Civilian Casualties

2–7

دركوش, Darkoush, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One girl was injured when an unexploded ordnance from a previous bombing by Russian or regime forces exploded in Darkoush on February 21, 2022. Syrian Civil Defense reported that a girl was injured when an unexploded ordnance exploded in her home after she was collecting firewood with her family in the outskirts of Darkoush. White

Summary

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A woman was reported killed, and a Syrian Civil Defence photographer and a volunteer got injured when Russian forces or Syrian regime forces targeted a center for White Helmets in Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib on Sep 8th, 2018, according to local sources. Step News said that “The Russian warplanes launched several air raids on the

Summary

(1 woman)

Suspected target

قرية بندرخان, Bandar Khan village, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a 16 year old, was killed and others were injured, including an elderly man, were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on Bandar Khan village on April 24, 2022. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a civilian was killed by Turkish artillery shelling of a regime military checkpoint in Bandar

Summary

(1 child)

1–2

Turkish Military

كفرزيتا, Kafar Zita, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were wounded due to airstrikes in Kafar Zita. Sources did not attribute blame, however this raid occurred at the same time as the allegedly join Russian and Syrian regime raid on “village of Hawija, west of Hama, Latmeen Village north of Hama, and the cities of Al Latamna and Kafarzita”.

Summary

ميسلون, Maysaloun neighborhood, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on Maysaloun neighborhood in Qamishli on June 9, 2022. A local source told North Press that “at about 10 a.m, a ‘Turkish’ drone attacked a location near a local market in Maysaloon neighborhood in the city of Qamishli,” resulting in an injury to

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–5

Turkish Military

أبو نيتولة, Abu Naytulah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of Abo Naitola village on July 21, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two civilians were injured when alleged Turkish artillery shells hit Abo Naitola village in the Raqqa countryside. Both Xeber24 and the Media Office of North Syria reported that Turkish forces were

Summary

Turkish Military

القائم, Al Qaim, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

On October 27th 2017 the Coalition published an assessment of a civilian casualty event dated January 12th 2016, naming Airwars as the source of reporting. The Coalition’s report stated: “1. Jan. 12, 2016, near Al Qa’im, Iraq, via Airwars report. After a review of available information, it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted

Summary

US-led Coalition

سيكركا, Sikirka, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians, including four children and women, were injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Sikirka 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.

Summary

6 named, 1 familiy identified

حفسرجة, Hafsarja, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two to seven civilians were killed including one to three children and seven to 16 other civilians were wounded, in an alleged Russian airstrike destroying a house and a stone sawmill in Hafsarja in Idlib province on September 8th, 2022. Al Khabour news reported the lowest number of civilians killed at two and the Syrian

Summary

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

2 – 7

(1–3 children)

7–16

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Russian Military

Named victims

near Buulobarde, Hiiraan, Somalia

LOCATION

At least two al-Shabaab militants were killed by a declared US airstrike near Buulobarde, Somalia on October 23, 2022. AFRICOM released a statement that “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde, Somalia, about 218 km north-northwest

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Belligerents reported killed

2–100

الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, Libya

LOCATION

According to Reuters and local sources, Egyptian airstrikes destroyed 12 vehicles allegedly carrying weapons and explosives near the border between Libya and Egypt. The sources were conflicted as to whether the incident took place inside Libya or Egypt, with most of them stating it was in Libya. However, Libya Herald noted the following: “The Egyptian

Summary

Egyptian Military

خان شيخون, khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians was wounded in an airstrike with cluster munition on the outskirts of Khan Sheikhoun, according to local sources. Shaam News reported that Russian warplanes stepped up raids on a number of towns and villages in Idlib in Hama, targeting several civilian areas. Local source Khan Sheikhoun Lens however, blamed the

Summary

Named victims

1 named

القحطانية , Terbe Spi (al-Qahtaniyeh) east of the city of Qamishli, Syria

LOCATION

On November 23rd 2022, 6 civilians, including 4 workers and 2 oil engineers were reportedly injured by Turkish airstrikes and/or artillery attacks on a car and on the Tigris Oil Station, in the vicinity of oil fields close to Terbe Spi town (Turba Sabih, Tirbe Spih, al-Qahtaniyeh). Several local sources indicated that Turkish warplanes hit

Summary

البارة,ادلب, Al-Bara, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A child was injured by alleged Syrian regime or Russian shelling of the town of Al-Bara on November 30, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that artillery shelling by the Syrian regime and Russian forces resulted in the minor injury of a child and the destruction of civilian homes. @HalabTodayTV also reported that a child was injured.

Summary

Фельдман-Екопарк, Feldman Ecopark, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Two civilians, employees of the Feldman Ecopark, were killed when alleged Russian forces carried out mortar and automatic fire in the village of Lisne, Dergachivskyi district on March 8, 2022. Slovoidilo News reported that according to Kharkiv Ecopark’s Facebook page, two civilians who came to feed the animals were killed when Russian soldiers attacked them

Summary

Exact location (via Airwars)

Russian Military

Geolocation

بنغازي‎, Bouatni, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

Local sources reported multiple helicopter strikes on Benghazi in the Bouatni, Sabri, Leithi and fish market areas. It also posted a video showing artillery shelling but didn’t specify on the location. There were no public reports of civilian harm.

Summary

Libyan National Army

проспект Тракторобудівників, 55 б, 55B Traktorobudivnykiv Avenue, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

One civilian, a woman, was killed by alleged Russian shelling of Saltivka, Kharkiv on March 16 2022. Multiple sources posted a video of an explosion in Saltivka. A Bellingcat comment mentions that the explosion occurred next to an ice hockey rink, and next to a burning vehicle appears to be a fatality. Truexa News mentions

Summary

(1 woman)

Exact location (via Airwars)

Russian Military

Geolocation

بئر الغنم, Bi'r al Ghanam, Al Zawiyah, Libya

LOCATION

LNA airstrikes reportedly targeted Libya Dawn at several locations in the south and west of the Libyan capital including Gheryan, Chalghouda, Nasser, Mazraq Al Qanqa, the Botteh Sorman farm, Bir Hwaisa, the Khuwaildi reserve, Bi’r Al Ghanam, Buaisa, Al Rabeta and the Shamalat factory. There were no public reports of civilian harm. Sky News reported:

Summary

Libyan National Army

مديرا, Madera, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

In this single-source event, Step News Agency reported that the Syrian regime in cooperation with Russia, continued its aerial shelling of eastern Ghouta, including in Madera. While the report made no specific mentioning of civilian harm, it is assessed that at least two civilians were wounded as it was noted how the shelling “resulted in general

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

LOCATION

Donlaye, Mudug, Somalia

Between 12 and 117 alleged al-Shabaab militants were killed by declared AFRICOM airstrikes and/or Somali National Army operations in Donlaye, near Amara town, on February 10, 2023. AFRICOM released a statement on February 12th that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia and in support of Somali National Army engagements against al-Shabaab, U.S. Africa

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

12–117

Hawda Qaycad, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

Local and official sources alleged that 10 al-Shabaab militants were killed and others were injured by Somalia National Army operations and airstrikes near Hawda Qaycad on February 15, 2023. Abdi Garad Omar Mohamed, one of the officials of Wisil district in Mudug region, told Mustaqbal Media News that around 60 members of al-Shabaab were killed in

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Belligerents reported killed

US Forces

Geolocation

Village

Belligerents reported injured

بخديدا (Bakhdida), Qaraqosh, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

The Coalition announced in December 2016 it was conducting an assessment of a possible civilian casualty event: Currently, three reports received in October are still being assessed… Oct. 22, 2016, near Qaraqosh and Hasana, Iraq. On January 2nd 2017 a new Coalition report noted: No Coalition strikes were conducted on structures in the geographic area

Summary

0–1

US-led Coalition, US-led Coalition

Немишлянський район, Nemyshlyanskyy District, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Local sources reported on a shelling of Kharkiv on April 13th, 2022 was allegedly conducted by Russian forces, resulting in three civilians killed, including a woman and two men, and four others wounded, including a child. According to the Helsinki.org.ua, the bombing began during the day when many people were out buying food or receiving

Summary

(1 woman2 men)

البوكمال, near Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In a previously unreported incident, in the US-led Coalition’s August 2018 report, it conceded it had injured one civilian during a raid on an ISIS “supply route” near Abu Kamal. The coordinates provided by the Coalition locate the incident East of the Euphrates river, in an area labelled Ash Shājilah (ناحية سوسة) on open source

Summary

US-led Coalition

Безруки, Bezruky, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Three civilians, a woman and two men, local to the village of Bezruky were reported to have been killed and a further individual injured as a result of shelling allegedly by Russian service personnel on April 25, 2022. Villagers in conversation with Suspline News confirmed these casualties occurred around noon in light of shelling that

Summary

(1 woman2 men)

ХТЗ, KhTZ, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On Friday April 15th 2022, an alleged Russian missile strike hit the Sarhyn Yar neighborhood and the Shevchenkivskyi district in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, killing between 7 and 10 civilians, including a seven month old, and injuring between 34 and 50 civilians, including up to nine children. Sources are not consistent regarding the number of

Summary

7 – 10

(1 child)

34–50

بغديك, Bagdik, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were injured by alleged Turkish shelling of Bagdik village in eastern countryside of Kobani on March 4, 2023. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that two civilians were injured and taken to the hospital after sustaining injuries from mortar fire launched by Turkish forces on Bagdik village. Hawar News also

Summary

معرة النعمان , Ma’arat Al-Nu’man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

An unspecified number of civilians were wounded in an alleged Russian or Assad regime airstrike on an ancient museum in Ma’arat al-Nu’man, local media reported. According to Enabbaladi, “an air strike carried out by a military aircraft belonging to the Assad forces yesterday, Tuesday, January 2, targeted the archaeological museum in the city of Ma’arat

Summary

1–2