Civilian Casualties

(4 children1 woman1 man)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

City

زرجيلي, Zergele, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple Turkish airstrikes reportedly killed eight or more residents and injured at least eight others – including a child – in an attack on the village of Zergele in the Kandil Mountains. Alusmaria reported: “Turkish planes today bombed the village of Zergele north of the border, killing eight civilians, wounding ten others and destroying seven

Summary

8 – 10

(1 child2 women5–7 men)

8–11

Unknown

14 named, 2 families identified

راوة, Rawah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied responsibility for an incident it said was reported by an NGO, but which Airwars was unaware of. The Coalition reported: “May 13, 2017, near Rawa, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in

Summary

0–1

النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least five people were killed, a woman and four children, and others injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Rahma home in Block 2 of the Nuseirat camp of the central Gaza Strip on October 15th, 2023. 29 year old Sana Tariq Nimr Al-Khalidi, married to an Abdul Karim, was killed along with

Summary

(4 children1 woman)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

مدينة الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and six civilians including one child died and several others were wounded in alleged Turkish air or artillery strikes on Al Bab, Syria, local media reported. Al Raed La Ykazeb Ahlahu cited the IS media agency Al A’amaq, reporting that there had been “18 Turkish raids on Al Bab and more than 100 artillery

Summary

3 – 6

(1 child2 men)

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Euphrates Post, “the International Alliance targeted an oil tanker in the al Hazzam area in the city of Albuqmal and killed the driver immediately.” The Step News Agency and the Shaam News Network also put the death toll at one and blamed the Coalition.

Summary

شارع اليرموك, Al Yarmouk street, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday October 13th 2023, more than 10 civilians were reportedly killed as a result of an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Khudari family’s home on Yarmouk Street in Gaza City, and dozens civilians were reported under the rubble of the Ghazal family’s home next to it. While most sources mentioned the location as Yarmouk

Summary

11 – 24

12–24

عرفة, Arafeih, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A young boy named as Mohammad Hussain Al Jassem later died of his injuries, six days after an October 17th airstrike on the town of Arafeih. According to reports the child was injured by shrapnel in the original attack. And on October 31st, a civilian male named as Hasan Ahmad Al Nazouha also died as

Summary

(1 child1 man)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

2 named

البعاج, Baaj, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A military source told Yaqein agency that 46 civilians were killed and dozens were wounded – with varying injuries – after airstrikes of the Joint Forces targeted Baaj and Qayrawan towns in western Nineveh. It was also reported that dozens of houses of civilians were destroyed. The area was the scene of heavy fighting between

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces, ISIS

مخيم البريج, Bureij camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 23:00 on Saturday, October 14th 2023, an Israeli airstrike on the Eid family house located in the Block 9 of Al Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip killed the alleged Hamas leader Moataz (Muetaz) Eid and reportedly injured three civilian members of his family. Israel Defense Forces declared the killing of Muetaz Eid

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

كفر تخاريم, Kafr Takharim, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A reported Russian airstrike on an empty school complex allegedly killed up to a dozen people, according to reports. Reporting from Sarmin, Orient News reporter Abu Mahmoud described the event: “Russian occupation forces targeted the town of Sarmeen with steric missiles. The target was a children’s school.. they are two schools next to each other,

Summary

Russian Military

معدان, Al Suweidiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and five civilians including one woman and three or four children died – and ten other civilians were wounded – in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Al Suweidiya, east of Ma’adan according to local media. All sources attributed the event to the Coalition. According to Alaraby, there were two strikes: the first hitting “the

Summary

4 – 5

(1–4 children1 woman)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

بجوار مخبز عجور, Vicinity of Ajour Bakery, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, October 16th 2023, at least 10 civilians were killed and more than 20 were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike at the al-Ghazali Junction near the Ajjour Bakery in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City. According to some sources, the strike hit a three-storey residential building while others reported that it hit

Summary

10 – 21

20–24

Impact

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

حي العمال, Al Oummal (Deir ez-Zor), Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One woman died and several other civilians were injured in an airstrike on Al Oummal in Deir ez-Zor, according to local sources – though it was unclear from reports whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently named one of the victims “following the insane Russian bombardments

Summary

(1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, “A local source said that Coalition aircraft bombed a poultry and sheep farm in the village of Qusra Jomaa, in the western province of Rifqa, killing four civilians and wounding two others seriously.” No further details are currently known.

Summary

سَرْمِين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of September 2nd, 2023, in Sarmin, Idlib, an incident with contested responsibility— reportedly either a Syrian regime artillery attack or a Russian airstrike—killed six-month-old Yaman Munther Baydoun and injured at least three other civilians, including a child, with casualties confirmed by multiple sources including the White Helmets organization. The majority of reports on

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 child)

3–4

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

1 named

قباسين, Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and ten civilians died and dozens more were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Qabasin, according to local media. According to the Shaam News Network, “Activists said Russian warplanes targeted a popular market crowded with civilians in the city of Qabasin, north of Al Bab city in the eastern Aleppo countryside, leaving six

Summary

6 – 10

12–24

Russian Military

near Al Tabaqah, Syria, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near al Tabaqah, Syria” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “103. June 8, 2017, near Al Tabaqah, Syria, via NGO report: The casualty reported in this allegation

Summary

Unknown

الزوايدة, Az Zawayda, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday, October 14th 2023, at least 16 civilians, almost all women and children, were killed and others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on the al-Houssana family house in al-Zuwaiyda, in the central Gaza Strip. According to several posts on Facebook by family members, the following names of the victims

Summary

(7–8 children7–8 women1 man)

16 – 18

16 named, 2 families identified

Town

الصالحين, Salheen (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Seven civilians died and at least 10 others were injured in airstrikes on the Salheen neighborhood of Aleppo. While three sources alleged that Russia was responsible, a fourth said this was the work of Assad regime warplanes. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was “informed that no less than 5 people were killed

Summary

(2 children2 women3 men)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

7 named, 1 familiy identified

ذيبان‬, Ziban, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians died and several more were injured when an alleged Coalition airstrike hit a water crossing in Ziban town, according to local media. Sana reported that the crossing was “used by residents to reach their agricultural land on the banks of the river”. All sources blamed the Coalition.

Summary

الشيخ عجلين, Sheikh Ajleen, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between 30 and 42 people, from a three month old to a 77 year old, were killed and a large number were injured when the home of the Saqa Allah family was reportedly bombed in what was reported to be a “double tap” Israeli airstrike during the night of Wednesday, October 18th 2023. The home

Summary

(4 children9–11 women10 men)

30 – 42

12–24

Impact

16 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine

Summary

39 – 43

(5 women8 men)

Unknown, Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition

14 named, 2 families identified

محيط مسجد الأمان, Vicinity of Aman Mosque, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Friday, October 20th, 2023 one person was reportedly killed and at least one person was injured when a residential apartment opposite Aman Mosque in Gaza City was allegedly bombed by an Israeli military aircraft. All sources reported that the bombing resulted in one death, and many sources including @ShehabAgency, @ArabsEvent and @Alsharawmo tweeted that

Summary

1–2

منطقة أسيا, Assiya, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An unnamed civilian male was reported killed in an alleged Russian airstrike in Assiya. Almodon made no mention of civilian casualties, though did report strikes by “Russian jet fighters” on Assiya. No additional information is presently available.

Summary

Russian Military

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilian children were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Raqqa, local sources reported. Both the children were identified by local sources and were reportedly displaced from the city of Sukhna, according to @PalmyraRev1. Four of the five sources alleged that the children died as a result of Coalition bombing. No further details were available.

Summary

(2 children)

خزاعة, Khuza’a, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 21, 2023, at least two people were killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike as they were riding a motorcycle in Khuza’a, east of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. The victims were named as Nidal Atwa Qudeih and Nael Raja Qudeih, both of whom were adult males. Some sources reported that a third person

Summary

2 – 3

(2 men)

Impact

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

زغير, Zughayr, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and seven non-combatants were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Zughayr, according to the Shaam News Network and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the civilians died when an oil field was targeted by Russian warplanes. SNN put the death toll higher, at seven.

Summary

3 – 7

2–20

الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Al Jadida, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that eight civilians were killed as a result of mortar shelling on the market of liberated New Mosul neighbourhood. This happened near the Al-Taibat restaurant and next to the Fathi Al-Ali mosque in New Mosul neighborhood, in the western part of the city. It is presently unclear who was responsible for the

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown