Civilian Casualties

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

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

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.

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0 – 2

0–2

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

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

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

النجاد العذلان, Al Nijad Al Adhlan, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

Up to five civilians, including a fifteen-year-old boy and man over the age of 70, were reportedly killed in a US special forces ground operation in Al Khthala village, in the Al Jubah area of Marib governorate, beginning at around 1am on May 23rd 2017, though official US accounts of the raid claimed that there

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground), Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Residential

2 – 12

(1 child4–11 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

2–10

Causes of injury / death

Known target

11 named, 1 familiy identified

4–9

2–10

Outskirts of Tortoroow, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military carried out an airstrike targeting an al Shabaab fighter in Tortoroow, according to a press release issued two days later by US Africa Command. It was locally alleged that a named civilian public transport driver died in the attack. However AFRICOM later insisted thast the victim was “a high-level, al-Shabaab financier” and

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0 – 1

(1 man)

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that two civilians were killed and seven wounded after international aircraft struck civilians in Rubeidh Al-Asriya village, in Hawijah district. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions

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الروضة, Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

At least three alleged AQAP militants were reportedly killed, and another injured, by a US drone strike against a house in Al Rawda, Marib governorate, on the evening of July 22nd 2018. A few social media sources at the time suggested that the strike had instead killed civilians. A later US Central Command statement indicated

Summary

Infrastructure

Residential

Suspected target

3–10

زور شمر, Zor Shamer, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed in an airstrike in Zor Shamer, Raqqa, according to local media sources – though it was not clear who was responsible. Most sources attributed responsibility to Russian forces, though one reported that Coalition aircraft conducted the strike. DeirEzzor24, reported that “Coalition aircraft targeted the area south of Hsaywa, Zor Shamer”. Syrian

Summary

(1 man)

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

Suspected belligerents

1 named

القوز, Al Qawz junction, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

A US drone strike killed at least two alleged AQAP militants on a motorcycle at Al Qawz junction, Mudiyah district of Abyan governorate, on the night of September 14th 2017. However it was also reported that a passing vehicle was damaged, causing civilian injuries. More than three years later, in response to Airwars publishing its

Summary

Infrastructure

Motorcycle, Vehicle

Known target

2–3

حي الكرامة, Mosul, Karama, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A number of sources reported that at least seven civilian forced labourers were killed in an alleged Coalition on a Daesh pickup truck. The incident took place in the main street area of Karama, a neighbourhood to the east of Mosul. NRN News said that the civilians were being used by Daesh as forced labourers to demolish graves

Summary

7 – 10

الكشمة, Al Kashma, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition night time airstrike targeted the house of a displaced Iraqi family in Al Kashma and killed an Iraqi woman, according to local sources. Hajin News for example reported that as well as a Coalition strike on an ISIS prison in the town that day, the US-led alliance “also targeted a home that

Summary

(1 woman)

الثقافية, Mosul, cultural group area, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

At least 15 civilians were claimed killed alongside 40 or more Daesh fighters, in an alleged Coalition air raid on Mosul. NRN News first flashed at around noon local time “the fall of dozens of civilians by bombings on both sides of the city. More soon.” In a later bulletin, the news agency said the

Summary

15 – 25

(3 men)

30–103

مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that Coalition airstrikes or possibly an Apache helicopter attack struck Al Baghouz “camp” on the night of March 3rd 2019. Other sources blamed SDF (in fact most likely Coalition) artillery. One source reported that civilians were killed and injured in the attack, including five people from the same family, but did not

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

1 – 5

1–5

عرب حسن, Arab Hasan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was killed by alleged Turkish drone strikes on Arab Hasan village on June 14, 2023. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a person was killed by a Turkish drone strike on a house in Arab Hasan village. Both @RojAvaTv1 and @NES_RIC_Arabic refer to the person killed as being a civilian. Orient

Summary

(1 man)

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Several local sources reported that a man was killed along with his wife and child in an airstrike on a vehicle in the Hadbah or officers’ neighbourhood of eastern Mosul. A local tweet reported: “Martyrdom of Engineer Mustafa and his family by aerial bombing which targeted his car in the Hadbah neighbourhood in Mosul. Nothing

Summary

(1 child1 woman1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

عدوان, Adwan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that up to two civilians were killed and two others, including a woman, were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on a secondary school in a camp for displaced people in Adwan in the Idlib province on March 2nd 2020. Multiple sources claimed that two civilians were killed as a result of the

Summary

1 – 2

Russian Military

شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

Three Al Qaeda members were killed and six others were wounded by alleged US or Yemeni airstrikes on the town of Shaqra on May 17, 2012. There were no reports of civilian harm. Yemen News Network tweeted from @YemenNews that warplanes struck two tanks captured by Al Qaeda in Arquob, west of Shaqra. The warplanes

Summary

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Suspected belligerents

Suspected target

مارع‎, Ma're, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Alleged Coalition airstrikes in the vicinity of Ma’re led to seven civilian deaths with more injured, according to reports. Noting the fierce clashes in northern Aleppo governorate, Eldorar reported that “Dozens of civilians were killed in bombings by US aircraft during the last 48 hours, due to the detention of civilians by IS, which is

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محيط ادلب, The vicinity of Idlib City, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was injured by multiple alleged airstrikes from Russian warplanes on the outskirts of the city of Idlib on September 20th 2020. The identities of those injured were not reported. Images show the raids took place in the day time. @HalabTodayTV reported that “The Syrian Civil Defense announces the injury of two people as

Summary

1–2

Russian Military

قطن, Qatn, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

On 4th August 2012, in the late evening, between three to five militants were killed in an alleged U.S. drone strike on a vehicle travelling on the Ghisas road, north of the village of Al-Qatan in Hadramout province. Local news sources such as Mareb Press and Saba News also reported that up to two additional

Summary

Suspected target

3–5

الموصل: غرب/الجانب الأيمن, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

One local source, Mosul Eye, reported that eight civilian detainees of Daesh were killed after the coalition allegedly targeted a Daesh convoy which was transferring the prisoners to court. Mosul Eye reported: The source explained to Mousliyn, that elements of the organisation brought a group of prisoners by bus for their ‘trial, but international Coalition

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الطريق الواصل بين سلقين و بلدة اسقاط, The road between Salqin and Isqat, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two local sources reported that a civilian was wounded in an alleged US-led Coalition drone strike on a vehicle on the road between the city of Salqin and the town of Isqat in Idlib countryside on December 30th. Two other sources stated that there had been no reports of casualties. The Syrian Civil Defence reported:

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0–1

كفرعمة, Kafer Amme, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

On Monday, July 10th 2023, an alleged artillery shelling by Syrian regime forces and Russian armed forces hit the village of Kafarama (or Kafr Amma), west of Aleppo, northwest Syria, injuring one civilian. Sources including @SyriaCivilDefe, @HalabTodayTV twitter accounts, and Orient News reported one civilian, a woman, being injured by the airstrike on the village.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to a single source, four civilians from one family were killed and 13 additional civilians injured following a Coalition airstrike. The Syria News Desk reported that “Coalition aircraft launched more than a dozen raids on Manbej, affected some national hospital west of the city perimeter, four of which targeted residential sites in the middle

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جرابلس, Jarablous, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One person was killed, and three people were injured when an alleged Syrian Democratic Force or PKK/PYD artillery shell hit a “family” on the bank of the Euphrates River in the city of Jarablus, in the eastern countryside of Aleppo on April 18th 2022. Despite many sources attributing the belligerent to the SDF, the SDF

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

YPG

0–1