Civilian Casualties

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

Yemeni Air Force

9–13

مخيم مخمور للاجئين, Makhmur Refugee Camp, Erbil, Iraq

LOCATION

Three women were killed alleged Turkish drone strikes on Makhmour refugee camp, Erbil province, on April 15th 2020, according to local sources. Four civilians were injured. Bewar Amin, head of Makhmour Camp’s media department, told Rudaw English that “three civilian women were killed by the Turkish airstrike today near Makhmour camp. Two women were killed

Summary

(3 women)

قرية بينه, Binah village, Shirawa countryside, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilian men, an elderly father and his 40-year-old son, were seriously injured in an artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military forces in the village of Binah, in the Shirawa countryside, in Afrin, Syria, just before noon on the 31st of July, 2024. Hawar News reported that two civilians were injured due to

Summary

Turkish Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

المناسح, Manaseh, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Two suspected Al Qaeda militants were killed and three were injured in an alleged US drone strike which hit a vehicle in Manaseh in al-Bayda province on December 24th, 2012 at 5pm. No civilian harm has been reported. According to Reuters, AFP, and AP, two Al Qaeda militants were killed when a drone strike hit

Summary

طريق اشميخ, Ashmikh Road, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were allegedly by a Turkish drone strike near Bani Walid. Tarhuna 24 said: “Turkish drone targeted a car transfer type veto by citizens of the city of Bani Walid coming from the corner across the road Gharyan. People have been targeted when they arrive to the area Ashmikh thankfully both survived with varying

Summary

Turkish Military

مدرسة أبو تمام, Abu Tammam school, Beit Lahia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT101124f
incident_date: 2024-11-10
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Impact

بين شرجان و ذي حورة, Between Sharjan and Dhi Hawra, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

On December 20th 2017, US Central Command stated that a strike had killed Obeidah Al-Lawdari, AQAP’s so-called Emir of Lawda”, and four “associates” in Bayda governorate on October 19th 2017. This announcement confirmed several earlier reports that a US drone strike had killed at least three alleged AQAP militants travelling in a car on or

Summary

Known belligerent

Known target

5–6

الصدارة, Al Sadarah, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly killed at least two alleged AQAP members in Al Sadarah area, in the Mahliyah district of Marib governorate, on April 15th 2019, according to some local sources. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. The strike reportedly targeted a car travelling through the area. An eyewitness and a

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

لُبْنان, Lebanon

On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, six members of a Syrian family, including at least one woman and two children, were reportedly killed during an alleged Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. According to several sources, including News Without Borders and Twitter/X users @AbazeedMunof and @Hassan_Abdalleh, the family was originally from Tafas in the Daraa governorate of Syria

Summary

Infrastructure

Apartment Building, Residential

(2–4 children1–2 women1–2 men)

Israeli Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

العشار, Al Ashar, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Two Yemeni National Army soldiers, including a Colonel, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Ashar, Yakla area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of September 18th 2018, according to multiple sources. Some however instead variously indicated that the strike killed two AQAP members, or two civilians. In a later press release,

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

Known belligerent

Known target

الجراف/حدة, Al Jarf/Hadda, Sana'a, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Qods Force commander in Sana’a, overnight from January 2nd-3rd 2020. While initial reports suggested that Shahlai had been killed in the strike, official sources later indicated that he had survived. There was some indication that another Iranian soldier was killed, however.

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Drone Strike

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

منزل عائلة موسى في الحي السعودي برفح, Musa family’s home in Al Saudi neighborhood in Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Tuesday, the 24th of October 2023, at least nine civilians, including three women and three children, were killed and others injured during an alleged Israeli bombardment on the Musa family home in the Saudi neighbourhood of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. It was reported that all of those in the house

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

9 – 10

(3 children3 women3 men)

Israeli Military

9 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

المدارة, Al Madara, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants near Al Madara village, in the Mudiyah district of Abyan governorate, late on April 30th 2017. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Multiple social-media sources, including @WeenAlEnfigar and @BaFana3, reported that US drones were seen flying in the area at the time, and

Summary

عناصر تأمين المساعدات في منطقة المشروع شرقي مدينة رفح, Al-Mashrou’ area, east of Rafah, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 10:35 am on the 15th of October 2024, five humanitarian aid security personnel were reported injured by an alleged Israeli drone strike on the Al-Mashrou’ area, east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip. Safa PS initially reported at 10:35 am that there were five injuries as a result of the reported

Summary

كفر نبل, Kafr Nubul, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians including children and women were killed and injured in Russian forces and/or Syrian regime artillery strikes on Kafr Nubul on May 23rd, 2019, according to local sources. In one news SMART reported that “two civilians were wounded by a rocket attack on the town of Kafr Nubul south of Idlib from

Summary

(1 child1 woman2 men)

تادف, the old diesel market area north of Taduf, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 7:14 PM on Monday, September 9, 2024, three children were injured, one of whom sustained critical injuries, in an mortar shelling allegedly carried out by Syrian regime forces and/or the Iranian military and/or the Russian military, hitting residential neighborhoods in the old diesel market area north of Taduf (Tadef), Aleppo, Syria. Reports from

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

العلوة , Alawa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported that three civilians were injured in alleged YPG strikes on Alawa village, Raqqa governorate, on September 4th, 2020. Khabour wrote that “three civilians were injured by the bombing of the #PYD_PKK militia on Alawa village west of Tel Abid city, north of Raqqa.” Currently, further information is unavailable to Airwars.

Summary

YPG

دارة عزة, Daret Izza, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 10:19 AM on Wednesday, 27 November 2024, a girl and a man were injured in Daret Izza, west of Aleppo, Syria, by an artillery shelling with contested responsibility allegedly launched by the Syrian regime along with Russian airstrikes during violent clashes between Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham members and the Syrian regime forces. Though the

Summary

1–2

12–24

12–24

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians, including one child, and up toaround 12 others, including one child and four women were injured as a result of alleged artillery shelling by Syrian Regime and/or Russian forces on the city of Ariha, south of Idlib on the morning of November 4th 2020 according to local sources and news agencies.

Summary

4 – 5

(1 child1 woman3 men)

5–12

4 named, 1 familiy identified

مسجد الفاروق بحي الزيتون بمدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al-Farouk Mosque, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0894
incident_date: 2023-11-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(6 children4 women2 men)

Israeli Military

12 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Nearby landmark

اللطامنة, Al-Lataminah, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

As many as two civilians, including a child and a member of the Syrian Civil Defence, were wounded following a double airstrike on Al-Lataminah. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame, some attributing blame to the Syrian regime while others blamed Russia. According to local media, a child was injured in the first

Summary

حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Two civilians were initially reported wounded in two US airstrikes on Kunya Barrow, local reports claimed. AFRICOM later confirmed that three civilians were in fact injured in the attack. Radio Al Furqaan, the Al Shabaab-affiliated radio station bombed in the incident, said at the time: “On Friday afternoon, January 1, 2021, US warplanes bombed the

Summary

The vicinity of Bida Isse and Geriile, Galmudug, Galdaduud, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM440
incident_date: 2024-10-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

International Forces (Unknown)

Al-Shabaab

47–101

مستشفي ابن سينا, Ibn Sina Hospital, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Three civilians, including one doctor, were allegedly injured by a NATO airstrike on Sirte. Surt Son posted a video on Youtube saying that two civilians and one Ukranian doctor were injured by an airstrike on the main hospital in Sirte. Libya Realmadrid posted a similar report. NATO on that day reported hitting one “Ammunition Storage

Summary

حي ١٤ اوكتوبر بمديرية السبعين، صَنْعَاء‎, 14th of October neighbourhood, Al Sab’een district, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

A woman, identified only as Batoul, was killed by an alleged US airstrike on the “October 14 neighbourhood” on 26 April, 2025. Missing under the rubble, her body was found more than 16 hours after the strike. A video shared by @TvAlmasirah showed Batoul’s husband, “search[ing] for his wife under the rubble of his destroyed

Summary

(1 woman)

Exact location (via Airwars)

LOCATION

سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya

Various sources reported that a woman was killed and a child lost his eyesight due to injures by NATO attack in Sirte, in September 27th 2011. Sadikat al Qa’ed comment on Nour Al-Din Nasser Al Zanki Facebook post stated that a child with the woman suffered injures; however, it is unclear if he was the

Summary

(1 woman)

1–2

محطة بغداد في حلب, vicinity of the Baghdad train station, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4748
incident_date: 2024-12-02
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

0 – 2

0–2

جيليب, Al Shabaab police station and vicinity in Jillib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US carried airstrikes in self-defence in Jillib, Middle Juba, as reported by local media. According to one local tweet, the attack took place at night in Jilib. Mogadishu News claimed that eight militants were killed when an al Shabaab police station was struck – noting “civilian houses razed by the strikes.” UPDATE: Drone strikes

Summary

مصراتة, MIsrata, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On April 30th, 2011, Gaddafi forces shelling of Misrata led to the reported killing of two people and left 17 others injured. According to Al Jazeera, “A number of Libyan civilians and rebels were killed and wounded as a result of the continued bombardment by Gaddafi Brigades of the city of Misurata with rockets and

Summary

4–6

Libyan rebel forces, Other

Gaddafi Forces

Suspected targets

0–2

0–17