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Incident Date
8 August 2020
Incident Code
USSOM313
Location
Haway, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A senior Al Shabaab operative was allegedly killed by a possible US drone strike in Haway. Mareeg reported: "A suspected US drone has carried out two airstrikes targeting high-ranking al Shabaab operatives in southern regions of Somalia. The first strike has targeted a senior Al Shabaab commander, whose name has been released as Daahir Mo’alin…
Summary
Published
8 August 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
8 August 2020
Incident Code
USSOM314
Location
Sablale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A high-ranking Al Shabaab operative was allegedly killed by a possible US drone strike in Sablale. Mareeg reported: "A suspected US drone has carried out two airstrikes targeting high-ranking al Shabaab operatives in southern regions of Somalia. [...] The 2nd strike also killed a high-ranking al Shabaab operative identified as Ahmed Nour near Sablale town…
Summary
Published
8 August 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
6 August 2020
Incident Code
TS445
Location
قامشلي, Electrical cables manufacturing facility, Qamishli, Al Hassakah, Syria
One civilian was allegedly injured by a Turkish drone strike on Qamishli. ANHA reported: "On Thursday evening, an explosion was heard at about 18:30 in the Swiss Canal neighborhood, east of Qamishlo, which was found to have been caused by a shell fired by a drone belonging to the Turkish occupation at a civilian electrical…
Summary
Published
6 August 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
4 August 2020
Incident Code
TS444
Location
Efdikê, Raqqa, Syria
One civilian was allegedly injured by Turkish shelling on Afdko, west of Tal Abyad. ANHA wrote: "Our agency correspondent reported that, in the meantime, the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries are bombing the village of Afdko, located to the west of Tel Abyad. Our correspondent explained that the shelling hit civilians and their homes,…
Summary
Published
4 August 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 August 2020
Incident Code
TS443
Location
عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria
Local sources reported that three children were injured in alleged Turkish forces and/or Turkey-backed forces artillery strikes on Ain Issa on August 1st, 2020. One of them is in a critical condition. "The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored, this evening, artillery shelling carried out by the Turkish forces and the factions loyal to them,…
Summary
Published
1 August 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 August 2020
Incident Code
TI044
Location
Bakira, Duhok, Iraq
Two civilians were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on a civilian vehicle near Bakira, Dohuk governorate, on August 1st, 2020, according to local sources. Hawar News wrote that "The Turkish occupation army planes bombed a civilian car this evening in the Bakira community in the Amedi district of the Dohuk governorate in southern Kurdistan. According to…
Summary
Published
1 August 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
29 July 2020
Incident Code
TI043
Location
جبل شاكيو, Mount Shekif, Erbil, Iraq
Five civilians were injured in alleged Turkish artillery strikes on Mount Shekif, Lolan area in Erbil governorate, on July 29th, 2020, according to local sources. One woman was reportedly severely wounded. ANF English wrote that "on Wednesday, morning the Turkish army fired shells at a group of people who went to Mount Shekif to collect…
Summary
Published
29 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
27 July 2020
Incident Code
TS442a
Location
قرطوان, Qurtwiran, Aleppo, Syria
Five or six civilians from the same family including children were reported killed and more up to ten others injured in alleged Turkish forces or Turkey-backed forces mortars and artillery attack on the villages of Qurtwiran and Willanli in Manbej, Aleppo on July 27th, 2020, according to local sources. Some sources said that the six…
Summary
Published
27 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
6–10
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
26 July 2020
Incident Code
TI042
Location
the road between Barzanke and Ghilpish, Duhok, Iraq
Two men were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on two vehicles near Hasinpirka village, Duhok province, on July 26th, 2020. Sources are conflicted about whether the men were civilians or PKK militants. Kurdistan24 reported that "a Turkish airstrike in rural parts of the Kurdistan region’s Duhok province killed at least two civilians, a security source told Kurdistan…
Summary
Published
26 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
20 July 2020
Incident Code
TS442
Location
جرنك, Gerenke, Al Hassakah, Syria
Between two and three civilians were allegedly injured by Turkish shelling on Qamishli. Syriacpress wrote: "A Syriac Press correspondent in Zalin reported that Turkish forces targeted the city center with a missile in the morning. Our correspondent declared that the Turkish missile landed in Roj Garage, injuring two civilians who were transferred to a nearby…
Summary
Published
20 July 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2020
Incident Code
TS440
Location
1km من مركز مدينة الدرباسية, 1KM from Al Darbasiyah city centre, Al Hassakah, Syria
One civilian was allegedly by a Turkish drone strike on Ad Darbasiyah. ANHA wrote: "At about 10:00 a.m., a Turkish airliner was believed to have bombed one of the city's points, 1 km from the center of Ad-Derbasiyah district on Ad-Derbasiyah-al-Hasakah road. The shelling resulted in a civilian injury, from the people of Amouda, and…
Summary
Published
16 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
16 July 2020
Incident Code
TS441
Location
الدرباسية, Ad Darbasiyah, Al Hassakah, Syria
Between one and three civilians were allegedly injured by a Turkish drone or mortar strike on Ad Darbasiyah. Woofers tweeted: "Casualties reported (all injuries) are two Russian soldiers, a Syrian soldier, and a local civilian. It would seem that the local civilian casualty may not exist and may be the Syrian soldier who may have…
Summary
Published
16 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 July 2020
Incident Code
RS4528
Location
الباب, Al Bab, Idlib, Syria
One child has been killed and up to 12 injured, including as many as eight children and three women in multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Al-Bab, Idlib on July 15th 2020. Smart news initially reported: “A child was killed and eight others were injured Wednesday, by Russian warplanes shelling in the city…
Summary
Published
15 July 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 June 2020
Incident Code
CI881
Location
بين أبو زوير وحدود حي الحديثة, Between Abu Zuwair and the Al Haditha district border, Salah Al Din, Iraq
Up to four civilians were reported killed in Abu Zuwair, Baiji in Iraq on June 30th, 2020 when a US-led coalition drone bombed them after they carried wreckage of a US-led coalition drone that had crashed earlier on that day. Local reports said that the raid resulted in killing up to four shepherds and the…
Summary
Published
30 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
28 June 2020
Incident Code
YS095a
Location
مارع, Mare’a, Aleppo, Syria
A child was killed after an unexploded shell from earlier shelling by alleged Kurdish forces on the town of Mare'a exploded on June 28th, 2020. It is unclear when exactly the munition was fired. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that it had "documented the death of a child under the age of 18,…
Summary
Published
28 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
25 June 2020
Incident Code
TI041
Location
كونه ماسي, Kunamasi, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
§§Five or six civilians were allegedly injured by a Turkish airstrike on Kunamasi. Rebaz Majeed tweeted: "The Turkish drones hit a vehicle half an hour ago, belonging to PKK members, in Slemani Province’s Kuna Masi. They also hit a mini market belonging to a local family. 2 are dead and more than 5 are injured…
Summary
Published
25 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 June 2020
Incident Code
USYEMTr228
Location
وادي عبيدة, Wadi Obaida, Ma'rib, Yemen
A US drone strike reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants in the Wadi Obaida area of Marib city, in Marib governorate, on the evening of June 24th 2020, according to some sources. There were no known reports of civilian harm. One source, @ksa2030_n, claimed that a senior AQAP leader was killed in the strike. The Yemen…
Summary
Published
24 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 June 2020
Incident Code
ISSY013
Location
معمل تجفيف البصل, Onion Drying Factory, Hama, Syria
Up to three civilians were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on an onion factory, reportedly used by Iranian militias as a weapon and ammunitions depot, in Al Salamiya on June 24th, 2020, according to local sources. The Times of Israel identified the strike location as being "an onion-processing plant and a cattle feed factory converted…
Summary
Published
24 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
24 June 2020
Incident Code
ISSY012
Location
الصبوره, Al Saboura, Hama, Syria
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a civilian was killed and others injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Saboura village in Hama countryside on June 24th, 2020 after midnight. The Observatory said "A civilian was killed and three others were wounded, as a result of the Israeli bombing of the village of Saboura…
Summary
Published
24 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date
23 June 2020
Incident Code
TS439
Location
Helincê, Aleppo, Syria
Three women were killed in alleged Turkish drone strikes on a civilian residence in the Kurdish village of Helincê, Aleppo governorate, on June 23rd, 2020, according to local sources. Two civilians were wounded. Kurdistan24 reported that "a Turkish drone strike on Tuesday evening killed three civilian females at a residence in the village of Helincê,…
Summary
Published
23 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
19 June 2020
Incident Code
TI039
Location
Kokar, Duhok, Iraq
Three civilians were allegedly killed and two injured by a Turkish airstike on Nerwa Rekan. Mehr Baluch tweeted: "3 civilian got killed in Nerwa & Rekan area by Turkish jets bombardment, all three residents of Shiladize, they been targeted in Kokar near Avamark Resort." Hana Çômanî said: "Turkish war planes bombs Shiladze town in Dohuk…
Summary
Published
19 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 June 2020
Incident Code
TI038
Location
Bradost, Erbil, Iraq
One civilian was allegedly killed and others injured by a Turkish airstrike in the Bradost mountains. Kurdistan24 said: "A shepherd who grazed his animals in the Bradost region died in the bombardment of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) warplanes against PKK camps yesterday afternoon. Speaking to K24, Sidekan District Manager İhsan Çelebi, of Erbil, said…
Summary
Published
17 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
17 June 2020
Incident Code
TI038A
Location
كيلكا, Kilka , Duhok, Iraq
One civilian was reported killed as a result of alleged Turkish airstrikes on Kilka village in Kani Masi. According to Darkamazi, "Another citizen named Amin Salah Hasan in the Kani Masi area was exposed to the air strikes of the Turkish occupation, and his body was found today by the people of the region on…
Summary
Published
17 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
14 June 2020
Incident Code
TI037
Location
Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq
Several civilians were allegedly injured by a Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar. ANF reported: "In Shengal, areas where civilian settlements and Serdeşt hospital are located, were bombed. According to the first information, there are some injured civilians. In addition, the people suffered material damages as a result of the bombing carried out by the Turkish state."…
Summary
Published
14 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
12 June 2020
Incident Code
IRS005
Location
الفوعه, Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria
Five children were reportedly injured in alleged Iranian airstrikes on the town of Al Fou’a, Idlib governorate, on June 12th, 2020, according to conflicting reports. @FdzPWRe6ruAGFPd tweeted that "five children were injured due to an unknown explosion in the town of Al Fou'a in the northern countryside of Idlib. Conflicting reports stated that it was…
Summary
Published
12 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
Iranian Military
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Incident Date
10 June 2020
Incident Code
LC419
Location
الساعدية, Al Sa'adeh, Tarabulus, Libya
Libya Al Ahrar reported that "the remains of a citizen were found in a civilian car, likely hit by a missile attack in the Al Sa'adeh area by the Haftar militia at the beginning of its aggression on the capital." Also Burkan Al Ghadab Operation page posted the news saying that "Al-Jafara Security Directorate members…
Summary
Published
10 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
Libyan National Army
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Incident Date
10 June 2020
Incident Code
LC420
Location
وادي جارف, Wadi Jarif, Surt, Libya
A woman was killed after a mortar fell on her house in Jarif in Sirte on June 10th, 2020. She was identified by local sources as Dr. Malak Saleh Al Wafi. "Dr. Malak Saleh Al-Wafi dies after a shell landed in their house in Jarif," said Libyan woman doctors. No further information is currently available.
Summary
Published
10 June 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
9 June 2020
Incident Code
RS4518
Location
بليون, Balyon, Idlib, Syria
On June 9, 2020, alleged Russian air strikes on Baylon resulted in the deaths of two civilians, including a woman, with multiple sources stating that between four and eight civilians were injured, including several children between the ages of 4-14. Abdullah Ahmad al-Dani was reportedly killed by a strike on his home on June 9,…
Summary
Published
9 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 June 2020
Incident Code
LC418
Location
وادي جارف, Wadi Jarif, Surt, Libya
Renewed shelling on Wadi Jarif west of Sirte on June 9th, 2020 led to deaths, injuries and displacement among civilians. Tk Yahrouq Kl shy posted "Intensive and random shelling on Wadi Jarif in Serte amid reports of deaths, injuries, destruction, and mass displacement of families." Another post encouraged people to head to Ibn Sina hospital…
Summary
Published
9 June 2020
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
6 June 2020
Incident Code
LC414
Location
جنوب سرت, South of Sirte, Surt, Libya
Ten civilians, including two children, were allegedly killed by GNA or Turkish drone strike 50km south of Sirte. Libyan Crimes Watch reported: "Today, Saturday, June 6, at 2am GNA forces bombed civilian cars 50 km south of Sirte, which were receiving displaced families from Tarhuna, and the shelling killed ten (10) civilians, including two children,…
Summary
Published
6 June 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Government of National Accord
,
GNA/Turkish Military
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