Civilian Casualties

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one person was killed and others were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kansafra on September 22, 2021. Sources were conflicted as to whether the man killed was a militant or civilian. According to @ShahbaPress, a civilian was killed and another was wounded in Russian airstrikes on Kansafra. “Zaman Al-Wasl” reporter said that

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0 – 1

1–2

Russian Military

0–1

حرش عابدين, Harsh Abdin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were possibly injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Harsh Abdin, Idlib governorate, on March 26th, 2018, according to Shaam News Network. @RFS_mediaoffice reported that “this morning, Russian warplanes attacked the woods of the town of Adbin in the southern Idlib countryside with missiles loaded with cluster bombs.” @HadiAlabdallah tweeted that “Russian

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Russian Military

الصبحة, Al Sabha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A male civilian, co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, was shot and killed by alleged Coalition forces and/or Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in on October 27, 2021. According to a tweet from @Sada_AlSharqieh, a media organization covering Eastern Syria, Samer Al-Abdullah, the co-chair of the Deir Ezzor Civil Council, in charge of running the

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

LOCATION

الباره, Al-Bara, Idlib, Syria

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Russian or regime shelling of the town of Al-Bara on December 6, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense, a civilian was wounded in artillery shelling by the regime and Russian forces on the town of Al-Bara. Watan FM also reported that a civilian was injured. A tweet

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

ماسكا, Maska, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to local reports, up to 4 civilians were injured followed an alleged Turkish air strike on Maska. Kurdhr indicated that the Turkish air force targeted the village of Maskah in the Jundair district of Jandairis with two air raids, injuring more than 4 civilians. Rumaf reported that many civilians were wounded in the strike.

Summary

Turkish Military

طمة, دير بلوط, Deir Balout, Atma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to thirteen civilians, including six children and four women, were reported killed and at least one child was injured after US forces targeted and subsequently killed the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in Atma, northwest Syria on February 3rd 2022. Local reporting was conflicted as to whether the casualties

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

9 – 13

(6 children4 women1 man)

1–2

Exact location (via Airwars)

4–5

جسر الشغور, Jisr al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 11 civilians including a woman, and five children from the same family were reported killed and many others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime forces airstrikes on neighborhoods in Jisr Al Shigour in Idlib on September 4th, 2018, according to local sources. The local sources identified names of ten of the

Summary

10 – 11

(5 children1 woman)

12–20

22 named, 3 families identified

قرية بيكه، عفرين, Beeka village, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Rumaf sent a private report to Airwars alleging that that two civilians were wounded in Turkish shelling of Beeka village. Amina Rasheed Sidou, aged 42, from the village of Bibaku in the town of Bulbulah, expressed her deep anger over the targeting of the village by the Turkish occupation army. She confirmed that she did

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جرابلس, Jarablus, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to many sources, one “young” civilian was reported injured by a mortar shell attributed to the PKK/YPG or the Syrian Democratic Forces in the city of Jarablus, east of Aleppo, on March 1st 2022. According to @SOHEB2019, their Al-Khabour correspondent said that the damage was limited to material damage, indicating that there was no

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0–1

YPG

حمار, Hamar, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two or more civilians were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Himar area in the desert of Abu Kamal, local sources said. According to Baladi, “Coalition fighters raided the Hamar area of Badia, Abu Kamal on Thursday, destroying a number of oil tankers and a number of incinerators, as well as injuring a

Summary

US-led Coalition

الصياد, Al Sayyad, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians were reportedly wounded by alleged Russian air or artillery strikes on the village of Al Sayyad, Hama governorate, on September 9th, 2018, according to Shaam News Network. Shaam News Network reported “a number of wounded in the city of Latamina and the villages of Hassraya, Al Sayyad and Al Zakat”, as the result of

Summary

بكسريا, Baksriya, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians, including a child, was injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the town of Baksriya, Idlib governorate, on December 31st, 2018, according to local sources. @LccSy reported “civilian casualties following the shelling of a ballistic missile on the village of Baksriya, west of Jisr Al Shughour.” @ahmad_haj_bakri wrote

Summary

(1–2 children)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected target

ميركان, Mirkan, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of Mirkan, Syria, according to sources on the ground. Hawar News reported: “The Turkish occupation army shelled the center of the area of Mabata and the village of Mircan. It used heavy artillery and missiles, and according to preliminary information, there are wounded civilians.”

