Civilian Casualties

Russian Military, Syrian Democratic Forces, Iranian Military

Exact location (via Airwars)

Geolocation

مشفى الشفاء, Al Shifaa Hospital, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least 13 civilians, including four hospital staff and a pregnant woman, two to five other women, and one to three children, were killed and up to 50 others, including 11 hospital staff, were injured in alleged airstrikes and/or artillery shelling of Al-Shifaa Hospital in Afrin on June 12, 2021. Responsibility for the strikes is

Summary

Infrastructure

Healthcare

(1–3 children3–6 women9 men)

13 – 23

15–50

Russian Military, Turkish Military, Syrian Democratic Forces, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

42 named, 3 families identified

الكندة, Al Kendeh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on al-Kendeh on June 10, 2021. A tweet from @FdzPWRe6ruAGFPd reported that “a civilian was injured as a result of Russian warplanes targeting the village of Al-Kinda, west of Idlib, in two raids”. @HalabTodayTV also reported that one civilian was injured but attributed the

Summary

1–2

ابلين, Ebleen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and 13 civilians, including a woman and two children, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes and artillery strikes on the town of Ebleen on June 10, 2021. According to Euphrates Post, “the Assad regime forces bombed with missiles and heavy artillery the town of “Iblin” in Idlib

Summary

8 – 13

(2 children1 woman5 men)

13–15

21 named, 2 families identified

3–5

ابلين, Ebleen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and two other children were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the town of Ebleen on June 8, 2021. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported that “the shelling resulting in the death of one child and the injury of two others in addition

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

3 named

بليون, Balioun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one man was killed and another civilian was wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Balioun villiage on June 7, 2021. Sources are contested as to whether the man killed was a civilian, with one source referring to him as a fighter. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “a man

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Assad regime

0–1

Ceel-Cadde, Gedo, Somalia

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a woman, was killed and up to seven other civilians, including five children, were injured alleged US drone strikes or Kenyan airstrikes on the town of Ceel-Cadde in the Gedo region on June 2-3, 2021. Halgan Media reported that suspected US drones or Kenyan fighter jets carried out strikes on a home

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 woman)

4–7

Kenyan Military Forces, US Forces

5 named, 1 familiy identified

كفرعويد, Kafar Awaid, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed in a cluster bomb explosion on May 23, 2021 left over from previous bombing by the regime or Russia on the village of Kafar Awaid. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, “a civilian was killed, this morning, Sunday, May 23, after a cluster bomb exploded in the village of Kafr Awaid,

Summary

(1 man)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Fida Fakhri Al-Qidra, aged between 32-35, was reportedly killed in either an Israeli missile or Palestinian rocket misfire on May 19th 2021 at approximately 4pm, when it hit her house located in the Mazraa area in the centre of Deir Al-Balah. According to Al Haya News, her husband, Iyad Amin Al-Qudra, and her daughter were

Summary

2–3

4 named, 2 families identified

ِشارع النزهه, جباليا , Nuzha Street, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A six-year-old girl was killed by shrapnel while outside her house in Jabalia on May 14th, 2021, multiple sources reported. The majority of sources said the shrapnel resulted from nearby Israeli shelling, but Defence for Children International – Palestine and NGO Monitor reported that it came from a rocket-propelled grenade. Rocket-propelled grenades are commonly used

Summary

زلاطة, Zalata, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians, including a child, were killed and another civilian, a child, was injured in artillery strikes on the Zalata neighborhood in Al-Shoka, eastern Rafah on May 12, 2021. According to @PalinfoAr, “an elderly man was killed, and a child was wounded by an Israeli artillery shelling of agricultural land east of

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

شارع المصريين, Al Masryeen Street, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Up to nine civilians (mostly from one family) were killed, and as many as 18 people were injured, in an alleged Israeli artillery strike on the Al Dhahra area in eastern Beit Hanoun on May 10th, 2021. The Israeli military however reportedly denied responsibility for the strike, claiming that the deaths were caused by a

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery

7 – 9

(3–6 children1–2 men)

3–18

16 named, 1 familiy identified

0–1

صالح دردونة, Saleh Dardouna Street near Al-Omari Mosque in Jabalia, North Gaza, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Up to seven civilians were killed, including two children, and as many as 34 people were injured, when an alleged rocket fired by a Palestinian armed group landed in Saleh Dardouna Street, near the al-Omari Mosque in Jabalia, north Gaza on May 10th 2021, according to multiple sources. An investigation by Human Rights Watch revealed

Summary

5 – 7

(2 children4–5 men)

15–34

Palestinian Militants, Israeli Military

Palestinian Forces

7 named, 1 familiy identified

1–2

الفوعة, Al Fu'ah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and up to 11 others, including five children to six children and three women, were wounded in an alleged Iranian or Russian drone strike on a weapons depot near the Al-Furousiya camp for the displaced, in the vicinity of the town of Al-Foah

Summary

1 – 4

(2 children1 woman1 man)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

6–11

Causes of injury / death

Iranian Military, Russian Military

2–4

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and two others, including a woman, were injured in alleged Kurdish or regime strikes on Afrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo on May 2, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense reported “the killing of the child “Alia Rahim, 5 years old, and the wounding of a woman

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Street

العاصي‎, Orontes or Asi River, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and another was injured in an alleged drone strike on the village of Khirbat al-Naqus in the Al-Ghab Plain on April 19, 2021. Syria.liveuamap geolocated the incident. According to Resala Post, “a civilian was killed and another was injured due to being targeted by a drone in the village of

Summary

(1 man)

Iranian Military, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Clashes between Somali government forces, Al-Shabaab forces, and unknown airstrikes resulted in the reported deaths of up to 47 government soldiers and the injury of 11 other government soldiers, as well as the claimed death of 77 Al-Shabaab fighters in Bariire on April 3, 2021. Hussein Mohamed, a journalist for the New York Times in

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

86–124

موقف مقطورة في جوار باب الهوى, Trailer park in the vicinity of Bab Al Hawa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Sarmada near the Bab Al Hawa border areas in the evening of March 21, 2021. The number of alleged air strikes was reported as 7 in a tweet by @Sy24ria. According to Al Modon News, the airstrikes were preceded by a long-range Russian missile

Summary

1 – 2

(1 man)

Artillery, Naval bombardment

LOCATION

قاح, Qah, Idlib, Syria

At least one civilian was killed and between one and two civilians were injured in an alleged Russian missile strike in the vicinity of Qah and Salwa towns the afternoon of March 21, 2021. Multiple sources, including Syrian Civil Defense and Reuters, reporting that the strike was ” a surface-to-surface missile.” Idlib EMC stated that “Russian

Summary

مشفى المغارة, Al Maghara Hospital, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and eight civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and between 11 and 22 others were injured in alleged regime or Russian strikes at Al Maghara Hospital in Al Atareb, Aleppo in the morning on March 21, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense and other sources, including @HalabTodayTV, identified artillery shelling as the

Summary

3 – 8

(1 child1 woman4 men)

11–22

9 named

حي جو النسيم, Jao Al Naseem, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

Local sources in Marib reported casualties among civilians as a result of a reported attack either by a US-drone on a car entering a popular market in Marib – or by a Houthi balluistic missile strike on the market – on March 16th, 2021. While @aalnaasi said the attack happened on Dahbeel station in Al-Naseem,

Summary

US Forces, Houthi Forces

الحمران, Al Hamran, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported killed and three others injured as a result of alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling with surface-to-surface missiles carrying cluster bombs on the village of Al-Hamran, east of Aleppo on March 14th, It coincided with similar shelling on the village of Tarhin which reportedly caused major fires in the makeshift fuel

Summary

2–5

الحمران, Al Hamran , Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including a Syrian Civil Defence volunteer were killed, up to 42 others injured, and one civilian went missing as a result of alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime shelling with surface to surface missiles on oil refinery stations in Tarhin and Hamran villages in Jarablus, Aleppo on March 5th. The Syrian Civil Defence referred

Summary

4 – 5

(1–2 men)

10–42

حارم, Harem, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Some local sources which reported the sounds of an explosion from an alleged US-led coalition drone strike in Harem, Idlib said that three ‘people’ were injured as a result of that on February 25th, 2021. While most sources didn’t specify identities of those injured, @AlnahdaNews_24 said they were militants. “An unknown drone struck a point

Summary

Suspected belligerent

US-led Coalition

عين الحمرا, Ain Al Hamra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources said that that six civilians from one family in Ain Al Hamra were injured when a cluster bomb from previous Russian or Syrian regime bombing that was in their house yard exploded on February 24th, 2021. The injuries varied in terms of severity. Two children and two women are among those injured. The

Summary

Hantiwadaag, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A single source alleged a US drone strike on Hantidawaag which AFRICOM later denied. Halgan Media wrote: “US drones just bombed the village of Hantiwadaag in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle province and struck a vehicle carrying a group of Al Shabaab fighters – Sources.” AFRICOM responded to a request from Airwars: “U.S. Africa Command’s last strikes

Summary

جبل غارا, Mount Gara, Duhok, Iraq

Suspected belligerent

LOCATION

Thirteen Turkish nationals being held captive by the PKK in a location close to village Siyane in the Gare/Gara region in northern Iraq were killed – either during an alleged Turkish airstrike, or executed by the PKK, according to conflicting Kurdish and Turkish sources. There was however broad agreement that some of those killed were

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

7 – 13

(7–13 men)

Causes of injury / death

Turkish Military, YPG

ترحين, Tarhin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and five civilians were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the village of Tarhin, Aleppo governorate, on February 9th, 2021, according to local sources. Up to 10 civilians, including children, were injured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported: “SOHR activists say that five people, including three unidentified, were

Summary

2 – 5

(2 men)

2–10

4 named, 2 families identified

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One child was killed and nine civilians injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime artillery shelling on the city of Al Bab, Aleppo governorate on February the 8th. At the start, local sources reported that at least nine civilians, including at least four children and three women, were injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime

Summary

9–14

9 named, 1 familiy identified