Civilian Casualties

Tortoroow and Dodale, Bay, Somalia

LOCATION

On September 5th 2017, AFRICOM reported that it had conducted a precision airstrike in “central Somalia” against al-Shabaab militants that same day at approximately 9:50am local Somalia time. The release made no mention of civilian harm. However, AFRICOM asserted that the strike had killed “three (3) terrorists”. The action, it said, had hit in the

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الزاوية, Al Zawiya, Al Zawiyah, Libya

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On February 25th, 2011, Gaddafi forces bombed a mosque in Al Zawiya, killing ten using artillery and aircraft. No additional information on the victims was reported, although the deaths were reported by multiple sources on Twitter. @alahlawy29 tweeted “an eyewitness from Al-Zawiya to Al-Jazeera: Anti-tanks and aircraft are used against demonstrators in Libya.”

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جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had “conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab militants near Jilib, Somalia, the afternoon of April 5”. It added: “We assess no civilians were killed in this airstrike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed “three (3) terrorists” and destroyed “one (1) vehicle with a mounted heavy machine gun.” In a

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بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Libya

On February 19th, 2011, up to 120 civilians were killed and 100 injured as a result of protests in Benghazi by Gaddafi security forces, who fired live rounds as a result of clashes. Amnesty and Wiki news confirmed the casualties, alongside two mentions in the UN commission report. Wiki news reports “Thousands of people went

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20 – 120

100

Libyan rebel forces

Geelway mountain, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day, it had “conducted an airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants near Lebede, Somalia on November 30, 2018”. It said that there had been no civilian harm. However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike had killed “nine (9) militants”. Voice of America reporter Harun Maruf provided a more detailed location. “Statement says strike

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الزاوية‎, Zawiya, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

At least two men died from injuries they sustained after being detained by rebel forces at Judayem detention centre and later died in Al Zawiyah Hospital on October 9, 2011 according to UN Report Source Page 81. Both men were arrested on September 17, 2011 in Al Zawiyah by rebel forces and taken to Judaism

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(2 men)

Small arms and light weapons

Libyan rebel forces

الزنتان, Zintan, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

On February 17th, 2011, Wiki news reported the death of a single demonstrator due to a confrontation with the Gaddafi security forces in Zintan. No other casualties were reported.

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Golis Mountains, Noogal, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out a “precision airstrike” targeting an ISIS-Somalia encampment in the Golis Mountains, according to a press release issued the following day by US Africa Command. AFRICOM said it had assessed that the strke killed four members of ISIS-Somalia and that no civilians were harmed. “At this time, it is assessed the

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سيدان, Sidan, Duhok, Iraq

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Three civilians were reported killed in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Sidan village, Amedi district on June 19 th 2020, according to local media reports. Darkamazi.net named the three victims as Aazad Mahdi Shji, Damhat Omar Ormari and Mukhlis Adam Kukri. The source said that “on Friday, June 19th, 2020, the warplanes of the occupying Turkish state

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(3 men)

Turkish Military

3 named

كفرعويد, Kafar Awaid, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed in a cluster bomb explosion on May 23, 2021 left over from previous bombing by the regime or Russia on the village of Kafar Awaid. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, “a civilian was killed, this morning, Sunday, May 23, after a cluster bomb exploded in the village of Kafr Awaid,

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(1 man)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

1 named

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians, including between two and four children and two women, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the city of Ariha on July 3, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, “5 civilians, including two children and two women, were injured, among the wounded, in critical cases, in artillery shelling by

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Infrastructure

Education

4 named, 1 familiy identified

بئر السبع, Beersheba, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

A rocket struck a factory in an industrial area of Beersheba, Israel on May 20th, 2021 resulting in injuries, according to local reports. In a video posted by Al Jazeera Arabic several vehicles parked outside the factory were also seen to be damage. Images uploaded by Quds10 show damage to an exterior wall of the

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1–2

Known belligerent

Palestinian Militants

عين عيسى, Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including three children, were killed and two other civilians, including a woman and a child, were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on the town of Ain Issa on August 4, 2021. According to a statement from the Syrian Democratic Forces, “the occupation army bombed with tank shells at exactly three o’clock

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(3 children1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

عسقلان, Ashkelon, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

One Israeli civilian was killed and as many as seven injured when alleged Hamas militants fired a rocket struck the city of Ashkelon southern Israel on the 11th May, 2021, according to local reports. Nella Gurevitz (between 52 and 57 years old) was killed and her husband injured, when a rocket reportedly fired by Hamas

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(1 woman)

Known belligerent

Palestinian Militants

2 named, 1 familiy identified

شارع الجميزة, ال القرا, Gemmayzeh Street, Al Qaraa, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

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One man was injured in a missile or drone strike allegedly carried out by Israeli forces on Saturday 15 May 2021 in Gemmayzeh Street, Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. There are multiple reports of a young man being moderately injured in a missile strike while riding a

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Airstrike, Drone Strike

عيادة الرمال، الرمال, Al Remal Clinic, Al Remal, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

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A man and his infant daughter were reported killed and Dr Majed Salha was critically injured as were a further four other civilians, due to an an airstrike allegedly carried out by the Israeli Armed Forces that hit the Al-Shawwa building on May 17th, 2021. The missiles reportedly damaged adjacent buildings such as the Al

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(1 child1 man)

حي معان ,خان يونس, Ma’an neighborhood, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

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Between three and four civilians, including two children, were injured when an unexploded missile landed in a home east of Ma’an on May 20, 2021. According to Al Mezan, Israeli missiles struck the home of brothers Muhammad and Munis Muhareb, in the customs police area east of Ma’an. However, the missile did not explode and

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

3–4

Causes of injury / death

Israeli Military

الحامدية, Al Hamdiya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Al Hamdiya village, sources on the ground reported. According to Shahba, “Many civilians were wounded due to Russian warplanes shelling in Al-Hamediya village in southern Idlib”. Step News added that “Russian planes targeted the edges of al Hamdiya village south of Maarat al

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5–10

Russian Military

مخيم قاديا, Qadia Camp, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Two children were killed and three to four others, including two children and an elderly man, were injured – all from the same family – when an alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) or Turkish IED exploded in Qadiya refugee camp. According to the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK), “in the late evening hours of August

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(2 children)

3–4

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

YPG, Turkish Military

الخالدية, Al Khalidiya, Raqqa, Syria

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At least one civilian, a young man, was injured in alleged Turkish bombing of the village of Al-Khalidiya on September 6, 2021. According to North Press Agency (NPA), a 28 year old man named Yasser Youssef Hajo was injured by shrapnel when Turkish forces bombed the village of Al-Khalidiya. A medical source in Ain Issa

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جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shugour, Idlib, Syria

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Civilians were possibly injured in alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime airstrikes on Jisr Al Shugour, Idlib governorate, on March 26th, 2018, according to Shaam News Network. @RFS_mediaoffice reported that “Syrian regime warplanes launched several airstrikes with rockets on the city of Jisr Al Shughour in the western Idlib countryside”. Step News Agency reported that warplanes targeted

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0–2

دير سنبل, Deir Sunbol, Idlib, Syria

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Several injuries were reported after Russian or Syrian regime forces’ targeted a olive harvest with “heavy” artillery and missiles in the outskirts of the village of Deir Sunbal, south of Idlib, Syria. Syria Civil Defense said that “artillery of the regime and Russia targeted workers while harvesting the olive crop on the outskits of Dersanbel”

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0–5

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Four or five civilians including a woman and her child died and up to nine more civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Ariha, local media reported. @shahed_alep: 4 k a number wounded @SyrianCoalition reported “three martyrs and seven wounded in an air strike targeting civilian homes”. Other sources put the

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4 – 5

(1 child1–2 women2 men)

7–9

14 named, 3 families identified

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two people, according to local sources, identified as Saber Sinjar Al-Fahd and Sami Dilis Al-Aoun, were killed allegedly by US-led Coalition and Kurdish SDF forces during an airstrike on an ISIS “sleeper cell” or the house of a former member of the oppostion factions in the city of Hajin, east of Deir Ezzor, Syria, on

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Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

Causes of injury / death

0–1

آل عوشان, Al Awshan, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one Al Qaeda member was killed by alleged US drone strikes on a house in the Hadba Al-Awshan area on December 15, 2021. Yemen Anbaa News reported that a drone believed to be American killed an emir of Al Qaeda in an abandoned house in the Hadba Al-Awshan area. He was alleged to

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US Forces

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

1–2

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that an alleged Russian airstrike on the suburb Douma in Damascus wounded several civilians, though there were no claims of fatalities. According to the Shaam News Network, “Russian warplanes raids in both eastern and western Ghouta caused fires but no reports of civilian casualties. Activists said there were two raids in the

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Russian Military

منطقة اللجاة, al Lujat, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed in alleged Russian forces and Syrian regime forces airstrikes on Al Lujat in Dara’a on June 25th, 2018 according to local sources. Shaam Network reported that “Russian and regime war planes and helicopters launched air raids on the liberated cities and towns, where the aircraft raided the cities and towns

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LOCATION

اّفس, Afes, Idlib, Syria

Up to two civilians were killed and between two and four other civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the town of Afes on February 27, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two civilians were killed and two others were injured when the regime forces and Russian forces bombed a

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1 – 2

(1–2 men)

2–4

4 named