Civilian Casualties

8 – 20

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

A “large number” of civilians was reported killed in NATO airstrikes on Sirte, according to the Gaddafi regime. Mohamed Abd El Rahman reported on Facebook that “the Libyan regime said that the coalition launched raids on Tripoli and Zuwara and Misurata (west) and Sirte since Saturday and targeted Sirte on Monday, especially the airports, which

Summary

معرشورين, Ma'ar Shoreen, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In what has been described my local media as a “massacre” as many as 20 civilians were killed and up to 35 were wounded, in airstrikes conducted over Ma’ar Shoreen. Nearly all reports of the incident blamed Russia, however one source blamed the Syrian regime making this a contested event. Many of the dead were

Summary

(8 children7–19 women5 men)

8 – 20

12–35

20 named

البوليل, Al Bulial Rouwaida neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and 20 civilians including two children were killed, and more than 25 others injured, in an alleged Russian airstrike on the Rouwaida neighbourhood in Al Buliyal, according to multiple sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights put the death toll at seven including two children, killed by shelling from “alleged Russian warplanes“. Al Jazeera reported sources

Summary

7 – 20

(2 children8 men)

Russian Military

25 named, 3 families identified

جزرايا, Jazaria, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and 20 civilians including a child and two women died and up to 20 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Jazaria village, according to sources on the ground. Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “at least four civilians including one girl and two women died due to

Summary

5 – 20

(1 child2 women)

12–20

5 named

المشيرفة, Al Msheirfa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two families consisting of at least 11 people were killed at al Msheirfa in a Coalition airstrike, according to various sources. According to All 4 Syria, “18 civilians were killed in Al Msheirfa according to the initial death toll due to coalition warplane shelling. The warplanes targeted the house of Rajab Al-Ali Al-Hilal Al-Taweel and

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11 – 20

(2 children2 women2 men)

الحصيبة, Husaybah, main market, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

According to local media reported that at least 20 fatalities and several wounded occurred following alleged Coalition airstrikes on the city of Al Qaim, Anbar. Yaqein quoted one press statement in which a police source specified that international coalition aircraft bombed the area of Hasayba market. This location, as well as the number of casualties, was confirmed

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البصيرة, al Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between four to 20 civilians were reported killed and 12 or more injured after an alleged Coalition, Russian or Assad regime strike at al Basira, according to local media. A photograph published by Euphrates Post showed what appeared to have been a major strike in a built up area of the town. And a video

Summary

4 – 20

(3 children3 women)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 20 civilians, including women and children, were killed and up to dozens more were left wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Hamouriya, Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. The strikes in Hamouriya were part of a widespread shelling of multiple neighbourhoods in eastern Ghouta on February 19th, local media reported. However,

Summary

15 – 20

14 named, 2 families identified

اورم الجوز, Orm Al-Jouz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians were killed, including two women and seven children, in an alleged Russian airstrike on Orm Al-Jouz, according to multiple sources. All of the known sources attributed responsibility to Russian warplanes or suspected Russian warplanes. Qasioun News reported that “five raids with rockets and other cluster bombs” were carried out on Orm Al-Jouz.

Summary

14 – 20

(7 children2 women9 men)

19–21

قرية التبني, Al Tabani, Shihah junction and other locations, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on the village of Al Tabani, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Coalition were to blame. Rami asssaf, @Ahmad_Zahlan and @HAMZH7711 blamed the Coalition, with @Ahmad_Zahlan reporting that white phosphorus had been used. However, the majority

Summary

12 – 20

(3 children3 women)

12–36

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

8 named, 1 familiy identified

جبل الاربعين, Al Arbaeen Mountains, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

As many as 20 civilians were killed, and others were wounded, according to reports, following an alleged Russian and or Coalition airstrike on a militant-occupied building in the Al-Arba’een Mountains. Shaam News reported that seven civilians died including “four children and three women in addition in addition to others wounded.” Step News blamed the US-led

Summary

4 – 20

(4 children3 women)

2–24

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

National hospital, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Eighteen civilians were reported killed and many others wounded following airstrikes on the National Hospital in the besieged city of Raqqa. According to Syrianpc the civilians were subject to both “aerial bombardment” and “artillery” whilst inside the hospital. Al Hassaka Marsad said “hundreds” were injured; due to “monitoring of the armed Kurdish units” people were

Summary

18 – 20

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

There were fresh claims of Coalition-inflicted civilian casualties at Mosul, with 37 non-combatants alleged killed and injured in airstrikes reportedly aimed at disrupting power supplies to the city. According to NINA, the dawn raid “caused a complete interruption of electricity – and some water pumps stopped in the city.” Some hospitals reportedly lost access to

Summary

(3 children7 women)

العباس, Al-Abbas, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least three and as many as 20 civilians were killed and several wounded as Russian or Assad-waged airstrikes struck a water-crossing between-Abbass village and Hajeen city in al Abbas village, Deir Ezzor, local media reported. The highest number of fatalities was reported by Al Qouriya Media Centre, who referred to the incident as a

Summary

3 – 20

(1 child7 men)

10 named, 2 families identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least five and as many as 20 civilians were reported killed and 53 injured after heavy alleged Coalition, Russian and/or Syrian regime night time strikes on Raqqa. Most sources allege that these were Coalition and regime raids – with the Coalition responsible for those after midnight and the regime for early morning strikes. Coalition

Summary

(1–3 children1–4 women3 men)

5 – 20

Unknown, US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

9 named, 3 families identified

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between 10 and 20 civilians were reported killed and dozens more injured in Coalition airstrikes on multiple locations in Tabaqa, according to local sources. Some reports confused this incident with a reported nearby mass casualty event at al Mansour. The Coalition later said it had killed ten civilians in the town that day. According to

Summary

(1 child)

2–36

7 named, 2 families identified

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that twenty civilians were killed and six injured, among them many children, at Tal Afar west of Mosul. All claimed that the US or the Coalition was responsible, although Iraq Air Force aircraft had also struck the town. Iraqi Spring Media Center posted several graphic photos, picturing the aftermath of the strikes

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الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and 20 civilians were killed and up to 30 more were wounded, including women, when warplanes launched two airstrikes against the neighbourhood of Fardous. The airstrikes reportedly struck the local market. Syrian Newsdesk and @RadioAlKul blamed Russian warplanes. However, All4Syria and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the use of barrel bombs

Summary

5 – 20

17–30

الباغوز, Al-Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

During intensive air raids, a farm in Al-Baghouz was struck by air- and artillery fire on the outskirts of Al-Baghouz town. Step News was the only source that reported over 20 civilians were killed in the strike. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces while all other sources

Summary

(1–2 children1–2 women)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

فرن الريان في حي امن الدولة, Ar Raqqah: Near the Al Rayan bakery, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least ten civilians – with many from one family, including women and children – were killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the Al Rayan Bakery in the Amn al Dawla neighbourhood of Raqqa, local monitors reported. Photos of a number of those killed in the alleged airstrike were also provided. Both sources alleged

Summary

(1–3 children1 woman4–9 men)

10 named, 1 familiy identified

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians including four children died in airstrikes on Bustam al Qasr, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. The White Helmets initially reported that “more than 20 martyrs and dozens wounded as well as an entire residential

Summary

9 – 20

(4 children1 man)

10–30

4 named, 1 familiy identified

17 تموز, Mosul, Talmuz / July 17th (Medical centre), Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Reuters reported that “About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that destroyed houses believed to be used by Islamic State militants, six eyewitnesses and a medical source said.” According to the international news agency, “The two strikes happened within

Summary

(4 children2 women1–3 men)

12 – 20

17–50

4 named, 1 familiy identified

خشام, Khusham, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians including a girl and a woman died in airstrikes on the town of Khusham. While the majority of the sources allege that this was a Coalition incident, other reports say Russia was responsible. According to Free Deir Ezzor, Russian raids targeting oil fields in Khusham killed two civilians displaced from Qaryatain,

Summary

2 – 20

(1–8 children1 woman)

Unknown, Syrian Regime, US-led Coalition

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الراموسة, Al Ramousa, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians including three children died and as many as dozens more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on a convoy or vehicles or a bus carrying civilians on the al Ramousah road south of the city of Aleppo. It was unclear who was responsible for the event: many sources blamed Russia,

Summary

17 – 20

(2–3 children2 men)

9 named, 1 familiy identified

عوينات, Uwaynat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

There were claims that coalition air raids resulted in the deaths of between 10 and 20 civilians in a village 110km northwest of Mosul called Aouinat. Al Rafidain reported: “Press sources in Mosul confirmed that the bombing, which targeted the village of Aouinat killed ten civilians and destroyed at least two houses. The forensic medicine

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الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least one and as many as 20 civilians including an unspecified number of women and children died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the town of Al Shaafa, which was under the control of ISIS, according to local media. Several local sources including Euphrates Post reported that “a number of civilian died” in the

Summary

1 – 20

(2–5 children2–5 women)

البوليل, Al-Boleil, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

As a result of multiple air raids over the town of Al Boulil on September 29th, 20 civilians were killed, according to local sources. The raids were reportedly likely to be Russian. Most of the deceased were seated in a bus when a rocket exploded close to it, wrecking the bus and killing those inside.

Summary

19 – 20

(1 child3 women)

حارة البد, al Badou and al Thakana neighbourhoods, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians including seven children and their mother died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the al Badou and al Takana neighbourhoods in Raqqa, according to local media. All sources blamed the US-led Coalition, and put the minimum death toll at eight. According to Sound and Picture and Raqqa18, 10 people from the

Summary

8 – 20

(7 children1 woman)