Civilian Casualties

Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

One senior al-Shabaab militant was injured by declared US AFRICOM airstrikes on Jilib, Somalia on May 20, 2023. Somali National News Agency’s Twitter account @SONNALIVE first announced that “In a joint operation with international allies, the armed forces launched an airstrike on #Jilib city, the headquarters of #AlShabab terrorists. The enemy suffered losses in terms

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

بالقرب من مسجد الخلفاء الراشدين، مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Al-Khalafa Al-Rashidun Mosque, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 5, 2023, Israeli aircraft allegedly bombed the Abu Shaqfa family’s house opposite the Rashidun Caliphs Mosque in the middle of Jabalia camp, north of Gaza. Two people were reportedly killed with several others injured in the incident. Photographs on social media show an elderly man covered in dust being escorted by two medics

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Mosque, Religious

2–5

كسرة الفرج, Kasrat Faraj, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two people – possibly civilians – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit the car they were traveling in at Kasrat Faraj, according to local media. Step News noted “a dawn raid by Coalition forces today which targeted a car carrying two people in the village of Kasrat Faraj south of the city, which

Summary

0 – 2

حافلة تقل مواطنين في شارع 10 جنوبي مدينة غزة, A bus on Street 10, South Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the morning of October 29, 2023, a bus on Street 10 south of Gaza City was allegedly struck by an Israeli airstrike while carrying civilians resulting in “a number” of civilians killed and injured. A photo from Roya News showed the vehicle completely destroyed and burned with the windows broken and pieces of rubble

Summary

حمرة غانم, Hamra Ghanem, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported the death of one civilians “as a result of a raid by international coalition aircraft on the town of Hamra Ghanem”. Local news source Sharaf News also reported a few days later that “Activists from Raqqa said that international coalition aircraft targeted the house of Bashir Yusuf al-Sultan in

Summary

1 – 4

2–6

حي العريض, Al-Arid neighbourhood, Nabatieh, Nabatieh, Lebanon

LOCATION

Muhammad Hassan Suwaidan, a doctor, was wounded after an alleged “raid” on 27 September, 2024, in the Al-Arid neighbourhood of Nabatieh; he died from his wounds the following day. Facebook user Ali Tormos declared Muhammad a “precious youth”, and included a widely-shared photograph of Muhammad, a bearded man. Remembered as “dear”, a burial was held

Summary

(1 man)

Israeli Military, Hezbollah Forces

1 named

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Al-Tanak, Zanjili, Farouk, Rifai, Old City and other neighborhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that airstrikes of the Coalition and the Iraqi airforce on several neighbourhoods in Old Mosul, as well as artillery shelling, led to the deaths of 18 civilians. It was also reported that more than 41 civilians were injured. Correspondences Team and Al Rafidain reported 17 dead and more than 30 wounded in

Summary

17 – 18

30–41

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

بلدة شمعة, the town of Shamaa, southern governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB271124g
incident_date: 2024-11-27
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Israeli Military

الفلاحة, Felaha, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male was killed in an airstrike on the Felaha area behind Rabia’a school in Raqqa, according to local sources. R.Tahrir.Alsham and the Shaam News Network reported that a “bulldozer” or “trucks” were struck by “a military drone” killing the driver. The sources didn’t identify the culprit or say whether the driver was a

Summary

0 – 1

(1 man)

عناصر تأمين المساعدات في منطقة المشروع شرقي مدينة رفح, Al-Mashrou’ area, east of Rafah, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 10:35 am on the 15th of October 2024, five humanitarian aid security personnel were reported injured by an alleged Israeli drone strike on the Al-Mashrou’ area, east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip. Safa PS initially reported at 10:35 am that there were five injuries as a result of the reported

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Al Qaryah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A family was reportedly killed in continued air raids, alleged to be carried out by the Coalition, on the city of Tabaqa. Mohab Nasser named the victims. The victims were also named by Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently who blamed the Coalition. The source said that the raid was “on a residential home behind al

Summary

(1 child)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

The vicinity of Bida Isse and Geriile, Galmudug, Galdaduud, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM440
incident_date: 2024-10-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

International Forces (Unknown)

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

47–101

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, a young man died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Mansoura. Raqqa Post reported he died when his car was targeted. There is no additional information at present.

Summary

(1 man)

حفصين, Hafsin, Sadaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and four others were wounded by alleged US airstrikes which struck a solar energy store in the Hafsin area, west of Saada city, Yemen on April 5, 2025. According to @TvAlmasirah, a “citizen” was killed and four others were injured when a US attack in the Hafsin area hit

Summary

1 – 2

Exact location (via Airwars)

مساكن الادخار, Masaken al Idkar, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and seven others were injured in airstrikes “likely” carried out by the Coalition in Masaken al Iskhar neighbourhood, in Raqqa city, a local source told Smart News Agency. The victims were reportedly taken to Raqqa National Hospital. No further details are currently available.

Summary

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Eight people were reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab. Al Bab News and the ISIS-affiliated outlet Al A’amaq said that most of the wounded were women and children. There are currently no further details available.

Summary

Turkish Military

عرق آل شبوان, Irq Al Shabwan, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants’ Vitara vehicle in the ‘Irq Al Shabwan area of Al Wadi district in Marib governorate on 27 October 2020 killing between two and three militants and wounding one, according to local sources. Almawqaea Post noted that a local source had named the militants as being members

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported killed

2–3

Belligerents reported injured

شنينة, Shanina, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and nine civilians, including two women and up to seven children, were killed – and up to 45 others were wounded – in alleged Coalition airstrikes in the Shaneina refugee camp to the north of Raqqa city. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) reported that 14-year-old Abdullah Mohammed al Fayad, Abu Zuhri, his

Summary

(3–7 children1–2 women3 men)

5 – 9

6–45

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الباب , Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Seven or eight civilians died including one child and as many as 30 more were injured in alleged Turkish air and artillery strikes on Al Bab, Syria, according to sources on the ground. Ameer Alabaad put the death toll at six civilians with 12 more wounded – “mostly children and women” – in a “Turkish

Summary

7 – 8

(1 child1 man)

10–30

مدجنة على أطراف مدينة بنش, poultry farm in the eastern outskirts of Binnish, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 1:30 PM on Friday, 29th November 2024, two civilians were injured by an aerial bombardment reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military on a poultry farm located on the eastern outskirts of Binnish city, east of Idlib, Syria. The Syrian Civil Defense (also known as “White Helmets”) reported the

Summary

Agriculture, Livestock

Impact

Russian Military

LOCATION

near Mosul, Iraq, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “112. May 19, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media: The report contained insufficient information on the time, location and

Summary

الغنطو, Al Ghantu, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Centre named Omar Al Sheikh Hammoud from Talbiseh as a civilian victim of a Russian airstrike on Al Ghantu. He had been severely injured in a strike the day before. Video filmed on October 18th shows rebels attempting to shoot down a suspected Russian aircraft over the town. A major Syrian Army

Summary

(2 men)

Sheebaab area of the Calmiskaad mountains, Puntland, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM456
incident_date: 2025-02-12
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

US Forces, United Arab Emirates Military

Suspected target

ISIS - Somalia

Belligerents reported killed

الحمام, Al Hamam, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Hamam village, according to multiple local sources.

Summary

الشيخ خضر, Sheikh Khudar (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One or two civilians died in an air or artillery strike on Sheikh Khudar, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia was repsonsible or the Syrian regime. The Shaam News Network, reported on alleged Russian raids with warplanes and helicopters across Aleppo and its surrounding countryside. It said that this coincided

Summary

1 – 2

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

مزرعة الروضة, Rawda Farm, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians from the Al-Mashhoud family died in a casualty event at Rawda Farm – near the old mosque area – though reports were conflicted as to whether they were killed by US-led Coalition airstrikes or shelling by the SDF or US. According to Alaraby, “local sources told Al-Arab Al-Jadeed that seven civilians from the

Summary

(4 children)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Nearby landmark

صبيخان, Sbeikhan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to Euphrates Post, “Coalition planes targeted a motorbike driven by a member of Daesh with his wife and child, killing them immediately. The child survived. They were Uzbek nationals.” Shaam News Network also said the Coalition struck the motorcycle, killing two members of IS, but made no mention of civilian casualties.

Summary

حي الصالحين, Salheen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including one woman died and six others were injured in an airstrike on Salheen, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was an attack by Russia or the Syrian regime. According to an initial report by LCCSY, three civilians including a woman were killed and several others injured in Russian

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

حيي النهضة, Nahdah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event in the Nahdah neighbourhood in Raqqa. Their September 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS vehicle, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the

Summary

Known belligerent