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Incident Date
19 March 2021
Incident Code
TI057
Location
سنين, Seneen, Erbil, Iraq
Two civilians were reportedly injured in a Turkish airstrike or helicopter attack on a car, according to local reports. According to Rudaw News, "Turkish warplanes targeted a civilian vehicle in northeastern Erbil province late on Friday, injuring two passengers, a local official and a border guard told Rudaw. A civilian vehicle carrying four passengers was targeted…
Summary
Published
19 March 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 March 2021
Incident Code
TS467
Location
الحيدريات, Al Hadaryat, Raqqa, Syria
A 12 year old child was among three civilians killed, with up to four others injured, in what was described as a Turkish rocket or artillery strike on the village of Al-Hadaryat. According to NPA, Turkish strikes had begun in retaliation for the firing of two missiles into Turkey's Kilis province by alleged Syrian regime…
Summary
Published
19 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 March 2021
Incident Code
LC425
Location
زمزم, Zamzam, Benghazi, Libya
Eight children were allegedly injured by artillery shelling from an unknown belligerent in Benghazi. Libya Alahrar TV wrote: "Al-Galaa Hospital for Surgery and Accidents in Benghazi announced that eight children were injured yesterday, Friday, as a result of a shell landing in the Zamzam neighborhood. The hospital added in a statement on Saturday that the…
Summary
Published
19 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
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Incident Date
18 March 2021
Incident Code
YS102
Location
حزوان, Hazwan, western Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was injured in an alleged Kurdish counterstrike during an exchange between the SDF and a Turkish base in the village of Hazwan, west of the city of Al Bab on March 18th, 2021. A tweet from @HalabTodayTV reported that there was an "exchange of artillery shelling between the SDF and a…
Summary
Published
18 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
14 March 2021
Incident Code
TS466
Location
الزنفل, Al Zanfil, Aleppo, Syria
A child was reported killed and others injured, also including children, in alleged Turkish or pro-Turkey militants shelling on Zankil village, east of Manbej, Aleppo on March 14th. The child victim was identified as Yamen Ali Ayntabi. It was reported that the shelling took place in the morning. North Press Agency said that the Turkish…
Summary
Published
14 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2021
Incident Code
YS101
Location
الحمران, Al Hamran, Aleppo, Syria
A woman and her child were reported killed and five others injured allegedly by YPG missiles on Tuwayjat farm near Al Hamran village on March 14th. The victims were identified as Bakr Shehadeh aged 12, and his mother Ammoun al Muhammad, aged 48. Their bodies were transferred to Jarablus' hospital by the Syrian Civil Defence.…
Summary
Published
14 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
5 March 2021
Incident Code
RS4551
Location
معرة الإخوان, Maaret Al Ikhwan, Idlib, Syria
One civilian was reported injured as a result of an alleged Russian airstrike on Ma'aret Al Ikhwan in Idlib on March 5th. @jisrtv tweeted "Russian bombing raids with cluster rockets on the outskirts of the town of Maarat al-Ikhwan, northwest of the city of Maarat Misrin in the northern countryside of Idlib." Edlib Media Center…
Summary
Published
5 March 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
17 February 2021
Incident Code
YS100
Location
عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
Up to 13 civilians including women and children were injured in an alleged Grad rocket attack by YPG on residential areas in Afrin on February 17th, 2021.Local sources said that between four and six rockets fell on Villat street in Afrin in the evening. However, some sources like the Syrian Civil Defence said that the…
Summary
Published
17 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
13
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
16 February 2021
Incident Code
YS099
Location
أم عدسة, Um Adasa, Aleppo, Syria
Local sources reported that one civilian was killed and others injured in alleged YPG shelling on Um Adasa village in Al-Bab countryside in Aleppo, Syria. The Syrian Network for Human Rights named the victim as Amer Mustafa aged 63. Baladi News said that "one civilian was killed and four others were wounded by artillery shelling…
Summary
Published
16 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
11 February 2021
Incident Code
USSOM334
Location
سااكوو, Sakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
Several Al Shabaab militants were reported killed at Sakow in a military strike which several local sources claimed was a US drone action. However AFRICOM explicitly denied this in an email to Airwars, insisting that "U.S. Africa Command's last airstrike in Somalia was conducted Jan. 19, 2021." Geesguud initially reported: "Residents in Middle Jubba reported…
Summary
Published
11 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
6–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
11 February 2021
Incident Code
USSOM335
Location
Salagle, Middle Juba, Somalia
Several Al Shabaab militants were reported killed at Salagle in a military strike which two local sources claimed was a US drone action. However AFRICOM explicitly denied this in an email to Airwars, insisting that "U.S. Africa Command's last airstrike in Somalia was conducted Jan. 19, 2021." Intelligence Briefs said: "A number of Al-Shabaab operatives…
Summary
Published
11 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
6–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
10 February 2021
Incident Code
TS465
Location
الدشيشة, Al Darisha, Al Hassakah, Syria
A number of civilians including a 6-year-old child were reported injured in Turkish or pro-Turkey forces shelling on residential areas in Tal Tamr in Hasakah, Syria on February 10th, 2021. @baze_kurd said the child was seriously injured. The child was identified by local sources as Yazan Mohammad Ali, while one source had a different variation…
Summary
Published
10 February 2021
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
8 February 2021
Incident Code
YS098
Location
أم روثة, Um Raotha, Aleppo, Syria
A woman and a man were reported injured as a result of YPG artillery shelling on Um Raotha in Jarablus, Aleppo on February 8th, 2021. The Syrian Civil Defense said that "a man and a woman were wounded, today, Monday, February 8th, as a result of artillery shelling of the Syrian Democratic Forces on civilian…
Summary
Published
8 February 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
2 February 2021
Incident Code
RS4548
Location
قورقانيا, Qurqania, Idlib, Syria
Two people were seriously injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on a mountainous area in Qurqania, north of Idlib on February 2nd, 2021. @SuheylAli said that vacuum missiles were used in the attack. This wasn't the only attack that took place on the day, as local sources reported similar attacks on Harbanoush, Kafr Arrouq and…
Summary
Published
2 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2021
Incident Code
TI055
Location
شێنێ, Shene, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
A woman was injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Shene in Halsho sub-district, Sulaymaniyah governorate, on February 2nd, 2021, according to local sources. NRT English reported that "a 40-year-old civilian woman was wounded when Turkish warplanes bombed the outskirts of the village of Shene in the Raparin administration’s Halsho sub-district late on Tuesday…
Summary
Published
2 February 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 January 2021
Incident Code
TS464
Location
تل رفعت, Tal Rifa'at, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians including a mother and her two children were reported killed, and eleven others injured as a result of a alleged Turkish shelling, or pro-Turkey militants on Tal Rifat town in Aleppo's northern countryside, Syria on January 23rd, 2021. The shelling also reportedly caused material damage to the locals houses, the private…
Summary
Published
23 January 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
7–11
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2021
Incident Code
TS463
Location
Memitê, Aleppo, Syria
A number of civilians were injured as a result of alleged Turkish drone attack on a house in Memitê neighborhood in Kobanê on January 22nd, 2021, according to local sources. One of the wounded is a 37 year old man who was injured with shrapnel and moved to hospital. His situation later was described as…
Summary
Published
22 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2021
Incident Code
TI053A
Location
كري, Gri, Duhok, Iraq
Two children were reported injured and hundreds of sheep killed as a result of alleged Turkish bombing of three areas in Kurdistan on January 22nd, 2021. The first bombed area was Gri in Duhok’s Chamanke district, at the foot of Gara mountain near the border with Turkey. Mohammed Sheikhzade, a villager there whose two brothers…
Summary
Published
22 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2021
Incident Code
TI054
Location
العمادية, Amadiya, Duhok, Iraq
Three civilians were injured when alleged Turkish airstrikes struck an alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) vehicle in Amadiya district in Dohuk governorate in the afternoon of January 22nd, 2021, according to local sources. Director of Jumanki Aland Amir told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that “the Turkish airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the village (Kari) of…
Summary
Published
22 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
22 January 2021
Incident Code
ISSY015
Location
حي كازو, Kazo neighborhood, Hama, Syria
Four civilians from the same family including two children were reported killed and four others including an infant were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes, or Syrian regime rockets launched to respond to Israeli airstrikes in Kazo neighborhood in Hama on January 22nd, 2021. The family is displaced from Idlib, and it seems that one of…
Summary
Published
22 January 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
60
