Civilian Casualties

الموصل‎, Mosul, Cultural area, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to NINA, citing a security source, nine members of a family – including women and children – died after coalition warplanes “bombed a house at dawn in the Althaqafiyah residential complex area in the north of Mosul, suspected of being taking a den or a hideout by Daash terrorists.”

Summary

(3 children2 women)

بلدة حارم, Harem town, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A man was injured when he was allegedly shot by Turkish border guards near Harem town on July 15, 2023. North Press Agency reported that Turkish border guards shot and injured a 52 year old man named Riyad al-Kanou while he was checking on his land, which is adjacent to the Turkish border near the town

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

LOCATION

near Idlib, Idlib, Syria

In an incident previously not tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the injuries of three civilians near Idlib, Syria. In its May 2019 civilian casualty report, the Coalition noted “Coalition aircraft conducted a strike against a Daesh vehicle. Regrettably, three civilians were unintentionally wounded due to their proximity to the strike.” The report also

Summary

بنجوين, Penjwin district, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

On August 11, 2023, three civilians, including at least one woman (who may have been under 18), were reportedly killed after being struck by a Turkish drone in the Penjwin district of Sulaymaniyah governorate. According to media coverage of this event, the victims were killed while driving towards the Iranian border. In its coverage of this

Summary

(1 child1 woman1 man)

Turkish Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Leego, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Local reporters alleged that US and Somali forces had killed four civilians including a mother and child, during an operation in Leego. Caasimada alleged that the civilians were killed around midnight, by Somali troops accompanied by ‘white US officers’, and claimed that the attacking forces had flown there from a military base to the north.

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(1 child1 woman)

Small arms and light weapons

US Forces

Somali Military Forces

Known target

Al-Shabaab

3–4

الموصل‎, Mosul, Rifai and Hermat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Iraqi news agency NINA claimed that multiple Coalition airstrikes on the city of Mosul killed 23 people and injured a further 21. Citing an ‘anonymous security source’ the news agency reported that “Around 23 civilians were killed, including ten women and eight children, and 21 injured in the coalition bombing” which included the neighbourhoods of

Summary

(8 children10 women)

عرق ال شبوان، وادي عبيدة، مَأْرِب, Erq al-Shabwan, Wadi Obeida District, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

Up to nine people, including as many as three civilians, among them two teenagers (16 years old and 17/18 years old), were reportedly killed in an alleged US drone strike that took place in Erq al-Shabwan, within the Wadi Obeida district of the Ma’rib governorate on August 7/8, 2013. At dawn on August 8, security

Summary

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

1 – 3

(1–2 children0–1 men)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Known target

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Village

3–9

الهدي, Al Hudhi, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

One civilian was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Hudhi, Hadhramout, at around 5pm on March 7th 2018, “a member of his family and independent observers” told The Intercept. Saleh al-Wuhair was reportedly killed as he stood on a hill in the area, looking for a mobile phone signal. No other known

Summary

الشرقاط, Shirqat, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A US airstrike on a convoy of Islamic State vehicles also injured at least one civilian, CENTCOM conceded some months later. According to a press statement issued on January 29th 2016, “On July 27, 2015, near Ash Sharqat, Iraq, during strikes against ISIL vehicles, it was assessed one civilian was injured.” Local media said that

Summary

بلدة غريبة, Ghariba, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A young boy, Muayad Ahmed al-Khudair, was injured on September 21st, 2023 in the town of Ghariba, when he was struck by bullets allegedly fired by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Al-Khudair, who has been reported as either 12 or 13 years old, was herding sheep near the bank of the Euphrates River when he

Summary

Small arms and light weapons

السواني, Al Swani, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One child was allegedly injured, likely because of indiscriminate artillery shelling on Al Swani. 218 TV reported: “The field medicine and support center announced that its medical team had treated a child injured as a result of armed clashes in the suburbs of Tripoli on Monday. The center also announced in its Facebook page that

Summary

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

Suspected belligerents

معدان, Ma'adan, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 15 Islamic State fighters, including two aged under 16, were reported killed by a Coalition airstrike 10km west of Ma’dan. The teenage boys were said to be members of the ISIL youth movement ‘Cubs of the Caliphate.’ One report said that a checkpoint was targeted. In their May 2020 civilian casualty report, the

Summary

0 – 2

(0–2 children)

منزل لعائلة أبو شعبان قرب ساحة السرايا بغزة, house for the Abu Shaaban family near Saraya Square north of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 10, 2023, at 6:30 a.m., an alleged Israeli airstrike hit the home of the Abu Shaaban family near Saraya Square in the Al-Nasr neighborhood north of Gaza City, destroying the family house, killing the entire family of six members, including a woman and four children, and reportedly injuring some civilians. Twitter/X user @PalinfoAr

Summary

(10 children4–5 women1 man)

Impact

16 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

جيليب, Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Al Shabaab members or civilians were allegedly killed in US strikes near Jilib and Basra. AFRICOM later denied conducting strikes in the area. Harun Maruf reported: “Overnight airstrikes killed dozens of Al-Shabaab militants in Jilib, Cmdr of AS’s Hisba police station in the town, Hassan Dhere, his deputy and a 3rd official among the dead,

