Civilian Casualties

US Forces

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

5–7

كنصفرة, Kansafra, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, a man and a woman, were reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian airstrikes or artillery shelling in the town of Kansafra in the southern countryside of Idlib on July 14th 2020, according to local sources. All sources reporting on civilian harm from the incident in Kansafra consistently mention that two civilians, a

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

near NLZ, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously unknown to Airwars, one civilian was injured by declared US military live fire exercises near NLZ, Syria on September 4, 2023. In the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) Civilian Harm and Mitigation Response Report released on May 31, 2024, the US military stated that “Regrettably, based on

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

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. According to the Coalition report, “91. June 19, 2017, near Raqqah, Syria, via media report. After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted

Summary

US-led Coalition

جرنك, Gerenke, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and three civilians were allegedly injured by Turkish shelling on Qamishli. Syriacpress wrote: “A Syriac Press correspondent in Zalin reported that Turkish forces targeted the city center with a missile in the morning. Our correspondent declared that the Turkish missile landed in Roj Garage, injuring two civilians who were transferred to a nearby

Summary

2–3

Furuqley village near Qoryoley District , Lower Shabele, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM430
incident_date: 2024-05-07
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

International Forces (Unknown)

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

محيط ادلب, The vicinity of Idlib City, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was injured by multiple alleged airstrikes from Russian warplanes on the outskirts of the city of Idlib on September 20th 2020. The identities of those injured were not reported. Images show the raids took place in the day time. @HalabTodayTV reported that “The Syrian Civil Defense announces the injury of two people as

Summary

1–2

Russian Military

الأتارب, residential buildings and market at Al Atareb city, west of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On the evening of Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 11 civilians, including five children and two women, most of whom were from one family, were injured when artillery and rocket shelling allegedly carried out by Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military struck Al Atareb city, west of Aleppo, Syria. The attack, which reportedly involved 300mm 9M55K

Summary

Commerce, Market, Residential

Jana Cabdalle, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A US airstrike targeted a vehicle in Jana Cabdalle, AFRICOM confirmed to Airwars via email. The Africa Command stated: “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted one airstrike in Jana Cabdalle, Somalia on Sept. 21 to prevent a military vehicle from being commandeered by al-Shabaab terrorists. The command’s initial assessment

Summary

حي الساحة، جبشيت, Al-Saha neighbourhood, Jibshit, Nabatieh, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB261124y
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

(2 women1 man)

Israeli Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

كرزاز, Kerzaz, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

A father was killed and many members of his family injured by Gaddafi forces tank fire in Misurata, according to an Amnesty International investigation. The Amnesty report noted: “In a separate incident a few hours earlier [on March 17th] in the same area, another family came under fire as they were fleeing Kerzaz in three

Summary

(1 man)

Other

5 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية فريكا, village of Frika, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday 29 November 2024, an airstrike reportedly hit the village of Frika in the Idlib governorate, injuring seven civilians, six of them children, all from the same family. The attack has been attributed to the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces. The first information about the incident came from @SyriaCivilDefe on X/Twitter at 22:59

Summary

Jamaame, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed in a US airstrike on Jamaame. Halgan Media said: “US drones just bombed the town of Jamaame in the Lower Jubba province of Somalia and killed a prominent Clan elder named Mohamed Abbas, who died instantly when a missile from a US drone hit his home – Sources.” Somali Memo,

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

1–3

شارع الأربعين، منطقة سعوان، منطقة شعوب، صنعاء, Al-Arbaeen Street, Saawan area, Shu'ub District, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least 14 people were reported injured by an alleged bombardment on Al-Arbaeen Street in the Sha’oub District of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a on 5 May, 2025. While most sources alleged US involvement, one source claimed the damage was due to a failed Houthi missile launched in an attempt to “intercept a US reconnaissance plane”. While

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Car, Commerce, Vehicle

14–16

US Forces, Houthi Forces

Geolocation

Street

Afgooye, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Two al Shabaab leaders were possibly killed in an alleged US or French-launched air or drone strike in Afgoye, Lower Shabelle, local and international media reported. No sources reported civilian harm. Missiles were fired at a training camp in Afgoye, Lower Shabelle, according to al Shabaab. An initial report from the Suna Times stated: “US

Summary

US Forces, US Forces

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

0–2

2–4

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

LOCATION

On 25 September 2011 at about 4 am, NATO struck a residential building in Sirte that ended up in killing a family that consists of four children and three women. Amnesty International said: “It is not clear whether another relative, Mosbah Ahmed Diyab, a Brigadier-General in al-Gaddafi’s forces who lived in another area of the

Summary

(4 children3 women)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

Sheebaab area of the Calmiskaad mountains, Puntland, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM456
incident_date: 2025-02-12
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

US Forces, United Arab Emirates Military

ISIS - Somalia

Gobanle, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US reported that it had conducted a “self-defense strike” against al Shabaab in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia in a press release published on September 7th. It said the strike hit near Gobanale and had resulted in the deaths of two al Shabaab militants. The press release reported that during a Somali-led

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

ترحين, Tarhin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and five civilians were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the village of Tarhin, Aleppo governorate, on February 9th, 2021, according to local sources. Up to 10 civilians, including children, were injured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported: “SOHR activists say that five people, including three unidentified, were

Summary

2 – 5

(2 men)

2–10

4 named, 2 families identified

ديرالوك, Deraluk , Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

Basnews reported that three children were killed in an alleged Turkish airstrike on Deraluk town of Amedi district, Duhok province, on December 12th, 2020. No further info is available at the moment.

Summary

(3 children)

24 miles southwest of Bosaso, Bari, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) in July 2018 that it had carried out two strikes in early June – one previously undisclosed. The second took place on June 3rd, and targeted members of al Shabaab approximately 24 miles southwest of Bosasso, according to AFRICOM. “We currently assess no terrorists and

Summary

مشفى أبو سليم, Abu Salim Hospital, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between 39 and 200 civilians died in Abu Salim hospital in Tripoli on August 26, 2011 according to multiple news sources, including Al Jazeera and BBC News. A video by Al Jazeera shows Abu Salim hospital in Tripoli full over more than 100 dead bodies in the intensive care unit after the majority of the

Summary

39 – 200

(2 children2 women2 men)

Small arms and light weapons

Gaddafi forces

Baqdaad, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command reported that the day previously, it had “conducted two airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Baqdaad, Somalia, on January 7, 2019.” AFRICOM stated that “At this time we assess no civilians were injured or killed in these airstrikes.” According to AFRICOM “four militants” were killed in the strikes. AFRICOM added

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

طرابلس‎, Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Between seven and 16 people, including three belligerents, were killed on Abu Salim Highway in Tripoli by Gaddafi snipers on August 22, 2011. A young man from the Abu Salim area told Libyans that 30 Gaddafi supporters were stationed on the bridge and another group were stationed under the bridge off the highway and they

Summary

4 – 13

(4 men)

Small arms and light weapons

Vicinity of Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Tortoroow, according to a press release from US Africa Command issued the following day. AFRICOM asserted that three al Shabaab fighters were killed, and that it currently assessed that no civilians were harmed in the action. It further noted that the precision airstrike was

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Unknown

Causes of injury / death

كفرنبل, kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians including a child were reported injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on Kafr Nubul in Idlib on August 24th, 2019. @oHA8k9FRkEve1LK reported the Syrian Civil Defence saying “Five people, including a child, were injured as a result of two air strikes by warplanes targeting 3 residential neighborhoods and a

Summary

5 named, 1 familiy identified

مخمور, Makhmour Refugee Camp, Erbil, Iraq

LOCATION

At least three people were killed and up to five others were injured in an alleged Turkish drone strike on Makhmour Refugee Camp south of Erbil in Kurdistan, Iraq. The Turkish government and their sources refer to those killed as members of the PKK while local and international sources refer to those killed and wounded

Summary

0 – 3

2–5

0–3

بليون, Belion, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians – two girls – were killed and one to two other civilians, including a woman and a Civil Defense member, were injured in alleged Russian or regime strikes on the town of Belion on July 3, 2021. According to @Sy24ria, the bombing of the town of Belion resulted in “the killing

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2 children)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

عسقلان, Ashkelon, Israel, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

Two women were killed when a Hamas militant rocket struck an apartment building on Sderot David Ben Gurion street in the city of Ashkelon, southern Israel on May 11th, 2021, according to several sources. The Times of Israel said, “the deadly rocket attack directly struck a home where an elderly woman and her caregiver, 32-year-old Soumya

Summary

(2 women)

Known belligerent

Palestinian Militants

2 named