Civilian Casualties

كفر نايا, Kafr Naya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three children and a civilian man were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Naya, Aleppo, according to the Violations Documentation Centre. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that three civilians were killed by Russian warplanes but listed all the victims as children. The VDC named two victims and also included one Unidentified –

Summary

(3 children1 man)

النشابية, Al Nashabiya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to nine civilians were killed, including six children, and 14 more people wounded including a woman, in airstrikes and ground assaults on Al Nashabiya. According to Shaam News the civilian deaths were a result of “violent attacks” by Russian warplanes and Assad’s forces. Activists published images showing the bodies of children who had “been broken in pieces by

Summary

6 – 9

(5–6 children4 women)

كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male civilian, Mohammad Ahmad al-Alayan, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Zita, according to the Union of Hama Rebels and the Violations Documentation Centre. Reporting remains confused, with multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Zita between December 9th and 12th which resulted in a likely total of six civilian deaths.

Summary

(1 man)

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Twenty-three civilians including eight children and one woman were reported killed and 20 injured in an airstrike on a residential area of Hamouriya, according to multiple sources. Reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network initially said 14 non-combatants died in a “massacre” by Russian warplanes.

Summary

(8 children1 woman)

22 named, 1 familiy identified

الصالحين, Salheen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 12 civilians including women and children were killed and more than 15 injured in an airstrike on a bakery in Salheen. Reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network said non-combatants were targeted by Russian warplanes as they went to buy

Summary

8 – 12

(1 child2 women2 men)

3 named

جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Nine civilians including four women and five children were killed in an airstrike on the village of Mraand, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network said that eight non-combatants died as a result of a Russian missile targeting

Summary

(5 children4 women)

9 named, 2 families identified

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A male child, named as nine month old Ahmad Hamze Layla, was killed in an airstrike on Anadan, according to both the Violations Documentation Centre and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. It is unclear whether regime or Russian forces were responsible for the alleged raid. The VDC said the victim was killed by Russian

Summary

(1 child)

1 named

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Centre named one unidentified adult male as having been killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Palmyra. In addition, the Syrian Human Rights Campaign reported that a boy named as Yazan Jamil el Sha’eel “died of wounds sustained from Russian airstrikes on civilians’ homes.” According to another source there were heavy Russian air raids on

Summary

(1 child1 man)

كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Eight to 13 civilians including three women and three children were reported killed – and dozens injured – in an airstrike on Kafr Hamra according to multiple sources. Reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network said Russian forces were responsible and had pounded

Summary

(3 children3 women1–2 men)

8 – 13

12–24

8 named, 1 familiy identified

تلول الحمر, Tulul Al Humur, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Center listed one unidentified adult female as killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tulul Al Humur. No further details are available at the present time.

Summary

(1 woman)

Unknown

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

There were claims that eleven civilians were killed including two children – with three doctors injured – after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed two health centers in Aski Mosul and Baduish villages in Mosul. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in these strikes

Summary

(2 children)

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition airstrike on the Thubat district of Fallujah reportedly killed a young girl named as Ayesha Wadhah, and also wounded two other children named as Tabarek Wadhah (who lost a hand) and her brother Osama Wadhah. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for

Summary

(1 child)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الهول, Al Hawl, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 47 civilians were reported killed and 17 injured in an alleged US Apache helicopter and fast jet attack on the village of al Khan near al Hawl. Locals were involved in an altercation with Islamic State militants according to McClatchy, with Coalition aircraft attacking a convoy of reinforcements as they entered the

Summary

(19–20 children9 women11 men)

40 – 47

17–30

41 named, 7 families identified

الصالحين, Salheen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three or four civilians including a child and at least one women were reported killed – and dozens injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike in the neighbourhood of Salheen, according to Shaam News Network and the White Helmets. The White Helmets reported that the team managed to rescue three people and transferred them to

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child1–2 women1 man)

12–24

المغيرية, Mughayriyah, Latakia, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported killed and several others injured, including women and children, when Russian warplanes allegedly “launched scores of strikes on residential areas”, according to the Shaam News Network. No further details are available at the present time.

