Civilian Casualties

4 – 8

(2–3 children1 woman)

Suspected belligerent

Russian Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

ذيبان, Thiban, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A man and his son were reportedly killed in a raid in Deir Ezzor’s Thiban town carried out by Syrian Democratic Forces with support of the US-led coalition at dawn on July 16, 2021. The dead were identified as Miteb Sherida Al-Ghadir and his son Ahmed. @Sada_AlSharqieh said they had been grazing their sheep at

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(2 men)

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

Suspected target

ISIS

Belligerents reported killed

القائم, Al Qa’em, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was reportedly shot dead during a raid on the outskirts of Al-Zar village carried out by the US-led Coalition alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces, according to multiple sources, at dawn on July 15, 2021. A single source – Furat News – also reported that a girl was injured in the incident. The dead

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

Syrian Democratic Forces, US-led Coalition

LOCATION

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Between one and two civilians, including a child, were killed and between eight and 12 others, including three women and two children, were injured in alleged YPG or regime missile and artillery strikes on Afrin on July 15, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, two civilians were killed, including a child and a man, and

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

8–12

YPG, Syrian Regime

10 named, 1 familiy identified

تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed in alleged Russian or regime shelling of the village of Tadel in the western countryside of Aleppo on July 15, 2021. @HalabTodayTV reported that according to the Syrian Civil Defense, “a civilian was killed by artillery shelling by the regime forces and Russia targeting the village of Tadel in the western

Summary

(1 man)

1 named

ابلين, Iblin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three civilians, including a woman and up to two children, were killed and two to five other civilians, including up to four children and a woman, were injured in alleged Russian or regime shelling of the village of Iblin on July 15, 2021. Shaam News reported that shelling “of a residential house

Summary

1 – 3

(1–2 children1 woman)

2–5

3 named

الفوعة, Al Fu'ah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and six civilians, including one to four children, were killed and between seven and eight others, including two children, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the Masbah area nearby al-Fu’ah town on July 15, 2021. According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), at the time of reporting “the

Summary

5 – 6

(1–4 children2 men)

7–8

Suspected belligerent

Russian Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

حميمات, Hmeimat, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a 10 year old girl, was killed and one or two of her siblings were injured in alleged Russian and/ or regime artillery or rocket strikes on the village of Hmeimat on July 12, 2021. @IdlibPlus reported on “the death of a girl and the injury of two other children as

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

Suspected target

Other

3 named, 1 familiy identified

مرعيان, Marayan, Idlib, Syria

French MoD for July 6, 2021 – July 12, 2021

Original

Annotated

Report Date

July 12, 2021

Original Report

Web link

SITUATION MILITAIRE DU THÉÂTRE

L’opération CHAMMAL, volet français de l’opération INHERENT RESOLVE (OIR), se poursuit et les Armées restent résolument engagées dans leur lutte contre Daech, car l’organisation terroriste est entrée dans un combat en réseau, clandestin en dissimulant ses capacités.

ACTIVITÉ DE LA FORCE

Fin de mandat pour le National representative français au Qatar

Après six mois passés en tant que National representative (NR) des militaires français d’Al-Udeid, au Qatar, le colonel Fabien, de l’armée de l’Air et de l’Espace, a succédé au colonel Jean Charles.

Le rôle du NR est de s’assurer que les moyens aériens français engagés dans l’opération INHERENT RESOLVE (OIR) sont employés au niveau correspondant à leur pleine capacité et que les missions confiées respectent les directives d’emploi fixées par le niveau stratégique français. Enfin, il assure l’interface entre le directeur du Centre de commandement interallié pour les opérations aériennes (CAOC) et le commandement militaire français, notamment le Senior national representative de niveau opératif (SNR-O) et le Centre de planification et de conduite des opérations (CPCO).

Le Forbin en patrouille dans le canal de Syrie.
La Frégate de défense aérienne (FDA) Forbin, actuellement déployée en Méditerranée orientale (MEDOR), poursuit ses patrouilles dans le canal de Syrie afin de fournir en tout temps une appréciation autonome de la situation dans cette zone.

