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December 24, 2009
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وادي رفض, Wadi Rafadh, Shabwa, YemenIn the dawn hours of Dec. 24, 2009, a cruise missile launched by the United States struck a farmhouse in the Rafdh Valley, located in Yemen’s Shabwa province, killing between 5-34 militants associated with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, colloquially known as AQAP. While there are no known reports of civilians being killed or
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April 6, 2020
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مستشفى الخضراء, Khadra Hospital, Tarabulus, LibyaOne civilian was allegedly injured by LNA shelling near the Khadra Hospital in Tripoli. A woman also reportedly suffered a miscarriage because of the stress caused by the bombardment. The Libya Observer wrote: “The attacks caused several injuries among civilians, especially the ones that targeted Al-Khadra Hospital in Al-Hadba, where many medical staffers and patients
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November 4, 2023
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الصبرة، مدينة غزة, Al-Sabra neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza StripShortly before 1:33 PM on November 4, 2023, 65-year-old Jamal Masoud Abu Dhahir and his infant granddaughter Sela Mahmoud Jamal Abu Dhahir – who was less than a year old – were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on their family home in the Al-Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. Sources reported
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Incident date
March 11, 2012
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جبل خنفر, Mount (Jabal) Khanfar, Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenAn air attack by the US and/or Yemen on a militant-occupied factory where arms were allegedly stored killed three to seven belligerents near Ja’ar the evening of March 11, 2012. Ansar al Sharia, along with other sources, said that US drones carried out the early evening strike, with up to five drones reportedly taking part.
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April 19, 2020
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ترهونة, Tarhuna, Marqab, LibyaThree brothers were allegedly killed and a fourth brother injured by a drone strike on Tarhuna. Al Wasat reported: “A medical source at Tarhuna General Hospital confirmed on Sunday, that three brothers were killed and a fourth brother was injured due to an attack by a drone aircraft on a market in Tarhuna. The source
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May 2, 2024
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قرية الصيادة, al-Sayadah village, countryside of the city of Manbij, Aleppo, SyriaOn Thursday evening of May 2, 2024, a civilian man named Ahmad al-Ali was injured as a result of an artillery strike allegedly carried out by the Turkish military in the al-Sayadah village in the northwestern countryside of the city of Manbij which is located in the Aleppo governorate, in northern Syria. 20-year-old Ahmad al-Ali
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Incident date
May 1, 2020
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معسكر الحسن بن الهيثم للتدريب الجامعي, Al Hassan Bin Al Haitham Military Training Camp, Homs, SyriaUp to 10 civilians were wounded and taken to hospitals in Homs, Syria after being hit by shrapnel from an explosion, allegedly as a result either of Israeli airstrikes or an accidental explosion, on an ammunition warehouse of Hezbollah within the camp of Hassan Bin Al Haitham on the road connecting Homs to Palmyra, Homs
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Incident date
November 3, 2023
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بالقرب من مسجد بلال بن رباح، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, Al-Nuseirat camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza StripBefore 11 AM on Friday, November 3rd, 2023, the Al-Hawajri family home located in the vicinity of Bilal bin Rabah Mosque in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike. According to several accounts, the attack reportedly killed twelve Al-Hawajri family members, including two women and four children, and a number
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Incident date
October 21, 2012
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الحرقان عبيدة, Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, YemenAccording to local and international media, on October 21st 2012 at around 8pm, a suspected US airstrike struck a Prado car, in the Hami and Al Damashqa area in the Obeida valley around 17km east of the city of Ma’arib, carrying three to four suspected Al Qaeda militants, killing everyone in the car. There are
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Incident date
June 26, 2016
LOCATION
سرت, Sirte, Surt, LibyaOne civilian was allegedly killed by an airstrike on Sirte. Sirte El Azz posted: “The death of Haj Mohammed Hussein Faraj al Jair Kadhafi as a result of aerial bombardment, where he was in his farm next to camels.” Other sources published similar accounts.
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Incident date
October 25, 2024
LOCATION
محيط مدرسة حليمة السعدية والتي تؤوي نازحين في جباليا النزلة, in the vicinity of Halima Al-Sadia School, which houses displaced people in Jabalia Al-Nazla, Jabalia camp, Gaza strip, North Gaza, the Gaza Stripcode: ISPT251024k
incident_date: 2024-10-25
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair
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Incident date
March 26, 2019
LOCATION
البيضاء, Al Bayda, YemenA US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 26th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America. In a separate press release, US Central Command stated that all March 2019 strikes targeted AQAP. There were no other known local reports of a strike on that day according to our Arabic-language researchers,
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October 4, 2024
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ذمار, Dhamar, YemenAt least three people were reported injured after alleged US-UK airstrikes on Dhamar city during the evening of 4 October, 2024. While the Yemeni Ministry of Health, referenced by several sources, alleged four injured, Al Araby TV reported that “4 [were] wounded in US-British raids, 3 of them in Dhamar”, implying that only three people
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July 24, 2018
LOCATION
حضرموت, Hadramaut, YemenA US airstrike targeted AQAP in Hadhramout governorate on July 24th 2018, according to US Central Command. There were no known associated reports of a strike in Hadhramout on that day. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism noted in its original summary of this event that “US Central Command said it conducted strikes on July 22
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Incident date
June 10, 2020
LOCATION
وادي جارف, Wadi Jarif, Surt, LibyaA woman was killed after a mortar fell on her house in Jarif in Sirte on June 10th, 2020. She was identified by local sources as Dr. Malak Saleh Al Wafi. “Dr. Malak Saleh Al-Wafi dies after a shell landed in their house in Jarif,” said Libyan woman doctors. No further information is currently available.
