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مدينة تل أبيض, the city of Tal Abyad in the countryside of Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

On Tuesday, August 27, 2024, a 15-year-old boy named Ali al-Suhail was killed after he was run over by a Turkish armoured vehicle in the city of Tal Abyad, located in the countryside of Raqqa in Northeastern Syria. Ali had black hair as seen in a picture of him standing in front of a shuttered…

Summary

Ground operation

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Run over by vehicle

Turkish Military

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البصيرة, Al Busayra, Deir Ezzor, Syria

On August 23, 2024, Mohammad Ahmad al-Hasan was killed at dawn in a home on 20 or 40 Street in Al Busayra, eastern Deir Ezzor Governorate, Syria. He was the father of two girls, and a nurse at Al Hamadi Specialist Hospital in Al Busayra, with at least one source alleging that he was a…

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Civilians reported killed

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Small arms and light weapons

U.S.-led Coalition

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حمص, Sanun Village, Homs, Damascus, Syria, Damascus, Syria

At around 7.35 pm on Friday, 23rd August 2024, a woman named Ghazala Awad Darwish (Umm Mahmoud) was killed alongside three Syrian nationals working with pro-Iranian militants, and up to seven civilians were injured by a missile bombardment with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Israeli military or Syrian regime forces in the Sanun village in…

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11 September 2025

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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قرية بينه, village of Bineh in the countryside of the town of Shirawa in the Afrin and Shahba cantons, Aleppo, Syria

At noon on Monday, August 19, 2024, four civilian men, identified as Abdo (Abu) Zakour, Haider Muhammad (40-54 years old), Youssef Al-Araj (27 years old), and Mustafa Rifaat Sheikho (28 years old) were injured in a double tap drone strike in the village of Bineh in Shirawa, in the Afrin and Shahba cantons in the northern countryside…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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كورين, Korin, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

Late in the evening on Sunday, August 18th, 2024, one unnamed civilian was reportedly injured as a result of airstrikes with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian militias. The incident reportedly occurred in Korin in the southern countryside of Idlib. The @SyriaCivilDefe (or 'White Helmets') reported that one…

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Transportation (Road), Vehicle (Car)

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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طريق الأبزمو - الأتارب, Al Atareb - Abzimo road, western countryside of Aleppo, Syria, Aleppo, Syria

On the evening of Sunday, 11th August 2024, a civilian was reportedly injured by a bombardment allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime’s forces and/or Iranian military and/or Russian military on the Atarib-Abzmo road in the western countryside of the Aleppo governorate in Syria. A Twitter/X post by the Syrian Civil Defence included photos of the…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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قرية الشركة, village of Al-Sharika, adjacent to the international road (M4), east of Ain Issa in Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

On August 1st, 2024, two young civilian men were allegedly injured by Turkish snipers near the village of Al-Sharika adjacent to the international road M4 in the eastern countryside of Ain Issa, Raqqa region, Syria. A photo released by the ANF news outlet showed the victims lying on stretchers receiving treatment. Mohsen Haritim Al-Jawwa, a…

Summary

Ground operation

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Small arms and light weapons

Turkish Military

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قرية بينه, Binah village, Shirawa countryside, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Two civilian men, an elderly father and his 40-year-old son, were seriously injured in an artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military forces in the village of Binah, in the Shirawa countryside, in Afrin, Syria, just before noon on the 31st of July, 2024. Hawar News reported that two civilians were injured due to…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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أرض زراعية على أطراف بلدة بداما في ريف إدلب الغربي, agricultural land on the outskirts of the town of Badama (Bdama), west of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

An explosion of a cluster bomb remnant reportedly left from previous shelling by the Russian military and/or the Syrian regime forces and/or the Nusayri regime militias affiliated with the Syrian regime resulted in the killing of a young civilian man on the agricultural land in the outskirts of Badama (Bdama) town located in the western…

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Russian Military

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الشهباء, vicinity of Afrin Hospital in Afrin and Al-Shahba canton, north of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

On Thursday, July 18, 2024, a 38-year-old Kurdish man was injured in the vicinity of Afrin Hospital in Afrin, north of Aleppo, Syria, in an alleged drone strike reportedly conducted by the Turkish military. The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights reported that the strike hit the road linking Barkhdan camp and Afrin Hospital and injured…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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سيارة رجل الأعمال محمد براء القاطرجي,, the car of the Businessman Mohammad Baraa Qaterji, on the road to the Lebanese border, Saboura area, Damascus, Damascus, Syria

Two men with a contested civilian status were killed inside a car by an airstrike and/or drone strike and/or detonation of an explosive device allegedly carried out by the Israeli forces shortly before 6:52 PM on Monday, July 15, 2024, in the Saboura area on the road to the Lebanese border in Damascus, Syria. One…

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31 December 2024

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported killed

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO), Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Ceel Dheere (El Dheer) district, Galgudud, Somalia

On July 15, 2024, 10-50 al-Shabab militants were killed by a declared US airstrike in the Ceel Dheere (El Dheer) district of the Galguduud region of Central Somalia, according to media and military reports. There is indication an al-Shabab ground operation near the town of El-Dheer precipitated a “self defense” airstrike by the United States…

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Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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عين عيسى, M4 international road in the countryside of Ain Issa, Raqqa, northeastern Syria, Raqqa, Syria

During the afternoon of 14 July 2024, a young civilian man named Khaled Reda Haji Abdo was reportedly killed and another young civilian man named Khattab Ramadan Saad was injured when Turkish forces allegedly bombed the M4 international road in the countryside of the town Ain Issa in Raqqa Governorate, northeastern Syria. Multiple news sources reported…

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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Kismaayo, Lower Juba, Somalia

Heavy losses were reportedly inflicted on al-Shabaab militants during an operation carried out by the Somali National Army and Jubaland forces with potential US airstrike support on 9 July, 2024, in Kismaayo, Lower Juba. Caasimada Online, admitting “conflicting reports”, reported that an operation was carried out by the “the Somali National Army and Jubaland forces”,…

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Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

International Forces (Unknown)

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سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

Six identified civilians, including two children and four women of which two were mother and daughter, were injured and several civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged artillery shelling with contested responsibility perpetrated by the Syrian regime military forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Syria, in…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military, Iranian Military

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الضفة اليسرى لنهر الفرات في منطقة جرابلس, Left bank of the Euphrates river in the Jalablus area, Aleppo, Syria

On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at least two civilians, including a young man and a 14-year-old child named Suleiman Mazen al-Akash, were injured an alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shooting incident while they were on the right bank of the Euphrates River in the Jarablus area, east of Aleppo, Syria. Sources, including the Syrian Civil Defence,…

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11 September 2025

Ground operation

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Small arms and light weapons

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قرية الدرج, village of Al-Daraj, countryside of Manbij canton, Aleppo, Syria

According to Hawar News, late in the night of Thursday, 27th June 2024, the village of Al-Daraj in the northern countryside of Manbij canton, northeast of Aleppo, Syria, was reportedly hit by an intense alleged Turkish bombardment using heavy artillery, resulting in the death of a 45-year-old local civilian Ibrahim Daraj (Derc) Samo and the injury…

Summary

Ground operation, Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Small arms and light weapons, Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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السيدة زينب, Al-Sayyida Zaynab, Damascus, Damascus, Syria

At approximately 11:40 PM on Wednesday, June 26th, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike struck a service center containing building materials for the reconstruction of public facilities, belonging to the Jihad Construction Foundation, near the towns of Hajira and al-Sayyida Zaynab area south of Damascus, Syria. Three civilians, including a woman, were reportedly killed and eight…

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31 December 2024

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Rage Baris area, Galgadud, Somalia

An airstrike allegedly perpetrated by the Somali National Army “with assistance form international partners” killed up to 30 Al-Shabaab militants on 17 June, 2024 in the Rage Baris area of Galgadud, central Somalia. Garowe Online, quoting a statement from Somali state media clarified that two trucks and a technical vehicle [an improvised military vehicle] were…

Summary

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

International Forces (Unknown)

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Ceel-Lahelay area, Bakool, Somalia

Seven al-Shabaab militants were killed and others were injured by an airstrike perpetrated by the Somali National Army along with international partners on 4 June, 2024, in Bakool. The strike was announced by the Somali Ministry of Defense as a “successful mission […] aimed at safeguarding civilians”. According to Facebook user "Taliska Guutada 9aad Ee…

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Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

International Forces (Unknown)

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حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria

On Monday, June 3rd, 2024, a number of civilians were reportedly killed in addition to between 12 to 17 militants that were killed and 15 others militants who were injured, following an alleged airstrike by the Israeli military on a copper factory located in the town of Hayyan, to the northeast of Aleppo, Syria. The…

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31 December 2024

Warehouse (Raw Material)

Civilians reported killed

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Tamim al-Hanwa and Salamasa villages in Tal Hamis countryside, village of Haram Sheikho near in the countryside of the city of Qamishlo in the Al-Jazeera District of Hasaka, Al Hasakah, Syria

Fourteen identified civilians, including two women and six children, were injured as a result of the multiple air and/or drone strikes, including a double-tap strike, allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on the evening of Friday, May 31st, 2024, in the villages of Tamim al-Hanwa and Salamasa in the Tel Hamis countryside of Qamishlo in…

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12 December 2024

Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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قرية شيخ عيسى, the village of Sheikh Issa, Aleppo, Syria

On the evening of Friday, May 31st, 2024, one civilian was injured by an artillery strike in the village of Sheikh Issa in Aleppo, Syria. The civilian was allegedly injured by artillery shelling by Turkish forces and factions loyal to them in a village in the northern countryside of Aleppo. Several sources, including the Syrian…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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In the vicinity of Dhaardaar, approximately 81 km southeast of Bosaso, Somalia

In conjunction with the Somali government, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a strike against Islamic State militants on 31 May, 2024 in “a remote area in the vicinity of Dhaardaar”. AFRICOM reported that the strike had killed three IS militants, “with no civilian casualties”. X/Twitter user @ZakeriyeAxmed reported that the strike targeted IS leader and…

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Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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عمارة سكنية في حي الكورنيش الجنوبي بمدينة بانياس, a residential building in the southern Corniche neighborhood of the city of Banyas, Tartous, Syria

At approximately 7:30 pm on Wednesday, 29th May 2024, an airstrike and/or artillery strike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Israeli military or the Syrian regime forces on a residential building in the southern Corniche neighborhood of the city of Banyas, Tartous governorate, Syria, killed one young girl and injured at least twelve identified…

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31 December 2024

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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Calmadow/Almadow Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

Over 20 Al-Shabaab militants, including three high-level members, were allegedly killed and dozens injured by airstrikes conducted by the Somali government and "international partners" on 26 May, 2024 in the Calmadow mountains of Puntland. The strikes were reported to have targeted a “terrorist camp” and “disrupted a terrorist plot targeting civilians”. Multiple parties denied involvement;…

Summary

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

United Arab Emirates Military, International Forces (Unknown)

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قرية ام السطح, villages of Ousjali Saghir and Um Al-Satih, Manbij countryside, Aleppo, Syria

Around dawn on Thursday, May 23, 2024, an alleged Turkish artillery attack on the Ousjali Saghir, Umm al-Satih, and other villages in the western countryside of the Manbji province, Syria, killed a woman and injured five citizens, including three children. Hawar News reported that 55-year-old Fateem Al-Dandan from the village of Umm Al-Satih in the western…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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سد الشهباء, Al-Shahba Dam vicinity in the north of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

An artillery or drone strike reportedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on the morning of Saturday, May 18th, 2024, resulted in the death of a child and the injury of three other children on an agricultural land in the Al-Shahba Dam vicinity located in the northern countryside of Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The victim, Fares Khalaf Ibrahim, a…

Summary

Airstrike (Drone Strike), Airstrike and/or Artillery

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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village Al-Tokhar, northeastern countryside of Manbij, east of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

On the morning of Saturday, May 18, 2024, an alleged artillery strike carried out by Turkish forces and allied factions on the civilian homes located in the Syrian village of Al-Tokhar in the northeastern countryside of Manbij, northeast of Aleppo, injured three civilians, including a child. According to local sources referencing the Manbij Military Council,…

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Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Turkish Military

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Ali Hayle area of Middle Shabelle, Galmudug, Somalia

An airstrike reportedly carried out by the Somali government and “international partners” on 15 May, 2024 on the Ali Hayle area of the Middle Shabelle resulted in the deaths of several militants. Along with the al-Shabaab members killed, the strike destroyed a water tank, according to Halqabsi News. The Facebook page for Baraawe TV, reporting…

Summary

Water (Water tank), Vehicle

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

International Forces (Unknown)

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