Civilian Casualties

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

رقاص, Raqas, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

On December 17th 2022, at least three civilians, including a child, were reportedly killed and between one to three were injured by a Turkish drone strike on a group of civilians in Raqas village, in Tel Abyad district, Al-Raqqa province. The media center of the Syrian Democratic Forces said the incident occurred at 1:30 p.m. Sources

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

3 – 4

(1 child)

1–3

بنغازي‎, Leithi, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

LNA reported that it carried out intensive airstrikes against ISIS targets in the Sabri, Bouatni, Al-Leithi, Hawari and Qawarsheh areas of Benghazi. However, despite the intensive attacks there were no known local reports of civilian harm.

Summary

Libyan National Army

LOCATION

نوى, Nawa, Daraa, Syria

Local sources reported injuries among civilians as a result of raids allegedly by Russian forces on Nawa and other towns of Dara’a al Balad. Shaam Network reported that “the raids also resulted in a number of wounded in Daraa al-Balad, Ghariyah al-Sharqiya, al-Harak, Saida, Nahata, Kahil, Nawa, Tasil, al Soura, Ibta’a, Shaikh Saad, Tafas and

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

حزوان, Hazwan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Civilians, including children, were injured by alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling or heavy machine guns on the village of Hazwan on January 1, 2023. One local source also reported there were “deaths” including among children. Nabd News reported that civilians, including children, were wounded when the SDF carried out shelling of civilian homes in the

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 children)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

2–3

Causes of injury / death

YPG

زوارة, Zuwara, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported injured as a result of alleged LNA airstrikes in Zuwara. Abdo Kablan posted on Twitter that LNA planes bombed “Zuwara and Gharyan, thank god there are no dead but two wounded in the city of Zuwara.” Other sources reported LNA airstrikes in the area but no civilian harm.

Summary

Libyan National Army

مخيم الشهيد روستم جودي, Martyr Rustam Jodi Camp, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Alleged Turkish forces shelled Martyr Rustam Joudi refugee camp in Makhmour and wounded two people around 3.15 am on July 19th, according to local sources. Dwarozh News reported that Laila Arzou, the Joint Chief of Martyr Rostam Jodi camp, called on the United Nations and the federal government to protect civilians from Turkish shelling. No other

Summary

Turkish Military

M03, Чугуївський район, M03, Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Two men were killed and five others, including a baby, were injured by a mine or unexploded ordinance on March 29, 2022 allegedly planted by Russian forces in Chuhuiv. The Kharkiv human rights group reported that two men were killed and five others, including a six month old baby, were injured when their cars hit

Summary

(2 men)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

Exact location (via Airwars)

Салтівка, Saltivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On April 4th, 2022, suspected Russian artillery fired upon Saltivka in Kharkiv, killing one civilian and injuring two others. Reports from the Kharkiv Human Rights protection Group noted that Russian shells were fired upon residential areas with one shell landing on the roof of a high-rise building in the Saltivka section of Kharkiv. Telegram user

Summary

Exact location (via Airwars)

المعماري, al Ma'amari, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A number of civilians were wounded by Coalition raids that struck a house, according to two local sources. Euphrates Post reported that a house belonging to a civilian in al Ma’amari village was targeted by Coalition planes, leading to the “injury of 15 people.” Al Natek reported 10 wounded, and later named the house owner

Summary

US-led Coalition

Чугуїв, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Sources reported two civilians killed, a 38 year old man and 63 year old woman and five others injured according when Chuguiv was hit by alleged Russian shelling at night on April 4 2022. The attack resulted in the total destruction of one private house and damage to a multi-story residential building opposite. Later reporting

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

Основ’янский район, Osnovianskyi district, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Two civilians, a man and a woman, were killed by alleged Russian forces shelling on residential buildings and on a local playground in the Osnovianskyi district in Kharkiv, on April 18th, 2022. A statement from the Ministry of the Defense of Ukraine declared that Russian forces shelled residential buildings and playgrounds. Hromadske News reported that

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

Exact location (via Airwars)

Харківський район, Kharkivskyi district, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On May 8th 2022, late afternoon, the Russian armed forces allegedly shelled the Kharkiv district of the Kharkiv region. The Kharkiv Regional Military Administration reported that one person was killed and two were wounded. There were no pictures published or additional details. This incident has reference to ACLED code UKR76983.

Summary

вулиця Первомайська, 2, Ізюм, Харківська область, , 2, Pershotravneya Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On March 9th, in the morning, at 9 am, the Russian military allegedly launched airstrikes and then shelled a five story building at 2 Pershotravneya Street in Izyum from a tank on the opposite side until it collapsed. The attack killed between 44 to 54 people, many families, who were trapped under the debris of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(3–6 children9 women3 men)

44 – 54

19 named, 2 families identified

Named victims

Exact location (other)

موقا, Mouqa, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that an unknown number of civilians were injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on the town of Mouqa, Idlib governorate, on July 30th, 2019. @Step_Agency reported that “Russian warplanes targeted the town of Mouqa in the southern countryside of Idlib” @Syrian191124 tweeted: “Helicopters targeted with barrel bombs the vicinity of the village of

