Civilian Casualties

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

مدينة الدريهمي في محافظة الحديدة, Ad-Duraihimi, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

On December 21st, 2024 four children were reportedly injured when a previously unexploded ordinance detonated in Ad-Duraihimi City in Al-Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen. Some sources reported that the munition was “left behind by the US-Saudi aggression”, with others writing that the ordinance was planted by the “Houthi militias”. On December 25th, 2024, the Human Rights Office,

Summary

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

US Forces, Saudi-led Coalition, Houthi Forces

4 named, 1 familiy identified

City

بعشيقة‎, Bashiqa, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

An Iraq-based journalist told Airwars he had been informed by a peshmerga contact of four civilian deaths near Bashiqa. According to the reporter, A peshmerga called me and said he saw three wounded and four were crushed to death when their house was hit by either a missile or a bomb. Anadolu reported a military

Summary

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

In a third incident occurring on the 14th of May 2012, two children were wounded by alleged Yemeni warplane strike in Ja’ar in Abyan Province. A military official told AP that a warplane missed its target and accidentally struck civilians, leaving two children wounded. AP was the only source to report on this incident, and

Summary

Yemeni Air Force

راس النبع, Ras al-Nabaa, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB261124c
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Israeli Military

خنيز السلمان, Khaniz al Salman, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Step News Agency, reported “international coalition planes targeted at noon today, Wednesday 9th of November, the village of Khaniz in the northern Raqqa countryside. There’s news about civilian casualties and a new massacre.” Step went on to add that “coalition aircraft also launched an air raid targeting the IS security perimeter in the city

Summary

كفرتعال, Kafr Taal, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two children were killed and up to two others were injured in artillery shelling allegedly carried out by Russian forces, the Syrian regime, or the Syrian Democratic Forces. The Syrian Civil Defense tweeted (@SyriaCivilDefe) that two children, Youssef and Abdul Baset Jadoua, were killed and the father of Youssef, named Mustafa Jamil Jadoua, and Ahmed

Summary

(2 children)

1–2

Russian Military, YPG, Syrian Regime

4 named, 1 familiy identified

بالقرب من مدرسة أبو بكر الصديق، مديرية معين، صنعاء, Vicinity of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq School, Ma'in District, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and up to fifteen others wounded – including five children and two women – by an alleged US airstrike on a residential building in the Ma’in District of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a during the evening of 23 March, 2025. The strike reportedly hit the building in front of

Summary

Commerce, Market, Residential, Vehicle

1 – 2

(1 child)

12–15

Exact location (via Airwars)

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

At least 15 civilians were killed and 33 injured by either Coalition or Iraqi airstrikes, according to local sources. The Coalition later denied any role in the incident. Al Jazeera cited local medical sources and reported that 15 civilians were killed and 33 others injured by Iraqi Air Force and Coalition airstrikes in Tal Afar.

Summary

زركان, Zarkan, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A child was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the Zarkan sub-district on August 16, 2022. Hawar News Agency reported that in the Zarkan sub-district, 11 year old Tamim Faisal Hamad was wounded by Turkish shelling on the district’s center. There was no other information available about victims of the shelling. North Press Agency cited a

Summary

حي المنصورية, Al-Mansouriyah District, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

Four men were killed and a number of others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on the Water Authority building in Al-Mansouriyah District, Al Hudaydah, Yemen on April 1, 2025. Initial reports from @TvAlmasirah stated that “martyrs and wounded” had resulted from the US “targeting” of the Water Authority building in Al-Mansouriyah. A post from

Summary

(4 men)

US Forces

5 named, 1 familiy identified

District

البزاعة, Al Baza'a, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple sources blamed the US-led Coalition for the deaths of a woman and her seven children at al Baza’a, north east of al Bab. However the Coalition later assessed the claims as ‘Not credible.’ Given Turkey’sd own campaign at the time at Al-Bab, its aircraft may therefore have been responsible. According to Step News “Coalition

Summary

(3–7 children1 woman)

US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

7 named, 1 familiy identified

المحسنلي, Al Mihsinli, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Several civilians were allegedly injured by YPG shelling on the village of Al Mihsinli near Jarabulus on February 4th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that “a child was seriously injured, as a result of artillery shelling carried out by the Kurdish forces on the village of Al Muhsinli

Summary

YPG

عقبة امقوة, Aqba Amkawa, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and another civilian, a woman, was injured in alleged Saudi Coalition or US drone strikes on the Olaya Markha district of Shabwa governorate. Sources were conflicted about whether the other two to three people killed and two to three people wounded were civilians or members of Al Qaeda. A Facebook

Summary

1 – 4

(1–3 men)

