Civilian Casualties

3 – 5

(2 children1–3 women)

12–24

Mosul, Hal al Abar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In a previously unreported incident, Amnesty field researchers spoke with survivors of a March 5th incident which left five non-combatants dead and five more injured – all from one family. The following unpublished report was shared with Airwars: “I survived an attack on 5 March. Our house was encircled by IS and ISF fighters, and

Summary

(1 child)

US-led Coalition, Iraq Government Forces

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Multiple locations, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In the third reported event at Tabaqa on March 20th, five civilians died and nine were injured in an airstrike in Tabaqa, though it was unclear from reports who was responsible. According to the Smart news agency, “five civilians were killed and nine others were injured on Monday evening following raids targeting the market car

Summary

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians died and ten more were wounded in an alleged Coalition airstrike on a mosque in Tabaqa, according to local media. Alfayha reported that “a Coalition warplane shelled near Fatima mosque in the Maghniya neighbourhood after Friday Prayers and killed five civilians and wounded 10 more. The death toll is likely to increase.” Smart

Summary

كفر حرمة, Ma’aret Harma, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians, including one woman, were killed and up to “dozens” more were left wounded following aerial shelling of Ma’aret Harma, Idlib, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the Assad regime. Following the incident, Fresh News’ correspondent reported that a woman was

Summary

(1 woman)

2–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Unknown

القورية, Quriya, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

According to the Euphrates Post, five named civilians died in an airstrike when the car they were in was struck in Quriya. According to one source, Zaman Alwasl, the victims died as they were returning from a picnic in nearby Badia. The US-led alliance later accepted responsibility for injuring one person in the event. All

Summary

(2 children5 men)

Known belligerent

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Turkish airstrikes on Al Bab, Syria. Al Bab Al Hadath said that “one person was killed due to Turkish bombardment near the big mosque in Al-Bab city.” According to LCCSY, eight people were killed in the Aleppo area and “the majority” of them in Al

Summary

(0–1 women2 men)

الفردوس, Fardous, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians from one family, including three children and their mother, were killed and two further members of the family were injured in alleged Coalition airstrikes on the Al Ferdos neighbourhood of Raqqa, according to local sources. The source also reported that Mounir al Hariri and Taher al Hariri were injured in the strikes and

Summary

(3 children1 woman)

6 named, 1 familiy identified

مسرابا, Mesraba, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

The town of Mesraba, Damascus, was hit by an airstrike that killed between one and five civilians, including two children and at least one women, and wounded several others, local media reported. It was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime was to blame. According to local reports, the incident in Mesraba was one out

Summary

(2–3 children1–2 women)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

تلعفر, Tal Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the deaths of five civilians in an event near Tal Afar, Iraq. Their October 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a Coalition strike that destroyed an ISIS headquarters structure, it was assessed that five civilians were unintentionally killed.” In July 2019 the Coalition

Summary

Known belligerent

كفر حمرة, Kafr Hamra, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians died in an air or artillery strike on Kafr Hamra, according to local sources – though reports are conflicted as to whether Russia or the Syrian regime were to blame. The Shaam News Network, reported on alleged Russian raids with warplanes and helicopters across Aleppo and its surrounding countryside. It

Summary

(1 man)

الهلّك, al Halak, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and five civilians from the same family were reportedly killed in either Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the Al Halak neighbourhood of Aleppo. Sources like LCCSY, HNN and Islammemo reported that the strikes were conducted by Russian warplanes. Syrian Press Center added that cluster bombs and phosphorus were used. However, the Syrian

Summary

(1 woman3 men)

2–5

4 named, 1 familiy identified

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

البوبدران, Al Boubadran, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

In what local media referred to as a “massacre”, five civilians including a woman and two or three children were reported killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the house of Rajab al-Hassan in the area of Al Boubadran, a village near al Soussa said to be under ISIS control. The victims were named by multiple

Summary

(2–3 children1 woman2 men)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

عابدين, Abidien, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

As many as five civilians were killed – including four doctors – and others were injured, following an airstrike on a makeshift hospital in Abidien, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Some blamed Russia, whilst others blamed the Syrian regime. Alarabiya news reported that it was either Syrian or a Russian warplane. A

Summary

3 – 5

2–6

هتاش, Hattash, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians were reported killed and two others injured following an alleged Coalition strike on Hattash. According to Euphrates Post, “Coalition aircraft caused the deaths of four other [civilians] last night, a result of four air raids targeting the village of Hattash which is under the control of Islamic state in eastern Raqqa, which also

Summary

(1 woman)

