Civilian Casualties

Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Regime

الموصل‎, Mosul, East Side, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local reports say that the streets in eastern Mosul were covered by the bodies of dozens of civilians – their deaths caused by Coalition airstrikes and heavy artillery. Fighting was particularly intense in the Sugar Hill and Muthanna neighborhoods. Alaraby reported that fighting and airstrikes by the Coalition forces and Iraqi forces killed and wounded

Summary

(1–2 men)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

2 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية السويدية, village of Al-Suwaydia, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least 2 people were killed and up to three others were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on the village of Al-Suwaydia on September 20, 2022. Sources are conflicted as to whether the civilians killed were digging tunnels for the SDF or were in their homes. According to Hawar News, two civilians were killed

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

0 – 2

0–3

0–2

0–3

الموصل الجديدة, Mosul, Mosul al-Jadid / New Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that 30 civilians were killed and dozens injured in Coalition and governmental airstrikes, as well as artillery and missile shelling, on New Mosul and other neighbourhoods at the right side of Mosul. A source told Yaqein that “at least three rockets landed in the New Mosul area on the right coast of

Summary

12–24

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

كفرجنة, Kafr Janna, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Russian airstrikes in the countryside of Azaz and Afrin, specifically the town of Kafr Jannah and Qatma, resulted in the death and wounding of civilians in addition to the death of up to six militants and the wounding of up to 12 militants. @shaamnews reported that Russian airstrikes hit the countryside of Azaz and

Summary

1 – 2

1–2

Al Qaeda/HTS, Free Syrian Army

Suspected targets

2–6

8–12

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a gas station attendant, was reported killed along with four ISIL fighters following an alleged Coalition airstrike at Ar Raqqah. According to Smart News, “One civilian was killed and another wounded, in addition to the killing of a number of members of the Islamic State on Sunday, in a warplane attack likely to

Summary

1 – 2

Волохів Яр, Volokhiv Yar, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On February 26th 2022, between one and five civilians were killed, including two 42 year old women and three young men, two who were born in 2000 and 2004, were reported killed and 14 others reported wounded when a passenger bus was hit by alleged Russian gunfire in the village of Volokhiv Yar, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Summary

1 – 5

(2 women3 men)

Новобаварский проспект, Novobavarsky Avenue, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Between five and eight civilians were killed and up to 10 others were injured by alleged Russian airstrikes/shelling of a residential building on Novobavarsky Avenue, 95 in the Bavaria district of Kharkiv on March 1, 2022. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group identified eight people killed, six people injured, and 38 people rescued following the bombing.

Summary

Infrastructure

Healthcare

5 – 8

6–10

Exact location (via Airwars)

Geolocation

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously untracked by Airwars, the Coalition stated in April that its aircraft had not been involved in a civilian casualty event alleged by an NGO. According to the report: “Feb. 19, 2018, near Manbij, Syria, via NGO report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the

Summary

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, including a woman and a child, were reportedly injured in declared British drone strikes on the city of al-Bab on December 20, 2022. An alleged member of ISIS was also injured in the operation. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that a Yemeni person was severely injured by a drone

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

2–3

Exact location (other)

مزير, Mazir, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

A single local media source reported that ten civilians were killed and many others were wounded in Coalition raids on Mazirr village, near Dibis region, north of Kirkuk City. No additional details are presently known. In December 2018, the Coalition announced that it had classed the event as non credible due to a lack of

Summary

Балаклея, Balakleya, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On March 8th 2022, an explosion in the centre of Balakleia reportedly killed one civilian and injured three other civilians, as a result of alleged Russian warplanes. According to a local source on Twitter, “two planes flew over and dropped three bombs.” Telegram posts by Kharkov Nash, which has expressed sympathies for Russia, speculated as

Summary

Exact location (via Airwars)

Geolocation

الرصافة, Al Rasafa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to Smart News, five civilians died and two were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Rasafa. Smart reported that the warplanes – “likely” belonging to the Coalition – “bombed a bus as it passed through on the road from al Rasafa to al Mansoura (30 km west of Raqqa City), after civilians

Summary

(1–2 children1–2 women)

вул Героїв Праці 48A, 48A Heroiv Pratsi St, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On March 11st 2022, in the morning, a civilian – a woman in an appartment – was reportedly killed by a Russian projectile when it hit a high-rise building in Heroiv Pratsi Street 48 A, in Kharkiv. Most social media accounts referred to Sergei Bolvinov, head of the investigative department as their main source.

