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Incident Date
13 May 2019
Incident Code
LC139
Location
الزاوية, Zawiya, Al Zawiyah, Libya
Civilians were reported killed and injured in an LNA airstrike on Zawiya. Riyadh Burshan said that there were "reports of civilian casualties and injuries" because of "Aerial bombardment of the town of Zawiya" but did not specify how many. Other sources only reported LNA bombarment and showed pictures of damaged buildings and cars. Most of…
Summary
Published
13 May 2019
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
9–10 May, 2019
Incident Code
USSOM222a-C
Location
Farsooley, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
"Multiple civilians" were alleged killed in a claimed US airstrike on Farsooley, according to reports which appeared to have originated with al Shabaab. AFRICOM publicly rejected the claim a year later. Hussein Mohamed, a local journalist stringing for the New York Times and others, tweeted on May 10th that "Al Shabab media reported that US…
Summary
Published
10 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
13
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
8 May 2019
Incident Code
LC136
Location
جسر الزهراء, Al Zahra Bridge, Tarabulus, Libya
One man was reportedly killed by an LNA airstrike on Janzur. Tk Yahrog Kl Shy 2 posted on Facebook: "In the morning the families returns to the area of Al-Zahra bridge safely. They were hit by a bombardment by Al-Karama forces and four rockets landed on the houses and farms of the Al-Marbouk family. The…
Summary
Published
8 May 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
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Incident Date
6 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3659
Location
كفرسجنة, Kafr Sijnah, Idlib, Syria
A single source claimed that civilians, including children, were wounded when an alleged Russian airstrike struck the town of Kafr Sijnah in southern Idlib on May 6th, 2019. No other details are known at this time.
Summary
Published
6 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 May 2019
Incident Code
RS3662
Location
صهيان, Sahiyan, Idlib, Syria
Up to four women and a child were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Sahyan, Idlib governorate, on May 6th, 2010, according to local sources. Four other civilians were injured. @ShahbaPress reported that four women and a child were killed and an unknown number of others were injured when…
Summary
Published
6 May 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–5
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 April 2019
Incident Code
TS288
Location
الشهباء, Al Shabha province, Aleppo, Syria
Five civilians were reportedly injured in a Turkish airstrike on the Al Shabha province of Aleppo. ANHA reported: "5 civilians were injured following the bombing of the Turkish Occupation Army and its mercenaries to the villages of Al Shahba Province. Our communication from Al Shahba District reported that, as a result of the intense shelling…
Summary
Published
30 April 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2019
Incident Code
LC131
Location
عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was allegedly killed following an LNA airstrike on Ain Zara. Libya Alahrar TV reported: "Civilian neighborhoods in Salaheddin and Ain Zara were hit by aerial bombardment of night air for the second consecutive day. The spokesman for the ambulance and emergency department, Osama Ali, told the Free Libya Channel that the aerial bombardment…
Summary
Published
28 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
26 April 2019
Incident Code
LC127
Location
طرابلس, Tripoli: Airport road, Tarabulus, Libya
Five civilians were reported killed in an LNA airstrike on Tripoli. Gahida Altwati tweeted that they were five young people from Janzur killed near the Airport road. She also provided their names. There is no additional information available at the moment.
Summary
Published
26 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
5
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Incident Date
25 April 2019
Incident Code
LC125
Location
قصر بن غشير: مصحة العافية, Qasr Bin Gashir: Al Afia Clinic, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was reported killed in Qasr Bin Gashir as a result of indiscriminate artillery shelling. Riyadh Burshan said the civilian was killed in front of the Al Afia clinic. As Qasr Bin Gashir was under LNA control at the time of the incident, shelling by GNA forces seems likely.
Summary
Published
25 April 2019
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
12 April 2019
Incident Code
LC111
Location
سوق الخميس امسيحل, Sog Al Khmies Emsihel, Tarabulus, Libya
An elderly woman was allegedly injured in a GNA airstrike on Sog Al-Khmies Emsihel. War Information Division posted a video where the injurey was reported. Huna Sog Al-Khmies said that "the house of Abdul Hamid Al Zaidi" was damaged in the incident and posted pictures of the destruction. Other sources only reported bombing but no…
Summary
Published
12 April 2019
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
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Incident Date
10 April 2019
Incident Code
LC109
Location
العزيزيه, Aziziyah, Al Jafarah, Libya
A pregnant woman was allegedly killed between Tripoli and Aziziyah by indiscriminate shelling. Al Mashhad Libya reported that "the border between Aziziyah and Tripoli witnessed violent clashes and a number of rocket-propelled grenades fell on the citizens' homes, and a pregnant woman was killed when as a missile hit a house." Fighting in the area…
Summary
Published
10 April 2019
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
16 March 2019
Incident Code
CS1910
Location
مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Local sources reported that several Coalition airstrikes struck Al Baghouz on March 16th. According to Step News Agency and Marsad Al Hasaka, the airstrikes struck the town, whereas government-affiliated news outlet SANA reported the airstrikes struck Al-Baghouz camp. Step News reported that clashes broke out between ISIS and "the militia" in the vicinity of the…
Summary
Published
16 March 2019
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 February 2019
Incident Code
RS3577
Location
ابو جبار, Abo Jabbar, Aleppo, Syria
Three children were reportedly killed in an airstrike on Abo Jabbar town, Aleppo - though only one source has reported the event. The Violations Documentation Centre in Syria listed three unidentified children as victims of "warplane shelling" by "Russian troops".
Summary
Published
17 February 2017
Civilians reported killed
3
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2–10 February, 2019
Incident Code
LC101a
Location
درنة, Derna, Darnah, Libya
One woman was reportedly injured by indiscrimiate artillery shelling in the Old City of Derna. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) wrote in its report: "Since 2 February, fighting in the old city of Derna intensified, and reportedly resulted in substantial numbers of civilian casualties. While it remains impossible to…
Summary
Published
2 February 2019
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
24–26 January, 2019
Incident Code
CS1892
Location
الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source reported that a named child originally from the city of Mohsen, and named as Omar Basim al-Aliwi, died from wounds sustained "several days ago" in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the town of Al Baghouz. Airwars has therefore placed the date range of this reported event as January 24th-26th. No other details are…
Summary
Published
24 January 2019
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
20 January 2019
Incident Code
CS1889
Location
المناطق تحت سيطرة داعش, al-Murshada and al-Safatna areas, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, Step News, reported that a number of civilians were killed and injured in the vicinity of al-Murshada and al-Safatna villages (in addition to members of ISIS), as a result of "triple artillery bombardment by the regime forces, the French artillery stationed in the Abulhassan desert, the artillery of the Iraqi army and…
Summary
Published
20 January 2019
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Civilians reported injured
2–4
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Incident Date
31 December 2018
Incident Code
RS3555
Location
الزعينية, Al Zayniyeh, Idlib, Syria
Civilians were possibly killed or injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al Zayniyeh on December 31st, 2018, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights wrote that there were possible casualties in alleged airstrikes after midnight on the former headquarters of factions near the towns of Mar'and and Al Zayniyeh.…
Summary
Published
31 December 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 December 2018
Incident Code
CS1870
Location
هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source reported that on December 8th, Coalition aircraft carried out multiple airstrikes on the town of Hajin, which allegedly resulted in "dozens of civilian casualties". The full claim from Raqqa is Being Slaughtered read as follows: "Over the past few hours, the International Alliance aircraft have carried out dozens of air strikes on…
Summary
Published
8 December 2018
Civilians reported killed
6–12
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
23 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1852
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Alleged Coalition airstrikes occurred in Al Soussa which, according to a single source, led to unspecified casualties among a family. According to Free Deir Ezzor Radio,"A new massacre was carried out by Coalition aircraft targeting a civilian family in the town of Al Soussa in the countryside of Deir Ezzor." No additional details are presently…
Summary
Published
23 November 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 November 2018
Incident Code
CS1824
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source, Free Deir Ezzor Media, reported that “a civilian woman and her child were killed by artillery shelling targeting the town of Al-Soussa in Deir al-Zour countryside.” No further details are currently available. In its December 2020 monthly civilian casualty report, the Coalition assessed this event as ‘non credible’, asserting that "The allegation…
Summary
Published
4 November 2018
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 November 2018
Incident Code
TI018
Location
دهوك, Duhok, Duhok, Iraq
Several sources reported that an alleged Turkish airstrike killed a civilian near the province of Duhok. A "security source" quoted in reports from Almaalhomah, Iraqhbar and Alahdnews, mentions that "the bombing killed a farmer near the place of the fall of a missile." He reportedly added that "the body was transferred to the Department of…
Summary
Published
3 November 2018
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
30 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1817
Location
متجرعطية العبيدي الشيخ القديمات, Shop of Attia Al Obaidi Al Sheik Al Qadimat, Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged US-led Coalition airstrikes on Al Shaafa, Deir Ezzor, on October 30th, 2018, according to local sources. Al Shaafa town's Facebook page wrote on October 30th that an alleged Coalition airstrike on “the shops of Atiyya Al Obeidi Al Sheikh Al Qadimat on the public street at the division…
Summary
Published
30 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
27 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1818
Location
الظهرة ,الشعفة, Dhahra, Al Shafa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
On October 30th a single source, Al-Sha’fa Facebook page, reported an alleged Coalition airstrike “on a house in the outskirts of Dhahra.” The source said: “We don’t know who the house belonged to, but the whole family was killed”. The source was unable to specify the precise date of the reported civilian harm, noting that…
Summary
Published
27 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
22 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1814a
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa: Mosque and internet cafe, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Several civilians were killed and injured in alleged Coalition air and/or artillery strikes on a mosque and internet café in Al Soussa, according to a single source – though a number of other reports said that the victims were members of ISIS. Euphrates Post reported that “a number of members of the Islamic State organization…
Summary
Published
22 October 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
10 October 2018
Incident Code
CS1807
Location
السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A single source alleged that several dozen prisoners being held by Islamic State were killed when their prison was struck by the US-led Coalition or its allies the SDF. The Facebook site Exiles of the Euphrates claimed the following: “An old and sly policy of Daesh – when you want to lose a village or…
Summary
Published
10 October 2018
Civilians reported killed
24
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
16 September 2018
Incident Code
CS1799
Location
الباغوز, Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria
It was claimed by a single source that the US-led Coalition had killed and wounded an unspecified number of civilians in Al Bagouz Fawqani. Step News Agency reported: “The International Alliance aircraft targeted the town of Al-Bagouz Foqani and the outskirts of the town of Al-Shifa in the eastern suburb of Deir Al-Azur in several…
Summary
Published
16 September 2018
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
9 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3540
Location
الزكاة, Al Zakat, Hama, Syria
Civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the headquarters of militants in the town of Al Zakat, Hama governorate, on September 9th, 2018, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported "a number of wounded in the city of Latamina and the villages of Hassraya, Al Sayyad…
Summary
Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3541
Location
حصرايا, Hassraya, Hama, Syria
Civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strikes on the town of Hassraya, Hama governorate, on September 9th, 2018, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported “a number of wounded in the city of Latamina and the villages of Hassraya, Al Sayyad and Al Zakat”, as the result…
Summary
Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3536
Location
الصياد, Al Sayyad, Hama, Syria
Civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian air or artillery strikes on the village of Al Sayyad, Hama governorate, on September 9th, 2018, according to Shaam News Network. Shaam News Network reported “a number of wounded in the city of Latamina and the villages of Hassraya, Al Sayyad and Al Zakat”, as the result of…
Summary
Published
9 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
4 September 2018
Incident Code
RS3526
Location
مُحافظة ادلب, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Two civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Kafr Dassen, Idlib Governorate, on September 4th, 2018, according to Step News Agency. Step wrote that "Russian warplanes launched intensive air raids targeting villages and towns of rural Idlib West and the western and northern and western countryside of Hama, since the…
Summary
Published
4 September 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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