Civilian Casualties

(4 children)

2–5

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

كفرنوران, Kafr Nouran, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one child was killed and her sibling, another child, was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on a cemetery in Kafr Nouran on August 20, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two children, Muhammad Subhi Darwish, 9, and his sister, Huda, 8, were injured in the town of Kafr Noran. Both

Summary

(1 child)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

بنكي, Banke village, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Two Iraqi tourists were killed in an alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) IED or Turkish air or artillery strike near the village of Banke, Batifa sub-district on August 20th, 2021, according to local sources. Their bodies were missing until Kurdish and Iraqi security forces found them on August 22nd. The security source told Shafaq News

Summary

(2 men)

قارة, Qarah, Rif Dimashq, Syria

Turkish Military, YPG

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including a young man, were killed and three to four others were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes or Syrian regime air defense strikes on Qarah on August 19/20, 2021. Sources reported that four additional members of Hezbollah were killed in the strikes. A tweet from @SARASALLOUM963 quoted the Head of Qara

Summary

3–4

Israeli Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected targets

Hezbollah, Iranian military

Belligerents reported killed

1 named

بلشون, Balshoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians, including three children and their mother in addition to another child, were killed and two to four other civilians, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Balshoun on August 19, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported on “the killing of three children, their mother and another child,

Summary

(4 children1 woman)

2–4

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الكريدية, Al Karidiya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians, including a girl and a woman, were killed and up to seven members of their family, including two women and a child, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or regime strikes on Al Karidiya on August 18/19, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported about “the killing of a woman,

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 woman)

5–7

Syrian Regime, Syrian Democratic Forces

1 named

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians, including one to two women and a child, were killed and three to four others were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or Russian or regime strikes on Afrin on August 18, 2021. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “three civilians, including a child and a woman, were killed

Summary

(1 child1–2 women1 man)

3–4

Russian Military, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Regime

ابو راسين, Abu Rasin, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and between 10 and 20 others, including two women and two children, were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Zirgan on August 17, 2021. According to North Press Agency (NPA), at least one civilian was killed and between 10 and 20 others

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 woman)

10–20

قرية سكينة, Medical center in the village of Sakina, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

At least eight people were killed, including four members of the medical staff at a hospital and four fighters of the Sinjar Resistance Units who were receiving treatment at a hospital, and four others were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on Al-Askiniyah Hospital in the village of Sakina in Sinjar district on August 17, 2021.

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Turkish Military

Iraqi militias (PMUs)

8 named

بلشون, Balshoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A least one man was killed and one to two other civilians were killed in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Balshoun on August 16, 2021. Sources are contested as to whether the man killed was a civilian or a belligerent. The correspondent for @HalabTodayTV reported that a civilian was killed in

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Al Qaeda/HTS

1 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported killed

0–1

كفرتعال, Kafr Taal, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two civilians, including a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Russian or regime or Iranian strikes on Kafr Taal village on August 14, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, “a two-year-old child was injured by missile strikes by the regime and Russia forces, this morning, Saturday, August 14, targeting civilian homes

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

كفر نوران, Kafr Nouran, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery and machine gun fire on the village of Kafr Nouran on August 11, 2021. @spc_fr reported that “a civilian was injured as the #regime forces bombed the village of #Kafr Noran in the western countryside of #Aleppo with heavy machine guns”. Other sources reported

Summary

Artillery, Ground operation

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

برزة, Barze, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Barze on August 11, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), “a civilian was killed while he was collecting firewood, in artillery shelling by the Assad regime forces targeting the surrounding mountains of Barzeh”. The correspondent for Zaman Al Wasl reported that

Summary

1 named

معرزاف, Maarzaf, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed in regime and/or Russian shelling in the village of Maarzaf on August 10, 2021, multiple sources reported. Four sources also reported injuries from the incident, but none gave any estimate of how many. Little information was given on the identity of the person killed. SY-24 reported the victim was a man.

Summary

باصل , Bosal, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

One civilian was seriously injured in an alleged Turkish artillery strike on Bosal village in Darkar sub-district, Dohuk Province on August 10 th 2021, according to one source. Christian Peacemakers Teams reported that Abdulrahman Yousif, 55, from the village of Bosal, was severely injured while picking figs in his orchard. The strike occurred at 15:50

Summary

تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two children were killed in regime and/or Russian shelling in the village of Tadel in the countryside of Aleppo on August 10th, 2021, according to multiple sources. The majority of sources reported the death of one child and the injury of two of her siblings. The child who died was named by four

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 children)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

عين لاروز, Ain Larouz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilians was killed and three others, including a child, were injured in alleged Russian, Iranian or regime artillery shelling on the town of Ain Larouz on August 8, 2021. @syriapostnew1 reported that “a civilian was killed and 3 others were wounded as a result of artillery shelling by the Syrian regime forces targeting

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

قسطون, Qastoun, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and five civilians, including two to five children that were all siblings, were killed and five to six others, including a child, were injured by Russian and/or regime shelling in the village of Qastoun on the night of August 7th, 2021, multiple sources reported. In a tweet, the Syrian Civil Defence named the

Summary

2 – 5

(2–5 children)

5–6

Syrian Regime

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الزيادية, Al Ziyadiya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Al Ziyadiya on August 7, 2021. @OrientNews and other sources identified civilians as being injured but did not provide a number of how many. Syrian Civil Defense posted that the strikes on Al Ziyadiya “resulted in the injury of a

Summary

Other

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery and missile strikes on Ariha on August 7, 2021. Zaman Al Wasl reported that “two civilians were injured, one of them in a serious condition, this afternoon, Saturday, as a result of intense artillery and missile shelling by the regime forces, which targeted

Summary

حزوانحزوان, Hazwan near Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two civilians were killed and a further two injured after missiles reportedly struck vehicles in the village of Hazwan, east of Aleppo on August 5th, 2021. While most sources claimed the Syrian Democratic Forces were responsible, the Syrian Civil Defence said the missiles originated from areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces and

Summary

(2 men)

Syrian Regime, Syrian Democratic Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الصحن, Al Sahen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on villages of Al Sahen on August 6, 2021. @HalabTodayTV reported that “Regime forces and Russia target with laser-guided missiles the villages of Al-Sahn in Al-Ghab Plain and Joseph in Jabal Al-Zawiya, causing the injury of a child”. Syrian Civil Defense

Summary

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 17 and 27 civilians, including four children and three women, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or regime strikes on Al Bab on August 5/6, 2021. Macro Media Center reported that “civilians were wounded and civilian homes were destroyed as a result of the targeting of SDF forces with rocket launchers, the city

Summary

Syrian Regime, Syrian Democratic Forces

17 named

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including three children, were killed and two other civilians, including a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on the town of Ain Issa on August 4, 2021. According to a statement from the Syrian Democratic Forces, “the occupation army bombed with tank shells at exactly three o’clock

Summary

(3 children1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Between Qaycad town and Xarardheere , Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

In its latest actions in support of Somali ground forces, AFRICOM confirmed that it had conducted airstrikes on al Shabaab positions “in the vicinity of Qeycad” on August 1st. Statements published by both the Somali Ministry of Information and Galmudug State referred to two separate strikes, which Airwars is therefore treating as separate events. Galmudug

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime shelling of Tadel on August 1, 2021. According to @Ahmad_1alshble, “a civilian was injured by shelling by Assad’s gangs that targeted residential houses and agricultural lands in the town of Tadel”. A tweet from @rdwanalshhwan identified the civilian injured as a “young man”. Syria TV

Summary

Syrian Regime

درعا البلد, Daraa Al Balad, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian/regime/Iranian strikes on Daraa Al Balad on July 31, 2021. @mohammed_asakra and Horan Free Media reported that civilians were injured but did not specify how many civilians. Images posted by Horan Free Media show extensive damage to civilian homes caused by the shelling. The majority of sources

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

سنكسر, Sinksar, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

Two civilians, or members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Sinksar, Sulaymaniyah governorate on July 30, 2021, according to local media reports. Mawazin News reported that the director of the Snaksar district in Sulaymaniyah, Nehru Abdullah, said in a press statement “During the past 24

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

Turkish Military