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
9 January 2021
Incident Code
CS1955
Location
العزبة, Al Azbat, Deir Ezzor, Syria
A 7-year-old child was killed and his mother and brother were injured when an alleged US-led Coalition mortar shell hit the family's home in the town of Al Azbat, Deir Ezzor governorate, on January 9th, 2021. Local sources reported that the incident occured during a military training near the Coalition base near the Koniko oil…
Summary
Published
9 January 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
4 January 2021
Incident Code
YS096
Location
قربة أم البراميل, Umm Al Baramil, Raqqa, Syria
Two 13-year-old boys were reported killed in alleged SDF artillery strikes on Umm Al Baramil village, also known as Shikuru, east of Ain Issa, on January 4th, 2020, according to local sources. Other sources, however, stated the incident was a landmine or an unexploded ordnance explosion, which means that the strike itself could have taken…
Summary
Published
4 January 2021
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
3 January 2021
Incident Code
TS462
Location
عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians from the same family were reported injured in alleged Turkish shelling on Ain Issa on January 3rd, 2021 according to local sources. @eyeonhasaka said that the shelling targeted the southern neighborhood of Ain Issa and led to a displacement movement of the area's residents towards the city. @Rojava_Media said that a mother and…
Summary
Published
3 January 2021
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
30 December 2020
Incident Code
CS1954
Location
الطريق الواصل بين سلقين و بلدة اسقاط, The road between Salqin and Isqat, Idlib, Syria
Two local sources reported that a civilian was wounded in an alleged US-led Coalition drone strike on a vehicle on the road between the city of Salqin and the town of Isqat in Idlib countryside on December 30th. Two other sources stated that there had been no reports of casualties. The Syrian Civil Defence reported:…
Summary
Published
30 December 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
17 December 2020
Incident Code
TS461
Location
الجهبل, Al Jahbal, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported that two civilian males were killed in alleged Turkish artillery strikes on the village of Al Jahbal in eastern Ain Issa, Raqqa governorate, on December 17th, 2020. According to Rudaw, "pro-Turkey militants carried out fresh attacks on Friday against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Ain Issa, with several civilian casualties…
Summary
Published
17 December 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 December 2020
Incident Code
USYEMTr233
Location
البطحة, Al Batha, Ma'rib, Yemen
At least one person, believed to be affiliated with Al Qaeda, was reported killed in an alleged US drone strike on a motorcycle in the Al Batha area, Marib governorate, on December 14th, 2020, according to local sources. Al Arabiya reported that according to a source within the local authority in Marib, "an unmanned drone,…
Summary
Published
14 December 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
7 December 2020
Incident Code
TI052
Location
رشاوه, Vicinity of Reshava, Duhok, Iraq
Three civilians were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the town of Deraluk, Dohuk governorate, on December 7th, 2020, according to local sources. The bodies of the three men were found on December 12th. On December 12th, Roj News reported: "On December 7th, three civilians from the Derelok district of Amed were bombed by Turkish…
Summary
Published
7 December 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 December 2020
Incident Code
LC423
Location
ترهونة, Tarhuna, Marqab, Libya
One civilian died and another was injured in an explosion of a shell from previous shelling on Tarhuna. 60:60 posted: "The death of the young man, Miftah Abu Aisha Al-Azraq, and the injury of another person, as a result of a shell exploding in their farm in the city of Tarhouna while they were doing…
Summary
Published
4 December 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
28 November 2020
Incident Code
TS460
Location
عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria
Two civilians were reported killed and up to four others including a woman and her two children were injured as a result of alleged Turkish shelling or airstrikes on Ain Issa in Raqqa, Syria on November 28th, 2020. The injured civilians were moved to hospital in Raqqa for treatment. Enab Baladi said that " the…
Summary
Published
28 November 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
23 November 2020
Incident Code
TS459
Location
عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria
Eight civilians were injured as a result of alleged Turkish mortar shelling on Ain Issa countryside in Raqqa on November 23rd, 2020. According to Ronahi, populated areas in the villages of Saida, Maalak, Ain Issa camp, and the vicinity of the district center in Ain Issa were targeted with hundreds of mortar shells and heavy…
Summary
Published
23 November 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
8
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