Civilian Casualty Archive

Order results by:
Incident Date ↓ Publication Date
5724 incidents

Incident Date

18 October 2014

Incident Code

LQ002

Location

بنغازي‎, Bosnib, Benghazi, Libya
Several local sources reported that the LNA targeted the Shura Council in Benghazi – though one source blamed Egypt. The strike reportedly hit the area in the west of Benghazi called Bosnib. Nöor çoröğlü posted pictures of destroyed civilian homes due to the strikes but did not mention civilian harm. According to @zicotarhuni, the Egyptian…

Summary

Published
18 October 2014
Military Actor
LNA/UAE Military/Egyptian Military
View Incident →

Incident Date

17 October 2014

Incident Code

CI010

Location

عوينات, Awinat, Nineveh, Iraq
According to news agency NINA, a “US air strike on the village of Aouinat northwest of Mosul killed five civilians, according to a source in forensic medicine in Mosul.” The Al Rafidain website (in a report dated ten days after the event) placed the death toll higher at between 10 and 20, saying two houses…

Summary

Published
17 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
5–20
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

17 October 2014

Incident Code

CS014

Location

خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria
An airstrike on a gas station near the Konoco gas refinery reportedly killed between three and four civilians. A subsequent investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later noted: “Around 7:00pm the international alliance warplanes targeted a gas station and an oil well in Deir Ezzor countryside which is located near Khasham town. the…

Summary

Published
17 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

16 October 2014

Incident Code

CS013

Location

كبيبة, Kabiba, Al Hassakah, Syria
In a major night time coalition air raid targeting oil facilities used by Islamic State, five civilians including a 7- or 10-year old boy were reported killed. The dead were later named by various sources. In a detailed report on the event, SN4HR later noted: “Those civilians are from Kabiba town and they work on…

Summary

Published
16 October 2014
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
6
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

4 October 2014

Incident Code

LQ001

Location

بنغازي‎, Bu Jazirah, Benghazi, Libya
According to multiple local sources, airstrikes from an unknown belligerent reportedly hit Benghazi University and the February 17 camp targeting Ansar al-Sharia, which were described by some sources as "terrorist sites". Entisar Shinib reported that some civilians houses have affected by the strike, however, no civilian harms are reported. There were no known reports of civilian…

Summary

Published
4 October 2014
Military Actor
Unknown
View Incident →

Incident Date

28 September 2014

Incident Code

CS008

Location

جرابلس, Road between Manbij and Jarabulus (Road 216), Aleppo, Syria
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a coalition airstrike “on Islamic State buildings” killed “several” civilians who were being held captive, as well as five Islamic State militants. The full translated quote from SOHR reads as follows: "Also at least five members of the Islamic State were killed and others wounded following a…

Summary

Published
28 September 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

28 September 2014

Incident Code

CS005

Location

الجسر العتيق, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
An alleged early morning coalition airstrike hit a small plastics factory on the Old Bridge Road in Ar Raqqah, the headquarters town of Islamic State in Syria. The strike reportedly killed the factory site’s young night watchman (or alternatively the owner). In what may be a separate incident in the city, the Syrian Martyrs website…

Summary

Published
28 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

27 September 2014

Incident Code

CS004

Location

الفدغمي, Fadghami, Al Hassakah, Syria
Six male civilians, all cousins were killed in the village of Al Fadghami, Al Hassakah “as a result of Coalition strikes” it was reported. Local activist Siraj al Hasskawi published details of the event on the day: “At 10:30 on Friday morning the Western/Arab alliance jets committed a massacre against six unarmed civilians and wounded…

Summary

Published
27 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

26 September 2014

Incident Code

CI006

Location

الموصل‎, Mosul, Tahrir, Nineveh, Iraq
“Seven civilians including two children” were reported by two local news agencies as being killed in a coalition airstrike in the eastern part of Mosul, in al-Tahrir Street. Alternatively, the Baghdad Centre for Human Rights claimed that two separate coalition strikes – in the Fadhiliyah and Ba’shika neighbourhoods of Mosul – killed four civilians each.…

Summary

Published
26 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

24–29 September, 2014

Incident Code

CS009

Location

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria
A number of sources including the Syrian Martyrs website reported that a woman was killed in a Coalition airstrike on Ar Raqqah. She was reported as being a resident of the city. The3 Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies also reported her death fropm Coalition actions - though said this occured on September 24th: " Fawzia…

Summary

Published
29 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

23 September 2014

Incident Code

CS001

Location

كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria
On the first night of US airstrikes in Syria, the United States carried out a sequence of attacks on the Al Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan Group (part of the al-Nusra Front.) For the only recorded occasion during the allied air war, the US deployed Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike targets in the vicinity of Aleppo. Locals also…

