Civilian Casualties

8 – 10

(1 child2 women5–7 men)

8–11

14 named, 2 families identified

near Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Raqqah, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “102. May 12, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in

Summary

طراف مدينة إدلب, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday, October 7th, 2023, at least one civilian man was wounded on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, in the bombardment allegedly perpetrated by the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces. However, some sources reported that a number of civilians were injured. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets,

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Al Bab Al Hadath reported that Qadro Al-Jadeed and his family were killed in a Turkish airstrike “a few days ago” on December 31st. There is currently no more information available.

Summary

2 – 4

(1 man)

العطاره, Al Attara, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

.Al Raqqa Truth reported that “Mariam Aswad al Tayih was martyred after being injured in coalition raids on the Al Attara area. Her family were also injured.” No further details are currently available.

Summary

(1 woman)

الصبحة, Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least one man was killed in an alleged Coalition and Syrian Defense Forces airdrop operation in the town of Al-Sabha on November 8th, 2021. Sources were conflicted as to whether the man killed was a civilians or a militant. According to Euphrates Post, the Coalition and the Syrian Defense Forces carried out an airdrop

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

0 – 1

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

Suspected target

ISIS

Belligerents reported killed

0–1

الباب , Al Bab city, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians died in an alleged Turkish artillery bombardment in Al Bab, according to local media. According to Aleppo 24: “two members of the civil defence were killed and a number more wounded as a result of the Turkish aviation targeting Al Bab on Thursday [Jan 19th]. The members of the civil defence died as

Summary

(4 men)

حي الدرعية, Al Dar'iya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least 4 civilians including 3 children and their father were killed and up to eight others were wounded in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Al Dir’iya, west of Raqqa city, local sources reported. Ahmad al Shibli, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights all alleged that the Coalition was responsible.

Summary

4 – 6

(3 children)

3–10

4 named, 1 familiy identified

مسجد "النور المحمدي" في حي الشيخ رضوان, Al-Nour Al-Mohammadi Mosque, Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, October 23rd 2023, at around 12pm, an Israeli airstrike allegedly injured and killed dozens of civilians including children, and destroyed the al-Nour al-Mohammadi Mosque and neighbouring homes in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City. The mosque was located in the centre of a civilian area in Gaza City. The exact number of

Summary

12 – 24

(5–10 children)

12–24

Exact location (via Airwars)

شنهصة, Shahnasa village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians died in an alleged Russian strike on the village of Shahnasa, according to local sources. HNN named Karim Hussein al-Abdullah as a victim and said three more unidentified people were killed in a Russian strike. DCHRS also named Karim Hussein al-Abdullah and added that three unidentified victims died. It too blamed

Summary

(1 man)

بئر النجا, Bir al Naj, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around lunchtime on Friday, October 27, 2023, at least 20 civilians were killed and at least one child injured following an alleged Israeli bombardment on the Al-Majdalawi residence in the vicinity of Abu Ali Mustafa roundabout, possibly near the Falouja UNRWA School, in the Bir Al-Naja area in northern Gaza. Some sources put the death

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(7–11 children4–5 women5–8 men)

20 – 37

Impact

21 named, 6 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

تلبيسة, Talbisah, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Eighteen civilians were killed in heavy airstrikes on Talbiseh, all from the Aloush and Swais families. Nine children were among the dead following at least three air raids. Graphic footage shows bombs being dropped in the centre of the town, followed by desperate rescue operations. Opinion was divided on whether the attacks were by Russian

Summary

(9 children5 women5 men)

18 named, 2 families identified

Jamili building, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on media claims of civilian harm “near Raqqa, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, “113. June 2, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via media report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no

Summary

الشجاعي، مدينة غزة, Al Shujaiya neighborhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the afternoon of October 10th 2023, six civilians, most of whom were children, were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Aslim family home, located in the Al Shujaiya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip. Alaa Ahmed Zaino (30) and her children, Yahya Muhannad Sami Aslim (12), Hala Muhannad Sami Aslim (10), Majda Muhannad Sami Aslim (5), and

Summary

(4 children1 woman1 man)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians including one woman and one child died in an airstrike on Hraytan, according to local sources – though it’s unclear form reports whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. LCCSY, pointed towards Russia, saying that one civilian died as a result of “shelling by vacuum missiles and cluster bombs“. A later

Summary

2 – 4

(1 child1 woman2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

مفرق الجزرة, Al Jazra junction, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Fourteen civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on an internet cafe al Al Jazra junction in Raqqa, according to local sources. Another four reportedly died nearby. All reports pointed towards the Coalition and named the internet cafe as Al-Hason Net. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), on June 8th the Coalition carried

Summary

14 – 16

12–24

مخيم خان يونس, Khan Younis Refugee Camp, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of October 26th, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the house of the Abu Alwan family on Ebad Al-Rahman Street within the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of at least one person and the wounding of 15 others. On the day of the alleged incident,

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

1 – 2

Exact location (via Airwars)

أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians including two to three children and one woman died in alleged Russian airstrikes on Orm al Kubra according to multiple local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported a “massacre due to suspected Russian forces shelling on regime forces shelling in Owrm Al Kubra town in Aleppo governorate in March 7“. It said

Summary

(2–3 children1 woman)

Russian Military

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and five civilians died and another six were wounded in Coalition airstrikes and an artillery bombardment on Raqqa, according to local sources. According to Shaam, “Violent battles continue in and around the city of Raqqa between the state organization [IS] and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during which the SDF was able to

Summary

4 – 5

جباليا, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early hours of Wednesday, October 25th 2023, 35-year-old journalist of Al-Aqsa TV Ahmed Abdul Hay Abdullah Abu Mahadi was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike while he was in his home in Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Abu Mahadi worked for Hamas-affiliated al-Aqsa TV and was the fifth journalist

Summary

(1 man)

1 named

Town

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

At least one child was killed in Douma according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was a Russian airstrike or the result of regime artillery. Shaam News, reported: “Russian planes carried out raids on Douma neighbourhoods which was preceeded by artillery shelling. One civilian was killed and others were

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child)

1 named

جامع الصفا, Dar’iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Initially this incident was reported on by several sources as an alleged airstrike or artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 1 or 2 cilivilians died. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty report War in Raqqa: Rethoric versus Reality (www.raqqa.amnesty.org), Amnesty field

Summary

(1 child3 men)

مسجد السلام، القرارة, Vicinity of Al Salam Mosque, Al Qarara, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At dawn on October 24th, 17 civilians across three generations of the same family were killed and a number of others were injured when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the home of the Al-Batta family near Al Salam Mosque in the town of Al Qarara in Khan Younis. Those killed were members of the Saqallah

Summary

(6–9 children1 woman7–10 men)

17 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Eight to 13 civilians including three women and three children were reported killed – and dozens injured – in an airstrike on Kafr Hamra according to multiple sources. Reports were conflicted as to whether the attack was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The Shaam News Network said Russian forces were responsible and had pounded

Summary

(3 children3 women1–2 men)

8 – 13

12–24

Unknown, Syrian Regime

8 named, 1 familiy identified

الزعير, Al Zaer, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly killed in an airstrike on Al Za’er village in Deir Ezzor, but it was not clear who was responsible, Smart News Agency reported. As the local agency noted, “The activist Mohammed Hassan, who relies on information from local sources said, that unidentified warplanes launched raids on the village, which led to

Summary

شارع المدرسة قرب صيدلية اليازوري خانيونس, Al-Madrasa Street, near Al-Yazouri Pharmacy, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 30th 2023, at least five men were killed and at least 15 others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on a motorcycle and a car on al-Madrasa Street near al-Yazouri Pharmacy in the al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. The civilian or militant status of all five men was

Summary

0 – 5

(0–5 men)

15–18

Exact location (via Airwars)

Belligerents reported killed

0–5

اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian neighbourhood was targeted in Ltamenah – allegedly by Russia – which killed approximately 10 civilians. According to Shaam “10 civilians (three of them from one family) were killed, and five wounded, as a result of Russian aircraft targeting civilian homes with vacuum missiles.” Violations Documentation Center later named Khaled Abdulhameed al-Jahem as having

Summary

(2 children1 man)

بجوار أبو الأمين، أبو اسكندر، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Abu al-Amin Junction, Abu Iskander Area, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least one civilian was reportedly killed or injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu Jiab family home near the Abu al-Amin Junction in the Abu Iskander area of Gaza City shortly before 10:00 on Sunday the 29th of October, 2023. No exact casualty figure has been reported. Multiple sources, including the Palestinian

Summary

0 – 1

0–1

مسكنة, Maskanah, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Al A’maq agency (linked to so-called Islamic State) produced multiple reports on alleged Russian airstrikes which targeted the city of Maskaneh. They stated that two raids hit a popular market in the city, killing 25 civilians, injuring 33 (including 10 in critical condition) and causing destruction of property. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights

Summary

(2–3 children2 women6 men)

24 – 25

30–35

10 named, 2 families identified