Civilian Casualties

2 – 4

(1 child1 man)

Jilib Marka, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

Suspected belligerent

LOCATION

On the 24th of February, 2024, the Federal Government of Somalia released a statement claiming that attacks by Somali government forces and international partner forces, conducted early in the morning of the same day, had killed 30 Al-Shabaab militants at a meeting point in the village of Jilib Marka, in the Lower Shabelle region of

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Farah-Adan and Jawle in Harardhere district, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 23rd of February, 2024, the Somali National Army (SNA), supported by international partners, reportedly conducted a night-time military operation against Al-Shabaab in the Farah-Adan and Jawle areas of Harardhere district in Mudug region, central Somalia. It was reported that several Al-Shabaab leaders were killed in the attack, however the exact number of Al-Shabaab

Summary

International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

2–4

Kuntu Waarey District and the El-Wadalan area of the Galcad district, Lower Shabelle and Galgaduud provinces, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 17th of February, 2024, the Somali National Army (SNA) announced that they had conducted two airstrikes against Al-Shabaab militants with assistance from “international partners”. According to a statement from the Somali Ministry of Defense, one strike was conducted in the Kuntu Waarey District in Lower Shabelle and another was carried out in Galcad

Summary

Somali Military Forces, International Forces (Unknown)

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

عمارة الننام, Al Namnam building, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An apartment belonging to Abu Rukba family located on the fifth floor of the five-storey Al-Namnam building on Faraj Allah Street in Al-Nuseirat Camp, Gaza Strip, was hit by an alleged strike around 10 PM on Wednesday, 18 October 2023, reportedly killing up to two civilians, including a 14-year-old child, and injuring two civilians. Photos

Summary

Apartment Building

1 – 2

(1 child)

Nearby landmark

the town of Gal Hareri, Galguduud, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 25th of January, 2024, an alleged Somali or US drone or air strike was conducted against the Al-Shabaab militant group in the town of Gal Hereri, in the Galgaduud region of Central Somalia, killing at least 20 militants, according to Somali regional and military officials. One woman, Maido Yusuf Abdulle, was reported to

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1 – 10

(1 woman)

0–10

Somali Military Forces, US Forces

20–30

الشيخ رضوان, Sheikh Radwan, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A woman was reportedly killed on Radwan street on October 11th 2023, her son, an Egyptian citizen from Cairo, Abdullah Mohammed Fares, was injured in the incident alongside his children. Fares had arrived in Gaza a week prior to visit his wife’s family. He has since been campaigning for the Egyptian government to secure his

Summary

(1 woman)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

شارع صلاح الدين والرشيد، بين دوار الدولة ودوار الكويت, Salah Al Din and Al Rashid streets, between the State Roundabout and the Kuwait Roundabout, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between 15:30 and 17:20 on Friday October 13th 2023, at least 12 civilians, including three women and three children, were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes and/or artillery strikes. The strikes hit a convoy of citizens fleeing northern Gaza after instructions from the Israeli military to evacuate. Some reports said the number of civilians killed might

Summary

Evacuation Route

12 – 71

(3 children3 women6 men)

150–201

12 named, 2 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Exact location (other)

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 13th 2023, a young male civilian was killed in a bombing of the Al-Barawi family home located in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip. A post on social media from a relative, Wisam Al-Barawi, identified Mohammed Basem Al-Barawi as the civilian killed in the strike on Beit Lahia. An image of the damaged house showing

Summary

(1 man)

مخيم البريج, Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 17th 2023, an unknown number of casualties were reported in a possible strike on the family home of Lal Al-Salhi in Block 2 of the Al-Bureij camp in Gaza. While numerous sources reported the strike on the Al-Salhi home, few details are available regarding the number of those injured or killed. No names

Summary

12 – 24

12–24

Town

مسجد أنس بن مالك, Anas bin Malik Mosque, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least four children were injured by an artillery strike on the Anas bin Malik Mosque in the afternoon of December 2nd, 2023. It appears the casualties occurred at the neighboring Deir al-Balah Martyrs School, though this reportedly was not the target of the strike. Abeer Al Banna Press specified that four children had been

Summary

الاتارب, al-Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

Suspected belligerent

LOCATION

During the evening of Saturday, December 30, 2023, artillery shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces and/or Iranian forces struck the city of al-Atareb in the western countryside of Aleppo, Syria. While the Syria Civil Defence (SCD) initially posted to X that they inspected the areas surrounding the strike and

Summary

وسط مدينة إدلب, main market near planet earth roundabout and clock roundabout, center of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the evening of Saturday, December 30, 2023, artillery shelling allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian and/or Iranian military, hit the market in the center of the city of Idlib, Syria, killing at least three civilians, including one child, and injuring up to 25 others, including four children. The site of the

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child1 man)

15–25

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

15 named, 1 familiy identified

كنصفرة, Kansafra, south of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A woman was injured by an artillery attack with contested responsibility reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military on December 28th, 2023, in the village of Kansafra located south of Idlib, Syria. Twitter/X user @mzmgr941 reported at 10:15 AM the intense missile bombardment allegedly carried out by

Summary

علاتا قرب أرمناز, house of the Amna family in Alata near Armanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the late evening of Monday, December 26th, 2023, five members of the Amna family were killed and the surviving member, a young son, injured, when an alleged airstrike by a Russian warplane hit their home on a farm in Alata, near the town of Armanaz, west of Idlib, Syria, and reduced it to rubble.