Summary

US Forces

12–24

عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

One woman was reported killed and up to ten other civlians injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike at Anah, a town close to Hit. According to Iraqi Revolution, houses and shops were damaged in the event. A video obtained by A3Maq showed burning buildings in the appparent aftermath of a night-time attack. In their January

Summary

(1 woman)

قشطة, Qishta, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

In the morning of October 9th 2023, an Israeli airstrike allegedly hit the Qishta family home, south of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing two civilians, 45 year old Faisal Mohsen Muhammad Qishta and his 25 year old daughter Nour Al-Huda Qishta. Sources additionally reported a further 12 to 14 civilians were injured. Multiple

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

12–14

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Neighbourhood/area

Jilib, Middle Juba, Somalia

LOCATION

Two civilians, including a child, were reportedly injured in a US airstrike on Jilib. AFRICOM later admitted that the strike led to civilian harm. Somali Memo, a news site close to Al Shabaab, wrote: “Reports from Jilib district say that a drone crashed into a civilian residence yesterday, killing no one but injuring two civilians,

Summary

راوة, Rawa, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

At least one civilian was alleged killed in a claimed Coalition airstrike at Rawa. According to Heet News a market and civilian homes were among the structures hit. Most media placed the death toll at one, though some reports claimed fatalities were as high as seven. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led

Summary

1 – 7

منزل عبدالله ابو سيف, House of Abdullah Abu Saif, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On October 9th, 2023, at approximately 11:30 PM, Abdullah Ahmed Abu Saif was killed in an alleged Israeli strike on his house that happened without prior warning, according to the local sources. Twitter/X user @16_gouda shared video footage of a destroyed house on his account. Mahmoud Abu Youssef confirmed his brother’s passing on Facebook, writing that

Summary

الطريق بين بنش ادلب, Road between Idlib and Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A civilian was reportedly killed in alleged US-led Coalition or Turkish drone strikes on the road between Idlib city and Binnish, Idlib governorate, on June 24th, 2020, according to local sources. The Syrian Civil Defence in Idlib told Smart New Agency that “an ammunition drone had targeted a Santa Fe car with missiles and destroyed

Summary

US-led Coalition, Turkish Military

Suspected belligerents

Suspected target

Other

LOCATION

يت, Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq

Local media service Hit News claimed that Coalition airstrikes had struck a residential building in Hit. No further details are presently available. In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the

Summary

مخيم النصيرات, Nuseirat camp, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 10 people from three generations of the Al-Louh family were killed, including at least six children, and at least 20 others were injured when the Al-Louh family home in eastern Deir Al Balah, in Nuseirat Camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip, was reportedly bombed by multiple missiles from an Israeli military

Summary

10 – 12

(6–8 children4 women)

20–21

10 named, 1 familiy identified

Town

خبران, Khabran, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Multiple sources reported that a US drone strike in Qayfa, in Bayda governorate, killed one civilian and seriously injured another on the morning of November 11th 2017. Some other sources suggested that at least one alleged ISIS militant was killed in the strike. US Central Command later confirmed that a strike took place in Bayda

Summary

Infrastructure

Car, Vehicle

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported injured

1–3

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

As many as 26 civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in the vicinity of Ar Rutbah, in Anbar province. A video released by Daesh-linked Al A’amaq showed an apparent ‘double-tap’ strike when the location was again bombed shortly afterwards. The Yagen agency reported that “aggressive Coalition strikes killed ten civilians and wounded

Summary

12 – 26

(9 children6 women4 men)

محافظة شمال غزة, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

During the evening of Friday, October 13th 2023, a 41-year old journalist of the local Al-Aqsa Radio Hossam Mahmoud Hassan Mubarak was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on citizens’ homes in the northern Gaza Strip. Various media outlets, including Aljazeera, BBC Arabic, AL Rabia TV, and Nabd news as well as professional associations, including

Summary

1 named

Province/governorate

مرسى البريقة, Brega, Al Wahat, Libya

LOCATION

Between 11 and 16 civilians were reported killed in a NATO airstrike on Brega. Both the BBC and the Washington Post said that eleven clerics were killed in the attack, while Reuters noted that “Nine imams were among 11 people killed in a strike on a guest house in the eastern city of Brega on Friday,

Summary

11 – 16

(9–11 men)

NATO forces

Known targets

Gaddafi forces, Other

طلال السلطان, Tal al Sultan, Rafah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

On Monday, October 16 2023, between 10 to 11 civilians, including at least four women and at least three children, were killed and between 24 and 30 were wounded in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the homes of the Okal, Hijazi and al-Shaer families, in northwest Rafah. Safah news reported on “dozens of martyrs and

Summary

10 – 11

(3 children4 women2 men)

24–30

10 named, 2 families identified

Neighbourhood/area

مخيم الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that US-Coalition air-and artillery strikes resumed after 24-hours of calm and struck Al-Baghouz camp in the evening of March 17th. According to Syrian regime affiliated news outlet SANA, the Coalition shelled the camp and its surroundings. Step News added that the shelling was conducted by “French artillery and SDF militia” which targeted

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

10 – 12

(5 children7 women)