Civilian Casualties

3 – 6

(1 child2 men)

1–4

Israeli Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Nearby landmark

خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An airstrike on a gas station near the Konoco gas refinery reportedly killed between three and four civilians. A subsequent investigation by the Syrian Network for Human Rights later noted: “Around 7:00pm the international alliance warplanes targeted a gas station and an oil well in Deir Ezzor countryside which is located near Khasham town. the

Summary

3 – 4

(4 men)

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to Syria News Desk, “seven civilians were killed and dozens wounded in an initial toll following Russian warplane shelling on a vegetable market in al Ferdos neighbourhood in the centre of Aleppo city.” LCCSY also reported that Russia shelled al Ferdos, but made no mention of civilian harm.

Summary

12–24

Russian Military

محيط مخيم الجليل في بعلبك, near a building adjacent to the headquarters of the Secretary-General of the Baath Party in Lebanon and near Jalil Camp in Baalbek, Lebanon, Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB260924p
incident_date: 2024-09-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Israeli Military

الفلوجة‎, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

A woman and child may have been injured in a major Australian airstrike at Fallujah on December 21st 2014, according to an internal CENTCOM assessment. The pre-planned attack was focused on a’suspected weapons factory’ in the city. However, 10 minutes after the last bomb had been dropped by an Australian aircraft, “a probable female and

Summary

0 – 13

(2–8 children)

القائم‎, Al Qa’im, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident previously untracked by Airwars, the Coalition confirmed on Oct. 27, 2017 that it had unintentionally killed four civilians. The provided coordinates placed the event in the near Al Qa’im town in the Al Anbar Governorate. There are currently no further details known about the incident.

Summary

Unknown

Known belligerent

قرية القابل منطقة جدر بمديرية بني الحارث, Al-Qabil, Jadr area, Bani Al-Harith district, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one person was reported killed and five wounded after alleged US airstrikes on the village of Al-Qabil in the Jadr area of Bani al-Harith, Sanaa, Yemen on 30 March 2025. Though most sources – including the Ministry of Health spokesperson – stated one person had been killed, Facebook user Alyaa Badel reported plural

Summary

1 – 2

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A coalition airstrike allegedly killed four unnamed civilian males in the vicinity of Al Shadadi, according to VDC. The Step news agency reported multiple coalition strikes in the vicinity: “The Alliance today carried out a number of raids on ISIL targets south of Al Hassakah. Five missiles fell on the city of Shadadi followed by

Summary

(4 men)

الدير الشرقي, Al Deir Al Sharqi, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were reported killed by Russian forces and/or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Deir Al Sharqi in Idlib, Syria on December 22nd, 2019. Shaam News was the only source to report on the incident, stating that three civilians had been killed by airstrikes and shelling launched by the Russian military and Syrian regime across

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Gobanle (Gobaale), Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Three civilians were reportedly killed in a US strike in Gobanle village, according to Amnesty International – though US Africa Command claimed that only four “terrorists” were killed. However an AFRICOM declassified assessment of the event published in July 2019 indicated that the US itself was unaware of the identities of those in the vehicle

Summary

(3 men)

1–4

حي الصبرة بمدينة غزة, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0970
incident_date: 2023-11-08
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

12–24

Israeli Military

بادية (فليطح) فلطيح, Faltih (Fletih) desert (Badit Faltih), Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Abed Abdullah al-Numan, a shepherd from the town of Al Tayana, was killed by an alleged Coalition airstrike when he was out working in the Faltih(Fletih) desert (Badit Faltih), north of Deir Ezzor – near the Syrian-Iraqi border, according to local media. Suriye u.a.d. reported that the victim was killed by a Coalition helicopter, whereas

Summary

LOCATION

مَأْرِب, Ma'rib, Yemen

code: USYEM239c
incident_date: 2015-10-03
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

ﺣﻠﺐ, Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A reported Coalition airstrike at 3.45pm killed up to seven civilians including two children, at Nahiyat Sereen near Aleppo. One young victim, Mohammad Jassen Al Abou Rakan, was decapitated in the incident, with graphic images of his body widely distributed on social media. Islamic State later published a propaganda video of the event, including interviews

Summary

2 – 7

(2 children)

ناصر, Naser, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

Up to three civilians were allegedly killed in an airstrike on Naser. Different sources accused the LNA, UAE or Egypt. Ibrahim Kasuda said: “The UAE assault plane targets a citizen’s car in the village of Naser in the south of Zawiya, killing all in the car and the supporters of Haftar describe it as an

Summary

(2 men)

Libyan National Army, Unknown, Egyptian Military

2 named

شارع الجلاء، بالقرب من مسجد شهاب, Al-Jalaa Street, near the Shehab Mosque, Idlib City, Idlib Governorate, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4752
incident_date: 2024-12-02
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

