Civilian Casualties

Gaddafi Forces

Libyan rebel forces

Belligerents reported injured

0–25

0–70

150 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu, Somalia

LOCATION

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Summary

Omar Beere/Ibrahim Ali Berre camp near Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Two media organisations reported a possible US air operation targeting an al Shabaab base in the Lower Shabelle region. Dalsan Radio reported that Somali commandos backed by US Special Forces had attacked al Shabaab bases in Omar Berre in Lower Shabelle overnight using helicopters. It also quoted what it said was an eyewitness: “‘We heard several

Summary

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

سااكوو, Sakow, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Several Al Shabaab militants were reported killed at Sakow in a military strike which several local sources claimed was a US drone action. However AFRICOM explicitly denied this in an email to Airwars, insisting that “U.S. Africa Command’s last airstrike in Somalia was conducted Jan. 19, 2021.” Geesguud initially reported: “Residents in Middle Jubba reported

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Al-Shabaab

6–12

Awhiigle, Gaduud, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

The sixth declared US strike in five days hit Somalia, targeting al Shabaab fighters, the US military told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. An Africa Command spokesperson said the attack occurred at 0840 near Gaduud about 250 miles southwest of Mogadishu. As of November 15th, the US was still “assessing the results of the strike”.

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

LOCATION

مصراتة, Misrata, Libya

On July 5th, 2011, at least 11 were killed and 57 were wounded in bombings on Misurata by Gaddafi forces. It was unclear how many were Libyan rebel forces and how many were civilians, and no detailed information were provided on the casualties. BBC wrote that “Libyan opposition sources said that at least 11 people

Summary

0 – 11

0–57

Gaddafi Forces

Belligerents reported injured

5–11

0–57

Marka, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

A strike reportedly hit a village outside Marka, a city around 60 miles south of Mogadishu, according to a field investigation by a reporter for The Nation. There were no reports of immediate civilian harm, though a man reportedly died of a heart attack following the violence. Airwars has placed this event in a date

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(1 man)

Causes of injury / death

باب العزيزية, Bab Al Aziziya Prison, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

At least 25 prisoners were killed in Bab Al-Aziziyah prison on August 21, 2011 by Gaddafi forces according to Facebook posts from Al Mashashiya Youth and Shahd Omar. According to Al Mashashiya youth’s post, Ezz Al-Din Muhammad Hassan Al-Mashay, who was killed, and his father were arrested and detained for more than 20 days the

Summary

(1 man)

Shebeeley, Hiiraan, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command reported that the previous day it had “conducted an airstrike near a terrorist encampment location in the vicinity of Shebeeley, Hiran Region, Somalia, on January 30, 2019.” It added: “no civilians were injured or killed in this airstrike.” However, AFRICOM claimed that the airstrike “killed twenty-four militants.” This contrasted with AFRICOM claims just

Summary

قرب قاعدة حسين الجويفل في الشحات, Near Hussein Al Jaweifi Military Base, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya

LOCATION

On February 18th, 2011, Amnesty International reported that two civilians were reported killed at the protests in the Hussein al-Jaweifi military base in Shahat, from soldiers who fired at the protestors. Ruqayya al-Mabrok al-Hassi, an 11 year old girl, was killed as a result of a stray bullet. Amnesty quotes “A bullet fired from the

Summary

(2 children)

Bu'aale, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

A suspected US drone carried out double airstrikes in Somalia’s Middle Juba region, killing 20 al Shabaab fighters in total, Mareeg Media reported. According to Mareeg: “A suspected US drone has carried out double air strikes targeting towns held by al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab in south of Somalia. The strikes were conducted in Bu’ale and

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces, US Forces

Al-Shabaab

مبروكة‎, Mabrouka countryside, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

At least one named man, whose status as a civilian or belligerent presently remains contested, was killed and a civilian was injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes (or possibly an IED attack) near the city of Ras Al-Ain in the Al Hassaka countryside on April 4th 2021. The UK declared a Reaper drone strike in the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike, Ground operation

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

0–1

البحرة, Al Bahra, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On August 30th 2018, the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment of possible civilian harm. In the report, the Coalition wrote: “December 30, 2017, near al-Bahrah, Syria, via social media report. After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find civilians were harmed in

Summary

US-led Coalition

بليون, Balioun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one man was killed and another civilian was wounded in an alleged Russian or regime airstrike on Balioun villiage on June 7, 2021. Sources are contested as to whether the man killed was a civilian, with one source referring to him as a fighter. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “a man

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Assad regime

0–1

LOCATION

هرور, Hiror, Duhok, Iraq

Between one and two civilians were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Harur on July 7, 2021. A security source told Shafaq News Agency, “Turkish warplanes bombed the vicinity of Harour village in Kani Masi district in Al-Amadiyah district in Dohuk governorate. The aerial bombardment resulted in the injury of a citizen and

Summary

1–2

Turkish Military

LOCATION

هرور, Hiror, Duhok, Iraq

A least one civilian, an elderly man, was injured in alleged Turkish strikes on Kani Masi on June 1, 2021. A report from the Christian Peacemaker Teams identified “on June 1, when Turkish forces fired artillery at Ramazan Ali, a 70 year old farmer, injuring him as he was irrigating his fields in Hirure”. The mayor

Summary

Field Medicine and Support Center, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

In the morning of June 6th, the field hospital of the Field Medicine and Support Center was reportedly hit by an airstrike believed to have been carried out by the LNA, destroying parts of the hospital building. According to the Citizen, several doctors and nurses were injured. The Libya Herald reported that a total of

Summary

Libyan National Army

سنكسر, Sinksar, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

Two civilians, or members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on the village of Sinksar, Sulaymaniyah governorate on July 30, 2021, according to local media reports. Mawazin News reported that the director of the Snaksar district in Sulaymaniyah, Nehru Abdullah, said in a press statement “During the past 24

Summary

Turkish Military

LOCATION

Netaim, Central, Israel

One civilian died whilst taking shelter during a rocket attack allegedly fired by Hamas militants in the village of Neta’im, south of Tel Aviv on May 11th, 2021, according to local reports. According to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Orly Liron, 52, fell and was subsequently taken to hospital where she died two days later

Summary

Accidents related to conflict

Palestinian Militants

1 named

مخيم الشاطئ, Al Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Two people were reported injured and a large number of fishing vessels were destroyed in an alleged naval bombardment by the Israeli navy on the Al Shati ‘Beach’ refugee camp to the West of Gaza City. Al Jazeera first reported the bombardment around 9.30 a.m. local time on Saturday 15 May 2021, which targeted buildings

Summary

خان يونس, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An unknown number of civilians, including a child, were injured in an alleged Israeli forces bombing on a house in Khan Yunis on May 17th, 2021. A local source reported that a girl was asleep in her home in Khan Yunis, and was injured in the attack. The girl was brought to the hospital for

Summary

1–2

Israeli Military

زوهر, بئر السبع, HaZohar street, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

A rocket, reportedly fired by the Al-Qassam Brigade, stuck the city of Be’er Sheva, southern Israel on May 13th 2021, leading to conflicting reports of deaths and injuries among Arabic and Hebrew news sources. Among Arabic media sources, there were reports that as many as 12 people were injured and taken to Barzilai Hospital. Shihab

Summary

(1 woman)

Palestinian Militants

حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Seven or eight people, including two women and two children, were killed in air and artillery strikes on the city of Harasta on March 18th, 2018, according to several sources. The belligerent remains contested, with sources pointing both at Russia and the Syrian regime. Syriahr reported the incident occurred in the evening, as warplanes carried

Summary

(2–3 children2 women3 men)

7 – 8

7 named

طريق السد, Tareeq Al Sad, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and three civilians, including two men from the same family, were killed and up to four others were wounded in alleged Iranian or regime surface-to-surface missile strikes and artillery shelling on Tareeq al-Sad on August 29, 2021. According to Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), two civilians were killed and four others were injured in

Summary

2 – 3

(2 men)

2–4

Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named, 1 familiy identified

سراقب, Saraqib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one woman was wounded when alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes struck a bakery in the town of Saraqib on June 19th, 2019, according to local sources. @ShahbaPress reported: “Civilian casualties following air raids on a bakery in the town of Saraqib in the eastern countryside of Idlib.” Edlib Media Center reported that

Summary

1–2

الدبس, Al Dabas, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least four civilians, including a child, were killed and up to three others were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on the village of Al Dabas on September 17, 2021. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), four people, including a child, were killed by Turkish missile shells while digging tunnels for the

Summary

(1 child)

1–3

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilians, including two children, were killed and seven others were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Binnish, Idlib governorate, on June 10th, 2018, according to local sources. Syrian Reporter wrote that “Russian airstrikes resulted in the death of a child and the injury of others, in the city

Summary

(2 children1 man)

7–15

3 named

جمعية شام الخير, Sham Al Khair Assocation, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, a child, and up to ten other civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Russian or Syrian regime strike, during a raid on October 27th 2021, which targeted the Sham Al-Khair village or Domani camp, Termanin, in the northern countryside of Idlib. Whilst Al Souria Network’s correspondent reported that in a

Summary

(1 child)

4–10

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

بسنقول, Bsanqoul, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to eight civilians including five children and three women were reported killed and several others injured in alleged Russian forces or Syrian regime airstrikes on Bsanqoul village in Idlib, Syria on March 31st, 2018 according to local sources. Shaam Network said that Russian warplanes targeted the town of Bsanqoul with several missiles that hit

Summary

3 – 8

(2–5 children1–3 women)

5 named, 1 familiy identified