Civilian Casualties

10 – 15

(7–10 children3–6 women)

10 named, 1 familiy identified

معدانقرية النعمات, al Na’amat village, Maadan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that one named adult male civilian was killed and his son was wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on al Na’amat village. Both Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and Ahmad Al Shibli blamed Russia for the civilian harm.

Summary

(1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources shared images and videos documenting an alleged white phosphorous bombardment of Raqqa by the Coalition and reported that a “several” civilians were wounded and killed. Eldorar News claimed that up to 20 civilian were killed, but was the only source to go into further detail about civilian casualties. Hadi Al Abdullah

Summary

5 – 20

5–10

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Accoridng to RFS, three members of the Awwad family died in artillery shelling on Raqqa. Raqqa rwb and Q_Alenzy named an adult male as a killed and it was reported that his wife was injured. The sources blamed the Coalition. According to Ahmad Shibli, there were more than 25 cases of leg and hand amputation

Summary

3 – 4

(1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A one-year-old child was killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Raqqa, according to local sources. The date of death may have been earlier, with Abu Muaz al Raqqa tweeting that the child died “as a result of bombing coalition aircraft on the city of Raqqa several days ago.”

Summary

(1 child)

حقل الجفرة, Al Jafra [oil] field junction, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Nine civilians died in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Al Jafra [oil] field junction, according to sources on the ground. Rozanafm said: “On Tuesday [July 17th], our correspondent in Deir al-Zour reported that a military aircraft believed to belong to the Syrian regime targeted a car carrying nine civilians on Al Jafra field

Summary

1 named

عقيربات خالد هلال, Khaled Hilal village, Akeirbat district, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that a man and a woman died and others were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Khaled Hilal village. According to AadaAlSham, “two civilians were killed and others injured on Monday evening [July 17th] in air strikes by Russian warplanes on a village controlled by Daesh in the eastern Hama countryside. Field

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

1–2

جديد عقيدات, Road near Jadid 'Uqaydat village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event near the Jadid ‘Uqaydat village, Deir Ezzor. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured.” Coordinates supplied by officials to

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حزة , Hazza, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

As many as four children died and dozens more civilians were reported wounded in an airstrike on Hazza, according to sources on the ground. Most reports blamed the Assad regime, though there was also an allegation against Russia. According to Akhbaralaan, “Activists said that the warplanes of the Assad forces fired several rockets on residential neighborhoods

Summary

4 – 5

(3–4 children)

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians died and were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Hajin, according to sources on the ground. The Euphrates Post reported: “”A launched air raids targeting Hajin village this morning [July 16th] with rockets targeting a house near the house of Hamadi al-Shawish. Another missile landed in front of the

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Ar Raqqah: Nazlet Al-Shehada, area of Dara’iya , Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, 12 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition artillery strikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. Field notes suggested that 11

Summary

(6 children5 women1 man)

12 named, 4 families identified

الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, Libya

LOCATION

Egyptian airstrikes targeted 15 vehicles reportedly loaded with weapons near the border with Libya as they attempted to enter Egypt. According to Egyptian military sources cited by Libya’s Channel, “Egyptian armed forces have carried out military operations during the twenty-four last hour, building intelligence information, according to the gathering of a number of criminal elements

Summary

Egyptian Military

Sunguuni, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

On November 17th 2017, US Africa Command sent the Bureau of Investigative Journalism a list of previously unreported strikes, which included this one. An AFRICOM spokesperson explained that their goal “is to be as transparent as possible while taking into account operational security, force protection and diplomatic sensitivities.” It therefore did not proactively release information

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البدو, Ar Raqqah: Badou neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that 13 civilians, including two children, died and eight were wounded in Raqqa’s Al Badou neighbourhood. According to Smart, “13 civilians were killed, including two children, and eight others were wounded in the past 24 hours by an aerial bombardment that is likely to be the international coalition and SDF artillery on

Summary

(2 children)

Al Hamidiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were wounded by alleged Russian airstrikes on the neighborhood of downtown Hamidiya, local sources reported. No further details are currently available.

Summary

أم قيبة , Umm Qiba village, near al Sokhna, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Three women were killed and other civilians injured in alleged Russian raids on the village of Um Qiba in the eastern Homs countryside, local sources reported. The Violations Documentation Center in Syria said those killed included two daughters of Mkaimen al-Shihetan and Faysal al-Shihatan.

