Civilian Casualties

3–22

Turkish Military

كفررمان, Kfar Reman, Nabatieh District, Lebanon

LOCATION

On Monday, September 23, 2024, multiple social media posts showed videos and reported on airstrikes on the outskirts of Nabatieh, in Kafr Reman, Lebanon, and the university neighbourhood which resulted in at least two injuries. According to a post from News from Bekaa, a raid on Kafr Reman “targeted” a home, resulting in the partial

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

2–3

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

As many as three civilians, including two children and one teacher, were killed, and up to 11 civilians, including four children and women, were injured in a series of alleged airstrikes carried out by either the Syrian or Russian airforce which targeted the city of Saraqib on December 4th, 2019. The strikes hit residential areas

Summary

1 – 3

(1–2 children)

10–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

10 named

قرية أناب, Anab area, northern countryside of Afrin, north of Aleppo, Syria, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the morning of Tuesday, 30th January 2024, an elderly man was injured in an artillery bombardment with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian Democratic Forces and/or the Syrian regime forces on a residential home and surrounding agricultural lands in the village of Anab located in the northern countryside of Afrin, north of Aleppo,

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

YPG, Syrian Regime

Suspected target

Turkish Forces

Belligerents reported injured

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported wounded with burns likely caused by Turkey’s use of White Phosphorus in Ain Issa, Aleppo in Syria on October 10th, 2019 according to a report by the Times. No further details available.

Summary

مدرسة أسماء، مخيم الشاطئ, Asmaa School, Al Shati refugee camp, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 19th, 2024, the Israeli military allegedly bombed the UNRWA affiliated Asmaa school in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp, west of Gaza City. At least seven people were killed and there were reports of a number of injuries as well. Among those killed were: Hesham Idris Al-Sheikh Mahmoud, Mohammed Walid Shraim, Imad Jabr Abu Asr,

Summary

Education, IDP or Refugee Camp

7 – 10

(1 child1 woman7 men)

Exact location (other)

حدود البيضاء وشبوة, Border of Al Bayda and Shabwa, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 28th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America – one of six declared strikes that month. One local source, Huna Al-Bayda, reported that “three senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in an [US] airstrike by a drone on the border between al-Bayda

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

Belligerents reported killed

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, December 27th 2023, artillery shelling struck the city of Al-Bab, reportedly injuring two civilians. The shelling took place in the evening and struck vital facilities, including the Education Directorate, a police station, a cultural centre, a postal and shipping centre, and a court. The bombing allegedly originated from areas under joint control of

Summary

YPG

معصران, Masran, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources confirmed the death of five siblings in the village of Maasran on December 22nd. Four individuals were wounded with one eventually dying to raise the total of civilian deaths to six. The names of victims were released and confirmed by Civil Defense Service in Idlib. The dead were identified as Muhammad Abdullah Al-Agha,

Summary

5 – 6

Russian Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two women were reported wounded in an alleged Russian air or artillery strike on Saraqeb on March 13th, 2019, according to sources on the ground. On March 13th Neda reported: “At night, Russian aircraft fired heavy artillery at the town of Sarqab in the eastern suburb of Idlib using high-explosive rockets, injuring two women.” Al

Summary

قرية ام السطح, villages of Ousjali Saghir and Um Al-Satih, Manbij countryside, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Around dawn on Thursday, May 23, 2024, an alleged Turkish artillery attack on the Ousjali Saghir, Umm al-Satih, and other villages in the western countryside of the Manbji province, Syria, killed a woman and injured five citizens, including three children. Hawar News reported that 55-year-old Fateem Al-Dandan from the village of Umm Al-Satih in the western

Summary

(1 woman)

Turkish Military

6 named, 2 families identified

Near al Shaafah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an event previously untracked by Airwars, the Coalition reported in its monthly civilian casualty report for September 2019 (published November 16th) that it had killed a civilian during an airstrike at Al Shaafah. The Pentagon later declared this to be a US action. According to the OIR report, “March 1, 2018, near Al Shafah,

Summary

مدرسة زيد بن حارثة في بيت لاهيا, Zaid Bin Haritha School, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between four and seven civilians, including one child, were reportedly killed and at least five civilians, including at least two children, were injured as a result of alleged Israeli artillery shelling of the Zaid bin Haritha School hosting dozens of displaced people and surrounding streets, located in Beit Lahia, North Gaza, on the evening of

Summary

4 – 7

(1 child1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Nearby landmark

سجن الرويني, Al Ruwaini Prison, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Two children were allegedly killed by LNA shelling on Ain Zara. Libya Alahrar TV reported: “Medical source to Al Ahrar: the death of two children from one family following the fall of a mortar shell fired by the gunmen of Haftar in Ain Zara.” The same source later published a picture of the victims saying