Summary

Unknown

حي السكري, Al Sukkari, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were reported killed and 10 injured in an airstrike on the Al Sukkari neighbourhood, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network reported that Russian warplanes were responsible for the raid after a vacuum

Summary

الهلك, Huluk (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians including two women and two children were killed – and dozens injured – in an alleged Russian airstrike targeting Al Huluk School, Aleppo, according to the Shaam News Network. The White Helmets reported that four dead bodies were recovered from the rubble and that 10 injured people were rescued. It said that among

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

(2 children2 women1 man)

12–24

الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Three related civilians including two women were killed in a pair of airstrikes on Najieh village, according to the Violations Documentation Centre and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. One source claimed an additional two people died. The Syrian Network blamed the regime for the attack, while the VDC and Idlib Civil Defence said the

Summary

3 – 5

(2 women1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

The Union of Hama Rebels reported that five people were killed in Hama but did not state whether they were civilians. It added that one of those killed was “documented in secret” and named him as Ahmad Mohammad Al Abboud, who died “as a result of Russian bombing on Kafr Zita in Hama countryside.” No

Summary

0 – 1

1 named

كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 12 civilians including three children and one woman were reported killed and nine to 24 wounded in airstrikes on Kafr Hamra, according to multiple sources. According to Shahed Ayan there were two strikes, with both killing civilians. It remains unclear who was responsible for the raid, with conflicting reports. Some claimed the regime

Summary

10 – 12

(3 children1 woman7 men)

9–24

10 named, 3 families identified

بنغازي‎, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

According to local sources, more than 18 LNA airstrikes were carried out in Benghazi in the areas of Ganfouda, Bouatni, Sidi Faraj near the cement factory, and Marissa port. The strikes in Ganfouda reportedly targeted a convoy with 16 cars. On December 7th, Sputnik said: “Libyan air force spokesman Nasir al-Hassi told Sputnik that Libyan

Summary

Unknown

Libyan National Army

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

LOCATION

On Sunday, December 6, 2015, a woman and her two children were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Deir Ezzor city, in northeastern Syria. Reuters cited the Syrian Observatory as reporting that “In Deir al-Zor city, another air strike overnight killed a woman and two of her children.” In comments relating to the

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

(2 children1 woman)

Cause of injury / death

زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians were reported killed – including 6 to 7 children and 2 women – and about 40 injured in an alleged Russian airstrike with vacuum missiles on Zamalka, according to multiple sources. Al Jazeera reported that 12 civilians including two children died in the attack, while All4Syria said nearly 50 non-combatants died or

Summary

18 – 20

(7 children3 women9 men)

Russian Military

18 named, 3 families identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

15 civilians including eight children and five women were reportedly killed and 25 injured when Russian warplanes allegedly bombed the city of Raqqa, according to multiple sources. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered said non-combatants were killed in the agricultural fields west of the city in Al Kahtaniya farm and at the crossroads of Hitteen farm.

Summary

(8 children5 women)

Russian Military

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Three non-combatants including one child were reported killed and several injured in an airstrike on Douma – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. According to Al Jazeera Russia was responsible for the raid. But the Syrian Network blamed the regime, naming one child, Ibrahim

Summary

(1 child)

1 named

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Three adult male civilians were reported killed and 20 wounded in an alleged Russian airstrikes on Palmyra, according to the Shaam News Network. SNN reported that three Russian fighter jets launched multiple air raids, with half of them concentrated on the city of Palmyra and the other half on the outskirts. The raids reportedly caused

Summary

(3 men)

Russian Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الرمادي, Ramadi, Warrar, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources claimed that at least five civilians – mostly children and women from two displaced families – were killed and six to 12 wounded after an aerial bombing of their home in the Warrar area of Ramadi. Al Samaria quoted what it said was an anonymous source in the Daesh-occupied city: “Two missiles from

Summary

5 – 7

(1–4 children3 women)

6–12

الناجية, Najieh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male and one child died in an alleged Assad regime airstrike on Najeh, according to the Violations Documentation Center. Radio Al Kul said one person died and three were injured – but instead attributed responsibility to Russia.

Summary

(1 child1 man)

2 named