Civilian Casualties

(1 man)

شيشة, Shisha, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, including a child and a woman from the same family, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the villages of Gorik and Sheshi in western Gire Spi on June 1, 2022. Hawar News also reported that a woman and a child were injured in Turkish shelling of Sheshi village in the western

Summary

Turkish Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Subdistrict

العريمة, Al `A'rīma, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Fouad al Waisi, his wife and his daughter were all reported killed in a daytime Coalition strike near Manbij, in the village of al A’rima. The Coalition later reported that three civilians had been injured in the incident, without mentioning any civilians killed. On March 10, 2022 in the CJTF-OIR Civilian Casualty Report, the Coalition

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

راجو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A man was killed when an alleged Turkish armored vehicle ran him over while he was walking in the town of Rajo of Afrin on June 20, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a civilian from Rajo district in Afrin was killed when a Turkish armored vehicle ran over him in

Summary

(1 man)

Causes of injury / death

داقوق, Duquq, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

At least 15 civilians – most or all women – were killed and 45 or more wounded by an airstrike which hit a Shi’ite shrine in Duquq, according to local sources. The Coalition later categorically denied that it was responsible for the event, with Iraqi aircraft most likely at fault. Local official Amir Huda Karam

Summary

(15 women)

45–50

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

شُقرة‎, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

A series of three alleged US bombing raids killed at least two militants and destroyed numerous vehicles in the in the Shakra area on May 10, 2022. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to almotamar.net, the Al Qaeda site in the Shakra area that was struck in the air strikes was used to

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

2–4

الكندي, Mosul, Kindi, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to a single local report, a father and his daughter were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes. Mosul Eye reported that 2 civilians (father and his daughter) have been killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Al-Kindy neighbourhood, on the eastern bank of Mosul.

Summary

(1 child)

كفرجنة, Kafar Jana, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian or civilians were injured in an alleged Syrian Democratic Forces artillery attack on Kafar Jana, Afrin, Aleppo on July 24, 2022. Multiple sources reported a civilian was injured, including Zaman Al Wasl, which referred to the civilian’s injuries as minor. @Moohame34921486 tweeted that multiple civilians had been injured as a result of this

Summary

1–2

YPG

مزرعة القادسية, Mazra'at Al Qadissiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian reportedly died in a Coalition airstrike at Mazra’at al Qadissiya, according to local sources. Smart News noted “Casualties due to coalition airstrikes in Mazra’at Al Qadissiya and Abu Wahel in Raqqa.” Syria News Desk reported the following: “The media opposition activist Mohamed Osman, quoting civilian sources from Abu Wahil, said Coalition aircraft targeted

Summary

3–6

حي طريق الباب , Tareeq al Bab neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and ten civilians including a woman and up to three children died and as many as 17 others were wounded in alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strikes on Aleppo’s Tareeq al Bab neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. The Syrian Network for Human Rights pointed to Russia, putting the death toll

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

4 – 10

(2–3 children1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

تل علي, Tal Ali, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians were reported injured in an alleged YPG artillery attack on Tal Ali village near Al Ghandoura town in Aleppo, on October 16th 2019, according to local media sources.

Summary

YPG

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Twelve civilians were killed and up to 30 injured at al Bab in what local sources claimed was a ‘Coalition’ strike, but which may have been a result of Turkish-ISIS fighting. Al A’maq, ISIS’s media wing, reported “12 dead and 30 injured, most of them women and children, following violent Turkish shelling with more than

Summary

(6 children1 woman)

20–30

US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

8 named, 2 families identified

العريضة, Al Arida, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two men were killed by mortar shells allegedly fired by YPG, or were executed by the SNA in Al Arida village, north of Ain Issa, on October 28th, 2019, according to local sources. The victims were identified as Mahmoud Al Zaher aged 60 and Barho Al Alou aged 65.

Summary

YPG, Free Syrian Army

2 named

حي الميثاق, Mosul, Al-Mithaq, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Five members of the same family were killed when a Coalition airstrike hit a house in Al Mithaq, according to local sources. Sualif Maslawiah Aneefa posted that five members of Khalid Mustafa Abu Wadah’s family were killed when bombs struck his home as ISIL fighters hid inside, preventing the family from leaving. The post identified

Summary

(2 women1–2 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

جورين, Jurin, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

On 9th July 2023, up to three civilians were reportedly injured and a member of the regime forces were killed by an artillery strike allegedly carried out by the factions of the ‘Al-Fateh Al-Mubin’ operations room, a Turkish-based militia, in the town of Jurin, located in Sahl Al-Ghab in the western countryside of Hama. The

