Civilian Casualties

15 – 21

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Heavy air raids on Al Bab – which local sources blamed either on Russia or unidentified aircraft – reportedly killed up to two civilians in Al Bab. According to Syrian PC, “Russian warplanes raids in Al bab city killed a number of people and wounded others.” Syria Feed cited one death, while according to the

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 woman)

السحارة, Al Sahara, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians – a man, his daughter, and another girl – were injured in Al Sahara, Western Aleppo, by artillery allegedly fired by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military on September 2, 2023. All three injured in the evening shelling were civilians, according to SCD News, and both girls were children. The shelling

Summary

Unknown

2–3

السوا, Al Sa'awa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two to six civilians died in airstrikes on an IDP camp in the village of Al Sa’wa in the western suburb of Deir Al Ghazur, according to local sources. The location is disputed, as Sharqiya24 and Deirezzor24 cited “the water crossing” as the location and not the camp. Marsad Al Hasaka named victims. The source added

Summary

2 – 6

(3 men)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

3 named

حي باب النيرب, Bab al Nayrab (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Violations Documentation Center listed one unidentified adult female as having been killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on the Bab al Neirab neighbourhood of Aleppo. Tweeting on the same day, the Syrian Documentation Centre reported that “An air raid by Russian warplanes on several locations in Al Neirab neighbourhood has led to human losses

Summary

(1 woman)

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 13th 2023, an alleged Israeli strike on the Dawas family’s house in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip killed four civilians belonging to the Dawas family, including a woman and two children. The deceased family members were remembered in numerous social media tributes. A 37-year old Mounir Harb Rizq Dawas was killed together with his

Summary

(2 children1 woman1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

الرقة‎, Central, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition air or artillery strikes in Raqqa, local sources reported. According to the Step News Agency, “five civilians were killed and others are missing under the rubble as a result of aerial and ground bombing by the international Coalition in neighborhoods controlled by IS in the middle of

Summary

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One unnamed civilian was reported killed and two or more injured in alleged regime (or possibly Russian) airstrikes on Maskaneh. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

المغراقة, Al Mughraqa, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Three people were reported to have been killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abdel Salam residence in the Al Mughraqa area of the central Gaza Strip on October 18th, 2023. While several sources reporting that the home of the Abdel Salem family had been struck, identification details have not been publicly released, and

Summary

Residential

Al Badou neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian named as Dalal al-Muhammad al-Khamri, age 33, died in the Al Badou neighborhood of Raqqah city, local sources said. The citizen journalist group, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported his death was a result of “artillery shelling” on the lane al Badu in the neighbourhood. US-led Coalition “warplane missiles” were responsible according to

Summary

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

1 named

دوار الـ"7كم", 7km roundabout, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Four adult males died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the 7km roundabout in the Deir ez-Zor countryside, according to local sources. In a news roundup, Shaam News Network put the death toll at four and blamed Russia. The victims were named by the VDC. The victims – killed in an alleged Russian raid –

Summary

(4 men)

جباليا, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Wednesday, October 18th 2023, 24 civilians were reported injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the home of the Abu Amira family next to a pump on al-Alami street, Jabalia Camp, Gaza strip. Safa news reported that the home was bombed “on the heads of its residents” and that there were “a number of

Summary

Unknown

البدو, Al Badou, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians, including four children and two women, reportedly died following alleged US-led Coalition air strikes on al Badou neighbourhood, Raqqah city. Details of the death toll were initially provided by one source only, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, which blamed the Coalition. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered also referred to air raids carried out

Summary

(4–7 children2 women2 men)

7 – 11

حي المشهد, Al Mashad (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An entire residential building in the neighbourhood of Al-Mashhad was reportedly destroyed killing four or five civilians. Both LCCSY and locals have confirmed the shelling took place on Al-Albisah Street. Multiple sources claim there was heavy shelling and the use of missiles by Russian warplanes. All sources, including Syrian News Desk, reported the warplanes to be Russian.

