Civilian Casualties

2 – 3

US Forces

مخيم النصيرات,, east of Al-Bureij camp and/or Al-Nuseirat camp, block C, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT130225b
incident_date: 2025-02-13
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

(1 child)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

IVO Janay Abdalle, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Several militants were allegedly killed or injured by an Al Shabaab VBIED and subsequent exchange of gunfire near Janay Cabdalle. The New York Times reported: “Three Somali military officers were killed and two others injured along with an American service member in a bombing in southern Somalia on Monday, the authorities said, the latest example

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Known belligerents

Known target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

4–17

3–12

سَرْمِين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, 27 November 2024, a 54-year-old woman named Rose Ismail al-Ali was seriously injured when an artillery shell struck an olive press in the city of Sarmin, in the Idlib Governorate, and she died due to her wounds the day after, Thursday, 28 November 2024. In the same attack, another woman was also reportedly injured.

Summary

Agriculture, Equipment / Machinery

(1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

Named victims

1 named

العليا, Al Alia, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

A woman was reportedly killed by Turkish soldiers stationed in a military point near Al Alia, Hasaka governorate, on November 7th, 2020, according to Step News Agency. Step News Agency reported that on “Saturday morning, a woman was killed by the Turkish army stationed in a point located in the vicinity of Al Alia silos

Summary

(1 woman)

Small arms and light weapons

شارع أسعد الأسعد في منطقة الشياح في بيروت, Asaad Al-Asaad Street in the Shiyah area of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB271124e
incident_date: 2024-11-27
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Israeli Military

Kunya Barrow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Two civilians were allegedly wounded in two US airstrikes on Kunya Barrow. Radio Al Furqaan, the Al Shabaab-affiliated radio station bombed in the incident, said: “On Friday afternoon, January 1, 2021, US warplanes bombed the headquarters of Al-Furqan Islamic Radio in Kunya Barrow, Lower Shabelle region, destroying the station’s building and equipment. There were no

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

الأتارب, Al-Atareb, west of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 9:30 PM on the evening of Thursday, November 28th, 2024, a civilian was killed and at least one male child and up to two children were injured as a result of an airstrike which was allegedly carried out by Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces with the reported use of vacuum missiles. The

Summary

(1 man)

1–2

الحي رقم 2, Neighbourhood No. 2, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

Two women were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on neigbourhood No 2 of Sirte. TV Arrai posted a video on Youtube where a nurse says that two women were killed in the attack. NATO on that day reported striking one “Ammunition Storage and Military Barracks Facility” near Sirte. There is currently no further information

Summary

(2 women)

حي النهضة، مديرية الثورة، صنعاء, Al-Nahda neighbourhood, Al-Thawra district, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

A man was killed by an alleged US airstrike on the Al-Nahda neighbourhood in the Al-Thawra district of Sanaa,Yemen on 16 April, 2025. Online commenters were emphatic regarding the man’s civilian status. On a Facebook post by Sanaa Rohi, comments attested to his lack of involvement in militancy, reporting that the deceased was a building

Summary

(1 man)

Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The United States launched a series of drone attacks on al-Shabaab in Kismayo, according to residents, who reported strikes on three locations. The BBC reported that “At least three targets were hit around Kismayo, the southern port which is under the control of the militants. One reconnaissance drone is reported to have crashed… al-Shabaab are patrolling the

Summary

US Forces

Belligerents reported injured

Al-Shabaab

2–6

الحي رقم 2 في مدينة سرت, neighborhood number 2, Surt, Libya

LOCATION

One source reported that two children were killed by a NATO strike in neighbourhood two in Sirte, in September 26th 2011. NATO on that day reported hitting “1 ammunition/vehicle storage facility” in the vicinity of Sirte. There is currently no further information available.

Summary

(2 children)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

حي الثورة في مدينة إدلب, Al-Thawra neighborhood, Idlib City, Syria, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

code: R4751
incident_date: 2024-12-02
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

5 – 6

(1 child)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

الزنتان, Al Zintan, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya

LOCATION

On April 25th, 2011, three people were reported killed while fleeing Zintan, due to artillery shelling from Gaddafi forces . It was unclear how many of those harmed were civilians or rebels, from this single source claim via Al Jazeera.

Summary

0 – 3

Libyan rebel forces, Other

Gaddafi Forces

Suspected targets

0–3

حرمك, Kunya Barrow, Middle 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

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 13 civilians including women and children were injured in an alleged Grad rocket attack by YPG on residential areas in Afrin on February 17th, 2021.Local sources said that between four and six rockets fell on Villat street in Afrin in the evening. However, some sources like the Syrian Civil Defence said that the

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Regime

13 named, 2 families identified

Named victims

LOCATION

بنغازي‎, Benghazi, Libya

Dozens of people (between 24 to 36) people were killed in Benghazi on September 10, 2011 when they were demonstrating their support of Bani Walid according to a Facebook posts from Ahmed Azzawi Mahmoud and Fedayeen Muammar Gaddafi in southern Tunisia

Summary

24 – 36

Small arms and light weapons

Libyan rebel forces

غندرشي, Mountainous area near Gandarshe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

AFRICOM publicly reported the first of four strikes on the same area on the same day – asserting that it had killed eight al Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Gandarshe. The tweet was issued shortly after noon GMT, indicating that the attack was earlier that morning. Two days later AFRICOM revealed that it had

Summary

بني وليد, Bani Walid, Misrata, Libya

LOCATION

At least four people were killed by Gaddafi forces in Bani Walid on September 21, 2011 according to News.sar5t.libya and Al Jazeera. According to both sources, the four people were executed for raising the flag of independence.

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

Gaddafi forces

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out an airstrike in Jilib, Middle Juba region, according to a press release issued the following day by US Africa Command. AFRICOM asserted that one terrorist was killed in the strike, and that it currently assessed that no civilians were harmed in the action. For the first time and in the

Summary

Artillery, Naval bombardment

LOCATION

قاح, Qah, Idlib, Syria

At least one civilian was killed and between one and two civilians were injured in an alleged Russian missile strike in the vicinity of Qah and Salwa towns the afternoon of March 21, 2021. Multiple sources, including Syrian Civil Defense and Reuters, reporting that the strike was ” a surface-to-surface missile.” Idlib EMC stated that “Russian

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

تل الشعار, Tal Al Sha’ar, Quneitra, Syria

LOCATION

At least three soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in declared Israeli strikes on Tal Al Sha’ar in Quneitra on June 1, 2019. Sputnik News reported that the Israeli strikes “led to the rise of three soldiers and wounding seven others in addition to material damage.” Syrian Arab News Agency also confirmed the death

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

قميناس, Quminas, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and two civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on the town of Quminas on June 25, 2021. @ShahbaPress reported that “two civilians were wounded in artillery shelling by the Assad forces and Russia”. The majority of other sources also pointed to two civilians being injured in the strikes. A tweet

Summary

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

مخيم البريج, Al Bureij Camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Between two to three civilians, including one child, were killed and as many as three civilians were injured in alleged Israeli strikes on the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on May 13th 2021. Two of the fatalities were named by local sources as Ahmed Rami Mahoud Al-Hwairi, 12, and Moayad Tayseer Al-Khateeb, 21. B’Tselem

Summary

2 – 3

(1 child1 man)

2–3

Between Bacaadweyn and Camara, vicinity of Wisil, Mudug, Somalia

LOCATION

In its latest actions in support of Somali ground forces, AFRICOM confirmed that it had conducted airstrikes on al Shabaab positions “in the vicinity of Qeycad” on August 1st. Statements published by both the Somali Ministry of Information and Galmudug State referred to two separate strikes, which Airwars is therefore treating as separate events. According

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

قسطون, Qastoun, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and five civilians, including two to five children that were all siblings, were killed and five to six others, including a child, were injured by Russian and/or regime shelling in the village of Qastoun on the night of August 7th, 2021, multiple sources reported. In a tweet, the Syrian Civil Defence named the

Summary

2 – 5

(2–5 children)

5–6

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Syrian Regime

Named victims

قرب مسجد الإحسان ، مخيم النصيرات, Vicinity of Al Ihsan mosque, Al Nuseirat Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Four combatants were killed and one to two other civilians were injured in airstrikes on Al Nusayrat camp on May 12, 2021. The men that were killed were identified as militants by the Islamic Jihad group, who posted a tribute to the “Mujahid martyrs”. According to Al Jazeera, the four people were killed in Israeli

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1–2

Israeli Military

Palestinian Forces

المواصي , Al Mawasi , Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including one child, were injured in an alleged Israeli drone strike in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, Gaza, May 16th 2021. One of the civilians was reported to be 49 year old Fayez Saad Qassem Al-Farra, who was hit by shrapnel from the missile attack and taken to a nearby

Summary