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2–10

Turkish Military

Yaaq-Zaluul, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) declared an airstrike in a remote location near Beer Xaani, in the vicinity of Yaaq-Zaluul, in Somalia on June 3rd 2022. They declared that five Al-Shabaab militants were killed in this attack but that no civilians were injured or killed. In local reports, this was repeated and there were no

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المرج, Al Marj, Quneitra, Syria

LOCATION

A 46 year old man was killed in alleged Israeli drone strikes on the town of Al Marj west of Hader on July 6, 2022. Sources were conflicted as to whether the man killed was a civilian or a member of Hezbollah or regime forces. Shaam News reported that an Israeli drone killed “Farid Fouad

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Assad regime, Hezbollah, Iranian military

Israeli Military

Suspected targets

0–1

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zanjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on social media claims of civilian harm “near Mosul, Iraq”. According to the Coalition report, “11. May 30, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via social media report: The report contains insufficient information of the time, location

Summary

US-led Coalition

شارع 48، كوباني, Street 48, Kobani, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was injured in alleged Turkish strikes on a shop on Street 48 in the city of Kobani on April 22, 2022. North Press Agency originally put the number of civilians injured at one “slightly injured”, identifying the victim as Muhammad Khalil Bako, the owner of a shop on Street 48 that was bombed. “Bako”

Summary

Exact location (via Airwars)

رأس العين ﺍﻟﺮﺍﻭﻳﺔ , al Rawiya village, Ras al Ain, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were wounded in an alleged Turkish shelling of al Rawiya village, Ras al Ain, according to sources on the ground. Al Hassaka Rasd reported that “two women and a girl were injured by a shell fired from the Turkish side on the village of #Rawiya in the region of Ras al-Ain in the north-western

Summary

Turkish Military

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two people were killed and between one and two others were injured when a previous shelling remnant exploded in the town of Kansafra, south of Idlib on the 16th of August 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two people were killed and another was injured. According to Syrian Network for Human Rights,

Summary

(2 men)

1–2

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

الرقة, near Raqqah, Syria, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on September 29th 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment on claims of civilian harm “near Raqqa, Syria” via an NGO report. According to the Coalition report, “102. June 8, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via NGO report: After a review of available information it was

Summary

US-led Coalition

معبر الحمران, Al Hamran crossing, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and six civilians, workers traveling in a car, were injured by alleged SDF guided missiles that struck them while they were traveling near the Al-Hamran crossing in the Jarabulus countryside on October 18, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that six workers were injured in a missile strike on a car carried out by the

Up to three civilians, including two journalists, were injured when Turkish forces bombed the outskirts of Meştenûr on November 20, 2022. Hawar News reported that a correspondent for Sterk TV named Muhammad Jarada was injured when Turkish forces bombed the outskirts of Meştenûr. Turkish warplanes bombed Al-Jadida neighborhood, Kanya Kurdan neighborhood, and the village of Qramogh,

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2–3

Ali Foldhere, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Up to 40 members of al-Shabaab were killed and others were wounded by Somali forces and “international partner” airstrikes or ground operations near the village of Ali Foldhere on November 30, 2022. Shabelle Media Network quoted the Somali government who announced that an operation carried out by the National Army, National Intelligence and Security Agency

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces

Belligerents reported injured

Awdal, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Six alleged al-Shabaab members were killed by declared US airstrikes on the small town of Awdal 248 km northeast of Mogadishu near Cadale, Middle Shabelle, on December 23, 2022. AFRICOM released a statement the same day that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a self-defense strike, Dec. 23, in

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ناحتة, Nahta, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were reported injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime raids on Nahta in Dara’a, Syria on June 27th, 2018. Shaam Network reported that “the raids also resulted in a number of wounded in Daraa al-Balad, Ghariyah al-Sharqiya, al-Harak, Saida, Nahata, Kahil, Nawa, Tasil, al Soura, Ibta’a, Shaikh Saad, Tafas and

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected target

Пісочин, Pisochyn, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On March 18 2022, one person was injured when 10 residential buildings in Pisochyn, Kharkiv were hit by suspected Russian shelling which also burnt a car and damaged several others, according to local sources. Oleg Chornobai, the Head of the Pisochyn community announced the incident via Facebook, also stating that one person was injured in

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البارة, Al Bara village, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a man named Bassam Mustafa al-Othman, was reportedly killed as a result of artillery shelling from contested Russian forces or Syrian regime actions, on January 18th 2023, in Al Bara, Idlib. Zamal al Wasl also reported that one civilian was injured in this same attack. The White Helmets reported that this shelling was

Summary

(1 man)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Named victims

1 named, 1 familiy identified