Civilian Casualties

2 – 3

البصيرة, Al Busayra, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 23, 2024, Mohammad Ahmad al-Hasan was killed at dawn in a home on 20 or 40 Street in Al Busayra, eastern Deir Ezzor Governorate, Syria. He was the father of two girls, and a nurse at Al Hamadi Specialist Hospital in Al Busayra, with at least one source alleging that he was a

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

0–1

جعار, North of the town Ja'ar, Khanfir district, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Between 10 and 15 militants linked to Al Qaeda were killed in an alleged Yemeni airstrike or US drone strike just north of the town of Jaar on the 2nd of May, 2012. Whilst Xinhua stated a local resident had claimed that 10 militants in total had been killed in the airstrike, CNN reported that

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

10–15

لقطة, Lakta, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A man was killed when the car he was in was hit by an airstrike, according to local sources. RBSS reported that a man named Suleiman Al Ahmad al Ghannam was killed “after his injury in an air raid launched by the international coalition on the village of Lakta in the northern Raqqa countryside.” Al

Summary

In the vicinity of Dhaardaar, approximately 81 km southeast of Bosaso, Somalia

LOCATION

In conjunction with the Somali government, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a strike against Islamic State militants on 31 May, 2024 in “a remote area in the vicinity of Dhaardaar”. AFRICOM reported that the strike had killed three IS militants, “with no civilian casualties”. X/Twitter user @ZakeriyeAxmed reported that the strike targeted IS leader and

Summary

نبل الخطيب, Nubl Al Khatib, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

One woman and a young man were killed, and five others were reported injured, in an alleged rocket attack by militant organisation National Front for Liberation on the village of Nubl al-Khatib and the Jurin area, west of Hama, Syria, on July 22nd 2022, according to local sources. The group, National Front for Liberation, are

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 woman1 man)

Turkish Military

القائم, Al Qa'im, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

At least ten civilians were killed by strikes in Anbar province, according to local sources. Yaqein reported that 10 civilians were killed and others injured, including women and children by both Coalition and Iraqi Air Force planes. One additional report, posted by @amsiiraq, referred to dozens of dead and wounded, and also cited the Coalition

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

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

عامودا, Amuda, Al Hassakah, Syria

UK Military, US Forces

LOCATION

One civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of a village in Amuda sub-district east of Qamishli city on August 9, 2022. Hawar News reported that Turkish bombings of multiple villages east of Qamishli city and in Amuda sub-district resulted in the injury of seven civilians, four of whom are children. Hawar also documented the

Summary

الصناعة, Mosul, industrial district, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Fourteen or more people were reported killed and 35 injured following the alleged Coalition bombing, according to local sources. Multiple social media accounts, including @IQsunni, reported identical reports, stating that 14 people were killed and 35 injured as a result of a US airstrike on an industrial area in Mosul. Another tweet, by @zyaad_alsenjar, wrote

Summary

14 – 18

(14 women)

قدموس، العباسية, Qadmus, Abbasiya, South Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB260924n
incident_date: 2024-09-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Car, House, Residential, Vehicle

1 – 3

(1 man)

غرناطه, Gharnata, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A 13 year old girl was killed in alleged Turkish shelling of Gharnata village on August 19, 2022. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights specified that the young girl under the age of 18 was injured in Gharnata village and later reported that the girl had died the next day of her injuries. A Facebook post by

Summary

(1 child)

Sixna area, rural Qandala district , Puntland, Somalia

LOCATION

Four civilians, two women and two children, were killed and at least one other, a child, and up to six others were injured by an alleged US drone/air strike in the Sixna area of the Qandala district of Puntland on 28 January, 2025. Those killed were from the Reer Yusuf Mohamud Salah family; amongst them

Summary

Agriculture, Livestock, Residential

(2 children2 women)

1–6

US Forces

2 named, 1 familiy identified

عريضة عجيل, Arida Ejail, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly killed in a shooting by SDF/YPG forces in the village of Arida Ejail, Raqqa governorate, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. Currently, further information is unavailable to Airwars.

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 man)

Small arms and light weapons

17 تموز, Mosul, Talmuz/ July 17th, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Press and local sources said that 16 displaced civilians were killed or injured, mostly children and women, after Coalition warplanes targeted their houses in 17 July neighbourhood, at the right side of Mosul. The Correspondences team spoke of 9 killed and several wounded in the alleged Coalition strikes. Other sources also reported coalition strikes in

Summary

معرة مصرين, Ma`arat Masrin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one child was injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling on Ma`arat Masrin on February 16, 2020. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that a child was wounded by artillery shelling on Ma`arat Masrin and that the volunteers transferred the child to a nearby hospital. Our Syria reported about artillery shelling in

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and up to 17 were injured in alleged YPG artillery strikes on a market in Afrin, north of Aleppo, on March 18th, 2020, according to local sources. Ibrahim Abu Al-Laith from the media office of the Syrian Civil Defence told Bawaba Aleppo that “five shells

Summary

(2 children3 men)

7–17

YPG

12 named, 2 families identified

حي الحدباء, Mosul, Al-Hadba, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that unspecified air raids targeted Hadbah neighborhood, northeast of Mosul. Iraqi Spring Media Center said that “three raids targeted the densely populated neighborhood of Hadbah on the left side of Mosul.” It did not say how many people died. Mosul Ateka said that Sinan Abdel-Islam was killed in the raids, with a

Summary

(1 man)

منطقة الشكوى في رفح, Al-Shakwa area of Rafah near the airport, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT160225a
incident_date: 2025-02-16
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Infrastructure

Vehicle

3 – 4

(3 men)

1–4

قرية تل اللبن, Tal al-Laban village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Tal al-Laban in the Tel Tamr countryside on October 3, 2022. According to Hawar News, four civilians were injured when Turkish forces bombed the village of Tal al-Laban and the injured were taken to a hospital in Tel Tamr district to receive treatment. The

Summary

Turkish Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

سويدية كبيرة, Sowaiydiya Kabira, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians died in an airstrike on Al Sweidiya Kabira according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the Coalition or “PKK militants” were responsible. Raqqa is Being Slaughtered reported: “The international coalition launched three air raids on the village of al Sweidiya kabira in the northern Tabaqa

Summary

1 – 5

شبام, Shibam, Hadhramout, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEM173
incident_date: 2014-01-15
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

0 – 1

US Forces

Town

Belligerents reported injured

0–1

مخيم كويت الرحمة, Kuwait Al Rahma camp, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On October 29th, 2022, after midnight, one civilian, a woman, was reportedly killed, and two others injured, a man and a child, as a result of an alleged SDF or Syrian regime missile strike on their house in Kuwait Al-Rahman IDP camp, in Afrin countryside, in Aleppo governorate. Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) identified

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

(1 woman)

YPG, Syrian Regime

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

LOCATION

Al Abyad, Nineveh, Iraq

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition reported in April that a self-assessment had concluded no civilian casualties had occured in a February 3rd action at Mosul. According to the report: “Feb. 3, 2017, near Al-Abyad, Iraq, via self-report: After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that

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Caal Miskeed Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM458a
incident_date: 2025-02-21
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

الزيدية, Al Zaydiyah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured by alleged Turkish drone strikes on the village of Al Zaydiyah on November 23, 2022. ANF reported that two people were injured by an explosive-laden drone strike on the village of Al Zaydiyah in Darbasiyah district. ANF added that at the time there was no information on the condition of those

Summary

حي المطاحن, Mosul, Al-Matahin / Mills, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that three displaced civilians living in a restaurant were killed and six others were injured after Coalition airstrikes targeted the Mills area at the right side of Mosul. A journalist told Yaqein: “aircraft of the international coalition bombed a building located in the Mills area at the right side to the city

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معرة مصرين , Maarat Misrin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One woman died and several other civilians were wounded in an airstrike on Maarat Misrin, according to sources on the ground – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible. Most sources attributed the civilian harm to Russia. However, Zamanalwasl was one of several sources that pointed to the regime, reporting that “in

Summary

(1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

السحامية, Al Sahamiya, Raqqa, Syria

Between five and nine civilians including three chilren died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Sahamiya village, Raqqa, according to local sources. Baladi, Euphrates Post, the Shaam News Network and Step News Agency all blamed the Coalition. Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently – whICH also attributed the incident to the Coalition – reported “that

Summary

(3 children1–2 women1 man)

5 – 9

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Village