Summary

1–3

Turkish Military

Geolocation

Town

Belligerents reported injured

0–3

LOCATION

Zeitounka, Aleppo, Syria

Local media reported that an Anatolian agency correspondent, was wounded in a rocket or mortar attack while covering Operation Olive Branch in Afrin. No source specified which belligerent the fire originated from. According to TRT News, “Ozer was wounded in the hand and thigh by shrapnel from rocket and mortar fire at a location close

Summary

حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A local sources claimed Coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted the Hadbah neighbourhood northeast of Mosul had killed “dozens of civilians.” This took place after ISIL reportedly targeted Iraqi forces with three bombed cars during the afternoon. Ajel Al Mosul spoke of “heavy” and “indiscriminate” airstrikes. It also reported that an “air strike targeted a

Summary

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Around midnight between Sunday July 9th and Monday July 10th 2023, the residential neighborhood of Jisr al-Shughour in west Idlib was reportedly shelled by Syrian regime and/or Russian forces, resulting in the injury of two civilians, father and his daughter. It is unclear if the female victim is a child or an adult woman. Adel

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named

قرية مطمورة, Matmoura village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Up to two civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Matmoura on October 4, 2022. According to Hawar News, a civilian named Yashar Hussein al-Kamouri was wounded in the village of Matmoura by Turkish shelling. North Press Agency also identified another civilian, a woman named Ishar al-Hussein, was

Summary

Turkish Military

الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said 14 civilians were killed and 6 injured, mostly children and women, in Coalition airstrikes that had targeted their homes in Rifai neighbourhood northwest of Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center said that seven children, four women and three men were killed as a result of the bombing on their homes. On March 4th

Summary

(7 children4 women3 men)

وادي آل أبو جبارة, Wadi Al Abu Jabarah, Sa'dah, Yemen

LOCATION

On the 28th October 2012 at 10am in the Wadi al Abu Jabara area in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, a suspected US drone conducted three airstrikes against two houses in the area, injuring two civilians, a woman and her son, and killing between three and four alleged Al Qaeda militants and injuring one, according to

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

House, Residential

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported injured

3–4

تل حلف, Tal Halaf, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A nine year old girl was killed when an alleged Turkish armored vehicle ran her over in the village of Tal Halaf on November 3, 2022. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a girl was killed when she was run over by a Turkish vehicle in the village of Tal Halaf. A local

Summary

(1 child)

Accidents related to conflict

LOCATION

Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition reported in April that a self-assessment had concluded no civilian casualties had occured in a February 4th action at Mosul. According to the report: “Feb. 4, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that

Summary

LOCATION

Gherille, Somalia

Five al-Shabaab militants were killed by alleged Kenyan Defense Forces airstrikes on the town of Gherille near the Kenyan-Somalia border on July 13, 2023. A tweet from @CrimeBusterKe reported that the Kenyan Defense Forces killed carried out an airstrike in Gherille which killed five militants in a technical vehicle. The airstrikes occurred in the same

Summary

Kenyan Defense Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

вулиця Клочківська, 366, 366 Klochkivska Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On February 25th 2022, Russian military allegedly exploded single cluster bomb at a children’s hospital and blood donation facility on Klochkovskaya Street in Kharkiv. One man was reportedly killed and two to three people, employees, including two women, were reportedly injured. The attack was reported to have taken place approximately at 17.00, with the earliest

Summary

(1 man)

2–3

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Heavy Coalition airstrikes on al Tabaqa resulted in at least one civilian death, according to multiple reports. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered said that “several missiiles fell near Omar al Mukhtar school in al Tabaqa” killing one child and injuring two or more. According to Step News “B52s launched ten air strikes targeting points in al

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 woman)

Bandar Jadiid and Fanoole villages in the town of Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Four civilians, three women and a child, were killed and four other civilians, one woman and three children, were injured by alleged Kenyan airstrikes on Jilib on August 15, 2023. Somali journalist Mahamuud Hassan (@xuquuqda1) reported that Kenyan airstrikes on Bandar Jadiid and Fanoole villages in the town of Jilib resulted in the death of

Summary

(1 child3 women)

Kenyan Defense Forces

خان شيخون , Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians – a woman and her four children – died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun. Most sources blamed the Assad regime, though there were also allegations against Russia. According to SMO, “Russian occupation aircraft on Sunday carried out a horrific massacre in the town of Khan Sheikhan in the village

Summary

(4 children1 woman)

10–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Town

between Hazima & al Abb'ara, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Smart news agency, reported that “In the northern countryside, warplanes launched raids on the two villages of Hazima and al A’bbara which led to the death of one civilian and wounding three, one of them in a critical condition.” No further details are currently available.

Summary