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January 20, 2020
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عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, SyriaAt least one child and one woman were killed in alleged YPG artillery strikes on the city of Afrin, Aleppo governorate on January 20th, 2020. Up to five civilians, including two children, were injured, as reported by local sources. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that “the child Muhammad Mar’i and Mrs. Turfah Meqdeh
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January 9, 2017
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حي المثنى, Mosul, Muthana, Nineveh, IraqLocal sources and relatives of victims said that Coalition airstrikes targeted a family house in Muthanna neighborhood northeast of Mosul. The raids reportedly killed a named civilian (53) with his mother (81) who could not leave her house due to her sickness while the son refused to abandon her. Alaraby named Omar Abdel-Hamid al-Hamdani and
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November 1, 2023
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مخيّم النصيرات, Al Nuseirat Camp, Deir al Balah, the Gaza StripOn Wednesday, November 1st 2023, twenty-nine-year-old journalist Majd Fadl Muhammad Arandas, a member of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and a reporter for the Al-Jamahir News website, was killed when an area near his house in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp was bombed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. According to a post by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate
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September 15, 2022
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أولشلي, Oleshli, Aleppo, SyriaAt least one civilian, a sheikh at a local mosque, was injured by shrapnel from either heavy machine guns or auto cannon fire in the village of Oleshli on September 15, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a civilian was wounded by heavy machine guns from the areas controlled by the regime forces and
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January 17, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Raqqa, SyriaRaqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that “Coalition planes launched a raid last night on al Tabaqa targeting the villas area in the First neighbourhood [Al Awwal neighbouhood] which led to the injury of several civilians.”
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August 22, 2024
LOCATION
بالقرب من مستشفى شهداء الأقصى دير البلح, Vicinity of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Deir Al Balah, Deir Al Balah, the Gaza StripTwo people, one of them Ramiz Madhat Abu Ajina “Abu Madhat”, were killed by an alleged Israeli quadcopter drone that fired shots at a school housing displaced people in Deir Al Balah on August 22nd, 2024. Multiple sources– Sa7atPIBreaking, AJA Palestine, Voice of Palestine Radio, and Naimat Alsalam–reported the alleged killing of the two individuals,
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October 20, 2022
LOCATION
قرية الصحن, Al Sahen village, Idlib, SyriaOne child was injured by alleged Syrian regime or Russian artillery shelling of the village of Al Sahen on October 20, 2022. According to the @SyriaCivilDefe, a child was injured by artillery shelling of the village of Al Sahen carried out by Russian and Syrian regime forces. The Civil Defense forces assisted the injured child
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Incident date
January 31, 2017
LOCATION
القطعة, Al Qata, Deir Ezzor, SyriaOne person was reported killed in an alleged Coalition strike on al Qata – though it was not clear whether they were a civilian or a combatant. According to the Syrian Observatory, “warplanes believed to be affiliated to the International coalition targeted places in the desert of the town of Qata eastern Deir Ezzor, which
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Incident date
August 1, 2024
LOCATION
مخيم النصيرات, Al-Nuseirat Camp, Deir al-Balah, the Gaza StripOn August 1, 2024, two members of the Nofal family, 25-year-old Ali Hassan Nofal and 22-year-old Ismail Ayman Nofal, were killed and at least three civilians were injured in an alleged bombing by the Israeli military on their house located on Al-Mahkama Street in the east of the Nuseirat camp in the Gaza Strip. Ismail Ayman Nofal
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November 20, 2022
LOCATION
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughur, Idlib, SyriaA child was killed when an unexploded cluster bomb originally launched by Syrian regime or Russian forces exploded in agricultural land on the outskirts of the city of Jisr Al Shughur on November 20, 2022. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a child was killed when a cluster bomb from a previous bombing, attributed to the Syrian
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Incident date
February 13, 2017
LOCATION
هنيدة, Hunaida, Raqqa, SyriaA single source reported the deaths of four civilians at Hunaida village near Raqqa. According to Smart News, “Local sources told our Smart reporter that planes likely to be the international coalition, launched raids on the towns of Mansoura and Hunaida in the western countryside, killing four civilians and seriously wounding seven others, including women.”
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Incident date
November 1, 2023
LOCATION
شارع النصر، مدينة غزة, Al-Nasr Street, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza StripOn 1 November 2023 dozens of civilians, including at least one identified civilian woman, were reportedly killed and dozens of others, including Civil Defence members, were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on the gathering of civilians near al-Sharq Bakery located on al-Nasr Street in Gaza City, and on the ambulances that arrived to evacuate the
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March 2, 2022
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Яковлівка, Yakovlivka, Kharkiv, UkraineAt least two and up to four civilians were reported killed, including two children, and between seven and eleven were reported injured, when an alleged Russian airstrike hit the village of Yakovlivka, Kharkiv, on March 2nd 2022. Novynarnia news reported that the head of the Merefyan community, Veniamin Sitov said after the attack that “there
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February 20, 2017
LOCATION
الرقة, Qitar street, Raqqa, SyriaBetween seven and ten civilians including three children and three women died and dozens more were injured in an airstrike on Qitar street, according to local sources. While the majority of reports attributed the incident to the Coalition, one report alleged that Russia was responsible. The Coalition later reported that “no Coalition strikes were conducted
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October 31, 2023
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بالقرب من مسجد بلال بن رباح في حي الزيتون، مدينة غزة, Vicinity of Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque, Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza City, Gaza, the Gaza StripOn Tuesday, October 31, 2023, Tala Mounir Siam, an eleven-year-old girl, was killed and others were wounded in an alleged Israeli attack in the Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood. According to a post by the Siam Family Facebook account, a house next to the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque was bombed leading to Tala’s death and causing injury to
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December 23, 2022
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Awdal, Middle Shabelle, SomaliaSix alleged al-Shabaab members were killed by declared US airstrikes on the small town of Awdal 248 km northeast of Mogadishu near Cadale, Middle Shabelle, on December 23, 2022. AFRICOM released a statement the same day that “At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a self-defense strike, Dec. 23, in
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February 25, 2017
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Mosul, al Mamun, Nineveh, IraqIn an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, on April 1st 2017 the Coalition said it had concluded an assessment civilian harm claims “near Mosul, Iraq” via a media report. According to the Coalition report, “10. Feb. 25, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via media report: After a review of available information and strike video it
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September 23, 2024
LOCATION
الضاحية الجنوبية, Dahieh, Beirut Governorate, LebanonOn September 23rd, 2024 at least six civilians were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a building in the Hreik neighbourhood of Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut. While Al-Mayadeen’s correspondent reported seven people injured with one in critical condition, other reports such as @AkhbarMinAlbeqaa on Facebook and Al-Balad radio reported six injured, three
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March 9, 2017
LOCATION
عندان, Anadan, Aleppo, SyriaAs many as three civilians were killed – and others were wounded – in an airstrike on the residential neighbourhood in Anadan, Aleppo, local media reported. Sources were conflicted as to who was to blame. Almost all sources blamed Russian warplanes, however the White Helmets was one of a few who attributed blame to the Syrian
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September 23, 2024
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جنوب لبنان, Southern Lebanon, LebanonTwo civilians were killed on Monday, September 23rd, 2024 by an alleged Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon. Musa Muhammad Mazraani and Ahmad Muhammad Atwi were named online, with testimonies posted on social media about their deaths. Ziad Ghanwi published photos on Facebook of both Musa Muhammad Mazraani and Ahmad Muhammad Atwi, referring to them as “two
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March 16, 2022
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проспект Тракторобудівників, 55 б, 55B Traktorobudivnykiv Avenue, Kharkiv, UkraineOne civilian, a woman, was killed by alleged Russian shelling of Saltivka, Kharkiv on March 16 2022. Multiple sources posted a video of an explosion in Saltivka. A Bellingcat comment mentions that the explosion occurred next to an ice hockey rink, and next to a burning vehicle appears to be a fatality. Truexa News mentions
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Incident date
March 9, 2017
LOCATION
السنجك, Sanjak, Al Anbar, IraqLocal sources said that an airstrike targeted ISIL members on the Iraq-Syria border, which also resulted in the death of a civilian woman. Unusually, the incident was attributed to both sides of the border. Geolocation by Airwars volunteer Christiaan Triebert (see map below) has concluded that they are almost certainly the same incident. On the
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July 24, 2024
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بالقرب من دوار بني سهيلة، خان يونس, Vicinity of Bani Suhaila roundabout, Khan Younis, Khan Younis, the Gaza StripShortly before 7:58 AM on July 24, 2024, two civilians, including a child, were killed and a number of civilians were injured by alleged Israeli sniper fire near the Bani Suhaila roundabout in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. According to the journalist Hani Al Shaer’s Facebook and Telegram accounts, one more civilian was also killed at
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March 25, 2022
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Дергачі, Dergachi, Kharkiv, UkraineOn the night of March 25th 2022, one civilian was killed and up to three injured following a Russian drone and shelling attack in Dergachi. Dergachi House of Culture, a local government building, a hospital, several private houses, and a gas line were damaged leaving part of the city without heating. All local sources reported
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Incident date
March 15, 2017
LOCATION
Mosul, Hermat, IraqLocal eyewitnesses reported the deaths of 25 civilians following an air or artillery strike on the hermit area of West Mosul. An unpublished Amnesty International field investigation was shared with Airwars: ““On the street we were staying, in my uncle’s house, three houses were levelled by one attack, around 12pm on 15 March. I don’t
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Incident date
December 27, 2023
LOCATION
الباب, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaOn Wednesday, December 27th 2023, artillery shelling struck the city of Al-Bab, reportedly injuring two civilians. The shelling took place in the evening and struck vital facilities, including the Education Directorate, a police station, a cultural centre, a postal and shipping centre, and a court. The bombing allegedly originated from areas under joint control of
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Incident date
January 21, 2023
LOCATION
دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, SyriaOne civilian was injured, and one later died, from alleged Russian and/or Syrian regime shelling of a poultry farm on the outskirts of the city of Darat Izza on January 21, 2023. The @SyriaCivilDefe reported that a civilian was injured by Syrian regime and Russian artillery shelling of a poultry farm on the outskirts of
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Incident date
March 20, 2017
LOCATION
الثورة, Tabaqah, Al A’rid street, Raqqa, SyriaThree civilians died and up to 20 were injured in an alleged Coalition airstrike in Tabaqa, according to local sources, in the second of three reported incident in the city that day. Reporters Talk and Q_Alenzy said that 12 civilians were wounded by “American warplanes”, while according to Qasioun 20 people were injured in Coalition
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May 18, 2024
LOCATION
سد الشهباء, Al-Shahba Dam vicinity in the north of Aleppo, Aleppo, SyriaAn artillery or drone strike reportedly perpetrated by the Turkish military on the morning of Saturday, May 18th, 2024, resulted in the death of a child and the injury of three other children on an agricultural land in the Al-Shahba Dam vicinity located in the northern countryside of Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The victim, Fares Khalaf Ibrahim, a
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April 14, 2022
LOCATION
Слобідський район, Slobidskyi district, Kharkiv, UkraineOne civilian was killed and eight other civilians were reportedly injured when a Russian shell hit a garage cooperative on April 14th 2022 in the Slobid district of Kharkiv, as reported in local sources including by an injured man to Suspilne Kharkiv on YouTube. Videos including on Telegram show images of destructed garages and cars