Civilian Casualties

2 – 10

الشنان, Shanan, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that a civilian male died in a coalition airstrike on the village of al Shanan near Dayr az Zawr. He was later named as Rashed Hamdan Al Abd Al Jassem. According to the Facebook page of local activist Abu Mohammad Al Dairi, al Jassem was one of 12 casualties from

Summary

مسجد الزوية, Hajin: Al Zawiya mosque, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A Coalition airstrike hit the Al-Zawiya Mosque in Hajin – the fourth reported airstrike on a mosque carried out by the Coalition in the governorate of Deir Ezzor in less than a week. Local sources claimed that at least 7 and up to 16 civilians died in this attack. Free Deir Ezzor said that there

Summary

7 – 16

12–24

حارة حريك - قرب مركز المعاينة الميكانيكية, Near the mechanical inspection centre, Haret Hreik, Dahieh suburbs, Baabda District, Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB261124d
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Israeli Military

خزيمة, Aski Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

An internal CENTCOM report identified concerns of civilian fatalities raised by local Nineveh MP Abd al Rahman al-Luwayzi. According to the MP, “Arab families, fleeing the area of Aski Musil were targeted by coalition aircraft, killing or wounding ‘scores of civilians.” The town is situated on the banks of the Tigris River to the north

Summary

Run-Nirgod, Masagaway, and El-Dher, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM439
incident_date: 2024-09-04
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

Unknown

International Forces (Unknown)

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

مشفى عائشة الخيري, البوكمال, Abu Kamal, al Aisha Hospital, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five non-combatants including a woman and two infants were reported killed in an alleged 1pm Coalition airstrike on the Aisha hospital in the town of Bukamal. The Violations Documentation Center named one woman as a victim of the strike (described as pregnant by SOHR in an email to Airwars.) Also reported slain were two

Summary

(1–2 children1 woman3 men)

4 – 6

Bulcida Macalinka (northeast), Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Five civilians were reportedly killed in a US and/or Somali-waged ground operation – possibly also involving airpower – in the Lower Shabelle region, local and international media reported. The US denied allegations of harm on several occasions. The raid was reportedly carried out by Somalia commandos, with the US saying American troops supported the mission

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(5 men)

Small arms and light weapons

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

Known belligerents

3–5

شبكة اتصالات في جبل نامة, Telecommunication network, Jabal Namah, Ibb, Yemen

LOCATION

A man working as a guard of a communications tower on Jabal Namah in Ibb, Yemen was killed by alleged US airstrikes on April 3, 2025. According to @TvAlmasirah’s correspondent in Ibb, an American attack on Jabal (Mount) Namah killed a communications network guard. Abduldaiem Al-Hadrami reported that the strike hit a “civilian facility used

Summary

Communications, Mobile, Mosque, Religious, Residential

Exact location (via Airwars)

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, three civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition artillery strike in Raqqa. Although Airwars assesses single sourced incidents as “weak”, researchers have assessed this incident “fair” due to the depth of material provided by Amnesty. The report stated that “Mohammed

Summary

(2 children1 man)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

حي جو النسيم, Jao Al Naseem, Ma'rib, Yemen

LOCATION

Local sources in Marib reported casualties among civilians as a result of a reported attack either by a US-drone on a car entering a popular market in Marib – or by a Houthi balluistic missile strike on the market – on March 16th, 2021. While @aalnaasi said the attack happened on Dahbeel station in Al-Naseem,

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Car, Commerce, Market, Vehicle

Suspected belligerents

US Forces, Houthi Forces

Suspected target

Unknown

كفردريان, Kafr Daryan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A US night time airstrike on a vehicle carrying alleged al-Nusra Front personnel also killed two passing civilian motorcyclists. They were later identified by the Syrian Network for Human Rights as two cousins aged 25 and 30. Both worked in the local shoe industry. In January 2016 CENTCOM confirmed that its airstrike had targeted “a

Summary

(2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الشحيل, Al Shahil - possibly Al-Khayasah neighborhood, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that an alleged Coalition airstrike targeted the house of Majid al-Salama in Al Shahil on the night of February 6th-7th. Baladi News blamed “US helicopters from the International Alliance, backed by high-flying jet fighters” for the airstrike. Other sources claim he was killed by gunfire. Three civilians were later admitted to have

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

0–1

نصاب, Nisab District, Shabwa Governorate, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEM205
incident_date: 2014-12-06
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

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

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

Causes of injury / death

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

District

2–10

1–3

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Reports claimed that three civilians (a woman and one or two children) and 8 Daesh fighters were killed following two raids by the Coalition in an area surrounding a sugar factory or grain mill near the city. Local activist Abu Ibrahim Al Raqawi said of the attack on the mill: “Although it is not a

Summary

(1–2 children1 woman)

Suspected target

ISIS

Ceel Dheere (El Dheer) district, Galgudud, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM438
incident_date: 2024-07-15
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

