Civilian Casualties

(3 men)

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

LNA

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians including seven children and two women were reported killed, and 16 others including three children and three women – one of whom was pregnant – were injured in an alleged Russian, Iranian forces or Syrian regime shelling with a cluster missile or a rocket carrying cluster bombs on ‘Martyr Abdou al

Summary

School

(4–7 children1–2 women2 men)

7 – 11

15–16

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected targets

Assad regime, Iranian military

11 named, 1 familiy identified

تل أبيض, Tal Abyad, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, named as Ammar Alhaji, was reportedly shot dead by members of the al Majd Brigade of the Syrian National Army. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, the man was “shot dead while he was trying to prevent fighters of Turkish-backed Al-Majd Legion from stealing his car.”. Euphrates Post reported that the victim was

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Small arms and light weapons

مشروع الهضبة, Hadaba project, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed and three others including a 70-year-old woman were injured by shrapnel in alleged LNA shelling on the Hadaba Project area in Tripoli, Libya on January 1st, 2020, according to local sources. The fatality was identified as Issam Wanis Al-Drou’i Al-Warfalli and sources reported that the four civilians might belong to the

Summary

قصر أبو هادي, Qasr Abu Hadi, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Conflicting reports emerged of alleged airstrikes by an unknown belligerent on the night of December 31st, 2019 and January 1st, 2020 on Abu Hadi area near the city of Sirte. A Central Gate reporter quoted local sources, who said that three people had died and two people were wounded in airstrikes on the Abu Hadi

Summary

قرية الشيخ أحمد, Sheikh Ahmed village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On December 30th, between four and five civilians, including up to two women and two children, were wounded by Russian or regime air strikes, with ten vacuum missiles and two cluster bombs, launched upon the village of Sheikh Ahmed in the southern countryside of Aleppo. Local sources initially reported four wounded civilians and Civil Defense

Summary

4–5

معرة النعمان, Maarat Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and up to four civilians were wounded in initial reports about a Russian bombing raid upon the village of Maarat Numan on December 30th. Local sources reported that Russian helicopters dropped barrel bombs, and there were early reports of four wounded civilians, the death of a child, and the

Summary

2 – 3

(1 child1 man)

2–4

شارع ولي العهد, Wali Al Ahed street, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One child (14) and a young man (18) were injured in alleged Libyan National Army shelling on Wali Al Ahed street in Abo Salim area of Tripoli on December 30th, 2019, according to local sources. Tk Yahrouq Kul Shy posted on Facebook that “a random shell landed in Wali Al Ahed street in front of

Summary

ابي الاشهر, Bilash'har, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

According to Libya Al Ahrar, a student at the Freedom Martyrs School in Abi Al-Shahr area in Tajura was injured in a bombardment by Haftar that targeted a farm adjacent to the school. No further details are available at the moment.

Summary

شرفة الملاحة, Shurfat Al Malaha, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Airstrikes by the LNA and/or UAE on the Shurfat Al Malaha residential area, in the vicinity of Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport, reportedly killed an elderly woman and injured several more civilians including a child. Libya al Ahrar named the elderly victim as Al-Haja Zahra Al-Tamtam. Burkan al Ghadab said that two persons “from the expatriate labor

Summary

(1 woman)

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

LOCATION

Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

In retaliatory strikes against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total. This entry relates to one of two strikes in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow in Lower Shabelle. According to

Summary

Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia

LOCATION

In retaliatory actions against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total.This entry relates to one of two strikes in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow in Lower Shabelle. Al Shabaab itself

Summary

0 – 2

بلدات متعددة, Several towns, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Russian warplanes launched substantial attacks upon various villages outside of Idlib on December 28th causing numerous civilian casualties. Shaam News, reporting on December 29th, stated that civilian casualties resulted from Russian airstrikes upon many villages, including Mhambel and Sarja. No names, ages, or other pertinent information was released. The air raids were part of a

Summary

School

2–5

Russian Military

عون الدادات , Aoun Al Dadat, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that a sniper on a checkpoint belonging to SDF/YPG shot dead a civilian in Aoun al Dadat village in Manbej, Aleppo on December 28th, 2019. Shaam Netowk reported that “Mohamed Sheikho Al-Hamloush, known as ‘Abu Al-Miz’, from Aoun Al-Dadat village, was transporting a passenger by his motorcycle to the village separating between

Summary

Vicinity of Caliyoow Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In apparent retaliatory strikes against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total. This entry relates to one strike in the vicinity of Caliyoow Barrow in Lower Shabelle. it later emerged

Summary

محمبل, Mhambel, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that at least three civilians were wounded as a result of Russian forces or Syrian regime forces artillery and missile attack on Mhambel in Idlib, Syria on December 28th, 2019. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that a cluster missile fell near Al Kabir mosque in Mhambel town in the western

Summary

Assad regime

طرابلس‎: مشروع الهضبة, Tripoli: Hadaba project, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Up to six civilians including children were injured and one killed after the Tripoli neighbourhood of the Hadaba project was shelled, most likely by LNA forces. Several shells appear to have caused civilian harm, including one which struck the home of Omar Al-Ayat and one which fell outside a nearby mosque. Burkan al Ghadab reported

Summary

5–6

عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed and three others injured, following suspected LNA shelling of the Ain Zara area of Tripoli. A video posted to Facebook by Libya al Ahrar – presently the sole source for this event – featured a reporter who stated that “one civilian was killed and three others injured because of Haftar

Summary

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

GNA

صيدلية أوكسجين, Oxygen Pharmacy O2, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and eight injured after LNA and/or UAE aircraft hit a pharmacy, a car and other civilian targets in Zawiya. The target of the LNA strikes was initially assumed to be the headquarters of the GNA’s Al Farouq battalion. However reports soon made clear that multiple nearby civilian objects had

Summary

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

GNA

2 named, 1 familiy identified

قصر بن غشير, Qasr Bin Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

According to local sources, a teenage boy named as Mahmoud Hussein Rabah Al-Jorni was killed after what was described as a ‘random shell’ hit the family farm at Qaser Bin Ghashir. His death was initially reported by a relative, Mohammed Hasan al-Jurni. Facebook site Tk Yahrouq Kl shy first noted that “Several shells landed in

Summary

(1 child)

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

1 named

البوكمال, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Around ten people were killed and an unknown number wounded in alleged Coalition artillery strikes that reportedly targeted Iranian and Lebanese militias in the city of Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor governorate, on December 25th, 2019, according to local sources. It is unclear if those killed were civilians or belligerents. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Summary

0 – 3

0–2

US-led Coalition

Belligerents reported injured

7–10

كفروما, Kafrouma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one person died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Kafrouma in Idlib on December 24, 2019, according to local media. Local sources were conflicted as to whether the victims were civilians or militants. Sources reported that the Russian strikes targeted members of the Ahrar al-Sham movement. According to the Step News

Summary

0 – 1

Russian Military

Belligerents reported injured

2–3

زونار, Zunnar, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported injured in alleged Turkish or Turkish-backed shelling on Zunnar village of Ain Issa, Raqqa on December 24th, 2019 according to local sources. ANHA reported that the Turkish attack directly targeted civilian areas. Other sources blamed Turkish backed mercenaries. @Karl_hakon reported that “Turkish-backed mercenaries targeted civilian areas in the Ain Issa countryside

Summary

منطقة بـئر الأسطى ميـلاد, Vicinity of Bi’r Al Austa Milad road, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

On Tuesday, December 24, 2019, drone or artillery strikes, reportedly conducted by the Libyan National Army or the United Arab Emirates in the vicinity of Bi’r Al Austa Milad road, Tajoura, Libya, killed up to four civilians including two women and injured 12 other non-combatants according to local reports. A vegetable market and civilian cars

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery, Drone Strike

Marketplace

(0–1 children2 women0–1 men)

3 – 4

Impact

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

15 named, 2 families identified

جوباس, Joubas, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between eight and 12 civilians including five children and two women were reported killed and seven others injured in Joubas, Idlib in Syria on December 24th, 2019 when Russian warplanes attacked a school building that is used as a shelter for displaced people in the village. A Syrian Civil Defence statement said that “Russian warplanes

Summary

School

(5–6 children2–3 women1 man)

8 – 10

Russian Military

10 named, 2 families identified

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An elderly woman was reported injured along with at least one other civilian after an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrike on Saraqeb in Idlib, Syria on December 24th 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: “”An elderly woman was wounded in a bombing by the Syrian regime on

Summary

1–2

طرابلس‎, Tripoli: Airport road, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One child was reportedly injured by shelling near the Airport road in Tripoli. Libyan Crimes Watch said: “On December 22, a child was injured by shrapnel in several areas of his body, as a result of a shell landing near his house on the airport road.” Local reports of fighting point at the GNA or

Summary

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

الباعيش, Al Baaysh, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Grad missiles reportedly fired by LNA forces struck civilian neighbourhoods in Al Baaysh, Tajoura, injuring three civilians. Libya Akbar News reported that “Local sources confirmed that missile shells landed in the Tajoura region, amid reports of civilian casualties.” Burkan Al Ghadab said that “Indiscriminate Grad missile shells fired by the war criminal militia militia Haftar

Summary

Libyan National Army

خان السبيل, Khan Al Sabil, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three civilians were injured after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on vehicles of displaced civilians on the international highway near the town of Khan al Sabil, Idlib governorate, on December 22nd, 2019, as reported by local sources. Local tweets included video of the bombing raid that injured the three civilians and

Summary

1–3