Civilian Casualties

Apartment Building, Residential

Infrastructure

(2 children2 women1 man)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

لحج‎, أبين‎, Lahj and Abyan governorates, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

As many as 43 ‘suspected Al Qaeda militants’ were killed and dozens of others were wounded in alleged US drone strikes and/or Yemeni air and artillery strikes in the Al Harur area of Lahj and Abyan governorates between 1-3 April 2012. The strikes were part of continuous raids by joint Yemeni land, sea, and air

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Belligerents reported injured

38–43

12–24

LOCATION

Şiyûx, Aleppo, Syria

Two civilians were reportedly injured in alleged Turkish artillery strikes on the village of Shiyûx, Aleppo governorate, on May 20th, 2020, according to local sources. ANF reported that the Turkish army had targeted the village with artillery strikes, leading to the injury of two civilians, adding that “the western region of Kobanê has been bombed by

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Turkish Military

محيط دوار بني سهيلا شرق مدينة خانيونس, Vicinity of the Bani Suhaila roundabout, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At 4:50 PM on Monday, June 24, 2024, an alleged Israeli airstrike struck a group of civilians in the vicinity of the Bani Suhaila roundabout east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, reportedly killing at least nine civilians, including personnel providing aid and two children. A further 12 civilians were reported injured. According to Al-Jazeera and

Summary

9 – 12

(2 children7 men)

Names matched with MoH IDs

9 named

Exact location (via Airwars)

LOCATION

Southern Yemen, Yemen

A US drone strike killed two suspected AQAP militants in southern Yemen late on June 30th 2017, residents and local sources told Reuters. No other known sources reported a strike at that time, and there were no associated reports of civilian harm. According to Reuters, “Another suspected U.S. drone strike killed two men believed to

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

منزل عائلة الضابوس بمحيط منطقة التوبة غرب جباليا شمال القطاع, Al-Dhabous Family Home, Tawbah, West of Jabalia, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of November 7, 2023, one woman was killed, and “a number of” other women and children were injured by airstrikes allegedly deployed by the Israeli military on the al-Dhabous family home in the vicinity of the al-Tawbah area, west of Jabalia in North Gaza. Reports of the attack first surfaced just after

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(1 woman)

IVO Kurtun Warey, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

One Al Shabaab member was allegedly killed by a US airstrike near Kurtun Warey. AFRICOM said in its press release: “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting one terrorist in the vicinity of Kurtun Warey, Somalia, Aug. 20. The terrorist, who has a history of working with

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محيط عيادة الفاخورة التابعة للأونروا غرب معسكر جباليا, around the UNRWA Al-Fakhoura clinic, west of Jabalia camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On November 9, 2023, Israeli military shelling or airstrikes allegedly struck a number of citizens’ homes around UNRWA’s Al-Fakhoura Clinic, west of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza strip. There were reportedly six injuries, though the names of victims are not known at this time. The incident was covered by Shehab Agency and Hudhud

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

الجغبوب, Al Jaghboub, Al Butnan, Libya

LOCATION

Two fishermen were reported killed in alleged Egyptian airstrikes on Al Jaghboub near the Libyan-Egyptian border on October 19th, 2020, according to local sources. Libya Al Ahrar wrote that “a security source confirmed that two Libyan fishermen were killed between the Libyan-Egyptian borders as a result of their targeting by the Egyptian warplanes”, identifying the

Summary

(2 men)

مدينة الثورة في صنعاء, Al-Thawra neighbourhood, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least nine civilians, seven women and two children, were injured by two alleged US airstrikes on a wedding reception hall in the Al-Thawra District of Sana’a, Yemen at around 7:30 PM on March 19, 2025. Houthi-affiliated news @TvAlmasirah reported on the “US aggression’s bombing of a residential neighborhood in Al-Thawra District in the capital,

Summary

Car, Commerce, Residential, Vehicle

US Forces

Exact location (other)

معمل تجفيف البصل, Onion Drying Factory, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on an onion factory, reportedly used by Iranian militias as a weapon and ammunitions depot, in Al Salamiya on June 24th, 2020, according to local sources. The Times of Israel identified the strike location as being “an onion-processing plant and a cattle feed factory converted

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سوق مخيم الشاطئ، غرب غزة, Al-Shati camp market, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0896
incident_date: 2023-11-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Commerce, IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential, Shop

Infrastructure

5 – 7

(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Nearby landmark

Anah and Rawah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

A single source, Yaqin, alleged the US-led Coalition conducted airstrikes in the areas of Anah and Rawah, Anbar province resulting in civilian harm. According to the report, airstrikes and/ or artillery strikes resulted in civilians casualties and caused physical damage. The report noted that an unknown number of people were injured and civilian homes damaged.