Summary

بزابور, Bzabor, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A 15 year old boy was injured by alleged Russian airstrikes on the village of Bzabor in Idlib on May 30, 2023. Local sources from the countryside of Idlib governorate told Zaman Al Wasl that 15-year-old Muhammad Malik Ahmed Haj Musa was wounded by Russian airstrikes on Bzabor village. The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) tweeted

Summary

بين زنجبار‎ و شقرة, Between Zinjibar and Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

An airstrike on a car targeted Fahd al Qusaa, also known as Quso, an al Qaeda leader and suspect in the USS Cole bombing. It was a US attack, according to the New York Times quoting an AQAP representative. He claimed that Qusaa had left the car minutes earlier and was unharmed. According to the Long War Journal,

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Subdistrict

كفرنبل, Kafar Nabil, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including three women, were reported injured in alleged Russian airstrikes on Kafar Nabil, Idlib governorate, on August 12th, 2019, according to local sources. Syria Civil Defense stated that “five civilians, including three women, were injured in warplanes’ airstrikes on the houses of civilians in the centre of Kafar Nabil.” Shaam News Network reported

Summary

Weelmarow Village, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Kenyans.co.ke reported that a joint operation by US Commandos, Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the Security Forces in Jubaland resulted in the death of 17 al-Shabaab militants in Weelmarow Village in Lower Juba. The source added that the majority of the al-Shabaab militants were Kenyan and Ethiopian natives. No other sources reported on the incident.

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

US Forces

Belligerents reported killed

Al-Shabaab

Airstrike and/or Artillery

LOCATION

حيش, Hiysh, Idlib, Syria

At least one woman was killed and a woman and “others” were reported injured in airstrikes on Hiysh, Idlib, on August 16th. Syrian Network for Human Rights names Mrs. Eman Shahhoud al Azraq, from Khan Sheikhoun city, as the victim killed in airstrikes by the Syrian regime on Hiysh. Smart News reported, “Russian warplanes shelling

Summary

(1 woman)

2–3

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

LOCATION

ديرسنبل, , Deir Sinbul, Idlib, Syria

At least one woman suffered a psychological injury following alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime shelling of the village of Deir Sinbul on August 18, 2023. The Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) reported that a woman suffered a nervous breakdown after artillery shelling reportedly carried out by the Syrian regime and Russian forces struck the village of

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Wadi Hajjar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Three civilians were reportedly injured by ISF (or possibly Coalition) mortars according to eyewitness interviews by Amnesty International. A previously unpublished assessment which Amnesty shared with Airwars reads as follows: “On 25 January an ISF mortar [Airwars note: presumed – but possibly US, see below] landed on their house in Wadi Hajjar and caused it

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

city of Al-Basira, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A young man, Ahmed al-Attiyah, was killed and others injured by shells in an attack allegedly perpetrated by the SDF during the early morning of September 3rd, 2023 in the city of Al-Basira, in the Deir Ezzor eastern countryside. Sources are conflicted as to whether Ahmed was a civilian or a militant with the tribal

Summary

Airstrike, Artillery, Drone Strike

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

1–2

YPG

Belligerents reported killed

Tribal Forces

0–1

بيت حانون, Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 8, 2023, two paramedics were injured by alleged Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun area, North of Gaza. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) identified the two wounded paramedics as Mahmoud Yusri Al-Masry and Nour El-Din Hassan Mansour, both PRCS members. The same source reported the strike at 15:40 exactly, in North Gaza, adding

Summary

Impact

البوكمال, Abu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian and the injury of three others in an event near Abu Kamal. Their February 2018 civilian casualty report noted: “During a Coalition strike that destroyed Daesh weapons facility under and headquarters one civilian was unintentionally killed and three

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of a civilian in an event near Hajin, Syria. The Pentagon later declared this to have been a US-caused incident. Their September 2019 civilian casualty report noted: “Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against Daesh terrorists. Regrettably, one civilian was unintentionally wounded

Summary

دير الزورحي الشيخ ياسين , Al Sheikh Yasin neighbourhood, Deir Ezzor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On January 21, 2017, two children, brothers called Mazen Siraj Al Nahri and Mohammed Siraj Nahri were reportedly killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Deir Ezzor’s Al Sheikh Yasin neighbourhood, according to local media. Several other civilians were wounded in the incident. Syrian Mirror reported: “warplanes likely to be Russian struck the neighborhoods of

Summary

(2 children)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Named victims

مارع, Mare’, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians were reportedly wounded after alleged YPG artillery strikes on the opposition-held city of Mare’ in the countryside of Aleppo. @shamelnews tweeted that the strike injured civilians, but it remains unclear how many. @so_ria98 also tweeted that civilian casualties had been reported after strikes from the “nearby headquarters of the Kurdish

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces, YPG

متينان, Metin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians were reported killed in alleged Turkish shelling on the village of Metin, east of the city of Kobane, on October 11th, 2019, as reported by local sources. @y_ozgurpolitika has identified one of the victims as Eidan Sheikh Ahmad, male, 60 years old, who was taken to the hospital a few hours after the

Summary

(3 men)