Civilian Casualties

(1 man)

جامع يحيى الطالب, Mosul, Omar al Taleb mosque, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians in an event near Mosul. Their July 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS headquarters building, after reviewing post-strike video, it was assessed that two civilians were unintentionally injured.” The Coalition provided Airwars with

Summary

Known belligerent

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and 18 civilians including one child and up to four women died and as many as 50 others were wounded in airstrikes on Saraqib, according to sources on the ground – though it was unclear from reports whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame for the event. The lowest estimate of

Summary

2 – 18

(1 child2–4 women)

10–50

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Geolocation

City

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on al Tabaqa, according to Smart News and the Syrian journalist Mazen Mohammad. Jisr TV reported that the Coalition carried out raids but did not mention any casualties. On April 30th 2017 the Coalition declared the event ‘not credible’, noting: “Feb. 22, 2017, near Tabqah, Syria, via

Summary

LOCATION

Sarqib, Idlib, Syria

A girl was seriously wounded in an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid on Sarqib, Aleppo. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing responsibility to Russia and others the Syrian regime. According to a source the girl was trapped under the rubble for eight hours. She died of her wounds on the

Summary

(1 child)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

An unspecified number of civilians were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Tabaqa, according to local reports. Step news agency and Ka’aka al A’nzi reported that the Coalition had carried out raids “near the workers’ residences in Tabaqa leading to a number of civilians being wounded”. According to Raqqa’s Rebels Brigade, “Coalition planes

Summary

Xaradheere, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

Between two and 47 alleged al-Shabaab militants were killed by declared US airstrikes or drone strikes near Xaradheere, Somalia approximately 396 km northeast of Mogadishu on January 23, 2023. There are no known reports of civilian casualties. US AFRICOM released a statement that “at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia and in support of

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2–47

حي الصمود, Mosul, Sumud, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents and press sources said that eleven civilians were killed and more than 40 people were still under the rubble after a Coalition airstrike targeted the Sumud Quarter near the main generator. The Telegraph interviewed several witnesses, who reported: “The planes waited until one of the Daesh walked out into the street and then

Summary

11 – 55

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and eight civilians, including a woman and up to three children, were injured by alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling of the city of Azaz of January 20, 2023. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that six people, including a child and a woman, were injured by artillery shelling coming from areas controlled by the Syrian regime

Summary

6–8

الكرامة, Al Karama and Al Ghassaniyah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians died and eleven were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Karama and Al Ghassaniya, according to a single source. According to the Smart news agency, five civilians died and 11 others were wounded when warplanes “thought to belong to the Coalition” targeted Al Karama and Al Ghassaniya.

Summary

Слатине, Slatyne, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Between two and three people were killed and up to two others were wounded by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Slatyne in Dergachi on April 9, 2022. Vyacheslav Zadorenko, head of the community, posted on Facebook that “during the day, enemy artillery periodically shelled the settlements of Dergachiv community. At least two people

Summary

2 – 3

1–2

المشاهدة, Mosul, Al Mashada, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A family of five was reported killed by either Iraqi, US or French artillery strikes or Coalition airstrikes on the al Mashahda quarter of West Mosul, which is still under ISIL control. Al Jazeera Iraq spoke to witnesses and blamed Iraqi forces for the artillery shelling, and said they had targeted the house in the

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Балаклія, Balakliia, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On April 10th 2022, three people, including a child, later identified as a seven year old were killed following Russian shelling in Balakliia, according to Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. The same source reported that the shelling destroyed civilian homes. The deaths were confirmed by the Izyum State Administration. There were numerous reports that suspected

Summary

(1 child)

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On April 24th 2022 one civilian, a man, was reportedly injured in Zolochiv, Kharkiv, as a result of alleged Russian shelling. The injury reported by local sources was a shrapnel wound to his leg. There is no further information on this incident at this time. This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR56473

Summary

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Smart news agency reported that “warplanes likely to be from the Coalition carried out two raids in Mashlab and Rumaila neighbourhoods, killing a civilian and wounding seven more. Additionally, two members of IS were killed when their car was targeted.” The source didn’t identify the warplanes. No further details are currently available.

