Civilian Casualties

Turkish Military

معيزيلة, M’eizileh, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and four civilians including a child died when a water tanker was struck in Coalition strikes at M’eizileh, according to multiple reports. VDC named two of the victims who it said died as a result of warplane shelling by international forces. The reported fatalities may have been confused with reports at nearby al

Summary

2 – 4

(1 child)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

مدرسة الفاروق الثانوية في جعار, Al-Farouq high school, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and four others, including two children, were injured in the alleged US drone strike or Yemeni airstrike that hit the Al-Farouq High School in Ja´ar Abyan Province on the 5th of September 2011. Wafaa Mohammed Ahmed al-Hamza (8 years old) was killed and her father Mohammed Ahmed

Summary

Infrastructure

Education

(1 child)

Impact

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Nearby landmark

المعماري, al Ma'amari, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were wounded by Coalition raids that struck a house, according to two local sources. Euphrates Post reported that a house belonging to a civilian in al Ma’amari village was targeted by Coalition planes, leading to the “injury of 15 people.” Al Natek reported 10 wounded, and later named the house owner

Summary

نصاب, Nisab (town or district), Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

On 23rd April 2012, a suspected US drone strike at 4:10pm hit vehicles in Shabwa province allegedly leaving up to three militants dead and up to three others injured, according to local sources. The vehicles were reportedly traveling from Nisab to Al-Salida Abadan. Yaspr and Almotamar identified two of the dead as Hussein al-Ahwal Lahoul

Summary

US Forces

Belligerents reported injured

2–3

2–3

مودية, Mudiya, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Three suspected militants were killed in an alleged American drone strike in the town of Mudiyah during the afternoon of the 26th of April, 2012. Both Reuters and Mareb Press reported that the three militants were killed as the vehicle in which they were travelling was struck by a missile. Reuters further reported that local

Summary

US Forces

تل كيف‎, Tel Kepe (Tel Kayf), Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A local outlet reported that numerous civilians have fallen victim to daily bombardments neighbourhoods in Telkaif north of Mosul. Mosul Youth and Girls, State and Flag reported that 15 people died, including children and six women. It attributed the violence to daily bombardment carried out by the besieging forces. Given reported British actions in the area

Summary

(2 children6 women)

يافع, Yafa'a district, Lahij, Yemen

LOCATION

Three militants were killed when a vehicle was destroyed in Yafa’a district south of Bayda province by alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on June 19, 2012, local and international media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. According to reporting from Reuters, Yemeni state news (Saba) reported that on June 19th, Yemeni

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

سيئون, شبام, Between Sayoun and Shibam, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

At 12:45am on May 17th 2012, an alleged unmanned US drone struck a convoy of two cars along the highway from Sayoun to Shibam alongside a lake opposite the radio station of the Thabit / Shibam area, killing two to three alleged Al Qaeda militants and killing one civilian, Moteei Mohsin Bel-Ala. Locals had sighted

Summary

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

US Forces

Belligerents reported injured

2–3

خنيز جنوبي, Khaniz Janoubi, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

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

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown

الأتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On July 11th 2023, Syrian Civil Defense volunteer Abdul Basset Ahmed Abdel-Khalek was killed when Syrian regime and/or Russian forces reportedly struck a rescue vehicle in the vicinity of the city of Atareb, west of Aleppo. Local sources including @SyriaCivilDefe and Rasd Syria News stated that Abdul was killed in a double tap attack by regime

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

تل زيوان, Tal Zewan, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian grazing sheep was injured in alleged Turkish shelling on Tel Zewan on August 8, 2022. Hawar News reported that Turkish forces shelled the village of Tel Zewan with artillery at around 13:00, injuring one civilian who was tending to his sheep. Hawar added that on the same day, Turkish forces bombed

Summary

Turkish Military

قرية مراط, Marat, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In confused reporting, both Russia and the Coalition were blamed for the deaths of between 4 and 5 civilians at Marat (see also the next report.) According to Euphrates Post (which like all sources did not attribute responsibility) the home of Thabet al Darwish was targeted by warplanes killing five family members: “two women and

Summary

4 – 5

(1–3 children1–2 women)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

تديل, Tadel, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On August 9th 2023, a civilian was killed and at least one other civilian, a child, was slightly injured, as a result of artillery shelling by Syrian regime and/or Russia forces on the village of Tadel, west of Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that an elderly civilian was killed and a child

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

المعلك, Al Ma’lek , Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to local sources, three civilians were injured in an YPG artillery attack on Al Ma’lek village, near Ain Issa in Raqqa, Syria on November 23rd, 2019.

