Civilian Casualty Archive

Order results by:
Incident Date ↓ Publication Date
12970 incidents

Incident Date

1 May 2008

Incident Code

USSOM007-C

Location

Dusa Marreb, Galguduud, Somalia
At least five and as many as 30 civilians, including children and one woman, were reportedly killed as US-launched missiles targeted and killed several top al Shabab commanders in Dusa Marreb, a Somali village near the Ethiopian border, local and international sources reported. Around 3am local time on May 1st, 2008, US naval-launched cruise missiles…

Summary

Published
1 May 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–30
Military actors reported killed
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

3 March 2008

Incident Code

USSOM006-C

Location

Dhoobley, Lower Juba, Somalia
Up to six civilians were killed and as many as eight wounded as the US fired at least one and as many as three cruise missiles at Dhobley, a town in southern Somalia four miles from the Kenyan border, local and international sources reported. Pentagon spokesperson Bryan Whitman told AFP: "On March 2, the US…

Summary

Published
3 March 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
3–8
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

1 June 2007

Incident Code

USSOM005-C

Location

Bargaal, Bari, Somalia
The destroyer USS Chafee, sailing off the coast of Somalia, fired ‘more than a dozen rounds from its 5-inch gun’ on militants in Bargal, north Somalia. The New York Times also reported that cruise missiles were fired. Somali government spokesmen claimed the strikes were launched after around 35 heavily armed militants landed on the coast near…

Summary

Published
1 June 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Military actors reported killed
8–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

23 January 2007

Incident Code

USSOM004-C

Location

Waldena, Lower Juba, Somalia
Up to eight people - some civilians - and one al Qaeda member, were killed as a US drone reportedly targeted, and later captured, a militant leader in Waldena. A fresh JSOC AC-130 strike in Somalia, reportedly operating from an airbase in eastern Ethiopia, targeted Ahmed Madobe, a deputy of ICU leader Hassan Turki. Madobe…

Summary

Published
23 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Military actors reported killed
5–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

9 January 2007

Incident Code

USSOM003-C

Location

Xayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadow, Ras Kambooni, Lower Juba, Somalia
Several people, possibly civilians, were left wounded as US airstrikes hit four towns near Ras Kamboni, including a terrorist training camp on Badmadow island, local and international media reported. Sources added that up to ten al Qaeda members were also killed. The strikes came just two days after the US-launched AC-130 attack in Ras Kamboni,…

Summary

Published
9 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military actors reported killed
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

8–9 January, 2007

Incident Code

USSOM002-C

Location

Hayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
According to international and local reports, up to 31 civilians, including at least one child, were killed as the town of Hayi or Xayo was subjected to either US or Ethiopian-waged airstrikes. Heavy civilian casualties were reported in airstrikes on Hayi near Afmadow, 250km northwest of Ras Kamboni, and other parts of southern Somalia, in…

Summary

Published
9 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
4–31
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

7 January 2007

Incident Code

USSOM001-C

Location

Ras Kamboni (possibly vicinity of Lag Badana Bushbush National Park), Lower Juba, Somalia
Up to eight civilians were reportedly killed as the US carried out an airstrike against al Qaeda leaders in Ras Kamboni, Lower Juba, international and local sources reported. Shortly after Ethiopian forces had invaded Somalia in late December 2006, the US carried out its first known combat operation within Somalia since the September 11 2001…

Summary

Published
7 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military actors reported killed
8–45
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

3 November 2002

Incident Code

USYEM001-B

Location

On highway 160km east of Sana'a, Annaqaah, Ma'rib, Yemen
على الطريق السريع 160كم شرق صنعاء ، عناقة
In the first known US targeted assassination outside of a conventional battlefield and using a drone, a CIA Predator launched from Djibouti struck a car in Annaqaah, Marib governorate, on the evening of November 3rd 2002, killing six Al Qaeda suspects. A seventh individual escaped alive, and was later cleared of involvement in an October…

Summary

Published
3 November 2002
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

Incident Code

YS133

Location

Al Huwlanji south of Jarablus, Aleppo, Syria
الحولنجي جنوب جرابلس
One child, Abdul Razzaq Muhammad, aged 9, was injured on May 29th 2022 when the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were reported to target a civilian car with a guided missile, in the Al-Halwanji area, south of the city of Jarabulus, Syria, according to local sources. Abdul Rassaq Muhammad was taken to hospital in Jarabulus.

Summary

Published
29 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
View Incident →

Incident Date

Incident Code

TS644

Location

Khalidiya village, Ain Essa countryside, Raqqa, Syria
الخالدية
On Saturday, October 7th, 2023, an alleged Turkish artillery shelling in Khalidiya village, located in the Ain Essa countryside, Syria, reportedly killed an elderly woman and injured at least one other person, her husband. Numerous sources, such as Facebook page Ehlê Qamişlo, have named the deceased woman as Amsha Muhammad Hilal Al-Baqer, aged 65, and her…

Summary

Published
7 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
View Incident →