Civilian Casualties

0 – 1

Known belligerent

US Forces

11–13

Between Bacaw and Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In its first declared action in Somalia of 2020, AFRICOM announced on the same day that “in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists who engaged Somali National Army partner forces on patrol near Bacaw.” AFRICOM added that “At this time, it is assessed this precision

Summary

الجراف/حدة, Al Jarf/Hadda, Sana'a, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Qods Force commander in Sana’a, overnight from January 2nd-3rd 2020. While initial reports suggested that Shahlai had been killed in the strike, official sources later indicated that he had survived. There was some indication that another Iranian soldier was killed, however.

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Drone Strike

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

شارع الكنيسة, Al Kanisa Street, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

In the first incident of 2020, three civilians were reported killed and five others injured after an alleged LNA or UAE airstrike on a blacksmith store in Al Kanisa street in Al Swani, Tripoli, Libya on January 1st, 2020, according to local sources. A child was also wounded after the missile hit her house near

Summary

(3 men)

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

Suspected target

LNA

قصر أبو هادي, Qasr Abu Hadi, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Conflicting reports emerged of alleged airstrikes by an unknown belligerent on the night of December 31st, 2019 and January 1st, 2020 on Abu Hadi area near the city of Sirte. A Central Gate reporter quoted local sources, who said that three people had died and two people were wounded in airstrikes on the Abu Hadi

Summary

قرية الشيخ أحمد, Sheikh Ahmed village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On December 30th, between four and five civilians, including up to two women and two children, were wounded by Russian or regime air strikes, with ten vacuum missiles and two cluster bombs, launched upon the village of Sheikh Ahmed in the southern countryside of Aleppo. Local sources initially reported four wounded civilians and Civil Defense

Summary

4–5

Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In retaliatory strikes against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total. This entry relates to one of two strikes in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow in Lower Shabelle. According to

Summary

Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia

LOCATION

In retaliatory actions against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total.This entry relates to one of two strikes in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow in Lower Shabelle. Al Shabaab itself

Summary

0 – 2

(1 man)

بلدات متعددة, Several towns, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Russian warplanes launched substantial attacks upon various villages outside of Idlib on December 28th causing numerous civilian casualties. Shaam News, reporting on December 29th, stated that civilian casualties resulted from Russian airstrikes upon many villages, including Mhambel and Sarja. No names, ages, or other pertinent information was released. The air raids were part of a

Summary

2–5

Vicinity of Caliyoow Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In apparent retaliatory strikes against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total. This entry relates to one strike in the vicinity of Caliyoow Barrow in Lower Shabelle. it later emerged

Summary

صيدلية أوكسجين, Oxygen Pharmacy O2, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and eight injured after LNA and/or UAE aircraft hit a pharmacy, a car and other civilian targets in Zawiya. The target of the LNA strikes was initially assumed to be the headquarters of the GNA’s Al Farouq battalion. However reports soon made clear that multiple nearby civilian objects had

Summary

(1 man)

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

Suspected target

GNA

2 named, 1 familiy identified

كفروما, Kafrouma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one person died in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Kafrouma in Idlib on December 24, 2019, according to local media. Local sources were conflicted as to whether the victims were civilians or militants. Sources reported that the Russian strikes targeted members of the Ahrar al-Sham movement. According to the Step News

Summary

0 – 1

Belligerents reported injured

2–3

منطقة بـئر الأسطى ميـلاد, Vicinity of Bi’r Al Austa Milad road, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

On Tuesday, December 24, 2019, drone or artillery strikes, reportedly conducted by the Libyan National Army or the United Arab Emirates in the vicinity of Bi’r Al Austa Milad road, Tajoura, Libya, killed up to four civilians including two women and injured 12 other non-combatants according to local reports. A vegetable market and civilian cars

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Market

(0–1 children2 women0–1 men)

3 – 4

Impact

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

15 named, 2 families identified

جوباس, Joubas, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between eight and 12 civilians including five children and two women were reported killed and seven others injured in Joubas, Idlib in Syria on December 24th, 2019 when Russian warplanes attacked a school building that is used as a shelter for displaced people in the village. A Syrian Civil Defence statement said that “Russian warplanes

Summary

(5–6 children2–3 women1 man)

8 – 10

10 named, 2 families identified

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An elderly woman was reported injured along with at least one other civilian after an alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrike on Saraqeb in Idlib, Syria on December 24th 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported: “”An elderly woman was wounded in a bombing by the Syrian regime on

Summary

1–2

خان السبيل, Khan Al Sabil, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three civilians were injured after alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on vehicles of displaced civilians on the international highway near the town of Khan al Sabil, Idlib governorate, on December 22nd, 2019, as reported by local sources. Local tweets included video of the bombing raid that injured the three civilians and

Summary

1–3

عدة بلدات, Many towns, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

According to Shaam network, “Russian and Asadi warplanes launched violent airstrikes, accompanied with intense artillery and missile shelling targeting the cities and towns of Maarat al-Numan, Saraqib, Kafrnbel, Talmans, Babila, Jarajnaz, al-Ghadfa, Khan al-Sabil, Ma`radbis, al-Kinda, al-Najiya, al-Dir al-Gharb ومع, Mar`dbasa, Tal Mordikh and al-Ma`shurain, which resulted in the fall of 4 martyrs”. No more

Summary

الطريق الزراعي الواصل بين الدانا و ترمانين, The agricultural road between Al Dana and Termanin, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed on the agricultural road linking Termanin to Dana in Idlib, Syria on December 22nd, 2019 when Russian or Syrian regime warplanes attacked the area, according to Shaam Network. No other sources were found on this incident.

Summary

معصران, Masran, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources confirmed the death of five siblings in the village of Maasran on December 22nd. Four individuals were wounded with one eventually dying to raise the total of civilian deaths to six. The names of victims were released and confirmed by Civil Defense Service in Idlib. The dead were identified as Muhammad Abdullah Al-Agha,

Summary

5 – 6

6 named, 1 familiy identified

تلمنس, Tal Menes, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, initially reported as three, were killed and others were wounded in the town of Tal Menes after warplanes fired missiles into the town on the 21st of December. A series of news outlets as well as the Idlib Civil Defense confirmed the deaths. Orient Net, Al-Muharrer Network, and Stab News with their reporter

Summary

3 – 4

معرة النعمان , International road to Ma'arat Al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and seven civilians were killed as the result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on a convoy with displaced people on the international road to Ma’arat Al Numan on December 22nd, 2019, according to local sources. On December 28th, a local source reported that one of the victims died of his injuries

Summary

4 – 8

(2 children4 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

تل منس, Tal Menes, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In one of two incidents in Tal Menes on December 21-22, 2019, civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the village the morning of December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. Both @ShahbaPress and a Facebook post by Mustafa.alshekh78 identified civilians injured in the strikes but did not provide a number. A

Summary

بداما , Badama, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was killed and his father, mother, and brother were injured as the result of an alleged Russian or regime drone strikes on the town of Badama, Idlib governorate, on December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. In total, up to five injuries were reported by local sources. A Syrian Civil Defence source told

Summary

1–5

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الدير شرقي, Deir al Sharqi, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two men and one woman were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Deir al Sharqi, Idlib governorate, on December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. An unknown number of civilians was wounded. The Syrian Civil Defence reported that “a man, an elderly man and a woman” were

Summary

3 – 4

(1 woman2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

سراقب , Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Seven or eight civilians, including four children and between one and three women, were reportedly killed and more than twenty civilians, including women and children, were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on a popular market in the city of Saraqib on December 21st, 2019, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for

Summary

(4 children1–3 women2–5 men)

7 – 8

20–25

28 named

المنطقة الواقعة بين سات زينب وعقربا, Area between Sat Zaynab and Aqraba, Rif Dimashq, Syria

LOCATION

At least three people were killed in alleged Israeli strikes between Sayyida Zainab and Aqraba on December 21-22, 2019. Sources are conflicted as to whether those killed were militants or civilians. Local sources reported that Israeli missiles – either launched from a ship in the Mediterranean or via an airstrike – landed on the Sayyeda Zainab

Summary

Airstrike, Naval bombardment

0 – 3

Israeli Military

Suspected target

Iranian military

0–3

صيدا, Saida, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were reported injured in an alleged Turkish forces drone or artillery attack on Saida village in Ain Issa, Raqqa on December 20th, 2019 according to local sources. The three civilians are said to be in serious conditions.

Summary

Airstrike, Airstrike and/or Artillery, Drone Strike

Turkish Military

كوسنيا, Kosniya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two or three civilians, including a woman, were reportedly injured in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Kosniya in Aleppo governorate on December 20th, 2019, according to local sources. Whereas SMART News Agency reported three wounded, including a woman, the Syrian Civil Defence reported that two civilians were injured. SMART reported that

Summary

2–3

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including two children, were killed in an alleged Russian drone strike on the Jisr Al Shughur – Lattakia road near the city of Jisr Al Shughour, on December 20th, 2019, according to local sources. Local activists reported to SMART News Agency that “Russian drones had targeted a gathering of civilians on

Summary

4 – 8

(2 children2 men)