Civilian Casualties

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were reported injured alongside ISIS fighters, after Coalition aircraft disrupted a public execution by ISIS in Abu Kamal’s Fayhaa Square. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “the Coalition carried out airstrikes and targeted an Islamic State headquarters in al-Bokamal city on the border with Iraq. The bombing killed at

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

11–20

رام حمدان‎, Ram Hamdan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “a girl from Ram Hamdan town in Idlib countryside was killed after five failed attempts to cross to the Turkish border from the western side of Idlib”. The Observatory said the victim was killed by “Turkish border guards’ bullets”. No further details are currently available.

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 child)

Small arms and light weapons

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In its July 2017 civilian casualty report, the Coalition denied involvement in an alleged incident that was previously unknown to Airwars. In the report, the Coalition wrote: “May 13, 2017, near Tabqah, Syria, via social media report: No Coalition strikes were conducted on that day in the geographic area of the reported civilian casualties. The

Summary

US-led Coalition

خوتانة, Khoutana village, Bilbileh district, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Kurdish Red Crescent named one child was wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Khoutana. The victim was named as 10-year-old Mohemmed Noury Ibrahim, who reportedly sustained bruising to his head. There are no other details at this time.

Summary

رأس العين, Ras Al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

“Many” civilians were killed and wounded in alleged Turkish air, artillery and phosphorus attacks on Ras al-Ain, according to local media. TEV-DEM Executive Board Member Aldar Xelîl said that banned weapons containing phosphorus and napalm were used by the Turkish state today in Serêkaniy. Hawarnews added: The attack killed a number of civilians remaining in

Summary

2 – 5

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN), Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

5–10

Causes of injury / death

دادات, Dadat, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported that Turkish forces committed a “massacre” in Dadat village. According to RonahiTV, “The Turkish occupation and its mercenaries committed a massacre against civilians in the village of Dadat”. Adarpress noted that “sources confirmed that Turkish occupation forces killed a number of civilians and buried them in the village, and established a prison

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

2 – 10

Raqqah, Tashih, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of a self-reported civilian harm claim “near Raqqa, Syria”. According to the Coalition report, “ 110. May 24, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was

Summary

US-led Coalition

إبين, عفرين, village of Abyan, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to a single source, an unidentified number of civilians wounded followed an alleged Turkish shelling on the village of Abyan, Afrin, Syria. Rumaf, indicates that Turkish army targeted the village of Abyan with artillery and the fall of dozens of missiles near the regime HQ in Abyan, which led to several civilians being wounded. No further details

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

LOCATION

Near Haradheere, Somalia

The European Union (EU) launched attack helicopter and “maritime aircraft” strikes on an alleged pirate base near Haradheere. Stating that there had been no EU “boots on the ground”, reports indicated that helicopters from the EU’s Naval Force (NAVFOR) had destroyed nine speedboats, an arms dump and fuel supplies in a night-time raid. Bile Hussein,

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

LOCATION

دركوش, Darkoush, Idlib, Syria

Three to five civilians, including a member of the civil defence and one to two children, died and as many as 12 more, including two civil defence personnel, were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on an ammunition depot on the outskirts of Darkoush the morning of October 31, 2019, local media reported.

Summary

3 – 5

(1–2 children2 men)

2–12

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

12 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Syria

Local Coordination Committees in Syria reported that Russian warplanes bombed “houses of civilians in the villages of Kfir, Ein Al-Asafir and Ein Al-Bareda in western Idlib countryside.” A tweet from @zamanalwsl reported that there were material losses in Ain Al-Barda from the airstrikes. Multiple sources reported that airstrikes were carried out on Ain Al Barda

Summary

Russian Military

الهيشة, Al Hishah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported killed and five others injured in an alleged Turkish forces drone strike on a group of civilians who worked in collecting cotton in Hishe/Kisha village, Ain Issa, Raqqa Governorate in Syria on November 9th, 2019 according to local sources. Hanî Ehmed Al-Rawî (25) was reported among the killed in the attack

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1–2 men)

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Three to seven people reportedly died during several alleged Russian or Syrian air strikes on the northern outskirts of Saraqib, east of Idlib on the morning of November 17th 2019. Estimates of the number of injured people went as high as seven. While some sources claimed that the casualties were civilians, others identified them as

Summary

3 – 7

(3 men)

5–7

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Belligerents reported killed

0–7

برزان, Mount Butin, Erbil, Iraq

LOCATION

A 50-year-old male civilian died in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Barzan, according to multiple local sources. ANF reported: “Turkish fighter jets carried out a bombardment on Mount Bote located in Barzan region in the countryside of Hewler (Erbil) Governorate. “A 50-year-old civilian by the name of Kazım Eli was killed in the attack. The

Summary

(1 man)

الملالي, Al Malali, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were reported killed and between three and 22 others including a child injured in alleged Turkish forces mortar, gunfire and drone strikes on Al Malali village in Ayn Issa – Syria on November 23rd 2019, according to local sources. ANF said that three civilians were injured when a Free Burma Rangers health team

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

3–22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

سوق المواشي والحبوب, Al Mayadin, Sheep market, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Four members of IS died when the car they were in was allegedly struck by the Coalition, local media reported. One source, Fresh Syria, also said that an unspecified number of nearby civilians were wounded in the event. According to Fresh Syria “aircraft of the International Coalition targeted a car, believed to belong to ISIS,

Summary

US-led Coalition

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

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