Civilian Casualties

0 – 8

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

مَعَرَّة النُّعْمَان, Maarat al Numan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A member of the White Helmets died and five of his colleagues were wounded, along with “dozens more civilians” in a strike on the Civil Defence center in the city of Maarat al Numan, according to local media. Sources noted that the Civil Defence Center – “the most important center in the southern Idlib countryside”

Summary

5–24

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

2 named

سَرْمِين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Wednesday, 27 November 2024, a 54-year-old woman named Rose Ismail al-Ali was seriously injured when an artillery shell struck an olive press in the city of Sarmin, in the Idlib Governorate, and she died due to her wounds the day after, Thursday, 28 November 2024. In the same attack, another woman was also reportedly injured.

Summary

Agriculture, Equipment / Machinery

(1 woman)

Russian Military, Syrian Regime, Iranian Military

1 named

حمام, Hamam, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A number of sources named Khalil Ibrahim Al Sheikho.as a victim of a coalition strike on a village near Raqqah. Some of the sources mention another male [listed by Airwars as CS011] but it’s not clear if the incidents are linked. One of the sources claimed that both males were in fact ISIS members –

Summary

سرمين, Sarmin, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

A single source, Halab News, reported the deaths of “Abdallah al Hasan al Khalaf and his two children, following the explosion of a cluster bomb left by Russia planes following a bombing of Sarmin in Idlib”. The source added that the victims were from the town of al Eiss. No further details are currently available.

Summary

(2 children1 man)

Russian Military

3 named, 1 familiy identified

منزل الاعلامي سائد الحلبي في مخيم جباليا, Home of journalist Saed Al-Halabi, Al-Hoja Street in the Al-Hawja area of Jabalia Camp, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

code: ISPT0603
incident_date: 2023-10-25
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Fair

Summary

IDP or Refugee Camp, Residential

(6 children5 women7 men)

17–19

Israeli Military

23 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Street

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

There were claims that a ‘civilian male’, named as Dergham Karah Ali, was killed in a Coalition airstrike on the village of Binnish in Idlib governorate. However, two videos later emerged challenging Ali’s non-combatant status. One showed him singing a moderate resistance song. The second video, posted by Islamic State, indicated that Ali had later

Summary

0 – 1

(0–1 men)

Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident previously unknown to Airwars the Coalition assessed no civilians were harmed: “Feb. 25, 2017, near the Al Ma’mun neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, via NGO report. After a review of available information and strike video it was assessed that there is insufficient evidence to find that civilians were harmed in this strike.”

Summary

معرة النعمان, Ma'aret al-Nu'man, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was reported killed and two members of Syrian Civil Defense injured in the second of two consecutive alleged Russian airstrikes on Ma’aret al-Nu’man, Idlib, on August 18th, 2019. Shaam News reported that, following a previous airstrike, “when civil defense teams arrived at the site to evacuate the wounded, Russian warplanes repeated its raids

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

الطيانة, Eastern Al Buwaida or Kobane, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A non-combatant civilian male, Abd Al Rahman Ahmad Bkar, from the town of Al Kussair near Homs was reported killed in an airstrike. While Syrian Martyrs attributed the strike to the Coalition, VDC blamed the Assad regime. Other reports were unclear. The location of the man’s death was also confused, given variously as Kobane in

Summary

حي الدرعية, Dar’iya neighbourhood, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Initially this incident was reported on by several sources as mass artillery shelling in the Dar’iya neighbourhood in the city of Raqqa, in which 6 to 12 cilivilians, including a maximum or 6 children and 2 women died and 9 were wounded. During investigations of this event for the April 2019 joint Airwars and Amnesty

Summary

(2 children4 women1 man)

5 named, 1 familiy identified

قرية فريكا, village of Frika, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On Friday 29 November 2024, an airstrike reportedly hit the village of Frika in the Idlib governorate, injuring seven civilians, six of them children, all from the same family. The attack has been attributed to the Russian military and/or Syrian regime forces. The first information about the incident came from @SyriaCivilDefe on X/Twitter at 22:59

Summary

Russian Military, Syrian Regime

تل عفر, Tall Afar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

According to an internal CENTCOM document, according to a self-reported night time incident involving an American aircraft may have caused civilian casualties: “US F-16 may have unintentionally struck the nearest collateral object (NCO) and unintentionally struck a car that moved into the FOV [field of view.]“ The outcome of any investigation at the time the

Summary

0 – 1

0–1

ماشخ أو الضمان, Al Daman or Mashikh village, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Local sources reported that at least four civilians from the same family were killed in a joint operation by the Syrian Democratic Forces with air support from Coalition fighter jets around 1 am between April 24th and 25th. Baladi claimed that Coalition helicopters participated in the raid. While most sources, including an eyewitness and the

Summary

4 – 6

(1 child2 women3 men)

Small arms and light weapons

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

4 named, 1 familiy identified

Agricultural Land, Agriculture

LOCATION

ذَمَار, Dhamar, Yemen

A farm worker was killed and three other farm workers were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a farm west of Dhamar City during the evening of April 8, 2025. Marib Press reported that the US carried out three airstrikes west of Dhamar City, which according to the Houthis hit a farm, wounding three people.

Summary

الباغوز, Al Baghouz camp, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Two local sources reported that two named civilians – Shaimaa Walid Al Turki and Rahaf Darwish – died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Al Baghouz camp. According to revo.palmyra3, the two victimns were displaced from Palmyra and died “as a result of the daily bombardment of aircraft”. Palmyra and Al Sukhna group noted that

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

مديرية الوضيع، أبين‎, Al-Wadiah District, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

At least three children were killed and their parents were injured by alleged US airstrikes on a family home in the village of Al-Shemil in the district of Al-Wadiah, Yemen on August 2, 2016. Spanish news agency EFE reported that “at least three children died and their parents were wounded in an air strike on

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

Infrastructure

Residential

3 – 5

(3 children)

US Forces

5 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

District

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

In the last of three reported Raqaa incidents for July 11th, a civilian firefighting team in the city reportedly died in a coalition airstrike. According to Al Araby, the Coalition “launched eight raids targeting Daesh sites on the outskirts of Raqqa city. These hit the areas of Al Hamrat, Al Sina’a [Industry] and the Faculty

Summary

(4 men)

الطيانة, Al Tayyana, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One or two people were killed in airstrikes on the town of Al Tayyana, Deir Ezzor governorate, in the night of October 2nd 2019. Nedaa and Deirezzor24 reported that international coalition forces launched raids and searches in cooperation with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A reporter of Deir Ezzor 24 noted that an airdrop operation

Summary

1 – 2

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

شارع وادي العرايس، الشجاعي، مدينة غزة, Wadi Al-Arais Street, Shujaya neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

At least 30 members of the Qreiqeh family were killed and others, including a young girl, were wounded by alleged Israeli airstrikes on their family homes on Wadi Al-Arayes Street in Shujaiyya neighborhood, Gaza on March 18, 2025. Tweets from @PalinfoAr initially reported “martyrs and injuries” from the bombing of homes belonging to the Qreiqeh

Summary

(13–15 children6–7 women6–7 men)

30 – 41

Israeli Military

28 named, 1 familiy identified

Names matched with MoH IDs

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

A reported Coalition airstrike on a municipal stadium in Raqaa being used as a facility by Daesh may also have injured some civilian prisoners being held there. According to reports at least 8 alleged fighters died while the group’s local ’emir’ was injured. Claims were confused as to whether prisoners at the facility had escaped

Summary

Suspected target

ISIS

Belligerents reported injured

Iskushuban or Mareero, Bari, Somalia

LOCATION

According to a local source, heavy fighting near the port of Bari in Puntland killed two people and injured five others, including civilians. AFRICOM later declared that “no U.S. military strike took place on the alleged date or location.” Radio Shabelle initially said that an airstrike by an unknown party had contributed to the violence

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

0 – 2

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons

1–5

Causes of injury / death

US Forces, US Forces

Suspected target

Other

Belligerents reported injured

0–2

1–5

Southeast of Bosasso, Puntland, Somalia

LOCATION

code: USSOM467
incident_date: 2025-03-29
status: publish
civilian_harm_status:

Summary

العشار, Al Ashar, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

Two Yemeni National Army soldiers, including a Colonel, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Ashar, Yakla area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of September 18th 2018, according to multiple sources. Some however instead variously indicated that the strike killed two AQAP members, or two civilians. In a later press release,

Summary

Airstrike, Drone Strike

1 – 2

(1–2 men)

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

الموصل‎, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Between 7 and 12 civilians were reported killed following an alleged Coalition strike on the Directorate of Agriculture in Mosul. A further 28 to 39 people were reported injured. The incident took place in the Al Faisaliah area of eastern Mosul, and according to reports, most if not all of those killed had no links

Summary

7 – 18

28–39

معبر مائي بين هجين و العباس, Water Crossing linking Hajeen with Al A'bbas town, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Between ten and 30 civilians were killed, including four named men, and “dozens” more were injured, following a continuation of airstrikes on the river crossing, however this time the crossing linking Hajeen with Al A’bbas town. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Most sources blamed Russian warplanes for the raids, however others

Summary

10 – 30

(4 men)

12–24

US-led Coalition, Russian Military, Syrian Regime

4 named, 2 families identified

جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Civilian homes and shops in the Al Shamali neighbourhood of the city of Jisr Al Shaghour, Idlib governorate, were struck by alleged Russian or Syrian missiles in what was described “a massacre”, killing up to eight civilians and wounding at least 14, According to Edlib Media Center, at least three people were killed in the

Summary

(1–3 children1 woman4 men)

6 – 8

14–24

المحلبية, Mahalabiya, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Three children reportedly died in an alleged Coalition strike on the village of Mahalabiya, to the west of Mosul. An anonymous source cited by Face Iraq complained that there was “constant indiscriminate shelling on the villages and areas of the city of Mosul, under the pretext of the presence of criminal elements from Daesh.” In

Summary

(3 children)

هجين, Hajin, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One young girl named as Maryam Abdel Salam was reported killed in an alleged artillery strike on Hajin. Some sources reported that the attack was conducted by SDF ground forces using artillery while one source reported on “shelling of French artillery”. With the SDF not known to have had access to artillery at Hajin, this indicates

Summary

(1 child)

LOCATION

Hajj Ali, Nineveh, Iraq

The Coalition announced on April 30th 2017 that it had concluded an assessment on an NGO’s claims of civilian harm “near Hajj Ali, Iraq”. It is unknown to Airwars which NGO it is referred to. According to the Coalition report, “1. March 23, 2016, near Hajj Ali, Iraq, via NGO report: No Coalition strikes were

Summary