Civilian Casualties

(1 child)

1 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة, near Raqqah, Syria, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Raqqa, Syria” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “102. June 8, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was

Summary

Unknown

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

LOCATION

On October 13th 2023, an alleged Israeli strike on the Dawas family’s house in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip killed four civilians belonging to the Dawas family, including a woman and two children. The deceased family members were remembered in numerous social media tributes. A 37-year old Mounir Harb Rizq Dawas was killed together with his

Summary

(2 children1 woman1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A woman and her teenage son died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Naha, according to local sources. The victims were named by Halab News – who blamed Russia – as Anas Ahmad Khatib and Fatima Khatib. Two additional sources, Allairamon Today and Anas Naif, also named them and said that Russia was responsible

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

Russian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian family of five was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Kasrat Sheikh Juma’a village in Raqqa. Habib al Mustapha al-Abdullah, his wife and their three daughters were the victims of the strikes, according to a number of local sources. The family’s son Zakaria Habib al Abed Lillah also reported the deaths via Facebook,

Summary

(3 children1 woman1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

المغراقة, Al Mughraqa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Three people were reported to have been killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abdel Salam residence in the Al Mughraqa area of the central Gaza Strip on October 18th, 2023. While several sources reporting that the home of the Abdel Salem family had been struck, identification details have not been publicly released, and

Summary

Residential

كقر بطنا, Kafr Batnah, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 16 non-combatants including 3 to 6 children were reported killed, and dozens injured, in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Kafr Batnah according to reports by the Shaam News Network and others. SNN said Russian warplanes launched rockets on the main square in the town. It added that the planes returned

Summary

(3–6 children2 women9 men)

14 – 16

14 named, 1 familiy identified

جباليا, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday, October 18th 2023, 24 civilians were reported injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu Amira family next to a pump on al-Alami street, Jabalia Camp, Gaza strip. Safa news reported that the home was bombed “on the heads of its residents” and that there were “a number of

Summary

Unknown

معرتماتر, Ma’ar Tamater, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child named as Ahmad Ali al-Yousef was reported killed following an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on Ma’artamater. The Violations Documentation Center and Syrian Observatory blamed Russia. The pro-regime Shaam Times – citing “military sources” – confirmed that unspecified aircraft had supported ground operations at Ma’artamater. And the Damascus Centre for Human Rights

Summary

(1 child)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

الموصل: غرب, Mosul, West (Shifa and Zanjili), Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Colonel Talal Najm al-Hamdani, from the Directorate of Civil Defense of Nineveh, said that about 200 bodies had been recovered over a 48 hour period in different parts of West Mosul. In an interview with Al Araby al Jadeeda, Colonerl al-Hamdani estimated that as many as 4,000 bodies remained under the rubble of West Mosul

Summary

200

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

شرق مستشفى الأمل, East of Al Amal Hospital, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday morning, December 28th 2023, between 10 and 20 civilians, including at least three children, were killed, and at least 12 others, including at least five children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike/and or artillery strikes on a residential area near the al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. At

Summary

Residential

(3–5 children1 woman2 men)

10 – 20

Impact

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 13 and 33 civilians, including three women and nine children, were killed and between 30 and 60 injured in airstrikes on Daesh-occupied Mabij, according to multiple sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The IS news agency Al A’maq reported that

Summary

13 – 33

(9 children3 women5 men)

30–60

11 named, 2 families identified

الساعة, Mosul, Al Saaha, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A local Facebook page reported that Professor Ghanem Ismail Ahmed (Abu Nashwan) was killed by unspecified bombing in a house in which he had taken refuge, in Saaha neighbourhood in Old Mosul. He was a former head of the al-Thawra school, and of the Imam al-Satt Nafisa Mosque. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown

1 named

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 03:00 on Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, a rocket or missile allegedly fired by Israeli military hit a residential apartment in the Al Saad building in the town of Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip, killing a family of six people – including a woman and four children – and injuring a number of civilians. Safa

Summary

Residential

(4 children1 woman1 man)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

الأنصاري, Al Ansari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A vacuum missile, allegedly fired by Russian warplanes killed eleven non-combatants and injured about 20 in the Ansari neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to reports. Several homes have destroyed. Four of those killed were brothers and sisters from one family, who died alongside their father. The raid was one of several in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, including an

Summary

(5 children)

