Civilian Casualties

Turkish Military

Other

Belligerents reported injured

2–5

مديرية خولان, Khawlan District, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed and three others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a stone quarry in the Al-Arqoub area of Khawlan District, Sanaa, Yemen on March 26, 2025. Houthi-affiliated source @TvAlmasirah reported on “Two martyrs and two wounded as a result of the US aggression on a stone quarry in the

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Resources, Truck, Vehicle

البوابة الرشقية ألجدابيا, Ajdabiya’s eastern gate, Al Wahat, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were killed by Gaddafi forces artillery shelling in Ajdabiya, according to an Amnesty International report. The investigation noted: “Among [those killed] were 67-year old Miftah al-Tarhouni, and his 36-year-old son Mohammad, who were killed on 20 March near Ajdabiya’s eastern gate when their car was hit by a projectile – seemingly a rocket

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(2 men)

Other

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الحميري, al-Humairi, South Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB260924x
incident_date: 2024-09-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

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البارة, Al Bara, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a man, was reported killed and an unknown number of civilians sustained injuries as a result of alleged Regime, Russian and/or Iranian artillery shelling on the town of Al Bara in the Jabal Al-Zawiya area in the southern countryside of Idlib on November 23, 2020. Baladi News and the Syrian Network for Human

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(1 man)

صرف، بني حشيش, Sarf area, Bani Hushaish district, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEM250429a
incident_date: 2025-04-29
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

US Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

On September 20th, 2011, Reuters reported that a spokesman for Gaddafi stated that 151 civilians were killed due to shelling on Sirte. This number was unable to be verified. Independent investigators later found that civilian casualty number reported by the Gaddafi regime were hugely inflated of fabricated. NATO confirmed airstrikes on “1 Command and Control

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151

Caal Miskeed Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM458a
incident_date: 2025-02-21
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

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تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian near Tal Afar, Iraq. Their March 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “Nov. 14, 2016, near Tal Afar, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS checkpoint it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally injured when the vehicle

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

LOCATION

Galgala, Bari, Somalia

Unidentified jets struck what were described as “al Shabaab hideouts” in Galgala in the northern autonomous region of Puntland, according to a local report. Garowe Online said the strikes – carried out by warplanes “launched from a carrier at sea” – hit militants in their bases along the Golis Mountain Ranges in Puntland, northern Somalia.

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الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One child was killed and nine civilians injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime artillery shelling on the city of Al Bab, Aleppo governorate on February the 8th. At the start, local sources reported that at least nine civilians, including at least four children and three women, were injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime

Summary

(1 child)

9–14

9 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Buqa, Bari, Somalia

On November 3rd 2017, AFRICOM reported that it had “conducted two separate airstrikes against ISIS, in northeastern Somalia on Nov. 3”. It made no mention of civilian harm. However, AFRICOM stated that the strikes had killed “several terrorists”, though it was “currently assessing the results of the strikes”. The command added: “The first strike occurred at approximately

Summary

2–20

LOCATION

سرت‎, Sirte, Surt, Libya

On October 5th, 2011, a single Moroccan woman was reported to have been injured by a mortar shell in Sirte. The mortar was suspected to have been fired by Libyan rebel forces. Multiple sources reported on the injury of the woman, although no additional information was provided. An al-Jamahiriya post stated that “A Moroccan woman

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طرابلس‎, Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Two men died on October 25, 2011 after being detained in rebel custody in Tripoli on October 25, 2011 according to the UN Report Source Page 81. One man, a member of Gaddafi’s security forces, was arrested by the rebels on September 11, 2011 and held in the former Internal Security Agency building in central

Summary

(2 men)

Small arms and light weapons

Libyan rebel forces

Deerow Sanle, Bay, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported the day previously it had conducted “one airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Dheerow Sanle, Somalia, on January 2, 2019.” It added: “At this time we assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike.” However, AFRICOM stated that “10 militants” were killed in this event. Voice of America reporter Harun

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

9–10

باب العزيزية, Bab Al Aziziyah, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

At least 29 people were killed at a camp site outside the Bab Al Aziziyah compound in Tripoli on August 25, 2011 that may have housed a makeshift medical clinic and was alleged to be supervised by Gaddafi supporters. According to BBC News, two of those killed had strips of green cloth, indicating that they

Summary

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

Vicinity of Jamaame, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Jamaame, Lower Juba Region, according to a press release issued the next day by US Africa Command. It was later reported that one of those killed had been responsible for the death of a US soldier in Somalia in June 2018. AFRICOM’s initial press

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

تل منس , Tal Mnes, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were killed and between three and five civilians, including at least three children, were injured in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime barrel bombing of the Grand Mosque and surrounding neighborhoods in Tal Mnes on August 21, 2019. This was one of two strikes that occurred on the same day in

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1 – 2

(1 man)

3–5

6 named

LOCATION

ادني, Edny, Duhok, Iraq

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling on Edny village in Amedi district (Amadiyah) of Dohuk governorate on May 25, 2021. According to Rudaw Media Network, “Turkish shelling today resulted in the injury of a young man from the village of “Dishish” with bleeding, and he was taken to Kani Masi Hospital for

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أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the city of Ariha the evening of July 2, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, “3 civilians were injured, in a missile shelling by the regime forces targeting the northern entrance to the city of Ariha this evening, Friday, July 2nd”. Various

Summary

3 named

عمارة الرائد, Al Raed building, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Up to seven civilians including a baby were injured, one seriously, in a strike on an apartment building in the al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City in the afternoon of May 20, 2021. Various sources report an airstrike hitting the al-Raed building, which was a mixed-use residential and commercial building, destroying the apartment and ground-floor shops,

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4–7

كفر حلب , Kafr Halab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians from the same family (a man, woman and their child) died and several more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Kafr Halab, according to local media. The White Helmets reported that “three people including a child and a woman martyred and others injured in an air raid using two vacuum missiles on

Summary

Russian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

طفس, Tafas, Daraa, Syria

At least one civilian was killed and five others were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on Tafas on July 29, 2021. @tommycats4 tweeted that “one person was killed and a number of wounded in the city of Tafas, west of Daraa, as a result of artillery shelling on the city by the Assad

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أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery and missile strikes on Ariha on August 7, 2021. Zaman Al Wasl reported that “two civilians were injured, one of them in a serious condition, this afternoon, Saturday, as a result of intense artillery and missile shelling by the regime forces, which targeted

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صالون الفسيس‎‎, Al Fasis barber shop (vicinity of Abu Qamar petrol station), North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between two and four civilians, including two children, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on a barber shop in Tal Al Za’tar on May 12, 2021. A barber shop belonging to Ibrahim Al-Fasis in Tel Al-Zaatar was bombed by Israeli planes, according to various sources. A post by Ehab Alda`afi on Facebook identified two light

Summary

2–4

كفرزيتا, Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

A local source reported that civilians were injured in alleged Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafar Zeita on June 14th, 2019. Other sources did not report civilian harm but did report alleged Russian and Syrian regime air and artillery strikes on the city on that same day. Step News wrote that “Russian and Syrian

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عبسان الجديدة, Absan Al Jadida, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Ahmed Fayez Arafat (28-30), claimed by Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigade to be a member, was killed and further civilian injuries, at least one, were reported in an Isreali drone strike in the farmlands in Absan Al Jadid on May 17,2021 at around 12:30 pm. Wada PS News reported on the Israeli attack, stating that Ahmed

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1–2

Palestinian Forces

جباليا, Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On May 20th, 2021, at approximately 2:05 AM between four to nine civilians, including three women and one child were injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes on the Jabaliya refugee camp. No names were reported. Two missiles were reported to have been fired at the main street connecting Block 7 and Block 9 of

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4–8

كفر نبودة, Kafar Nabouda, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reportedly injured after an alleged Russian forces airstrike or Syrian regime artillery strike on Kafar Nabouda town in Hama, on March 17th, 2018, according to local media sources. Enab Baladi mentioned that the strikes had more likely been initiated by the Russian forces, while other sources blamed the Syria regime forces. It

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