Civilian Casualties

(15–16 children8–9 women9–13 men)

30 – 53

100–111

27 named, 5 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

15 civilians including eight children and five women were reportedly killed and 25 injured when Russian warplanes allegedly bombed the city of Raqqa, according to multiple sources. Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered said non-combatants were killed in the agricultural fields west of the city in Al Kahtaniya farm and at the crossroads of Hitteen farm.

Summary

(8 children5 women)

Russian Military

منصور, Al Mansour, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Network, “activists said that International Coalition bombed the Mansour neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, killing a civilian”. Other sources reported Coalition airstrikes on the Nadeer bakery on Al-Mansour Street and Abaret Al-Sadou, but made no mention of civilian casualties. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that the strike

Summary

US-led Coalition

مخيم البريج, Al-Bureij camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 2:30 PM on Thursday, August 1st, 2024, an Israeli quadcopter drone allegedly injured at least two people by dropping a hand grenade on Al-Jami’ Al-Kabir Street near Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir Al Balah. The Palestinian Information Center first reported the incident through its Twitter / X account (@PalinfoAr), stating that a “bomb” launched from

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2–3

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One woman, Mrs Zahra Hajj Khamees, was reported killed and more than 20 people injured after an alleged Russian airstrike on the traders’ market in the town of Maarat al Numan. Video footage showed extreme damage to shops and houses in the vicinity. Most sources blamed Russia. However, the Damascus Centre and the Syrian Network

Summary

(1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

1 named

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. According to the Coalition report, “91. June 19, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via media report. After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted

Summary

US-led Coalition

ارزاي, Arzay, Sidon District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On September 23rd 2024, 10 people – including two children – were killed when the town of Arzay in south Lebanon was allegedly bombed by the Israeli military. Hassan Hattit, his wife Maryam Badran, his nephew Mahmoud Hattit as well as Mahmoud’s mother were all said to have been killed in the strike. Husband and wife

Summary

(2 children4 women4 men)

Impact

10 named, 2 families identified

Village

الرحيبة, Al Rahiba, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

The White Helmets reported the death of one man and the injuring of his wife, following several alleged Russian airstrikes during the evening on the town of Al Rahiba. However the VDC reported the death of an unnamed civilian male “due to regime`s army forces shelling.” And the Free Syrian Army noted only that an

Summary

Suspected belligerents

Unknown, Syrian Regime

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Ragga Truth named one civilian male, Saleh Hameed Al-Harith, as killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported one death and blamed the Coalition. Mohab Naser named another victim of shelling as Ala’a Al-Deen Mohammed Khair Dandal.

Summary

قرية سيد علي وبلدة تل مالد قرب مدينة مارع شمال حلب, village of Sayyed Ali and town of Tal Mald, near the city of Marea, north of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At around midday on Wednesday, March 6th, 2024, one woman was killed and up to four civilians, including a woman and three children, were reportedly injured by an alleged artillery strike by the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) on civilian homes in the wider area of the city of Marea, including the village of Sayyed Ali

Summary

(1 woman)

1–4

YPG

معصران, Ma'asaran, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Russian airstrike killed seven civilians at Ma’asaran in Idlib governorate. Most of those who died were from one family. A neighbour told Smart News: “This is my house, I arrived and I found everyone OK. But our neighbours? May God have mercy on them. I went to pray and then went to the

Summary

(2 children2–3 women1 man)

6 – 7

الميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Following an earlier bombing of an ISIL prison in Al Mayadin which allegedly killed upwards of 40 people, Coalition aircraft allegedly targeted a nearby site after bodies of the deceased were laid out for families to identify them. No further civilian casualties were reported, however sources said that the ultimate death toll from both incidents

Summary

US-led Coalition

جنوب لبنان, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

One child was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Monday, September 23, 2024. The child was named Zainab Khaled Ali Al Hassan Ramadan, and was reportedly from Syria. Multiple sources reported that Zainab was originally from the village of Al-Qashla, on the outskirts of Manbij, Syria. The sources did not indicate the

Summary

(1 child)

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and eight civilians including three children were killed in what were reported by most as four Russian airstrikes on the town of Maarat al Numan. However a local activist group and the Homs Meda Network attributed the attack to the Assad regime. The dead were later named by Violations Documentation Center.