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Incident date
November 4, 2023
LOCATION
بالقرب من شارع البساتين في منطقة عسقلة حي الزيتون بغزة, Vicinity of Al-Basateen Street, Asqoula area, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza StripOn November 4, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Khawli family home, located near Al-Basatin Street in the Asqoula area of the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza, east of Gaza City, resulted in the deaths of at least nine civilians, including up to five women and three children, all from the same family. Several others
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Incident date
May 17, 2013
LOCATION
المحفد، أبين, Al-Mahfad District, Abyan Governorate, YemenOn May 18th, 2013 a drone reportedly launched three airstrikes in Abyan province overnight. The second of the three strikes hit the Al-Hada area in Al-Mahfad district and six people were reported injured without specifying if those injured were militants or civilians. A CNN report, also published by Mareb Press, was the only source found
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Incident date
March 6, 2017
LOCATION
الصعيد, Said, Shabwa, YemenA US drone strike reportedly targeted an alleged AQAP training camp in a mountainous area of Saeed in Shabwa governorate, local residents told Reuters. Early on March 6th 2017, Elwatan News also indicated that, according to an Anatolia Agency report, a strike against a training camp in Saeed had taken place on that day. The
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Incident date
November 4, 2023
LOCATION
بالقرب من مستشفى النصر للأطفال، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Al-Nasr Children's Hospital, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza StripOn Saturday, November 4, 2023, Israeli forces allegedly bombed the gate of Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital west of Gaza killing at least four civilians and injuring others. Initial reports tallied the dead at two, however, following the incident, the names of those killed were published on social media. Airwars researchers identified 45-year-old Mohammed Jabr Muqbil as
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Incident date
December 17, 2009
LOCATION
المعجلة, Al Majala, Abyan, YemenAt least forty-seven civilians, including at least twenty-two children and twelve women, were reportedly killed after a US cruise-missile strike targeted an alleged AQAP training camp on the edge of Al-Majala village, Mahfad district of Abyan governorate, at around 6 AM on December 17th 2009. This was the first known strike in Yemen approved by
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Incident date
August 12, 2024
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طريق الأبزمو - الأتارب, Al Atareb - Abzimo road, western countryside of Aleppo, Syria, Aleppo, SyriaOn the evening of Sunday, 11th August 2024, a civilian was reportedly injured by a bombardment allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime’s forces and/or Iranian military and/or Russian military on the Atarib-Abzmo road in the western countryside of the Aleppo governorate in Syria. A Twitter/X post by the Syrian Civil Defence included photos of the
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August 30, 2020
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الشيخ بحر, Sheikh Bahar, Idlib, SyriaCivilians were injured as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on Sheikh Bahar, Idlib on August 30th 2020. @baladinetwork reported: “#Baladi: Civilians were wounded by the bombing of Russian warplanes targeting a camp for the displaced near Sheikh Bahr in the northern countryside of Idlib #Syria”. The strike took place in the early hours of
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Incident date
June 4, 2024
LOCATION
Ceel-Lahelay area, Bakool, SomaliaSeven al-Shabaab militants were killed and others were injured by an airstrike perpetrated by the Somali National Army along with international partners on 4 June, 2024, in Bakool. The strike was announced by the Somali Ministry of Defense as a “successful mission […] aimed at safeguarding civilians”. According to Facebook user “Taliska Guutada 9aad Ee
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Incident date
October 20, 2020
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المالكية, Mazra, Al Hassakah, SyriaTwo civilians were reportedly killed and an unknown number of other civilians were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on a civilian car near Mazra village, Hassakah governorate, on October 20th, 2020. Hawar Agency reported that the Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria issued a statement, stating that: “A drone belonging to the
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Incident date
November 5, 2023
LOCATION
منازل قرب دوار دربيه بحي النصر في مدينة غزة, homes near Darbih roundabout in the Al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Stripcode: ISPT0907
incident_date: 2023-11-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak
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Incident date
May 23, 2019
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معرة حرمة , Maarat Harma, Idlib, SyriaIdlib Plus tweeted: “A video showing the moment the shelling of houses of civilians on the outskirts of the town of Maara Harema in a Russian air raid.” Also @MasarPressNet tweeted “Civilian casualties as a result of airstrikes on the towns of Ma’arat Harma and Kafr Sujnah in the southern countryside.” More details to follow.
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Incident date
July 23, 2019
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الحامدية, Al Hamidiya, Idlib, SyriaAn unknown number of civilians were reported wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Al Hamadiya, Idlib governorate, on July 23rd, 2019, according to local sources. @baladinetwork reported that “civilians were wounded by the bombing of warplanes on the town of Al Hamidiya near the city of Ma’arat Al Numan in the southern
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March 23, 2025
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بالقرب من مدرسة أبو بكر الصديق، مديرية معين، صنعاء, Vicinity of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq School, Ma'in District, Sanaa, Sanaa, YemenAt least one civilian, a child, was killed and up to fifteen others wounded – including five children and two women – by an alleged US airstrike on a residential building in the Ma’in District of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a during the evening of 23 March, 2025. The strike reportedly hit the building in front of
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Incident date
August 29, 2011
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إقامة عائلة جفارة, Residence of Jfara family, Misrata, LibyaBetween five and six civilians were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Bani Walid. A Human Rights Watch investigation found: “During the night of August 29 or the early morning of August 30, 2011, NATO aircraft struck two adjacent homes belonging to Fathi Abdulsalam Jfara and his son Farid Fathi Jfara in the town
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November 28, 2024
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بلدة مركبا الحدودية جنوبي لبنان, Markaba, Lebanon, Nabatieh, Lebanoncode: ISLB281124b
incident_date: 2024-11-28
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak