Civilian Casualties

(2 men)

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Major coalition air raids on the oil fields around Shadadi reportedly led to the deaths of up to four non-combatants. Residents described a significant attack, with one site reporting: “Among the most prominent oil fields targeted were Al Rawees and Al Howyaziah east of Shadadi. The fires are also still burning in Kabiba close to

Summary

3 – 6

(2 women1–4 men)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Ar Raqqah: near Omar Bin Al Khattab mosque, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A female child was killed by artillery shelling from the US-led Coalition. The Coalition later conceded a total of eight deaths and 24 injuries clustered across this event and CS965 and CS965b. To avoid triple counting, the official OIR tally is only counted in CS965. This civilian was initially listed as killed in an airstrike

Summary

(1 child)

12–24

1 named, 1 familiy identified

الوائلية, Al Waelyiah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Abdarahman Alloizi MP, a deputy in the Iraqi parliament, claimed that as many as 26 civilians from one family died, when the coalition struck a house near Mosul, in the village of Al Waeliyah. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

الدواسة, Mosul: West, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

There were claims that up to 34 civilians died and 20 or more were injured following Coalition or Iraqi strikes on western Mosul. The Iraqi Spring Media Center reported that airstrikes had targeted residential neighborhoods and killed 32 people, including women and children. Yaqein news also put the death toll at 32. Shebab newsagency said

Summary

27 – 32

(2 children2 women)

5–20

الموحسن, Al Muhassan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A lawyer and muezzin of the village mosque, died in an alleged Coalition strike which damaged the building according to reports. The victim’s two brothers Juma’a and Saleh had also previously been killed during clashes with regime forces.

Summary

(1 man)

الباغوز, Al Baghouz , Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported the death of the young woman “Alaa Mahmoud Al-Shakran” displaced from the city of Palmyra, as a result of alleged Coalition on the town of Al-Baghouz on March 20th. According to a post by Revo.palmyra3, this brings the number of fatalities to four civilians displaced from Palmyra including two women and one

Summary

(1 woman)

مزرعة الأسدية, Al Assadiyah near Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A boy named as Amjad Mohammed was reportedly killed along with eleven alleged Daesh militants, in a fresh coalition airstrike on the outskirts of Ar Raqaa. According to SOHR, the child may have belonged to ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ – an Islamic State indoctrination unit for young children in the city. One report claimed he

Summary

(1 child1 man)

western Raqqa countryside, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, Al Araby al Jaddid , reported that “Coalition aircraft launched air raids on the area of Abu Qubea in the western Raqqa countryside, killing two civilians and wounding ten others”. No further details are currently available. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they

Summary

أربيل, Near Irbil, Erbil, Iraq

LOCATION

Three or four possible civilians were reported killed in an airstrike in northern Iraq, carried out by two Danish F-16s which each dropped a 500lb GBU-12 bomb. The possible error was discovered after a Danish review of cockpit video: “In some parts of the footage showing four people and a vehicle, there were acts being

Summary

0 – 4

Known belligerent

Tuwaareey, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

US Africa Command initially reported that it had carried out two airstrikes in the vicinity of Janaale in the lower Shabelle region. AFRICOM stated that “the first airstrike on February 11 had killed eight militants and the second airstrike killed four militants” with a total of 12 killed. AFRICOM added that “at this time, it

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(0–2 children2 women1 man)

10 – 13

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons, Unknown

0–1

Causes of injury / death

6 named, 1 familiy identified

4–12

LOCATION

Shura, Nineveh, Iraq

There were reports that a dozen people were killed – including five women – following alleged Coalition attacks which struck civilian homes at Shura, 40 km south of Mosul. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they had killed civilians in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition

Summary

(5 women)

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

A family of six was reportedly killed after an alleged Coalition airstrike was said to have destroyed a car in the centre of Ramadi. The source of the claim appeared to be the Russian Sputnik news service, which said those killed “are from poor families, unable to flee and under the control of Daesh in

Summary

(4 children)

الحداجة, Al Hadaja, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that two civilians were killed during a landing operation from the International Coalition forces. According to Asrar7days, “local sources indicated that the US occupation helicopters carried out an aerial landing by the lake of Al-Bassel dam towards the east, reaching Wadi Al-Raml and another in Al-Haddaja village amid fear and panic among

Summary

الرمادي, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

Military aircraft – which some sources described as the Coalition’s – reportedly killed five civilians in a Christmas Day strike. According to Al Rafidain the attack could have been the work either of the Iraq Army or the Coalition, noting that “army aviation commander Hamid al-Maliki also confirmed that army helicopters carried out a raid

Summary

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

وادي يشبم, Yashbum Valley, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Several sources reported that US airstrikes and ground forces targeted AQAP militants, including alleged leader Saad Atef, in the Yashbum Valley of al-Saeed district in Shabwa province, overnight from March 2nd-3rd 2017, following airstrikes in the same area early on March 2nd. There were multiple allegations of civilian harm as a result of heavy munitions

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Infrastructure

Agriculture, Factory, Gas Facility, Residential, Resources

10 – 14

(4 children4 women)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

US Forces

7–11

الشدادي, Al-Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Reported airstrikes by the Coalition or possibly Russia on al Shadadi between midnight and dawn struck a bakery in the city killing at least 15 civilians, according to multiple reports. Shaam News and the Syrian Network said the civilians died in a Coalition strike as they queued to buy bread at Auto Bakery, although other

Summary

14 – 28

(4 children1 woman8 men)

15–24

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

8 named

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported the killing of the Basem Al-Hussein family as a result of artillery shelling on the town of Hajin. The bodies of eight named family members were allegedly pulled from the rubble, mostly women and an unknown number of children. All sources reported on the incident on December 21st, but the exact date

Summary

(1–7 children7 women1 man)

8 named, 1 familiy identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed in the Al Dar’iya area of central Raqaa, in an alleged Coalition strike. According to Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered, “International coalition planes yesterday targeted a weapons depot belonging to Daesh near Hod al Furat garage in Al Dar’iya area in the city centre of Raqqa which led to its total

Summary

US-led Coalition, Unknown

بين زنجبار‎ و شقرة, Between Zinjibar and Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

An airstrike on a car targeted Fahd al Qusaa, also known as Quso, an al Qaeda leader and suspect in the USS Cole bombing. It was a US attack, according to the New York Times quoting an AQAP representative. He claimed that Qusaa had left the car minutes earlier and was unharmed. According to the Long War Journal,

Summary

Unknown

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

Geolocation

Subdistrict

هجين, Hajin , Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A named male civilian was reported killed in a confirmed Coalition air or artillery strike on Hijan when it struck his home. All sources blamed the Coalition for the event. Some sources reported that the incident was on November 24th and others on the 25th. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that the Coalition

Summary

(1 man)

الثورة‎, Al-Thawrah (Tabaqah), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two named civilians were reported killed and others injured after an alleged Coalition strike at Al Tabaqah. One of those killed has been named as Abd al Mahayman Abd al Tawwab al Radwan, from Deir Ezzor. In the first of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible

Summary

(1 man)

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

In a second reported strike in Jaar on May 27th 2012, a house allegedly used as a meeting place by AQAP militants was “pounded” by warplanes, reported Xinhua. Ten alleged AQAP fighters were killed including two local leaders according to a tribal chief. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Xinhua did not

Summary

Unknown

US Forces, Yemeni Air Force

معرة مصرين, Ma’aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 16 civilians, including between two and five children and 5 to seven women, were killed and up to 35 civilians, including two women and four children were wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on a farm housing displaced people near Ma’aret Misrin, Idlib governorate, on March 5th, 2020, according to local sources. @seerij80 tweeted

Summary

(2–5 children5–7 women2 men)

9 – 16

12–35

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

14 named, 3 families identified

حصن العبر, Abr district, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple reports stated that Yemeni military officials acknowledged that a drone strike killed at least two suspected militants, as missiles struck two cars travelling between the Marib and Hadramout provinces in eastern Yemen on August 28th, 2012. While American drones have been utilized in this area, Yemeni military officials did not specify the nation involved.

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces

2–3

LOCATION

اّفس, Afes, Idlib, Syria

Up to two civilians were killed and between two and four other civilians were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery shelling of the town of Afes on February 27, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two civilians were killed and two others were injured when the regime forces and Russian forces bombed a

Summary

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

2–4

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named

منبج, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to seven civilians from one family were reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike on Manbij, according to multiple sources. Manbij Mother of the World placed the death toll at 7, though the Syrian Network reported that four died – including 2 children. However a local activist (whose account is now suspended by Twitter)

Summary

4 – 7

(2 children)

Weelmarow Village, Lower Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Kenyans.co.ke reported that a joint operation by US Commandos, Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the Security Forces in Jubaland resulted in the death of 17 al-Shabaab militants in Weelmarow Village in Lower Juba. The source added that the majority of the al-Shabaab militants were Kenyan and Ethiopian natives. No other sources reported on the incident.

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Unknown

Causes of injury / death

US Forces

Al-Shabaab

السوسة, Al Soussa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition airstrike struck a field hospital in the outskirts of the town Al Soussa in the eastern suburb of Deir Ezzor on the night between Thursday January 10th and Friday January 11th, killing more than 15 non-combatants including doctors and wounded patients being treated by ISIS on the site, according to reports. It is

Summary

1–6

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition strike targeted the house of an ISIL commander named as Abu Hajar, said to be from Diyala province, also reportedly killed his whole family according to a single source.

Summary