Civilian Casualties

10–12

البوليل , Al Bouleil, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

At least two civilians were killed as alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces bombed the town of Al Bouleil in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Azur, local sources reported. Russian aircraft conducted the raids on residential areas, according to Alitihad Press, who said a total of five civilians died. Smart News reported the use

Summary

2 – 5

1 named

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

1 – 5

(0–1 children)

Turkish Military, Syrian Regime

سراقب, Saraqeb, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

On February 3, 2018, up to five civilians were killed and several more were left wounded following alleged Russian or Syrian Regime airstrikes in Saraqeb, Idlib, local media reported. Saraqeb had reportedly been subject to several aerial attacks in the previous days and local activists told al-Araby that “the city is being burned by intensive

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

LOCATION

Raqqa, Syria

In the Amnesty and Airwars’s joint April 2019 report “War in Raqqa: Rhetoric versus Reality”, five civilians were reportedly killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Raqqa. Although Amnesty researched this incident on the ground, Airwars have decided to grade it “weak” due to the depth of material provided. The victims were not specifically named

Summary

(3 children1 woman)

الفردوس, Al Fardous (Aleppo), Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

The Shaam News Network, reported that five non-combatants died in Fardous as part of “Russian aggression on different areas in Aleppo” on Thursday February 4th. The Syrian Press Center reported that Russian warplanes carried out “a number of raids on Al Mashhad and al Ferdous in the city of Aleppo, which resulted in the death

Summary

Russian Military

الاربعين, Al Mayadin, Al Ara'ain street, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians died in a strike on a taxi or militant vehicle in Al Arba’ain street, Al Mayadin, local media reported – though it was unclear who was to blame. Most sources didn’t identify who was responsible, though one attributed the event to Russian aircraft. Euphrates Post reported “a military air strike targeted

Summary

3 – 5

US-led Coalition, Russian Military

كفر حلب, Kafr Halab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians died in an airstrike on Kafr Halab, according to local sources – though it was unclear from reports whether this was the work of Russia or the Syrian regime. The Shaam News Network, reported that 21 civilians died in Aleppo “in the first day of Ramadan in regime and Russian bombing“. It put

Summary

حرستا, Harasta, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Local media reported that between two and five civilians were killed and six were wounded as alleged Russian and Syrian regime warplanes launched airstrikes and artillery in the suburb of Harasta in eastern Ghouta, Damascus. Syrianoor reported that several cities in eastern Ghouta were subject to aerial shelling on February 8th, causing the “death and injury of

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

2 – 5

عنه, Anah al Jadidah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

A young man, Mustafa Tarif Habib al-Ani (pictured below) was reportedly killed along with three or four of his relatives in an alleged coalition airstrike. According to the Iraqi Spring site, the family home was struck “near Rabe’e Sooq in the Rasil Gharbi area of Anah district, in western Anbar.”

Summary

(3 women1 man)

US-led Coalition, Unknown

1 named

جسر الشغور, Jsir Al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Up to three civilians were reported killed in airstrikes on Jisr Al Shoughour, Idlib, after midnight on July 18th. A further five to seven, including two children, were allegedly injured in the attack. Ayman Qaddour (or Ameen Qaddour) and child Abdul-Jawad Ramo were killed in the attack. Abdul-Jawad died days later of his wounds. Few

Summary

Airstrike and/or Artillery

2 – 3

(1–2 children1 man)

5–7

Russian Military, Unknown, Syrian Regime

Suspected target

Unknown

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

وادي حجر, Mosul, Wadi Hajar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition confirmed the deaths of five civilians in an event in Mosul while survivors’ accounts add that at least three others were severely injured in the airstrikes. Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted “During a strike on an ISIS VBIED, it was assessed that five

Summary

(2 men)

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Cause of injury / death

5 named, 2 families identified

الرقة‎, Ar Raqqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were killed and nine injured in Coalition strikes on Raqqa, according to a single source. According to Smart News, “Several sources told Smart Monday night that a number of civilians and elements of the Islamic State were killed and wounded by an aerial bombardment and by artillery of the International Coalition on the

Summary

كماري , Kamari town, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians were killed and 10 injured by alleged Russian airstrikes southwest of Aleppo, Smart News reported. The raids reportedly struck the town at night, killing a woman and child, as well as three men. Rescue teams worked for five hours to recover those trapped under the rubble.

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

7–10

Russian Military

الثورة‎, Tabaqah, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

At least five civilians, including two women, were reportedly killed and 11 more were injured in Tabaqa in what appears to be shelling by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) supported by airstrikes carried out by the Coalition. One member of ISIL was also reportedly killed and several more were injured, according to Smart News Agency.

Summary

(2 women)

US-led Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces

العلوه, Al Alwa, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including three children, were reportedly killed in alleged Coalition airstrikes on al Awla village, also known as Jalal, 25km southeast of Ash Shaddadi. Hasakh News identified five victims; two men in their 50s, and three children of one of the men – two girls and one boy. All six sources who reported on the

Summary

(3 children)

LOCATION

Fardous, Raqqa, Syria

Five family members of a ‘Kazakh ISIS fighter’ (a woman, her two sons and one daughter) died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Fardous in Raqqa, according to local media. Smart reported that “a local source told Smart that the family was made up of a woman and three of her children, and including a

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

هجين, Hajeen, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five named civilians died in an alleged Coalition airstrike on Hajeen, sources on the ground said. The earliest report of casualties was on January 13th, though some reports later claimed the event was on the 14th or even the 15th. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, “five civilians, including a woman, were killed

Summary

(1–2 women)

5 named, 2 families identified

كسرة شيخ (جمعة), Kasrat Sheikh (Juma'a), Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Up to five civilians were reported killed in an alleged Coalition drone strike on Kasret al Sheikh Kom’a. According to Raqqa is Being Slaughtered, the attack “targeted a car belonging to a leader in Daesh whose name is Hussein Abu Zeid. He was on crutches.” Shaam News said five civilians died in the attack. According

Summary

(1 child1 woman)

حي الثكنة, Al Thakana, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

The Shaam News Network reported: “A local source said that warplanes likely belonging to the coalition launched a raid on the Al Thakana neighborhood in Raqqa, near the Shariah Court, killing four civilians and two members of IS and wounding eight others, including one member of IS. The wounded were taken to the National Raqqa

Summary

6–7

Mosul, Al Nouri mosque, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Akbar Elyam News, quoting Lt. Col. Ahmed Abdul-Aziz Al-Nu’mani of Iraqi forces, reported that violent Coalition airstrikes hit the old part of Mosul, particularly the neighbourhoods of the Grand Mosque, Farouk, Clock and the center of Mosul, in the evening into the night of April 12th. Sawlf Ateka (local Facebook group) reported moreover that five

Summary

(2 women1 man)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

مدينة موحسن حي البوسويد, Al Bouswid neighborhood. Mohassein city , Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

A family of five was killed on a boat on the Euphrates river by an alleged Russian airstrike, local sources reported. Samer Turki Al Abdullah and Khader Turki Al-Abdullah, along with three children, were trying to escape from the town of Mohassein, according to the Euphrates Post. They were pulled from the water but did

Summary

(3 children)

الباب, Al Bab, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and five civilians were reported killed in an alleged Turkish artillery shelling on Al Bab, Syria. LCCSY reported: “By the end of the day, 16 people were killed in Aleppo, majority are by landmines by ISIS and Turkish artillery shelling in Al-Bab city.” Smart News only mentioned Turkish airstrikes in the area in

Summary

Turkish Military

الساعة, Mosul, Al Saaha, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Local sources and residents reported that five civilians from one Kurdish family were killed after Coalition airstrikes hit their house in Al Saaha neighbourhood near the al Nouri Mosque in Old Mosul. The event was later admitted by both the Coalition and US forces. The five died when a missile or bomb reportedly destroyed the

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

(3 women)

Cause of injury / death

Al Hawaji, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

Five civilians, including two women and three children, died in airstrikes carried out by unknown aircraft on the al Hawaij village in Deir Ezzor Governorate, alleged local sources. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Euphrates Post listed those killed. The US-led Coalition was not attributed to the attack; sources referred to “bombing by

Summary

(3 children2 women)

LOCATION

داعل, Dael, Daraa, Syria

One named civilian died in an airstrike on Da’el, according to local sources – though it was unclear whether the death was caused by a Russia or Syrian regime airstrike or by regime artillery. Sources reported that both Russian and regime aircraft were operating in the area. Akhbar Alan blamed a regime airstrike while SyrianMubasher

Summary

1 – 5

(1 man)

1 named

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

LOCATION

Five civilian men were reported by a single source to have been killed in a coalition strike on the city of Dayr az Zawr. They were named by the VDC.

Summary

(5 men)