Civilian Casualties

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

منطقة معالي، الهرمل, Maali area, Hermel, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB121124p
incident_date: 2024-11-12
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

2–8

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Israeli Military

Named victims

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

كانى ماز, Kani Masi, Duhok, Iraq

LOCATION

One civilian was allegedly killed by a Turkish airstrike on Kani Masi. Rudaw reported: “Khalid Abdulrahman, 60, was killed while trying to rescue his grazing livestock after several Turkish airstrike hit the village of Kani Mazin, according to Kani Masi Mayor Sarbast Akrey. ‘At 1:45pm a drone came and fired two rockets and then a

Summary

(1 man)

رفح, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 23 civilians were killed and “a number” injured after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Al-Riyati family residence near the Qeshta factory in Rafah, after midnight on 7 November, 2023. 68-year-old Musa Youssef Award al-Riyati was killed with his wife, Abla Hussein Mohammed al-Riyati, and his four daughters: his eldest, 44-year-old Mai; 29-year-old

Summary

23 named, 2 families identified

Israeli Military

Named victims

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (other)

الرامي, Al Rami, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child was reported killed and between three and six civilians, including up to three children, a woman and a man, were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on residential areas in the village of Al Rami in the southern Idlib countryside on October 21, 2020. Regarding civilian harm, a correspondent of Resala post reported that

Summary

3–6

3 named, 1 familiy identified

مديرية باجل، محافظة الحديدة, Bajel District, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

At around 5:20 PM on November 28th, 2024, two alleged American airstrikes hit the Bajel District in Al-Hodeida Governorate in Western Yemen. The strikes reportedly injured at least one civilian, Tareq Sufiany, who was at one point trapped under the rubble of a building that was reportedly struck. A video shared to Facebook by Zahir

Summary

بو غيلان, Bu Gheilan, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

Suspected belligerents

UK Military, US Forces

LOCATION

A family was reportedly injured in a GNA airstrike on Bu Gheilan. Tripoli Now said: “A family was injured in Bu Gheilan, Gheryan area, as a result of aerial bombardment by a Misurata aircraft.” The is currently no further information available.

Summary

2–5

Government of National Accord

ترهونة, Tarhuna, Marqab, Libya

LOCATION

One civilian died and another was injured in an explosion of a shell from previous shelling on Tarhuna. 60:60 posted: “The death of the young man, Miftah Abu Aisha Al-Azraq, and the injury of another person, as a result of a shell exploding in their farm in the city of Tarhouna while they were doing

Summary

(1 man)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

منطقة الصرف الصحي، مديرية بني حشيش, Sarf area, Bani Hashish district, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

One civilian was injured by an alleged US bombing of the Sarf area in Bani Hashish District, north of Sanaa, Yemen on March 28, 2025. A post from @alkhabar_ye, along with other local sources, reported that one “citizen” was injured by a US “attack” on the Sarf area in Bani Hashish District. There were no

Summary

جسرين, Jisreen, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Warplanes, alleged to be Russian, wounded an unspecified number civilians as the town of Jisreen, Damascus, was struck with airstrikes. Only two known sources reported about this strike. Smart News Agency reported, “wounded civilians with aerial bombardment likely to be Russian on the towns of Jisreen and Beat Sawa and Kafar Batna east of Damascus.” Meanwhile,

Summary

Russian Military

الحي رقم 2, Neighbourhood No 2, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Between 30 and 64 civilians were allegedly killed in a NATO airstrike on neighbourhood No 2 in Sirte. Mustafa Al Fitouri wrote in his book, naming 46 civilians: “The seventh air strike took place in Sirte on 15th September at 7pm where the warplanes targeted a gathering of civilian vehicles inside and near it a

Summary

(2 children4 women27 men)

30 – 64

64 named, 3 families identified

ميناء رأس عيسى، الحديدة, Ras Isa Port, Al-Hodeida, Al Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEM250417a
incident_date: 2025-04-17
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Oil Facility, Port, Resources, Transportation, Truck, Vehicle

84 – 90

(3–4 children81–82 men)

150–171

89 named, 4 families identified

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

مزرعة الأبحاث, Research Farm, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

One child was allegedly killed and his uncle injured by a NATO airstrike on a research farm near Sirte. Nour Al Din Nasser Al Zanki said: “Abd al-Hadi Hamad Abd al-Rahman Qazwari, the son of an 8-year-old, was struck by a warplane on the research farm and his uncle lost his legs.” NATO did not

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

منشرة الأخشاب وورشة تصنيع المفروشات على أطراف مدينة إدلب, wood saw mill, furniture manufacturing workshop on the outskirts of Idlib City, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 5:30 PM on Wednesday, 16th October 2024, 11 identified civilians, including nine men and two children, were killed by an airstrike reportedly perpetrated by the Russian military on a wood saw mill and furniture manufacturing workshop located in the western outskirts of Idlib city, Syria, while workers were inside. 31 civilians were injured,

Summary

Consumer Goods, Warehouse

(2–9 children2–9 men)

Abaq Xaluul, Bay, Somalia

LOCATION

A US Special Forces drone strike allegedly killed Adan Garaar, a senior member of al Shabaab, according to the Pentagon and Somali and Kenyan officials. The attack reportedly destroyed one or two vehicles in southwestern Somalia, killing two other alleged members of the group. There are currently no reports of civilian harm from this strike.

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

طرابلس: فندق الودان, Tripoli: Al Wadan hotel, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

On Friday, August 31, 2018, three civilians were reportedly injured from artillery shelling on the Al Wadan hotel in Tripoli, Libya. Sky News reported the hotel in the centre of Tripoli was bombed “indiscriminately”, injuring at least three people amid fighting between rival militias aspiring to take power in the Libyan capital. The rocket hit

Summary

Government of National Accord, 7th Brigade

Suspected belligerents

مصراتة‎, Misurata, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

On April 6th 2011, Gaddafi forces launched an airstrike or artillery shelling on Misurata in the evening that resulted in the reported deaths of five people and the injuring of an additional 25. Al Jazeera said that five people were killed and 25 others wounded in the bombing on areas controlled by the rebels in

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Sunguuni, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

On November 17th 2017, US Africa Command sent the Bureau of Investigative Journalism a list of previously unreported strikes, which included this one. An AFRICOM spokesperson explained that their goal “is to be as transparent as possible while taking into account operational security, force protection and diplomatic sensitivities.” It therefore did not proactively release information

Summary

بنغازي‎, Sabri, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Local sources reported almost 30 new air raids on Benghazi by LNA forces, mostly centred near the Sabri and fish market areas. There were no known public reports of civilian harm at the time.

Summary

الرويسات, Roiussat, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

A child was allegedly killed and his mother severely injured by Gaddafi forces artillery shelling on the Roiussat area of Misurata. Al Somood reported: “The missile that fell yesterday evening in the Roiussat area was at the house of the Abu Shaiba family. A child was killed and his mother was seriously injured and she

Summary

Beer Xaani, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM reported that the previous day it had “conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab militants on Jan. 18, approximately 50 kilometers northwest of Kismayo”. It added: “No civilians were killed in this strike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike killed “four (4) terrorists.” In a subsequent FOIA response obtained by journalist Joshua Eaton in May 2019, AFRICOM

Summary

3–4

الدافنية, Al Dafiniya, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

Rocket fire allegedly launched by Gaddafi’s forces struck the Al Dafiniya area and killed between one and four people and injured between nine and ten. A Facebook post from News sarkhat Libya alleges that those killed and injured were rebels while a tweet from @shababalnhda alleges that they were civilians.

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

0 – 4

0–10

Gaddafi Forces

Suspected target

Libyan rebel forces

Belligerents reported injured

0–4

0–10

LOCATION

Jowle, Mudug, Somalia

At least 60 and as many as 117 al Shabaab fighters were killed in a US strike on October 12th, it was reported. The location appears to have been a training camp, according to Voice of America, which noted: “A Somali official says the strike happened near the village of Jowle, about 20 kilometers southwest

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

60–117

بنغازي‎, Al Qawarishah, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

An LNA MiG-21 carried out a series of airstrikes in Al-Shajar Street and hit one target near the Gwaresh buildings according to its social media. A single Twitter source added that LNA forces had hit a civilian house with barrel bombs, claiming that “Haftar Air targets more civilian houses with explosive barrels.” There were no

Summary

0–2

البيضان, Bayda, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya

LOCATION

On February 17th, 2011, between 5:30pm and 6:00pm local time, the deaths of between three and 14 civilians were reported killed by Gaddafi forces in Bayda. Ibm tweeted, quoting Al Jazeera: “Three demonstrators were killed and four wounded by Libyan security bullets in Al-Bayda city, east of Benghazi.” @monakareem said: “Security forces kill 4 more

Summary

3 – 14

4–50

Small arms and light weapons

بنغازي‎, 319 camp, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Six LNA airstrikes and artillery actions reportedly hit Bouatni, the fish market area and Sabri in Benghazi. One airstrike also hit a boat allegedly loaded with weapons trying to enter Marissa port. According to Akhbar Libya 24, Ansar al-Sharia responded with indiscriminate artillery shelling on residential areas to the strikes but only caused damage to

Summary

الحمران, Al Hamran, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported killed and three others injured as a result of alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling with surface-to-surface missiles carrying cluster bombs on the village of Al-Hamran, east of Aleppo on March 14th, It coincided with similar shelling on the village of Tarhin which reportedly caused major fires in the makeshift fuel

Summary

2–5

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

Suspected target

بنغازي‎, الصابري, Sabri, Banghazi, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

According to several local sources, LNA air force conducted at least two airstrikes targeting the Shura Council in Sabri and Garyounis, Benghazi. Libya Channel Panorama LPC reported that the Jerusalem Mosque in Sabri area was damaged followed an alleged LNA strike, though no civilian casualties were publicly reported.

Summary

السويداء, As-Suwayda, Al Suwayda, Syria

LOCATION

At least two belligerents, specifically members of the Syrian regime military, were killed and 15 others were wounded in alleged Israeli airstrikes on As-Suwayda on the evening of January 20, 2019/morning of January 21, 2019. According to Euphrates Post, “two elements of the Assad regime were killed and others were wounded following raids carried out

Summary

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)

Assad regime, Hezbollah, Iranian military

Israeli Military

Suspected targets

Belligerents reported injured

القيارة, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian in an airstrike on the northern outskirts of al Qayyarah. Their July 2018 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on Daesh improvised weapons assembly area, one civilian was unintentionally injured.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the location

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition