Civilian Casualties

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Belligerents reported killed

10–15

لقطة, Lakta, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A man was killed when the car he was in was hit by an airstrike, according to local sources. RBSS reported that a man named Suleiman Al Ahmad al Ghannam was killed “after his injury in an air raid launched by the international coalition on the village of Lakta in the northern Raqqa countryside.” Al

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Ground operation

LOCATION

Oodweyn, Mudug, Somalia

Up to seven civilians, including up to five children and a woman, were killed and up to five others, including children, were injured during an operation that has been declared by the Somali government. The US has denied directly participating in the operation despite accusations of US drone/air strikes, while the Somali government has denied

Summary

Agriculture

1 – 7

(3–5 children1 woman)

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

1–5

Causes of injury / death

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported killed

2–3

نبل الخطيب, Nubl Al Khatib, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One woman and a young man were killed, and five others were reported injured, in an alleged rocket attack by militant organisation National Front for Liberation on the village of Nubl al-Khatib and the Jurin area, west of Hama, Syria, on July 22nd 2022, according to local sources. The group, National Front for Liberation, are

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

Turkish Military

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

At least ten civilians were killed by strikes in Anbar province, according to local sources. Yaqein reported that 10 civilians were killed and others injured, including women and children by both Coalition and Iraqi Air Force planes. One additional report, posted by @amsiiraq, referred to dozens of dead and wounded, and also cited the Coalition

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

الصنور, Al Sanour, Abo Hama, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 30th, 2023, during clashes in Abo Hama between SDF forces and tribal fighters, Youssef Al-Ibrahim Al-Abdullah, 15 years old, and young man Bashar Al-Abd Al-Ali, were killed and 10 other civilians were injured, according to reports from multiple news agencies and the boy’s family. Sada Al Sharqieh was the sole report found within

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child)

Small arms and light weapons

عامودا, Amuda, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of a village in Amuda sub-district east of Qamishli city on August 9, 2022. Hawar News reported that Turkish bombings of multiple villages east of Qamishli city and in Amuda sub-district resulted in the injury of seven civilians, four of whom are children. Hawar also documented the

Summary

الصناعة, Mosul, industrial district, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Fourteen or more people were reported killed and 35 injured following the alleged Coalition bombing, according to local sources. Multiple social media accounts, including @IQsunni, reported identical reports, stating that 14 people were killed and 35 injured as a result of a US airstrike on an industrial area in Mosul. Another tweet, by @zyaad_alsenjar, wrote

Summary

14 – 18

(14 women)

الجنينة, Al Geneina, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A civilian home was reportedly hit by an Israeli airstrike in Al-Geneina, Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, at dawn on 15 October 2023, killing between seven to eight civilians from the same family and injuring others. Sources said the home belonged to Dr. Salah al-Din Zanoun. Rum Online News cited official Palestinian news agency WAFA

Summary

7 – 8

(1–2 women4 men)

Impact

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

غرناطه, Gharnata, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A 13 year old girl was killed in alleged Turkish shelling of Gharnata village on August 19, 2022. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights specified that the young girl under the age of 18 was injured in Gharnata village and later reported that the girl had died the next day of her injuries. A Facebook post by

Summary

(1 child)

بجوار محطة بنزين عصفور, Vicinity of Asfour petrol station, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 9th 2023, Israeli Defence Forces allegedly conducted an airstrike on a residential building located in Bani Suhalia in Khan Yunis. The strike reportedly killed members of the Al-Najjar family: Ramadan Ibrahim Al-Najjar (45 years old), his wife Nadiya, his brother Mazen Fawzi Al-Najjar (34 years old) and his niece Salma Hamouda Al-Najjar (6 years old). WAFA News

Summary

4 – 8

(1 child1 woman2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

عريضة عجيل, Arida Ejail, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly killed in a shooting by SDF/YPG forces in the village of Arida Ejail, Raqqa governorate, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. Currently, further information is unavailable to Airwars.

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

17 تموز, Mosul, Talmuz/ July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Press and local sources said that 16 displaced civilians were killed or injured, mostly children and women, after Coalition warplanes targeted their houses in 17 July neighbourhood, at the right side of Mosul. The Correspondences team spoke of 9 killed and several wounded in the alleged Coalition strikes. Other sources also reported coalition strikes in

Summary

محيط كنيسة القديس برفيريوس, Vicinity of Saint Porphyrius Church, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 19th 2023, at around 8:30 pm, a declared Israeli strike hit a building adjacent to the centuries-old Greek Orthodox St. Porphyrius Church on Omar Al-Mukhtar Street, in Gaza city. The blast destroyed parts of the church complex where hundreds of displaced civilians were reportedly taking shelter. Airwars identified the names of at least

Summary

Religious Institution

(10 children8–10 women5–7 men)

23 – 27

18–24

26 named, 3 families identified

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and up to 17 were injured in alleged YPG artillery strikes on a market in Afrin, north of Aleppo, on March 18th, 2020, according to local sources. Ibrahim Abu Al-Laith from the media office of the Syrian Civil Defence told Bawaba Aleppo that “five shells

Summary

(2 children3 men)

7–17

YPG

12 named, 2 families identified

حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that unspecified air raids targeted Hadbah neighborhood, northeast of Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center said that “three raids targeted the densely populated neighborhood of Hadbah on the left side of Mosul.” It did not say how many people died. Mosul Ateka said that Sinan Abdel-Islam was killed in the raids, with a

Summary

(1 man)

الأمل, Al Amal, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least seven people from three generations of the Awad family were killed and seven others were injured when the Awad family’s five-storey home, in the Al-Amal neighborhood of western Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft on Tuesday, October 10th 2023. Al-Ahram News reported

Summary

(3 children3 women1 man)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية تل اللبن, Tal al-Laban village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Tal al-Laban in the Tel Tamr countryside on October 3, 2022. According to Hawar News, four civilians were injured when Turkish forces bombed the village of Tal al-Laban and the injured were taken to a hospital in Tel Tamr district to receive treatment. The

Summary

Turkish Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

سويدية كبيرة, Sowaiydiya Kabira, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians died in an airstrike on Al Sweidiya Kabira according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or “PKK militants” were responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered reported: “The international coalition launched three air raids on the village of al Sweidiya kabira in the northern Tabaqa

Summary

1 – 5

قطعة 4 في مخيم البريج, Block 4 in Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday, November 2nd 2023, at least 29 identified civilians, including at least seven women and eleven children, were reportedly killed, dozens of civilians (among them a woman and child) were injured and eight residential houses were completely destroyed as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike and/or artillery shelling on the residential neighborhood in

Summary

IDP or refugee camp, Residential building

(11–14 children7–9 women6–7 men)

12–24

31 named, 2 families identified

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

LOCATION

On October 29th, 2022, after midnight, one civilian, a woman, was reportedly killed, and two others injured, a man and a child, as a result of an alleged SDF or Syrian regime missile strike on their house in Kuwait Al-Rahman IDP camp, in Afrin countryside, in Aleppo governorate. Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) identified

Summary

IDP or refugee camp

(1 woman)

YPG, Syrian Regime

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Al Abyad, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition reported in April that a self-assessment had concluded no civilian casualties had occured in a February 3rd action at Mosul. According to the report: “Feb. 3, 2017, near Al-Abyad, Iraq, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that

Summary

عائلة الاسطل, Astal family, opposite Production Bank, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, 13 October 2023, five children from the Al-Astal family were killed and at least two others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Astal family home opposite the Production Bank in Central Khan Yunis. Sawaed Gaza reported that there was an “aerial bombardment near the homes of the Astal and Shaat

Summary

(5 children)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

الزيدية, Al Zaydiyah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured by alleged Turkish drone strikes on the village of Al Zaydiyah on November 23, 2022. ANF reported that two people were injured by an explosive-laden drone strike on the village of Al Zaydiyah in Darbasiyah district. ANF added that at the time there was no information on the condition of those

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

حي المطاحن, Mosul, Al-Matahin / Mills, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that three displaced civilians living in a restaurant were killed and six others were injured after Coalition airstrikes targeted the Mills area at the right side of Mosul. A journalist told Yaqein: “aircraft of the international coalition bombed a building located in the Mills area at the right side to the city

Summary

محيط دوار الدرابية, Vicinity of Darabiyah Roundabout, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early morning of Tuesday, 17 October, 2023, several civilians were reportedly injured and killed as the result of an alleged Israeli bombardment that hit the Siam family home in the vicinity of the Darabiyah roundabout, west of Gaza City. Safa correspondent and other local sources, reporting very similar information, said that a number

Summary

معرة مصرين , Maarat Misrin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One woman died and several other civilians were wounded in an airstrike on Maarat Misrin, according to sources on the ground – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Most sources attributed the civilian harm to Russia. However, Zamanalwasl was one of several sources that pointed to the regime, reporting that “in

Summary

(1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

السحامية, Al Sahamiya, Raqqa, Syria

Between five and nine civilians including three chilren died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Sahamiya village, Raqqa, according to local sources. Baladi, Euphrates Post, the Shaam News Network and Step News Agency all blamed the Coalition. Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently – whICH also attributed the incident to the Coalition – reported “that

Summary

(3 children1–2 women1 man)

5 – 9

4 named, 1 familiy identified

السحارة, Al Sahara, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians – a man, his daughter, and another girl – were injured in Al Sahara, Western Aleppo, by artillery allegedly fired by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military on September 2, 2023. All three injured in the evening shelling were civilians, according to SCD News, and both girls were children. The shelling

Summary

2–3

Russian Military, Syrian Regime