Civilian Casualties

3 – 4

(1 woman2 men)

12–24

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian male died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the grand mosque in Anadan, according to local media. On Sept 12th, HNN reported his death was “due to wounds sustained following Russian enemy raid on the Great Mosque in Anadan a week ago, he is from the town, and a civilian.” Other sources reported

Summary

(1 man)

مخيم المغازي, Al-Maghazi camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the night of November 4, 2023, at least 48 people were killed, including infants and children, and dozens were injured in an alleged Israeli bombardment of the Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp located in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. That day, @ShehabAgency reported that “a number of martyrs and injuries were transferred in the targeting of two

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(15–17 children9–10 women16–17 men)

47 – 52

12–100

Israeli Military

47 named, 7 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

LOCATION

Hraytan, Aleppo, Syria

Two civilians including a child died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Hraitan outside of Aleppo, according to sources on the ground. The illegal use of cluster bombs was mentioned by several media, while all sources identified Russia as the culprit.

Summary

(1 child1 man)

0–2

الميسر, Mayser, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians including one child died and as many as dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on the Mayser neighbourhood of Aleppo, according to sources on the ground – though sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. According to Zouhayrhnidel, “Russian warplanes destroyed 30 civilian houses

Summary

3 – 5

(1 child)

7–24

جسر الشغور, Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Around 10 pm on the evening of Tuesday, September 3, 2024, four civilians – two men, a woman, and a child – were injured by artillery and rocket shelling allegedly by Syrian regime forces and/or Iranian militias and/or Russian forces on the residential buildings in the city of Jisr al-Shughour in the Idlib region of

Summary

Unknown

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named

الهلّك, Hallak, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and four civilians died in an incident in Hallak, Aleppo, according to local media – though it was unclear whether they were killed by Russian or regime strikes or by a sniper. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least 4 civilians including a woman were killed by suspected Russian warplanes

Summary

1 – 4

(1 woman)

Unknown, Syrian Regime, Kurdish Forces

جديد عكيدات, Jadid Akeidat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Syria News Desk reported “two civilians were killed and 12 others wounded, including three paramedics, this afternoon [Oct 18th], when Russian warplanes fired four missiles on residential sites and the only field hospital in the village of Jadid Ekadat”. @snewscenter also said that Russia struck the hospital.They also reported the use of cluster bombs. Many

Summary

Russian Military

بلدة أيطو قضاء زغرتا شمال لبنان, Town of Ayto, Zgharta District, North Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

On October 14th, 2024, around 2:00 PM, at least 22 civilians were killed and at least eight others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the town of Ayto, located in the Zgharta District of Northern Lebanon. According to the Lebnany Facebook page (The Grassroots Lebanese Nationalist Party led by the Lebanese diaspora), the

Summary

(2–5 children9–12 women8 men)

8–9

22 named, 5 families identified

Geolocation

Exact location (other)

جرابلس, Road between Manbij and Jarabulus (Road 216), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a coalition airstrike “on Islamic State buildings” killed “several” civilians who were being held captive, as well as five Islamic State militants. The full translated quote from SOHR reads as follows: “Also at least five members of the Islamic State were killed and others wounded following a

Summary

Suspected target

ISIS

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Eight named civilians died and up to 30 more were injured in air and artillery strikes on Douma, according to sources on the ground. Reports blamed both Russian airstrikes and artillery/ mortar shelling by Syrian regime forces. Some reports also pointed to regime warplanes. Among targets hit was a primary school, prompting the Directorate of

Summary

8 – 10

(1 child7 men)

12–30

8 named

مخيم بوريجي, Bureji camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 17, 2023, six-year-old Aya (Ayat) Muhammad Awni Abu Aoun and her five-year-old brother Abdullah Muhammad Awni Abu Aoun died in an alleged Israeli airstrike that impacted their home in the Gaza Strip. Though sources did not include a specific location for the strike, Facebook user Al-Bureij Gathering remembered the children as “beautiful martyrs of

Summary

(2 children)

Israeli Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple civilians were reported killed as a result of air raids launched by the coalition south of Mosul. The National Iraqi News Agency cited forensic sources as saying that 16 people, including six women and children, were killed. Other media reported that up to “22 Daesh militants” were also killed in coalition airstrikes in the

Summary

(3 children3 women)

LOCATION

ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Syria

According to a Coalition report issued in December 2016, on “(11.) Oct. 5, 2016, near Aleppo, Syria: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographical area.” Airwars researchers have so far identified no known public allegations of civilians killed or injured in Aleppo governorate on this date.