Unknown

10–50

LOCATION

البيضاء, Al Bayda, Yemen

A US strike took place in Bayda governorate against an unspecified target on February 12th 2018, a US Central Command spokesperson later told the Long War Journal. One source at the time of the attack, Yemen Monitor, claimed: “American drones launched more than once raids targeting sites of the Popular Resistance in Al Bayda Governorate,

Summary

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Heavy Coalition airstrikes on Mosul resulted in a number of civilian casualties, according to reports. Face Iraq said medical sources in the city reported no fatalities. However three civilians were said to have been injured after an airstrike hit a Daesh prison in the western Badush area of the city. And one student was said

Summary

(0–1 children)

LOCATION

al-Badu , Raqqa, Syria

According to several local sources and field research by Amnesty International, a mother and her three children were killed in al-Badu, Raqqa, as an alleged Coalition airstrike hit their building. Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality found that “a double air strike killed nine civilians from two families

Summary

(3 children1 woman)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

عيساوي, `Isawi, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

One person named as Ahmad Al A’bd was reported killed and his cousin Wa’el Al A’bd injured after unexploded ordnance detonated – allegedly the result of a Coalition airstrike on the village in June. In their January 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this

Summary

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An alleged Coalition night time airstrike killed “a number of civilians” and injured others, according to local media. Several sources including the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SN4HR) reported the deaths of two civilian brothers. According to sources including Zaman Al Wasl, Al Soussa News, Al Shaafa News and the Syrian Unified Observatory, the injured

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(2 men)

2–4

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الشدادي, Shadadi, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilian men – three from the same family – were named as killed by ‘Coalition air force shelling’ near Shadadi, after earlier reports of aircraft from the western alliance circling over the town. The death toll was later raised to 10 by some sources. According to Qasioun the deaths occured after Coalition aircraft struck

Summary

4 – 10

(4 men)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

الشعفة, Al Sha'afa, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between 10 and 19 civilians were reported killed as a result of an alleged Coalition airstrike at al Sha’afa. According to a tweet from @addouniatv, 10 civilians died resulting from the attack. @DeirEzzor24 and Free Deir Ezzor Radio reported that as many as 18 civilians died. Most other sources put the death toll at 11 civilians,

Summary

10 – 19

(5 children3 women)

12–24

LOCATION

Al Mashlab, Raqqa, Syria

According to Al A’amaq Media – linked to Daesh – “A child and his father were killed in a raid by an unmanned American plane on the outskirts of Raqqa city.” No other sources in the city reported civilian casualties. However Raqqa is Being Slaughtered did note that “An unmanned plane targets a Daesh pickup

Summary

(1 child)

المجيد أو المجبل, Al Majid or Al Majbal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A possible civilian male was killed in an alleged US-led Coalition airdrop operation in the village of Al Majbal or Al Majid, Deir Ezzor governorate, on October 16th, 2020. While some local sources reported that the man was a civilian, others wrote the man was suspected of being affiliated with ISIS or a previous member

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

0 – 1

1–2

Small arms and light weapons

0–1

تل حسين, Tall Hussein, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Multiple sources named five civilian victims of an alleged Coalition airstrike on Tal Hussain. Almost all sources blamed the Coalition for the civilian deaths, although Halab News and the Syrian Human Rights Committee said Russia was responsible. The village was the scene of a major battle for control between rebels and Daesh fighters.

Summary

5 – 7

(1 child1 woman4 men)

5 named, 2 families identified

باتنتة, Batneta, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two to four civilians, including one child, were killed and five others, including two women, were injured as a result of an alleged Russian or Syrian Regime airstrike on agricultural lands in the vicinity of Batenta village near Idlib on the morning of March 1st 2020 according to local sources. Almost all of the sources

Summary

2 – 4

(1 child)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Suspected belligerents

ميادين, Al Mayadin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Shaam News reported that an ‘entire family‘ was injured in an alleged Coalition evening airstrike on Al Mayadeen. No additional details are presently known. Responding to a request for clarification about possible involvement given declared UK strikes in Deir Ezzor that day, the MoD told Airwars that “after extensive research, we can confirm that there

Summary

منطقة الدويله في كفرتخاريم في ريف ادلب, Al Dwailah in Kafar Takhareem in Idib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and 23 civilians were reported injured and at least one person alleged to be a civilian, a journalist, was killed during alleged Russian airstrikes on the Al Dwailah area near Salqin, west of the city of Kafr Takharim, in the northwestern countryside of Idlib on October 26, 2020. Multiple sources stated that the

Summary

0 – 29

(0–1 men)

2–23

20–78

30–90

‏الجعابات‬, Al Ja'abat, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One male civilian was killed and a number of others wounded, in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the village of al Jaabat, according to multiple sources. Both Halab News and SHRC Daily reported that he was hit by shrapnel during an air raid. However the Coalition has publicly reported no strikes in the vicinity. In the

Summary