army, National Intelligence and Security Agency

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

باب البيض, Mosul, Bab al Beith, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

“Dozens” of civilians were reported killed and injured following alleged US Apache helicopter and Iraqi artillery strikes on West Mosul. Yaqein reported both Apache helicopter and Iraqi artillery strikes on the ISIL-occupied West of the city. Ajel al Mousul reported only artillery strikes, which it said: “caused the martyrdom and wounding of dozens of civilians.”

Summary

12 – 24

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

عزان, Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Between 27 and 40 militants were reported to have been killed and “dozens” others were injured in a series of alleged U.S. drone strikes or Yemeni airstrikes in and around the town of Azzan in Shabwa governorate on the morning of the 13th of June, 2012. However, a a spokesperson for Ansar al-Sharia alleged that

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

0–40

0–24

معارة النعسان, Maarat Al Nasaan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to seven civilians died in alleged Russia or regime airstrikes on Maarat Al Nasaan, according to local media. According to Jisrtv, the fatalities including two women and a girl. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: “Three victims including a child died in suspected Russian warplanes missiles fired on Ma’aret Al Na’san town in Idlib

Summary

4 – 7

(1 child2 women3 men)

1–7

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

سلحبية, Salhabiya, Raqqa, Syria

One civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Salhabiya, 25 km west of Raqqa city, according to the Smart news agency. Jisr TV reported that the Coalition carried out raids on al Salhabiya, but didn’t mention any casualties.

Summary

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)

US Forces

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

2–3

1–3

الكولة, Al Kawlah, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

On February 6th 2022, an alleged US drone strike was reported to have struck a car with Al-Qaeda members inside, possibly including a ” suspected leader.” All passengers – reported as Al-Qaeda militants – in the car were reported to have been “killed and wounded”, and civilian casualties were also reported of those “who were

Summary

1 – 2

1–2

Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected targets

جسر الرقة, Old Bridge, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the old bridge in Raqqa, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launcedh new raids targeting the old Raqqa bridge, destroying large parts of it, in addition to killing the young man Ahmad Saleh al Arab“. According to Step news

Summary

(1 man)

كفرعمة, Kafar Ammah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was injured as a result of the artillery shelling of the residential villages of Kafar Ammah and Al-Qasr, west of Aleppo, allegedly by Russian and/or Syrian Regime forces on Sunday July 23rd 2023. Local sources @SyriaCivilDefe and @spc_fr only mentioned that a child was injured, with @SyriaCivilDefe reporting that

Summary

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Новосалтівський будівельний ринок, Novosaltivsʹkyy Budivelʹnyy market, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Between two to three civilians were reportedly killed and at least five others, including three rescuers, were injured by alleged Russian shelling of a market on Heroiv Pratsi St in Kharkiv on March 16, 2022. Suspilne News reported that three people were killed and five people were injured when a fire caused by Russian shelling

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Marketplace

2 – 3

5–8

Exact location (via Airwars)

Russian Military

Geolocation

كديران, Kdeiran, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and 12 civilians were reported to have died in Coalition airstrikes on the town of Kdeiran in western Raqqah. According to the Syrian Observatory, “four persons were killed including a man and his son in bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the international coalition on areas in Kdiaran town west of al-Raqqah

Summary

4 – 12

(1 child)

2–24