Civilian Casualties

2 – 4

(1 child)

1–4

LOCATION

Qara Mogh, Aleppo, Syria

Seven civilians, including two children, were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes or drone strikes on Kobani and the surrounding villages on January 8, 2022. According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in total one civilian was killed and 12 other civilians, including women and children, were wounded in incidents across Kobani. The injuries varied in

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

6–7

Turkish Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and six were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Tabaqa, according to local sources. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) said that the Coalition launched raids “targeting the areas of the coach station and the market leading to the fall of a number of civilian wounded.” Step also blamed the Coalition,

Summary

كفرلاتا, Kafar Lata, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly killed and three others were reportedly wounded when a Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling targeted the village of Kafr Lata in the southern Idlib countryside, Syria, on November 6th 2022. The civilian was reported as Ahmed Jamal Al-Sheikh, also known as Ahmad Jamal Qalli in other reports, aged 45, and

Summary

(1 man)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

1 named

Mosul, Al-Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that between 20 and 42 civilians were killed, including women and children, and dozens injured after Coalition airstrikes and governmental forces targeted residential neighborhoods at the right side of Mosul. While Iraq Amsi spoke of “about 20 civilians dead and wounded”, Iraqi Spring put the death toll much higher, at 42, and

Summary

20 – 42

12–24

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

المجيبرة, Al Mujaibra, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four children were reportedly injured on December 3rd 2022 as a result of an unexploded ordnance, a previous Turkish shell, which exploded in the village of al-Mujaibra in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr, north of Al-Hasakah, in Syria. The shell was reported to have hit the village that morning, but did not

Summary

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between 18 and 50 civilians died in an airstrike on Al Bab, according to local sources. While the Syrian Network for Human Rights, reported that ten civilians including two children and four women died in an alleged Coalition airstrie, other sources blamed Tiurkey. A second report by SN4HR said that “International Coalition warplanes missiles fired

Summary

18 – 50

(2 children5 women)

US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

18 named, 3 families identified

‏خان شيخون‬, Khan Shikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported that aerial bombardment in the city of Khan Sheikun, Idlib killed at least three civilians, including two to three children, and wounded up to seven more – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Sources including the Syrian Network for Human Rights,

Summary

3 – 4

(2–3 children)

2–7

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 1 familiy identified

City

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart news agency reported: “A local source from al Tabaqa city said earlier in the day, that warplanes likely to be the international coalition launched raids on the Al Manghiya neighborhood in the third district in the city, killing one IS member and seriously wounding three civilians in the neighborhood of Almanghiya.” No further

Summary

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

One woman was killed and two other women were injured by alleged Russian shelling of Zolochiv on March 10, 2022. Truexanewsua posted on Telegram that as a result of artillery shelling on Zolochiv, one person was killed and two others were wounded. The head of the Zolochiv settlement community Viktor Kovalenko told Suspilne Kharkiv that

Summary

(1 woman)

الجوسق, Mosul, Al-Jawsaq, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that 38 civilians were killed and injured in Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling on Jawsaq neighborhood in Western Mosul. Press sources had told Yaqein that “the army shelling on Jawasaq neighborhood of western Mosul resulted in the deaths and injuries [which] have not been counted yet” and that “Jawasaq neighborhood is witnessing

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

معرة مصرين, Ma'arat Misrin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and 11 civilians including two children and a woman were killed, and as many as 25 more were wounded, in an airstrike which targeted a market in Ma’arat Misrin early morning on Saturday 14th January, according to sources on the ground. Two children and a woman were also included in the death toll according

Summary

7 – 11

(2 children1 woman)

10–25

Exact location (via Airwars)

بين زنجبار‎ و شقرة, Between Zinjibar and Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

An airstrike on a car targeted Fahd al Qusaa, also known as Quso, an al Qaeda leader and suspect in the USS Cole bombing. It was a US attack, according to the New York Times quoting an AQAP representative. He claimed that Qusaa had left the car minutes earlier and was unharmed. According to the Long War Journal,

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Subdistrict

الرقة‎, Saif al Dawla street, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported injured in what appeared to have been a targeted strike on Ar Raqqah. According to Smart News, “Two members of Islamic State were killed and a civilian injured on Sunday, after aerial bombardment most likely by the international coalition on the city of Raqqa, northern Syria, according to a local source.

