An internally displaced Kurdish family in northern Iraq, 2016 (Maranie R. Staab)
Louijain Othman Dashu, an 11-year-old girl, was injured during the evening of April 25th, 2024 due to an alleged Turkish bombing in Aoun Al-Dadat village in the countryside of Manbij province, Syria. At the time of the report, the child was declared stable. According to Hawar News, artillery shrapnel injured Louijain Othman Dashu in her
In a private report, the Kurdish Red Crescent named three civilians who were injured following an alleged Turkish shelling of Rajo, Syria. The type of weapon is unknown. No additional details are presently known.
Six civilians were wounded in an alleged “Turkish bombardment of an olive oil factory”, according to Afrin Now. The victims were named by Afrin Now, Afrin Media Centre and Basnews. According to PYD news, “the Turkish army bombed a factory for the olive industry in Moubata, ‘Maabtli’, which led to the injury of five workers
Rumaf reported that Turkey shelled the city centre of Afrin resulting in “many wounded.” Alaraby reported that “Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish militia positions in the Hikkah and Ankla hills north of Afrin, while artillery continued to bombard the positions of militias in various parts of the area” – though the source made no mention of
One civilian died and at least five more were wounded in alleged Turkish shelling in the vicinity of Ras al-Ain, local media reported. @NPA_SY tweeted: “Five civilians were injured,and taken to Lekirin hospital in Tal-Tamr west of Hasakah, after being hit by Turkish artillery shelling on the city of Ras al-Ain and surrounding villages.” According
A woman was wounded in alleged Turkish shelling of Ras al Ain. No further details are currently available.
Two civilians including a child were reported killed and 11 others also including children and women injured in alleged Turkish forces airstrike or artillery strike on Ras Al Ain in Hassakah governorate on October 11th, 2019. The Kurdish Red Crescent named 13 civilians killed and injured as a result of the attack.
Two health workers were reported injured as a result of an alleged Turkish forces attack on Tal Abyad in Raqqa governorate in Syria, on October 13th, 2019, according to the Kurdish Red Crescent. No further details are currently available.
Two civilians were reported killed and three others injured in an alleged Turkish drone attack on a vehicle including five civilians in Qaranfil village in Tal Abyad – Raqqa in Syria on November 20th, 2019, according to local sources. The victims are all from the same family and moved to a hospital in Kobane. The
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “a child was killed by artillery shelling of the Turkish Forces carried out from areas controlled by their loyal factions. The shelling targeted Tall Rifaat town within areas of deployment of the Kurdish forces north of Aleppo on January 29th, 2020.” No further details are available at
A civilian was injured in artillery strikes by alleged Turkish-backed mercenaries on the village of Arab Hassan Kabir, Aleppo governorate, on May 19th, 2020, according to local sources. Hawar News reported that as a result of shelling by Turkish-backed mercenaries, the 30-year-old Mohammed Hajj Hussein Al Khalaf was wounded. Medical staff told Hawar News that the
Two civilians were reportedly killed and an unknown number of other civilians were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on a civilian car near Mazra village, Hassakah governorate, on October 20th, 2020. Hawar Agency reported that the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria issued a statement, stating that: “A drone belonging to the
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and three others were wounded in alleged Turkish strikes on Kalota village on June 5, 2021. A tweet from @RojavaIC reported that “a 13yo child, Zeynab Hussain Ibrahim Bento, died in Kalota village, Shehba, when her family house was hit by shells from Turkish-occupied Afrin.” In addition to
At least five civilians, including a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes or drone strikes on Kobani 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
At least two children were killed and up to two others, including a child, were injured in alleged Turkish or Kurdish strikes on Ziwa village on May 26, 2022. Birqi Omar, mukhtar (chieftain) of Ziwa village in Amedi town, told Rudaw’s Hunar Rashid that people from nearby areas were picnicking when bombs struck. “As far
At least seven and up to ten civilians, including women and children, were reported injured in an alleged Turkish bombardment targeting Umm Al Khair village, in the countryside of Tal Tamr, in Al-Hassakah, Syria, on July 30th 2022. According to ANHA, the names and ages of those injured are as followed: “Laila Omar Saleh, 4
