Civilian Casualties

2 – 20

2–20

Vicinity of Qeycad, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

Exactly six months after Joe Biden became president, the US conducted its first declared strike in Somalia of his administration, at either 10.21 or 11.05am on July 20th 2021. According to Morad News the attack took place in the Qay’ad area of Muldug, with Sonna state media reporting that the airstrike was conducted on a

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Belligerents reported injured

6–12

بني سهيلا, Bani Suheila, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 13th 2023, 16 year old Amani Musab Youssef Muhammad al-Raqab, 33 year old Nizam Saad Abdul Qadir al-Qara, and his one month old nephew Ibrahim Ammar Saad al-Qara were killed and eight others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the Qara family home in Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis. According

Summary

(2 children1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

التوخار كبير, Tokhar Kabir, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A young civilian non-combatant male named as Osama Ibrahim Mohammad al Rahim was killed in a reported Coalition night time strike on the village of Tokhar Kabir, as part of an ongoing and aggressive air campaign in the area.

Summary

مودية, Moudia, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

An alleged Yemeni strike on a suspected Al Qaeda training camp in the Modia district, Abyan province on March 15th 2010 killed up to 20 civilians, according to local media. This strike came a day after another strike on the Modia district on March 14th (USYEM010-B). Al Jazeera reported that local officials stated that security

Summary

0 – 20

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

District

0–9

شارع ابو عارف, Abu Arif Street, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 12 people were killed and 12 others were reportedly injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Zari’i residence on Abu Arif Street Street in Deir Al-Balah on October 17th, 2023. Most of the deceased were members of the al-Zari’i family. @ShehabAgency reported that seven people had been killed and 12 injured, and

Summary

12 – 13

(5 children6 women1 man)

12 named, 2 families identified

Street

الشرقاط, Al Shirqat, Salah Al Din, Iraq

LOCATION

One woman was reported killed and at least half a dozen civilians injured in an alleged Iraqi government or Coalition airstrike at Sharqat. The casualties were said to have occurred when a Daesh headquarters was bombed in the late morning. Al Samarra TV reported that three families were injured and one woman killed… after inaccurate

Summary

(1 woman)

زنجبار‎, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

On Aug. 24, 2011, multiple news outlets reported that airstrikes by the Yemeni government killed 30-40 suspected Al Qaeda militants in the town of Zinjibar, located in the province of Abyan. While there are no reported cases of civilian harm, estimates vary on the number of suspected militants killed in the strike. The Associated Press

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

30–40

دير البلح, Deir al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of Tuesday, October 17th 2023, an Israeli airstrike allegedly hit a residential building belonging to Abu issa family in Deir al-Balah, a town in the Central Gaza Strip around 14 kilometers south of Gaza City. Local media sources reported that a number of civilians were killed and injured, citing the Ministry of

Summary

الجوسق, Mosul, Al-Jawsaq, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

As many as 19 civilians reportedly died in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Jissag near Mosul. Up to nine children and five women were said to be among the dead. Yaqein reported the deaths of a woman and her four children in what was described as a Coalition strike. The Iraqi Spring Media Centre also

Summary

5 – 19

(4–9 children1 woman)

زنجبار‎, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

According to local Yemen officials, three areas in Zinjibar were struck by alleged US drone strikes or Yemeni military strikes, killing 29 to 30 Al Qaeda fighters and wounding dozens others on March 22, 2012. The website Arab Monitor stated that “dozens” were wounded in the attacks, which targeted alleged Al Qaeda bases. No other

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Naval bombardment

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Belligerents reported injured

29–30

12–24

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a young girl, was killed and between six and eight others, including three children and two women, were injured by alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian and/or Iranian artillery strikes on the al-Shamali neighborhood in the city of Sarmin on October 4th, 2023. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a girl was killed and

Summary

(1 child)

6–8

Impact

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

7 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Subha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

The Coalition denied that it had killed or injured civilians near Deir ez Zawr on October 1st, despite local claims. According to reports, multiple bridges were targeted in Coalition strikes on October 1st, with Step News reporting that “Coalition warplanes destroyed a number of bridges including Al-Abbas bridge in Abu Kamal, and Al-Nawam.” Other reports

Summary

القاهرة, Al Kahira, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Al Kahira on June 16, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that a civilian was wounded when Syrian regime and Russian forces struck his car with a guided missile in the town of Al Kahira in Al-Ghab Plain. A tweet

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الموزرة, Al-Mozra in Jabal Al-Zawiya, to the south of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In the village of Al-Mozra in Jabal Al-Zawiya to the south of Idlib, Syria, a man was killed and a number of civilians were injured from an alleged Syrian regime and/or Russian and/or Iranian artillery bombardment on Thursday, October 5th, 2023. Al-Mawza Facebook user posted a video showing bombardment of the village. The person killed