Summary

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

One civilian was reported injured and eight militants were killed in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes carried out on the city of Jaar on March 18th 2012, in the governorate of Abyan. According to an Associated Press (AP) report published in the Washington Times, the civilian was injured when a post office being used as

Summary

Airstrike, Naval bombardment

Infrastructure

Communications

Impact

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Ізюмський район, Izium District, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On May 10th 2022 two civilians were reportedly injured as a result of Russian shelling on the Izium district of Kharkiv. There is no further information at this time. This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR57558.

Summary

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Between 12 and 16 Al Qaeda fighters were killed in a suspected US or Yemeni airstrike or ground operation on Jaar, Abyan on June 11, 2012, local media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Reuters cited a Yemeni military official who said that “the army launched its most serious assault on

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

12–16

вул. Каштанова & Дергачёвский лицей № 3, Kashtanova Street & Dergachev Lyceum No. 3, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On March 7th, at 9:30 am, Russian troops allegedly begun shelling the town of Dergachi with artillery, specifically cluster munitions. There were also reports that the troops shot at the town. Vyacheslav Zadorenko, chairman of the Dergachi commune, reported that the munitions hit Dergachi Lyceum No. 3, and other residential parts, killing at least three

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Power Station

الرفاعي, Mosul, Rifai, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

It was reported that the entire Al-Haj Nizar Al-Hallaq family – up to eight people – was killed after an airstrike hit their house near al-Nahda school in the Rifai neighbourhood of West Mosul. One of the victims was reported by Sawalef Maslaweya as Nizar Mahdi (Abu Muhammad), who used to be a barber. His

Summary

(0–2 children2 women2 men)

4 – 8

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Named victims

2 named, 1 familiy identified

السدية, Sadiya, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

On the 4th of October 2012, a suspected US drone strike hit and killed up to six Ansar al-Sharia militants and injured up to four others in the desert region of al-Saeed in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa. According to security sources reporting to Akhbar al-Youm, the strike took place at roughly eleven o’clock

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported injured

3–6

2–4

السيدة زينب, Al Saida Zainab, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

A civilian was slightly injured, in addition to several personnel affiliated with the ministry, by declared Government of National Unity (GNU)/Turkish drone or air strikes near the Sayeda Zeinab area on May 25, 2023. A tweet from @wady_dynar quoted spokesman for the Ambulance and Emergency Service, Osama Ali, who reported that “a person was slightly injured as a

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–3

Known belligerent

GNA/Turkish Military

شعيب الذكر, دبسي فرج, Sho'aib Al Zakir and Dibsi Faraj , Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and ten civilians including two children and one woman died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Shoeib Al Zakar and Dibsi Faraj, according to local sources. The Smart News Agency reported that the Coalition carried out five raids, killing six non-combatants including two children and a woman as well as

Summary

6 – 10

(2 children1 woman)

ثل رفعت , Tal Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday July 29th 2023, in the early hours of the morning, the Tal Rifaat district in al-Shahba area in Syria was reportedly shelled by the Turkish forces, resulting in the injury of at least one civilian. Local news outlet ANF News reported the shelling and alleged it resulted in one civilian injury: citizen “Azad

Summary

1–2

السكرية, Sukariya, Al Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between six and 17 civilians died and dozens more were injured in an airstrike on Sukariya area, according to local media. While most sources blamed the Coalition, one alleged that the Iraqi air force was responsible. @ALAMAWI and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights were among sources that reported the death of a family of

Summary

6 – 17

12–24

محطة مياه عري في بلدة عين شيب, Urri water station in Ain Shib town, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two people were killed, an elderly man and an 18-year-old boy, and between three and five people were seriously injured, including a woman, a male child and a female child, when alleged Russian bombs hit a disused water station, near the villages of Urri and Ain Shib, west of Idlib, around midnight on

Summary

(2 men)

3–5

Russian Military

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported that a likely Coalition strike “targeted an ambulance while it was heading to the National Hospital in Al Tabaqa, resulting in the death of the patient who was being transported, two nurses and the driver.” According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least five civilians died in what

Summary

4 – 5

مدينة البصيرة, city of Al-Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Ongoing clashes between the SDF and the Arab clans led to between four and six civilians, including a woman, being injured on September 2, 2023. These civilian injuries have been attributed to snipers of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operating in Al-Basira, by local sources. Nahr Media reported that six civilians were injured (one woman

Summary

4–6

Small arms and light weapons

YPG

المنصورة, Al Mansoura, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart News Agency, four civilians including a teacher died in an alleged Coalition airstrike near the Badia school. Three houses were also reportedly destroyed. No further details are currently available.

Summary