La mission de la FDA Forbin, dans une attitude impartiale constante, consiste à observer les mouvements et les interactions des différents acteurs de la zone MEDOR mais également de conduire des entraînements avec certains d’entre eux. Ainsi, le 8 juillet, un hélicoptère de l’armée de l’Air chypriote a effectué une séance d’entraînement au poser sur la plate-forme hélicoptère de la frégate française.

LOCATION

At least two civilians, a man and a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the town of Marayan on July 11, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported that “a man and his son were injured by similar shelling on the village of Mara’an”. Macro Media Center verified that the son that

Summary

البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a man, was killed and between one and three others, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the town of AL Bara on July 11, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, “a civilian was killed, and another was injured, by artillery shelling by the regime forces

Summary

(1 man)

1 named

بلشون, Balshoun, Idlib, Syria

French MoD for June 30, 2021 – July 5, 2021

Original

Annotated

Report Date

July 5, 2021

Original Report

Web link

PROCHE MOYEN-ORIENT – CHAMMAL

SITUATION MILITAIRE DU THÉÂTRE

ACTIVITÉ DE LA FORCE

CHAMMAL : rencontre du général Tardif avec le directeur du Joint Crisis Coordination Centre du Kurdistan
Le 23 juin 2021, le général de brigade aérienne Dominique Tardif, Senior national representative de niveau opératif (SNR-O) de l’opération CHAMMAL, ainsi que le consul de France se sont entretenus avec Mohamed Hoshang, directeur du Joint Crisis Coordination Centre (JCC) du gouvernement régional du Kurdistan, à Erbil. Une occasion d’échanger sur la situation politique, sécuritaire et humanitaire au Kurdistan irakien.

LOCATION

At least one child was killed and five other civilians, including a pregnant woman, another woman, and two children, were injured, in addition to the killing of the pregnant woman’s fetus, from alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Balshon on the morning of July 3, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, “a child

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 children)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

بليون, Belion, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians – two girls – were killed and one to two other civilians, including a woman and a Civil Defense member, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Belion on July 3, 2021. According to @Sy24ria, the bombing of the town of Belion resulted in “the killing

Summary

(2 children)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians, including between two and four children and two women, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the city of Ariha on July 3, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, “5 civilians, including two children and two women, were injured, among the wounded, in critical cases, in artillery shelling by

Summary

Infrastructure

Education

4 named, 1 familiy identified

ابلين, Iblin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians, including a woman and three to four children, were killed and three to four other civilians, including a woman and two children, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Iblin the morning of July 3, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that “the regime forces and Russia committed a

Summary

(3–4 children1 woman1 man)

3–4

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الشيخ يوسف, Al Sheikh Yousuf, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians, members of the Syrian Civil Defense, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Sheikh Youssef on July 3, 2021. Anadolu Agency reported that “the media official in the Civil Defense, Firas Khalifa, confirmed that Russian warplanes carried out 4 raids on their center in the village of Sheikh

Summary

Suspected belligerent

Russian Military

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the city of Ariha the evening of July 2, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, “3 civilians were injured, in a missile shelling by the regime forces targeting the northern entrance to the city of Ariha this evening, Friday, July 2nd”. Various

Summary

3 named

القائم, Al Qa’em, Deir Ezzor, Syria

After Hawija: The way forward for the Dutch Ministry of Defence

Published

July 1, 2021

Written by

Airwars Staff

Web link

Coalition of civil society organisations issues joint recommendations to Defence Minister, for improvements to Dutch policy on transparency and civilian harm mitigation

Airwars and our Dutch partners, who are involved in ongoing discussions with the Dutch military on practicable improvements in the protection of civilians, have published a Joint Statement outlining the progress so far, and our collective hopes and expectations moving forward.

In October 2019, it was revealed that the Dutch military had been responsible for a 2015 airstrike in Iraq on an ISIS IED factory, leading to the deaths of at least 70 civilians and hundreds more being injured. The Government had then withheld that fact from the public for more than four years.

As PAX and Airwars later noted in our joint report, Seeing Through The Rubble, estimates are that the secondary explosions triggered by the Dutch airstrike damaged between 400 and 500 buildings in the area, including many shops, homes and schools. Sources also reported that the airstrike caused major damage to crucial infrastructure, including roads and water pipelines. Six different sources, including Hawijah’s mayor, were interviewed for the report on the recent state of the city after the devastating Dutch airstrike.

As a result of the national scandal and numerous Parliamentary debates on the issue, in June 2020 the Dutch Minister of Defence, Ank Bijleveld, promised to Parliament improvements towards transparency and accountability regarding civilian harm as a result of Dutch military actions. Coupled with other steps taken in the months after the Hawijah scandal, the Netherlands appeared to be shedding its reputation as one of the least transparent members of the international Coalition fighting so-called Islamic State.

One measure adopted by Defensie had recently been proposed by Airwars, Amnesty Netherlands, the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), Open State Foundation, PAX and the Utrecht University Intimacies of Remote Warfare Program. This called for a “Roadmap for the Ministry of Defence to review the way in which the Netherlands deals with, reports on, evaluates and accounts for civilian harm as a consequence of Dutch military efforts”.

The starting session of the Roadmap Process took place virtually on November 12th 2020, attended by senior Dutch defence officials, including the Deputy Chief of Defence Lt General Onno. In 2021, a consortium of civil society organisations then participated in four interactive sessions with the MoD. The key objective of these sessions was to share joint perspectives and expertise on how to enhance military transparency and accountability, while also creating conditions for a stronger integration of civilian harm evaluation and mitigation approaches into Dutch military deployments.

MoD staff have committed to using the outcomes of these sessions to inform policy recommendations to be presented to the Minister of Defence. The recommendations centred around improving transparency, as well as aiming to improve broader Dutch policy and practice in order to achieve better protection of civilians in future military deployments generally.

The civil society consortium has welcomed the open manner in which Defensie has engaged during the “Roadmap“ process, and has now issued a joint statement laying out our own thoughts on the way forward for the Dutch Ministry of Defence. The statement includes recommendations to the Minister of Defence for improvements to Dutch policy on transparency and civilian harm mitigation when engaging in military missions.

Read the statement in full here

CJTF–OIR for June 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021

Original

Annotated

Report Date

June 30, 2021

Original Report

Web link

August 4, 2021
Release No. 20210804-01 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CJTF-OIR Strike Summary Report, June 2021 SOUTHWEST ASIA – Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners continue to target and pursue the enduring defeat of Daesh.

CJTF-OIR and partner forces have liberated nearly 110,000 square kilometers (42,471 square miles) from Daesh. As a result, 7.7 million people no longer live under Daesh oppression. CJTF-OIR remains committed to the enduring defeat of Daesh to improve conditions for peace and stability in the region and to protect all our homelands from the Daesh terrorist threat.

Strike Summary

Between June 1 and June 30 2021, CJTF-OIR conducted a total of 1 strikes consisting of 1 engagements in Iraq and Syria.

In Iraq, CJTF-OIR conducted 0 strikes against Daesh targets consisting of 0 engagements. In Syria, CJTF-OIR conducted 1 strikes against Daesh targets consisting of 1 engagements.

This CJTF-OIR strike release contains all strikes conducted by fighter, attack, bomber, rotary- wing, or remotely piloted aircraft, rocket propelled artillery and ground-based tactical artillery.

A strike, as defined in the CJTF-OIR release, refers to one or more kinetic engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative effect in that location. For example, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone Daesh vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of Daesh-held buildings and weapon systems in a compound, having the cumulative effect of making that facility harder or impossible to use. Strike assessments are based on initial reports and may be refined.

CJTF-OIR does not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target. The information used to compile the daily strike releases is based on ‘Z’ or Greenwich Mean Time.

#DefeatDaesh

Report Date

June 30, 2021

Report Summary

1 total strikes
1 in Syria

Original Report

Web link

August 4, 2021

Release No. 20210804-01

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CJTF-OIR Strike Summary Report, June 2021

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and its

partners continue to target and pursue the enduring defeat of Daesh. CJTF-OIR and partner forces have liberated nearly 110,000 square kilometers (42,471 square miles) from Daesh. As a result, 7.7 million people no longer live under Daesh oppression. CJTF-OIR remains committed to the enduring defeat of Daesh to improve conditions for peace and stability in the region and to protect all our homelands from the Daesh terrorist threat.

Strike Summary

June 30, 2021

Syria: 1 strikes

Between June 1 and June 30 2021, CJTF-OIR conducted a total of 1 strikes consisting of 1 engagements in Iraq and Syria.

In Iraq, CJTF-OIR conducted 0 strikes against Daesh targets consisting of 0 engagements.

In Syria, CJTF-OIR conducted 1 strikes against Daesh targets consisting of 1 engagements.

This CJTF-OIR strike release contains all strikes conducted by fighter, attack, bomber, rotary- wing, or remotely piloted aircraft, rocket propelled artillery and ground-based tactical artillery.
A strike, as defined in the CJTF-OIR release, refers to one or more kinetic engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative effect in that location. For example, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone Daesh vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of Daesh-held buildings and weapon systems in a compound, having the cumulative effect of making that facility harder or impossible to use. Strike assessments are based on initial reports and may be refined.

#DefeatDaesh

French MoD for June 23, 2021 – June 29, 2021

Original

Annotated

Report Date

June 29, 2021

Original Report

Web link

PROCHE MOYEN-ORIENT – CHAMMAL

SITUATION MILITAIRE DU THÉÂTRE

ACTIVITÉ DE LA FORCE

Exercice nocturne d’éjection d’un pilote
Le 17 juin a eu lieu sur la Base aérienne projetée (BAP) au Levant un exercice de Personnel Recovery (PR) conjoint entre le détachement protection (DETPRO), le détachement chasse (DETCHASSE) et l’antenne médicale. Centré autour du thème de l’éjection d’un pilote de chasse de nuit, l’exercice a permis aux équipes de s’exercer dans plusieurs domaines d’intervention comme l’appui aérien, le sauvetage de personnel isolé et l’évacuation médicalisée.

LOCATION

One child was reportedly killed and three other civilians, including women and children, were wounded in US airstrikes on the Al Qa’em area near the Syrian-Iraqi borders on June 28, 2021. Local sources also reported that between four and 11 militants, with at least four members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization, were also killed. The

Summary

(1 child)

Belligerents reported killed

Known belligerent

US Forces

4–11

Belligerents reported injured

الفطيرة, Al Fatira, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a woman, was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and/or artillery strikes on June 27, 2021. A tweet from @SILSTY_10 alleges that there were “dead and wounded in the ranks of the militants in missile strikes carried out by the Syrian army on their positions in

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 women)

0–2

Belligerents reported killed

0–1

Belligerents reported injured

0–2

قميناس, Quminas, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the town of Quminas on June 25, 2021. @ShahbaPress reported that “two civilians were wounded in artillery shelling by the Assad forces and Russia”. The majority of other sources also pointed to two civilians being injured in the strikes. A tweet

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

أريحا, Arihah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians, including an elderly man, were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and/or artillery on the city of Arihah on June 24, 2021. Baladi News reported that “the regime forces bombed with heavy artillery the city of Ariha, which led to the injury of an elderly man who was treated

Summary

مقبرة افس, Afes Cemetery, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and five civilians, including one to two children, were killed and five to eight others were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and/or artillery strikes on Afes on June 23, 2021. According to @abazeid89, “artillery shelling (regime / Russia) targeted the cemetery of the town of Afs in Idlib during a funeral

Summary

2 – 5

(1–2 children2 men)

5–8

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

الاتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a woman, was killed and between two and three civilians, including a woman and one to two children, were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Al Atareb on June 23, 2021. According to Halab Today, “the family sat at the table to eat breakfast, when an artillery shell from

Summary

(1 woman)

2–3

منطف, Mantef, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and at least two other civilians, a woman and one to two children, were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Mantef village on June 22, 2021. According to Syrian Network for Human Rights, “a 17-year-old girl, named as Wafaa Abdul Hamid Qassoum, was killed while two

Summary

(1 child)

2 named, 1 familiy identified