Civilian Casualties

5 – 46

(1 child1 man)

30–50

البعاج, Baaj, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A military source told Yaqein agency that 46 civilians were killed and dozens were wounded – with varying injuries – after airstrikes of the Joint Forces targeted Baaj and Qayrawan towns in western Nineveh. It was also reported that dozens of houses of civilians were destroyed. The area was the scene of heavy fighting between

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces, ISIS

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Local media sources reported on the death of up to 46 civilians and 60 others wounded following suspected Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa over the previous 48 hours. According to a report by the Thiqa Agency the “shelling focused on civilian homes and residential neighbourhoods”. These are general numbers and it is likely that they will

Summary

39 – 46

(3–11 children2–9 women)

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In a major incident, up to 46 civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike (according to the Iraqi Revolution site) on the town of Ar Rutbah. The UN Mission to Iraq expressed “serious concern” about the event. The attack, which occurred shortly after dawn, reportedly killed a significant number of children, with graphic photographs widely

Summary

(3–11 children5–18 women1 man)

27 – 46

القلعة, Al Qala, Murzuq, Libya

LOCATION

At least 42 civilians were reportedly killed in an LNA or Emirati airstrike on Murzuq in one of the biggest civilian harm events in Libya since 2011. Al Jazeera said: “At least 42 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an air raid in southern Libya, an official said, as the United-Nations recognised government

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

42 – 45

51–60

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

al Qitar Street north of city centre, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 45 civilians reportedly died and 15 were wounded following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes to the north of Raqqah city, at the outskirts of the al-Tawassiya area. The victims were “gathered around a water well on Qitar (train) street” collecting water “due to the ongoing water cuts in the city for more than three

Summary

13 – 45

(2 children2 women)

14–15

LOCATION

الباب, Aleppo, Syria

An internal CENTCOM review reported unnamed open sources as claiming civilian casualties had occurred as a result of Coalition airstrikes. A provisional review found that there had been no international airstrikes in the vicinity of the city on that date. Airwars researchers later identified coverage from the time of Assad regime attacks on Aleppo on

Summary

4 – 45

الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that an alleged Coalition airstrike targeted Yarmouk Women’s Hospital and killed between 10 and 45 civilians, including women, children and medical staff in addition to members of ISIS. According to AE24, a source in the Deir Ezzor civil council of the Syrian opposition said that “more than 40 civilians were killed, in addition

Summary

10 – 45

(3 children5 women)

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

A “brutal bombardment” by Russian and Syrian forces on the city of Douma killed up to 45 civilians and left at least another 50 wounded, local media reported. At least eight children were reported killed, with some sources claiming up to 100 civilians were wounded, including numerous women and children. Warplanes allegedly struck residential neighbourhoods

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

4 – 45

(4–8 children1 woman)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

24–100

Cause of injury / death

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

28 named

التوسعية, Al Tawassiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that 16 to 45 people were killed in a mass civilian casualty incident on al Tawassi’ya neighbourhood, Raqqah city. Some reports said that a shelter in the Traffic park area had been struck, while others said two buildings were hit. The lowest overall death toll of “at least 19” came from the

Summary

19 – 45

الميادين, Al-Mayadeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In what has been described as a massacre, between five and 45 civilians were killed and 14 to 90 were injured in alleged Russian, Syrian regime or Coalition airstrikes on the city of Al-Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor, described by local sources as the “most important stronghold for Daesh in the region”. An initial report from

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Healthcare facility

(2–3 children1 woman6 men)

5 – 45

12–90

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition

11 named, 1 familiy identified

البدو, Ar Raqqah: Badou neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 44 civilians were killed, from three familes, following alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on al Marniadiya Street in al Badou neighbourhood, Raqqah, according to local media. The strike reportedly targeted a residential building (pictured). Raqqah is Being Slaughtered Silently identified some victims. However since Amnesty International conducted on the ground research in Raqqa

Summary

(6–22 children11–15 women11–17 men)

26 named, 2 families identified

السكرية, Sukkariya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In what has been described as a “massacre” by local sources, 11 to 44 civilians were killed, and dozens more were wounded, by warplanes which struck a camp for displaced people in Sukkariya. All sources blamed Russian warplanes for the strikes. Most sources reported that civilians were killed, however Baladi News put the toll as

Summary

11 – 44

(15 children3 men)

Russian Military

44 named, 2 families identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine

Summary

39 – 43

(5 women8 men)

Unknown, Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition

14 named, 2 families identified

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

LOCATION

Two sources reported that dozens of civilians were killed and wounded due to airstrikes and artillery shelling in several neighborhoods in West Mosul. Al Jiser Channel referred to Al Amaq [ISIL press agency] and said 43 died and 35 were injured. Yaqein said dozens died in airstrikes on the neighbourhoods of 17 July, Zanjili and

Summary

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

LOCATION

Local residents and press sources said that 43 civilians were killed in airstrikes and missile shelling by the International Coalition and Iraqi forces in Zanjili neighbourhood, in the west of Mosul. Mosul Eye reported: “Mosul witnessed 20/3/2017 wave of casualties in a large number, and the initial outcome that we were able to collect was

Summary

1 named

شارع الثلاثين, al Thalatheen street, Idlib city, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 43 civilians including many women and children died and tens more were wounded in at least one major explosion in Idlib on January 7th, local media said. The event was widely reported as a car bombing, reportedly targeting theheadquarters of the Caucasus Army, allied with the Sham Liberation Organization (formerly Nasra Front), located

Between 11 and 42 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in an airstrike on a popular market in Al Atarib, according to local media. Most sources blamed Russia, though there was some confusion in the reporting with the Syrian Network for Human Rights pointing to both Moscow and then the regime. Some other sources

Summary

11 – 42

(4–5 children1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

11 named

باب سنجار, Mosul, Bab-Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents told the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights that 42 members of the well-known family of Ghanim Sobhiya died after an airstrike hit their 16-room house in Bab-Sinjar neighbourhood in the old part of Mosul, at dawn on April 15th. Sources reported that the family of Ghanim’s brother had also gathered in the house.

Summary

(6–11 children5 women2 men)

1 named, 1 familiy identified

Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that between 20 and 42 civilians were killed, including women and children, and dozens injured after Coalition airstrikes and governmental forces targeted residential neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul. While Iraq Amsi spoke of “about 20 civilians dead and wounded”, Iraqi Spring put the death toll much higher, at 42, and

Summary

20 – 42

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

33 to 42 civilians including five to eight children were killed – and 35 others injured – in airstrikes on Ar Raqqah, according to multiple sources. All sources allege that Russia carried out the attacks, except for the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights who do not say who was responsible. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes carried out

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Healthcare facility

33 – 42

(5–8 children)

Russian Military

7 named, 1 familiy identified

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Yaqein reported that more than 40 civilians, including civilians, were killed in Iraqi government bombing. Citing a source, they said that there were 42 victims. Al Hadath, citing the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, also cited government airstrikes in Tel Abtah, but said that they killed 42 terrorists, and destroyed three cars, one carrying members of

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

In Raqqa, at least 28 and as many as 42 civilians from seven families displaced from Palmyra, Deir Ezzor and Raqqa were killed as an alleged Coalition air strike destroyed the building they were sheltering in, multiple local and international media reported. Among the killed were at least ten women and five children. This strike

Summary

(5–11 children9–10 women6–13 men)

28 – 42

42 named, 7 families identified

معرة النعمان, Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 50 civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on Ma’aret Al Nu’man, Idlib, on July 22nd. A further 10 to 100 were allegedly injured in the incident. In December 2019, the New York Times published an investigation into the event, which it said was perpetrated by the Russian Air Force. While initial sources cited

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(6 children5–7 women29 men)

40 – 51

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

10–109

Cause of injury / death

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

40 named, 7 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

الغندورة, Al Ghandoura, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least 22 civilians were killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of al Ghandourra. According to Syria Newsdesk, the noon strikes hit the main market and the elementary school in the town, which was occupied by so-called ISIL. The US later admitted to inadvertently killing 15 civilians in the incident, claiming that “the

Summary

22 – 41

(3–10 children1 woman)

25–40

Known belligerent

19 named, 3 families identified

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted the town of Hajin, which according to local reports resulted in the deaths of between 12 and as many as 40 civilian casualties. Halab Today TV reported that “Coalition aircraft carried out more than 50 air raids on the city of the Hajin, east of the Euphrates, on Thursday evening [Nov

Summary

12 – 41

(17 children)

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

The FBI informed CENTCOM internally on November 21st 2014 that a source had alleged the deaths of “41 Yezidi captive females killed in a strike on a named OBJ IVO [objective in the vicinity of] Mosul.” The closest strike, number 999, was identified by CENTCOM as having taken place some 3.2km from the site of

Summary

(41 women)

Al Jazza'a, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

In a major civilian casualty incident, between 15 and 41 people reportedly died following an alleged US-led Coalition strike on Al Jazza’a [or al-Helo] village. The civilians were leaving Asr prayer at the village mosque when they were hit, local media sources reported. According to Hasaka Rasd and multiple other sources, “the village was not

Summary

21 – 41

(3 children2 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

11 named, 3 families identified

الموصل‎, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that up to 41 civilians died and a further 143 were injured following alleged Coalition airstrikes on eastern Mosul neighbourhoods in support of a renewed push to capture the city from ISIL. Iraqi Spring placed the death toll at 41, while MNN said at least 30 died. In its February 2017 civilian

Summary

30 – 41

143