Civilian Casualties

معرة النعمان, Ma'arat Al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On January 15th, 2020 several civilians were wounded in Maarat Numan following an alleged Russian bombing raid. Shaam News reported only that many civilians were wounded in the bombing raid but did not announce any deaths or a specific number of wounded. Local sources detailed the target as a residential neighborhood without military significance. AlarabyTV

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دوكوري, Dugure, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Between four and eleven people were killed and up to five people, including one civilian, were reported injured in an alleged Turkish strike on a YBS base in the town of Dugure, Sinjar governorate, on January 15th, 2020, according to local sources. Ekurd reported that Turkish warplanes had “bombed targets in the Dugure community in

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

4–11

باشمرة, Bashmara, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A woman was reportedly injured in Turkish artillery strikes on the village of Bashmara, Aleppo governorate, on January 11th, 2020, according to ANF News. Two soldiers of the Syrian regime were killed. North Press Agency Syria reported that “the Turkish forces and their affiliated armed opposition groups bombed with about 15 shells on Saturday morning

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1 named

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One or two civilians were reported wounded when Turkish drones allegedly targeted an SDF Asayish (Kurdish Public Security Forces) checkpoint at the entrance of Ain Issa town, in Raqqa governorate of Syria, on January 9th, 2020. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently Facebook Page said one of the civilians endured minor injuries. @SDF_Syria and @Karl_hakon said

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–2

الوشكة, Al-Wushka, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians, likely healthcare personnel, were reportedly killed by LNA shelling on Al-Wushka near Sirte. The Field Medicine and Support Center said that it “mourns the center’s employees: Khaled Omar Bakir (M) Hatem Ba’iyou Al Zahou (M) They are members of the Sirte field hospital affiliated to the center, who were martyred in a direct

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(2 men)

سجن الرويني, Al Ruwaini Prison, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Two children were allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Ain Zara. Libya Alahrar TV reported: “Medical source to Al Ahrar: the death of two children from one family following the fall of a mortar shell fired by the gunmen of Haftar in Ain Zara.” The same source later published a picture of the victims saying

Summary

(2 children)

Libyan National Army

الهضبة البدري, Al Hadaba Al Badri, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One girl was allegedly killed and three other civilians injured by indiscriminate shelling on the Al Hadaba Al Badri neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Field Medicine and Support Center (FMSC) said: “A shell targeted the home of the Kalila family this afternoon, Sunday, 5/1-2020, in the Hadaba Al Badri area, and resulted in the death of

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(1 child)

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

3 named, 1 familiy identified

طرابلس‎: الكلية العسكرية, Tripoli: Military College, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

In a massive incident, between 20 and 30 people were killed and 33 others injured in an alleged LNA or Emirati airstrike that targeted a military school in Al Hadaba, Tripoli, Libya on January, 4th, 2020, according to local sources. Libya Al Ahrar reported that victims of this attack don’t exceed the age of 25

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Civilian infrastructure

School

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

GNA

Belligerents reported injured

20–32

12–33

شرفة الملاحة, Shurfat Al Malaha, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and a child was injured in alleged LNA forces shelling with BM-21 Grad missiles on Shurfat Al Malaha area near Maitika International Airport on January 3rd, 2020 according to local sources. The killed man was identified as Jumaa Al Qabaili and the injured child who was admitted to hospital was identified

Summary

Civilian infrastructure

School

1–2

بن عاشور, Ben Ashour, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

According to local sources, three random mortar shells landed on Ben Ashour area in Tripoli, Libya on January 2nd, 2020. One of the mortars fell on the house of Quraira Ammar family causing injuries among civilians, while the other two fell on Al Sikka road. According to Africa Gate, civilians were warned not to gather

Summary

2–3

Libyan National Army, Government of National Accord

LNA

الفرناج, Al Fornaj, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Local sources reported that a woman died as a result of alleged Haftar forces’ indiscriminate shelling on Al Fournaj area in Tripoli, Libya, on January 2nd, 2020. The woman who was killed after a random mortar hit her house is believed to belong to Al Aswad Family, but no other details are available at this

Summary

(1 woman)

شارع الكنيسة, Al Kanisa Street, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

In the first incident of 2020, three civilians were reported killed and five others injured after an alleged LNA or UAE airstrike on a blacksmith store in Al Kanisa street in Al Swani, Tripoli, Libya on January 1st, 2020, according to local sources. A child was also wounded after the missile hit her house near

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(3 men)

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

LNA

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

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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

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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

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

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

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5–6

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

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

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0 – 1

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

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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

Civilian infrastructure

School

(5–6 children2–3 women1 man)

8 – 10

10 named, 2 families identified

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

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Libyan National Army

معصران, Masran, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources confirmed the death of five siblings in the village of Maasran on December 22nd. Four individuals were wounded with one eventually dying to raise the total of civilian deaths to six. The names of victims were released and confirmed by Civil Defense Service in Idlib. The dead were identified as Muhammad Abdullah Al-Agha,

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5 – 6

6 named, 1 familiy identified

تلمنس, Tal Menes, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, initially reported as three, were killed and others were wounded in the town of Tal Menes after warplanes fired missiles into the town on the 21st of December. A series of news outlets as well as the Idlib Civil Defense confirmed the deaths. Orient Net, Al-Muharrer Network, and Stab News with their reporter

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3 – 4

تل منس, Tal Menes, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In one of two incidents in Tal Menes on December 21-22, 2019, civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the village the morning of December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. Both @ShahbaPress and a Facebook post by Mustafa.alshekh78 identified civilians injured in the strikes but did not provide a number. A

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دوار قرموطي, Qarmouti Roundabout, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Manar Saqer, female, aged 27, was reported killed on December 21st 2019, after she was run over by a US-led Coalition vehicle (truck) near Qarmouti square in Qamishli, Syria, according to local sources. Manar was reported hit while she was returning back from her work around 17:30 local time. Another source believed the victim killed

Summary

(1 woman)

Accidents related to conflict

المنطقة الواقعة بين سات زينب وعقربا, Area between Sat Zaynab and Aqraba, Rif Dimashq, Syria

LOCATION

At least three people were killed in alleged Israeli strikes between Sayyida Zainab and Aqraba on December 21-22, 2019. Sources are conflicted as to whether those killed were militants or civilians. Local sources reported that Israeli missiles – either launched from a ship in the Mediterranean or via an airstrike – landed on the Sayyeda Zainab

Summary

Airstrike, Naval bombardment

0 – 3

Israeli Military

Iranian military

0–3

صيدا, Saida, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were reported injured in an alleged Turkish forces drone or artillery attack on Saida village in Ain Issa, Raqqa on December 20th, 2019 according to local sources. The three civilians are said to be in serious conditions.

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery, Drone Strike