Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident date

November 28, 2024

Incident Code

R4715

LOCATION

الطريق الرئيسي والمنازل والمحلات التجارية المجاورة للطريق في الأتارب (الأتارب) ريف حلب الغربي, The main road and the houses and shops adjacent to the road in Al-Atareb (Atarib), western countryside of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

At 13:22 on Thursday, 28 November 2024, between 10 and 15 civilians, including five children and two women, were killed and up tot 22 others, including at least two children, were injured in an airstrike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military that reportedly hit the main road and

Summary

First published
April 9, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Car, Commerce, Residential, Shop, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
10 – 15
(5 children2 women)
Civilians reported injured
5–22
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
10 named, 1 familiy identified
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Incident date

November 27, 2024

Incident Code

R4710

LOCATION

مخيم القرى (وادي عباس) بالقرب من بابسقا وباب الهوى, Al-Qura camp (Wadi Abbas) near Babsqa and Bab al-Hawa, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

On Wednesday, November 27th, 2024, by missile strikes carrying cluster bombs with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military, a young boy was killed and between three and five civilians, including at least two children and a woman, were injured in Al-Qura camp (Wadi Abbas) near Babsqa and Bab

Summary

First published
March 28, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Car, IDP or Refugee Camp, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 child)
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
2 named
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Incident date

March 19, 2025

Incident Code

USYEM250319a

LOCATION

مدينة الثورة في صنعاء, Al-Thawra neighbourhood, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

At least nine civilians, seven women and two children, were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a wedding reception hall in the Al-Thawra District of Sana’a, Yemen during the evening of March 19, 2025. Houthi-affiliated news @TvAlmasirah reported on the “US aggression’s bombing of a residential neighborhood in Al-Thawra District in the capital, Sana’a, injuring

Summary

First published
March 24, 2025
Last updated
March 26, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Car, Residential, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
9
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
US Forces
Geolocation
Exact location (other)
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Incident date

August 18, 2024

Incident Code

R4679

LOCATION

كورين, Korin, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

Late in the evening on Sunday, August 18th, 2024, one unnamed civilian was reportedly injured as a result of airstrikes with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian militias. The incident reportedly occurred in Korin in the southern countryside of Idlib. The @SyriaCivilDefe (or ‘White Helmets’) reported that one

Summary

First published
March 7, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Car, Road, Transportation, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
1
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime
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Incident date

April 28, 2024

Incident Code

YS175

LOCATION

على طريق برجكة, a civilian car on the road to Barjaka village, Aleppo, Syria, Aleppo, Syria

Shortly after midnight on Sunday, 28 April 2024, a 20-year-old man named Ahmad Hussein Taha Al-Haboun was killed and his 43-year-old father Hussein Taha Al-Haboun was injured when a guided anti-armor missile which was launched from the area under the joint control of the regime forces and the Kurdish-affiliated militia Syrian Democratic Forces struck the car they

Summary

First published
January 3, 2025
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Car, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Civilians reported injured
1
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
YPG, Syrian Democratic Forces
Named victims
2 named, 1 familiy identified
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Incident date

March 29, 2024

Incident Code

ISSY043

LOCATION

مواقع ومستودعات في السفيرة، كفر جوم، جبرين، محيط مطار حلب, sites and warehouses in Al-Safira, Kafr Joum, Jibreen, the vicinity of Aleppo Airport, Aleppo, Syria

At around 1.45 am on Friday, March 29, 2024, up to 33 people whose civilian status is contested were killed and over 100 were reportedly injured in more than 15 airstrikes allegedly perpetrated by the Israeli military on the sites and warehouses in Al-Safira, Kafr Joum, Jibreen, the vicinity of Aleppo Airport, and several other

Summary

First published
December 31, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Car, Truck, Vehicle, Warehouse
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2 – 33
Civilians reported injured
2–101
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Suspected targets
Assad regime, Hezbollah
Named victims
33 named
Belligerents reported killed
10–52
Belligerents reported injured
2–101
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Incident date

February 21, 2024

Incident Code

ISSY041

LOCATION

كفرسوسة, Orfali residential building in Kafar Sousa, Damascus, Damascus, Syria

At approximately 9:40 am on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, an airstrike allegedly conducted by the Israeli military killed at least one civilian man and injured at least one other civilian in a residential building in the Kafar Sousa neighborhood in Damascus in Syria. Al-Sharq News – Syria reported that the Ministry of Defense of the