Summary

0 – 1

0–1

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

LOCATION

Two children, twin brothers, were killed in an airstrike conducted by either the Russian or Syrian regime forces in Ma’aret al-Nu’man, according to local sources. Up to six other civilians were reported wounded. Orient News said: “Two dead as a result of an air strike by the Russian occupation on Maarat al-Numan, south of Idlib.”

Summary

(2 children)

2–6

LOCATION

ﺣﻠﺐ, Aleppo, Syria

The Syrian Martyrs website identified a single non-combatant victim of a reported Coalition strike in Aleppo. He was also named by the Damascus Centre for Human Rights Research which said he was originally from Idlib, though didn’t specify if he was a civilian or a militant. However, all other sources described al Jolani as a

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

منطقة برج أبي حيدر, Burj Abi Haidar area, Beirut, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB271124c
incident_date: 2024-11-27
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Israeli Military

البريج, Al Bureij, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

One man is alleged to have been injured in an Israeli airstrike on Al Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday 15th May 2021. According to Al Haq, the airstrike took place around 12.15 a.m., destroying the house of Abdul Karim Issa and causing partial damage to other neighbouring buildings. While Al

Summary

Unknown

الموصل‎, Mosul, Zuhour and other neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In January 2016, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq reported that it had learned of a major civilian casualty incident in Mosul on June 8th 2015, though had been unable either to verify the claim or attribute responsibility to any party: “On 8 June, local sources reported that an airstrike in Mosul, Ninewa, caused

Summary

20 – 23

(7–8 children9–10 women)

13–21

US-led Coalition, Unknown

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 alleged Coalition artillery strikes 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. The report states that “An

Summary

(1 woman)

LOCATION

شبوة, Shabwa, Yemen

An investigator indicated to the UK legal charity Reprieve that two men were killed by a US strike in Shabwa during early May 2018. No other known sources reported the strike. Reprieve shared its information on this reported strike with Airwars. According to the investigator, both men were mediating a tribal dispute in the area

Summary

(2 men)

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)

الضلعه, Al Dhula'ah, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

On April 24th 2017, Pentagon spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis stated that a US strike had killed eight AQAP militants in Shabwa governorate on the previous day, confirming earlier reports that an afternoon US drone strike in Al Dhula’ah, in the Al Said area, had killed eight people. Several sources reported, however, that at least three

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Vehicle

3 – 8

(3–8 men)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

8 named, 3 families identified

3–8

حي الفرقان في مدينة حلب, Al Furqan neighbourhood in the city of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In the early hours of Friday, 30 November 2024, the Al-Furqan neighbourhood in the center of the city of Aleppo, Syria, was hit by an airstrike that reportedly caused the death of one identified victim, Saleh Abdullah al-Sahou, who, however, is classified as a contested militant given the details available, and the injury of a

Summary

Car, Residential, Vehicle

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

1 named

0–1

LOCATION

A single source, the local news agency NINA, reported that 12 civilians were killed in a Coalition raid on the Rifai and Al-Najjar areas west of Mosul, including a child and four women. Four other people were said to have been critically injured. In its July 2017 casualty report, the Coalition classed the even as

Summary

(3 children1 woman)

Farsooley, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

“Multiple civilians” were alleged killed in a claimed US airstrike on Farsooley, according to reports which appeared to have originated with al Shabaab. AFRICOM publicly rejected the claim a year later. Hussein Mohamed, a local journalist stringing for the New York Times and others, tweeted on May 10th that “Al Shabab media reported that US

Summary

in the vicinity of Ceel Baraf, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM460
incident_date: 2025-03-01
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

Unknown

LOCATION

At least 20 civilians were reported killed and up to 31 injured after Coalition (or possibly Iraqi) aircraft allegedly hit the Sunni Wafq state religious affairs building adjacent to one of the largest mosques in Mosul. Aircraft reportedly targeted a meeting of senior Islamic State figures at the Waqf site, which has been taken over

Summary

20 – 29

(2 children3 women4 men)

16–34

4 named, 1 familiy identified

وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

A civilian, who most sources reported to be a 17-year old child, was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Khora area in Shabwa, before sunset on May 25th 2018. In a later press release, US Central Command stated that a strike had been conducted on that day, citing three possible provinces. Since

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Motorcycle, Vehicle

(1 child1 man)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

1 named

1–2

LOCATION

Seven civilians from the same family were reported killed in the second day of alleged Coalition strikes to the south of Mosul. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the

Summary