Summary

Люботин, Liubotyn, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

A man was killed and up to seven others, including two women, were injured in their homes by alleged Russian shelling and/or airstrikes on the town of Liubotyn on March 28, 2022. Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union reported that during a shelling of the town of Liubotyn one person was killed, seven others were injured,

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 man)

2–7

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

In a second reported strike in Jaar on May 27th 2012, a house allegedly used as a meeting place by AQAP militants was “pounded” by warplanes, reported Xinhua. Ten alleged AQAP fighters were killed including two local leaders according to a tribal chief. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Xinhua did not

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Belligerents reported killed

Mosul, Rajm Hadid, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “March 10, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information and strike video it was

Summary

Лозова, Lozova, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Between four and five civilians were injured by confirmed Russian shelling of the city of Lozova on April 2, 2022. On April 2nd, numerous reports described that alleged Russian shelling damaged numerous homes and left four individuals “moderately wounded” in the Lozova section of Kharkiv. This was initially reported by Kharkiv human rights group. Novynarnia

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

4–5

حصن العبر, Abr district, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple reports stated that Yemeni military officials acknowledged that a drone strike killed at least two suspected militants, as missiles struck two cars travelling between the Marib and Hadramout provinces in eastern Yemen on August 28th, 2012. While American drones have been utilized in this area, Yemeni military officials did not specify the nation involved.

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Belligerents reported killed

2–3

Mosul, Al Jadida, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on July 7th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “110. May 16, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was

Summary

Парк культури і відпочинку «Максим Горький», Maxim Gorky Central Park for Culture and Recreation, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On Saturday morning, April 2nd 2022, one civilian was injured by alleged Russian missile strikes hitting M. Gorky Park in the residential district of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. Sources almost unanimously account that one civilian was injured, with Huyovy_kharkiv telegram channel and Hromadske specifying that the man was a 57-year-old landscaper that was working in

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Weelmarow Village, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Kenyans.co.ke reported that a joint operation by US Commandos, Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the Security Forces in Jubaland resulted in the death of 17 al-Shabaab militants in Weelmarow Village in Lower Juba. The source added that the majority of the al-Shabaab militants were Kenyan and Ethiopian natives. No other sources reported on the incident.

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

US Forces

Belligerents reported killed

Al-Shabaab

Чугуїв, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Two adult civilians were injured by alleged Russian shelling of the territory of Chuhuiv around noon on April 27, 2022. Chuhuiv City Mayor Halyna Minayeva told Suspilne News that Russian forces shelling the territory of Chuhuiv injuring two civilians, and that no children were among the injured. Kharkiv Today also quoted the mayor who added

Summary

قرية جورين, Jurin and Na'orat Jurin villages, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

On August 25th, 2023 at least two women were injured and a young woman and child later died due to injuries sustained in a Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) perpetrated assault on Jurin and Na’orat Jurin Villages in Northwest Hama. The woman, Taryaq Rustom and child, Maher Abbas, died four days after the attack after receiving

Summary

Artillery, Ground operation

(1 child1 woman)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

1–3

Causes of injury / death

Turkish Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Smart news agency, reported the death of eight civilians including two children and three women in an alleged artillery and/ or airstrike on the Second neighbourhood in Tabaqa. According to Smart, “On Friday evening [March 24th], an artillery bombardment by the Syrian Democratic Forces took place in the town of Al-Tabaqa.

Summary

(2 children3 women)

П’ятихатки, P’yatykhatky, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured by alleged Russian shelling of P’yatykhatky in Kharkiv city on May 10, 2022. Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration reported on Telegram that in Kharkiv, two people were hospitalized with injuries as a result of shelling by the occupiers (Russian forces). Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group added that

Summary

زغير جزيرة, Zaghir Jazira, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was injured as part of a violent clash between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Deir Ezzor Military Council in Zaghir Jazira on August 29, 2023. Both gender and name are unknown, while no other identifying information about the civilian casualty has been reported in the sources. The clash took place on 29

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

YPG, Tribal Forces

الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local reports claimed that an airstrike struck the Emergency hospital and severely damaged it. This reportedly led to the death of 29 ISIL fighters and 23 civilians. Mosul Eye blamed the Coalition for the attack, which it also said injured 15 and killed 29 ISIL fighters. A report in Sawlf Ateka said that one of

Summary

(1 man)

Дергачівська громада, Dergachivska community, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On 17th April 2022, the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration reported two people had been killed and one injured in the Dergachiv community as a result of alleged Russian shelling. A report published by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHRPG) quoted this statement that the Dergachy community had been shelled, leading

Summary