Summary

Published
23 September 2014
Civilians reported killed
13–18
Civilians reported injured
15
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

16 August 2014

Incident Code

CI001

Location

سنجار, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
According to the German news agency DPA, the first known civilian victims of US bombing in the campaign occurred on August 16th, eight days into the air war. According to DPA, witnesses informed the agency’s reporter that “11 civilian were killed by a US airstrike when they chased [ISIL] fighters in Sinjar but its rockets…

Summary

Published
16 August 2014
Civilians reported killed
11
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
View Incident →

Incident Date

11 August 2014

Incident Code

LC005

Location

ميناء درنه, Derna Port, Darnah, Libya
According to local media, up to 10 civilians, including three children, were reported injured following an alleged LNA airstrike in the port area. According to Arab Organization for Human Rights Libya, the apartment belonging to the Tamer Al Ergig family was struck. The wife was severely injured in the leg, while the children Aya and…

Summary

Published
11 August 2014
Civilians reported injured
3–10
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
View Incident →

Incident Date

6 August 2014

Incident Code

LC004a

Location

قنفودة, Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya
According to many local sources, one child was reported killed in an alleged LNA airstrike on the Ganfouda neighbourhood of Benghazi. Alwasat wrote: The house of the brother of MP Amal Muhammad Baiou was shelled in the Ganfouda area, killing Hassan Salah Mohammed Baiou and the house completely collapsed. His family announced that the funeral…

Summary

Published
6 August 2014
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
View Incident →

Incident Date

21 June 2014

Incident Code

LC004

Location

ميناء منطقة رأس الهلال, Ras al Helal Port, Benghazi, Libya
Local sources reported that the LNA targeted one or two boats off the coast of Ras al Helal. The boat was said to have been completely destroyed and five civilians injured. According to Libya News, five civilians were wounded, ranging from medium to light injuries, following an aerial bombardment of a marine boat in Ras…

Summary

Published
21 June 2014
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
View Incident →

Incident Date

2 June 2014

Incident Code

LC003a

Location

معمل أسمنت بنغازي, Benghazi Cement Factory, Benghazi, Libya
Between one and five civilians were reported killed in an alleged LNA airstrike on the cement factory in Benghazi. Almasry Alyoum wrote: An Egyptian worker named, 35-years-old, from the village of Habalsa, a member of the Al Qusiya centre in Assiut, was killed on Monday afternoon in a bombing of a cement factory in Benghazi,…

Summary

Published
2 June 2014
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
View Incident →

Incident Date

1 June 2014

Incident Code

LC003

Location

قسم الهندسة الميكانيكية, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Benghazi, Libya
One or three civilians were wounded in three alleged LNA airstrikes in Benghazi, local media reported. Sources reported that strikes hit the following locations: Palace of the Crown in the Garyounis area. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – previously called the Naji Infunas Comprehensive Institute. The February 17 camp in Qawarsheh GNA 204 battalion in Al…

Summary

Published
1 June 2014
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
View Incident →

Incident Date

19 April 2014

Incident Code

USYEM184

Location

مديرية الصومعة، ٱلْبَيْضَاء‎, As Sawma'ah District, Al Bayda, Yemen
On Saturday, 19th April 2014, at 6 am, a drone strike hit a open-air Toyota Land Cruiser carrying armed men suspected of being AQAP militants and a second strike hit a nearby Toyota Hilux carrying 12 construction workers. The cars were traveling in the Hazmieh area of As Sawma'ah near the Al-Jorroh family project. The…

Summary

Published
19 April 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
9
Military actors reported killed
9–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

26 January 2014

Incident Code

USSOM030-C

Location

Haway, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Two civilian children were reported killed and their father severely injured when a US military drone strike attack seemingly directed at nine al Shabaab members struck Hawai, Lower Shabelle, international and local media reported. The strike was said to have targeted and failed to kill Ahmed Abdi Godane. While there initially were no reports of…

Summary

Published
26 January 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
1–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

19 January 2014

Incident Code

LC002

Location

قويرة المال, Qweira al Mal, Sabha, Libya
Two children were reportedly killed in an air or artillery strike in Sabha in the south of Libya. A pro-Gaddafi page on Facebook identified the victims as the 14-year-old and a 17-years-old, and another victim at 14 years old, who lost his leg. It added that they were killed in the Hey al Hijara neighbourhood.…

Summary

Published
19 January 2014
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
General National Congress (GNC)
View Incident →

Incident Date

12 December 2013

Incident Code

USYEM177-C

Location

ٱلْبَيْضَاء‎, Al-Bayda Governorate, Yemen
On Thursday 12th December 2013, at around 4:30 in the afternoon, an alleged US drone launched between two to four missiles at a wedding procession which killed between 11 to 18 civilians and injured between seven to 110 in Radaa in al-Durrah, al Bayda, Yemen. The wedding convoy was reportedly returning from Al-Basier in the…

Summary

Published
12 December 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car, Truck)
Civilians reported killed
11–15
Civilians reported injured
7–110
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

7–8 August, 2013

Incident Code

USYEM165-C

Location

عرق ال شبوان، وادي عبيدة، مَأْرِب, Erq al-Shabwan, Wadi Obeida District, Ma'rib, Yemen
Up to nine people, including as many as three civilians, among them two teenagers (16 years old and 17/18 years old), were reportedly killed in an alleged US drone strike that took place in Erq al-Shabwan, within the Wadi Obeida district of the Ma’rib governorate on August 7/8, 2013. At dawn on August 8, security…

Summary

Published
8 August 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military actors reported killed
3–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

1 August 2013

Incident Code

USYEM162-C

Location

بالقرب من قطن, Vicinity of Al-Qatn, Hadhramout, Yemen
Up to five people were killed and three others were injured following alleged US drone strikes on a moving vehicle in Qatan Valley, Hadhramout province at 3:15am on the 1st of August 2013. There was contention in reporting on the number and status of those killed. Some sources reported that all those killed were AQAP.…

Summary

Published
1 August 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Truck)
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
0–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

9 June 2013

Incident Code

USYEM159-C

Location

خب و الشعف، الجوف‎, Khabb wa ash Sha’af District, Al-Jawf, Yemen
Between two and seven people, including one child and multiple Al Qaeda militants, were killed and another child was injured in an alleged US drone strike that launched four to five missiles hitting a vehicle in Al Mahashma or Khabb wa ash Sha’af in Al-Jawf Province around noon on June 9th, 2013. The lowest death…

Summary

Published
9 June 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car), Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
1–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

17 April 2013

Incident Code

USYEM150-C

Location

وصاب العالي, Wessab al Ali District, Dhamar, Yemen
Up to four civilians were killed in an alleged U.S drone strike in Wessab al Ali on the 17th of April 2013. However there is some discrepancy in earlier reports which alleged all killed were militants. A suspected Al Qaeda leader Hamid al Radami (aka Hammed al Masea Meftah, Hamed Radman, Hamid Radman al Manea,…

Summary

Published
17 April 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential, Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Military actors reported killed
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

23 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM148-C

Location

خولان, Khawlan, Sanaa, Yemen
On January 23, 2013, at least two civilians were killed by alleged U.S. drone attacks in central Sanaa province. Between two and five militants were also killed in the strike. In the immediate aftermath Yemeni media named five of the dead as: Salem Mohsen Jamel, Ali Mohammed Jamel, Mohsem Mohsen Jamel and Al Nashiri. Rabee…

Summary

Published
23 January 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military actors reported killed
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

23 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM149-C

Location

Wald Rabi' District, Bayda Governorate, Yemen
A second possible drone strike on January 23, 2013 killed between two and four militants, with some sources noting that two children were killed and seven other civilians, including two children and a woman, were injured. The Los Angeles Times reported the strike hit two motorcycles – its intended target – and killing the alleged…

Summary

Published
23 January 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential, Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

12 January 2013

Incident Code

SOM016a-1

Location

Bulo Marer, Somalia
French commandos failed to a rescue a French spy held hostage by al Shabaab since 2009. Paris claimed the militants executed the captured secret service agent, known by his alias Denis Allex, during an assault by 50 Special Forces troops. However al Shabaab’s media wing said the hostage survived. Seventeen alleged militants were reportedly killed…

Summary

Published
12 January 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8
Military actors reported killed
17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

28 December 2012

Incident Code

USYEM138-C

Location

شحير, Near the hospital in Shoheer, Hadramaut, Yemen
On the evening of December 28, 2012, an alleged US drone strike fired missiles at a moving motorcycle killed between two to four alleged AQAP militants near the town of Shaher, near the site of a strike four days earlier. An investigation by an NGO revealed that a 10 year old child was also wounded.…

Summary

Published
28 December 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →

Incident Date

28 October 2012

Incident Code

USYEM133-C

Location

وادي آل أبو جبارة, Wadi Al Abu Jabarah, Sa'dah, Yemen
On the 28th October 2012 at 10am in the Wadi al Abu Jabara area in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, a suspected US drone conducted three airstrikes against two houses in the area, injuring two civilians, a woman and her son, and killing between three and four alleged Al Qaeda militants and injuring one, according to…

Summary

Published
28 October 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential (House)
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
View Incident →