Summary

(2 children)

Libyan National Army

مدرسة شهداء النصيرات بمخيم النصيرات, Shohadaa al-Nuseirat school, al-Nuseirat camp, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT281024d
incident_date: 2024-10-28
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

جمعية بالا, Jama'ait Bala, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians of the same family, including three children, were killed and others were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes in the village of Jama’ait Bala, Aleppo governorate, in the night of January 17th to January 18th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the children Dalal and Abdullah Sabouneh,

Summary

(3 children1 woman1 man)

Russian Military

5 named, 1 familiy identified

الدوير, Douair, Nabatieh District, Lebanon

LOCATION

Shortly before 2:33 AM on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, several social media posts and media outlets reported on the alleged Israeli airstrikes in Douair, in the Nabatieh district, Lebanon, resulting in the death of at least five civilians, among them a husband and his wife and a Syrian refugee. The incident was first reported by

Summary

(2 women3 men)

5 named, 2 families identified

Geolocation

Town

الشفعة, Al Sha’fah, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously untracked by Airwars monitors, in May 2018 the Coalition said that it had assessed a self-report of potential civilian harm at al Shafaa – though had concluded there were no non combatant casualties. As the official report noted, “February 26, 2018, near al Sha’fah, Syria, via self-report. After a review of

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

تلمنس, Telmens, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died in an alleged Russian or regime air or artillery strike on Telmens, according to local media on January 22nd 2020. Edlib Media Centre reported: “The body of a young man who was martyred in a previous regime artillery shelling in Talmans town, south of Idlib, was found.” According to the Syrian Network

Summary

(1 man)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

الحي الياباني، خان يونس, Japanese neighbourhood, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 11:35 AM on Friday, November 3, 2023, the Awad family home in the Japanese neighbourhood of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike, resulting in at least 24 civilians killed, including four generations of a displaced family, and injuring 45 other civilians. Gazan Shegab Agency was

Summary

(8–10 children7–9 women7 men)

24 named, 2 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

عفرين, Afrin , Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One child was killed and thirteen civilians, all adult males, were injured in alleged YPG artillery strikes on residential areas of the city of Afrin, Aleppo governorate, on January 29th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence reported the death of 13-year-old Ahmed Tammam Qatayerji. They listed the names of 13 injured men.

Summary

(1 child)

YPG, Turkish Military

14 named

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

مديرية الصومعة, Al Suma'a District, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

The Pentagon announced on March 6th 2017 that it had conducted an airstrike against AQAP in Yemen on February 28th, though no other sources could be found to verify this. This appeared to have been the first action of a serious intensification of US strikes in Yemen through the first week of March 2017. Two

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

مخيم النصيرات,, east of Al-Bureij camp and/or Al-Nuseirat camp, block C, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT130225b
incident_date: 2025-02-13
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

(1 child)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

اعزاز, A'zaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians, three children and a woman, were allegedly injured by YPG or Syrian regime shelling on A’zaz in Aleppo, Syria on February 6th, 2020. The correspondent of Halab Today TV said that ” a woman and three children were lightly injured and were taken by rescue teams to the A’zaz National Hospital

Summary

3–4

YPG, Syrian Regime

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الحمرا, Civilian convoy between the villages of Bouyoud and al Andreen in al Hamra district, eastern Hama, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and five civilians were wounded in an airstrike which struck a bus or car carrying civilians in Al-Hamra, local media said. Sources all attributed blame to Russia. The wounded were transferred to medical points. According to ‘Al Latamna youth group’ on Facebook, ” two civilians were wounded in an air strike by Russian

Summary

2–5

Russian Military

سَرْمِين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, 27 November 2024, a 54-year-old woman named Rose Ismail al-Ali was seriously injured when an artillery shell struck an olive press in the city of Sarmin, in the Idlib Governorate, and she died due to her wounds the day after, Thursday, 28 November 2024. In the same attack, another woman was also reportedly injured.

Summary

Agriculture, Equipment / Machinery

(1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

1 named

برج حيدر, Burj Haidar, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, including a child, were reportedly injured in alleged YPG or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the village of Burj Haidar, Afrin governorate, on February 11th, 2020, according to SMART News. SMART reported that, according to the Syrian Civil Defence, “a child and three civilians were wounded in the village of Burj Haidar, located

Summary

YPG, Syrian Regime

شارع أسعد الأسعد في منطقة الشياح في بيروت, Asaad Al-Asaad Street in the Shiyah area of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB271124e
incident_date: 2024-11-27
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary