Civilian Casualties

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

القاطرجي, Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and nine civilians died and at least 15 more were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Aleppo’s Al Qaterjo neighbourhood, according to sources on the ground. An Al Jazeera report claimed that phosphorus and cluster bombs were used in the attack. @ShbabRevolution tweeted, “seven dead, including a child and about

Summary

(2–3 children2 women3 men)

7 – 9

15–24

6 named, 2 families identified

الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to a single report, three civilians were killed at al Sha’afa during what was described as French artillery shelling from Coalition forces. According to Asia News, “Three civilians were killed and others were wounded in the village of Al-Shaafa in the eastern suburb of Deir Al-Zour, as a result of artillery shelling carried out

Summary

سرمين, Grand Mosque, a market and a shop in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between four to five civilians, including two children, were injured and one civilian was killed in an artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime’s military forces and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, specifically at the Grand Mosque and market neighborhood near

Summary

Commerce, Market, Mosque, Religious, Shop

4–5

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named

الرستن‬, Ar-Rastan, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and 14 civilians including two or three children died and dozens more non-combatants were wounded in airstrikes on Al Rastan, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. According to LCCSY, “four civilians including two children were martyred after

Summary

4 – 14

(2–3 children)

12–24

كفرلاها, Hoola, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, “the head of the Hula sector of the civil defence was injured on Saturday [Oct 15th] as a result of an airstrike by regime planes targeting the city of Hula in rural Homs.” According to Homs Media Centre, this raid struck a school. They published a video showing damage

Summary

1–2

شعث, Shaath, Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

Late in the evening of Monday, September 23rd, or early on Tuesday, September 24th, 2024, an airstrike allegedly carried out by Israeli forces on a home killed at least 13 civilians in the Wadi Ra’yan area of the town of Shaat, Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon. Sources, including Al-Mayadeen and Al-Arabiya TV, reported that at least

Summary

(1–8 children2–5 women2–5 men)

13 – 15

13 named, 2 families identified

Town

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one male civilian was killed and between 3 and 10 were wounded by airstrikes on the town of Saraqib, according to local media. There are however multiple reports of the death of a female child too – she was not named. Multiple sources, including The Shaam News Network (SNN), identified both regime and

Summary

1 – 2

(1 child1 man)

3–24

LOCATION

Adwan, Idlib, Syria

Two or more civilians including two women died and up to 50 more were wounded when cluster bombs were dropped on Adwan, local media reported. The majority of the sources – LCCSY, the Syrian Network for Human Rights and ENN – blamed the regime. Idlib City News put the death toll at one, but most

Summary

(2 women)

12–50

2 named

المركز الثقافي، ِبني سهيلا, Vicinity of Cultural Centre in Bani Suhaila, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 17:00 on Friday, November 3rd, 2023, six members of the Abu Omar family, including at least three women, were killed, and a number of others injured, by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home, located near the cultural centre in the town Bani Suhalia, east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip.

Summary

(0–1 children3–4 women2 men)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

حي خان العسل, Khan Al Assal (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three civilians were reported killed as a result of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes in Khan Al Assal, a village west of Aleppo. LCCSY reported: “One dead and a number of wounded civilians due to Russian aircraft targeting Khan Al Assal in the western countryside with cluster bombs.” Later, it also

Summary

1 – 3

(1 woman)

2–24

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians were reported killed in air and/or artillery strikes on the town of al Soussa during ongoing heavy fighting. Most sources described a Coalition air or artillery strike on one of the town’s bakeries, which reportedly killed four non combatants. Al Alam News for example reported that “US Coalition forces targeted the

Summary

4 – 5

(1 woman)

بالقرب من مستشفى النصر للأطفال، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al-Nasr Children's Hospital, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Saturday, November 4, 2023, Israeli forces allegedly bombed the gate of Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital west of Gaza killing at least four civilians and injuring others. Initial reports tallied the dead at two, however, following the incident, the names of those killed were published on social media. Airwars researchers identified 45-year-old Mohammed Jabr Muqbil as

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Healthcare, Hospital

(1 child1 woman2 men)

