Civilian Casualties

10 – 15

(5 children2 women)

5–22

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

10 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a second day of airstrikes on Raqqa, 43 civilians were reported killed and 60 injured – though sources are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime – with one report suggesting this may be a Coalition incident. The Daesh agency Al A’maq said there had been nine

Summary

39 – 43

(5 children7 women)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

12 named, 3 families identified

الباغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A woman was reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a residential building in Al-Baghouz town. Surrounding houses were also reportedly damaged. In a tweet, Deir Ezzor 24 reported that “The International Alliance Air is targeting a gathering of displaced people on the outskirts of the town of # Al-Baghouz in the eastern countryside

Summary

(1 woman)

1–2

شمال قطاع غزة مدرسة أبو حسين بمخيم جباليا, Abu Hussein school, Jabalia camp, North Gaza, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT201024k
incident_date: 2024-10-20
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp, Secondary School

Impact

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Multiple local sources reported that one civilian was killed and four injured after an oil refinery in northern Mosul was hit by allegedly Coalition aircraft. One source described the civilians as the ‘owners’ of the refinery.

Summary

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that one man was killed and up to two others injured as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on the city of Binnish in the Idlib province, on March 2nd 2020. Alleged Russian warplanes carried out two raids on the city of Binnish. The strikes resulted in the death of one civilian

Summary

2–3

كفر زيتا القريبة, Vicinity of Kafar Zeita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Two women and a man were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Mazra’et Al Tanour near the cities of Al Latamina and Kafar Zeita in Hama governorate, on July 28th, 2019, according to local sources. An unknown number of other civilians was reported injured. The Syrian Human Rights Committee wrote that “two

Summary

(2 women1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

كلجبرين, Kaljibrin, Aleppo, Syria

A fierce battle for the town of Kaljibrin left up to 39 civilians dead – with both Daesh and the Coalition blamed for the fatalities. So-called Islamic State launched a major assault on Kaljibrin, later releasing a video in which it boasted of capturing weapons there. However Coaltion aircraft then reportedly struck at Daesh forces

Summary

(18–21 children4 women6 men)

28 – 65

عرب سعيد, Arab Saeed, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly injured as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on the vicinity of Arab Sa’id village, west of Idlib on September 20th, 2020 at noon according to local sources and news agencies. Edlib Media center said that according to the civil defense one civilian was injured after “eight Russian su34 and su35

Summary

النعيمة, Al Naima, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

A mother and a child were killed by alleged Russian or Syrian regime strikes on the town of Al-Naima on April 30, 2017, according to local media. A number of raids were launched on the town over several days, local sources reported. A father, Rabi al-Aboud was left holding his dead child Mohamad Rabi (Rami)

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 child1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a previously unreported incident, the US admitted six months later that it had killed four civilians in an attack on Raqqa, noting that “June 23, 2016, near Ar Raqqah, Syria, during a strike against an ISIL-held building, it is assessed that four civilians were killed after entering the target area after the aircraft released

Summary

معارة النعسان, Miznaz, Maarat Al-Naasan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Mustafa Haidar, aged 11, was injured while grazing sheep, when a Russian or Syrian regime forces shell hit him on March 16th 2022, in the town of Miznaz, on the outskirts of Maarat al-Naasan, in the northeastern countryside of Idlib. The Syrian Civil Defense said that they inspected the site that was bombed and made

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Russian Military

1 named, 1 familiy identified

منزل عائلة النجار في معسكر جباليا شمالي القطاع, Al-Najjar family home, Jabalia refugee camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0611
incident_date: 2023-10-25
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(1 child)

Israeli Military

القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an attack on Qayyarah. In November 2016, CENTCOM noted in their civilian casualty report that “during a strike on an ISIL-held building, it is assessed that one civilian was killed.” In April 2017 the Coalition revised its

Summary

Known belligerent

خضراوي, Khadrawi village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One young girl was injured in alleged Turkish artillery shelling of the village of Khadrawi on April 18, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a little girl was injured by Turkish artillery shelling of her family’s house in Khadrawi village. SOHR added that “Turkish intensive shelling on the countryside of Tel

Summary

Turkish Military

حي النهضة، مديرية الثورة، صنعاء, Al-Nahda neighbourhood, Al-Thawra district, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

A man was killed by an alleged US airstrike on the Al-Nahda neighbourhood in the Al-Thawra district of Sanaa,Yemen on 16 April, 2025. Online commenters were emphatic regarding the man’s civilian status. On a Facebook post by Sanaa Rohi, comments attested to his lack of involvement in militancy, reporting that the deceased was a building

Summary

(1 man)

بعويزة, Mosul, Baweiza, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition airstrike in the Baoizh area of Mosul (or Bo’weza) reportedly killed a female child and injured four other civilians. According to NRN News, a Coalition strike killed a number of Daesh militants but also killed a number of civilians, including a little girl who died under the rubble.