Summary

(1 woman)

حي المعلمين, Mosul, al Mua'lmen/ Teachers, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents and press sources said that more than 200 bodies were still under the rubble and on the streets after Coalition airstrikes and shelling by Iraqi forces targeted the area close to “Syed Jamal” mosque in the Teachers district and other neighbourhoods in the West of Mosul. @Sonawa1 reported on Twitter: “A huge explosion

Summary

50 – 200

50–200

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

Лозова, Lozova, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On Tuesday March 22nd 2022, one civilian was reportedly killed and up to nine others injured by an alleged Russian missile strike in the city of Lozova, in the region of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. Suspilne Kharkiv telegram channel monitored the accounts of injuries to civilians from two, to four, to finally eight. Most sources,

Summary

Infrastructure

Education

2–9

دور موظفي السكك, Mosul, Dur al Sekak, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local residents and press source said that five family members were killed in an airstrike targeting their house near the railway. They used to live together in the same house in Dur Al Sekak at the right side of Mosul. It is unclear which aircraft carried out the attack. Shafaaq News reported that the bombing

Summary

5 – 7

(1 child1 woman1 man)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

1 named

LOCATION

Galmudug, Mudug, Somalia

At least seven alleged al-Shabaab militants were killed by declared US airstrikes near Galmudug, Somalia on February 21, 2023. AFRICOM released a statement on February 22nd that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia and in support of Somali National Army engagements against al-Shabaab, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense strike on

Summary

حمرة بلاسم, Hamra Blassem, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least one named civilian was reportedly killed in a Coalition airstrike which hit a bakery in the town of Hamra Blassem village. According to multiple sources, Mazid Adham Al-Mazid died in the raid and at least two other civilians were injured. One source claimed that ten people died in the attack – though this

Summary

1 – 10

Чугуївський район, Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured in alleged Russian shellings of Chuhuiv district on April 20, 2022. Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, posted on Telegram that a total of five civilians were injured throughout the day of April 20th – three were injured in the city of Kharkiv and two were injured in

Summary

رجم الحديد, Mosul, Rajl al Hamid, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources and the UN reported that up to hundred civilians were killed or injured after airstrikes targeted residential houses in Rajm Hadid neighborhood, on March 22 in West Mosul. According to the UNHCR an airstrike [not specified] hit a residential building in the neighbourhood. It said: “ISIL reportedly filled the house with people from

Summary

2 – 100

(2 children)

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

A civilian woman was killed and at least two other civilians were injured by Russian shelling in the city of Zolochiv on April 25, 2022. The woman, born in 1949, was widely reported to have been killed in the middle of a local street by a blast. Local leader, Viktor Kovalenko confirmed that another woman

Summary

(1 woman)

2–4

لودر, Lawdar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

On 23rd April 2012, at 10:30 am, the Yemen army and/or US military allegedly conducted a strike in Loder, Abyan province killing between four to 17 suspected AQAP militants, with some sources attributing the militant deaths to artillery bombardment. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Bikyamasr reported that the strike was carried

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

4–17

Старий Салтів, Staryi Saltiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Four civilians, including a child, were killed and two injured, a woman and her six month old daughter, in an alleged Russian military personnel attack near Staryi Saltiv on a 15 vehicle convoy which had been evacuating the then Russian occupied city of Vovchansk on May 4, 2022. Investigators arrived at the scene two days

Summary

(1 child)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

فردوس, Fardous, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians including a woman and her child died and four others were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Fardous, according to local media. The Smart News Agency reported that Coalition warplanes “targeted a residential building in al-Firdous neighborhood in the city of Raqqa, killing five civilians, including a woman and her child and

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

المحفد, Mahfed district, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

On the 20th of June 2012, an airstrike allegedly by US or Yemeni forces in northern Abyan killed Hussein Saleh (35), a worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), multiple sources, such as Reuters, reported. Al-Sahwa Net also reported that seven militants were killed and 10 others were wounded in the same

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 man)

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

1 named

بغديك, Bagdik, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were injured by alleged Turkish shelling of Bagdik village in eastern countryside of Kobani on March 4, 2023. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that two civilians were injured and taken to the hospital after sustaining injuries from mortar fire launched by Turkish forces on Bagdik village. Hawar News also

Summary

رابعة, Rabi'a, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Smart reported that a “likely” Coalition raid on Rabia mosque killed “the servant of the mosque [the imam] and his seven-year-old son,” saying that ISIL cancelled Friday prayers in the village following the deaths. No further details are currently available.

Summary

(1 child)

الأتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On July 26, 2023, two civilians were reportedly killed in al-Atareb, Aleppo, in an artillery strike allegedly launched by Syrian regime and/or Russian forces. Aid workers indicated that two additional people were injured in the attack. Syria Civil Defence shared that a young man and his uncle—identified as Mahmoud Ahmad Rustam and Abd al-Razzaq Abdo

Summary

(2 men)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

3 named, 1 familiy identified