Civilian Casualties

Known belligerent

Villages of Balal-Dheer, El-Gambar, and Mililiqo, Galguduud, Somalia

LOCATION

Local and official sources alleged that 27 al-Shabaab militants were killed by operations and airstrikes declared by the Somali military in the villages of Balal-Dheer, El-Gambar, and Mililiqo on September 22, 2023. On Friday the 22nd of September, 2023, the Somali Ministry of Defense posted a statement on X / Twitter that “over 27 Khawarij

Summary

Somali Military Forces, US Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported killed

خضراوي, Khadrawi village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One young girl was injured in alleged Turkish artillery shelling of the village of Khadrawi on April 18, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a little girl was injured by Turkish artillery shelling of her family’s house in Khadrawi village. SOHR added that “Turkish intensive shelling on the countryside of Tel

Summary

بعويزة, Mosul, Baweiza, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition airstrike in the Baoizh area of Mosul (or Bo’weza) reportedly killed a female child and injured four other civilians. According to NRN News, a Coalition strike killed a number of Daesh militants but also killed a number of civilians, including a little girl who died under the rubble.

Summary

(1 child)

جسر الشغو, Jisr Al Shughour, west of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Around 5:56 in the evening of Thursday, October 5, 2023, a child and a woman were reportedly injured by missile strikes in the city of Jisr Al Shugour, in the western countryside of Idlib, Syria. The belligerent’s identity is contested, with some sources pointing towards Syrian regime forces, and one source, Ibrahim Radwan, identifying Russian

Summary

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

Vicinity of Baladul-Rahma and Geeshaan, near Basraa, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

In a major Amnesty International report on civilian harm in Somalia, published in March 2019, the NGO made passing reference to a civilian harm event on August 14th the previous year in the vicinity of Baladul-Rahma and Geeshaan, near Basraa. According to the report, “on 14 August 2018, the US military conducted additional air strikes

Summary

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In what was widely reported as a Russian action, at least 27 civilians died and more than 70 were injured following airstrikes on Al Mayadeen. Almost all sources including Daesh blamed Russia. Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered said 6 Russian planes carried out 20 strikes between them, including on a children’s playground. Shaam News added

Summary

27 – 40

(9 children4–8 women)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

24 named, 2 families identified

درنج, Daranj, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On Monday September the 11th 2023, it is reported that two children were injured by gunfire bullets during a raid carried out by SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) in the town of Daranj, in Deir Ezzor, eastern syria. This version of events is reported by multiple independent Twitter users (@Mohab_Nasser2, @K_Almostafa, @GydyNwaf38285) as well as national

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

YPG

2 named, 1 familiy identified

المحفد, Al Mahfed, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

An alleged US Predator drone strike struck a makeshift Al Qaeda checkpoint in Mihfed, Abyan Province killing up to 10 members of Al Qaeda and wounding as many as dozens more. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. AFP reported that a local security official said that the US drone strike had killed

Summary

Infrastructure

Education

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Suspected target

Belligerents reported killed

3–10

Belligerents reported injured

2–24

مركز غسيل الكلى, Dialysis Centre, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

On December 28th, 2023, a 65 year-old kidney patient identified as Ahmed Abd al-Rahman Khadr reportedly died as he could not access treatment, following the reported destruction three days earlier of a dialysis center hit by alleged Turkish air or drone strikes in Qamishlo city. Rojava TV and Ibrahim Sheikho described Ahmed Abd al-Rahman Khadr

Summary

Infrastructure

Healthcare

(1 man)

Denial of access to/destruction of objects indispensable to survival

Impact

حسن عرب, Arab Hassan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, children, were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes/artillery strikes on Arab Hassan village in northern Manbij countryside on June 29, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two civilians were killed when Turkish forces shelled the outskirts of Arab Hassan village in northern Manbij countryside. Manbij Media Center reported that

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2 children)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الكرامة, Karama (Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to a single local report that a family was killed by airstrikes in Karama, Mosul. Mosul Eye reported, an entire family was killed during a bombardment in Al-Karama neighbourhood. It said that no information about their number was available. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

رفح, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On the morning of Sunday, October 22nd 2023, an alleged Israeli bombardment hit Salah Mohammed Kurdieh’s house located west of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 12 identified civilians, including five women and four children, and injuring at least two civilians. Although there was only scarce information about the circumstances

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

(4 children5 women3 men)

Israeli Military

14 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

City

Labi-Kus, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

An AFRICOM declared US airstrike in coordination with Somali Army commandos resulted in the death of up to five Al-Shabab fighters near Labi-Kus village on July 17, 2022. Somali National News Agency (SONNA), a Somali government-run news agency, tweeted that “three #Alshabab terrorists were killed and one was captured after Somali National Army’s commandos (#DANAB) attacked

Summary

Belligerents reported injured

2–5

الموصل‎, Mosul, East, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Airwars’ Iraq researcher met three young victims of violence in eastern Mosul at an evacuation centre. The three children were all boys aged between 10-11 years. Two were brothers who had been injured by an unidentified explosion outside their home in eastern Mosul on November 14th. The third said he had been injured by an

Summary

بلدة صرين, village of Qafsef, southwest of Sarin, Sarin, Syria

LOCATION

Three civilian men were killed and two others were injured in the village of Qafsef located southwest of Sarin at 10:45 AM on Friday, October 5, 2023, by an alleged drone strike by Turkish forces. Hawar News initially reported one civilian dead and two wounded, while other sources — including Kobane FM — reported three

Summary

(3 men)

قرية جديدة, Jadida village, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in the alleged Turkish bombing of the village of Jadida on August 8, 2022. According to a correspondent for Hawar News, a “citizen” named Farhan Muhammad Bashir, 26, was wounded by Turkish bombing of Ain Issa. A Facebook post from Live voice specified that the bombing occurred in Jadida

Summary

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

There were claims by local sources that as many as 70 civilian casualties occurred in Mosul as a result of Coalition strikes, ISIL bombardment or Iraq Army actions. Iraqi Spring Media Center reported that 70 civilians were killed or wounded by “either” the Coalition or Iraqi government artillery. Other reports put the toll lower, including

Summary

35–65

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

مسجد علي بن أبي طالب، رفح, Vicinity of Ali Mosque, Rafah, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least one person was killed and dozens were injured on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, after an alleged Israeli military aircraft reportedly struck the Al-Halqawi family home next to Rabaa Shahida School and in the vicinity of the Ali Mosque in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. Shehab Agency initially reported the incident but did

Summary

1 – 2

12–24

قلعة دزة, Qalaat Diza, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

At least four people were killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes in the Qalaat Diza region, on the road between the villages of Deka and Kani Lane, on June 13, 2021. While the majority of sources refer to those killed as civilians, Turkish sources allege they five members of the PKK were killed. According to North

Summary

0 – 4

(0–1 men)

Belligerents reported killed

0–5

معيزيلة, Ma'yezila, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Between 17 and 32 civilians were reported killed and a further 20 or more injured following alleged Coalition strikes on Ma’yezila. According to Riba FM, the strike took place near the town’s Alh mosque. Raqqa News Network reported that “Al-Ma’yzila’s population is less than 300 and they all have the same grandfather. More than 28

Summary

17 – 32

(7–10 children3 women)

10 named, 3 families identified

نبل و الزهراء, Nubl and Zahra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Saturday, October 7th, 2023, between thirteen and more than thirty civilians, including seven children, were injured by an alleged artillery attack by groups linked to the Turkish army (Al-Fateh Al-Mubin, Faylaq al-Sham, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham). The reported attack damaged civilian homes in the cities of Nubl and Al-Zahraa in the northern Aleppo countryside, reportedly

Summary

13–31

عون الدادات , Aoun Al Dadat, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that a sniper on a checkpoint belonging to SDF/YPG shot dead a civilian in Aoun al Dadat village in Manbej, Aleppo on December 28th, 2019. Shaam Netowk reported that “Mohamed Sheikho Al-Hamloush, known as ‘Abu Al-Miz’, from Aoun Al-Dadat village, was transporting a passenger by his motorcycle to the village separating between

Summary

سرمدا, Sarmada, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Targeted air or drone strikes – most likely unilateral US actions – reportedly killed two high ranking militants along with a number of fighters. However sources also claimed there were civilian casualties. There were two reported evening attacks. In the first, a car was destroyed on the Sarmada-Bab al Hawa road, killing four people inside.

Summary

(2 men)

الحي الإماراتي, Emirati neighbourhood, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Six civilians, including at least one child, were reportedly injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike that hit the Abdul Hadi family home in the Emirati neighbourhood, west of Khan Yunis, at approximately 9:10 AM on Monday, 23rd October 2023. Quds News Network (@qudsn), along with several other sources on social media, reported that the six

Summary

Impact

Israeli Military

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one child and one woman were killed in alleged YPG artillery strikes on the city of Afrin, Aleppo governorate on January 20th, 2020. Up to five civilians, including two children, were injured, as reported by local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the child Muhammad Mar’i and Mrs. Turfah Meqdeh

Summary

2 – 4

(1–2 children)

2–5

YPG

5 named, 1 familiy identified

حي المثنى, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources and relatives of victims said that Coalition airstrikes targeted a family house in Muthanna neighborhood northeast of Mosul. The raids reportedly killed a named civilian (53) with his mother (81) who could not leave her house due to her sickness while the son refused to abandon her. Alaraby named Omar Abdel-Hamid al-Hamdani and

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

قرب مسجد الفلاح ,المغازي, Vicinity of Al Falah mosque, Al Maghazi, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the early morning hours of Sunday, October 22nd, 2023, an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the al-Abadla’s family home, located near the al-Falah Mosque, in al-Maghazi Camp, central Gaza Strip, allegedly killing four civilians across three generations and injuring several others, according to multiple sources. Among those killed in the deadly strike were Umm Raafat

Summary

(1 child1 woman2 men)

Israeli Military

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Nearby landmark

أولشلي, Oleshli, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a sheikh at a local mosque, was injured by shrapnel from either heavy machine guns or auto cannon fire in the village of Oleshli on September 15, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a civilian was wounded by heavy machine guns from the areas controlled by the regime forces and

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launched a raid last night on al Tabaqa targeting the villas area in the First neighbourhood [Al Awwal neighbouhood] which led to the injury of several civilians.”

Summary