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

بني وليد, Bani Walid, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

Up to 19 civilians were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Bani Walid. Riyad Jaber said: “The martyr Salah Saad Barnous was martyred on the 29th of Ramadan by the NATO bombing.” Mustafa Al Fitouri wrote in his book: “On the night of 29th-30th August Salah Sa’ed Barnous 23 years old, an university student

Summary

(4 children12 men)

حي النهضة السكني، صَنْعَاء, Al-Nahda neighbourhood, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

A civilian was killed, in addition to between four and six Houthi leaders and members, by alleged US airstrikes on Al-Nahda neighborhood in the Al-Thawra district of Sanaa, Yemen on April 13, 2025. A tweet from @AlHudhudmag reported that one person was killed by a US attack on the Al-Nahda residential neighborhood in the Al-Thawra

Summary

4–6

الحي رقم 3, Neighbourhood No. 3, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

A brother and a sister have allegedly been injured due to an attack by the NATO in neighbourhood number 3 in Sirte. NATO on that day reported hitting in the vicinity of Sirte: “1 command and control node, 1 infantry and anti-aircraft artillery staging area, 2 armed vehicles, 4 armoured infantry vehicles, 1 tank.” There

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

حي الفرقان في مدينة حلب, Al Furqan neighbourhood in the city of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In the early hours of Friday, 30 November 2024, the Al-Furqan neighbourhood in the center of the city of Aleppo, Syria, was hit by an airstrike that reportedly caused the death of one identified victim, Saleh Abdullah al-Sahou, who, however, is classified as a contested militant given the details available, and the injury of a

Summary

Car, Residential, Vehicle

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

1 named

0–1

Tortoroow (and Ambereso), Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A single news source reported that “unidentified armed drones” targeted two alleged al Shabaab camps. Witnesses said the attacks hit camps in the towns of Torato and Ambereso. The regional governor Abdikadir Mohamed Nur confirmed the strikes but said the death toll had not been confirmed, although the terror group had sustained “human and material

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Unknown

Al-Shabaab

شارع طرابلس ومنطقة الميناء, Tripoli Street and the Port, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On April 5th 2011, two civilians were reported killed and 26 injured as a result of artillery shelling by Gaddafi forces on the city of Misurata. The bombing was said to have started at 10am. According to Al Jazeera, “A Libyan rebel said today, Wednesday, that two people were killed and 26 wounded in artillery

Summary

Libyan rebel forces, Other, Unknown

Gaddafi Forces

Suspected targets

حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

US and Somali special forces carried out a night raid on an al Shabaab-held village in southern Somalia, the district commissioner and a senior Somali intelligence official told reporters. It was the second US operation in the village in two weeks. “Several al-Shabaab fighters” are thought to have been killed according to NBC. Two helicopters

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

LOCATION

سبها‎, Sabha, Libya

Four civilians, all of them paramedics, were allegedly killed in an apparent NATO double tap airstrike in Sabha. Nass Book said: “A military source reported that NATO bombed civilian sites in Sabha. When the civil protection crews of the civil defense and ambulance apparatus rushed to carry out rescue operations the crusader alliance bombed these

Summary

Known belligerent

NATO forces

Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had “conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants in the early morning hours of Jan. 2, 2018, approximately 50 kilometers west of the capital [Mogadishu]”. It added: “We assess no civilians were killed in this strike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed “two terrorists” and destroyed “one vehicle-borne improvised

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مدينة زوارة, Zuwara City, Libya

LOCATION

On October 4th, 2011, shelling on Zuwara City killed ten civilians. It was unclear who fired the shelling, as well as what the combatant status of the casualties were. No injury counts were confirmed as well. On Facebook, the saadalibya page stated “Ten civilians were killed in Zuwara after two mortar shells landed”. A tweet

Summary

Gaddafi Forces, Libyan rebel forces

0–10

حرمك, Kunyo Barrow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the day previously it had “conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab militant in the vicinity of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia, on October 6, 2018.” It added: “We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the action killed “(1) terrorist”. In a subsequent FOIA response obtained

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ميدان الشهداء‎, Martyrs’ Square, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

On February 23rd, 2011, seven civilians were killed by the 32nd Brigade in the central square of Al Zawiyah. A UN report mentioned the shooting of seven unarmed civilians. The report states “The Commission found local authorities exercised initial restraint when engaging protesters in the central square in Al Zawiyah. The Commission determined a violent

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الزنفل, Al Zanfil, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A child was reported killed and others injured, also including children, in alleged Turkish or pro-Turkey militants shelling on Zankil village, east of Manbej, Aleppo on March 14th. The child victim was identified as Yamen Ali Ayntabi. It was reported that the shelling took place in the morning. North Press Agency said that the Turkish

Summary

(1 child)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

دمشق, Damascus, Syria

An alleged Israeli air strike hit Damascus airport the morning of January 10, 2019. According to Step News Agency, “Israeli warplanes launched several raids on the southern region on Sunday afternoon, following an explosion that rocked the capital Damascus this morning targeting a military checkpoint and a security detachment near the southern stronghold.” Free Deir

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عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and others were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces or Russian airstrikes on agricultural lands in the outskirts of Afrin on June 12, 2021. According to Macro Media Center, “a civilian was killed and others were wounded as a result of the bombing of the PYD PKK gangs with missiles

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Democratic Forces, Iranian Military

1 named

Exact location (via Airwars)

Belligerents reported injured

near Qayyarah-West Airfield, Iraq, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian in an event near Qayyarah-West Airfield, Iraq. The Pentagon later confirmed this as a US action. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: “Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally injured by Coalition small arms fire.” The

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