Summary

(3 women)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Mosul, Nabi Jarjis, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of ten civilians in an event in the Nabi Jaris neighbourhood of Old Mosul. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS tunnel system, it was assessed that 10 civilians were unintentionally killed.” Coordinates supplied by

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الصالحية, Al Salhiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians died and two or more were wounded in an airstrike on Al Salhiya in the Deir Ezzor countryside, according to local media – though it was unclear whether the Coalition, Russia or the Assad regime were to blame. 1996aboadel and RFS pointed towards Russia. However, Baladi blamed the regime. Al Hall said that

Summary

2–4

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported airstrike near the Crescent hospital in al Baghouz. According to Euphrates Post, a girl was killed and a woman and old man injured. The source didn’t identify the culprit. Other sources reported Coalition strikes in the vicinity but did not report civilian casualties. According to Shaam News the target of the attack

Summary

(1 child)

حي التوسعية, Al Tawaswi’ya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that a number of civilians died in artillery and mortar shelling or Raqqa’s Al Tawaswi’ya neighbourhood – though it was unclear whether the Coalition or the SDF were responsible. Usama Mulla Mohammed put the death toll at two. Other sources blamed SDF artillery and mortar shells. Airwars understands that only the Coalition

Summary

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

عين ترما,, Ain Tarma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian or Syrian warplanes committed “a massacre” in the city of Ain Tarma, local sources reported, killing at up to 21 named civilians including women and children. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, there were up to 20 strikes on the town. Some reports also said that the town was hit by

Summary

(1–2 children1–7 women5–10 men)

2 – 21

20 named, 1 familiy identified

حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

US and Somali special forces carried out a night raid on an al Shabaab-held village in southern Somalia, the district commissioner and a senior Somali intelligence official told reporters. It was the second US operation in the village in two weeks. “Several al-Shabaab fighters” are thought to have been killed according to NBC. Two helicopters

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

هشام عبد الملك, Ar Raqqah: Hisham Bin Abd Al Malek neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Nine civilians including seven children and two women died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hisham bin Abdul Malik, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network said that the strike happened near the Al-Mari’ Bakery, while RFS reported that the bakery itself was struck. All sources blamed the Coalition, with Sharqiya Voice referring specifically

Summary

(7 children2 women)

حارة ﺟﺎﻣﻊ ﺍﻟﺒﺼﺮﺍﻭﻱ, al Basrawo mosque area, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian male was killed by a declared Coalition bombing of the Al Basrawo neighbourhood of Raqqa on July 13, 2017, local sources reported. Most sources who reported the incident alleged that the US-backed SDF militias were responsible. But there was confusion: Alraqqa Ahluna initially said the victim died in an “SDF bombing”, but subsequently

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

(1 man)

Cause of injury / death

مراط,, Mrat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Al Hassaka Rasd reported: “The Russian air force targets with several air raids the vicinity of Deir Ezzor military airport, brigade 137, the cemetery area and the town of Mrat Foukani”. Other sources mentioned an unspecified number of wounded civilians but didn’t identify who carried out the strikes.

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عقيربات, Akeirbat, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including women and children, were wounded in alleged Russian attacks on the town of Akeirbat, east of Hama, Smart News Agency said. More than 50 air raids hit the town and the surrounding area according to local sources.

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المكيمين , Al-Mkimin, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Two children were killed in an alleged Russian bombardment on the village of Al-Mkimin, local media reported. Hisham Sarhan Hisham Al Zubin was also reported dead by his cousin. Four others were wounded. Syria Newsdesk said the the bombing came after the regime forces failed to win back villages under the control of Daesh, “despite

Summary

2 – 3

(2 children1 man)

حماد عمر , Hammad Omar, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were killed and a young man injured in alleged Russian air strikes on the town of Hammad Omar, east of Hama, according to local reports. Alaraby reported that the raids occurred during battles between regime forces and ISIS. An opposition media activist told the Syria Newsdesk that the area was targeted “with more

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الغوطة الشرقية, Easter Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that areas in Eastern Ghouta, specifically Hazza and Ein Tarma, were subject to heavy aerial shelling, killing up to four civilians and wounding “dozens”, though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. @AJA_Syria cited al-Jazeera correspondent who reported “dozens of civilians, including women and children, were wounded

Summary

2 – 4

(3 men)

3 named