Civilian Casualties

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

1 – 3

(1 child)

Causes of injury / death

Syrian Democratic Forces

Belligerents reported injured

0–2

Karkamış, Gaziantep, Turkey

LOCATION

According to local sources, at least one civilian was injured on May 12th 2022 when a rocket-propelled grenade launched by YPG/PKK, the military wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) targeted a Turkish army border post in the Qarqamish district of Gaziantep, in Turkey. Four soldiers were also reported to be injured, although Shaam news

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Geolocation

Town

Belligerents reported injured

0–1

3–4

صكيرو, Skiro, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Children were injured, number unknown, by alleged Syrian Democratic Forces missile strikes on Skiro school on February 25, 2023. Various local sources, including @alkhabour21, tweeted that “most of the wounded were children” without providing specific information on how many children were injured. Local sources added that the attack took place at the Skiro school north

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilian infrastructure

School

2–4

الطيانة, residential neighborhoods in the town of Al Tayana, east of Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at least one man named Abu Adham was injured by the mortar shelling of residential neignorhoods in the town of Al Tayana, east of Deir Ezzor, allegedly perpetrated by SDF or PYD militia. As reported by Al-Khabour correspondent, the injured man was displaced from the city of Al-Mayadeen. Most local sources,

Summary

1–2

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

Named victims

جبرين, Jibreen, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two people were killed and an unknown number of civilians was reported wounded in alleged YPG artillery strikes on the town of Jibreen, Aleppo governorate, on March 2nd, 2020, according to local sources. There are conflicting reports on whether the fatalities were civilians or militants. Shaam Network reported that “violent clashes took place between the

Summary

0 – 2

0–2

الشيخ ناصر, Al Sheikh Nasser, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured and livestock were killed in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or regime artillery shelling of Al Sheikh Nasser village on September 7, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense (SCD) reported that a civilian was injured in Al Sheikh Nasser village by artillery shells coming from an area controlled by the Syrian

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians have been killed and five injured, including a women and children, due to multiple alleged missile strike by the YPG forces on the Kuwait al- Rahma camp for internally displaced people, Afrin, Aleppo on July 24, 2022. Multiple sources named the civilian Hassan Shaban Madino, a young man who was displaced from

Summary

1 – 3

(1–3 men)

2–5

Named victims

1 named

الجرذي, Al Jarthi, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 30th 2023, an alleged shooting by SDF military patrols hit civilians leaving a mosque in the town of Al-Jarthi al-Sharqi in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, Syria, killing between one and three civilians and injuring between eight and 12 civilians, including two children. Sources report different accounts of the toll on civilians.

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Religious Institution

1 – 3

(1 man)

8–12

Small arms and light weapons

درنج, Daranj, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On Monday September the 11th 2023, it is reported that two children were injured by gunfire bullets during a raid carried out by SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) in the town of Daranj, in Deir Ezzor, eastern syria. This version of events is reported by multiple independent Twitter users (@Mohab_Nasser2, @K_Almostafa, @GydyNwaf38285) as well as national

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Named victims

منطقة الصناعة, Al Sina'a neighbourhood, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 1 and 3 civilians were reportedly injured by alleged YPG/SDF/PKK artillery strikes on Al Sina’a neighbourhood in Afrin city, on October 10th 2019, according to local media sources. According to AA News, the attack was launched from Tal Refa’at, which the YPG controls. Whereas AA News reported 1 wounded civilian, Qasioun News reported 3

Summary

1–3

تل ابيض, Tal Abyad , Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed in the Tal Abyad countryside due to shelling by alleged YPG/SDF forces on October 29th, 2019, according to local sources. The Raqqa Observatory for Human Rights reported mortars killed civilians Mahmoud Al Sayyad and Ibrahim Al Hassan. The Syrian Human Rights Committee published the same names, and blamed ‘shelling of the

Summary

(2 men)

أم عدسة, Um Adasa, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that one civilian was killed and others injured in alleged YPG shelling on Um Adasa village in Al-Bab countryside in Aleppo, Syria. The Syrian Network for Human Rights named the victim as Amer Mustafa aged 63. Baladi News said that “one civilian was killed and four others were wounded by artillery shelling

Summary

(1 man)

2–4

الحوايج, Al Hawaij, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces

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

US-led Coalition

Known belligerent

Syrian Democratic Forces

مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two people were killed and up to 14 others, including women and children, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling of Kuwait Al-Rahma camp in the countryside of Afrin on October 13, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that two civilians were injured by shelling on Kuwait Al-Rahma camp in the countryside of

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

IDP or refugee camp

1 – 2

2–14