Summary

(3 children1 woman1 man)

سارمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At approximately noon on Monday, December 25, 2023, an alleged Russian military and/or the Syrian regime and/or Iranian militia missile strike hit a neighbourhood in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, hitting a school, a residential building, and the road between the two. The strikes killed a man and injured at least four identified

Summary

(1 man)

4–5

5 named

عين لاروز, elementary school and residential buildings in the village of Ain Laroz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 3 PM on Sunday, December 24, 2023, during school hours, Russian forces and/or the Syrian regime and/or Iranian forces allegedly struck an elementary school in the village of Ain Larouz in southern Idlib with artillery and missiles. One child was “lightly” injured. At 2:52 PM, Twitter/X user @anasanas84 shared a video showing the

Summary

مدينة ادلب, Wadi Al-Naseem neighborhood close to a market on Al-Bazaar street, Idlib city, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Sunday, December 17, 2023, 15 civilians, including five children and one woman, were reportedly injured by the artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military in the city of Idlib, in the region of Aleppo, Syria. The incident reportedly occurred in the

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

دارة عزة, residential neighborhoods of Darat Azza, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the evening of Sunday, December 17, 2023, at least five identified civilians, including a child and a woman pregnant with twins, were killed and five civilians, including two children, were injured in an alleged attack by the Syrian regime and/or the Iranian military and/or the Russian military on the residential neighborhoods of Darat Azza,

Summary

5 – 8

(1 child1 woman3 men)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

10 named, 1 familiy identified

دارة عزة, Darat Azza, west of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two siblings, a boy and a girl, were injured by an artillery attack reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military before midnight on Saturday, December 10, 2023, on the residential neighborhoods of city of Darat Azza, west of Aleppo, Syria. Iman Abu Talib and Muhammad Abu Talib, a girl and boy, were

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

سرمين, Sarmin, east of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday, December 9th, 2023 at least one civilian was killed and seven other civilians, including three children, were injured by an alleged artillery strike by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian and/or Iranian military in residential areas in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Syria. According to an initial toll by the Syrian

Summary

(1 man)

8 named

الأحياء السكنية، السوق الرئيسي والمنطقة الصناعية، مدينة إدلب, residential neighbourhoods, main market and industrial area, city of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday, December 9, 2023, artillery and missile bombardment allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian and/or Iranian military hit residential neighbourhoods, the main market, and industrial area of the city of Idlib, killing at least six civilians, including at least two children and a woman, and up to 22 people, and

Summary

(2–3 children1–2 women3–4 men)

6 – 22

20–36

9 named, 1 familiy identified

مدرسة الشهداء في أفس, al Shuhada elementary school, Afes village, eastern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Saturday, December 2nd, 2023, an artillery shelling reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian military hit the al-Shuhada elementary school in the village of Afes, eastern countryside of Idlib, Syria. The attack initially resulted in four injuries – three children and a teacher. However, one boy

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

2 named

عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 7th 2023, at least one civilian woman was killed and at least five civilians were injured in an alleged bombing on the home of the Abu Daqqa family in the town of Abasan al Kabira in the Gaza Strip. No sources identified the alleged perpetrator of the attack – Airwars has therefore categorised

Summary

(1 woman)

كتيان, Kitian, eastern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Sunday, November 26, 2023, a guided missile allegedly fired by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military hit a car parked in front of a civilian house, injuring a woman and a child from the same family, in Kitian, in the eastern countryside of Idlib, Syria. Several

Summary

الدرباسية, residential neighborhoods in the city of Al-Darbasiyah, Al-Hasakah, Al-Hasakah, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians were wounded, including a child, in Al-Hasakah near the Turkish border on Sunday evening, November 27th, 2023. Nisreen Muhammad Aziz (nine years old), Lauren Ramadan Kalo (29 years old), Muhammad Louay Tawfiq (18 years old), and Hussein Mustafa (30 years old) were injured by a spray of bullets aimed at the Al-Darbasiyah district, north of

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

YPG, Turkish Military

4 named

قوقفين, village of Qoqfin in Jabal al-Zawiya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Saturday, November 25, 2023, an artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian forces on the village of Qoqfin in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of the town of Idlib, killed at least 10 and up to 11 civilians who were working in the olive fields harvesting olive crop, including at

Summary

10 – 11

(7 children1 woman2 men)

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

10 named, 1 familiy identified

سرمين, Sarmeen [Sarmin], Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Sunday, November 19th, 2023, two civilians, including at least one child, were injured as a result of an alleged missile strike by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military in residential neighborhoods of the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Syria. One of the children was reportedly injured after falling from a high

Summary

Causes of injury / death

قباسين, village of Al-Kandarliya, north of Al-Massa camp, city of Qabaseen area, eastern countryside of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 4:37 PM on Saturday, November 18, 2023, one child was killed and three children were injured, two of them seriously, from a Shoabo 0.5 cluster bomb explosion that had been left over from a previous bombing allegedly perpetrated by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces to the north of Al-Massa camp in

Summary

(1 child)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)