1–3

Saudi-led Coalition, US Forces

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

5 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported injured

1–4

0–2

حي القدس, Mosul, Qudis, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents told Airwars researchers that an entire family was killed following alleged Coalition air strikes on their house in Qudis neighbourhood in East Mosul, in the afternoon of December 26th 2016. This was reported in an interview with two witnesses, on June 9th 2017. The two witnesses, Ala Samir Ahmed and Ali Abdulrazaq, said that

Summary

قرية كدورة, Kadora village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured by alleged Russian or regime shelling of the village of Kadora on August 18, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two civilians picking figs were injured by artillery shelling carried out by Russian or regime forces on a farm near Kadora village. The majority of sources attributed the shelling to

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

مديرية الصومعة، ٱلْبَيْضَاء‎, As Sawma'ah District, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEM184
incident_date: 2014-04-19
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

4 – 5

(4 men)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

13 named, 1 familiy identified

District

Belligerents reported injured

9–20

حفسرجة, Hafsarja, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On September 17th 2022, Russian forces allegedly hit to stone-cutting sawmills on the outskirts of Hafsarja village, west of Idlib, which resulted in the injury of a worker. Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the worker was identified as Ghaith al Kouz. The Syrian Civil Defense team inspected the area and found that the

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Agriculture

Russian Military

Baraag Gurgurte, approximately 20 kilometers from Harardhere district in Mudug region, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM428
incident_date: 2024-04-08
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

International Forces (Unknown)

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

LOCATION

Local sources reported that ‘hundreds of civilians’ were killed or injured due to Coalition airstrikes and shelling with artillery and missiles, which targeted the ‘Police and other neighborhoods’ in the East and North of Mosul. News of Iraq said 17 civilians were killed in two separate incidents in the Dhubat (Police) district of Mosul. It

Summary

(2 men)

12–24

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

3 named, 1 familiy identified

ديرسنبل, Deir Sinbol, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child was injured by alleged Russian or Syrian regime thermal missile strikes on a car he was traveling in near Deir Sinbol village on September 28, 2022. According to @SyriaCivilDefe, a child was injured by a thermal missile launched by the Syrian regime and Russian forces at the car he was traveling in with

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

حي الفاروق, Mosul, Farouk, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A local source said that a child was killed and his parents were injured in Coalition airstrikes on Farouk neighbourhood at the right side of Mosul. A government source told Yaqein that a four-year-old boy was killed and his parents seriously injured after an explosive missile was dropped from an aircraft near the al-Farouk neighbourhood,

Summary

(1 child)

Волохів Яр, Volokhiv Yar, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On February 26th 2022, two civilians, including a 13 year old girl and a man, were reportedly injured as a result of alleged Russian forces shelling on in the village of Volokhiv, in Balaklia, Kharkiv. Segodnya.ua news site noted that the Balaklia local authorities reported the situation first at 15.00. It stated that the information

Summary

حمرة بويتية, Hamra Bouwaitiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported the deaths of seven civilians following US-led Coalition raids on a number of villages surrounding Raqqa. According to Smart News “a medical source, confirmed the arrival of seven dead civilians to the hospital and 14 wounded, including women and children in a critical condition, due to targeting by coalition aircraft the

Summary

вул. Велика Кільцева, Velika Kiltseva Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On February 28th 2022, an alleged Russian forces rocket and artillery hit 130 Velika Kiltseva Street in Kharkiv. As a result one civilian was reportedly killed and one to two civilians were injured. Five civilian cars were reportedly set on fire, as a result of the shelling. A report from Helsinki.org stated the following information:

Summary

1–2

Russian Military

Exact location (via Airwars)

المدينة القديمة, Mosul, Old City, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In a further incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition said in its July report that an allegation on social media of civilian casualties at Old Mosul had been assessed as Not Credible. According to the report “Feb. 19, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that

Summary

Cadale, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

US declared airstrikes near Cadale, Middle Shabelle, Somalia on December 14, 2022 allegedly killed seven al-Shabaab militants, with no civilians killed or injured. Statements from the Somali government put casualty counts at 88 al-Shabaab militants killed in Middle Shabelle. AFRICOM released a statement on December 18th that “At the request of the Federal Government of

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

7–88

حصيبة, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians died in an airstrike on Abu Kamal, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of the US-led Coalition or Iraqi warplanes. RFS Media said that the Coalition carried out a strike, though added that there was so far no reports of civilian casualties. Euphrates

Summary

Селекційне, Selektsiyne, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

An elderly woman was killed by alleged Russian cluster bomb airstrikes on the village of Selektsiyne on March 10, 2022. Suspilne Media reported that the Russian military carried out an airstrike with cluster bombs in the village of Selektsiyne that resulted in the death of a 73 year old woman. Serhii Bolvinov, Head of the

Summary

(1 woman)