Civilian Casualties

Russian Military

طيرفسليه, Tibnin, South Lebanon, Nabatieh, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB250924j
incident_date: 2024-09-25
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Healthcare, Hospital, Residential

(2 men)

صلاح الدين, Salaheddin, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

Four civilians were allegedly injured by LNA shelling on the Saleheddin neighbourhood of Tripoli. The Field Medicine and Support Center said: “A team from the center toured the field to find out the severity of the injuries left by the fall of a shell on Monday evening, 24/2/2020 in Saleheddin, and injured a family of

Summary

Libyan National Army

4 named, 1 familiy identified

بالقرب من مسجد التوبة، مخيم جباليا, Vicinity of Al-Tawbah Mosque, Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 8:11 PM on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, the Abu Namous family home in Jabalia Refugee Camp, north of the Gaza Strip was reportedly hit by an alleged Israeli strike. At least 13 identified civilian family members, including seven women and three children, were killed and at least five others were injured. Twitter/X user

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

Infrastructure

(3–4 children7 women3 men)

13 – 14

Israeli Military

19 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Nearby landmark

0–1

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least three civilians were killed in the city of Saraqib on February 28th. In addition to the three civilian deaths, there are reports of numerous wounded people as well. Posts and tweets from IdlibPlus and the Step Agency reported that Russian planes using vacuum missiles launched an assault upon the area around Saraqib. The

Summary

3 – 4

(1 child2 men)

بلدة دورس في بعلبك, The civil defense center in the town of Durrus in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB141124c
incident_date: 2024-11-14
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Civil Defense Station, Emergency Services, Vehicle

(14 men)

0–5

Exact location (other)

سبخة, أحور, Salt marshes, Ahwar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

At least a dozen US air and naval strikes reportedly targeted alleged AQAP militants in an area of salt marshes south of Ahwar city, in the Ahwar directorate of Abyan governorate, overnight from March 30th to March 31st 2017. There are no known associated reports of civilian harm. Several sources indicated that overnight naval and drone

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Naval bombardment

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of four civilians in an airstrike near Hajin. There are indications that this was either a French or Dutch action. In its April 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted: “Coalition aircraft conducted one strike on a Daesh improvised explosive device

Summary

ناية سكنية بالقرب من مستشفى كمال عدوان شمال غزة, a residential building near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Shortly before 11:20 PM on Monday, November 6th 2023, the ground floor of a residential building near Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip was bombed in an alleged Israeli attack. Several people were injured in the incident with local sources reporting at least one civilian death. Shehab Agency was the first to report

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

1 – 2

Israeli Military

Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A US airstrike targeted Al Shabaab in Bu’aale, according to local reporting. Radio Kulmiye said: “Suspected US airstrikes targeted to Al-shabaab compounds in southern Somalia. The attacks destroyed vehicles, camps and killed militants. According to Somali intelligence officials, the airstrikes carried by unidentified military planes targeted Jilib, Sakow and Bu’ale towns of Middle Jubba region,

Summary

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Belligerents reported injured

Al-Shabaab

الطريق الرئيسي والمنازل والمحلات التجارية المجاورة للطريق في الأتارب (الأتارب) ريف حلب الغربي, The main road and the houses and shops adjacent to the road in Al-Atareb (Atarib), western countryside of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At 13:22 on Thursday, 28 November 2024, between 10 and 15 civilians, including five children and two women, were killed and up to 22 others, including at least two children, were injured in an airstrike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or Russian military that reportedly hit the main road and

Summary

Car, Commerce, Residential, Shop, Vehicle

10 – 15

(5 children2 women)

5–22

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

10 named, 1 familiy identified

اليثى, Al Leithi, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Four civilians were allegedly injured by indiscriminate shelling on the Leithi neighbourhood of Benghazi. Hona Souq Al-Khmies said: “Random shells fell in Leithi and injured citizens.” Riwaiya Radi Al Jazwri posted: “4 civilians were injured as a result of a random projectile falling near their place of residence in Al-Leithi area and transporting them to

Summary

برج الشمالي, Burj al-Shamali, Lebanon, South governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB260924v
incident_date: 2024-09-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Impact

Israeli Military

Salagle, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

One Al Shabaab member was allegedly killed by an alleged US airstrike on Salagle. Somaliweyn reported: “The shelling occurred in Jilib, Sakow, Bu’ale, and Salagle districts of the Juba regions, with the shelling targeting al-Shabaab bases in those districts.” It added: “The Salagle area has reportedly targeted a senior al-Shabaab security official whose name has

Summary

Al-Shabaab

LOCATION

حلب, Aleppo, Syria

code: R4742
incident_date: 2024-12-01
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

(1 man)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

1 named

مدرسة جابر بن حيان, Vicinity of Jaber bin Hayyan School, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

An elderly civilian was allegedly injured by alleged LNA shelling on Ain Zara. Tk Yahroug Kl shy said: “Haj Ahmed El-Taher Sassi was seriously injured on the man’s level after a random shell fell near the traffic light, Zouita/Ain Zara, and he was treated to Tripoli Medical Hospital.” The Field Medicine and Support Center reported:

Summary

لودر, Lawdar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

A moving vehicle was struck by missiles that were fired near Lawdar town in the province of Abyan on the 14th of May 2012. Six “militants” perished in the strike which was allegedly carried out by a Yemeni or US aircraft. There are no reports of civilian harm at this moment. Officials reported anonymously to

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

حي التفاح، مدينة غزة, Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least thirteen civilians and one militant were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a family home in the early hours of March 18th, 2025. The strikes were among those that signalled the end of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which had been in place since January. Three women and nine children were reported

Summary

13 – 14

(9 children3 women1 man)

13 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Neighbourhood/area

أبو الغرب: محطة وقود نسيم الشروق, Naseem al Shorouk Gas Station, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were allegedly killed by a GNA or Turkish airstrike near Abu Al Ghurab. The LNA media center said: “Two ambulances have been attacked, and two people inside died following a Turkish drone strike at 10 am, on Wednesday, 04/29/2020 The attack occurred in the Abu Al Ghurab area, inside the petrol station.” Libya

Summary

Government of National Accord, Turkish Military

Known target

LNA

150 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM464
incident_date: 2025-03-15
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

قصر بن غشير: سوق زاد الخير, Qasr Bin Gashir: Forsa Street, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed by GNA or Turkish shelling on Qasr Bin Gashir. Khamis Mahmoud Al Sheikhi said: “The capital, a random shell fired by the Erdogan militia fell near the Zad Al-Khair market in Qasr Bin Gashir, killing Fathi Al-Ghoula, may God have mercy on him.” Tk Yahroug Kl shy wrote: “He moved

Summary

Government of National Accord, Turkish Military

LOCATION

المنطقة العسكرية الأولى ,سيئون, The First Military Zone, Seiyun, Hadramaut, Yemen

Two local-language sources suggested that at least one US drone strike had taken place in Hadramout governorate on February 20th 2019. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. Security sources told Aden 24 that a US drone flew low over the “first military zone in Sayyoun Hadramout”, and attempted to target two “terrorist

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

السوط, Al Sout, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

A US airstrike targeted an AQAP training camp in western Hadramout governorate on April 11th 2018, according to a later US Central Command statement. There were multiple local reports at the time of airstrikes against AQAP in the mountainous Al Sout area of western Hadramout at dawn on that day, though most sources assigned responsibility

Summary

Known belligerent

Saudi-led Coalition

Known target

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

LOCATION

مارب, Ma'rib, Yemen

At least five US drone strikes reportedly targeted alleged “terrorist” militants, variously alleged to be AQAP or ISIS-affiliated, in the Marib governorate Third Regional Military Command area of the pro-government military, just after midnight on August 31st 2019, according to multiple social media sources. One source, however, instead alleged that Emirati artillery shelling had targeted

Summary

US Forces, United Arab Emirates Military

Suspected targets

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), ISIS - Yemen

الحرور, Harur, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

In a third strike on May 27th 2012 in the Abyan province, a pick-up truck was reportedly destroyed in Harur near Jaar. Six alleged Al Qaeda militants were killed whilst travelling in the car, and there were no survivors, as reported by Xinhua. Yemeni airplanes were named as the suspected culprit. However, reporting during the

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

وادي أزكير, Wadi Azkir, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

A civilian was reportedly killed and another man was injured as the result of alleged LNA air or artillery strikes on Wadi Azkir, west of Sirte, on June 29th, 2020, according to local sources. Burkan Al Ghadab Operation reported that civilian Abdel Nabi Milad Ashtaiwi Al Sabi’i was killed alongside some of his camels in

Summary

(1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Russian warplanes allegedly “carried out raids on several areas in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Saeed and Bostan al-Qasr in Aleppo.” They said that casualties had been reported in the Bustan al Qasr neighbourhood, but did not provide further details. Aleppo Media Center published a video depicting the aftermath of alleged

Summary

Russian Military

قصر محافظ محافظة شبوة, Palace of the Governor of Shabwa, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

According to some local language social-media sources, a US drone strike targeted the home of Shabwa Governor Mohammed Salih Bin Adiyu in Ataq city, Shabwa, late on July 3rd 2020. Most sources, however, including local news outlets, instead reported that a fire had broken out in the building, leading to the explosion of a weapons

Summary

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), ISIS - Yemen

Suspected targets

M4 غرب عين عيسى, M4, West of Ain Issa, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Deaths and injuries among civilians were reported by local sources as a result of alleged Turkish forces and Turkey-backed militants shelling of Ain Issa, in Raqqa, Syria on August 17th, 2020. While most sources reported that two civilians were wounded, others reported deaths without a specific number. @dersi4m tweeted that ‘theTurkish army and it’s jihadist

Summary