Civilian Casualties

Infrastructure

Education

(3 children1–2 women)

2–12

راس النبع, Ras al-Nabaa, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB261124c
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Israeli Military

الكسك, Kisik Junction, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A Canadian airstrike at Kisik Junction was alleged to have killed between 6 and 27 civilians, according to an internal CENTCOM report. The source was an English-speaking peshmerga fighter, who had passed on his concerns to Coalition Special Forces based in Iraq. The Canadian attack had targeted “an ISIL sniper/ HMG [havy machine gun] position

Summary

6 – 27

حي النختب بقرص فوقاني, Al Nakhtab, Bokros Foqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 12 civilians were killed – including an entire family – and up to 30 were injured, following airstrikes on Al Nakhtab, Bokros Foqani. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to the Coalition, others to Russia and SOHR to the Syrian regime. A handful of sources blamed “unknown

Summary

8 – 12

(3 children2 women1 man)

12–30

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

6 named, 1 familiy identified

بالقرب من مدرسة أبو بكر الصديق، مديرية معين، صنعاء, Vicinity of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq School, Ma'in District, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and up to fifteen others wounded – including five children and two women – by an alleged US airstrike on a residential building in the Ma’in District of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a during the evening of 23 March, 2025. The strike reportedly hit the building in front of

Summary

Commerce, Market, Residential, Vehicle

1 – 2

(1 child)

12–15

Exact location (via Airwars)

برطلّة, Bartalah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to NINA, a source in the forensic medicine department of the local hospital reported that numerous civilians died “in bombing by the international coalition aircraft [which] targeted a stronghold of the Islamic State in Bartalah north of Mosul.” Among 16 alleged civilian victims were five children and two women, whose bodies were said to

Summary

(5 children2 women)

حي المنصورية, Al-Mansouriyah District, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

Four men were killed and a number of others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on the Water Authority building in Al-Mansouriyah District, Al Hudaydah, Yemen on April 1, 2025. Initial reports from @TvAlmasirah stated that “martyrs and wounded” had resulted from the US “targeting” of the Water Authority building in Al-Mansouriyah. A post from

Summary

(4 men)

US Forces

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

District

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single source claimed that 11 civilians “including women and children” died when coalition aircraft struck targets to the east of Mosul. No further details were given. In July 2017, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of available evidence: “May 31, 2015, near Mosul, Iraq, via Airwars report: The report contained

Summary

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, one civilian was reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition artillery strike in Raqqa. Although Amnesty researched this incident on the ground, Airwars has decided to grade it “weak” due to the depth of material provided. According to the Amnesty report,

Summary

(1 man)

عقبة امقوة, Aqba Amkawa, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and another civilian, a woman, was injured in alleged Saudi Coalition or US drone strikes on the Olaya Markha district of Shabwa governorate. Sources were conflicted about whether the other two to three people killed and two to three people wounded were civilians or members of Al Qaeda. A Facebook

Summary

1 – 4

(1–3 men)

1–3

Saudi-led Coalition, US Forces

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

5 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported injured

1–4

0–2

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, claimed that two civilians were killed and others wounded, “some of them injured badly.” In a possible linked event, Al Hurra reported that the coalition targeted and killed Daesh leader Abu Abdallah Al Ozbeki [‘the Uzbek’], outside a hotel in the centre of Raqaa. Citing SOHR’s

Summary

مديرية الصومعة، ٱلْبَيْضَاء‎, As Sawma'ah District, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEM184
incident_date: 2014-04-19
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

4 – 5

(4 men)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

13 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

District

Belligerents reported injured

9–20

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources claimed that a Coalition airstrike aimed at an ISIL vehicle instead hit nearby celebrations, killing 18 people including three medics. One was later named as dentist Dr. Samir Ibrahim while the UN noted that a father and child died in the reported event. According to NINA, the deaths occurred when a missile accidentally

Summary

(1 child1 man)

قصر بن غشير, Qasr Bin Gashir, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Mahmoud Shalbik, a 23-year-old university student from Tripoli, was reportedly killed during armed clashes in the Libyan capital. While most sources reported he was killed by stray bullet, UNSMIL said the “student at the University of Tripoli, Faculty of Economics, was killed at his home as result of incriminate shelling.” Abdulrahman Ghummied stated on Twitter:

Summary

(1 man)

Government of National Accord, 7th Brigade

1 named

Baraag Gurgurte, approximately 20 kilometers from Harardhere district in Mudug region, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM428
incident_date: 2024-04-08
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Unknown