At least one civilian, a woman, was injured by alleged Turkish airstrikes or drone strikes on the Bradost area in northern Erbil province on October 16, 2022. Kurdistan 24 reported that a 30 year old woman named Sharmin Asad was injured by Turkish airstrike in the Bradost area in northern Erbil province. Ihsan Chalabi, the
Two young girls and a boy were killed and two other children were injured, all of which were from the same family, by alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Ain al-Abd on April 24, 2023. Hawar News reported that two young sisters were killed and two young brothers and a sister were injured by
On 8 August 2023, a woman and two children were killed, and three others, two children and their mother, all from the same family, were reportedly injured by Turkish shelling on their house in the village of Al-Shirka located in the eastern countryside of Ain Issa. According to ANF, 60 year-old grandmother Doza, 10 year
On the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, October 25th, 2023, alleged Turkish artillery shelling struck the village of Al Mushairfa located 8 km east of the town of Ain Issa, Syria, injuring one civilian and striking grain silos. The injured civilian has been named by most of the sources as a 26-year old Bashar Ahmed
On Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, one man was killed and up to three other civilians, women, were injured after an alleged Turkish drone strike on a car in the Kani Kindi village in the Koya district of Kurdistan, Iraq. The car was reported to have belonged to citizens of the Makhmour refugee camp; the driver
On Tuesday, August 27, 2024, a 15-year-old boy named Ali al-Suhail was killed after he was run over by a Turkish armoured vehicle in the city of Tal Abyad, located in the countryside of Raqqa in Northeastern Syria. Ali had black hair as seen in a picture of him standing in front of a shuttered
Local media reported the injury of one civilian in an alleged Turkish shelling of Celemeye, Syria. According to SDF Press, Turkey fired mortar shells on the village, “causing civilian casualties”. 7al reported that “the administration of the hospital Afrin said that the civilian Mohammed Omar Hamo (48 years) arrived at the hospital with several shrapnel
Three civilians were reportedly injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Amadiyah, Iraq. Iraqhurr reported intensive bombing on PKK positions in the area and said that it “led to the wounding of three civilians.” Sputnik News also reported Turkish airstrikes in the area but did not mention civilian harm. No additional details are presently known regarding
Three civilians including a child and a woman died in an alleged Turkish forces airstrike on Qidurbek neighbourhood in Qamishli – Hasaka governorate on October 10th 2019, accoridng to local sources. Smart News said that two civilians “were injured in Turkish artillery shelling on Qidurbek neighbourhood in al-Qamishli city of Hasaka.” ANHA reported that Beşir
Four civilians were reported killed and four others injured in an alleged Turkish forces airstrike on Baciliye village in Tal Abyad on October 10th 2019, according to local media sources. @PLisboaab said the attack occurred at 18:50 local time.
@TurkeyUntold tweeted: “A SOHR [Syrian Observatory for Human Rights] video shows the execution of 4 persons including fighters of the SDF by the Turkey backed gangs in Sluk town, southeast of Girê Spî / Tel Abyad”. @zana_medi tweeted the same video, stating that “Turkish forces are seen executing unarmed people”. There is, therefore, uncertainty over
One civilian aged 17, named as Ahmad Khaled, was reported injured by an alleged Turkish forces attack on Kobane in Aleppo governorate – Syria on October 26th, 2019, according to the Kurdish Red Crescent. No more details available at the moment.
Local sources reported that a Turkish drone attacked areas in Shingal region in Iraq on November 19th, 2019 causing deaths and injuries among civilians and YPG fighters. @murad_ismael reported “Another Turkish airstrike today [Nov 19th] on town of Khanesor. Reportedly there are civilian victims which are yet to be confirmed.” @ameddicleT added that “Turkish armed
One civilian was reported killed in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sidah village, Zap in Nineveh, Iraq Kurdistan on February 26th, 2020 according to local sources. ANF reported that “on February 26th, Turkish jets struck a civilian car in Sidah village of Zap region at 16:00, killing a civilian named Khelil Ibrahim Sidani who came