2–12

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

اللطامنة, Ltamenah, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Up to six civilians including a girl died in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on al Latamna, Hama, according to local media. Sources were not clear whether or not Khadija (Um Daher) and Hussein Al-Saleh (Abu Hussein) were two people or one person. In this instance they have been listed as two people. According

Summary

5 – 6

(1 child1 woman0–2 men)

2–10

6 named

الزبدية, al Zabadia, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and five civilians died and up to 10 more were wounded in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrike on Aleppo’s Al Zabadiyeh neighbourhood, according to local media. Shahba and Micro Syria blamed Russia, putting the death toll at three. However, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Shaam News Network reported

Summary

3 – 5

6–10

كورين, Korin, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Late in the evening on Sunday, August 18th, 2024, one unnamed civilian was reportedly injured as a result of airstrikes with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military and/or Iranian militias. The incident reportedly occurred in Korin in the southern countryside of Idlib. The @SyriaCivilDefe (or ‘White Helmets’) reported that one

Summary

Car, Road, Transportation, Vehicle

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians including a child died and 20 more were wounded in an alleged Russia or regime airstrike on Darat Izza, according to local media. According to All4Syria, “Russian warplanes carried out three raids, two with missiles and one with cluster bombs, targeting civilians’ houses. Two people were killed and more wounded. Shops and houses were

Summary

(1 child)

2–20

2 named

Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and 10 civilians died and several more were wounded in airstrikes on Al Sabha town in Deir Ezzor, according to local media. The majority of sources blamed Russia for the event, though there was also an allegation against the Assad regime. The lowest death count was given as two by LCCSY, who blamed

Summary

2 – 10

1 named

كفرا, Kafra, Nabatieh, Lebanon

LOCATION

Four people were reported injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on 29 September, 2024 in Kafra, Lebanon. The strike was reported to have hit the home of the late Mahmoud Sabiti Abu Mustafa, and “surrounding homes and shops”. Those injured were transported to the Tebnine Governmental Hospital; their identities remain unknown. Photographs shared by Civil

Summary

Commerce, Residential, Shop, Vehicle

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Report of one civilian death as a result of coalition strike. Currently one source only. In July 2017 the Coalition said it had classed the event as non credible based on no evidence of civilian harm: “After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find

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الصاخور, Al Sakhour (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and 15 civilians were reported killed and ten more injured in airstrikes on the Al Sakhour neighbourhood of Aleppo. The majority of sources blamed Russia, though several reports said that barrel bombs had been dropped on the neighbourhood – a weapon known to be used by the Syrian regime. HNN named two victims.

Summary

3 – 15

(1 child1 woman)

2–10

2 named

حديث بعلبك, village of Hadath Baalbek, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB271124h
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

11 – 15

الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilian males were reportedly killed in an alleged coalition airstrike on the city of Al Hassakah, according to a single source.

Summary

(3 men)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

1 named

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)

12–24

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

LOCATION

Local media reported that four civilians including a woman were wounded when a cluster bomb that was dropped in a previous strike (the date unknown) exploded in Ma’aret al-Nu’man on March 28th. Sources were conflicted on whether the cluster bomb had originally been dropped by regime or Russian forces.

Summary

City

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM report cited a Tweet on January 23rd as claiming that 6 members of one family had been killed in a Coalition strike in Anbar province. The identity of the tweeter was redacted in a publicly-released version of the file, though they were described as “Pro-ISIL… reported coalition airstrikes killed 6 family members

Summary

الأتارب, Al-Atareb, west of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 9:30 PM on the evening of Thursday, November 28th, 2024, a civilian was killed and at least one male child and up to two children were injured as a result of an airstrike which was allegedly carried out by Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces with the reported use of vacuum missiles. The

Summary

(1 man)

1–2

اطمه, Atimah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Sources reported that five unnamed civilian were killed – along with fighters with the al-Nusra Front – in an airstrike on the Syria-Turkey border town of Atama. The building targeted was described as the local headquarters of the al-Nusra Front, an al Qaeda linked faction occasionally targeted by US forces. Photographs and videos depicted heavy

Summary

5 – 6

Ash Shajilah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians near Ash Shajilah, Syria. This was later confirmed to be a US-only civilian harm event. In its July 2019 civilian casualty report the Coalition noted the following: “Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against Daesh terrorists. Regrettably, two civilians

Summary