Summary

(1 man)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

1 named

كفردريان, Kafr Dariyan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and five other civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafr Dariyan on December 31, 2021. According to Syria TV, two people were killed and others were injured in Russian airstrikes on a farm on the outskirts of Kafr Dariyan. At the time of reporting an unknown number

Summary

(2 men)

مزارع مشيرفة, Mushayrifa Hamma farms, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

At 8:00 on Thursday, October 5th 2023, an alleged drone strike by Turkish forces hit civilians near the town of Mushayrifa Hamma farms, killing one civilian and injuring at least three other civilians. Sources including ANF, Rojnews and SOHR reported three civilians being injured by the bombing, while NPA, quoting the Internal Security Forces (Asayish),

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Agriculture

3–4

Impact

حمام العليل, Mosul, Hamam al Alil subdistrict, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

The UN report on the protection of civilians in the context of Nineveh operations and the retaking of Mosul stated: On 5 November, airstrikes hit two houses in Hamam al-Alil City resulting in the houses collapsing. Twenty-three civilians, including children, were reportedly trapped inside. In the evening of the same day, two children, one seriously

Summary

(3 children4 women)

قرية صيدا, Seyda village, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and one civilian was injured as a result of an attack on July 26th 2022 by an alleged Turkish drone strike struck Seyda village, in the Ain Isa district, Raqqa, Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the drone hit a car with a missile. Hawar News reported that

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 man)

مزارع الجار, ِAl Jar farms, Hajjah, Yemen

LOCATION

A farm worker was injured by alleged US-UK airstrikes on a farm in the “Al-Jar Farms” area in Abs District on February 2, 2024. According to Jameel Ahmad, American-British fighter jets launched four airstrikes against former President “Ali Saleh’s farm in the “Al-Jar Farms” area in Abs District,” which was a farm that the Houthis

Summary

Impact

US Forces, UK Military, UK Military

LOCATION

الثورة‎, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria

A single source reported that an unspecified number of civilian casualties were caused by a Coalition strike on al Tabaqa. According to Smart News, “A number of civilians died and wounded on Wednesday-Thursday night due to aerial bombing of the international coalition on Tabaqa city in the western countryside of Raqqa.” No other details are

Summary

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling on the city of Azaz on July 26, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, “a civilian was injured, by missile shelling coming from areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces and the regime forces, north of #Aleppo, targeting civilian homes in the city

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces

خربة العدس, Khirbet Al Adas, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Three members of the Dhahir family were killed and six others were injured by an alleged Israeli strike on their home in the Khirbet al-Adas area in the north of Rafah city, on Sunday, October 22, 2023: father Sami Abdel Khalil Dhahir, his son 18-year-old Khalil Sami Dhahir, as well as 33-year-old Mutair Abdel Salam

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(3 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

راوة, Rawa [exact location], Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

At least 10 members of one family were reported killed by an alleged Coalition raid, according to local sources. Iraqi Spring reported that a man, a woman and 8 children from a single family were killed by a Coalition attack on civilian homes in Rawa. Several other outlets also reported between 9-10 dead from the

Summary

(8–9 children1 woman1 man)

10 – 11

11 named, 1 familiy identified

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians, including a child, were killed and between eight and 12 others, including three women and two children, were injured in alleged YPG or regime missile and artillery strikes on Afrin on July 15, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, two civilians were killed, including a child and a man, and

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

8–12

YPG, Syrian Regime

10 named, 1 familiy identified

البشرية, the village of Al-Bashiriya, al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

In the morning hours of Monday, October 9th, 2023, at least five civilians, including four women and a child, were injured by an alleged Turkish bombardment while working in cotton fields in the village of Al-Bashiriya located in the Al-Darbasiyah district of Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria. According to the Hawar news agency and Aso news,

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Agriculture

5–8

LOCATION

Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

Several civilians were reportedly wounded in an alleged YPH artillery shelling of Afrin, according to multiple local sources.

Summary

YPG

القرارة, Al Qarara, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 19:00 in the evening of Sunday, October 22, 2023, the home of the Abu Habis family in Al-Qarara located northeast of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by the Israeli military, resulting in five civilians killed, including at least three women, and a number of injuries. A man in his 40s named Rabie

Summary

(0–1 children3–4 women1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

حي الزراعي, Mosul, Agricultural, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources and relatives of victims said that more than 20 civilians from three families were killed, including children and women, after Coalition airstrikes targeted their houses in front of Saddam mosque at the entrance of Farms district, north of Mosul. Mosul Ateka reported that “18 people were killed in the Farms district after three

Summary

(2–4 children2–7 women1 man)

17 – 20