Civilian Casualties

10 – 60

الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between 20 and as many as 60 non-combatants died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Sha’afa, according to local media. A number of sources including Baladi News and the Syrian Unified Observatory, reported that the airstrikes hit both the towns of Al Sha’afa and Al Kashma, killing mostly civilians including women and children. According

Summary

(9–13 children8–12 women)

20 – 60

Cause of injury / death

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

دبلان, Dablan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 60 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Dablan, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to who was responsible for the event, with allegations against the Coalition, Russia and the Syrian regime. The pro-regime source, Damas Press, put the death toll at 40 and blamed the

Summary

(5 children2–5 women1 man)

21 – 60

12–60

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

22 named, 7 families identified

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

Reports claimed that a second major airstrike in a matter of days struck the town of al-Hawijah south of Kirkuk, killing many non-combatants at the marketplace and a nearby bridge. A related peshmerga offensive against Islamic State was reported in the area. Video images show the devastated market area, with many areas left burning. Almost

Summary

10 – 60

24–80

US-led Coalition, Unknown, Iraq Government Forces

السخاني, Sukhani neighbourhood, near Hani mosque, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a major casualty incident, as many as between 33 and 60 civilians, including many women and children, died following US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al-Sakhani, Raqqa. Almost a year later the US-led alliance accepted responsibility for 33 deaths. According to Baladi, the strike was near the Al-Hani mosque, while Qasioun reported that one of the

Summary

(12–19 children12–13 women3–8 men)

33 – 60

12–24

Known belligerent

33 named, 1 familiy identified

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and 60 civilians were killed and dozens more were wounded in a suspected chemical weapon attack followed by bombing on Hamouriya, local media reported. Sources blamed both Russia and the Syrian regime. The initial bombing from the air was blamed on Russia; however, sources said that this was followed by a chemical attack

Summary

7 – 60

(1 child27 men)

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

12–124

Causes of injury / death

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that between 17 and 59 civilians were killed in the village of Al Sha’afa. According to a tweet by @syrians, most of the casualties were women and children. The US military has admitted to killing two civilians in the attack. Radio al Kul and Free Deir Ezzor both stated specifically that 17

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

17 – 59

Cause of injury / death

17 تموز, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that 59 civilians, including women and children, were killed and dozens were injured after Coalition airstrikes and shelling on 17 July neighbourhood, as well as on Old Mosul and a health centre in Oreibi neighbourhood, all in West Mosul. It was said that more than seven houses were destroyed “over the heads

Summary

12–24

حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a major incident, multiple local sources reported that up to 58 civilians died and between 40 and 90 were injured in airstrikes on the MSF Al Quds hospital in Sukkari. Medical staff were among the casualties. Most reports alleged that Russia was responsible, though the White Helmets pointed towards the regime. The Syrian Network

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Healthcare facility

(18 children4–10 women24–26 men)

40–90

58 named, 6 families identified

الصينيه, Senjah, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

A mass casualty incident was reported in Iraq, with at least 43 civilians killed and a further 68 injured, after aircraft were said to have bombed the Senyah region north west of Bayji. The target appeared to have been a former Iraq Army logistics base, while those killed were living nearby in tin shacks. Locals

Summary

43 – 58

68–70

السوسة و الباغوز, Ice factory, between Al Soussa and al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that between 28 and 58 civilians were killed and up to 45 injured as a result of alleged Coalition or associated Iraqi strikes on an “ice factory” in the Deir Ezzor countryside. According to a correspondent for Step News, Coalition aircraft “launched five successive air strikes”, hitting an ice processing plant called

Summary

(6–12 children6–12 women2 men)

28 – 58

25–45

3 named, 1 familiy identified

بشرفة, Bisharfeh, Latakia, Syria

LOCATION

In a reported mass casualty incident, at least 15 and as many as 57 civilians were killed in a Russian airstrike on the town of Bisharfeh in the Jabal al-Akrad area. Many of the victims were reported to be women and children. Al Khaleej cited a local civil defence official: “The shelling came from a

Summary

15 – 57

Unknown

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a major casualty incident, between 44 and 56 named civilians reportedly died and up to 55 others were wounded in a Coalition airstrike on an automated bakery in the Al Thani neighbourhood of Tabaqa, according to local sources. The US-led alliance later conceded seven deaths in the event. Their September 2018 civilian casualty report

Summary

44 – 56

(14 children9–10 women)

30–55

Known belligerent

56 named, 7 families identified

New Mosul neighbourhood, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

An eyewitness, Ghania Hassan – resident of the al-Jadida (New Mosul) neighborhood – told Foreign Policy that more than 56 civilians were killed after a Coalition missile hit a house where they were gathered, reportedly forced to by ISIL combattants. The eyewitness account as written down by Sam Kimball, Foreign Policy: “If they stopped the

Summary

بيت سوى , Beat Sawa, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

In what was described as a “massacre”, up to 55 civilians, including 40 children and women were killed and “dozens” wounded as Russian and/or the Syrian regime continued its heavy shelling of eastern Ghouta, this time in Beat Sawa, local media reported. While many towns of eastern Ghouta were subject to lethal air raids and

