Civilian Casualties

2 – 6

(1 child)

3 named, 1 familiy identified

قسطون, Qastoun, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Up to twelve civilians including at least six from the same family were reported killed in artillery shelling on Qastoun, Hama, on July 7th. The family members killed were originally from Al-Badriya village, and were killed while working in the agricultural lands between Qastoun and Badriya. According to Syrian Network for Human Rights, “at least

Summary

(2 children3–4 women2 men)

7 – 12

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Suspected targets

Other, Unknown

7 named, 1 familiy identified

احتيملات, Ahtemlat, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians including up to 5 children died in a reported night time Coalition strike at Ahtemlat in Aleppo governorate. Graphic images showed the bodies of at least two infants being recovered. According to the Syrian Observatory, “SOHR activists were informed that no less than 4 IS including a commander were killed by aerial bombardment

Summary

(5 children1 woman)

2–5

طبيش, Tabish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

@Step_Agency claimed that Russian forces carried out airstrikes on Jisr al-Shughour, Ma’rshurin, Hantoutin, Deir Sennbel, Heesh, Sahiyan and Tabish in rural Idlib, killing six civilians and injuring dozens across these locations. Other local sources said that the Syrian regime was also involved in undertaking the attacks, but didn’t mention casualties. No other details are known

Summary

1 – 6

1–24

Suspected target

Unknown

شركة الجبل, Al Jabal Company, Darnah, Libya

LOCATION

At least three and as many as six civilians – most of them children – died in airstrikes on Derna, according to sources on the ground. LNA reported that its MiG-23 carried out air raids near the Western gates of Derna. While the LNA report didn’t mention civilian casualties, local sources reported between three and five

Summary

(2–3 children)

الشيفونية, Al Shifonya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and six civilians were killed in an alleged napalm bomb attack on Al Shifonya, local media reported. Civilians blamed Russian warplanes for the raids. Members of the Syrian Civi Defence confined that “chloride gas” was used on the vicinity. Most other reports suggest it was napalm which resulted in the charring of bodies

Summary

(1 man)

الحيدرية , Al Haydariya neighbourhood, Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Smart News Agency reported “an artillery and missile bombardment by regime forces on Al-Haidariya and Al-Sakhour neighborhoods in Aleppo from Sheikh Yusuf hill”, but made no mention of civilian harm. However, Halab News listed six unidentified civilians as killed in a Russian strike on the Al Haydariya neighbourhood.

Summary

اليادودة , al Yadouda, central countryside of Daraa, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Five named women – and possibly a girl – died in an alleged Russia or Assad regime air or artillery strike on al Yadouda in the central countryside of Daraa, according to local media. According to Orient News, “Russian aircraft targeted the town of Al-yadouda in the countryside of Daraa Gharbi with several air strikes,

Summary

(1 child5 women)

2–24

5 named, 1 familiy identified

التمانعة, Al Tamani'ah, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to six civilians from one family, including a child and two women, were reported killed after an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Tamaanah. Two people were injured. The dead were later listed by the Syrian Network for Human Rights. Local media activist Abdul Kader Al Bakri told the Network: “This time we traced a

Summary

(1–2 children2 women2 men)

Unknown, Syrian Regime

6 named, 1 familiy identified

أبو خنادق, Abu al Khanadak, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Six people were killed – including four women – following an alleged Russian strike on civilian homes at Abu al Khanadak. The dead were later named by VDC. Images obtained by Shaam showed significant damage at the site.

Summary

(4 women2 men)

Unknown

6 named, 3 families identified

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians including one woman and her five children were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Bab, according to local sources. In a news roundup, the Shaam News Network reported that “Russian enemy planes carried out raids on Al Bab, the town of Baza’aa, the village of Qasr al Buraij, and a farm

Summary

(5 children1 woman)

دوما, Douma, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians including four children and one woman were killed in airstrikes on Douma, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. According to the Shaam News Network, “Russian enemy planes launched dozens of raids on the towns of eastern Ghouta“,

Summary

(4 children1 woman0–1 men)

6 named

صلاح القرية‬, Salah al Qariya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five to six civilians including two children and two to three women died in airstrikes on Salah al Qariya area, in Albu Umar according to local sources – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. LCCSY reported the death of four civilians in what they

Summary

(1 child2 women)

5 named

أورم الكبرى, Urma al Kubra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

According to a range of local media reports, between two and six civilians including up to two children and three women were killed and up to 45 civilians were injured in an airstrike on Urma al Kubra. There are conflicting statements as to whether the airstrike was conducted by the Syrian or the Russian regime.

