Civilian Casualties

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

ترحين, Tarhin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Russian, Syrian regime, Israeli or US-led Coalition airstrikes on Tarhin village, Aleppo governorate, on November 25th, 2019, according to local sources. An unknown number of civilians were wounded. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “local sources said that six explosions were heard in different areas, and

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Russian Military, US-led Coalition, Israeli Military, Syrian Regime

Other

حي الجنينه برفح, Al Geneina neighborhood, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Around 10pm on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at least six civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and at least seven others were injured, when the Al-Arja family home located on George Street behind Adnan Abutain in the Al Geneina neighborhood in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by an

Summary

(1–2 children1 woman3–4 men)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

العزيزية, Al Aziziya, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported executed by YPG in Hai Al Aziziya in Hasakah on December 1st 2019, according to local sources. It was reported that Abdulwahed Khalil Al Kalash was shot dead when he tried to prevent YPG from demolishing his house that they deemed illegal and without a license. Minbar Al Hasakah said that

Summary

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

عائلة العطاونة بالمخيم الجديد غرب النصيرات, House for the Al-Atawneh family in the new camp, west of Nuseirat, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Thursday, October 26th 2023, at least nine civilians were killed and more than 25 civilians were injured, including children, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the Al-Atawneh family house located in the refugee camp in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip. The victims were members of the Al-Atawneh and Al-Bahtiti families and included at least three children.

Summary

(3–4 children5–6 men)

7–26

منبج‎ / عين العرب‎ / كوباني‎, M4 Highway, between Manbij and Kobani, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Kurdish civilians were summarily executed by Turkish forces on the M4 highway in north east Syria, according to local media. Video shared by @zana_med on twitter shows Turkey-backed militants near bodies of two civilians that they executed earlier on the M4 highway in Hassakah governroate. The date of the summary execution is not known but

Summary

(2 men)

Turkish Military, Free Syrian Army

Free Syrian Army

النصيرات, Nuseirat, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At around 9:40pm on Wednesday, October 25th 2023, the Eid family’s house, located west of Camp 2 opposite the Maghazi entrance in the Al-Zuwaida area of the Nuseirat Camp, Central Gaza, was bombed in an alleged Israeli military airstrike. According to initial accounts, Israeli military aircraft bombed the house shortly after the end of evening

Summary

(8 children6 women6 men)

12–24

Impact

22 named, 7 families identified

شيرا, Shera, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent reported that four civilians were injured in the vicinity of Shera in Afrin canton. Injured civilians were named in a report shared with Airwars. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

بابيلا, Babila, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly killed in an alleged regime or Russian artillery/airstrike on the village of Babila, Idlib governorate, in the early morning of December 17th, 2019. The Syrian Human Rights Committee identified the victim as Othman Al-Diab. Edlib Media Centre claimed as the only source that the attack “resulted in the martyrdom of civilian

Summary

1 – 2

الصفطاوي, al Saftawi, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 29th 2023, at least one civil defense personnel was injured in an alleged “double-tap” Israeli airstrike during a rescue operation at the site of another alleged Israeli airstrike that had taken place earlier that day – the Juma’a family home near the Al-Saftawi roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip (assessed in ISPT0698). At

Summary

1–3

Impact

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and at least five civilians were injured as a result of alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes with high explosive missiles on the industrial area of the city of Saraqib, east of Idlib, on December 19th, 2019, according to local sources. The LCCSY reported four Russian airstrikes between 10:36 AM local

Summary

5–6

مخيم المغاز, Al Maghazi, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the morning of Tuesday, October 25th 2023, a house for the Musa family in Al Maghazi camp, Gaza Strip, was allegedly bombed by the Israeli military, resulting in at least nine civilian deaths, including multiple children. 34-year-old Ahmed Jamal Hassan Musa was killed alongside his wife Asma Rizqa, his two sons, 6-year-old Muhammad Ahmed Jamal

Summary

(7 children1 woman1 man)

9 named, 1 familiy identified

جولاق, Jolak, Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, named SotKurdistan, reported that a “70-year-old Issa Bakkar Issa was injured in the Turkish bombardment of the city centre of Jolak town in Jandarsa”, Syria. There are no other known details relating to this allegation at this time.

Summary

عين زارة, Ain Zara, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed and three others injured, following suspected LNA shelling of the Ain Zara area of Tripoli. A video posted to Facebook by Libya al Ahrar – presently the sole source for this event – featured a reporter who stated that “one civilian was killed and three others injured because of Haftar

Summary

Libyan National Army, United Arab Emirates Military

GNA

بيت لاهيا, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 6:48 AM on Thursday, October 26, 2023, at least one man was killed and a number of other civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Abu al-Jadaran (Al-Jidyan) roundabout area of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. At 7:13 am, the Palestinian Press Agency (Safa.ps) reported “a number of

Summary

(1 man)

راوة, Rawah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied responsibility for an incident it said was reported by an NGO, but which Airwars was unaware of. The Coalition reported: “May 13, 2017, near Rawa, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in

Summary

0–1

US-led Coalition

جنديرس,عفرين , Jindires, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, two civilians were wounded with various shrapnel injuries in an alleged Turkish shelling of Jindires, Syria. The victims were identified by names and age. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and three civilians, including a woman, were reported as killed and up to seven others, including two children and a woman, were wounded by Russian or regime forces in Saraqib on January 5th, 2020. Alarby News and the Idlib Civil Defense Media Center reported that seven civilians, including two children, were wounded in

Summary

1 – 3

(1 woman1 man)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

5–7

Causes of injury / death

بالقرب من جمعية الوئام، مدينة الشيخ زايد, Vicinity of Al Weam Association, Sheikh Zayed City, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and at least two others were injured in an alleged artillery attack near the Al Weam charitable association building behind Sheikh Zayed City on October 29th 2023. A “number of artillery attacks in the Sheikh Zayed area” were reported by the Shehab Agency at 1.53pm local time. The names

Summary

Israeli Military, Palestinian Militants

Nearby landmark

بطينة, Batina town, Mobata district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Hawar news reported “A civilian was seriously wounded by the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries on Badina town related to Mobata district.” The man was named as “35-year-old Abdo Rasheed from the village of Qatma”. Other sources reported that Turkish warplanes carried out strikes on the Syrian area but made no mention of civilian

Summary

Wanlaweyn, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Somali officials reported the death of a senior al Shabaab commander during a gun battle at Wanlaweyn. It was not clear whether US forces had also participated in the raid. According to the Horn Observer, “The special forces known as DANAB raided the house of Mohamed Osman Hussein Buluush, a mlitant bomb expert in the

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Small arms and light weapons

Known belligerent

Somali Military Forces

US Forces

Belligerents reported killed

Al-Shabaab

1–3

محطة مياه عين شيب, Ain Shayb water station, west of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 11:47 AM on October 24, 2023, a number of civilians, including a female child, were injured in an alleged Russian airstrike on the Ain Shayb water station in the Arri area, west of Idlib, Syria. Though no longer operational, the water station served as a refuge for displaced families – predominantly livestock farmers.

Summary

Russian Military

باسوطة, village of Basuta, Shirwa district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local media, a 25-year-old civilian was wounded followed an alleged Turkish air and or artillery strike on the village of Basuta. Afrin Now and ANHA said the victim sustained shrapnel wound to the face. Sources reported that Turkish warplanes bombed the centre of Shirawa and the villages of Basutah, Karzayleh and Zerba. Additionally

Summary

1–4

بلدات متعددة, Several towns, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Shaam Network reported that Russian warplanes’ airstrikes that targeted cities, towns and villages in the western and southern countryside of Aleppo on January 20th, 2020 resulted in “injuries in the Atarib, Kafarna, Anjarah, al-Bawabiyyah, Orum al-Sughra, al-Qasimiyya, al-Kamari, Mernaz, al-Saloom, Kafr al-Nuran, rural al-Mohandessin, al-Bawabiya farms and the al-Shamiko area. “While the towns of al-Mansoura,

Summary

2–3

Russian Military

عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan Al Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the morning of June 7, 2024, an alleged Israeli bombardment hit the Tabsh family house in the town of Abasan Al Kabira, in the eastern part of the Khan Younis Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip. The strike killed between 9 and 13 civilians, including four women, four children, and one man, and injured

Summary

Apartment Building, Residential

Infrastructure

9 – 13

(4 children4 women1 man)

9 named, 3 families identified

الزربة, Al Zorba, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One member of the Syrian Civil Defense was injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Al Zorba, Idlib governorate, on January 27th, 2020, according to local media reports. Russian warplanes carried out strikes against the western outskirts of the town resulting in the injury of a civil defense volunteer, according

Summary

الشعاب, Al Shi’ab (Al Shaab) village southeast of Al Suwayda city, Al Suwayda, Syria

LOCATION

Late at night on Monday, January 8th, 2024, a married couple belonging to the Al-Ramthan clan was killed in one of the two airstrikes reportedly perpetrated by Jordanian warplanes on Al Shi’ab (Al Shaab) village located in the south of Al Suwayda city area, Syria. According to the Facebook source called Tribes of Southern Syria,

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

Jordanian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

near Raqqah, Syria, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Raqqah, Syria” by . According to the Coalition report, “45. June 3, 2017, near Al-Jisr Al Jadeed, Syria, via regional humanitarian organization. After a review of available information it

Summary

US-led Coalition

LOCATION

Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

As many as ten civilians, including several children, were wounded following alleged Russia or Syrian regime airstrikes against residential neighbourhoods in the town of Al Atareb, Syria on February 3rd 2020, according to local media reports. Several sources put the number of civilians injured at nine. One source, @Step_Agency, said ten civilians had been injured,

Summary

5–10