Civilian Casualties

Russian Military

الموصل‎, Mosul, Sehab, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

An Iraqi security source who spoke with Airwars reported the deaths of 16 civilians spread among several families. The source said they were all in a house in a neighbourhood of eastern Mosul when it was hit by an airstrike at 7 PM on November 6th. No additional details are presently known.

Summary

آفس, Afes, east of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

During the evening of Tuesday, February 20, 2024, an artillery strike with contested responsibility allegedly carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian military and/or Iranian-backed militant groups in the town of Afes in eastern Idlib countryside, Syria, killed two adult sisters and injured their elderly mother. According to journalist Ahmed Shibli (@Ahmad_1alshble), the area

Summary

(2 women)

Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

3 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية شيخ عيسى , Sheikh Issa village, Tal Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed and three to five civilians were injured as a result of an alleged Turkish attack on Sheikh Issa village, in Tal Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria on July 26th 2022. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that three women and a man were injured, whilst ANHA Arabic reported that six women were

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 woman)

3–5

الرقة‎, Al Manghiyah and Al Sina’a, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A single source reported that two civilians were killed and nine injured by Coalition strikes on the Raqqa neighbourhoods of Al Manghiyah and Al Sina’a. According to Smart News, “Our correspondent said that the international coalition aircraft against IS launched two raids on the neighborhood Al Manghiyah and Al Sina’a, which led to the deaths

Summary

الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At around 7 pm on November 6, 2023, three female civilians, including an elderly woman and a girl, were killed, and “dozens” were wounded following an alleged Israeli bombardment on the Aliwa family residence in the Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City. Airwars has identified the likely names of the women killed among those listed in

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

(1 child2 women)

12–24

Israeli Military

Names matched with MoH IDs

3 named

Neighbourhood/area

مارع, Mare’, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one woman was injured in alleged SDF shelling of the city of Mare’ on July 25, 2021. Shahba Press reported that “a woman was also slightly injured as a result of the YPG targeting of Marea city”. Baladi News correspondent in Aleppo said that “SDF” forces shelled with mortar shells residential houses in the

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces

الموصل‎, Mosul, South, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Sixteen civilians, including women and children, were killed in the alleged Coalition raid in the south of Mosul, according to a single source – Iraqi Spring Media Center. Amsiraq published pictures of damaged buildings in south Iraq which it said had been caused by Coalition and government shelling. There was no mention of civilian casualties.

Summary

(2 children2 women)

بوابة مدرسة تؤوي نازحين شمالي مخيم النصيرات, The gate of a school sheltering displaced people north of Al-Nuseirat camp, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At approximately 12:00 pm on Friday, 1st November 2024, at least 11 civilians, including at least one woman and two children, were killed, and four others were reportedly injured when an alleged Israeli artillery strike hit the gate of Nuseirat Preparatory School, which was sheltering displaced people. This took place north of the Al-Nuseirat camp

Summary

(2 children1 woman8–9 men)

Israeli Military

15 named, 3 families identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Three or four civilians including two women were reportedly wounded by alleged YPG artillery attacks in southern neighbourhoods of Azaz city, Aleppo governorate, on November 27th, 2019, according to local sources. The Euphrates Post reported that “the YPG targeted the southern neighbourhoods of Azaz with more than six rocket-propelled grenades shortly before, wounding three civilians”. @ShahbaPress

Summary

3–4

أحياء النور والفلاح والقدس شر, Mosul, Northeast, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

More than a dozen civilians – and possibly more than 40 – were reported killed in eastern Mosul. Yaqein reported that 15 civilians were killed by a missile on the east side of Mosul, all from the same family – though a source it cited put the death toll lower, at 12. It did not

Summary

12 – 40

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

دوار الغبرة في البوكمال, Al Ghabra roundabout, Al Boukmal, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

On September 5th, 2024, a drone strike against a truck at the Al-Ghabra roundabout in Al-Boukmal, Deir Ezzor Governorate, killed a child and a militant, and injured between four and fifteen more people, including at least two children. The drone has been alleged to be American or Israeli by some sources, while others have not

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Commerce

(1 child)

4–15

US Forces, Israeli Military

Belligerents reported injured

معارة النعسان,, Maret Al Nassan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A seven-year old boy, Mohammed Abdel Kafi, also referred to as Zain Abdul Kafi Al-Masli, was injured by a shrapnel from artillery fire while playing next to his home in Ma’arat Al Nassan, east of Idlib on August 13th 2022. According to @hafeztaraman, the incident occured in the evening before the Maghrib call to prayer.

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

1 named

الشجاعي، مدينة غزة, Shujaiya neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

A number of people were injured by an alleged Israeli bombing of a house in the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City on June 21, 2024. Al Jazeera and @ShehabAgency reported on “injuries” as a result of an Israeli bombing in Shujaiya, in additional to other local sources, and none specified how many people were

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

Residential

نصيبين‎, Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey

LOCATION

Two Anadolu Agency reporters were reportedly injured in an alleged YPG/PKK artillery attack on their building in Nusaybin in Turkey, on October 11th 2019, according to local media sources. Anadolu Agency reported that their office was “targeted by gunfire from areas controlled by terrorists of the PKK/PKK on the Syrian side’ and that the injuries

Summary

YPG

المالية, Mosul, Maliyah, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources reported that Coalition airstrikes bombed a house in Maliyah neighborhood, at the left side of Mosul during an operation to retake it. Up to 17 civilians were killed and five others injured, mostly women and children from the same family who were inside the house at the time of the strike. Iraqyoon spoke

Summary

17 – 19

(2 children2 women)

مدينة الدريهمي في محافظة الحديدة, Ad-Duraihimi, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

On December 21st, 2024 four children were reportedly injured when a previously unexploded ordinance detonated in Ad-Duraihimi City in Al-Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen. Some sources reported that the munition was “left behind by the US-Saudi aggression”, with others writing that the ordinance was planted by the “Houthi militias”. On December 25th, 2024, the Human Rights Office,

Summary

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

US Forces, Saudi-led Coalition, Houthi Forces

4 named, 1 familiy identified

City

المسطومة, Al-Mastouma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least one young man was killed and between six and seven civilians, including up to four children, were injured in a declared US drone strike on the Al-Mastouma Ariha road on December 3rd, 2021. Sources are conflicted as to whether the young man killed was an active or former member of the Guardians of

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

6–7

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Exact location (via Airwars)

1–2

مزرعة الصفصاف, Al Safsaf farm, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A young man died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Safsaf farm, Raqqa, according to local sources. Mohab Nasser, an activist covering Raqqa news, reported that “the child Ammar Ahmad al Suleiman al Gharnouk, 10 years old, ded after being hit by shrapnel following a raid on al Safsaf farm in the eastern Tabaqa

Summary

راس النبع, Ras al-Nabaa, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB261124c
incident_date: 2024-11-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery, Ground operation

Israeli Military

285 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu, Galguduud, Somalia

LOCATION

At least 17 militants were killed by US AFRICOM declared airstrikes approximately 285 kilometers northeast, possibly in Basra, Balad district and/or in Ceel Gorof (Galmudug) on November 9, 2022. AFRICOM released a statement two days after the incident, November 11th, that “Somali National Army forces were engaged with al Shabaab fighters in a remote area

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

17–97

LOCATION

إدلب, Idlib, Syria

A major airstrike on Idlib city killed up to 30 civilians and injured up to 300 more. Reports blamed both Russia and the US-led Coalition for the attack. The Coalition has expressly denied any involvement – though a unilateral US action remains possible. The attack – which reportedly involved both airstrikes and missiles – caused

Summary

(12–15 children10–11 women)

5 – 30

12–300

US-led Coalition, Unknown, Russian Military

24 named, 4 families identified

بالقرب من مدرسة أبو بكر الصديق، مديرية معين، صنعاء, Vicinity of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq School, Ma'in District, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one civilian, a child, was killed and up to fifteen others wounded – including five children and two women – by an alleged US airstrike on a residential building in the Ma’in District of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a during the evening of 23 March, 2025. The strike reportedly hit the building in front of

Summary

Commerce, Market, Residential, Vehicle

1 – 2

(1 child)

12–15

Exact location (via Airwars)

El-Dhere, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Over 100 al-Shabaab militants were reportedly killed by Somali forces and “international partner” airstrikes or ground operations on the outskirts of the village of El-Dhere on November 26, 2022. Voice of America quoted Somalia’s deputy information minister, Abdirahman Yusuf Omar Adala, who said that an operation conducted by the Somali army, backed by locals and international

Summary

Airstrike, Ground operation

Somali Military Forces, International Forces (Unknown)

100

حي المنصورية, Al-Mansouriyah District, Al-Hudaydah, Yemen

LOCATION

Four men were killed and a number of others were injured by alleged US airstrikes on the Water Authority building in Al-Mansouriyah District, Al Hudaydah, Yemen on April 1, 2025. Initial reports from @TvAlmasirah stated that “martyrs and wounded” had resulted from the US “targeting” of the Water Authority building in Al-Mansouriyah. A post from

Summary

(4 men)

US Forces

5 named, 1 familiy identified

District

خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between nine and 11 civilians were killed, including between six to eight children and two pregnant women, and seven other civilians were injured, including three children and a woman, in airstrikes launched against the residential neighbourhood Khan Sheikhoun. Three of the named children were brothers from one family that, according to sources, had come to

Summary

9 – 11

(6–9 children2–3 women)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

11 named, 2 families identified

Town

الخاتونية, Khatouniyah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Smart news agency, five non-combatants were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the villages of Kahtaniya and al Khatuniyah in the Raqqa countryside. The source also said thayt some livestock was killed. No further details are currently available.

Summary

عقبة امقوة, Aqba Amkawa, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and another civilian, a woman, was injured in alleged Saudi Coalition or US drone strikes on the Olaya Markha district of Shabwa governorate. Sources were conflicted about whether the other two to three people killed and two to three people wounded were civilians or members of Al Qaeda. A Facebook

Summary

1 – 4

(1–3 men)

1–3

Saudi-led Coalition, US Forces

Suspected target

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

5 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported injured

1–4

0–2

مدينة ادلب, Idlib city, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On December 6, 2016, eight civilians – including six children – were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime raids on on Al-Arbaeen Street and Maarat Al Nisrin roundabout in the city of Idlib, in northwestern Syria, according to sources on the ground. Misrennabd reported that there had been “four martyrs and 20 wounded

Summary

(6 children1 woman1 man)

1–20

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

8 named, 2 families identified

Nearby landmark

حطلة, Hatla, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five non-combatants died in an airstrike on Makta’a Hajar in Manbij, according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether the US-led Coalition or the Assad regime was responsible. According to LCCSY, “five civilians from Hatla village in the eastern countryside were killed when the international coalition targeted members of Daesh who

Summary

US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime