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Incident Date
19 June 2007
Incident Code
B9
Location
Mami Rogha, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A possible US drone strike in Mami Rogha, north Waziristan, killed up to 34 people, possibly including civilian children and adults, as well as 18 ‘foreigners’ (Chechen, Uzbek and Arab), local and international media reported. While some reports described the attack as being on a small camp, others said that a religious seminary was hit,…
Summary
Published
19 June 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–34
Civilians reported injured
0–20
Military actors reported killed
0–34
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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
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Incident Date
22 May 2007
Incident Code
B8a
Location
Zarghar Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to four people, most likely, but not confirmed, militants, were killed in a ground and air-waged operation in Zarghar Khel, North Waziristan, carried out by the Pakistani Army or US military, local and international media reported. Local sources, cited by international media, reported how Pakistani ground forces, assisted by helicopters carried out a raid in…
Summary
Published
22 May 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military actors reported killed
0–4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
27 April 2007
Incident Code
B8
Location
Saidgai, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A 3.30am attack in the vicinity of the Darul Uloom Hassania madrassa run by Maulvi Noor Mohammad (see B5) killed up to four people and injured as many as nine, hereof six children, local and international media reported. Mohammad Habib Khan, whose home was also severely damaged in the attack, told AP that the roof…
Summary
Published
27 April 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
3–9
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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
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Incident Date
16 January 2007
Incident Code
B7
Location
Zamazola area of Shaktoi, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A strike took place on a ‘Taliban facility’ in Zamazola, South Wazirista, killing up to eight civilians, international and local media reported. The initial claims of 30 Taliban killed were lowered to eight deaths, who villagers insist were all innocent woodcutters. Three civilians were identified by local sources. The News quoted local councillor Said Anwar…
Summary
Published
16 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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
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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
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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
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Incident Date
30 October 2006
Incident Code
B6
Location
Chenegai, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan
In a failed attempt to target al-Qaida's "number two", Ayman al-Zawahiri, an alleged US drone strike killed up to 82 civilians, hereof up to 74 below the age of 18, as a Madrasa, a religious school in Chenegai, Bajaur Agency, was struck, international and local media reported. An attack on a madrassa – allegedly a…
Summary
Published
30 October 2006
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
70–82
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
2–5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
12 April 2006
Incident Code
B5c
Location
Naghar Kalai, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to 14 people where killed, hereof two children, and as many as 12 suspected militants, including a ‘top ranking al Qaeda militant’ Mohsin Musa Matawalli Atwah, as a US or Pakistan-waged strike hit Naghar Kalai, North Waziristan, international media reported. A house was reportedly destroyed in the attack. Village elder Khan Wazir said: "There was a huge explosion, which we…
Summary
Published
12 April 2006
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
7–12
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
13 January 2006
Incident Code
B5
Location
Damadola, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan
In an attempt to hit al-Qaida's "number 2", Ayman al-Zawahiri, an alleged US drone killed up to 25 civilians, including five women and up to six children, as it struck Damadola, Bajaur Agency, local and international media reported. The strike was widely condemned among Pakistani officials and locals, though denied by the US itself. Initially, Pakistani…
Summary
Published
13 January 2006
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
13–25
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
6 January 2006
Incident Code
B4c
Location
Saidgai, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Eight people, most likely including civilians, were killed and up to nine were wounded in a US raid in Saidgai, North Waziristan, international media reported. An apparent US special forces raid on an unnamed ‘al Qaeda official’ was reported and a guest house owned by Maulvi Noor Mohammad, a religious leader in Saidgai, was destroyed.…
Summary
Published
6 January 2006
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
1 December 2005
Incident Code
B4
Location
Haisori, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to six people, including two children and one woman, were killed by an alleged US drone strike in Haisori, North Waziristan, international and local media reported, though the US is yet to officially confirm its involvement. At least three al-Qaida members were killed in the strike. Several reported the death of Abu Hamza Rabia,…
Summary
Published
1 December 2005
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3
Military actors reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 November 2005
Incident Code
B3
Location
Mosaki, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to eight people, counting at least four civilians; three children and one woman, were killed as an alleged US or Pakistan regime-waged strike hit a house in Mosaki, North Waziristan, local and international media said. A strike against Abu Hamza Rabia ('al Qaeda’s Number 3') destroyed his house and killed up to eight people,…
Summary
Published
5 November 2005
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Military actors reported killed
0–4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
8 May 2005
Incident Code
B2
Location
Toorikhel, near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Two al-Qaida members were killed by an alleged US strike in Toorikhel, near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, international media reported, though the US denied its involvement. The two targets were reportedly Haitham al-Yemeni (an al Qaeda explosives expert) and his car passenger Samiullah Khan, described by NBC News as ‘a local warlord’. Both were killed in…
Summary
Published
8 May 2005
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17 June 2004
Incident Code
B1
Location
Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Two children were killed according to multiple sources, with a single source claiming 3, the rest of the casualties range from three to eight, but some ambiguity over the status of the three of the victims is reflected in the sources. This the first known US drone strike inside Pakistan. The strike took place in…
Summary
Published
17 June 2004
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Military actors reported killed
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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
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Incident Date
1 January 1970
Incident Code
USSOM451
Location
Somalia
Summary
Published
7 May 2026
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Incident Date
1 January 1970
Incident Code
USSOM452cPossiblyUAE
Location
Somalia
Summary
Published
7 May 2026
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Incident Date
1 January 1970
Incident Code
USSOM416
Location
Somalia
Summary
Published
1 January 1970
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Incident Date
1 January 1970
Incident Code
USSOM455
Location
Calmiskaad mountain range, Dhasaq area, Bari, Somalia
Between February 9th and 10th 2025, more than 13 alleged ISIS-Somalia (Daesh) militants were reportedly killed in the Dhasaq area of the Calmiskaad mountain range in the Bari region of Puntland State, Somalia, in an airstrike carried out in collaboration with the Federal Government of Somalia and Puntland authorities. No reports of civilian harm were…
Summary
Published
7 May 2026
Strike Type
Airstrike
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Incident Date
1 January 1970
Incident Code
TRSOM001
Location
Syria
Summary
Published
7 May 2026
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 January 1970
Incident Code
USSOM443
Location
Somalia
Summary
Published
7 May 2026
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Incident Date
1 January 1970
Incident Code
USSOM446
Location
Somalia
Summary
Published
7 May 2026
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Incident Date
1 January 1970
Incident Code
USSOM447
Location
Somalia
Summary
Published
7 May 2026
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Incident Date
1 January 1970
Incident Code
USSOM448
Location
Somalia
Summary
Published
7 May 2026
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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
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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
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