Civilian Casualties

Ar Raqqah: Museum square, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Investigations for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in Raqqa: Rethoric versus Reality (www.raqqa.amnesty.org) reported that on July 22 nine members of the Al-Zanna family were killed in a coalition air strike while sheltering in a basement under a parade of empty shops in Museum Square. Hours later another Coalition air strike

Summary

(3 children1 woman5 men)

9 named, 1 familiy identified

منطقة الإذاعة في حلب, Al-Izaa neighborhood of Aleppo near Iranian consulate, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4743
incident_date: 2024-12-01
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

متراس, Mitras, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A shepherd was reported by the Syrian Network as having been killed in a Coalition airstrike near Mitras. Five other people were injured by shrapnel. The victim’s son later described retrieving his father’s body: “The rocket caused a great hole in the ground, almost two metres deep. I buried my father’s body in the town.“

Summary

2km north of Baasra, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

US forces carried out a strike against al Shabaab at approximately 8pm local Somalia time killing “several” fighters, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said. It was also alleged by local officials that three civilians had died. The strike hit the Lower Shabelle region. A Somali military official told Voice of America the strike, which they said

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Belligerents reported killed

10–13

بجوار مصنع الصواري للسيراميك، متنة، منطقة بني مطر, Al-Sawari Ceramics Factory, Matnah, Bani Matar District, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least three civilians were killed and between 10 and 29 others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a factory in the Matna area in Bani Matar, Sanaa, Yemen on April 13th, 2025. Initial reporting from the Yemeni Ministry of Health, quoted by @TvAlmasirah and Al Moaeed Abd al Bari, stated that two people

Summary

Ambulance, Healthcare, Warehouse

3 – 7

(2–3 men)

10–29

Belligerents reported killed

Road between Suluk and Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians were reported killed by the coalition when the car they were traveling in was struck. According to SOHR, the vehicle was hit on the road between Ar Raqqah and Suluk. Sira Press reported: “Activists stressed that all those who were in the car were unarmed civilians and there were four of

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2 – 4

Shora village near Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Following the New York Times Magazine’s Uncounted investigation, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event in Shora, a village near Qayyarah, Iraq. According to reporters Azmat Khan and Anand Ghopal, “Mohammad Mansour Abdullah’s house was next to the home of an Army Officer who fled Shora when ISIS took over. An

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مدرسة صلاح الدين محيط ملعب فلسطين, Salah Al Din school in vicinity of Palestine Stadium, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT271024a
incident_date: 2024-10-27
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Education, Secondary School

Impact

الرقة‎, Al Sabahiah area of West Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged coalition strike on an Islamic State checkpoint in a suburb of west Raqaa reportedly killed 22-year old Omar Huwaidi Al Mueissat when a missile hit the family house. His 17-year old brother Ali Huwaidi al Mueissat was also reported to have been severely injured in the incident, suffering a broken pelvis and wounds

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

وادي الربيع, Wadi al Rabie, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians were allegedly killed by indiscriminate shelling on the Wadi al Rabie neighbourhood of Tajoura. LCNA reported: “A random shell landed Tuesday night on the house of Mohammed Salim al-Mazouji in the Wadi Al Rabie area, killing two of his sons, in addition to his granddaughter while they were inside the house.” Other sources

Summary

(1 child2 men)

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

منطقة الرزان في مشروع بيت لاهيا, Al-Razan, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT170425i
incident_date: 2025-04-17
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(4 children1 woman1 man)

Israeli Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia

LOCATION

In retaliatory actions against al Al Shabaab for a mass casualty bombing in Mogadishu a day earlier, the United States said that it had conducted three strikes against al Shbaab commanders, killing four people in total.This entry relates to one of two strikes in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow in Lower Shabelle. Al Shabaab itself

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0 – 2

Belligerents reported killed

حربل, Harbel, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, sharing the same surname, were reported killed, either by Coalition airstrikes or a car bomb either in Harbel or in Deir Hafer in Aleppo governorate. According to a Sultan Al-Musalmeh, two “young men” were killed by a car bomb when they were trying to “emigrate from Syria”. All sources identified the individuals as

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(2 men)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Araboow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Between one or two civilians were allegedly injured in US or Kenyan airstrike on Araboow. Halgan Media reported: “A series of blasts rocked a rural town of Araboow overnight in Somalia’s Middle Jubba province. The blasts said to be a result of a barrage of missiles fired down on the Militant controlled town. Sources that

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–2

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

أبو جربوعة, Abu Jarbua, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to Iraqi MP Salim Jumah, five civilians from the Shabakian tribe were killed including three children and a woman, after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed their house in Abu Jarbua village in Bashiqa, east of Mosul. Speaking to NRN News, the local Shabak Party MP called for compensation for those killed and naming them. In

Summary

(3 children1 woman)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

مسجد الهشيم السوسة , Al Soussa: al Hashim mosque, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that the US-led Coalition bombed the al Hashim mosque in al Soussa. However, it was unclear whether the 29 to 33 people reported killed were civilians or members of ISIS. The Step News Agency said that the strike was carried out at dawn on October 1st, while the Syrian Network for Human

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0 – 33

أعزاز‎, A`zaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to reports a car which was carrying a family reportedly fleeing the violence in Syria was itself struck in an alleged Coalition airstrike, killing a young infant girl. Aisha Saleh Hassan al Hameedi was reported killed and her family injured when their car was struck near A’zaz, northern Aleppo. The family had been displaced

Summary

(1 child)

جبل نوفان, Jabal Novan, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported that US drone strikes targeted alleged AQAP militant positions in Novan, in the Qaifa area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of March 5th. There was one known report of possible civilian injury due to the strike. Local language Twitter sources reported that airstrikes targeted AQAP militants in the Novan mountains. The

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

الهول, Al Hawl, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Hassakah Youth Movement, “International Coalition planes have carried out several raids along the front lines south west of Al Hawl and targets in the village of Al Hazim. There are reports of the martyrdom of several civilians.“ Shaam News also reported that Coalition airstrikes in support of Kurdish forces “led to the

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السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A house in the town of Al Soussa was struck by what sources described variously as a drone strike, airstrikes, artillery shelling, a rocket or a rocket-propelled grenade, killing two named brothers. Three of their other brothers were reported injured. Although one source implied the brothers were members of ISIS, this was not mentioned by

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(2 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

5 named, 1 familiy identified

وادي حجر, Wadi Hajar (Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Four children were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Wadi Hajar to the south of Mosul, as a major military offensive to clear Nineveh of Daesh continued. According to NRN News, jets from the US-led alliance targeted the Daesh-held village which also led to civilian casualties. Responding to a request for clarification about possible

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حاوي السوسة, Hawi Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported a “massacre” caused by “several missiles directed at the area Hawi Al-Soussa”. All sources blamed the Coalition. The alleged airstrike reportedly targeted a house inhabited by displaced persons, and killed a number of civilians, including women and children. No exact numbers were reported. Step News for example noted that Coalition missiles “targeted a

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2 – 6

(2–3 children2–3 women)

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least four and up to ten members of one family were reported killed in alleged Coalition (or possibly Russian) night time strikes on Abu Kamal. According to the Deir Ezor Observatory there were three Coalition strikes on the city, all after midnight. And News of the Revolution reported that “International coalition planes last night

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4 – 10

(1 woman3 men)

قرية القاهرة, Al Qahera Village, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

On July 3 2020, multiple sources report that a civilian named Fahd Suleiman Al-Basis was killed while picking fruit in the fields outside of Al Kahera by artillery shelling. While the vast majority of sources state that the shelling was carried out by the Assad regime, two state that the strikes were the result of

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

Four civilians were reported killed and 20 others wounded, and three members of Daesh died, after Coalition drone allegedly targeted an ISIS car, according to local sources. Nineveh Operations Command said that a “Hyundai” vehicle carrying three Daesh members was struck near a garage which sold chickens. The source said that “corpses littered the street“.

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المشفى الوطني في اعزاز, National hospital, A'zaaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, YPG/PKK targeted the National Hospital in the city of Azaz, north of Aleppo, with heavy artillery, on February 27th 2022. At least one civilian was wounded by the mortar shelling, including among the medical staff and one of the patients. Almost all sources attributed this attack to the YPG/PKK although Xeber

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

1–2

YPG

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

The second sequence of Coalition and Iraqi strikes on a major vehicle convoy (see June 29th) again destroyed hundreds of vehicles. But civilian casualties were again feared. Iraqi Revolution reported in the early hours of June 30th the martyrdom and wounding of dozens of displaced families between Tarrah and Ramadi island, after the government and

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

تل السمن, Tal al Samin, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition night raid on the village of Tal al Samin. According to Local Civil Defence of Syria, “Coalition planes launched a raid last night on the village of Tal Al Samin south of the town of Ain Issa, which led to the death of two civilians –

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