Summary

YPG

البحرة, Al Bahra, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least one named civilian was reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike on al Bahra. According to Al Nateq, “A Coalition airstrike in Al Bahra, in the countryside of Abu Kamal, killed civilians: one person was identified as Hassan Al-Jandeel.” In an emailed response to a report submitted by Airwars on this and other

Summary

in the vicinity of Seiera, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

13 al-Shabaab militants were killed by declared US airstrikes in the vicinity of Seiera in Lower Jubba on August 26, 2023. AFRICOM announced that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense airstrike against al Shabaab terrorists in the vicinity of Seiera, Somalia, approximately 45 kilometers northwest

Summary

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to ten civilians were injured in alleged SDF or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the city of Azaz, Aleppo governorate, on January 16th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored “a missile strike carried out by the ‘Kurdish forces’ stationed in Maranaz within the northern sector of Aleppo countryside,

Summary

8–10

YPG, Syrian Regime

دبسي عفنان, Debsi Afnan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians were killed and as many as 22 injured after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed Debsi Afnan, a town 70km west of Raqqa city. Raialyaom News reported that “seven were killed including 3 children and 22 wounded including women and children with some in critical condition, due to coalition warplane strikes in Debsi

Summary

5 – 7

(1 child1 woman)

4–22

المعابر النهرية في بلدتي ذي والحوايج, River crossings in the towns of Dhiban and Hawaij, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were reportedly killed and injured while escaping from bombings in the towns of Dhiban and Hawaij, in the eastern countryside near Deir Ezzor, when nearby river crossings, that are used as humanitarian corridors, were allegedly struck by mortar shells on Tuesday, September 5th 2023. All available sources claimed that the Syrian

Summary

1 – 2

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and eight civilians, including four to five children, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces strikes on Afrin on August 30, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense reported that seven civilians, including four children, were injured in missile shelling carried out by the alleged Syrian Democratic Forces. The “Zaman Al-Wasl” correspondent also put the toll at

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Education

5–8

Syrian Democratic Forces

6 named, 1 familiy identified

حي الضباط, Mosul, Dhubat / Officers, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that three named civilians were killed after alleged Coalition airstrikes targeted near a medical centre in the Officers neighbourhood near the Fourth Bridge. Mosul Ateka named Dr. Mohammed Tayyip ِِAl Leyla, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and his wife, Dr. Fatima Alhyial and their young daughter as victims of the

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

قرب دوار الكويت, Vicinity of Kuwait roundabout, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 13th 2023, a male paramedic was injured by alleged Israeli airstrikes while rescuing other injured civilians near the Kuwait roundabout located in the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that he died of his wounds either on October 14 or October 15. He was identified by his relatives on social media as volunteer paramedic

Summary

Impact

near Haramka, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

One high ranking al-Shabaab leader was killed by declared US and Somali airstrikes near Haramka in Middle Juba on October 1, 2022. Local sources also reported that another man named Ibrahim Hassan Dahir was also killed but are conflicted as to his status as a militant or civilian. According to AFP, a top al-Shabaab leader

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

الشفاء, Mosul, Al-Shafaa, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that more than 30 civilians were killed or injured by an air or drone strike on a funeral in al Shifa, and in other neighborhoods west of Mosul. Iraqyoon quoted witnesses saying that “aircraft had bombed a funeral for the Sangaree family in Shifa neighborhood, at the right side of Mosul”. People

Summary

8 – 21

(1 child3–5 men)

11–22

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

5 named, 1 familiy identified

المواسي, Al Mawasi, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 9th 2023 the home of the Al-Lahham family was allegedly hit by Israeli airstrikes, reportedly killing up to 20 civilians, including at least 14 members of the Al-Laham family, and one child was reportedly injured. The bombardment took place in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip. Initial sources

Summary

14 – 20

(7 children4 women3 men)

Israeli Military

15 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

near Buulobarde, Hiiraan, Somalia

LOCATION

At least two al-Shabaab militants were killed by a declared US airstrike near Buulobarde, Somalia on October 23, 2022. AFRICOM released a statement that “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde, Somalia, about 218 km north-northwest

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

2–100

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

LOCATION

Up to three civilians were killed in reported Coalition airstrikes around al Tabaqa when a school was hit in airstrikes. One of the casualtiies was said to be a special needs person. According to Smart News, “A local source said the [Coalition] planes bombed the area of the villas and Muhammad Al Fares school in

Summary

2 – 3

3–4

منزل الأسيرالمحرر المُبعد إلى قطاع غزة شعيب أبو اسنينة, the house of former prisoner Shuaib Abu Sneina, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 12th 2023, Shuaib Abu Sneina, his wife and his children were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home in the Gaza Strip. Shuaib Abu Sneina, a freed prisoner from Jerusalem deported to the Gaza Strip, was reportedly taken to hospital alongside his wife and children. It has been widely

Summary

Israeli Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified