Civilian Casualties

Syrian Regime

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male was killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa city, according to a local report. He was named as Ahmed Ali and a picture was provided. No further details are presently known.

Summary

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

One young adult male civilian died in an airstrike on Palmyra according to local sources, though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Qasioun reported: Palmyra City was the target this morning of intensive raids by Russian aviation, amounting to about 35 strikes, in which aircraft

Summary

(1 man)

1 named

Ceel-Lahelay area, Bakool, Somalia

LOCATION

Seven al-Shabaab militants were killed and others were injured by an airstrike perpetrated by the Somali National Army along with international partners on 4 June, 2024, in Bakool. The strike was announced by the Somali Ministry of Defense as a “successful mission […] aimed at safeguarding civilians”. According to Facebook user “Taliska Guutada 9aad Ee

Summary

International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

Belligerents reported injured

البياطرة, Ar Raqqah: Bayatra neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians died and were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa’s Al Bayatra neighbourhood, local media reported. According to Almanar, “a number of civilian casualties were caused by a new massacre carried out by US aircraft during the targeting of Al-Bayatra neighbourhood”. All other sources also pointed to the Coalition.

Summary

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

A child was killed and ‘dozens of civilians’ were injured “as a result of five Russian air strikes [each strike firing more than one missile] targeting residential neighborhoods in the city of Douma” according to the White Helmets. Intense artillery shelling was also reported on Douma. VDC named the child as Judi Bashar al Zhairi, and

Summary

(1 child)

12–24

منزل عائلة موسى في الحي السعودي برفح, Musa family’s home in Al Saudi neighborhood in Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Tuesday, the 24th of October 2023, at least nine civilians, including three women and three children, were killed and others injured during an alleged Israeli bombardment on the Musa family home in the Saudi neighbourhood of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. It was reported that all of those in the house

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

9 – 10

(3 children3 women3 men)

Israeli Military

9 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

شارع الساقية, Al Sakiya street, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Sakiya Street to the north of Raqqa. The Revolutionary Forces of Syria Media Office reported that the pair were brothers, but none of the sources was able to identify the victims. All sources alleged that the Coalition was responsible.

Summary

القريتين, Al Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

At least 24 civilians were reported killed and a dozen injured in alleged evening Russian airstrikes on a centre for the distribution of bread in the town of Qaryatain in Homs province. According to Shaam News Network, 16 people died when Russian planes carried out two raids. Activists stressed that the raids targeted a bakery

Summary

23 – 30

(3 children2 women1 man)

30 named, 1 familiy identified

معرة النعمان, Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians were reportedly killed in an airstrike with three rockets on civilian homes in the outskirts of Ma’aret al-Nu’man south of Idlib. Smart News blamed the Syrian regime and added that 13 others were wounded in addition to causing destruction to homes and property. Some sources said the airstrikes resulted in the breaking

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

3 – 5

(3 men)

2–13

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Suspected target

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

City

البوكمال, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that 71 civilians including nine or more children killed – and more than 100 people injured – when alleged Russian warplanes launched two airstrikes on the market in Al Bukamal. It added that more than 20 shops were destroyed and that a mosque, park and school were damaged

Summary

(9–11 children1–4 women9 men)

48 – 71

100

Russian Military

62 named, 6 families identified

محطة العنداني للمحروقات ومدرسة صلاح الدين, Al-Andani Fuel Station and Salah al-Din School, Idlib City, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 6 PM on Friday, November 29, 2024, alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on the residential neighborhoods, Al-Andani fuel station, and Salah al-Din school in Idlib city resulted in the deaths of four civilians and the injury of 25 others, including eight children and six women. Rescue workers from the Syrian Civil Defense

Summary

Education, Gas Facility, Residential, Resources, Secondary School, Truck, Vehicle

Impact

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Center reported one male child has a following an alleged strike by Russian warplanes. Local reporters and activists also reported that Russia had attacked the town.

Summary

(1 child)

الثورة‎, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported Russian warplanes carried out strikes in the region of Ar Raqqah and Al Tabaqa, reportedly killing 13 or more people and injuring up to 20. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently identifed eight locations: Near the al Hamza mosque Near the al Rahma mosque The first neighbourhood at the entrance of al Bahira

Summary

5 – 13

(3 children4 women)

17–20

4 named, 1 familiy identified

لحزمة, Al Hazma, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly targeted an alleged AQAP site in Al Hazma village, in the Wadi Obeida area of Marib governorate, at dawn on January 27th 2020. Multiple sources suggested that at least one alleged AQAP militant had died in the strike, and one source, Mint Press News, reported that civilians near the house

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Residential

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Known target

Belligerents reported killed

1–2

الموصل القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Two local sources reported the death of a young man, called Hakam Marwan Ghazi, after air strikes were said to have hit him the day before. His body was still under the rubble – and his family were not yet able to bury him. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook page) later reported that Mohammed Sharif (Abu

Summary

(2 men)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

2 named

حيان, Hayyan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian factory worker was killed and two injured in an alleged Russian missile strike on the Atlas Factory for cotton in Hayyan, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights and the Violations Documentation Centre. The VDC published an image (right) of the unnamed victim. In a separate report, it has also listed 35-year old from

Summary

(1 man)

1 named

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the early afternoon of Saturday, 30th November 2024, two civilian men named Mohammad al-Mustafa and Mohammad Fares al-Sa’id (Abu Ahmad) were killed and a number of civilians were injured as a result of artillery shelling and/or airstrikes launched on the village of Kansafra in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib, Syria, by the Syrian regime forces

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2 men)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

2 named

عنة الجديدة والريحانة, New Anah and Al Rayhana, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Seven civilians were reportedly killed and several others were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on New Anah in western Anbar Province, two local sources reported. Noor al Mustafa Hayder Dawoud, one of the sources, also reported that the house of Ossman Azzawi, the al Sayed household, Hajji Sayf’s household, Sheikh Nayef’s household, Al Maher Radi’s

Summary

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

21 civilians were killed including two women and four children and 11 wounded in airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods in the centre and north and south of the city of Raqqa, according to multiple sources – though it is unclear whether regime or Russian warplanes or shelling by the Assad regime were responsible for the casualties. According to

Summary

(4 children2 women)

13 named, 2 families identified

al-Kowthar village, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

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Summary

Belligerents reported killed

0–19

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Ten civilians reportedly died in up to 25 alleged airstrikes by the Coalition in different areas of Al Mayadin, according to local media. Multiple sources reported Coalition airstrikes in Al Mayadin. Step News Agency reported that the Coalition had intensified strikes on Al Mayadin, but had no reports on the “size of losses”. According to

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معارة الارتيق, Maarat al Arteek, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Russia airstrike killed up to two civilians and left a number of others wounded in the city of Maarat al-Artiq, local media reported. Multiple sources blamed Russia for the event, though several referred only to “warplanes”. According to @HalabNewsN there were two Russian strikes.

Summary

1 – 2

Russian Military

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) reported the death of one civilian following an “aerial bombardment”. It didn’t say who was responsible. The victim was also named by Raqqa rwb , however, the report was a carbon copy of the one published by RBSS.

Summary

LOCATION

Idlib, Syria

According to multiple sources, at least seven non-combatants died, this including two children and two women, and some injured in alleged Russian airstrike in downtown Idlib city. Other sources accused the Syria regime air forces of the shelling in the city of Idlib. The Violation Documentation Center in Syria named the seven victims.

Summary

7 – 8

(2 children2 women3 men)

7 named

نزلة شحادة, Ar Raqqah: Nazlah Shahadah/Furat neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians, displaced from Palmyra, died in an airstrike on Nazlet Shahata according to local media. Only one source, @PalmyraRev1, explicitly blamed the Coalition. Other sources referred only to “bombing” and did not identify the culprit. In the first of their September 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible

Summary

(2 women)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported killed and “dozens” wounded in airstrikes on Douma, according to the Shaam News Network – though the Network did not state whether Russia or the Assad regime was responsible. The White Helmets told SNN that aircrafts bombed the city with about 12 rockets which led to the death of two civilians. It

Summary

6–24

ساحة شماس, Ar Raqqah: North of Shammas Square, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A family of 15, including eight children and three women, died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on their home in Raqqa, according to local sources. Reports – all of which pointed towards the US-led Coalition – named the victims as the Al-Zanna family. According to SHRC, they were displaced from the city of Tadef in

Summary

(8 children3 women4 men)

1–3

15 named, 1 familiy identified

سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

According to Zaitonmag, Russian aircraft carried out a raid on Sarmada on the Turkish border, “targeting a garage of relief trucks which has led to anonymous martyrs and two people slightly injured.“ The Syrian Network also reported the event, saying the attack by warplanes destroyed eight trucks and a water tank and killed one person.

Summary