Civilian Casualties

(1 woman)

الجنينة, Al Jneina, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One adult male civilian died in an explosion from the remains of a cluster bomb in Jneina, Deir Ezzor, allegedly dropped by a Russian warplane, according to multiple sources. Four sources named the civilian as 45-year-old Sawadi Salloum, all saying he was killed in a cluster bomb explosion following a raid that morning.

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الضمير, Dumayr, Damascus, Syria

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One adult male civilian was killed and many people wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Dumayr, according to local sources. The Violations Documentation Center names Omar Mahdi al-Khasi and says he was killed “due to Russian air forces shelling”. However, in a tweet by Marwanqadi it was reported that he “died in a regime warplanes

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Named victims

1 named

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

A named adult male civilian died in the besieged neighbourhoods of Raqqah, according to a local source. Details of his death are presently unknown. Airwars will amend the entry when new information is available.

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الهلك, Huluk (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

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A member of the the White Helmets was reported killed and two ambulances destroyed in airstrikes or barrel bomb strikes on Hulluk and Bai’deen.

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حريتان, Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

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The Shaam News Network reported on alleged Russian raids with warplanes and helicopters across Aleppo and its surrounding countryside. It said that this coincided with “violent artillery shelling“, killing one civilian in the Hraytan neighbourhood. Anadanmedia, Abdullahzaidan, Jisr TV, Shahba Press, Qasioun and Radio Akul all blamed Russia.

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Russian Military

السوسة, al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and several more were wounded in an airstrike on al Soussa, according to local media. One victim was named locallly as Saleh Ibrahim Mohsen Al-Faris. Deir Ezzor 24 blamed the Coalition for his death, though other sources didn’t identify the culprit. According to Al Sharq al Souri, shells landed on the victim’s

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سوح الجزر, Suh al Jozr in the northern Deir Ezzor Desert , Deir Ezzor, Syria

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One civilian adult male was reported killed in a Coalition strike in a desert area of Deir Ezzor governorate, according to a single source. A tweet by Deir Ezzor 24 reported on the “Death of Fawaz Abtisheh Farhan from the village of # Mu’ijel after an air raid of the international coalition targeted his car

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سفوهن, Safouhan, Idlib, Syria

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A child was killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Safouhan on June 4th, 2019, according to a local source. Step News reported that on the first day of Eid, a child was killed due to shelling on the village of Safouhan in the southern village of Idlib. However, none

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(1 child)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

طبيش, Tbeesh, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple sources report the death of civilians including a child and the wounding of others in airstrikes on a school in Tbeesh, Idlib, June 11th. Syrian Network for Human Rights claimed that regime forces “fired a missile on Tbeesh Primary School , killing Omar Bassam al Hasan. Both Syrian Network for Human Rights and Step

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(1 child)

الهلّك, Halak, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that Russia shelled Hayak with cluster bombs, however, only once source (LCCSY) alleged that there had been a civilian casualty. It said that one civilian had died. There are no other details at this time.

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Russian Military

الزكاة, Al Zakat , Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One women was reported killed in an airstrike on Al Zakat, Hama, on June 16th. She was named by the Syrian Network for Human Rights as Isaaf Al-Faraj. Two sources claimed the death of one woman, and Step News Agency also alleged the wounding of “others” in the attack. Meanwhile, Shaam News reported on the

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(1 woman)

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

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According to a single source, HNN, one civilian died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Atarib. No further details are currently available.

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الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

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A single source, the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies, claims that one civilian, from Al Shadadi, Hasaka, in a coalition airstrike.

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حي السكري, Sukkari (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

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One civilian died and in an unspecified number more were wounded in an airstrike on the al Sukkari neighbourhood in Aleppo, according to local media. A number of sources blamed Russia, though others referred only to “warplanes”, while one source, Alburaq, reported that both “Russian and Syrian warplanes killed a civilian”. According to Smart Russia

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خنيز, Road 6, near Khaneez village, north of Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

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Coalition aircraft allegedly struck a three-wheeled motorcycle or ‘tirterah’ which was carrying a vegetable farmer. Raqaa is Being Slaughtered Silently later published a graphic image of the aftermath. The victim was identified as a resident of Hamam al-Turkman near Ar Raqqah. In April 2019, the Coalition accepted responsibility for this event, noting: “Coalition aircraft conducted a

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الرقة‎, Al Sabahiah area of West Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

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An alleged coalition strike on an Islamic State checkpoint in a suburb of west Raqaa reportedly killed 22-year old Omar Huwaidi Al Mueissat when a missile hit the family house. His 17-year old brother Ali Huwaidi al Mueissat was also reported to have been severely injured in the incident, suffering a broken pelvis and wounds

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2 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية الزعفرانة, Al Zafarana village, Homs, Syria

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A hospital guard was killed in Al Zafarana as Russian and Syrian forces reportedly launched raids on the Homs village. Syrian helicopters hit the local hospital with barrel bombs, according to Smart News, injuring an additional four civilians. An activist loyal to the regime told the news agency that the hospital was targeted to remove

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3–4

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

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In an incident which may relate to incident CI143 – or was unknown to Airwars – the Coalition announced in January 2017 that it was investigating a possible civilian casualty event near Manbij almost 14 months earlier. According to the statement “five reports of civilian casualties received in November are still being assessed… Sept. 20,

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US-led Coalition

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

حاس, Hass, Idlib, Syria

One girl was reported killed in airstrikes on Hass, Idlib, July 4th. Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the girl Hanaa Jamal al Sheikh Najib was killed as Syrian regime forces helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Hass village in Idlib governorate southern suburbs, on July 4th.” Meanwhile other sources alleged “others injured”, with Syrian

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(1 child1 woman)

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Syrian Regime, Russian Military

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الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Kufrah, Libya

Two sources reported that the Egyptian Air Force destroyed six vehicles at the border with Egypt in the Kufra district. One of them claimed that it had loaded weapons and ammunition while another claimed it was a civilian car coming back from a fishing trip. Mansoura Today reported, for example, that “Yesterday, the air force

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Egyptian Military

العسة, Al Assah, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya

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On Saturday, March 14, 2015, one man named Alaa Belkhair was reported killed and six people were injured in an alleged Libyan National Army airstrike on Al Assah near Zuwara, northwestern Libya. Zuwara News wrote on Facebook that “an aeroplane just hit the Al-Assah area and resulted in the death of one man from Misurata

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ذيبان‬, Ziban, Deir Ezzor, Syria

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Coalition airstrikes on ‘ISIL oil tankers’ reportedly resulted in the death of a civilian driver and the injuring of others. In September 2020, the Coalition admitted that a strike had been conducted on August 11th 2016 against Daesh equipment, killing one civilian and injuring at least one other. According to the Syrian Observatory, “Coalition warplanes

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Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

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

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

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السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

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Ali Jassem Khudair al-Suwaiyi, a civilian non combatant male from the town of Al-Soussa, was alleged killed as a result of an airstrike and/ or shelling on civilian houses, according to sources on the ground. Deir Ezzor 24 for example reported “The killing of Ali Jassem Khader al-Suwaiy as a result of the bombing of

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Airstrike and/or Artillery

خنيز جنوبي, Khaniz Janoubi, Raqqa, Syria

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A reported Coalition airstrike on an ISIL ‘police facility’ also killed a named civilian non-combatant. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, Ali al Awwad al Rahil died when his home was struck during the raid. However a local media activist claimed he died as a result of “YPG Kurdish militia targeting of his home while

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US-led Coalition, Unknown

Named victims

1 named

Mosul, Jaza'ir / Algeria, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Medical sources in Erbil confirmed that the child Marwa Duraid Younis Khalil was severely injured and her mother (Eman Jamal Kamber Ali) was killed when a Coalition airstrike targeted their home in Jaza’ir neighborhood, east of Mosul. News of Iraq posted two videos of the girl (who was found alone in the hospital after her

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(1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

Named victims

1 named

LOCATION

رسم العبد, Hama, Syria

It was reported by a single source that one adult male died following alleged Russian shelling. It does not specifically say where he was killed, however, it does report that he was from in Rasem al Abd in Hama. There are no other details at this time.

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الرقة‎, Al Qitar/Al Bustan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and five others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Raqqa, according to a single source. According to Smart News, “a local source in the town of Raqqa said the strikes targeted al Qitar (Train) Street and al Bustan park, killing one civilian and wounding five others”. It said the strikes were

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US-led Coalition

تدمر , Palmyra, Homs, Syria

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A single source, the Smart News Agency, said: “Our reporter, quoting a local source, said that the warplanes likely belonging to Russia struck the western district of the eastern city of Palmyra with a rocket killing of a civilian and wounding two members of IS”. No further details are currently available.

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Russian Military