Civilian Casualties

فوج الأطفائية, Fire Brigade roundaout, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike at the fire station roundabout in Raqqa, according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. Sources reported that the three men were firefighters. According to Syrian Mirror, “The Coalition also targeted the fire brigade roundabout in the city, which resulted in the fall of three firefighters working in

Summary

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the night of September 23, 2023, in Sarmin, Idlib, an incident with contested responsibility—reportedly either by Syrian regime forces or the Russian military—struck an agricultural area, injuring a civilian man, which was confirmed by multiple sources including the White Helmets organization. The civilian injured was reportedly a farmer who was picking figs in a

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Agriculture

Unknown

Impact

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

المعادي, Al Ma'adi (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and four civilians died in an airstrike on Al Ma’adi, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime was to blame. Among the sources blaming Russia were LCCSY and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. According to SN4HR, at least three civilians including two children

Summary

1 – 4

(1–2 children)

2–6

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named

السباهية, Western neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 17 civilians died in various neighbourhoods across Raqqa in either Coalition airstrikes or artillery shelling, local media reported. According to Baladi, “Coalition aircraft launched several air raids on the city of Raqqa, including more than ten raids where the coalition used white phosphorus bombs, banned internationally, for the second day in a row.

Summary

15 – 17

الهلال الاحمر و مستشفى القدس, Vicinity of Al Quds Hospital, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, a 14 year old child was killed and four other civilian members of the Abu Shaaban family were injured, including a 9 year old child and a young man who is a US citizen, in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Tel Hawa residential neighbourhood in the

Summary

(1 child)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (other)

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Syrian Observatory, “Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes on several places at the town of al-Ghadqa in the countryside of Maarat al Numan in the eastern countryside of Idlib, and we have information about injuries to several people, including paramedics from the civil defence.” While no other sources reported the attack, the Russian

Summary

Russian Military

مكتب البريد وشارع القوتلي, the post office, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, “the SDF shelled several neighbourhoods in the city with artillery shells, mortars and rockets killing eight civilians, including three children and their mother, in Al-Quwatli Street and east of the Post Center.” No further details are currently available, although it should be noted that only the Coalition and not

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1 – 4

(0–3 children0–1 women)

النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An infant was killed by alleged Israeli bombing on the Al-Zahar family home in Nuseirat Camp in Deir Al-Balah on December 1, 2023. The Palestinian Refugee Portal reported that a 5-month-old infant named Muhammad Hani Al-Zahar was killed by an Israeli bombing of his family’s house, and included names of the family members seen holding Muhammad’s

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(1 child)

احرص, Ahras, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In what appears to be a separate incident from the Maskaneh event previously listed, five non- combatants were reported killed when Russian warplanes allegedly struck a convoy of trucks carrying aid to the areas controlled by rebels in the northern countryside of Aleppo. Shaam News Network cited the Anatolia News Agency as saying the trucks

Summary

Russian Military

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

LOCATION

Two civilians died in Kasrat Juma’a village, Raqqa, according to local sources. Reports blamed Coalition airstrikes and SDF/Coalition artillery. Some other reports said that one of the victims was killed by an SDF sniper. According to Q_Alenzy, a Coalition airstrike targeted “the house of Mustafa al-Ahmad al-Muhaimid”. Other sources also said that a large number

Summary

(1 child)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

برج المهندسين, al Muhandeseen Tower, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 31st 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the multistorey Al-Muhandeseen Tower (the ‘Engineers Tower’) located east of Nuseirat Camp, Central Gaza, killed between 133 and 164 civilians, including a likely estimate of 67 children. Airwars was able to identify 133 civilians belonging to 14 different families, including 131 individuals where gender and ages

Summary

(67–77 children36 women18 men)

133 – 164

12–24

138 named, 14 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

كفر زيتة, Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male civilian, Mohammad Ahmad al-Alayan, was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Zita, according to the Union of Hama Rebels and the Violations Documentation Centre. Reporting remains confused, with multiple alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Zita between December 9th and 12th which resulted in a likely total of six civilian deaths.

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جامع الفواز, Al Fawaz mosque, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that a number of people were killed and several more were injured following artillery fire allegedly carried out by the US-led Coalition on the area surrounding Al Fawaz Mosque on Tel Abyad Street. Three of the seven sources alleged that SDF militia units were responsible whereas the remaining four did not apportion

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طلال السلطان, Tal al Sultan, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An alleged Israeli bombardment killed at least 25 civilians, including members of the Tabasi, al-Hams and Abu Younis families, on the 22nd of October 2023, in the Tal Al-Sultan area in the west of Rafah in Gaza. The number of injured civilians remains unknown and some were still stuck under the rubble at the time

Summary

(11–13 children5 women7–9 men)

27 named, 3 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Twelve civilians – most of which were women and children – were killed and several injured in an airstrike on Al Soussa – though reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. One source also blames the Coalition. The Shaam News Network initially reported that 10 non-combatants

Summary

(5 children6 women1 man)

12–20

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition

23 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A name civilian male was killed in bombing or shelling in Raqqa, according to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and Raqqa_r_w_b. However neither source said who was responsible for his death or provided any further details.

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مجدليا, village of Majdalya, southern countryside of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday, October 6, 2023, the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, reported that a missile strike allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military hit residential neighbourhoods in the village of Majdalya, southern countryside of Idlib, Syria. It resulted in the injury of three civilians, who were hospitalised, and

Summary

(2 men)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named

البوليل, Al Buliyal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Center reported that one named civilian male was killed, allegedly due to “Russian airforce shelling“. VDC named the victim as Soeoud al-Thamer. No additional information is presently known.

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الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male was killed following alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, local sources reported. No further details were available.

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دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On 21st October 2023, the home of the Abu Assad family, adjacent to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital and on Abu Assad Street in Deir Al Balah, was reportedly damaged by an alleged Israeli airstrike, killing seven civilians and injuring “dozens” others. Reporting of the incident identified the killing of mother Hilala Ibrahim Abu Assad and her

Summary

(2–3 children1 woman)

3–24

Known belligerent

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

حي الحلوانية, Tareeq al-Bab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that one 13-year-old child was killed – and five other non-combatants injured – when Russian warplanes allegedly launched rockets on the Tareeq Al Bab neighbourhood in Aleppo. According to the Network, relief warehouses for the Muslim Youth Commission were destroyed in the raid. The Aleppo Media Centre reported

Summary

(1 child1 man)

4–5

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian male was killed following a cluster bomb attack on Al Mayadin, Euphrates Post reported. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition and reported that the attack was carried out after midnight. The source added that the man died from his injuries. No further details are available.

Summary

جسر الشغورجسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour city, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, including a 44-year-old woman and a man, were injured and a number of civilians were reportedly killed shortly before 8:56 AM on the morning of Saturday, October 7th, 2023, due to the bombardement reportedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military on the residential neighborhoods of the Jisr Al Shughour city, west

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Religious

Impact

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

التمانعة, At Tamani'ah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One woman was killed, and two men travelling with her badly injured when alleged Russian warplanes struck a car carrying displaced people on the road leading to Al Tamaanah in Idlib governorate. One of the men may later have died. Smart News has published an interview with an eyewitness: “At 09:30 this morning exactly an

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1 – 2

(1 woman)

Russian Military

سوق الشعارين, Mosul, Sha'areen, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that three named civilians were killed – with others injured and still trapped in rubble – after their home was struck in the Sha’areen market area of Old Mosul. The Nineveh Librate Facebook page initially noted “The martyr and nurse Nabil Younis Said (Abu Saif) who died with his son’s wife. And

Summary

(2 women1 man)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

1 named

مستشفى يافا الطبي, دير البلح, Vicinity of Yafa Hospital, Deir al-Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday October 18th 2023, at least eight civilians were killed, 22 injured and 18 reported to be missing under the rubble, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Abu Makhda family home in Deir Al Balah neighbourhood in the Central Governorate, in the Gaza Strip. Deir Al Balah Now posted on Facebook the names

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8 – 12

(1 child2 women1–3 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

Belligerents reported killed

0–2

كفر ناها, Kafr Naha, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian woman was reported dead after Russian warplanes allegedly attacked the Kafr Naha neighbourhood. A reporter writing for Smart news said that “the woman was killed and her child injured along with seven other civilians” when “Russian warplanes targeted a town in the western countryside Kafr Naha”, using “stereochemistry missiles and cluster bombs”. RadioAlKul tweeted that

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2–7

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two unnamed children died in alleged Coalition airstrike and/or artillery strikes on Raqqa, according to local media. All sources blamed the Coalition, with Al Hasaka Rasd referring specifically to “US air strikes and artillery”. The original source of the claim may have been ISIS. As Sharqiya Post noted, “Ar Raqqa Daesh announced the martyrdom of

Summary

(2 children)