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جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

The US military carried out an airstrike in Jilib, Middle Juba region, according to a press release issued the following day by US Africa Command. AFRICOM asserted that one terrorist was killed in the strike, and that it currently assessed that no civilians were harmed in the action. For the first time and in the…

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Military actors reported killed

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7–8 April, 2019

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كفرزيتا, Kafr Zeita, Hama, Syria

Local sources reported that an elderly man was killed when multiple Russian airstrikes allegedly struck several neighbourhoods in the city of Kafr Zeita. Local news outlet Baladi News reported that the Russian Airforce conducted eight airstrikes with high-explosive rockets on residential neighbourhoods in the town. According to Step News, the Russian planes launched a total…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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وادي الهيرة, Wadi al Hira, Al Jafarah, Libya

A family was reported killed in a GNA airstrike on Wadi Al Hira near Aziziyah. DMC news said: "The head of the General Command Information Office of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa al-Obeidi, said that a warplane took off from Misurata airfield bombed a house and killed a family in the Aziziyah region, 45 km…

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Civilians reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Government of National Accord

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Ugunji, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

A ground operation struck a minibus carrying civilians, killing one woman and injuring up to six others, local media reported. While one source claimed that the attack was conducted by drone, others said it was a ground operation, involving Somali and possibly also US troops. AFRICOM later denied responsibility for civilian harm on the grounds…

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

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

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مديرية الصومعة, Al Suma'a, Al Bayda, Yemen

Three alleged AQAP militants, including at least one leadership figure, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Bayda governorate on March 30th 2019. Though most suggested that the strike took place in Sama'a district, two sources, including Xinhua, instead located the strike in the Anah or Tayeb area of Dhi Naseem district. Sources,…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 29th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all six declared US military strikes in March 2019 strikes had targeted AQAP in Bayda. There were no…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 29th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all six declared US military strikes in March 2019 strikes had targeted AQAP in Bayda. There were no…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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حدود البيضاء وشبوة, Border of Al Bayda and Shabwa, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 28th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America - one of six declared strikes that month. One local source, Huna Al-Bayda, reported that "three senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in an [US] airstrike by a drone on the border between al-Bayda…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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27–28 March, 2019

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الشيخ نجار وقرب مطار حلب الدولي, Al sheikh Najar and near Aleppo airport, Aleppo, Syria

Between seven and 10 belligerents, specifically member of the Iranian forces and their loyal militias, were killed and others were wounded in alleged Israeli strikes on Al sheikh Najar and near Aleppo airport around midnight between March 27/28, 2019. Euphrates Post reported "Israeli planes targeted midnight on Wednesday with violent raids in the vicinity of…

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Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Israeli Military

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البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 26th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all March 2019 strikes targeted AQAP. There were no other known local reports of a strike on that day according to our Arabic-language researchers,…

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A confirmed US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 25th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. According to a later CENTCOM press release, all US strikes in March 2019 targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate. Multiple sources reported at the time that a drone,…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A confirmed US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 25th 2019, one of two on that day, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. According to a later CENTCOM press release, all US strikes in March 2019 targeted AQAP in Bayda governorate. Multiple sources reported at the time that a drone,…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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معسكر الحازمية السلفي, Salafiya Al Hazmiya Camp, Al Bayda, Yemen

A number of US drone strikes reportedly targeted pro-government fighters in Hazmiya district in Bayda governorate, on March 25th 2019, killing at least five and injuring eight others. A few sources instead indicated that a UAE drone had conducted the strikes, and one suggested that a Houthi ballistic missile was responsible for reported casualties. Though…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia

A reported precision airstrike by an unidentified aircraft at Buaale, Middle Juba was said to have killed up to 50 fighters with local Al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab - along with a named senior leader. The event was first reported by Kenyan media - though reports did not identify which nation had conducted the alleged…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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كفريا والفوعة, Kafriya and Al Fou’a, Idlib, Syria

In a major civilian casualty incident on March 22, 2019, which several sources referred to as a "massacre", up to 28 civilians died and as many as 30 more were wounded in multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on the towns of Kafriya and Al Fou’a in Idlib. According to Baladi, Russia launched "more than 15 successive…

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Religious (Mosque), Residential, Commerce (Market), Agriculture

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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مارب, Ma'rib, Yemen

A single local-language Twitter source, @wn4YYsr1zvokcHx, asserted that a US drone strike had killed seven AQAP militants travelling to Shabwa, on March 22nd 2019. No other known sources reported the strike, and there was no known indication of civilian harm. In a later press release and in comments to New America, US Central Command stated…

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Airstrike (Drone Strike)

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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بلدات متعددة في ريف إدلب, Several towns in Idlib countryside, Idlib, Syria

Local media reported that Russian warplanes carried out strikes on a number of towns and villages in Idlib on March 20th and 21st, resulting in the death of up to five civilians. According to the Step News Agency, "Russia launched several air raids on the towns of Sheikh Mustafa and Basida and the outskirts of…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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20–21 March, 2019

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الفقيع, Al-Faqee, Idlib, Syria

The children Mariam, Fatima, Abdullah and Islam al Mer'e, IDP's from Al Traimsa village in Hama, were killed alongside their father Ismail while their mother was injured, along with five others in what was believed to be a Russian airstrike on a house in al-Faqee in Idlib, according to local media. The airstrike was reportedly…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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20–21 March, 2019

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قرية بسيدا, Bsida village, Idlib, Syria

Local sources reported that six Russian aircrafts carried out airstrikes on a number of villages in rural Idlib including Bsida village. One woman was reported injured in this particular village, while an airstrike on Al Faqee caused a number of fatalities and wounded civilians that Airwars documented in assessment R3397.

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Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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قاعدة طرابلس وبنغازي ومصراتة وسرت والوطية الجوية, Tripoli, Benghazi, Misurata, Sirte and Al Watyah airbase, Surt, Libya

Between 48 and 64 civilians were killed during the first day of NATO airstrikes in Libya, according to Gaddafi regime media. However, these numbers are heavily contested by non-partisan sources. Doualia wrote at the time: "Air strikes on several Libyan cities killed 48 people and wounded 150 in 'civilian areas,' a statement on Libyan state…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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18–19 March, 2019

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الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

As the SDF sought to take control of Al-Baghouz, the last ISIS territorial stronghold in Syria, local sources reported on what was referred to as a significant "massacre" in which between 160 and 300 civilians including 45 children were alleged killed by Coalition airstrikes according to local sources. However, Central Command has only admitted to killing…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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Laantabuur or Abdow Dibile, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

Up to four civilians were killed in a US strike in the Lower Shabelle region, international media and investigating NGOs reported from the ground, though US Africa Command claimed that the strike had only killed three "terrorists." It later again officially denied causing any civilian casualties. Initially, allegations of civilian harm came from a Reuters…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

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15–16 March, 2019

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Jilib Marka, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

A Mareeg Media report from March 16th 2019 asserted that US-backed Somali forces had carried out an "air and ground operation" near Marka Town in Jilib Marka, 91km southwest of Mogadishu. Citing anonymous Somali military officials, Mareeg said that "at least" 22 "militants" were killed in the operation, including 'senior al Shabaab commanders' Abu Yasin…

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Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Military actors reported killed

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons, Unknown

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Malayle, between Bar Sanguni and Jamame, Lower Juba, Somalia

US Africa Command stated in a press release issued the following day that it carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Malayle, Lower Juba region on March 13th 2019. AFRICOM stated unusually that it had carried out "a collective self-defense airstrike," explaining that "Somali National Security Forces (SNSF) were conducting a presence patrol in…

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

Military actors reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

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الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Local sources reported that an alleged Coalition airstrike struck Al-Baghouz camp on the night of March 13th. Sources reported varying numbers of civilian deaths. Several sources reported that up to 100 civilians were killed in the airstrike. One source, Christian Turner, tweeted that 20 civilians were killed. All sources reported that most of the victims…

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Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

U.S.-led Coalition

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Khan Subul, Idlib, Syria

Local media reported that an unspecified number of civilians was wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Khan Subul, Idlib governorate, on March 13th, 2019. Edlib Media Center reported that "civilians were wounded by Russian airstrikes with high-explosive missiles on the town of Khan Al Sabul east of Idlib." Step Agency wrote that "Russian Air Force…

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Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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تل مرديخ, Tal Mardikh, Idlib, Syria

Local media reported that an unspecified number of civilians was wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Tal Mardikh, Idlib governorate, on March 13th, 2019. Horrya wrote: "According to a reporter, Russian warplanes launched heavy air raids, on Tuesday night [March 12th], with rockets and vacuum and concussion missiles on the city of Sarakib and…

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Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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سجن ادلب المركزي, Idlib Central Prison, Idlib, Syria

Local sources reported that two Russian planes launched eight raids on the city of Idlib, including residential areas. Baladi News reported that six airstrikes struck the central prison west of the city of Idlib causing the destructing of one of the buildings. Multiple civilians including prisoners and prison staff were reported killed and wounded while…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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كفر عميم, Kafr A’mem, Idlib, Syria

Two civilians - both reportedly women - died and up to 20 more were wounded in an alleged Russia airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in Kafr A’mem, according to multiple local sources. Edlib Media Center reported: "Two women were killed and about 20 others were injured, mostly children, when the Russian occupation aircraft…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Russian Military

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الكسيح, Al-Kaseeh, Idlib, Syria

In a major civilian casualty incident, up to 17 civilians including as many as eight children and four women across multiple families died in alleged Russia airstrike on residential areas in Al Kaseeh area in Idlib, local media reported. Up to another 50 civilians including many women and children were also injured. Sources said that…

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Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Russian Military

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