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Incident Date
9 September 2022
Incident Code
USSOM351-C
Location
Mubarak, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Up to 10 civilians, including a child, were killed and up to 20 others were injured in alleged Somali and/or US airstrikes or drone strikes on the village of Mubarak on September 9, 2022. Sources are conflicted as to whether one of the people, Abdullahi Sheikh Abukar known locally as 'Arab" was a member of…
Summary
Published
9 September 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3–10
Civilians reported injured
10–20
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
29 August 2022
Incident Code
TI087
Location
مخيم مخمور, Makhmour camp, Erbil, Iraq
At least one civilian was killed and up to four others were injured, including women and children, when a Turkish airplane or drone launched strikes on a home in Makhmour camp on August 29, 2022. Some local sources indicate that a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was also killed in the incident. Hawar…
Summary
Published
29 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 August 2022
Incident Code
YS149
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
Between nine to seventeen civilians were killed, including five to six children, and 26 to 42 others were injured, including eleven children, as a result of missile fire which hit a "crowded" marketplace and residential homes and a school in Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria, on August 19th 2022. The missile fire was an alleged…
Summary
Published
19 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
IDP or Refugee Camp
Civilians reported killed
9–17
Civilians reported injured
26–42
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
18 August 2022
Incident Code
YS148
Location
مارع, Marea, Aleppo, Syria
One civilian was killed as a result of contested Syrian regime forces or Syrian Democratic Forces action on August 18th 2022 on the outskirts of Marea city, Al Bab, Aleppo. Sham reported that "a number of civilians" were also wounded. Sham reported that the civilian killed was identified as Muhammad Diaa Nasser, and was a…
Summary
Published
18 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
16 August 2022
Incident Code
RS4713
Location
معارة النعسان, Maaret al-Nassan, Idlib, Syria
The town Maaret al-Nassan was attacked by cluster bombs allegedly as a result of Syrian and Russian regime forces after midnight on August 16th 2022. Local sources also blamed Iranian-backed militas. While no civilian deaths are reported, a seven year old boy got lightly injured on his arm by a life bullet, while he was…
Summary
Published
16 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 August 2022
Incident Code
RS4714
Location
كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria
At least two people were killed and between one and two others were injured when a previous shelling remnant exploded in the town of Kansafra, south of Idlib on the 16th of August 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two people were killed and another was injured. According to Syrian Network for Human Rights,…
Summary
Published
16 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 August 2022
Incident Code
USSOM350
Location
Beledweyne, Hiiraan, Somalia
On August 14th 2022 there were reports that a US airstrike killed 13 to 14 members of Al Shabaab in the town of Beledweyne, in Hiran region of central Somalia, as reported by a state-owned national television. US AFRICOM confirmed this strike on August 17th in a statement which said that "US forces engage insurgents…
Summary
Published
14 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
13–14
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
13 August 2022
Incident Code
RS4711
Location
معارة النعسان, Maaret al-Nassan, Idlib, Syria
A seven-year old boy, Mohammed Abdel Kafi, also referred to as Zain Abdul Kafi Al-Masli, was injured by a shrapnel from artillery fire while playing next to his home in Maaret al-Nassan, east of Idlib on August 13th 2022. According to @hafeztaraman, the incident occured in the evening before the Maghrib call to prayer. The…
Summary
Published
13 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 August 2022
Incident Code
ISSY027
Location
الحميدية, Al Hamidiya, Quneitra, Syria
A reported Israeli forces attack targeted the town of Al-Hamidiya in the Quneitra countryside, in Al Qunaytirah, Syria, on August 12th 2022 which allegedly wounded at least two civilians. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an Israeli tank fired three shells when two people appoached the area and Step Agency reported that the…
Summary
Published
12 August 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
10 August 2022
Incident Code
TS545
Location
قرية ملا سباط, Mulla Sibat village, Qamishli countryside, Al Hassakah, Syria
One civilian was killed when a Turkish drone strike targeted a car in the village of Mulla Sibat in the countryside of Qamishli, Syria, on August 10th 2022. Between two and three militants were killed in the same strike. A local source on Facebook, Qamishlo Republic, reported that Adeeb Nuri Hamsho from the village of…
Summary
Published
10 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
9 August 2022
Incident Code
USSOM349
Location
near Beledweyne, Hiiraan, Somalia
Four Al-Shabaab members were killed by three declared US airstrikes near Beledweyne on August 9, 2022. Somalia state media was the first to report on August 9th that "at the request of Somali Government, #US launched a strike in support of Somali National Army forces conducting counterterrorism operations in #Hiran region. There were no civilians…
Summary
Published
9 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
4 August 2022
Incident Code
YS147
Location
اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria
Up to four civilians, including a child and a woman, from the same family, were injured on August 4th 2022, when missile strikes hit a residential neighbourhood in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo as a result of contested Syrian regime forces or Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) action. @Almohar1 tweeted that three civilians were…
Summary
Published
4 August 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
LC432
Location
قرب مصحة سيول, near Seoul Clinic, Tarabulus, Libya
An unknown shell injured a woman inside her car in the June 11 area on July 22, 2022. Two sources, @tkyroogklshytk and @taqarifatnews, reported that a shell fell on a car near the Seoul Clinic in the June 11 area, injuring a woman who was inside the car. No other information is available to Airwars at…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
LC433
Location
السبعة, Al Sab’a, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian was injured by unknown shrapnel in Al Sab’a next to the Al-Qadi market on July 22, 2022 @tkyroogklshytk and @Bbttmm010100 tweeted that an African worker was injured by shrapnel in their foot in Al Sab’a next to the Al-Qadi market. A tweet from @tkyroogklshytk reported that a shell fell on the house of…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
LC434
Location
زاوية الدهماني, Zawiyat Al Dahmani, Tarabulus, Libya
Civil casualties resulted from unknown shelling of the radio building in Zawiya al-Dahmani on July 22, 2022. @AnisAbdaljawad reported that shells fell next to the radio station, Zawiya al-Dahmani. @taqarifatnews quoted the spokesman for the Emergency and Ambulance Service, Osama Ali, who stated that the shelling next to the radio building caused casualties. No other additional…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
LC430
Location
شارع المطبات طريق المشتل, Al Matabat street in Al Mashtal road, Tarabulus, Libya
One civilian, a young man, was killed and four to five other men were injured in shelling carried out by "presidential agencies" on Al Matabat street in Tripoli on July 22, 2022. According to @tkyroogklshytk, a shell fell on Al-Matabat Street behind the Qadour Clinic near a group of young men sitting on the street,…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
GNA/Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 July 2022
Incident Code
LC431
Location
مشروع الموز, Mashrou’ Al Muz, Tarabulus, Libya
Local sources reported that a woman and her two children were killed and the father was injured in shelling during clashes in Mashrou’ Al Muz in Tripoli on July 22, 2022. One source asserted that this news was not true. @tkyroogklshytk tweeted that a family near Mashrou’ Al Muz was killed due to shelling of…
Summary
Published
22 July 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–3
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
GNA/Turkish Military
,
Libyan rebel forces
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Incident Date
4 July 2022
Incident Code
CS1982
Location
الزر, Al Zer, Deir Ezzor, Syria
Two children under the age of 18 were killed during a joint Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces airdrop operation in the village of Al Zer on July 4th, 2022. Sources were conflicted as to whether the two killed were civilians or members of ISIS. Al Khabour posted on Facebook that a young man named "Muhammad Fateh Khalaf…
Summary
Published
4 July 2022
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
,
YPG
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Incident Date
9 June 2022
Incident Code
CS1981
Location
العطالة, Al Atta, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least one man was killed during an airdrop operation carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces and alleged US-led Coalition in the village of Al-Atta in the countryside of Al-Shaddadi city at dawn on June 9, 2022. Sources were conflicted as to whether the man killed was a civilian or a member of ISIS. Al…
Summary
Published
9 June 2022
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
3 June 2022
Incident Code
USSOM347
Location
Yaaq-Zaluul, Lower Juba, Somalia
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) declared an airstrike in a remote location near Beer Xaani, in the vicinity of Yaaq-Zaluul, in Somalia on June 3rd 2022. They declared that five Al-Shabaab militants were killed in this attack but that no civilians were injured or killed. In local reports, this was repeated and there were no…
Summary
Published
3 June 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
1 June 2022
Incident Code
TS512a
Location
Gorik, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Gorik in western Gire Spi Canton on June 1, 2022. According to Hawar News, Mohamed Ismail, known as Abu Umar was injured in Turkish shelling of the village of Gorik in western Gire Spi Canton. Abu Umar was taken to Manbij hospital but there…
Summary
Published
1 June 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 June 2022
Incident Code
TS512
Location
شيشة, Shisha, Raqqa, Syria
At least two civilians, including a child and a woman from the same family, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the villages of Gorik and Sheshi in western Gire Spi on June 1, 2022. Hawar News also reported that a woman and a child were injured in Turkish shelling of Sheshi village in the western…
Summary
Published
1 June 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
25 May 2022
Incident Code
LC429
Location
أبو سليم, Abo Salim, Tarabulus, Libya
A mortar shell injured at least two civilians when it hit Omdurman, the Abu Salim area of Tripoli, Libya on May 25th 2022, according to local sources. According to @KhaledDernah3, the injuries were of the "city team player", Anwar Makhlouf, and his friend, Fathi Baira, who had minor injuries. Both were transferred to Al-Khadra Hospital…
Summary
Published
25 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
14 May 2022
Incident Code
LC428
Location
جنزور, Jamila Triangle, Janzour, Tarabulus, Libya
Clashes at dawn on May 14th 2022 in the Jamila Triangle in the Janzour area, reported to be in the vicinity of the West Tripoli Electricity Station were reported to have caused civilian casualties, but reports differ in the number. However, according to another local source, the Municipal Council of Janzour did not mention any…
Summary
Published
15 May 2022
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Libyan rebel forces
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Incident Date
13 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK199
Location
Лозівська громада, Lozova Community, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 13rd 2022, a civilian described as a woman, was reportedly injured by a Russian rocket attack in Lozivska (Loziv) community, Kharkiv. Sources quoted Loziv City Mayor Serhii Zelenskyi who said that "a dozen private houses were damaged, windows in multi-storey buildings were broken. A cultural center and a critical infrastructure object were damaged."…
Summary
Published
13 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK200
Location
Леб’яже, Lebyazhe, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On 13 May 2022, 4 civilians were reportedly wounded, including which a 15 year-old boy, by Russian shelling in Lebyazhe village, Kharkiv. Sources, quoting the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, reported that Russian forces shelled twice the area. The first attack was conducted in the morning at around 11 am, and "as…
Summary
Published
13 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 May 2022
Incident Code
YS132
Location
Karkamış, Gaziantep, Türkiye
According to local sources, at least one civilian was injured on May 12th 2022 when a rocket-propelled grenade launched by YPG/PKK, the military wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) targeted a Turkish army border post in the Qarqamish district of Gaziantep, in Turkey. Four soldiers were also reported to be injured, although Shaam news…
Summary
Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
12 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK197
Location
Шебелинка, Shebelynka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Three civilians were killed and five others were injured by alleged Russian shelling of Shebelynka on May 12, 2022. The head office of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv posted on Telegram that an enemy projectile hit a "hangar building" at 4:35pm causing a fire to break out on the roof of the…
Summary
Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK198
Location
Балаклія, Balakliya, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Two civilians were injured by alleged Russian shelling of Balakliia on May 12, 2022. The Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleg Synegubov posted on Telegram that "2 people were also injured in Balaklia." This incident has reference to ACLED code UKR57686. No other information is available for this incident.
Summary
Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK195
Location
Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A report of alleged Russian shells struck the village of Derhachi on May 12th, killing two civilians and wounding two others. Hromadske and RBC News reported a shelling of Derhachi by Russian forces that left one civilian dead and three wounded. Writing for RBC News, author Maria Kucheryavets quoted Kharkiv Regional State Administrator Oleg Sinegubov…
Summary
Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
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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