1.3.2 Civilian casualties

1.3.2 Civilian casualties

Broken down by gender, age and police, UNAMI data shows that 4 women, 17 men and 27 children were killed (20 boys and 7 girls) during the reference period (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. Civilian casualties recorded in Iraq by UNAMI between 1 August 2024 and 1 August 2025. Breakdown by age, gender and police.129

The majority of civilian casualties recorded by UNAMI were caused by unexploded ordnances (UXOs), explosive remnants of war (ERWs), air attacks, mortars and rockets, and small arms fire (see Figure 4).130

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Figure 4. Civilian casualty figures by incident type. UNAMI data for the period between 1 August 2024 and 1 August 2025.131

According to UNAMI data (see Figure 5), the highest number of civilian casualties recorded during the reference period was in Salah Al-Din governorate (24, including 8 deaths), followed by Basrah (23, including 10 deaths), Ninewa (12, including 8 deaths), and Sulaymaniyah (9, including 7 deaths). No civilian casualties were recorded in the governorates of Anbar, Babil, Karbala, Qadissiya and Wassit.132

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Figure 5. Number of incidents and civilian casualties per governorate. UNAMI data for the period between 1 August 2024 and 1 August 2025.133

For the period between 1 August 2024 and 1 August 2025 the UCDP recorded 234 events leading to 346 casualties out of which 46 were civilian deaths. The largest number of civilian deaths was recorded in the governorates of Salah Al-Din (10) and Sulaymaniyah (6). There were also 6 civilian deaths recorded by UCDP without being able to attribute a precise location in one of the governorates. UCDP did not record any civilian deaths in the governorates of Babil, Karbala, Muthanna, Najaf and Qadissiya (see Figure 6).134

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Figure 6. Number of incidents and civilian casualties per governorate. UCDP data for the period between 1 August 2024 and 1 August 2025.135

Iraq Body Count (IBC),136 an independent data project that documents violent civilian deaths caused by US-led coalition forces, Iraqi government forces, anti-government forces, ISIL or unknown actors in Iraq, documented 262 civilian deaths (which were marked as preliminary data) due to violence between August 2024 and February 2025.137

Action on Armed Violence (AOAV)138 reported in May 2025 that they recorded 111 casualty-causing incidents of explosive violence in Iraq in 2024.139