Summary

(1 child)

Vicinity of Baladul-Rahma and Geeshaan, near Basraa, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In a major Amnesty International report on civilian harm in Somalia, published in March 2019, the NGO made passing reference to a civilian harm event on August 14th the previous year in the vicinity of Baladul-Rahma and Geeshaan, near Basraa. According to the report, “on 14 August 2018, the US military conducted additional air strikes

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

بلدة دورس في بعلبك, The civil defense center in the town of Durrus in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB141124c
incident_date: 2024-11-14
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Civil Defense Station, Emergency Services, Vehicle

(14 men)

0–5

Belligerents reported killed

Exact location (other)

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In what was widely reported as a Russian action, at least 27 civilians died and more than 70 were injured following airstrikes on Al Mayadeen. Almost all sources including Daesh blamed Russia. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered said 6 Russian planes carried out 20 strikes between them, including on a children’s playground. Shaam News added

Summary

27 – 40

(9 children4–8 women)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

24 named, 2 families identified

المحفد, Al Mahfed, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

An alleged US Predator drone strike struck a makeshift Al Qaeda checkpoint in Mihfed, Abyan Province killing up to 10 members of Al Qaeda and wounding as many as dozens more. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. AFP reported that a local security official said that the US drone strike had killed

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Education

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Suspected target

Geolocation

Belligerents reported killed

3–10

Belligerents reported injured

2–24

حسن عرب, Arab Hassan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, children, were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes/artillery strikes on Arab Hassan village in northern Manbij countryside on June 29, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two civilians were killed when Turkish forces shelled the outskirts of Arab Hassan village in northern Manbij countryside. Manbij Media Center reported that

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2 children)

Turkish Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الكرامة, Karama (Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to a single local report that a family was killed by airstrikes in Karama, Mosul. Mosul Eye reported, an entire family was killed during a bombardment in Al-Karama neighbourhood. It said that no information about their number was available. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

Labi-Kus, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

An AFRICOM declared US airstrike in coordination with Somali Army commandos resulted in the death of up to five Al-Shabab fighters near Labi-Kus village on July 17, 2022. Somali National News Agency (SONNA), a Somali government-run news agency, tweeted that “three #Alshabab terrorists were killed and one was captured after Somali National Army’s commandos (#DANAB) attacked

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

2–5

الموصل‎, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Airwars’ Iraq researcher met three young victims of violence in eastern Mosul at an evacuation centre. The three children were all boys aged between 10-11 years. Two were brothers who had been injured by an unidentified explosion outside their home in eastern Mosul on November 14th. The third said he had been injured by an

Summary

قرية جديدة, Jadida village, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in the alleged Turkish bombing of the village of Jadida on August 8, 2022. According to a correspondent for Hawar News, a “citizen” named Farhan Muhammad Bashir, 26, was wounded by Turkish bombing of Ain Issa. A Facebook post from Live voice specified that the bombing occurred in Jadida

Summary

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

There were claims by local sources that as many as 70 civilian casualties occurred in Mosul as a result of Coalition strikes, ISIL bombardment or Iraq Army actions. Iraqi Spring Media Center reported that 70 civilians were killed or wounded by “either” the Coalition or Iraqi government artillery. Other reports put the toll lower, including

Summary

35–65

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

قلعة دزة, Qalaat Diza, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

At least four people were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes in the Qalaat Diza region, on the road between the villages of Deka and Kani Lane, on June 13, 2021. While the majority of sources refer to those killed as civilians, Turkish sources allege they five members of the PKK were killed. According to North

Summary

0 – 4

(0–1 men)

Belligerents reported killed

Turkish Military

0–5

معيزيلة, Ma'yezila, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between 17 and 32 civilians were reported killed and a further 20 or more injured following alleged Coalition strikes on Ma’yezila. According to Riba FM, the strike took place near the town’s Alh mosque. Raqqa News Network reported that “Al-Ma’yzila’s population is less than 300 and they all have the same grandfather. More than 28

Summary

17 – 32

(7–10 children3 women)

10 named, 3 families identified