Civilian Casualties

Infrastructure

Education

شيراوا, Shirawa in the Afrin and Shahba cantons, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

During the afternoon of Saturday, 7th September 2024, a man was severely wounded – and later died of his injuries – by an artillery shelling allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish army on the village of Shirawa in Afrin and Shahba cantons, Aleppo, Syria. Khaled Mohammed Mohammed was killed as a result of the shelling. ANF

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(1 man)

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of Manbij on May 12, 2022. According to Hawar News, a woman and a child were injured by Turkish shelling of Manbij. Xeber24 reported a similar civilian casualty toll that a woman and a child were injured. Al Etihad Media

Summary

Turkish Military

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

LOCATION

Between five and six civilians, including an UNRWA school director, were reportedly killed and a number of other civilians were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike and/or artillery strike which hit them as they gathered on the street in front of one of their homes, in particular the Darwish Ibrahim al-Gharbawi’s house, on the evening

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5 – 6

(5 men)

Israeli Military

5 named, 2 families identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Town

راجو, Rajo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A man was killed when an alleged Turkish armored vehicle ran him over while he was walking in the town of Rajo of Afrin on June 20, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a civilian from Rajo district in Afrin was killed when a Turkish armored vehicle ran over him in

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(1 man)

Causes of injury / death

حافلة تقل مواطنين في شارع 10 جنوبي مدينة غزة, A bus on Street 10, South Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the morning of October 29, 2023, a bus on Street 10 south of Gaza City was allegedly struck by an Israeli airstrike while carrying civilians resulting in “a number” of civilians killed and injured. A photo from Roya News showed the vehicle completely destroyed and burned with the windows broken and pieces of rubble

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كفرجنة, Kafar Jana, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian or civilians were injured in an alleged Syrian Democratic Forces artillery attack on Kafar Jana, Afrin, Aleppo on July 24, 2022. Multiple sources reported a civilian was injured, including Zaman Al Wasl, which referred to the civilian’s injuries as minor. @Moohame34921486 tweeted that multiple civilians had been injured as a result of this

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1–2

YPG

مفترق التوام, Al Tawam Junction, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

One person was reportedly killed and two others wounded after an alleged Israeli “explosive device” denoted near the Al-Tawam Junction in Northern Gaza on 22 January, 2025, days after a ceasefire was announced on January 19th 2025. No further information on the deceased or injured has been made available. Due to the cyclical nature of

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Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Israeli Military

بينه, Benna, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A displaced child was injured in the village of Benna on August 16, 2022. According to the correspondent for Hawar News Agency, a child displaced from the occupied village of Basel in Afrin was injured by Turkish shelling of the village of Benna in the Sherawa District. The child Ahmed Imad Ibish, 15 years old,

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Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq” via an “NGO report”. According to the Coalition report: “80. Feb. 24, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report: After a review of available information and strike

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US-led Coalition

رفح, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 4, 2024, Salah Sheikh al-Eid passed away after succumbing to his injuries sustained in an earlier attack. Al-Eid had been caught up in a bombing or shelling that had occurred either a week or 10 days previously in Rafah or Khan Younis. The date of this incident has therefore been put as September

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(1 man)

قرية مشيرفة, Mushairfa village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Two children were killed and up to eight other civilians, including three women and two children, were injured in alleged Turkish bombardment of the village of Mushairfa on September 27, 2022. According to Hawar News, two civilians were killed and five others, including women and children, were injured when Turkish forces bombed the village of

Summary

(2 children)

4–8

Turkish Military

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

قرية الكفير,, al Kfir village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Idlib Media Centre reported that there were “two wounded following Russian occupation raids on al Kfir village near Jisr al Shoughour in the Idlib countryside.” According to Shaban Abukhaled, “Russian warplanes launched missile attacks on rural villages and towns of Jisir Al Shoghour in idlib countryside” – but the source made no mention of civilian harm.

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Russian Military

Kismaayo, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Heavy losses were reportedly inflicted on al-Shabaab militants during an operation carried out by the Somali National Army and Jubaland forces with potential US airstrike support on 9 July, 2024, in Kismaayo, Lower Juba. Caasimada Online, admitting “conflicting reports”, reported that an operation was carried out by the “the Somali National Army and Jubaland forces”,

Summary

International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On October 29th, 2022, after midnight, one civilian, a woman, was reportedly killed, and two others injured, a man and a child, as a result of an alleged SDF or Syrian regime missile strike on their house in Kuwait Al-Rahman IDP camp, in Afrin countryside, in Aleppo governorate. Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) identified

Summary

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

(1 woman)

YPG, Syrian Regime

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

حارة حريك - قرب مركز المعاينة الميكانيكية, Near the mechanical inspection centre, Haret Hreik, Dahieh suburbs, Baabda District, Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB261124d
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Israeli Military

الاتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and six civilians, including up to five children, were injured by alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling of the outskirts of Al Atareb on November 17, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that six people, including two children, were injured by Syrian regime and Russian artillery shelling of the outskirts of Al Atareb. The

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5–6

Agricultural Land, Agriculture

LOCATION

ذَمَار, Dhamar, Yemen

A farm worker was killed and three other farm workers were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a farm west of Dhamar City during the evening of April 8, 2025. Marib Press reported that the US carried out three airstrikes west of Dhamar City, which according to the Houthis hit a farm, wounding three people.

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Площа Свободи, Svobody Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians, including a child, were killed and between 20 and 35 others were injured by an alleged Russian rocket attack on Kharkiv Administration building on Svobody Square in Kharkiv on March 1, 2022. The Kharkiv Human Rights Group reported that at 8:02am, a rocket attack struck the building of the Kharkiv Regional

Shortly before 1:30 PM on Friday, 29th November 2024, two civilians were injured by an aerial bombardment reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military on a poultry farm located on the eastern outskirts of Binnish city, east of Idlib, Syria. The Syrian Civil Defense (also known as “White Helmets”) reported the

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Agriculture, Livestock

Impact

Russian Military

супермаркет «Хазар», вул. Академіка Вальтера, Supermarket "Khazar", Akademika Valtera Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Four civilians were allegedly killed and at least 15 other civilians were injured when a Russian missile shelled a supermarket on March 6th 2022, in Pyatykhatky, Kharkiv. Local source @aliev_aliev reported that the civilians were killed whilst they stood outside the supermarket. A statement from the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s office said, “it was established that

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Russian Military

Exact location (via Airwars)

ХТЗ, KhTZ, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On the evening of Saturday March 19th 2022, shelling by alleged Russian forces hit the Industrial District of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, killing two civilians including a 9-year-old child. Almost every source accounts for two civilians being killed, except for H_saltovka Telegram channel reporting five. However, every other source reported the victims as a 9-year-child

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(1 child1 man)

جبل الأربعين, Jabal Al Arba’een, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Syrian and Russian forces carried out airstrikes on several locations in Idlib with high-impact rockets. According to Syrian Civil Defense who were at the scene reported that “eight civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured by the targeting of the towns of Kansafra, Balyoun and Jabal al-Arba’een in the countryside of Idlib”.

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0–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Suspected target

Барвінкове, Barvinkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

At approximately 11am on March 26th 2022, Russian forces reportedly shelled the town of Barvinkove in the Izyum district of Kharkiv, resulting in the deaths of at least four Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian, as well as causing a fire in a secondary school. Multiple Ukrainian news sources, and a number of posts on Telegram

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Belligerents reported killed

4–5

سهوة القمح, Sawha Al Qameh, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians from the same family, including two women, were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the village of Al Sawha al Qamah, Dara’a governorate, on June 28th, 2018, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. The SNHR wrote that “four civilians from the same family, including two women, were

Summary

(2 women)

Suspected target

دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was injured, and one later died, from alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime shelling of a poultry farm on the outskirts of the city of Darat Izza on January 21, 2023. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a civilian was injured by Syrian regime and Russian artillery shelling of a poultry farm on the outskirts of

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1 named

بلدات متعددة في أدلب, several towns in Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shaam News Network reported that Russian forces conducted heavy air raids accompanied with heavy shelling and artillery shelling on the cities and towns of Ma’arat Al Nu’man, Khan Sheikhoun, Tallakan, Kanda, Hamediyah, Deir Snabal, Jabala, Bassamis, Sahihan, Hayish, Najeej and Ma’ar Zeita. The source claimed that one civilian was killed in “all of Ma’arat Al

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LOCATION

Харків, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Up to three people were killed and a woman was injured by alleged Russian shelling of Kyivskyi, Saltivskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Nemyshlyanskyi, Industrialnyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv on April 4, 2022. The State Emergency Service reported on Telegram that units were involved in putting out fires 15 times in the Kyivskyi (5), Saltivskyi (2), Shevchenkivskyi (2),

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