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At 12pm on Sunday, October 22nd 2023, between 22 and 31 civilians, including at least 11 children and eight women, were killed and others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the homes of the Abu Muailiq family in Deir Al-Balah, which is located in the middle of the Gaza Strip. Amnesty International reported

Summary

(11–12 children8 women3 men)

22 – 31

24 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (other)

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

According to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least one civilian was killed and 10 injured, in dozens of alleged airstrikes by Russian warplanes. The Observatory said it expected the death toll to rise, as some people were left in a critical condition. A victim was later named by the VDC. The Syrian Network

Summary

(1 man)

كسرة عفنان, Kasrat Afnan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, including a man and a woman, were reportedly killed by mortar fire in the village of Kasrat Afnan, south of Raqqa, however it was not clear who was responsible. Jisr TV, Shahba Press and the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that ISIL were responsible for the deaths whereas Al Hasaka Arabea stated

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

US-led Coalition, ISIS, Syrian Democratic Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

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

Belligerents reported killed

20–30

دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike in Deir ez-Zor, according to local sources. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that three civilians died when “Russian planes targeted al Sina’a, Huwaija Sakr and the area around the military airport with more than 15 raids since the morning after an attack was carried out

Summary

(3 men)

3 named

جامع الصفا, near the Al-Safa Mosque, Al Dar'ia, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Sources reported that up to 18 civilians, including several women and children, were killed in alleged Coalition air and artillery strikes on the Al Dar’yra neighbourhood of Raqqa, near the Al Safa Mosque. All 18 sources reporting the incident alleged that the Coalition was responsible. A number of the dead were buried under the rubble

Summary

8 – 14

(3 children1 woman1 man)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

الصبحة, Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A male civilian, co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, was shot and killed by alleged Coalition forces and/or Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in on October 27, 2021. According to a tweet from @Sada_AlSharqieh, a media organization covering Eastern Syria, Samer Al-Abdullah, the co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, in charge of running the

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

LOCATION

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

Multiple sources reported that up to 16 people died in airstrikes in Aleppo city. While some blamed Russia, others said the regime or armed rebel groups were responsible. LCCSY said one man was killed and five injured after Russian planes targeted the neighborhood with two dawn raids. Q0wyy also blamed Russia and reported that “Russian

Summary

8 – 16

(7 children1 woman)

5–12

8 named, 2 families identified

قريب من مسجد الديراوي, Vicinity of Al Derawi Mosque, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 21, 2023, a 49 year-old man named Basil Hassan Kamel Abu Shamala, also known as Abu Hassan, was killed by an alleged Israeli bombing near Al Derawi Mosque in Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip. That day, his daughter, Bushra, confirmed his death on Facebook. Many of Abu Shamala’s relatives mourned his death in

Summary

Religious

(1 man)

1 named

Nearby landmark

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including two children were killed in airstrikes on the Fardous neighbourhood, Aleppo, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime or Russian warplanes were responsible for the attacks. The Shaam News Network reported that three non-combatants were killed in Russian airstrikes. But the White Helmets suggested that the Assad regime may have

Summary

(2 children)

1 named

شارع 23 شباط, Sanabel Bakery at Feb 23 Street, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, “a child was killed and his mother was wounded by an artillery bombardment by the Syrian Democratic Forces on the city of Raqqa, northeast of Syria. City. Sources reported that the artillery bombardment occurred on the 23rd of February Street in the center of the city near the Sanabel

Summary

(1 child)

مدرسة الفاخورة، مخيم جباليا, Al Fakhoura School, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the morning of Saturday, November 4th 2023, between 12 and 15 people, including at least six children, were killed and between 54 and 70, including at least four children and one woman, were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the UNRWA-administered Al Fakhoura School in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza. Sources

Summary

12 – 15

(6 children)

54–70

Impact

البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians including two women and one child were reported killed in an airstrike on Al Buliyal. While most sources blamed Russia, the Damascus Centre said that both regime attacks and Russian aircraft were responsible. VDC later named five victims. An additional male civilian fatality, the husband of Amira Muheisen al-Elkeh, has been died. Moreover,

Summary

(1 child2 women4 men)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

7 named, 1 familiy identified

أبوحمام, Abu Hamam, school and residential buildings, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that three civilians died in an alleged Coaltion airstrike which hit al Amin School in Abu Haman. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, the death toll included three women. All sources pointed towards the Coalition. RFS said that “a warplane that likely belonging to the International Alliance targeted a school

Summary

3 – 6

(2 women)