Civilian Casualties

3 – 4

(2–3 children1 woman)

Russian Military, US-led Coalition, Syrian Regime

3 named

باتبو, Batabo, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Up to 12 civilians including four children and four women died and as many as dozens more were wounded in airstrikes on Batbo town. The majority of sources attributed the event to Russia; however, several blamed the Syrian regime while some others didn’t distinguish between Russian or regime jets. According to the Shaam News Network,

Summary

11 – 12

(4 children4 women1 man)

12–36

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

11 named, 2 families identified

Jir Jir Farey and Burka Fiiqey areas, north of Ruunirgood, Middle Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

Hiiraan Online News reported that on April 5, 2024, the Somali Federal Government forces, supported by local militias and international allies, “targeted” Al-Shabaab hideouts in the Jir Jir Farey and Burka Fiiqey areas, north of Ruunirgood in Middle Shabelle. According to the government, the strike resulted in “multiple Al-Shabaab casualties” and the destruction of one

Summary

International Forces (Unknown), Somali Military Forces

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

تفتناز, Taftanaz, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to seven civilians including women and a child died and as many as 12 more were wounded in an airstrike on Taftanaz, according to local media – though reports were conflicted as to whether this was the work of Russia or the regime. RFS Media Office reported: “Russian aviation has committed a second massacre

Summary

2 – 7

(1 child3 women)

10–12

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

Geolocation

Town

كفر حلب, Kafr Halab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Halab News named a civilian as killed in an alleged Russian strike on Kafr Halab. According to Al Jazeera, “cluster bombs and rocket-propelled grenades targeted the town of Kafr Halab in the western countryside.” @FREE_TV_SYRIA, @24Aleppo, @ShahbaPress were among other sources reporting that Russian cluster bombs hit the train station in the village. @24Aleppo said

Summary

Calmadow/Almadow Mountains, Puntland, Somalia

LOCATION

Over 20 Al-Shabaab militants, including three high-level members, were allegedly killed and dozens injured by airstrikes conducted by the Somali government and “international partners” on 26 May, 2024 in the Calmadow mountains of Puntland. The strikes were reported to have targeted a “terrorist camp” and “disrupted a terrorist plot targeting civilians”. Multiple parties denied involvement;

Summary

International Forces (Unknown), United Arab Emirates Military

Suspected target

Al-Shabaab

Belligerents reported injured

12–24

الحسكة, Al-Hasakah, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

The Syrian Martyrs website claimed that six unnamed civilian males were killed in a Coalition airstrike on Al Hassakah. It said it had obtained the news via the Syrian Network for Human Rights, though that original report cannot presently be traced. In July 2017 the Coalition classed the event as Non-Credible, saying there was too

Summary

(6 men)

حي بستان القصر, Bustan al Qasr (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between seven and 25 civilians were reportedly killed and up to 75 more injured in airstrikes on the Bustan Al Qasr neighbourhood in Aleppo, according to local media – though it was unclear whether Russia or the Syrian regime were responsible. The majority of sources attributed the event to Russia. The Syrian Network for Human

Summary

7 – 25

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

مدينة الثورة في صنعاء, Al-Thawra neighbourhood, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

LOCATION

At least nine civilians, seven women and two children, were injured by two alleged US airstrikes on a wedding reception hall in the Al-Thawra District of Sana’a, Yemen at around 7:30 PM on March 19, 2025. Houthi-affiliated news @TvAlmasirah reported on the “US aggression’s bombing of a residential neighborhood in Al-Thawra District in the capital,

Summary

Car, Commerce, Residential, Vehicle

US Forces

Geolocation

Exact location (other)

الخريطة, Khareeta, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilian men were reported by a number of sources as having been killed in a coalition airstrike.

Summary

(2 men)

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

حناويه, Hanaweya, south governorate, Lebanon

LOCATION

code: ISLB260924w
incident_date: 2024-09-26
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Weak

Summary

Israeli Military

الطيانة, Tayyani, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

An adult civilian male, was reported by a number of sources as killed in a coalition airstrike on his neighbourhood.

Summary

(1 man)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

1 named

تدمر, Palmyra, Homs, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians, one man and one woman, were killed and others were wounded in airstrikes on the town of Palmyra in the eastern Homs countryside. According to @journalhader and the Local Coordination Committee of Syria, the airstrikes were carried out by Russian warplanes. The two air raids reportedly struck the main square and

Summary

(1 woman1 man)

Russian Military

مديرية بني قيس بمحافظة حجة, Bani Qais District, Hajjah, Yemen

LOCATION

A child was injured and two people were killed by two alleged US drone strikes on the district of Bani Qais in Hajjah, Yemen during the morning of 30 March, 2025. A photograph shared by Facebook user Abu Hassein Shabien showed remnants of a fire next to what appears to be a charred body. Quoting

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Residential, Vehicle

الموصل‎, Mosul, Algiers, Al Faisaliah, flowers, and July neighbourhoods, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Sources in Mosul claimed that Coalition airstrikes hit a residential neighbourhood in the city, “killing 17 civilians, including six children, and wounded another 23 who were taken to hospitals in Mosul.” According to BasNews, Daesh/ Islamic State appeared to have recently shifted its headquarters and military positions “into residential neighborhoods,” a move which had likely

Summary

16 – 24

(6 children)

23–24

Bariire, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

LOCATION

The US military and the Somali government announced they were investigating reports that ten civilians, including three children, were killed during an operation on a farm in Bariire, in Somalia’s southern Lower Shabelle region. However, on November 28th 2017, the US published a press release concluding that only “armed enemy combatants” were killed. Earlier that

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

(3 children1 woman6–10 men)

Small arms and light weapons

US Forces, Somali Military Forces

0–6

صيدا , Sayda, Daraa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, including a child, were killed in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the town of Sayda, Dara’a governorate, on June 28th, 2018, according to local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights wrote that “at least two civilians, including a child, were killed as Syrian/Russian warplanes fired missiles on Sayda town in Dara’a

Summary

(1 child1 man)

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

2 named, 1 familiy identified

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’ joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, 11 civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes 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 by Amnesty/Airwars stated that

Summary

(4 children1 woman2 men)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

مخيم النصيرات,, east of Al-Bureij camp and/or Al-Nuseirat camp, block C, Deir al Balah, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT130225b
incident_date: 2025-02-13
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Infrastructure

IDP or Refugee Camp

(1 child)

Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In a casualty incident later confirmed by the US, its aircraft targeted a vehicle in the vicinity of Al Shefa Hospital in Raqaa, wounding seven civilians in the process. No fatalities were initially reported, but the hospital was reportedly damaged. In a Facebook posting marking the event, locals insisted that all of those injured were

Summary

(1 man)

الزر, Al Zer, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two unidentified men were killed by an alleged drone strike from the International Coalition in the morning of September 19th, according to local sources. It is unclear whether these were civilians. Several sources claimed the men were masked and riding a motorcycle when they were hit by an airstrike, which Euphrates Post believed to have

Summary

0 – 2

0–2

LOCATION

Yemen

code: USYEM239d
incident_date: 2015-10-05
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

US Forces

Geolocation

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A young adult male civilian was reported killed in an afternoon airstrike by the Coalition in Raqqah. He was named on a Facebook memorial page as Mut’ib Khamees Al Jarbou’. No further details were given of how he had died. In its monthly civilian casualty assessment for October 2019 – published on December 5th of

Summary

(1 man)

خلة الفرجان, Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, Libya

LOCATION

One child has reportedly been killed in clashes in Tripoli. Rahaf Mabrouk Ghoma was killed in the Khallet Al Furjan neighbourhood, according to Only Libya. Other sources reported similar accounts. It is unclear whether she was killed by an airstrike or gunfire. Fighting occured between GNA and LNA in the area at the time of

Summary

(1 child)

Government of National Accord, Libyan National Army

1 named

in the vicinity of Bulo Burti (Buloburde), Hiran, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM458
incident_date: 2025-02-20
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Several sources reported that brothers Ahmad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged twelve, and Muhammad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged ten, were killed by a US strike in Yakla, in the Qifah area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 5th to March 6th. According to Hunaradaa, local residents said that an older brother, Omar, survived the

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Car, Road, Transportation, Vehicle

2 – 7

(2 children)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

US Forces

Suspected target

2 named, 1 familiy identified

0–5

سنجار, Sinjar, Um Al Theban, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Eleven civilians were reportedly killed at Um Al Theban while crossing between Syria and Iraq, in what was claimed to be a Coalition airstrike. The incident is presently poorly reported. In its July 2017 report, the Coalition classed the event as non credible on grounds of having conducted no strikes in the vicinity: “Nov. 2,

Summary

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, four civilians were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes 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. According to the Amnesty and Airwars’s

Summary

(1 child2 men)