Mosul, Flour Mill (West Mosul), Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources said that nine persons were either killed or wounded as a result of airstrikes by the US-led Coalition on a flour firm in the west of Mosul. Raedlay said that five people were killed and four were injured in the raids. On April 30th 2017, the Coalition confirmed a civilian casualty event in

Summary

Known belligerent

سلحبية, Salhabiya, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

According to outlets, airstrikes most likely by the US-led Coalition killed five civilians and injured 12 more at al Salhabiya. Smart News reported that “according to a local source in Al Salhabiya village (25 km west of Raqqa), air strikes on the village on Tuesday evening, killed five civilians and wounded 12 others, including women

Summary

10–12

بلدات متعددة في ريف إدلب, Several towns in Idlib countryside, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that Russian warplanes carried out strikes on a number of towns and villages in Idlib on March 20th and 21st, resulting in the death of up to five civilians. According to the Step News Agency, “Russia launched several air raids on the towns of Sheikh Mustafa and Basida and the outskirts of

Summary

2 – 5

(1 child)

Russian Military

بالقرب من قطن, Vicinity of Al-Qatn, Hadhramout, Yemen

LOCATION

Up to five people were killed and three others were injured following alleged US drone strikes on a moving vehicle in Qatan Valley, Hadhramout province at 3:15am on the 1st of August 2013. There was contention in reporting on the number and status of those killed. Some sources reported that all those killed were AQAP.

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Truck, Vehicle

2 – 5

(1 child1–4 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Town

Belligerents reported killed

0–3

تادف, Tadif, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between one and five civilians were reportedly killed in a Turkish or Syrian regime artillery strike on Tadif outside Al Bab. Nabd Syria reported: “Five civilians were killed and others injured by the artillery shelling of the Assad forces in Tadif in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.” The ISIS propaganda outlet Al A’amaq published a

Summary

(0–1 children)

Turkish Military, Syrian Regime

130 km southwest of Mogadishu, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Between five and seven civilians, including two children, were killed when a vehicle carrying suspected al Shabaab fighters exploded in their village, after being hit by what is thought to have been a US airstrike – though US Africa Command deny any strikes in the area on this date. The explosion reportedly injured a further

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

5 – 7

(2 children3 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

2–3

Cause of injury / death

US Forces, Kenyan Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

7 named, 2 families identified

Belligerents reported killed

2–5

الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were killed and several others injured in alleged Russian and/or Assad regime airstrikes on Al Bab, according to local sources. The Shaam News Network produced two reports on the alleged incident. The first report put the death toll at two and an unspecified number of wounded, while the second report said five civilians

Summary

(1 man)

عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five adult male civilians were killed in alleged Russian airstrikes on Anadan, according to the Violations Documentation Center. But the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported missiles belonging to the Assad regime killed at least three people including two children. This could, however, be a separate incident, as no children are listed as killed in the

Summary

3 – 5

(0–3 children5 men)

دير الزور‎, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Extensive coalition air raids on Islamic State-controlled oil fields reportedly killed four civilian oil workers, according to a number of sources. Local website Step Agency listed what it said were the targets struck: “The alliance planes at dawn today launched more than five raids targeting Islamic State near the town of Abu Kamal in the

Summary

(4–5 men)

Al Masra'a al Thania, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians including two children and up to three women died in an alleged Russian airstrike on the town Al-Mazra’a Al-Thania near Maskana in Aleppo, according to sources on the ground. According to the Syrian Press Center, “two children were killed and others wounded due to warplanes shelling in Al-Mazra’a Al-Thania and the sugar factory

Summary

(2 children2–3 women1 man)

Russian Military

الحويجة, Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq

LOCATION

A reported evening airstrike by a drone or other Coalition aircraft at Hawijah was said to have killed five civilians and injured a further seven or more people. Al Amaaq, the media wing of ISIS, reported the “Killing [of] five civilians and wounding of seven others in the bombing by a US aircraft in the

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

7–12

Cause of injury / death

أبين سمعان, Abeen Sama'an, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including two children, were killed and others injured in airstrikes which struck “eastern school of Ibin” in the town of Abin Sama’an in the western Aleppo. Almost all sources attributed blame to Russian aircraft. Syrian Press Center also noted that this strike was part of a concerted campaign by the Russians to strike

Summary

(3 children)

الأتارب, Al Atarib, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians were killed, including a woman and a girl, and as many as dozens more were wounded in alleged Russian and Syrian regime raids on the Civil Defence Centre for Rehabilitation and Training, and a boys’ school in Al Atarib, according to sources on the ground. It is unclear as to whether these

Summary

2 – 5

(1–2 children1 woman)

5–24