International Forces (Unknown)

LOCATION

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

Four members of the al-Jumaili family were killed in an alleged Coalition strike at Hit, according to reports. Mr al-Jumaili was described as a refrigerator repairman, whose home in the city’s April 7th neighbourhood was hit. The dead have been named by one of the sources. In their August 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led

Summary

(2 children1 woman1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

القمعلة, Al Qam`alah, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Two people, including a 14-year old boy, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Qam`alah, in the Dhi Naem area of Bayda governorate, on January 29th 2018. In a later email to the Long War Journal, a US Central Command spokesperson stated that a strike had targeted AQAP in Bayda on January

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

2 named

Belligerents reported injured

1–2

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

In a casualty event previously unknown to Airwars, CENTCOM confirmed on April 22nd 2016 that two civilians were injured during a US airstrike at Huwaijah. According to the official release, “On Nov. 4, 2015, in Al Huwayjah, Iraq, during a strike on an ISIL vehicle, it is assessed that two civilians were injured. The incident

Summary

Known belligerent

LOCATION

Raaqa, Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, one civilian was reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. According to the report “Iman al-Joumaa,

Summary

1 – 2

(1 woman)

شارع السكلات, Hit, Alscalt Street, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

It was reported by several sources that the Coalition struck Hit city, resulting in the injury of eight civilians including three children and two women. According to the local site Hit News, an airstrike struck a militant vehicle carrying weapons, ammunition and food, injuring civilians in the immediate vicinity. The Coalition has confirmed targeting an

Summary

هجين , Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition night time airstrike targeted a prison killing a number of prisoners, according to local media sources. Most sources report that among the victims were both ISIS and civilian prisoners. According to Furat FM, at least 11 members of ISIS were killed. Among others Orient News, Smart News and Step News Agency reported however

Summary

2 – 6

2–6

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

According to multiple reports, an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hawijah resulted in at least 13 civilian deaths. Al Jazeera reported that 16 died in the incident, which it attributed to the Coalition. The Al Amaq Agency (which often distributes Islamic State propaganda) reported that 13 civilians died in a ‘Coalition strike’ while 11 were injured.

Summary

13 – 16

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition airstrike targeted Hajin, Deir Ezzor, with mention of unspecified civilian casualties. All sources blamed the Coalition for the raid. Only one source, Step News, claimed that civilians were killed and wounded: however, figures were not stated. The agency also reported on “large destruction in the vicinity”. More than one source on the

Summary

1–2

العصرية, Asriya, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In a major mass casualty incident, 69 civilians were reported killed and 100 injured after alleged Coalition or possibly Iraq government aircraft allegedly struck the village of Asriyah. All of the victims were said to be from the Al Bojaber tribe. According to al Rafidain and other sources, fifteen of those killed were said to

Summary

(10 children10 women1 man)

100

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

شاميكو, Shamikou, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One child was reported killed, and another injured, in a collision with a vehicle belonging to the US-led Coalition in Al-Hasakah on July 4th. Haleb Today TV documented that those wounded and injured were two children, stating that a correspondent from Aleppo Today reported “a child killed and another seriously injured in a traffic accident

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 child)

Use of objects and other means

2 named, 1 familiy identified

كفرنتين, Kafar Natin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians, including one child were killed, and three to six others were injured as a result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on a residential gathering in Kafr Natin near Dar Ezza in Aleppo, on the morning of March 1st 2020 according to Local sources. Most of the sources claimed

Summary

4 – 5

(1 child3–4 men)

3–6

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

8 named, 1 familiy identified

الموصل‎, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A reported Coalition strike on the home of an ISIL fighter in Mosul also allegedly killed his wife and children, according to local reports. NRN News, citing a source in the east of the occupied city, reported: “The Daesh fighter was standing at the door of his home when the first missile struck him and

Summary

(2–4 children1 woman)

الأحراش المحيطة بمعرة مصرين وباتنتة, The bush near Ma’aret Misrin And Batinta, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian has been injured as a result of multiple strikes by alleged Russian warplanes and missiles hitting the west of Maarat Misrin in Idlib on September 15th 2020. The civil defense team took the injured man to hospital to treat his injuries. Images of the location show civilians living in informal camps close to

Summary

Unknown

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two adult male civilians, named as Mohammad Abdi al Barho, 20 years old, and Ahamad Jaber al Issa, 23 years old, were killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on Manbij, according to local sources. Manbij Mother of the World reported that the two men died when Coalition planes struck them while they were on a motor

Summary

(2 men)