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2–20 children2–20 women1 man)

17 – 55

1 named

حي الصمود, Mosul, Sumud, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents and press sources said that eleven civilians were killed and more than 40 people were still under the rubble after a Coalition airstrike targeted the Sumud Quarter near the main generator. The Telegraph interviewed several witnesses, who reported: “The planes waited until one of the Daesh walked out into the street and then

Summary

11 – 55

تل خيمة, Tel Kheimeh near Badoosh, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In a major alleged incident, two interviewees reported that up to 55 civilians died in an Iraqi or Coalition airstrike and ground-based machine gun fire as they attempted to flee ISIS control. The following unpublished field report was shared by Amnesty International with Airwars: “Interviewee 1: ‘I’m from Tel Kheimeh, a small village, around one

Summary

الموصل: الزنجيلي, Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that Coalition and Iraqi government warplanes carried out airstrikes on Zanjili and other neighbourhoods in West Mosul, killing and wounding dozens. Iraqyoon and Yaqein spoke of more than 100 dead and wounded in the various western neighbourhoods of the city. Several other sources reported (possibly based on an ISIL press statement): “55

Summary

24 – 55

(1 child)

24–50

البوكمال الباغوز , Huweija al Khanafer, water crossing between البوكمال al Bukamal الباغوز al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In what has been described as a “massacre” between seven and 55 civilians died, and “dozens” were left injured, following suspected airstrikes on the Al Bagouz water crossing, between Bagouz village and Abu Kamal city, on the northern bank of the Euphrates river. Local sources were conflicted as to who was to blame for the

Summary

7 – 55

(7 children1 man)

12–24

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

3 named

حي الفاروق, Mosul, New Bab/ Farouq, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single source reported that 55 civilians were killed by “military operations” in New Bab and Farouq neighborhoods in the west of Mosul. No further details are currently available.

Summary

عويجل, Oweijal, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In what multiple sources described as a “massacre”, between 40 and 55 civilians – many of them reportedly children and women – died and up to 70 more were wounded in airstrikes on the village of Oweijal. The strikes resulted in widespread destruction to civilian homes – and, according to several reports – the destruction

Summary

40 – 55

(1 man)

6–70

16 named, 2 families identified

معبر هجين المائي, water crossing linking Hajeen with A’shara town, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In what has been described as a “massacre”, between 12 and 54 civilians were killed, and up to 80 more were seriously wounded, in an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on a water crossing linking Hajeen with A’shara town. Most sources blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes, some sources blamed “unknown” warplanes, however the

Summary

12 – 54

(9 children12 women)

12–80

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Unknown

34 named

قرية ابوالحسن(البقعان جزيرة)ة , Abo Al Hassan (al-Buqa'an Jazeera), East of Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between 15 and 53 civilians were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike with “heavy shelling” on the village of Abo Al Hassan, east of Hajin in the Deir Ezzor governorate, according to locals. Sources claimed that the death toll would rise due to the difficulty in getting civilians out of the rubble. This was reportedly

Summary

15 – 53

(17 children12 women)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that 19 civilians were killed and 22 injured when airstrikes hit the neighborhood of the Agrarian Reform (Islah Al Zeraei) and the neighborhood of Rifai, in West Mosul. It is unclear who carried out the raids. Yaqein spoke of both “military operations by the combined forces”, “military aircraft and the International Alliance.”

Summary

19 – 53

22–56

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In what local media described as a ‘massacre’, 52 civilians including up to 10 children and seven women died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Bustan al-Qasr in Aleppo – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. There were reports of bunker-busting missiles

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

(7–10 children7 women37 men)

20–35

47 named, 9 families identified

الدواسة, Mosul, Dawassa area, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents sources said that between 41 and 52 civilians were killed, including 23 children and one woman, and more than 70 injured after Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi government forces struck civilian homes at dawn, at the right side of Mosul. Witnesses told Iraq News that there were “dozens of women and children

Summary

41 – 52

(23 children1 woman)

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that 51 civilians were killed and 55 injured in airstrikes of the international Coalition and Iraqi government forces on several neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Sunnat Alliraq News spoke of the death and displacement of 106 residents of Mosul and called the government and Coalition raids an “unjust injustice”. Presently no further details

Summary

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 10 and 51 civilians including an entire family died and up to 30 more were wounded in an airstrike on Aleppo’s Bustan al Qasr neighbourhood, according to source son the ground. The majority of reports blamed Russia for the incident, though the Shaam News Network said that regime warplanes also carried out strikes in

Summary

10 – 51

(3–9 children1–8 women)

17–30

7 named, 1 familiy identified

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Zanjili, Makawi, Fateh, 17 July, Matahen, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local media reported that 51 civilians were killed and 60 wounded due to airstrikes, artillery shelling and/or possible ISIL actions in Makawi, Fateh, 17 July, Matahen and Zanjili neighbourhoods. While all sources blamed airstrikes and artillery, Mosul 24 also said ISIL had played a part in the deaths, noting “the martyrdom of more than 15

Summary