Civilian Casualties

1 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة, near Raqqah, Syria, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Raqqa, Syria” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “102. June 8, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was

Summary

Unknown

كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A woman and her teenage son died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Naha, according to local sources. The victims were named by Halab News – who blamed Russia – as Anas Ahmad Khatib and Fatima Khatib. Two additional sources, Allairamon Today and Anas Naif, also named them and said that Russia was responsible

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

Russian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian family of five was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a village in Raqqa. Habib al Mustapha al-Abdullah, his wife and their three daughters were the victims of the strikes, according to a number of local sources. The family’s son Zakaria Habib al Abed Lillah also reported the deaths via Facebook,

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

(3 children1 woman1 man)

Cause of injury / death

5 named, 1 familiy identified

كقر بطنا, Kafr Batnah, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 16 non-combatants including 3 to 6 children were reported killed, and dozens injured, in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Kafr Batnah according to reports by the Shaam News Network and others. SNN said Russian warplanes launched rockets on the main square in the town. It added that the planes returned

Summary

(3–6 children2 women9 men)

14 – 16

14 named, 1 familiy identified

معرتماتر, Ma’ar Tamater, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child named as Ahmad Ali al-Yousef was reported killed following an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Ma’artamater. The Violations Documentation Center and Syrian Observatory blamed Russia. The pro-regime Shaam Times – citing “military sources” – confirmed that unspecified aircraft had supported ground operations at Ma’artamater. And the Damascus Centre for Human Rights

Summary

Unknown, Syrian Regime

الموصل: غرب, Mosul, West (Shifa and Zanjili), Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Colonel Talal Najm al-Hamdani, from the Directorate of Civil Defense of Nineveh, said that about 200 bodies had been recovered over a 48 hour period in different parts of West Mosul. In an interview with Al Araby al Jadeeda, Colonerl al-Hamdani estimated that as many as 4,000 bodies remained under the rubble of West Mosul

Summary

200

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 13 and 33 civilians, including three women and nine children, were killed and between 30 and 60 injured in airstrikes on Daesh-occupied Mabij, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The IS news agency Al A’maq reported that

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

Healthcare facility

13 – 33

(9 children3 women5 men)

30–60

11 named, 2 families identified

الساعة, Mosul, Al Saaha, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A local Facebook page reported that Professor Ghanem Ismail Ahmed (Abu Nashwan) was killed by unspecified bombing in a house in which he had taken refuge, in Saaha neighbourhood in Old Mosul. He was a former head of the al-Thawra school, and of the Imam al-Satt Nafisa Mosque. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown

1 named

الأنصاري, Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A vacuum missile, allegedly fired by Russian warplanes killed eleven non-combatants and injured about 20 in the Ansari neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to reports. Several homes have destroyed. Four of those killed were brothers and sisters from one family, who died alongside their father. The raid was one of several in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, including an

Summary

(5 children)

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

According to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least one civilian was killed and 10 injured, in dozens of alleged airstrikes by Russian warplanes. The Observatory said it expected the death toll to rise, as some people were left in a critical condition. A victim was later named by the VDC. The Syrian Network

Summary

(1 man)

كسرة عفنان, Kasrat Afnan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, including a man and a woman, were reportedly killed by mortar fire in the village of Kasrat Afnan, south of Raqqa, however it was not clear who was responsible. Jisr TV, Shahba Press and the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that ISIL were responsible for the deaths whereas Al Hasaka Arabea stated

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

US-led Coalition, ISIS, Syrian Democratic Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike in Deir ez-Zor, according to local sources. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that three civilians died when “Russian planes targeted al Sina’a, Huwaija Sakr and the area around the military airport with more than 15 raids since the morning after an attack was carried out

Summary

(3 men)

3 named

جامع الصفا, near the Al-Safa Mosque, Al Dar'ia, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Sources reported that up to 18 civilians, including several women and children, were killed in alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes on the Al Dar’yra neighbourhood of Raqqa, near the Al Safa Mosque. All 18 sources reporting the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. A number of the dead were buried under the rubble

Summary

8 – 14

(3 children1 woman1 man)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported that up to 16 people died in airstrikes in Aleppo city. While some blamed Russia, others said the regime or armed rebel groups were responsible. LCCSY said one man was killed and five injured after Russian planes targeted the neighborhood with two dawn raids. Q0wyy also blamed Russia and reported that “Russian

Summary

8 – 16

(7 children1 woman)