Summary

First published
December 31, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Apartment Building, Car, Residential, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1 – 3
(1–2 men)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Suspected target
Iranian military
Named victims
2 named
Belligerents reported killed
1–2
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Incident date

August 28, 2024

Incident Code

TS707

LOCATION

حي العنترية, Near the industrial garage in the vicinity of the Heart and Eye hospital in the Al_Anariyah neighborhood OR near the eastern post office, Qamishli city, Al Hassakah, Syria

During the afternoon of Wednesday 28th August 2024, a civilian car was reportedly hit by an alleged Turkish drone strike (or a Turkish convoy or explosion from a planted device) near the industrial garage in the vicinity of the Heart and Eye Hospital in the Al Anariyah neighborhood or near the eastern post office in

Summary

First published
August 28, 2024
Last updated
December 27, 2024
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike, Drone Strike, Ground operation
Infrastructure
Car, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2 – 3
(1 woman1 man)
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO), Small arms and light weapons
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Turkish Military
Named victims
2 named, 1 familiy identified
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Incident date

October 24, 2023

Incident Code

ISPT0580

LOCATION

حي الجنينة, Al Geneina neighbourhood, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

During the night of Tuesday, October 24th 2023, at least 36 identified civilians, including 20 children and eight women, were killed and dozens were injured during an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Qeshta (Qashata/Qshta) and Al-Maghari family homes located on Al-Salat Street in the El Geneina neighbourhood of Rafah city in the Gaza Strip.

Summary

First published
July 30, 2024
Last updated
February 25, 2025
Strike status
Likely strike
Strike type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agricultural Land, Agriculture, Car, Residential, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
36
(20 children8 women8 men)
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Fair
Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
Suspected belligerent
Israeli Military
Named victims
36 named, 2 families identified
Names matched with MoH IDs
31
Geolocation
Neighbourhood/area
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Incident date

January 16, 2024

Incident Code

R4659

LOCATION

ا حياء سكنية بالقرب من المساجد ومنشأة طبية وشارع البازار في أريحا, residential neighborhoods near mosques, a medical facility, and Al-Bazaar street in Ariha [Jericho], Idlib, Syria

During the evening of Tuesday, January 16th, 2024, at least two identified male civilians were killed and at least seven and up to eight civilians were injured, including two girls and a woman. The casualties were caused by an alleged artillery and/or airstrike by the Syrian regime and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military

Summary

First published
January 16, 2024
Last updated
December 30, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Car, Residential, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
(2 men)
Civilians reported injured
7–8
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military
Named victims
9 named
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Incident date

January 7, 2024

Incident Code

R4658

LOCATION

مدينة ادلب, Idlib City, Idlib, Syria

During the evening of Sunday, 7th January 2024, missile strikes with the use of phosphorus bombs with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Russian forces and/or Syrian regime and/or Iranian military on residential neighbourhoods in Idlib City, Idlib, injured up to four civilians, including a girl. Adnan Al-Ashqar posted on Facebook that three civilians were injured

Summary

First published
January 7, 2024
Last updated
December 30, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Car, Residential, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
Unknown
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Causes of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Incendiary
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
3 named
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Incident date

January 6, 2024

Incident Code

R4656

LOCATION

سرمين, market and civilian homes in Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

Shortly before 1:40 PM on Saturday, January 6, 2024, a number of civilians were reportedly killed and four others were injured when a missile strike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military hit a popular market and civilian homes in the town of Sarmin in Idlib

Summary

First published
January 6, 2024
Last updated
December 30, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Car, Commerce, Market, Residential, Truck, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
4
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
3 named
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Incident date

December 31, 2023

Incident Code

R4651

LOCATION

City of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

On Sunday evening, the 31st of December, 2023, one civilian man was killed and eight civilians, including three women and two children, were injured by two missile shellings of the neighbourhoods of the city of Idlib allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military. Abu Abdo Al-Malik wrote in

Summary

First published
December 31, 2023
Last updated
December 30, 2024
Strike status
Contested strike
Strike type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Car, Commerce, Market, Residential, Vehicle
Civilian harm reported
Yes
Civilians reported killed
1
(1 man)
Civilians reported injured
8
Cause of injury / death
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Airwars civilian harm grading
Contested
Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
Suspected belligerents
Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime
Named victims
4 named
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