Summary

2 – 6

(2 children3 women1 man)

3–45

2 named

الباغوز, Al Bagouz Fawqani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported a “massacre against civilians” after air and artillery strikes in the area of Sheikh Hamad in the town of Al Bagouz Fawqani. A hospital was also reported damaged or destroyed in the action. Orient News reported “a large number of dead and wounded […] as a result of artillery and rocket fire and

Summary

1 – 6

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

2–6

Cause of injury / death

حمورية, Hamouriya, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

As many as six civilians, including one child, were killed and up to dozens were wounded as alleged Russian and/or Assad warplanes launched a series of air raids in Hamouriya in eastern Ghouta, Damascus, local media reported. The strike, described by Local Coordination Committees of Syria, as “heavy night raids” hit a popular market and

Summary

4 – 6

(1 child)

2–24

6 named

خان شيخون, Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and six civilians including up to three children were reportedly killed in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib. LCCSY wrote that “three died and some were wounded among civilians as Russian warplanes bombarded Khan Sheikhoun city.” The Syrian Network for Human Rights, on the other hand, accused the Assad regime

Summary

(1–3 children)

2–10

Geolocation

Town

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

Two displaced families from Tikrit were reportedly killed in an alleged Iraqi government or Coalition airstrike at Hawijah. Iraqi Spring reported that all members of his family died in the bombing of their house by the Coalition. Another local source claimed a second family was also killed. There was confusion about who might have been responsible

Summary

(1 man)

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

1 named

تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between three and six civilians died after remnants of a cluster bomb allegedly dropped by Russian warplanes exploded in Taqad, according to local media. AMC, HNN and Spm-Syria were among sources blaming Russia. They put the death toll at three civilians. However, Al Souria reported that six civilians died. There are no other details at this

Summary

حي التنك, Mosul, Tanak, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of six civilians in an incident near Mosul. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED engaging Iraqi Security Forces, it was assessed that six civilians were unintentionally killed when a group of fleeing civilians

Summary

Known belligerent

الصورة, Sawara, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to six non-combatants including three children were reported killed and many injured in an alleged Russian (or possibly Assad regime) airstrike on Sawara, according to multiple sources. Shaam News Network reported that five civilians (including three children) died in the attack, and that “a large number” were wounded. According to the Syrian Network for

Summary

(3 children3 men)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

عربين, Arbeen, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Between two and six civilians including a child died and “a large number” more were wounded in alleged Russian or Assad regime air or artillery strikes on Arbeen, according to sources on the ground. Alraafed, cutting the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reported “the killing of 12 civilians, including two children in Hmouriyeh, and three

Summary

2 – 6

(1 child)

5–30

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

6 named, 1 familiy identified

ضهرة عبد ربه, Dara abd Rabbo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Six civilians were killed and three others injured in alleged Russian strikes on Dara abd Rabbo, according to local sources. The White Helmets reported that Russian warplanes carried out four raids, while the Shaam News Network also alleged this was a Russian strike.

Summary

أريحا, Ariha, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

At least three airstrikes on Ariha killed between up to six civilians and wounded up to 20 more including five women, according to local media. The Syrian Network for Human Rights and Smart News Agency attributed the shelling to regime warplanes. The Smart News agency reported that “regime warplanes launched three raids on the city

Summary

12–20

حي خان العسل, Khan al Asal, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to six civilians – reportedly from the same family, according to some sources – died and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes which hit the Zahret-Almadaan area near Khan Al-Sal, local media said. While the majority of sources blamed Russia, the Shaam News Network attributed the event

Summary

4 – 6

(1–2 children2–3 women)

2–24

حي ‏المرجة‬, Marjah (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that five or six civilians from the same family were killed by Russian warplanes in al Marja, Aleppo. Halab News reported identified four fatalities by name and added that an unidentified baby also was among the casualties. Multiple sources claimed that the dead were from the same family, including @ShahbaPress, @shbabRevolution, @ALAMAWI, @HNMNEWS,

Summary

(2 children1 woman1 man)

4 named, 1 familiy identified

حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

A single local source reported to Yaqein Agency that five children and their mother were killed after Coalition airstrikes hit their house in Zanjili neighborhood in West Mosul. The source had added that “heavy and continuous indiscriminate shelling makes the task of recovering the bodies and transporting the wounded very difficult, as well as [getting]

Summary

(5 children1 woman)

البزاعة, Al Baza'a, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between five and six civilians were reported killed as a result an alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Baza’a, Syria. Jabal Aqel Al Bab listed the names of the victims however did not attribute the shelling to any belligerent. Smart News, however, reported Turkish airstrikes on Al Baza’a that day without mentioning civilian harm. LCCSY, on

Summary

(1 child4 men)

باغوز, Al Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Four or more civilians died in an airstrike on al Baghouz, according to local media. While most sources pointed towards the Coalition, one said that it was unclear whether Russia had been responsible. The US-led alliance later admitted killing five civilians in the event. According to Al Hal, “Coalition forces also raided al-Bagouz village in

Summary

(1 child1 man)

Known belligerent