5–12

8 named, 2 families identified

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including two children were killed in airstrikes on the Fardous neighbourhood, Aleppo, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime or Russian warplanes were responsible for the attacks. The Shaam News Network reported that three non-combatants were killed in Russian airstrikes. But the White Helmets suggested that the Assad regime may have

Summary

(2 children)

1 named

شارع 23 شباط, Sanabel Bakery at Feb 23 Street, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, “a child was killed and his mother was wounded by an artillery bombardment by the Syrian Democratic Forces on the city of Raqqa, northeast of Syria. City. Sources reported that the artillery bombardment occurred on the 23rd of February Street in the center of the city near the Sanabel

Summary

البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians including two women and one child were reported killed in an airstrike on Al Buliyal. While most sources blamed Russia, the Damascus Centre said that both regime attacks and Russian aircraft were responsible. VDC later named five victims. An additional male civilian fatality, the husband of Amira Muheisen al-Elkeh, has been died. Moreover,

Summary

(1 child2 women4 men)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

7 named, 1 familiy identified

أبوحمام, Abu Hamam, school and residential buildings, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coaltion airstrike which hit al Amin School in Abu Haman. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the death toll included three women. All sources pointed towards the Coalition. RFS said that “a warplane that likely belonging to the International Alliance targeted a school

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

3 – 6

(2 women)

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Eight civilians including three children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Arbeen, according to the Violations Documentation Center. The White Helmets published a number of videos showing them attending the scene, fighting a fire and rescuing an injured person from under the rubble. One unidentified victim was also accounted for: Unidentified – adult,

Summary

(3 children4 men)

Unknown

7 named, 2 families identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male died 24 hours after sustaining a shrapnel injury in Raqqa, according to local media. @AbuMuaazalraqqa reported that the victim died “as a result of being hit by shrapnel from a mortar shell fired by a SDF militia that targeted his home”. However air and artillery strikes were also reported in the vicinity

Summary

(1 man)

تل رفعت, Tall Rif`at, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians, including two women and six children, were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the neighbourhoods of Tel Rifa’at in the northern countryside of Aleppo, according to multiple sources. The Shaam News Network initially reported that three non-combatants were killed and other injured but later put the death toll at more than

Summary

(6 children2 women10 men)

Russian Military

19 named, 1 familiy identified

سوق الهال القديم, Old Hal market, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians – a father and his three children – died in a “rocket attack” or artillery bombardment on Raqqa’s Old Hal Market, local media reported – though it was unclear whether the Coalition or the SDF were responsible. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, “Fahd Abdulaziz Al-Majbil died in addition to three of

Summary

(3 children1 man)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

4 named, 1 familiy identified

تل فضة, Tal Fedda, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One teenage boy, Ali Mosa Shawakh, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrike at Tal Fedda village near Maskanah, according to the Violations Documentation Center. According to Al Buraq, the attack targeted “the Alamabagher sugar plant compound near Maskanah which led to the death of several people and the wounding of others, including a martyr,

Summary

1 – 2

القائم, Al Qa'im, market, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Local press sources said that civilians were killed or injured by airstrikes on the market in Al Qaim district west of Anbar. According to Iraq Akhbar, A number of civilians were killed and wounded by a bombing by international coalition aircraft of the market district of Qaim, west of Anbar. Local sources said that the

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown

حي المشهد, Al Mashad (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One girl, Aziza Al Bab, aged 10, was killed in an alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Mashad according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. No further details are currently available.

Summary

بلدة الكشكية, Kashkiyah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Over one hundred child soldiers were killed in an alleged US-led Coalition strike on a training camp of the so-called Islamic State organisation, according to multiple sources. A report by Euphrates Post said, “The coalition warplanes attacked an [ISIS] camp in the town of al-Kashkiya in al-Sha’atiyat district, on the house of Rahim al Thalaj

Summary

0 – 100

السخنة, As Sukhnah, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Six or more civilians were reported killed including up to four women when Russian warplanes allegedly shelled As Sukhna. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, one of the rockets targeted two houses, “which killed six civilians including a child and three women.” The VDC has named the six victims that were killed during

Summary

6 – 7

(1 child4 women1–2 men)

Unknown

6 named, 1 familiy identified

تلمنس, Talmanas, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians including two children and three women died in airstrikes on Talmanas, according to local sources – though they are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime, and there is also some confusion on the date of the incident. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that

Summary

(2 children3 women2 men)

6 named