Car, Mosque, Religious, Vehicle

Impact

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

دير الزور‎, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, reported that a non-combatant male named as Khitab al Zaher Al Hussein died in an alleged Coalition strike on Dayr ez Zawr. Mr al Hussein was reportedly from al Kharita in the province. The two sources were unclear as to whether he had died in Deir

Summary

LOCATION

مرزق, Murzuq, Libya

The US conducted a rare action against militant targets in Libya in September 2019, striking what it later said was “a terrorist facilitation and meeting location consisting of ISIS-Libya terrorist leadership and militants.” In April 2020, US Africa Command reported that no civilians were harmed in this action near Murzuq on September 19th, 2019 –

Summary

Unknown

8–10

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In a previously unknown casualty event, the US confirmed on January 29th 2016 that its aircraft had injured at least two civilians in a targeted strike on an ISIL religious judge three months earlier. According to CENTCOM, “On Oct. 15, 2015, near Tal Afar, Iraq, during strikes against ISIL Sharia Judge Mullah Maysar, it was

Summary

2–5

Known belligerent

حرمك, Near Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Six civilians were allegedly injured after a US airstrike near Kunya Barrow. Somali Memo, a news outlet close to Al Shabaab, said: “Last night, Drone planes bombed a civilian residence in the town of Kunya Barrow. Sources say several missiles hit the home and injure four civilians, including a mother and three children. The injured

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Unknown

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A high-ranking officer with the Iraq Army was the reported source for a highly contested claim – most likely Daesh propaganda – that French aircraft had bombed a school in Mosul, allegedly killing 28 pupils. According to German news agency DPA, Brigadier-General Thanon Sabawi from the Second Division of the Iraqi Army claimed that “French

Summary

بالقرب من مسجد أبو بكر الصديق ,البصيره, Vicinity of Abu Bakr Al Siddiq mosuqe, Al Basira , Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

The homes of civilians were reportedly raided and bombed by alleged Coalition forces in a possible joint action with the Syrian Democratic Forces in the city of Al Basira, Deir Ezzor governorate, on May 16th, 2020, leading to the death of five possible civilians. Sources additionally reported that two to three men likely linked to

Summary

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

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

Suspected target

ISIS

Belligerents reported injured

2–7

LOCATION

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

An alleged Coalition strike at Hit in Anbar resulted in the deaths of four named civilians. Hit News reported that Coalition strikes hit the area around the Khaled Saadoun mosque and a nearby industrial district “resulting in the deaths of a number of innocent citizens.” In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports,

Summary

(2–4 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الروضة, Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A reported US drone strike targeted a minibus in Al Rawda neighbourhood, in the Wadi Ubaida area of Marib governorate, on the afternoon of August 3rd 2017. Several sources suggested that the strike targeted AQAP militants in the bus, killing three, though others indicated that as many as two civilians were killed and four injured,

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Vehicle

1 – 3

(2 children1 man)

2–4

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Known target

1–3

الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Coalition airstrikes on three or four Daesh-controlled villages killed 15 civilians including three children, according to both the Syrian Observatory and the Hassakah Youth Movement. In a later report, the Damascus Center noted: “On the afternoon [of Wednesday 17th February 2016), planes likely to be the Coalition launched more than ten air strikes, affecting

Summary

15 – 40

(3 children2 women)

15 named, 6 families identified

هداج, Hadaj, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Bread salesman Abdul Razzaq Mohammed from the village of Abu Juba was heading to work passing through Hadaj village when he was allegedly shot and hit by Coalition machine gun fire during Coalition operations in the village. Local sources reported he died of the injuries sustained in the strike. No other details are known at

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Small arms and light weapons

LOCATION

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

The Al Najmawi family’s flour mill in Granary Street, eastern Mosul was struck in an alleged Coalition airstrike, leading to casualties among the civilian workers inside. Qoraish reported that the attack took place at the 10.30am local time, with two strikes approximately five minutes apart. It claimed there were no Daesh forces present. NRN News

Summary

غريبة الشرقية, Ghariba al-Sharqiya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One person was reported killed in an alleged US-led Coalition and QSD/SDF joint security operation/landing in Ghariba al-Sharqiya in Deir Ezzor, Syria on November 7th, 2020. Some of the local sources which reported the incident said the person killed was an internally displaced person (IDP), and others described him as an ISIS member. For example,

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

0 – 1

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

US-led Coalition, Unknown, Unknown

Suspected target

ISIS

مرقدا, Marqadah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A claimed evening airstrike by the Coalition on Daesh fighters in Marqadah also reportedly killed and injured a number of civilians when a mosque was struck. Syria News reported local sources as saying that “The dead and wounded were killed by Coalition bombing of a mosque during evening prayers in the city of Marqadah in

Summary