Summary

7 – 8

(3 children4 men)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

8 named

الصبرة، مدينة غزة, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 1:33 PM on November 4, 2023, 65-year-old Jamal Masoud Abu Dhahir and his infant granddaughter Sela Mahmoud Jamal Abu Dhahir – who was less than a year old – were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home in the Al-Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. Sources reported

Summary

(1 child1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

الميسر, Myassar, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed – an uncle and nephew – and two or more people injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the Myassar neighbourhood of Aleppo. Local media activist Hassan al Ahmad posted an image of the dead boy with the comment: “This is how Syria’s children are being killed as if their blood is

Summary

(1 child1 man)

Russian Military

الزيانات, Al Zaynat, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Up to ten civilians belonging to two families, which included six children, were killed and several others were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Ziyanat in the southern Hasaka countryside, local sources reported. Zaman al Wasl reported that the alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted ISIL vehicles near the shop and homes of the two families

Summary

8 – 10

(6 children1 woman2 men)

قرية الدرج, village of Al-Daraj, countryside of Manbij canton, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to Hawar News, late in the night of Thursday, 27th June 2024, the village of Al-Daraj in the northern countryside of Manbij canton, northeast of Aleppo, Syria, was reportedly hit by an intense alleged Turkish bombardment using heavy artillery, resulting in the death of a 45-year-old local civilian Ibrahim Daraj (Derc) Samo and the injury

Summary

Artillery, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

‏كفر بسين‬, Kafr Bisin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One woman died and several other civilians were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Basin in Aleppo, according to local media. A Tweet by thiqanewsagency said that “rocket chemistry and phosphorous bombs” were used in the attack. HalabTodayTV also tweeted that stereochemistry had been used – it specified that these missiles were realised from Russian warplanes.

Summary

(1 woman)

شارع المنصور, Al Mansour Street, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A young man was reported killed in artillery shelling on Al Mansour Street in Raqqa, according to local media. Sharqiya Voice blamed the SDF, though Airwars understands that only the Coalition has deployed artillery on Raqqa. In February 2019, the Coalition assessed this event to be non-credible. Their report noted: “After review of all available

Summary

قرية الشركة, village of Al-Sharika, adjacent to the international road (M4), east of Ain Issa in Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

On August 1st, 2024, two young civilian men were allegedly injured by Turkish snipers near the village of Al-Sharika adjacent to the international road M4 in the eastern countryside of Ain Issa, Raqqa region, Syria. A photo released by the ANF news outlet showed the victims lying on stretchers receiving treatment. Mohsen Haritim Al-Jawwa, a

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

حي المرجة, Al Murja, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Dozens were reported killed and injured in a friendly fire incident when Russian warplanes allegedly targeted Al Murja, killing dozens of regime fighters by mistake, according to the Shaam News Network. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Russian Military

مخيم جباليا, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, November 6, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the al-Ajrami family in the Jabalia Refugee Camp in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 12 civilians, including least six children and four women, and injured at least six others. The matriarch of the family, Umm Raed al-Ajrami, was killed alongside

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(6–8 children4 women2 men)

12 – 14

18 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

بزينة, Bzeina, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Between 20 and 40 civilians were reported killed and dozens injured in devastating alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Bzeina, according to multiple reports. While the destruction of the market and surrounding homes was extensive, the aircraft may have been targeting rebels. Videos filmed at the scene show some casualties and rescuers in military

Summary

20 – 40

(13 men)

40–200

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported the death of an elderly civilian male in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Raqqa. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

بنت جبيل, Bint Jbail, Nabatieh, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB250924c
incident_date: 2024-09-25
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2 children2 women1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians including a child were reported killed in major alleged Russian air raids on Palmyra. Revolution Palmyra reported as many as 60 strikes on the city by Russia, including with cluster munitions. It said the raids were concentrated as follows: “- 10 air strikes on the city hospital which led to massive destruction –

Summary

(1 child3 men)

صباح الخير, Sabah Al Kahir, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to Hasaka Rasd, “Coalition aircraft targeted a motorcycle driven by the young man Hussein al-Hassoun which led to his death, near the village of Sabah al-Alkhair, east of Raqqa, near the administrative border with Deir al-Zour”. Al Raqqa Ahlna also reported the victim’s death, however, the report was a carbon copy of that posted

Summary

شمال قطاع غزة مدرسة أبو حسين بمخيم جباليا, Abu Hussein school, Jabalia camp, North Gaza, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Sunday afternoon (at around 16:12), October 20, 2024, at least two civilians were killed and others wounded in an alleged Israeli artillery shelling at the Abu Hussein school affiliated to the UN, in Jabalia camp, North Gaza Strip that destroyed the school building. Many local and regional networks, including Sawt Beirut News, Al-Jazeera and

Summary

(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Town