Summary

4 – 5

(1–2 children)

شرق مستشفى الأمل, East of Al Amal Hospital, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday morning, December 28th 2023, between 10 and 20 civilians, including at least three children, were killed, and at least 12 others, including at least five children, were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike/and or artillery strikes on a residential area near the al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. At

Summary

Residential

(3–5 children1 woman2 men)

10 – 20

Impact

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

A civilian male died in Raqqah following an “aerial bombardment” of the city, local media said. There is very limited information at present for this event, with both RBSS and Raqqa Maydan saying on October 11th that the incident had taken place “several days ago.” Airwars understands that only the US-led Coalition were bombing in

Summary

(1 man)

Castello Road, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, LCCSY, reported that “Russian warplanes launched heavy airstrikes on the outskirts of Castillo Road which led to the martyrdom of four civilians we they were attempting to get out of the city.” According to LCCSY this falls in the same context as the airstrikes on “Kafarnaha and Bashantra towns in the Western

Summary

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 03:00 on Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, a rocket or missile allegedly fired by Israeli military hit a residential apartment in the Al Saad building in the town of Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip, killing a family of six people – including a woman and four children – and injuring a number of civilians. Safa

Summary

Residential

(4 children1 woman1 man)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

Local media reported that four bodies were recovered from various areas of Raqqa city, though it was unclear at which point during the Raqqa campaign the deaths occurred. In the first of their September 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”,

Summary

الحصان, Al Hissan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between 18 and 20 civilians including seven women and six children were killed and 14 others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Hissan, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights initially reported that a “massacre” by “suspected Russian warplanes” killed 18 non-combatants, including six women and seven children, but a subsequent

Summary

(5–7 children4–7 women5 men)

18 – 20

14–35

16 named, 1 familiy identified

دير البلح, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At 12pm on Sunday, October 22nd 2023, between 22 and 31 civilians, including at least 11 children and eight women, were killed and others were injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the homes of the Abu Muailiq family in Deir Al-Balah, which is located in the middle of the Gaza Strip. Amnesty International reported

Summary

(11–12 children8 women3 men)

22 – 31

24 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (other)

الدعيج, Al Duaij, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 15 civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Duaij, according to local media. Al Khabour reported that “the international Coalition targeted a civilian car in the village of Al-Duaij in the town of Tal al-Jayr east of al-Shadadi, killing one civilian and wounding the others seriously.” Shaam News, Masar Press, Baladi

Summary

1 – 15

(1–6 children)

2–8

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Eleven civilians including six children and three women were killed and up to 60 others injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Douma, according to local sources. Shaam News Network reported that “intense air raids by the Russian enemy on civilian homes in the city of Douma led to the fall of many wounded including women

Summary

(6 children3 women4 men)

20–60

11 named, 3 families identified

the town of Gal Hareri, Galguduud, Somalia

LOCATION

On the 25th of January, 2024, an alleged Somali or US drone or air strike was conducted against the Al-Shabaab militant group in the town of Gal Hereri, in the Galgaduud region of Central Somalia, killing at least 20 militants, according to Somali regional and military officials. One woman, Maido Yusuf Abdulle, was reported to

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1 – 10

(1 woman)

0–10

Somali Military Forces, US Forces

Belligerents reported killed

20–30

الليرامون, Bleilramoun, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians including two children died in either an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Aleppo’s Baleirmoon neighbourhood, local media reported. According to Syrian Newsdesk, “Assad regime and Russian warplanes targeted Bleilramoun neighbourhood which is under opposition control north west of the city of Aleppo with several raids.” The Syrian Network For Human Rights blamed

Summary

(2 children)

2–24

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الصبحة, Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A male civilian, co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, was shot and killed by alleged Coalition forces and/or Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in on October 27, 2021. According to a tweet from @Sada_AlSharqieh, a media organization covering Eastern Syria, Samer Al-Abdullah, the co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, in charge of running the

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

LOCATION

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

A young man, identified as Omar Mohammed Ali Al Dakhoul, originally from Al Bu Ammru, was killed in an airstrike on the town of Al Baghouz, according to three local sources. None of the reports however specified on which date the bombardment took place, only mentioning that the man was killed “days ago”. Statements by

Summary

جنات السلامة, Janat al Salama, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Russian warplanes struck the village of Janat al Salama in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, killing four civilians, including two women, from the same family, local sources reported. Most sources used similar language to Shahed-ayan, which stated “warplanes targeted the town of Janat al Salama near the Dayr Hafir, causing the martyrdom of four people,

Summary

(2 women2 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

قريب من مسجد الديراوي, Vicinity of Al Derawi Mosque, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 21, 2023, a 49 year-old man named Basil Hassan Kamel Abu Shamala, also known as Abu Hassan, was killed by an alleged Israeli bombing near Al Derawi Mosque in Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip. That day, his daughter, Bushra, confirmed his death on Facebook. Many of Abu Shamala’s relatives mourned his death in

Summary

Religious

(1 man)

1 named

Nearby landmark

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported one civilian killed and an unspecified number of people injured after the village of al Soussa was shelled. Al Soussa Youth reported that one person was killed and two others were injured when the house of al-Matar al Luqman was struck. The source also stated that an Iraqi family was wounded,

Summary

5–6