Civilian Casualties

5 – 20

(1 child2 women)

12–20

5 named

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a major civilian casualty event, between 13 and 30 civilians were killed and up to 70 more injured from airstrikes from either a Russian or a Coalition strike on al Idkhar neighbourhood in Raqqa City. Both belligerents report bombing in the area. Raqaa is Being Slaughtered initially reported on the morning of August 11th:

Summary

(3 children1–2 women8 men)

13 – 30

13–70

Russian Military, US-led Coalition

10 named, 3 families identified

Gaza Strip, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A 25-day-old girl was reportedly killed by an alleged Israeli military bombing in Gaza on Thursday, likely on or shortly after October 19th 2023. The baby was identified as 25-day-old Misk Mahmoud Ibrahim Hijazi. A tweet by @Shehabagency reported the incident alongside a video of a man holding the baby wrapped in blue gauze and

Summary

(1 child)

1 named

حي خان العسل, Khan al Asal, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to six civilians – reportedly from the same family, according to some sources – died and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes which hit the Zahret-Almadaan area near Khan Al-Sal, local media said. While the majority of sources blamed Russia, the Shaam News Network attributed the event

Summary

4 – 6

(1–2 children2–3 women)

2–24

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and 13 civilians were reported killed alleged Russian or Syrian regime artillery strikes on the Bustan Al Qasr neighbourhood in Aleppo. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least three civilians including a child died due to alleged Russian warplanes missiles firing on Bustan Al Qasr neighborhood in Aleppo city” AleppoAMC

Summary

3 – 13

(1 child)

1 named

جوار مسجد التوبة, Vicinity of Al Tawbeh mosque, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least six people were reportedly killed and a number of others were wounded, on Friday November 10, 2023, when the Mari family home, near the Al Tawbeh mosque and the al-Yemen al-Saeed hospital in the west of the Jabalia camp, in the northern Gaza strip, was allegedly hit by an Israeli military airstrike. A

Summary

(1–3 children2–4 women1–2 men)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

معردبسي, Meir Debsie, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Eight civilians including three children died and up to 20 others were wounded in shelling of Maer Debsie. Most sources attributed the event to the Syrian regime, though one blamed Russia. According to Zaman Alwasl, six died when the regime shelled “civilians’ residential houses from the side of motorway”. Enab Baladi, also blaming the regime,

Summary

(3 children4 men)

10–20

8 named, 2 families identified

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 20 civilians died and dozens more were wounded in air and artillery strikes on the Fardous neighbourhood of Aleppo, local sources reported. Sources were conflicted as to whether Russia or the Assad regime were responsible – though several blamed both parties. According to Sky News and the Step News Agency, the raids took

Summary

3 – 20

(1 child2 women)

15–24

قرية جلبية/, M4 international road, 45km southeast from the city of Kobani, near Jalabiya (Kharab Ashk) village, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At 10:45 in the morning on Thursday, 5th October 2023, Turkish drone strikes allegedly killed two civilian men riding a motorcycle on the M4 international road, 45 km southeast from the city of Kobani, and injured up to two other civilians. According to the local sources, the incident happened near the village of Jalabiya (Kharab

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

(2 men)

القاطرجي, Al Qaterji (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian died and several others – reportedly children – were wounded in an alleged Russia or Syrian regime airstrike on Aleppo’s Al Qaterji neighbourhood, according to local media. Sources reported the use of phosphorous missiles and cluster bomb in the attack. Harhoor991 said that “at 4am there was extensive warplane shelling in Aleppo and

Summary

كرم حومد, Karam Houmad, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to four civilians including a child died and several more were wounded in air or artillery strikes on Aleppo’s Karam Houmad, according to local media – though sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. According to Zaman al-Wasl, “four civilians were killed and others wounded due to

Summary

2 – 4

(1 child)

تل الزعتر, Tal al Zaatar, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 15 civilians, including a pregnant woman and at least nine children, were reportedly killed and up to 40 others injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike which hit several homes on Abu Khater Street in the Tal al-Zaatar neighbourhood of the northern Gaza Strip on October 25th 2023. Whilst the Jordanian news agency, Roya

Summary

(9–10 children4 women1–2 men)

15 – 21

32–40

15 named, 2 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

Bariha, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and four civilians died and five more were wounded in an alleged Russian airstrike on Bariha village, according to local media. Euphrates Post, Sound and Picture and 7al all blamed Russia. A number of other sources didn’t identify the warplanes that carried out the attack. Euphrates Post put the death toll at four,

Summary

2 – 4

Russian Military

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources including the Syrian Martyrs website reported that a woman was killed in a Coalition airstrike on Ar Raqqah. She was reported as being a resident of the city. The3 Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies also reported her death fropm Coalition actions – though said this occured on September 24th: ” Fawzia

Summary

(1 woman)

خربة خوي, Kherbet Khoy (Khirbet Khowi), Amuda district, Qamishlo Canton, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday, October 6, 2023, several prominent local media outlets including Hawar News Agency, Alhurra News, Alyaum TV, and ANF News conveyed that two civilians were reportedly seriously injured in a bombardment allegedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on the village of Kherbet Khoy in the outskirts of Amuda district of Qamishlo Canton, in the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Unknown

Turkish Military

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

A woman and her unborn child died in an alleged Russian or Syrian regime air or artillery strike on Douma, according to sources on the ground. According to the Step News Agency, “a woman and her foetus were killed and a number of more people wounded when Russian planes targeted residential areas in Douma Eastern

Summary

2 – 4

(1–2 children1 woman)

2 named

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

The FBI informed CENTCOM internally on November 21st 2014 that a source had alleged the deaths of “41 Yezidi captive females killed in a strike on a named OBJ IVO [objective in the vicinity of] Mosul.” The closest strike, number 999, was identified by CENTCOM as having taken place some 3.2km from the site of

Summary

(41 women)

الأتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Shortly before 3:37 AM on Saturday, October 7th, 2023, a civilian man was killed and a number of civilians were reportedly injured due to an artillery strike with the contested responsibility – allededly perpetrated by the Syrian regime and/or Russian or Iranian military in the city of Al Atareb in the western countryside of Aleppo,

Summary

(1 man)

1–2

Syrian Regime, Russian Military, Iranian Military

1 named

سوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that two civilians were killed as a result of ‘SDF shelling’ on the town of Al Soussa at night. A number of sources identified the two casualties as Mohammed Khashan Al-Najem Dagger and Alia Mohammed Hilal who, according to a tweet by Deir Ezzor 24, were hit by “missile shelling” from SDF forces stationed at “the

Summary

الموصل‎, Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported two alleged Coalition airstrikes, killing five and injuring two civilians called Mohammed Mohammed Ahmed and Ebtehalf Mohammed Yosef. The first attack took place at 7.40 AM local time on the highway close to the town of Umm al-Dheban at that time. The second airstrike was at 8.40 AM local time

Summary

عائلة جود, Joudeh family homes, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 52 identified civilians, including at least 15 women and 22 children, and up to 68 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes on two four-story buildings, one belonging to Ibrahim R Joudeh and another to his brother Khalil Joudeh, in Deir Al Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip at the

Summary

(22–25 children15–18 women12 men)

52 – 68

53 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

هجين, near Hajin, Syria, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injury of one civilian near Hajin. In its March 2018 report, the Coalition noted: “During a coalition strike which killed a known high-level ISIS member a civilian scooter inadvertently crossed into the strike area and it is assessed that one civilian was

Summary

Known belligerent

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

In an event previously unknown to Airwars, an internal CENTCOM review of a Coalition strike on an ‘ISIL weapons assembly area’ at Hawijah identified a possible issue. According to the report, “ISR imagery showed that an unintentional potential ClVCAS may have occurred. Unidentified and unexpected personnel were seen IVO [in the vicinity of] the detonations.

Summary

0 – 2

0–2

عبسان الكبيرة, Abasan al Kabira, Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

Six people were reportedly killed on October 25th 2023, when an alleged Israeli airstrike hit a group of farmers in Abasan Al-Kabira to the east of Khan Yunis. Four of the people who died in the attack were from the Abu Mustafa family: 39-year old Adel Ibrahim Abu Mustafa, 35-year old Muhammad Salim Abu Mustafa, 25-year

Summary

6 – 9

(6 men)

Impact

6 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of two civilians near Manbij, Syria. Their June 2019 civilian casualty report noted: “Coalition aircraft conducted an airstrike against Daesh terrorists. Regrettably, two civilians were unintentionally wounded due to their proximity to the strike.” The Coalition provided Airwars with the location

Summary

Unknown

Known belligerent

عربيد, A'rbeed, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A reported Coalition strike near the ISIL-occupied village of A’rbeed was said by the Syrian Network for Human Rights to have killed three civilians in a farmhouse – a 43 year old man and his two wives. Two other sites described Coalition strikes in the vicinity, though did not refer to civilian deaths. In February

Summary

(2 women1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

منطقة الصفطاوي, Al Saftawi area, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 29th 2023, at least 34 members of the Juma’a family were killed, including at least seven children and five women, and more than 27 others were injured by an alleged Israeli airstrike on their home near the Al Saftawi roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip. On October 29th, Shehab News reported “a number

Summary

(7–10 children5–9 women12–13 men)

38 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

The Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality” reported on an incident previously unidentified by Airwars. An uncle and nephew were killed by an alleged Coalition airstrike which hit them whilst they were on a motorbike. The airstrike occurred between 3 and 4pm, and there were no reported injured

Summary

(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

عين ترما, Ein Tarma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported alleged Russian and regime air and artillery strikes on Ein Tarma on March 15, 2018. However, Airwars researchers have not found any claims of civilian harm.

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Unknown