Civilian Casualties

2 – 4

(2 children)

Karam al Tarab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two or more civilians died and an unspecified number more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Aleppo’s Karam al Tarab neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground, Only @Free_TV_SYRIA gave specific casualty figures of two killed – and blamed Russia. Other sources reported an unspecified number of deaths an injuries, mainly referring only

Summary

Russian Military

منزل لعائلة رجب في النصيرات, A house for the Rajab family in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on October 31st, 2023, Safa News reported on an alleged Israeli airstrike which hit the Rajab family home in Nuseirat Refugee Camp 5 in the Gaza Strip, resulting in “a number” of casualties, including deaths and injuries. Most of the sources, including Abu Anas Abu Anas’ post on Facebook, stated that

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

Israeli Military

Kafr Nassr, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Kafr Nasseh outside of Aleppo, according to local media. Halab News listed two additional unidentified victims – and joined all other sources in attributing this event to Russia. Photographic evidence shows that cluster bombs were used.

Summary

1 – 3

(1 man)

1–5

بابولين, Babouleen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and nine civilians died and an unspecified number more were wounded in an airstrike on Babouleen, according to local media. Most sources reported that the warplane struck a civilian car with heavy machine guns. The majority of sources pointed towards the Syrian regime, though Russian actions were also reported, meaning that its involvement

Summary

2 – 9

Geolocation

Village

مديرية الصقايق, Al-Sahqeen district, Sadaa, Yemen

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and at least one other was injured by alleged US airstrikes on a home in the Al-Sha’af area of Al-Sahqeen district of Sadaa, Yemen, on March 16, 2025. The home reportedly belonged to Abdul Rab Jarfan, a member of the Houthi Movement’s intelligence wing, who was also reportedly killed. The US

Summary

عوينات, Awinat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to news agency NINA, a “US air strike on the village of Aouinat northwest of Mosul killed five civilians, according to a source in forensic medicine in Mosul.” The Al Rafidain website (in a report dated ten days after the event) placed the death toll higher at between 10 and 20, saying two houses

Summary

5 – 20

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Shaam News Network, reported that five non-combatants died in Fardous as part of “Russian aggression on different areas in Aleppo” on Thursday February 4th. The Syrian Press Center reported that Russian warplanes carried out “a number of raids on Al Mashhad and al Ferdous in the city of Aleppo, which resulted in the death

Summary

Russian Military

بيت حانون, Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0893
incident_date: 2023-11-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

2 – 3

(2 men)

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously unreported by Airwars, an internal Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) reported “4 unknown persons potentially injured while moving into the engagement area,” during a Coalition airstrike on Objective Nebula, a targeted vehicle. France later confirmed that it had carried out a targeted strike in Mosul on that date, though it is not

Summary

(4 children)

several neighbourhoods in West Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that up to 25 civilians were killed and between 23 and 26 injured in airstrikes and artillery shelling in various neighbourhoods in West Mosul. Fareek Al-Morasleen said on Facebook that US airstrikes and artillery had led to the casualties. The other source did not say who was responsible.

Summary

14 – 25

23–26

US-led Coalition, Unknown

معرة النعمان, Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two children, two women and one man were reportedly killed, and up to 30 other civilians injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces artillery or airstrikes on Ma’aret al-Nu’man in Idlib in the evening of December 19th, 2019, according to local sources. Two other civilians reportedly died from their injuries caused by

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2–3 children2 women1 man)

5 – 8

26–30

31 named, 8 families identified

Geolocation

City

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A Jordanian airstrike against an “ISIL weapons compound” – in coordination with the US military – allegedly killed US aid worker and hostage Kayla Mueller, along with up to 30 militants from Islamic State. The US later said that “with the information that we have there’s no evidence of civilians in the target area prior

Summary

(1 woman)

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

Eleven civilians from one family were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa. Originally the names of the victims were published under incident number CS1054, however Amnesty research assessed that there were two separate strikes, this one occurring at 11pm, while the other occurred at 6pm. Amnesty has placed the strike on the 21st despite

Summary

(7 children2 women2 men)

15 named, 1 familiy identified

جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians including a woman, and five children from the same family were reported killed and many others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on neighborhoods in Jisr Al Shigour in Idlib on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. The local sources identified names of ten of the

Summary

10 – 11

(5 children1 woman)

12–20

22 named, 3 families identified

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In a likely US or British drone strike, a truck was inadvertently hit during an airstrike at Ar Rutbah, according to a declassified CENTCOM report. “2 seconds prior to weapon impact, a large truck inadvertently arrived at the checkpoint. The back section of the truck was possibly damaged during the strike.” The driver was observed

Summary

Known belligerent

1.2 km east of Yontoy, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Three civilians were reportedly killed in a US drone strike in Lower Juba. The attack began late on April 11 and continued into the small hour of April 12, Lt Col Michelle Baldanza of AFRICOM later said in a statement. The camp “posed an imminent threat to US personnel,” she said. Somali officials allege the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 woman)

5–15

حي النهضة السكني، صَنْعَاء, Al-Nahda neighbourhood, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

A civilian was killed, in addition to between four and six Houthi leaders and members, by alleged US airstrikes on Al-Nahda neighborhood in the Al-Thawra district of Sanaa, Yemen on April 13, 2025. A tweet from @AlHudhudmag reported that one person was killed by a US attack on the Al-Nahda residential neighborhood in the Al-Thawra

Summary

4–6

عربيد, Arbeed, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A reported 1am airstrike on the ISIL-occupied village of Arbeed was said to have killed two women at the home of Adel al Kharfan. Mr al Kharfan’s wife (a mother of six children) died along with her relative, the wife of Ismael al Kharfan and a mother of four. Mr al-Kharfan’s son later told SN4HR:

Summary

(2 women)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event near Hajin, Syria. The Pentagon later declared this to have been a US-caused incident. Their September 2019 civilian casualty report noted: “Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against Daesh terrorists. Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally wounded

Summary

مدرسة الرافعي في جباليا,, Al Rafi’i school, Jabalia camp, Gaza Strip, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT011124b
incident_date: 2024-11-01
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Education, Secondary School

0 – 2

0–2

Impact

الموصل‎, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A vehicle was reportedly bombed by the Coalition in Al Muthanna neighbourhood in Mosul, leading to claims that one civilian was killed and a further four were injured. Local residents’ site Hunaal Hadbaa said that a KIA Rio car was targeted in the attack, with shrapnel then killing and injuring civilians in the vicinity. One

Summary

1 – 2

(1 man)

أبو سليم, Abu Salim, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Three people were reportedly injured by indiscriminate artillery shelling on the Abu Salim neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Municipal Council of Abu Salim published a statement saying: “As a result of the indiscriminate shelling of the Municipality of Abu Salim, a random rocket landed on the main road next to the traffic light. This rocket caused

Summary

Unknown

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

مشفى حلب الجامعي, the Hospital of Aleppo university, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4744
incident_date: 2024-12-01
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

Ambulance, Car, Education, Healthcare, Hospital, University / College, Vehicle

(1 woman10 men)

12–23

Impact

12 named

تل براك, Tall Birak, or villages to the south, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Reports emerged on the evening of September 5th that a 13-year old boy named as Abboud Al Kharnoub may have died in a Coalition strike in the vicinity of Tal Brak near al Hassakah. Baladi News also reported that a number of women were injured, without giving further details. It also said that the casualties

Summary

(1 child)

Homboy, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command declared on the same day that it had conducted an airstrike on al Shabaab in the vicinity of Jilib, which it said had killed one militant. It was later claimed that a 20-year old farmer named Mohamed Moalim was killed in the strike, with the location given as Hoombooy – although in

Summary

0 – 1

(1 man)

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In a Coalition targeted strike, three men were killed when a car was destroyed at Al Atarib on the road between Sarmada and Bab Al-Hawa. The Coalition originally reported destroying a car at Aleppo on October 15th-16th 2015. This was later amended to a US unilateral action, a targeted killing which the Pentagon said had

Summary

0 – 3

(0–3 men)

IVO Janay Abdalle, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

An unspecified number was allegedly killed by a US strike on Janay Abdalle, which AFRICOM later discounted. In first quarterly civilian casualty assessment it says: “February 3, 2019, AFRICOM received one allegation from an online media source claiming an unspecified number of civilians were killed from an airstrike in the vicinity of Janay Abdalle, Somalia,

Summary

2 – 3

US Forces

العريشة, Al`Arishah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

There were reports that two civilians named as Awwad Bandar Al Hamidi and his son (age presently unknown) Mahmoud Awwad Al Hamidi died after their vehicle was targeted by alleged Coalition aircraft on the road to Al Arisheh. Another source said the pair were on their way to the local cattle market when they died.

Summary

(0–1 children1–2 men)